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  1. tinker
    Just go to a dept. store like Macys. You can try them on and see what fits. A lot of pants nowadays are super low rise plumber crack pants. Best to buy in person.
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    Who in the world would buy that, it’s trashed
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    Ordered a pair of foot joys over a week ago from PGA superstore. They didn’t have them so they had to come from foot joy. Still waiting for them to ship. What is their problem? I only go online when I can’t get what I want in a store. Stores inventory is piss poor these days. How do these companies expect to recover if they don’t get product in the shelves?
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    Vaguely remember them being component heads for club builders about 20 or more years ago
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    A real forged iron is smashed into shape from a billet of carbon steel. Pxg’s are hollow. They press the back into a shape and weld on a mar aging face then fill with foam. That’s throwing around the word” forged” because it sells.
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    A roll of impact tape , see where on the face your hitting. Once you get around the middle of the face you can work on distances and ball movement.
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    Most players I see and play with don’t realize that every time you hit a ball it should be a “shot”. The modern style and instruction is all based on swinging as hard as possible and then having to make a miracle shot to save the hole. A miracle shot with a lob wedge is just as hard or harder than a well placed shot with a 5 iron. From driver on down every swing should be made with a shot in mind. I use low offset blades because they allow the most shot making options. I can always knock down a higher lofted iron but adding loft to a jacked up low lofted iron is pretty difficult. Getting the face to square is also pretty hard with a gigantic iron swung out of control. Golf monitor distance might be a fun game but it’s a different game than golf on the course with varying lies and conditions.
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    I’m 66 but I try to stay contemporary and well dressed. Flat front slimmer profile slacks( no shit stoppers or hip huggers), a nice silky polo( no double knit tit hugger), a normal cap( no flat brim gang member), and a dressier leather shoe( no foam boardwalk strollers).
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    No such thing as a fake club. If it has a head, shaft and grip and can hit a ball it’s a real club. Your talking about a fake name, who cares about the name if the club works?
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    Trees are obviously not a design feature of links courses but cutting them down and stripping a parkland design turns the layout into a nothing bomb and gouge cow pasture. Who says you should have a straight open line to the green no matter where you drive it? Knockdowns, fades, draws are all part of the skill of golf. Driving should be as much about placement and accuracy as length. The game is changing for the worse.
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    If the beginner set is aluminum zinc heads yes, it’s inferior. If they’re stainless steel they’re the same as the more expensive stuff. A 5 iron head will weigh around 255 grams, give or take a couple grams, on any 5 iron, new or old, cheap expensive. Steel shafts tend to also be pretty similar, a cheaper club may have a kind of standard weight( 125 gram) shaft where a higher price might get you a lighter ( 100 gram) steel shaft. Your right about loft. Modern manufacturers lower the loft to make it look like their clubs go longer when people hit them on monitors. I don’t buy it. Loft on irons is your friend. If the shot is short, move up a club, that’s why you have 14 clubs in your bag. As you learn to play you will find it’s not so hard to deloft a shot but it’s impossible to add. Modern fittings will have you trying 7 irons, what a joke, I can hit any 7 iron on the planet. Fitting with something like a 5 iron will tell you better how you handle a particular set.
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    I agree there’s a difference between trees and a forest. I get more satisfaction out of hitting a successful punch cut out from under a branch than I do a good shot from the fairway. Strategically placed trees create shot making decisions. One or two trees placed properly on a dog leg creates a target decision of the tee. If you want to play on a cow pasture why pay a green fee?
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    I’m a fan of tree lined courses. That said a course has a design that should match the area and terrain. An inland setting with trees calls for a parkland style design. A barren Oceanside area calls for a links. The photos of old courses when they where built is misleading. Some of those designers planned for the course to mature. Trees force golfers to hit the ball straight or use shotmaking to navigate around. That’s how golf should be played. Bomb and gougers don’t like trees because they want to hit it anywhere and be in good shape. Unfortunately that’s not golf but it’s where the game is going.
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    Love and use 8802 style“ Macgregor VIP” putter. Not a believer in the fitting, robotic school of putting. Putting is all about hand to eye coordination. I practice with just my right hand. Putting is like pitching pennies. A small blade putter gives you feel and control of the putter head.
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