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This is what I was yelling at the TV. It is NOT golf !!!! I would have fought that claim tooth and nail. Then I would have told thecow to mind her own business. As other have said, Lori should be on a show called the re-tred break. I'm sorry she had her chance. This show is about getting in the door, not back in the door after you locked yourself out.

My bad, she needed something to get on common ground with hot, young chicks and Christina gave it to her ;)

Lori is using one of the oldest tricks in the book when you are thrown in with a bunch of strangers. You find a common ground and use it as crutch to build a bond with that person or persons. Christina said "choke" and most of the chicks heard it. Lori is now using that as her ONLY common denominator with the other chicks. She is going so overboard it will soon bite her in the a**. BTW, what the hell is "stinkeye" I didn't think much of Christina after the choke comment but she has responded quite well. I put her and Susan at the top of my favorites list.

I agree with your statement in regards to OFFSET woods. If the club is draw bias weighted it is not near as big of issue. I talked about this with my instructor and told me he sees a lot of draw bias drivers on tour. He should know he played at the PGA last year.

+1 here $199 + 10% off for demo day. I went to a demo day and bought two , a draw and neutral. We taped them up and the pro told me to bring back the one I don't like. It was windy and I was getting tired of hitting balls so I was thankful for the chance to continue my demo at a later date.

Good points again. I went at lunch and hit some clubs. MP-57 and X-20 tours. I liked them both but need to get to a range with them before I do anything. If I take your advice I think the only thing I would do different is get the X-20 tours with rifle shafts. That way I keep the forgiving head design but lose the offset. It would be like a half step up, or well a baby step. I'm planning on keeping my X-20s either way. I rarely trade in equipment. I prefer to keep it until I'm sure I like what I bought.

I thought about that but I still want to lose the offset in the clubs. I'm looking to move away from a game improvement iron to more of a players iron.

I bought some x-20 last year. Great irons. They have helped me regain confidence and improves from a low 20 to a ~15 handicapper. They are stiff flex graphite shafts and with the offset I get a higher than I like ball flight. I'm also looking for more feedback on off center hits so I can improve in that area. I know I may struggle at first but I'm looking to improve in the long run !! I bought an Srixon i-506 6 iron for 5 bucks to just try out a forged club. I really like the way I can feel that I missed the sweet spot. My question is what next !! Any suggestions some irons to test. The 4 I have targeted at the upcoming demo day are: AP1 and AP2 ==> not sure which one but I'm thinking the AP2 Mizuno MP-57 Callaway X-tours Also what steel shaft is similar to a Stiff graphite ( 5.0, 5.5, S300, r300 ?? ), I'm looking for a starting point. I'll get fitted once I pick the clubs. Some quick info Current Handicap according to scorecard software 14.1 Driver speed ~95 mph thanks --Myke

I'm staying at Shingle Creek, I need to check and see how much the green fees are for guests. Thanks for the help.

I'm heading to Orlando in early Oct. Going to play a little golf between work stuff. Seems to be a ton of courses. Here are a couple I'm thinking about playing Mystic Dunes Celebration Champions Gate, both courses Any input or suggestions are welcome. One last question, how are the Disney Courses and whick one should I play. thanks in advance.

Ping pong ??? Should have given Tiger's kid a drum set. Maybe that would keep Tiger up at night

I read the Appleby article . Phil sounded more lazy for not driving than a bad guy. The PGA let him play so I would put the blame on them not Phil. Appleby also talks about Phil's interviews. Big deal, every baseball/football player give the same worthless canned interview. If Tiger treated fans like Phil he would be so insanely popular that the other pros would be nearly invisible.

I tip based solely on service. I could care less how hot a cart girl/waitress looks. Put yourself in their shoes. Would you think you earned a .30 cent tip. I have associates that bitch about their bonus being 5k less than the should have got and then leave 50 cents at the lunch table. Nice. Most restaurants report 8% of your ring out as tips to the feds. If you stiff or go cheap they you are costing them money. Great service get 25-30 % from me. I also hvae kids that can create quit a mess. I always add a few more bucks a kid surcharge Cart girls usually drive around the course in reverse order. On a hot day I'll grab the cart girl buy a drink and drop her a 5-10 tip and ask her to hit us up a few extra times thru the round. She now is going above and beyond her "assigned duties". You get what you pay for and service is one of those things.

