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For lag putting I use my right foot, since I'm right-handed, as distance gauge. You'll need to practice this, but what you do is determine how many inches off your right foot you need to bring the putter back to hit the putt. For instance if you have a 40 foot putt, then I bring the putter head about 4-5 inches off of my right foot's baby toe. If it is a 30 foot putt, I'll bring the putter head about 2-3 inches off my right foot's baby toe. For a twenty foot putt, I'll bring the putter off my right foots baby toe, for 10 foot maybe it's the middle of my right foot where I bring the club back to. Again this guage works for me. The inches off your foot is an approximate and you'll need to determine this during your own practice sessions. At the practice green I'll work on this lagging drill from different known distances, until I can kind of determine how far to bring the club back for each know distance of a putt. Now when I'm on the course, what I will do is pace off my putts looking for anomalies in the putting surface as well as determine how far of a putt I have. Know that each pace is a yard or 3 feet. If I count off 10 paces that's 10 yards or 30 feet. I'll add or minus some feet depending on the slope of the putting surface. By pacing off the distance of my putt, allows my brain to register how far of putt I have and solidfies exactly how far I have to roll this. Then once I know how far the putt from the hole, my brain knows what a 40 ft or 30 foot putt feels like. If I'm ever unsure I've got my "feet" gauge to rely on from my practice. This has really improved my putting and helped me get from a 21 handicap to a 10 handicap in about a year's time.

I have a Titleist light carry bag that I got last year for Christmas. I think it is great for carrying my clubs to the range and when I walk. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -How do stand bags hold up in carts? Does that mess with the stand mechanism at all? However, when I try to get my carry bag in the cart, the mechanism does not allow the bag to fit in straight. I have to always put my bag in at at angle. The mechanism is kind of bulky for a cart thus it gets hung up. -How reliable are the stand mechanisms? I've had my bag for a year now. No problems. -Do smaller openings create problems? My old cart bag doesn't have full-length dividers, so maybe this would be less of a problem. It also seems like stand bags are shorter than cart bags and more of the club sticks out and they're more accessible. Is this true? My Titleist bag has some full length dividers but the clubs get hung up some of the time and I have a challenging time to get my clubs in and out. -Which manufacturers would you recommend? I've been looking at Callaway, Sun Mountain, Titleist (apparently made by Sun Mountain?), and Ogio. I like my Titleist bag, but my old Ogio bag seems to work better getting the clubs in an out, and fits in the cart better. The only reason I bought a new bag was that my Ogio was beginning to fall apart after several years of use. The pockets were not zipping up, etc. Check out the Ogio and make sure to put some clubs in the bag at the store to see what it is like to pull a club in/out of full bag of clubs. Something that I wish I would have tried. Good luck!

Not me. I have Taylor Made irons(4I-PW), 3W, 5W, Taylor Made Tour Burner driver, Titleist Vokey wedges (50, 56, 60)