Posts by Shanks A Million

Originally Posted by enis750 DL3 from Titleist to Bridgestone Confirmed by a Bridgestone staffer today. Apparently the reason was that Titleist wouldn't continue paying him the same amount.

Originally Posted by Gerald Nothing personal ....... but it is always the guys with the Cast wedges telling us that the forged wedges feel no different ...... Because we're not idiots. My whole bag is full of...

Originally Posted by ohiolefty Those claims are pretty amazing, Shanks. I hit the ball really well for an amateur player. Yet, I watch guys on tour and there are only a few I feel like I could really hang with at...

It's generally money. Pros don't really care what name they wear, but some do. All companies can pretty much make them a club to fit, or will let them use a club that fits them. Go to a PGA Tour event, and you'll see all sorts of...

Not really sure what's with all the little details mentioned, the problem is as clear as day, it's all arms and hands. You use your arms and hands to swing the club, and you flip the club well before impact. That's pretty much all...

It really does amaze me how much ignorance still persists in the whole forged vs cast debate. Forging is a process, and doesn't have any affect on the feel. What matters is the steel that's used. Almost all forged clubs use soft...

Originally Posted by Jaywun I'm sorry, but I wasn't talking about 15 handicap celebrities. I'm talking about the celebrity tourney at Tahoe. Where everyone on the leaderboard has been a +index for years and have all...

Originally Posted by TourSpoon Oh, and that too...Shanks just cracks me up! Well, at some point sanity must take over. I sat on the 18th hole at Disney on Friday and watched the pros and amateurs hit their...

Really? I just went to a pro am, and the biggest difference I noticed was that the amateurs had crappy swings. The crappy swings led to bad results, both in the long and short game. The pros, on the other hand, were constantly putting...

Originally Posted by sean_miller You have a swing and ball flight where "consistency" is the only thing that differs from the pros? Post that somewhere - that would be a great swing to take as an...