Best team I have been on was -14 (58). It was good for second place. We had two hight single digits and myself (16) and another 16. Not a long course but tight with alot of doglegs. I won't play in scrambles that allow unlimited mulligans or any unlimited buy ins. It just becomes a money game. Same reason I don't play Texas hold 'em with a rebuy. Takes so much of the skill out of the game.

One common reason for hitting off the heel or even the hosel is the casting of the club and going over the top w/ an out/inside swing. I know, I have been there and done that........................

It had been about 10 days since I last used my skycaddie. Fired it up last night and got 3 bars and the "+". Put it on the dash today for the drive to work and had 3-4 bars and the "+" all the way in to work ( 40 mile drive ). Looks like the issues I was having a couple weeks ago are gone. BTW, I did reset the GPS last night.

Add another Missouri skycaddie that is not working. I'm lucky to get any bars. I get a signal and then lose it over and over. I have a Garmin GPS for backpacking. I'll try it tonight.

I hit some redline the other day for the first time and I was really impressed. I fI had not just bought my Sonartecs I would have givin the redlines a serious look.

One that confuses me is "that is a nice golf shot" . Damn, I was looking for a nice slap shot..... Maybe the way I play doesn't resemble golf at times One I mutter to myself after I let up on a chip is "you pu**y" I don't scream it just a soft reminder to myself.

I have an Ogio bag with a little rubber strap that prevents this from happing. It loops over the cart bag bar on the cart. It also keeps the bag from twisting. I have been to a few courses that the strap locks are so worn that they barley hold the bags on.

I knew I would be mis-understood on this point. Just clairfy so I don't get any hate mail.... The 'act' of hitting a golf ball is easier. The ball is stationary. Golf as a whole is a very difficult game because your are all alone out there, which I tried to state in my post. Just an aside, using baseball player quotes about which is harder golf or the sport you were a natural at and played from the time you were 4 years old is not a fair question. I bet Tiger would tell you golf is easier than baseball for him :) Too get back on topic now.... Drug testing in most sports is a joke. It is there for show and makes things annoying for the dopers. Cycling is at the fore front and they still can't even come close to getting it right. The other problem is drug testing is some sports go the extreme and start throwing people out and find out later that their new 'super' test gives false positives ( see tri-athalons). That is usually a career ending move that then causes the sport to suffer more.

Here is my 2 cents. I have been a competitive cyclist for many, many years and have seen the dark side of the sport and what doping can do. HGH and steroids would be an idea match for golf. Roids would be a good place to jump start your workout or help recover from a nagging injury. You don't have to look like a tank to be a roid user. For anyone that has ever lifted the first 6-8 weeks is tough and roid can get you thru that wall rather fast. HGH is the magic bullet. It is called the fountain of youth drug for a reason. It allows you to work out like an animal day after day after day. Even if that work out is hitting 1000+ golf balls or walking 36 a couple times a week. Many dopers in sport use the roids to get the jump and may never touch them again. It is the HGH that allows them to go non-stop. HGH is the new drug of choice in hollywood. Work out in the am, film during the day, party all night, repeat and never look/fell tired. Drug testing in golf, much like baseball will be implemented with little noise from the players. WHY ?? because drug test never involves checking for HGH. That requires a pretty special blood test and most sports just don't allow blood work. Pee in a cup and everybody is happy. As far a baseball vs golf analogy. I have played both ( turned down the phillies out of HS ). Hitting a baseball is far harder than hitting a golf ball. In golf it is you and the ball, heck they make everyone shut up before you hit. You have no outside force to affect your attempt to hit the ball. Try hitting a 98 mph fastball that is tailing at you head with the crowd screaming. The pitcher is doing everything he can to keep you from hitting it. Having played a few sports at a high level I may have a different view. Make no mistake golf is my current game of choice and is incredibly difficult. It is one of the best individual tests you can put your self thru, but it far from immune from doping issues.

I shave my legs ( cyclist ) and I rarely get any ticks on me, much less than my playing partners. They seem to use leg hair and good jumping on point.

I saw Butch Harmon do a similar drill with one of the pros he was working with in a show. He had them start cocking their wrists sooner so they were set early in swing and not trying to catch up.

+1 'When I cast or flip I really loose distance and get a way high soft fade. It pisses me off . When I flip I can't take a divot after the ball so I use divots or marks on the grass as a gauge if I'm hitting down on the ball. If you look at a slow-mo video you see that the divots come from hitting the ball then fully extending your wrists. Seeing this on video made it click in my head on what needs to be done. Still not there, but trying.