Very Disapointed with my clubs

[Clambake]

  Shindig said:

So, if my driver weighs less than a duck... it must be made of wood?

Welcome to Camelot, Sir Shindig!

[daviddunn]

Aren't golf clubs made to strike a golf ball and not a boulder or a tree? Am I missing something?

[Jay-Bird]

  Duffy said:

Hay Jay-Bird.....hehehe

Well played, sir, well played!

I am wiping egg off of my face. I also shot myself in the foot while my foot was in my mouth.

[whetstone]

Apparently

  daviddunn said:

Am I missing something?

[SKMoss]

  Duffy said:

I have got to tell ya Is2linda that looking at what you have in your bag tells me that that isn't your picture.

Who cares.

50% of the reason I visit the site is Is2Linda's avatar.

[flopdarock]

my brother broke 2 clubs in 1 week...
hybrid with the ball laying next to a tree... it didnt wrap around the tree like we thought it would... it just broke in half...
the other was his 5w... he hit a perfect shot... nice high draw... he walked towards the cart while admiring his shot... holding his club in front of him... ran into the cart... club first... put a ding on his shaft but it wasnt 'broken' so he stuck it in his bag... a few holes later during his back swing... the lower half of his club flew straight up in the air and everyone ducked for cover...
i blame it on graphite... what are we playing tennis out there?
good ole fashioned steel is how you wrap clubs around a tree!

[is2linda]

  SKMoss said:

Who cares.

That is so disturbing...

[zeg]

I've actually broken 3 clubs. The 3W I described earlier is the only one that was stupid behavior where I "deserved" it. The other two were my 3 and 5 irons from my starter set. On one, I had a funny lie on an embankment, so it's possible I hit a bit fat, but it felt like pretty clean contact. The ball flew 30 yards, the club head 40. The 3I went a couple weeks later on the range, where I know it was clean contact. Both of them snapped through the metal of the hosel, so it wasn't even cheap graphite... just cheap clubs.

[jsherm45]

I LOL'ed. Well played OP. =)

[Duffy]

Shindig,

Therefor your club must be.......

My 5 iron turned me into a newt once. I got better.

[mbmbmbhb]

This topic is excellent.
Who knew golf clubs weren't made to hit trees?

[Derrick]

Guys,

You have it all wrong. You can keep the club from breaking, but it is all in the technique. It has to do with your release point and follow through. Just watch this video and you will see what I mean: http://www.golf.com/golf/video/artic...720077,00.html

Hope this helps.

[sean_miller]

  mbmbmbhb said:

This topic is excellent.

I broke the shaft of my Ram Accubar pitching wedge on a tree the day before a tournament in 1986. I haven't played Ram irons or that golf course since. Coincidence? Maybe.

[Duffy]

Derrick,

Excellent instruction. You will receive a passing grade on your report card. Well Done.