Author: paschmann

Golf: Pelz Short Game and Putting Tests

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Dave Pelz is one of the best golf instructors in the world, and he invented a short game and putting game to test, and score, your short game skills to gauge progress and improvement. I was given this during one of his short game clinics in Atlanta and have been using it to quantify my improvements.

If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it

Here are some of my scores from the Short Game Test:

Date3/4 Wedge1/2 WedgeLong SandShort SandLong Chip – FWShort Chip – FWPitch – FWPitch – Rough Cut Lob – RoughTotal PointsHCP
10 balls (yards)30 – 7020 – 4016 – 357 – 1515 – 307 – 1410 – 2010 – 2010 – 20
6/21/2018 – Hole 62 (50)4 (30)2 (20)7 (15)4*7 (20)13 (15)9 (15)0 (20)4820
7/3/2018 – Hole 10 (60)7 (30)6 (20)10 (15)71361577113
7/18/2018 – Hole 22 (50)3 (30)1 (24)5 (15)10 (20)18 (7)8 (1)1556714
7/23/2018 – Hole 181 (50)5 (30)0 (25)9 (15)1121 (15)12 (15)13 (22)13 (20)859
7/26/2018 – Hole 121 311041824213859
7/31/2018 – Hole 62 (70)1 (50)1 (40)7 (15)4 (30)28 (12)13 (18)19 (18)7 (10)8210
8/28/2018 – Mixed 14/151 (70)82141 (30)20 (8)16 (20)18 (20)11 (20)917
9/4/2018 – Hole 20 (90)3 (70)3 (35)9 (10)5 (30)9 (10)1411116514
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Dave Pelz - Makebale Putts Skills Test
Dave Pelz Putting Skills Test - Breaking putts
Dave Pelz Putting Skills Test - In between putts
Dave Pelz Putting Skills Test - Lag putts

Tool: Glowforge Laser Cutter

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Glowforge was one of the most successful crowdfunding projects at the time, with raising $27.9m in 30 days!

This was my first crowdfunded purchase, and a pretty substantial one at that at around $2,500 … between this and the Prusa 3D printer, they have probably provided the most interesting and beneficial learning opportunities. While slightly simpler to use compared to a 3D printer, since all functions are only in 2D, there are multiple small nuances around the design, materials, multi-step operations, cutting depths, speeds and laser focus which have had a steep learning curve.

So far we have made a bunch of interesting, practical and useful projects, sold a few on Etsy and also made a few personalized meaningful gifts. read more

DIY: Golf Yardage Books

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I have collected well over 30 yardage books from all over the world. Most of them from bucket list courses like Pinehurst #2, Harbor Town or one of my favorite courses, The Ocean Course at Kiawah. But sometimes courses didnt offer or sell them, so I started down the rabbit hole of designing and printing my own.

Majority of them were for tournaments I played in on the Golfweek Amateur Tour. The design process included using Google Maps to get an aerial photo of the course, and then subsequently outlining each hole using Adobe Illustrator and vector shapes. Then measuring and taking the yardages from the course and annotating the map.

Book size: 3.75″ x 6.5” read more

Machine Learning Definitions

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  • Artificial intelligence (when machines mimic human, intelligent behavior)
  • Machine Learning (programming machines to learn how to learn)
  • Deep Learning (networks and algorithms inspired by the functions of the brain)
  • Neural Networks (interconnected networks, also based on the human brain)
  • Algorithms (set of rules that defines computational operations)   
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