1. Address hold
We want a quiet start so the first tick is real. If you bounce, the clock is fiction. Shoes you play in, not office soles.
The visit
Five stamps. Then we argue about clubs.
A window visit is not a bucket of balls and a smile. Harlan runs the clock. Tovah calls the trail. You hit enough for the plates to stop lying. Then we talk hardware, or we send you to a teacher.
2. Trail peak
The highest honest number on the trail plate before the handle moves. A fake sway can print a prettier peak. Tovah will say so.
3. Window opens
First moment trail decay is legal. Early openers look athletic and then dump the face. Late openers look stuck and then panic.
4. Lead arrival
Lead plate must be the majority owner. Arrival without ownership is a pose. Ownership without arrival is a spin factory.
5. Window slams
Last legal tick. After this, we only watch wreckage. Clubs that need a later window get cut, not coached, unless you booked a teacher.