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Thanks everyone for your input. I have had a few ideas about making my own mat so I think I will give that a go. For now however I am going to buy a synthetic grass cut out from a grass shop. They have mats that are very similar to the first cut of rough at my course. When hitting out of the first cut of rough, on my course anyway, the grass is quite dense and stiff. Most of the time the ball just sits on top just like it does with this mat. Crucially though when hitting out of this rough on the course you don't actually take a divot since the ball is on top, instead you take a few grass cuttings. The rough mat from the grass shop also can do this so it is quite realistic except it will wear overtime. As for a good realistic fairway mat its very difficult to achieve realism since you are actually taking earth with you, something a mat won't do (and may never do)so I am thinking of some kind of solution for that.

Hi I just got a driving net for practice in the home however the garden is getting wrecked so I can't really hit of the grass any more. I was looking at driving range mats but I don't think they are the way to go and am considering just hitting of a tee. What are your thoughts on this? I am using it with my camcorder to constantly check my swing so I intend to put a tonne of hours into it this year. Driving mat - can't afford a "good one". A bad one could promote injury plus years a go when I went to the range I couldn't hit a ball worth of crap on the golf course. Hence why I stopped going. Unrealistic. Just a tee in the garden - Won't destroy the garden as much (could put a door mat underneath tee) but more realistic I guess than hitting of the mat? Its cheap.

The thing with slow play really is that it doesn't matter how slow a golfer plays it doesn't bother me in the slightest if I see a group of elderly or slow golfers on the course, it makes me happy. What I really cannot stand for the life of me is the ones that have no etiquette what so ever and never let you through. That is the thing that I hate slow players not giving a toss and letting you play through rather than slow golfers in general. I do encourage what 240 is doing but I think it will be hard to do. Golf used to be a real gentlemans game but now I think it has lost a lot of that. Some of the people I have seen at my club disgust me. dont repair divots, pitch marks, skipping holes in front of groups, being ignorant etc. I think the only true way to bring back this good gentlemanly nature of the game would be for courses to become a lot stricter with the rules. It will be a very hard thing to do, there are people that don't like change or can't change. All the golf clubs can really do I think is sign post around the course as much as they can, rules such as slow play and hope they follow it.

yes I understand this but he could still have a big xfactor with a big shoulder turn. There are different ways of achieving speed. Bubba swings very wide with a big arc his power source.does xfactor play a part in speed?

In other words if I don't change anything in my swing apart from restricting my hips a little more will I see improved distance?

no my short game is a much better standard than my driving, my driving is my worst part of my game and I want to improve it. My course is relatively long so I need to have a good short game to play well. Hitting 8 irons and 6 irons to greens and getting close is much easier than hitting 3 irons and 4 irons on some holes. Obviously my hole game could be improved but my driving is the worst part of my game

I want to increase my driver clubhead speed any drills or equipment you recommend? I would average 100mph

What is the most fundamental thing to faster clubhead speed, what is the main source of this fast swing speed, what to do all of the top tour pros have in common? I am fine with my game the biggest let down I have atm is my driving distance and I want to improve it to 300 yards ideally. I would only hit it 250 on average on nice days which is ok I guess but my fairways are wet and you rarely get roll meaning 230 -240 yards average. My swing speed is 100mph average and my clubs are all custom fit. I shoot mid 70s so my technique is ok nothing seriously wrong with it. Is it down to actual strength?(not being ripped), I know technique and all comes into it but what is the big factor?Any drills?

This is the drill he does here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stwogdbndu4 but he doesn't go in to much detail about it which is why he does it he wants his swing to be simple like me. He does this often even before he hits shots in competition. I will do it to the about half way point and check that the butt of my club is pointing to the ball that way I know im on plane, then all I would have to do is turn back and through, I just wonder if this is what AK does. I also like to take it to the half way point/end of takeway and stop there and check.

Has anyone seen the drill that AK does where he takes the club back about waist high and checks if its in the right position then simply turns back and trhough?My pro gave me a very similar drill that I always worked on and I would like to go back to it because I have been swinging too flat now possibly too upright to compensate this. To do this drill you have to have a good take away stopping parallel to the ground and above your toe line, clubface should by square. Next hinge wrists so butt of club points to the ball putting it on perfect plane your left arm should be parrallel to ground. I believe this is where AK takes his drill to? So basically do those first two moves in one like AK then turn back and through?

I would like to get a trolley for my tour bag and like this powakaddy micra one but the trouble is I would have to buy online which means I don't even know if it would fit my bag or any trolley for that matter since my golf shops don't stock a wide range of trolleys.

ok thanks il probably give the mizuno ones a go becasue they are a good bit cheaper and are made of the same materials might as well give them ago

I would like to buy a pair of rain gloves but dont know which ones are the best anyone have any recommendations. I have read the footjoys are good but seen there are mizuno ones which are cheaper, taylormade ones and callaway ones but I have read zero restriction are the best any pointers?

I got the nike vr pro with the project x and have no regrets love it and well worth the price I paid!

