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Dent Great Member

Dent

1) Seriously: Age 8
2) Handle: Age 12
In My Bag

Driver: Sasquatch 460 9.5°
3 Wood: Laser 3 Wood 15°
5 Wood: r7 19° (Stiff)Irons: S58 Irons 4-PW Orange DotWedge: Harmonized 60°Wedge: Z TP 54°Putter: Tiffany 34"Balls: Pro V1 Shoes: Adidas Tour 360 IIThe Meadows Golf Coursewww.themeadowsgc.comAge: 16
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ks8829 Great Member

ks8829

I'm polling who I know...

I started some 24 years ago, when I was 27 years old, you never get a handle on this game called golf, but only think you do, If that were the case I would say just recently when I felt I could score consistently 3 rounds in a row over a week period.

Titleist 910 D2 9.5 Driver
Titleist 910 F15 & 21 degree fairway wood
Titleist 910 hybrid 24 degree
Mizuno Mp33 5 - PW
52/1056/1160/5

"Yonex ADX Blade putter, odyssey two ball blade putter, both  33"

ProV-1

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Smallville Great Member

Smallville

I started golfing at about age 16. Thought I had a handle on it about age 20. But realized that this year I may have finally touched the handle though I haven't fully grasped it yet. So 30 years of golfing, still no handle

My Equipment:
Northwestern 3-, 5-, 7- and 9-wood;
Goldwin AVDP Irons (5-10 plus PW);
U.S. Golf 60 degree wedge;
See-More Putter; Bushnell Yardage Pro 1000 Rangefinder;Golflogix GPS.
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Ben Great Member

Ben

Started: 11 years old,
How long: 21 years,
Handle: Almost there.

Callaway RazrFit Extreme 9.5 w/Project X 6.5
Callaway XHot Pro 15* 3Wood w/Project X 6.5
Callaway XTour 18* 2h w/S300
Callaway XHot Pro 4/5 irons w/S300
Callaway XForged III 5-PW irons w/S300
Callaway Forged 52*/58* Wedges
Odyssey 7 Versa 90
Callaway Hex Black Tour

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Eore Great Member

Eore

started-age 13
how long-two years
taking it seriously for a year
don't quite have a handle on it yet

driver- R580XD 9.5*
3 wood- m/speed
hybrid- cft ti 4h
irons- fp 4-gap
wedges- 54* and RAC satin 56* 12 bounceputter- 1/2 Craz-Eballs- DT Carry, e5, anything found thats is good shapeshoes-adidashome course - nothing - uh oh. perhaps pleasant view againschool...

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Lefty39 Well Established Member

Lefty39

Seriously: Last Year
Handle: Getting There
In the Bag:

Driver 10.5 r7 460 ti Reax regular shaft
3 Wood 15.5 LD F Speed Aldila NV stiff shaft
Hybrids 19 Tour Burner Rescue Reax stiff shaft. 21 degree torch series saber shaftIrons Sliver Scot 4-pw Rifle 5.0 shaftsSand Wedge 56 Degree Cg10 Black pearl finish 2 dotLob Wedge 60...
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Franco!

14; 3 years ago; handle? No way, not yet.

905R
LD-F 3-Wood
755
Vokey Oil-Can 252-08 degree
Cobra C Wedge 56-11 Vokey Oil-Can 260-08 degree Scotty Cameron Newport 2 35'' Pro V1x

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Stillhacken Established Member

Stillhacken

I started at age 32 which was four years ago.
I never ever dreamed it would be this hard to pick up.
I will say I have probably never worked harder at something or put as much effort into and got so little in return.

With that said.......no I dont have a handle on it and never will.

Golf is the cruelest game, because eventually it will drag you out in front of the whole school, take your lunch money and slap you around. ~Rick Reilly, "Master Strokes," Sports Illustrated

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bcollins Member

bcollins

Started: 2000, stopped for 3 years, than got serious about again this summer
Handle: Nope

In My Bag:

Driver: HiBore XL 10.5*, Aldila NV Stiff
Fairway Wood: System 2 Midsize 3W
Hybrid: Idea Boxer a3Irons: Bomber Steel Plus 3: 4-PW (Callaway Clone)Wedges: 588 Tour Action BeCu 53* Gap/56* SandPutter: Karsten Anser 2 34"Balls: Back to the drawing board, experimenting with Gamers,...

