Posts by Poatrivialis

April 1996 180 yards six iron on the 14th hole at a public course in Utah. Well struck ball started 15 feet right of the hole with a gentle draw. Landed about ten feet short of the hole, released, and rolled into the cup. I didn't...

Thanks miney and golf chief. I'm embarrassed to admit I've never known or thought to ask what "cadet" size meant. A medium glove in cadet size might be just the ticket. I'll try on some women's gloves and see how they...

Thanks for your replies. My subjective assessment of grip pressure would be 3.5-4 on a 10 point scale. I really don't put a death grip on the club because I've learned my distance and accuracy are much better with light grip...

I'm wearing holes in my golf gloves (Footjoy) on the fleshy part of my hand (left) about midway between the base of my pinky finger and the outside of my wrist. My gloves only remain usable for about two rounds before they split wide...

We (my usual playing partner) were playing with a twosome the clubhouse sent us out with when a golfer on an adjacent fairway hit a slice toward our teebox. We were unaware of the danger we were in until I heard a sickening thud The...

I read "The Rub of the Green" by William Hallberg almost twenty years ago and then gave it to my roommate. Something about the cover art convinced me to buy it A work of fiction, but one any moderately cerebral golf...

Depends on how long it takes to find a cart path with an errant shot.

It might be easier to count the hours spent not golfing I spend eight hours per week (April-October), which translates to 36 holes per week. I'd play more, but the aggravation of spending four hours (or more) behind a foursome of...

What direction do your divots point relative to the target line? If your divots indicate an outside-in swing path I'd guess you're lifting the club too high on the backswing and coming back to the ball on too steep an angle.