diff --git a/common/include/NintendontVersion.h b/common/include/NintendontVersion.h
index 7e492d06..43bed970 100644
--- a/common/include/NintendontVersion.h
+++ b/common/include/NintendontVersion.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define __NINTENDONT_VERSION_H__
 
 #define NIN_MAJOR_VERSION			4
-#define NIN_MINOR_VERSION			444
+#define NIN_MINOR_VERSION			445
 
 #define NIN_VERSION		((NIN_MAJOR_VERSION << 16) | NIN_MINOR_VERSION)
 
diff --git a/kernel/Patch.c b/kernel/Patch.c
index c0240ac5..4ccd22f4 100644
--- a/kernel/Patch.c
+++ b/kernel/Patch.c
@@ -1859,14 +1859,20 @@ void DoPatches( char *Buffer, u32 Length, u32 DiscOffset )
 			}
 			if( (PatchCount & FPATCH_getTiming) == 0 )
 			{
-				if( BufAt0 == 0x386500BE && BufAt4 == 0x4E800020 && read32((u32)Buffer+i+8) == 0x386500E4 &&
-					read32((u32)Buffer+i+12) == 0x4E800020 && read32((u32)Buffer+i+16) == 0x38600000 &&
-					read32((u32)Buffer+i+20) == 0x4E800020 )
+				if( BufAt0 == 0x386500BE && BufAt4 == 0x4E800020 && 
+					read32((u32)Buffer+i+8) == 0x386500E4 && read32((u32)Buffer+i+0xC) == 0x4E800020 )
 				{
-					printpatchfound("getTiming", NULL, (u32)Buffer + i + 16);
-					write32( (u32)Buffer + i + 16, 0x7CA32B78 ); //mr r5, r3
-					PatchCount |= FPATCH_getTiming;
-					i += 20;
+					u32 PatchOffset = 0x10;
+					while ((read32((u32)Buffer+i+PatchOffset) != 0x38600000) && (PatchOffset < 0x30)) // MaxSearch=0x20
+						PatchOffset += 4;
+					if(read32((u32)Buffer+i+PatchOffset) == 0x38600000 &&
+						read32((u32)Buffer+i+PatchOffset+4) == 0x4E800020)
+					{
+						printpatchfound("getTiming", NULL, (u32)Buffer+i+PatchOffset);
+						write32( (u32)Buffer+i+PatchOffset, 0x7CA32B78 ); //mr r5, r3
+						PatchCount |= FPATCH_getTiming;
+						i += PatchOffset+4;
+					}
 					continue;
 				}
 			}
@@ -3272,6 +3278,14 @@ void DoPatches( char *Buffer, u32 Length, u32 DiscOffset )
 		//OSReport
 		memcpy((void*)0x235A4, OSReportDM, sizeof(OSReportDM));
 		sync_after_write((void*)0x235A4, sizeof(OSReportDM));
+		//failed expermiments, someday I'll figure it out...
+		//write32(0xF4B4,0x38600000);
+		write32(0x1F6434,0x38600000);
+		write32(0x1F6454,0x60000000);
+		write32(0x1F6464,0x60000000);
+		write32(0x1F646C,0x38800000);
+		write32(0x2583E8,0x38600000);
+		write32(0x2583EC,0x4E800020);
 		dbgprintf("Patch:Patched Street Racing Syndicate NTSC-U\r\n");
 	}*/
 	if(useipl == 1)
@@ -3481,6 +3495,16 @@ void DoPatches( char *Buffer, u32 Length, u32 DiscOffset )
 				dbgprintf("Patch:Patched Super Smash Bros Melee v1.02\r\n");
 			}
 		}
+		else if( TITLE_ID == 0x475747 ) // Swingerz Golf
+		{
+			//while getTiming supports all video modes
+			//the NTSC-U game code itself does not, so patch it
+			if(read32(0x1E148) == 0x3C60801F)
+			{
+				PatchB(0x1E128, 0x1E148);
+				dbgprintf("Patch:Patched Swingerz Golf NTSC-U\r\n");
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	PatchStaticTimers();
 
diff --git a/loader/loader.dol b/loader/loader.dol
index 539c238e..e3ff6160 100644
Binary files a/loader/loader.dol and b/loader/loader.dol differ
diff --git a/loader/source/ppc/PADReadGC.c b/loader/source/ppc/PADReadGC.c
index 339bda36..efde9a01 100644
--- a/loader/source/ppc/PADReadGC.c
+++ b/loader/source/ppc/PADReadGC.c
@@ -224,6 +224,9 @@ u32 _start(u32 calledByGame)
 		{
 			HID_Packet = (u8*)0x930050F0; // reset back to default offset
 			memInvalidate = (u32)HID_Packet; // prepare memory
+			asm volatile("dcbi 0,%0" : : "b"(memInvalidate) : "memory");
+			//invalidate cache block for controllers using more than 0x10 bytes
+			memInvalidate = (u32)HID_Packet+0x10; // prepare memory
 			asm volatile("dcbi 0,%0; sync" : : "b"(memInvalidate) : "memory");
 			HIDMemPrep = memInvalidate;
 		}