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underparnv Well Established Member

underparnv

Started : 13 years old,
How Long : 13 years,
Handle : Almost there.
underparnv

That's how I like my golf. A kick in the face. -Ben

Driver: 983E 8.5* w/ stock stiff flex shaftIrons: MP60 - 2 through 9 irons (swap out the 2 iron for my three wood at some courses)Wedges: 588 Chrome - 47* Pitching Wedge, 53* Gap Wedge, 56* Sand Wedge MP-T Black Ni - 60* Lob WedgePutter:.....
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Dent Great Member

Dent

1) Seriously: Age 8

I think I didn't correctly understand the handle part.

I'm going to change my answer to ... no...
In My Bag

Driver: Sasquatch 460 9.5°
3 Wood: Laser 3 Wood 15°
5 Wood: r7 19° (Stiff)Irons: S58 Irons 4-PW Orange DotWedge: Harmonized 60°Wedge: Z TP 54°Putter: Tiffany 34"Balls: Pro V1 Shoes: Adidas Tour 360 IIThe Meadows Golf Coursewww.themeadowsgc.comAge: 16
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julie_m Well Established Member

julie_m

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I think I didn't correctly understand the handle part.

I realized it was vague, but I wanted to leave it open to interpretation.

What I meant was, when did you stop feeling like, if you will, a hack? When did you think less about "knees-bent-butt-out-hands-together-arm-straight-lag-lag-keep-lagging" and all that, and step up and feel good about your swing (for the most part)? When were you confident on major courses that you wouldn't overly embarrass yourself? Hope that helps. Your first instinct is probably right. I just ask for the newbies like me who know what all the textbooks say, but just have to keep trying so darn hard for some consistency. Curious when it gets...easier. (I say that rather glibly. )
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Dent Great Member

Dent

I realized it was vague, but I wanted to leave it open to interpretation.

Oh! Thanks for explaining, I'd have to say maybe about 2 years ago.. but on some days, still getting a handle on things.

In My Bag

Driver: Sasquatch 460 9.5°
3 Wood: Laser 3 Wood 15°
5 Wood: r7 19° (Stiff)Irons: S58 Irons 4-PW Orange DotWedge: Harmonized 60°Wedge: Z TP 54°Putter: Tiffany 34"Balls: Pro V1 Shoes: Adidas Tour 360 IIThe Meadows Golf Coursewww.themeadowsgc.comAge: 16
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N.V.M. Well Established Member

N.V.M.

i started 2 Christmas's ago, at age 46.

i've shot a couple 80 rounds this summer and have settled in the mid 80 range, and actually felt like i was golfing. nice hits off the tee box, flying my approaches near the hole, going for birds a lot. BUT, so much to go still. right now i'm concentrating on shaping shots,now that's fun and quite the challenge.

it's a very slippery handle!

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yeis20 Well Established Member

yeis20

Started: righty - 20, lefty - 33
Handle: Righty - never, lefty - soon

I played a round when I visited my dad on vacation at age 15 but had to play righty. I played a little during freshmen year of college (maybe 3-4 rounds)

I put my first bag together at 20 (full righty) and played 2-3 times per week for about a year. Was getting good shotting consistently upper 80's mid 90's but lost my righty irons badly and scores ballooned after playing only 2-3 rounds per year for the next few years. Had no desire to play anymore as a righty.

I swapped my irons to lefty about age 24 and saw immediate game improvement but still did not have time or desire to play often enough. I atleast enjoyed playing again and it was quite fun with this bizzarre bag setup (Woods - right, irons - lefty, putter - righty ) Played maybe 1-2 rounds a year until age 33.

I put my first lefty bag together at this point... thank god for ebay. I bought what I call a starter set of irons (TM RAC HT's) , a cheap driver (Adams GT Extreme) A cheaper 5w and a set of 4 knockoff wedges to try to control initital setup costs. I did go after a nice putter due to it was the only club I knew I would not replace.

The end of last year I decided that this sport was the one I was going to focus on, so I wanted to put a REAL bag together.

I plan on keeping the current clubs for a good bit, cost per round is the real issue that could sideline my goals / improvement

Taylormade TP 2010 9.5 Fubuki stiff
07 Burner 5W stiff

Adams F11 Ti 3W Adilia NVS Stiff
Bobby Jones 21* & 25* Hybrid
AP1 4-gw
CG14  60*::X forged Vintage 56* Ping b60 putter Balls: Bridgestone B330, ProV, Goals: Shot par over 18 holes, Best shot: Par 5 18th hole, Alling Memorial New haven CT; holed my 2nd shot for an Albatross! (June 20th, 2008)

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