"Winter golf in Saitama/Gunma is better than winter golf in Ohio." Hahah, thanks for putting things into perspective, Brian! BTW, your comments have come up in our recent podcast which we'll publish very soon. We're super grateful for your support!

Uh oh, you may be right! 🤣 We’ll bring it up next time. 😅

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Mizuno is quite fast, they can get them back in about 3~5 days. Unfortunately they cannot ship them overseas. Which makes it tough for a short vacation. But if you come in right away, it's possible to have them before you fly home. But they also have many variations in-stock with minor adjustments done in-shop.

Eric I think you miss the point. The hackout is played if you miss the fairway by 1 yard or 50 yards. That’s unfair. Maybe graduated rough is a better idea? He also talks about the long rough not being a great spectacle for the patrons. I also heard the professionals lost balls during the event, even though they had adequate spotters.

@@bensonrufus4665 I hear you. I simply, as an amateur who, playing-wise, definitely prefers your graduated rough for myself, disagree. If you're 1 or 50 off fairway, you've missed it, and the rough is the penalty, you'll need to punch out. The decision and variation, as said, is choosing how to play off the tee. As pros, they can hit a fairway using less than driver, and off the deck hit GIR's from further back without problems. As far as having lost balls in the rough with adequate assistance, gonna go on a limb and say there was NOT enough helpers if the balls were lost in the rough, by definition. Agree to disagree, but get your take, so don't feel I'm missing THE point.