mr_rua

I quit cold turkey after smoking for 12 years. It was very tough, I stopped talking to a lot of my "smoking" friends during my quitting phase. I had dreams that I was smoking and was very upset when I woke up. But after 3 months I was able to break the daily habit of smoking. I smoked "socially" for a few months, but just found that I would get physically ill for a few days after smoking "socially". I finally broke the habit permanently by training for and running half marathons and marathons. I'm actually doing 2 triathlons this year. I guess my lesson learned is that, if you want to quit. Prepare yourself mentally and find a physical activity (e.g. running) to occupy your time.

Don't know anything about GolfSmith. As for Golf Galaxy, my experience with them in the stores in my area (N. Va) have been horrendous. They have fed me erroneous information from things such as golf balls to what shaft I need to use. My suspicion here is that the stores in my area are not staffed with people who actually know anything about and/or even play golf. Just a bunch of high school students working an after school job is my guess. Maybe the GolfGalaxy's in your area are better staffed?

Long time lurker. First time poster. Hello everybody! I watch BB religously because I have recently become a golf fanatic this past year and live and breath golf 24/7. At any rate, I finally felt like I needed to vent to a group of people who I've never met. Here it goes: Lori - Every time they show her, I yell out the word "c**t" and I never ever use that word because it is such an ugly word to call a person. However, Lori is ugly on the inside that I felt the use of this word is warranted. She is so petty and full of herself. Golf is a class game where you show respect to your opponents regardless of how you feel about that person personally. Sophie - Just as classless as Lori. If you are going to put someone on the spot about proper golf etiquette, then you need to do the same yourself. I hope the LET sees this and yanks her card, but highly unlikely. Kim - Jumped on the "I hate Christina"-bandwagon because it was easier to have the "mob" mentality then actually stand up and do the right thing. The right thing being to tell the other gals to lay off of Christina and to concentrate on playing golf. Earlier on the show Kim showed now animosity towards Christina until the group got smaller and she figured she had better pick a side. Too bad she picked the side that makes her look bad and could have people look at her differently throughout her "professional" golf career. But my views of her future is pure conjecture. Christina - Very un-sportsmanlike to have said out loud (under her breath, but still audible), "Choke" several episodes ago. That is a big no-no in any sport period. But kudos to her for not trying to be petty and have stupid arguments with the other girls about crap. She minded her own business, didn't speak to anyone, and went about her business. Unfortunately her business (golf) wasn't good enough to get her through the next round. In closing, Christina is the best of the worse, but too bad she collapsed like a house of cards under pressure. But, truthfully I probably wouldn't even made it to the final four myself given all that pressure. I suppose Kim is the only left that I would even consider rooting for. It's whatever now with this freaking show!