glduffey

All OEM clubs...............

Yes, always grip down some on less than full shots with your wedges. By doing so it helps corrects the lie angle to some extent. ( alot of variables are involved with short shots such as open stance and the opening the club face. Are you closing the club face to get more roll.) In other words when making short shots you want to make sure you lie angle of the club level and square to the target when you make contact with the ball. As for the grip, if its not comfortable then by all means change it to a larger one. You can also make the bottom half of the grip larger by adding tape under the grip only to the bottom half.

cigarnut81 Has it right................

Retired at age 50. Now I play golf for a living, and build golf clubs in my spare time.

I agree steel wool will work, also if you have a dremel wtih a wire wheel use that to clean out rust in the grooves, or a regular wire brush. And after every round you willl have to clean them and use wd40 to eleminate any further rusting.

I would go with a Wishon Micro CX 56*. Micro grooves narrow gaps are closer together with milling grooves. Gaps being closer together causes you to have 5 gooves to make contact with the ball inseed of 3 that you get with a regular wedge, along with milling lines and you get 500 rpm more ball spin, than a club with wide grooves......... http://www.wishongolf.com/designs_de...=6&dType;=wedge

I would put her in my bag...........and play with her evey chance i got.

Check out the link they are located in Dayton, Call them up and have a chat with them about your problem............. http://www.back9clubproshop.com/

If your hitting your current driver 200 to 230 and your current driver is 11.5 I can tell you that you need a higher lofted driver. Example if you have a 100 mph swing speed you need to have a ball lauch angle some where around 12 to 13 degrees. Not knowing your exact swing speed with a driver and looking at your iron swing speed and I am guessing around 85 to 90 with a driver.I would say you need a driver in the 15 degree area. There are alot of other variables such as angle of attack and so on. And as you say you not located near a facility to fit you . Compare you 3 wood to your driver distance I would say they are close to the same distance. There are lot of component dealer out there that make 15 degree drivers.

Hard to do without seeing you putt. Seems like you may be quick with your stroke you can smooth out any putting stroke by backweighting. Backweighting is placing a 100 gram weight in the upper part of the shaft thru the grip check out the link. http://www.golfsmith.com/browse.php?...tchall&Ntk;=All

No your not expecting to much, someone there should have been able to help you more. But your swing speed and launch angel are correct, and as you say ball spin is alittle high (could have tried different balls.) At least you got to try different clubs to find which one works best for you. And of course you always want to buy the one you hit long and down the middle. Before you buy you need to go back in a few days and hit the launch monitor to see if you get the same results.

If your being fitted with a compentent fitter he should be able to put in the proper shafts...

If your that good with your eight iron, just hit the longer clubs with the same swing speed and tempo as your eight iron. In other words when using driver or any longer club just imagine its your eight iron and swing like just like its the eight iron. If you can do that I think you will be supprized at the results...........when golfers get longer clubs in their hands most of the time they think they have muscle up and swing harder......WRONG, the clubs are already made to hit them farther due to club length and loft. Who care's if someone is out driving you or a friend hits a 9 iron form 150 yards and you hit a 7 iron, don't try to fall into the ( they hit the ball farther than i do game) play within yourself, always remember that. The game is not how far but how many.

Without seeing your swing and you say your divots are deep and left my guess would be your short iron are to long and lie angle's are off on your irons. I am guessing to upright causing your heel to hit the grass first making the toe turn over going left. I see when you go to a range your hitting off matts, place some masking tape on the bottom of your irons hit some shots and look to see where you are making marks on the tape, if the marks are toward the heel the lies are to up right, if in the center of the club the lie is ok, if toward the toe the lie is to flat. I think you will find the mark toward the heel. If so two things could be wrong, clubs to long or lies to upright, or both. Lies are very important and i will give you and example. If you hit a pitching from 100 yards to a pin and you hit the hole every time, and then you change the lie angle 1 degree up right and then hit the same shot the ball will miss 22 feet left of the hole. So lie angle is very important. All that being said you need to have the club lengths checked first then the lie angle. You will need to find a clubfitter in your area he can help you. I hope this helps

I feel your pain.........believe me,,,,,,,,,,,