Posts by Slammin' Sam

Golf Digest for me. I never pay attention to the tips and I take the equipment reviews with a grain of salt. Aside from that, the rest of the magazine is pretty entertaining. The November 2010 issue, which I have in front of me now,...

When's the Mona Vie sales pitch?

Although Ping has used color codes on it's irons for well over 30 years, the company didn't use it for their putters until 2002. Before then, all Ping putters were at the factory's "default" lie angle, which with the advent of...

I never listen to music when I'm playing but I usually have the soundtrack to "The Legend of Bagger Vance" running around in my head. I love the work of Rachel Portman who composed and performed the music for this film, and...

I read all the comments on this thread and I must say I'm a little surprised at a few of the responses. To those who would actually commit an assault upon some miscreants blowing an air horn I would only point out that someone blowing...

At the end of the day you go with the club that you can hit the best. Many of the folks on here rave about hybrids and they obviously can hit them well but there are a few of us out there who can't hit one worth a damn and can hit a...

I just sold my Ping G2s and bought a set of S59 blades. I'm looking forward to playing a round with them later this week to see how they work out for me. I already like the way they look at address, and I'm thinking that alone is going...

A guy playing on the next fairway over from me had a massive heart attack. Much to my surprise the paramedics drove the ambulance right through the fairway in front of me to get to him. From what I heard at the clubhouse later they...

I think that's a very good deal. Around my part of the country even used G15s are still fetching around $200. I came to this thread rather late but I've hit both the G15 and the K15 and to me it was a no-brainer: I didn't hit the K15...

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