Plate notes · 12 Sep 2025
Aggie humidity and the late pressure that looks like a shaft problem
Wet Brazos evenings steal a tenth from the trail heel. People blame graphite. The plates disagree.
Walk out of Suite 5 at 5:40 p.m. in September and the parking lot is a steamer. That air is not a vibe. It is friction on a spike and extra hang on a ball that already left late.
A dry-range session in January told a Bryan player his driver was two-thirds of a degree too strong. He bought the weaker head. June league still spun. Tovah put him on the plates and the trail heel was a celebrity until after the window slammed.
Humidity does not create linger from nothing. It exaggerates linger that already existed. The honest move is to restage the stamps on a wet evening, not to collect lofts.
We keep the hygrometer in the photo we email after a restage so nobody can later claim the bay was air-conditioned into February. The maroon walls are not a spa.