First Day of the Trip

Miles Driven: 468 Miles

Today is my first day of the trip and I drove 7 1/2 hours from Fremont to Palm Desert. I use to drive a lot for work between SF and Sacramento but I had forgotten how tiring these long drives could be. Before I left, I downloaded a few audiobooks since I'll have a lot of windshield time in front of me these next few months. I've always wanted to read more books and this is a great way to kill two birds with one stone.

I got into Palm Desert at about 4:30pm and checked into the Airbnb place I'm staying. My host Gail had the room all set up with a mini fridge and coffee maker in the room. Not bad for $55/ night! This just means I can shift my budget to playing better course while I'm here. After I got here the UPS guy came and dropped off my new toys for the trip.

Last Thursday night I made an impulse buy at 3am during one of my usual sleepless nights. I've been playing with the same irons since 2006 (Mizuno MX-23) and have been thinking about upgrading to a new set for a while now. I had reshafted the MX-23 with the Project X 5.5 and found it to be a bit harsh to play with than the S300 I had before. While I liked playing with the MX-23 I started thinking that technology must have changed over the past 7 years. If you think about it, the iPhone wasn't even out when I first started playing with these irons! After being honest (and I mean harshly honest) about the way I hit my long iron, I wanted to go with something more forgiving in the long irons (3-6) without giving up much feel and control in my scoring irons (7-PW.) So I went on ebay and found a set of the new Mizuno MP-H4 irons with the Project X PXi 5.5 shaft. These irons had some great reviews and it came with the new Project X shafts that's suppose to be lighter and softer than the current ones I have. I'm going to compare them tomorrow with my old set and will provide a full report in my blog after a few rounds. So excited!!

I'm in Palm Desert for 10 days (until April 4th) and have already booked some awesome course. So far I've booked Westin Mission Hills - Peter Dye Course, Silver Rock Golf Club, TPC West Stadium Course (don't hate), and Classic Club Golf. I'll end up playing Indian Wells - Players Course next week when I meet up with a friend. More to come on how I play these courses.

Fremont to Palm Desert

Not a bad way to travel

The set up

This is much easier than a suitcase

The new clubs!