Saks

Hey. Bit of a rant! After 6 weeks of getting rained off, we finally had qualifying for the matchplay with handicap tournament our club holds each year, just before the real club champs. I qualified second (top 16 qualify only)and was looking forward to my match this Sunday. Alas, on Thursday night I dropped a 260lb plus outboard motor onto my foot. I now have two broken twos, one in two places and the other has broken clean into two pieces! Needless to say, my foot is deep blue, swollen up and cant walk! I have been able to put the match off by one week. The opponent was happen to delay as had been sick all week. But realistically I don't think I will be able to walk 18 by next week anyway. I can probably get over pulling out of this tournament, but the club champs proper starts in four weeks. I would want a couple of rounds under the belt before my first match of that. I have a title to defend here! Any tips on how to recover? Anyone got over something like this fast? I am of course wary of coming back too soon damaging it further and missing out on everything. All I can say is D'oh. I have been hitting it so well too...

Mine would be -16. Have birdied all but 2 holes, no eagles. Makes for a 56. Not bad for my first full year of golf...

MY favorite: Both my caddy and I simultaneously in the final of the club champs 3 weeks ago: "Oh beee the club" as my 8 iron approach zeroed in on the pin. It was! A funny one is: A hacker turns to his caddy and says "Do you think I can reach the green with my 5 iron from here? Caddy says "Yep, how many times are you going to hit it?"

Am tossing up between a 5 wood and a 3 hybrid. Both 2007 TM Burners. I already have the Burner 3 wood and it is the nicest club I have ever hit! I have a free club from the golf shop and they got these 2 options in for me to hit tomorrow. I was thinking 3 hybrid but have just started hitting my 3 iron semi-reliably! I have tried the 4 hybrid against my 4 iron and they go about the same distance, except the hybrid has a higher trajectory (I hit it real high) and I guess is more forgiving. So no real advantage there. So I guess I am looking for something to fill the gap between 3 iron and 3 wood. Distances (carry): 3 Wood is 200 metres(220 yards) reliably, 4 iron is 170ish metres (185 yards) and 3 iron 180ish metres (195 odd yards). I am happy with the height I get from my 3 iron, so do I go for the forgiveness of the 3 hybrid or go to the 5 wood? I will hit them back to back tomorrow and hopefully one of them falls right in the 190metre yardage. Anything else I should think about? I will have to lose my 52 degree wedge if I carry the 3 iron plus whatever I pick up tomorrow! So maybe one will fall in between the 4 iron and 3 wood! Decisions, decisions!

My 3 wood of the deck. Especially when you land it on the green after a poor tee shot, or for your second on a par 5. A pretty close second would be a one hop and stop sand wedge, right next to the hole...

Thanks for the replies...They are not the right sort of blue, they look "cheap" as well. I wasn't looking at buying them, I do a bit of digging on golf clubs for sale over here and report dodgy dealings. That website will remove any auctions for clones or knock offs. We don't want them to be sold to unsuspecting people! Even when people admit they are fakes they still say they will play like the authentics! At least in NZ we don't see too many instances of fakes...the tend to stand out like these ones! Another auction removed... Cheers for the input

Callaway x18's. They just dont look right... Can anyone confirm? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Sports/Golf...p-76223067.htm

Our greens had not been done for two years and were getting so slow and starting to hold water too. I played 3 days after they got cored and sanded and they were pretty bad, the next week they were slow but after two weeks they were better than before they were done. 4-6 weeks and they were pretty much perfect. Now they are they fastest I have ever seen them (still slow compared to most though I would say!) and it is just coming into spring! It sucks when they are just done but worth it to have better greens in a few weeks.

I have stumbled across quite a few clubs in my 18 months or so of playing. Usually 9 irons or wedges besides greens. I have lost two myself. I left my putter by the 18th green. Realised on the way back home, rang the clubhouse and they had it. Must have been handed in by the group behind. Today, I went to chip onto the 13th green with my 7 iron, and it wasn't there... After I stopped panicking and wondering how I could play in the club champs final next week without my 7, I remembered that I was inbetween 6 and 7 iron for my approach into the 11th. I had gone with 6 and left the 7 leaning on the bag. I must have walked off without putting it back... I started to run over to the spot and asked the green fee players coming down the 12th if they had seen it. No. Uh oh. then as I was running down the 11th, someone was waving at me and pointing to their bag. Got there and he had it. Great feeling. Luckily it was a guy who plays the course a bit and has his own Taylormades so didn't feel the need to swipe one of mine! Don't know how I would have got a LT 7 iron in a week! Or ever. So yeah, I think its karma. I always hand everything in that I find and have been lucky so far when I have been stupid enough to leave something on the course. Also lucky that we only have about 130 members so everyone knows everyone. Would hate to lose a club on a busy course. Man that was a great feeling seeing that guy with my club! FWIW, it was a strange day on the course. Had 38 with 3 birdies on the front for a P.B! 42 coming home.

This unbelievable! When playing ultra casual rounds with close mates, we will pick up someones ball if they have just lag putted or chipped to a couple of inches or so and throw it back... In your situation, I will "concede" the putt for your par. Nice 89!!

With my irons I have finally got rid of my slice and now it is a reasonably reliable draw. I get a club or so extra carry from the draw but no extra roll, although it is winter here and you can stick a 4 iron on the greens at the moment! My driver and 3 wood are draws if I hit them properly, but I have a reliable 80 percent swing with my driver which is a fade. This is my safety off the tee shot. I think the preferable ball flight is whatever you feel comfortable with and whatever you can repeat. If I try to play a fade, it turns into a slice very quickly but I hardly ever hook it from trying to draw it. For someone who hooks it, they may feel more comfortable playing a fade.

Well, after a couple of emails and some sending of pictures, my replacement 3 wood has arrived, less than a week after it broke. Well done to RockBottom Golf and Taylormade. You both have a customer for life... I couldn't be happier with the service and with buying clubs online (not sure about ebay though, unless you buy from a known retailer...)

Saw my first trashie lask week. Was on the 18th in a club champs match, the other match in my group. First guy on in two. Second guy hits, pushes it right and short. Lands square on top of the rubbish bin lid (by the 10th tee) and bounces onto the green. They both hole out in two for a half......and proceed to go on to extra holes!

Only problem is I got it from Rockbottom golf and they are not an authorised retailer...

Have used my Burner 3 wood for about 10 rounds. It has been an amazingly nice club. Untill today. Pulled it out on the 9th tee, and had it resting on the ground while I was waiting for others to tee off, had the tiniest amouont of pressure on it and it snapped into two! Must have been cracked and hanging on by a thread! I had used it twice during the round, off the first tee with no problems and then on the 4th hole, off the fairway. The ball was sitting down a little and I caught it very thin and close to the heel as well. I guess this is what did the damage... I can't believe that this was enough to break it though... I have seen clubs take way more punishment than this. Must have been unlucky and got a club with a dodgy shaft. Anyone else had issues with these burner shafts? Time to test out Rockbottom golf's after sales customer service! Is now a good time to look at upgrading the shaft? I hit this club quite high but really straight so don't really want to upset things much. Any suggestions here?