I have always pretty much wanted the 910d2 for the customization and project x shaft since it first came out however I have never been able to justify spending that much money on a golf club. Anyway now the vr pro straight fit driver with the project x is on offer for £129 which I think is very very tempting. I have demoed both of these clubs once. The 910d2 with the rip which is similar to project x was really good and the vr pro with the black fubuki? shaft was ok reckon it would be great in the project x but feels amazing on center hits. I am really considering the nike for that price the 910 wont go down to that for at least another season even with the 913 out soon what do you think? What are the differences in the customization if any?

Hello I am looking at buying a new golf trolley. I have a tour bag and the main problem I have is finding one that is big enough for it to fit. That is my main concern. I don't want to spend a lot so an electrical trolley is out of the question. Anyone have any recommendations? I seen that this gets good reviews but don't know if its big enough http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003V4XUI6/ref=s9_simh_gw_p200_d0_i2?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf;_rd_s=center-2&pf;_rd_r=0Q852GSKH1KV5X3X3DDD&pf;_rd_t=101&pf;_rd_p=317828027&pf;_rd_i=468294

This is what I have been trying to do but when its a bit busier the group in front holds up everyone so playing 3 balls will hold up people behind me. Eventually you cant win

The only reason why I am saying I might quit is because its not worth the money paying for it and its taking away the enjoyment. It would be cheaper just to pay when I come up if I do. Any time I play im surrounded by pigs that don't ring bells, fix divots, pitch marks, talk, or let you through when they are clearly holding you up with open holes in front of them i.e. 4 ball infront of me. I often just walk off because it gets that bad

The thing is I dont care about how slow people are playing as long as they are being considerate and following the rules and even just being gentlemen like the game is suppose to be. This is about time wasting and bad etiquette. You don't get close enough to talk to them unless you shout. They know I want to play through because I am standing on the tee box or fairway watching them and they see me doing it.All they have to do is hit their tee shots and I hit up with them and take over how hard can it be.

No because by the time I hit my shots onto the green and putted out they have hit their drives and are walking up the fairway

Ok lately slow play and bad etiquette has been making me angry and depressed at my once great golf club to the point I may not pay to be a member any more. People are so ignorant and arrogant, they never ring bells to let you know its safe to hit on blind shots even though they see us on the tee box. The worst thing is I can never practice by myself or play golf with my friend as a two ball. We/I always get stuck behind a 4 ball of old guys that never let us through. They hack and hack and time waste so much its unbelievable. Once I got so mad I shouted fore to get a group that skipped in front of us out of the way to let us hit and of course we get up and it is the pro playing in the four ball saying it was rude etc etc and he would have let us through, yea right, the time was when we were on the tee box with you!. I am just so sick of this and do not know what to do? Today I was stuck behind a 4 ball of old hacking men, with no one in front of them, for the 4th, 5th, 6,th par 3, 7th and 8th when I eventually walked off because they never let me through. What is there to do about this?

Ok thanks thats a nice resource. Yea I thought about the same. I suppose I should really get some data and test clubs to get the right answer and swing stats.

Hello I have a tiny bit of a driver fitting problem and I am considering if the difference in a fitted driver would be worth the money. I currently have an r7 quad Ht 10.5 with an xstiff NVS shaft 55 gram which is a light soft tip shaft which I don't mind the feel off. The problem is my ball starts ballooning on occasion (all the time with a pro v1)and I get no roll even backspin sometimes(in the wind it goes nowhere). My swing and launch are fine it is purely a fitting problem. My question is how much distance is this likely losing me or how much would a fitted driver benefit me? My swing speed is at least 100 mph I would hit it on average easily 250. I would say my rpm is about 5000. I did demo the 910d2 9.5 with a rip stiff 9.5 and it felt unbelievable. It was definitely a flatter flight than my driver, it wasn't ballooning as expected but I was still expecting it to go a bit lower or longer especially being a 9.5 and I was still getting little roll. So it is pretty close to what I would expect to be optimal so id say it would be at 3500 rpm. I couldn't tell if I gained any distance with it because i wasn't hitting them side by side but it definitely felt hotter off the face and on one hole I hit it 20 yards further twice than I ever have with my driver yet on one slight incline hole about the same as a good drive with my other driver. My question is this would it be possible that I am losing about 20 - 30 yards with my r7 quad and a fitted driver would gain this?I really want to play with pro v1s but I cant simply because it balloons so much of my driver so it would be good to get fitted a lone for that. Obviously you could say to go to a trackman but then I have to book to use it and talk to the sales guys and its really awkward and feel pressured into buying it there when I dont have the money yet and just want to see out of curiosity and a new 912 should be out this winter.

The reason why you might hit it better may not be to do with the head size. After all a three wood is shorter more forgiving and has more loft making it much easier to hit. If you can hit a 3 wood that far you should have no trouble hitting a driver further because you have to be hitting your 3 wood well to do that. The chances are more like you are using a wrongly fitted driver. So id recommend getting fitted. There will be little difference in an older smaller headed driver than a 460cc because although they are bigger they are somewhat lighter as well. Why not try going for a last generation driver with a 400 cc head or try a 3 wood with a much stronger loft.