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My personal opinion on the interview is to wear a suit and tie. In my mind, it shows your potential employers that you're serious about the job, and didn't just wander in on a whim. A few years back when I was between jobs in my field, I applied to a local amusement park (similar to Six Flags, but a bit smaller) for one of the entry-level, ride operator positions and wore a suit and tie to that. That being said, if this is a job fair, an mentioned in the post title (my idea of a job fair is a place with a bunch of booths for various jobs set up where they will give you info on the jobs and maybe schedule an interview if they are interested), I would think a nice pair of khakis and a nice polo would be totally appropriate.

I try to play by the rules as much as I can, but have a few "house rules" I play by currently. If I have not gone to the range before I tee off and I hit my very first tee-shot OB, I'll take a mulligan instead of the penalty shot. If I mishit my second tee shot, I take the penalty. However, if I go to the range beforehand and then hit my first tee shot OB, I take the penalty and move on. My second house rule applies to the sand. I just started playing golf recently (have yet to break 100) and have never really practiced hitting any shots from the sand. To be blunt, I have no idea how to get out of a greenside bunker (fairway bunkers are a slightly different story). So, it takes me 1 stroke to get out, even if it was really three or four. My mentality on this is that I'm there to have fun, and taking four or five strokes to clear a greenside bunker (a not uncommon feat for me) is no fun and honestly ruins the whole round for me. Once I get better in the sand and can reliably clear bunkers in one stroke, this rule will go away. This house rule honestly doesn't come into play much. My home course is a 9-hole par 3 course with no bunkers, so I can't hit sand there (or practice it, unfortunately). I played 18 holes at a full-length course yesterday and ended up in a fairway bunker once and was able to easily get out in one stroke, so the house rule was moot. Like some of the other posters, I will also not go back to the tee box if a ball that should be findable ends up lost. I'll usually take a drop in the rough and move on. If I hit a ball that's obviously OB from the tee box, I will hit a second shot from the tee box.

Shorts if it's above 80 out, pants if not.

I just got involved in BBBS this past year, back in January I think. It's been a great experience so far. My little brother has shown some interest in golf, but unfortunately I don't currently have enough disposable income to get him a set. I'm a member at a small par 3 course near my house ($29/month for unlimited golf for everyone in my household) so I think I'll ask them next time I'm in what their policy on BBBS is. If they will bend the rules a bit and consider him to be in my household, I will probably see if he is interested in getting a kid's set of clubs and if he is scrape enough money together to get him some clubs and take him there to play. But Apoc, I totally agree that the program is awesome. I've really enjoyed my time with my little brother, and I'm glad I volunteered.

A 3-month 10-lesson golfTec plan. Figuring I'll start it up in March, when the weather is turning nicer and I can get out and use what I'm learning. Can't wait to start!

Thanks for the input guys. It looks like it's going to cost more than I'd like to spend to get the shafts upgraded. I think I'll just put the money towards a new set of clubs. Thanks again!

I've got some general questions about my equipment. I have a few years old set of Jack Nicolaus Golden Bear irons. They came in a boxed set with all 14 clubs and a bag; my wedges, driver and putter have been upgraded, but I've been holding off on the irons because they can get expensive. I was thinking about upgrading next spring, but decided I'd rather put the money towards the adoption process and simply got them regripped this week, thinking that would be good enough for now (I went from a standard size grip to an undersize and love it). While I was at the golf store, I began thinking about looking into getting my irons reshafted next spring. Will this have much of an effect? Will I really notice much of a difference between my stock shafts? This past spring I got fitted for a set of Titleists at a demo day at my home course, and they fitted me for the True Temper Dynamic Gold shaft, a still shaft. Is it possible to buy this shaft and have it put on my irons? If so, where would I look for prices? Speaking of prices, how much would I be looking at spending? If it's a few hundred dollars, I'll probably just put that money towards a whole new set, but if it's $100-$150 or below I'll seriously look into it. Please keep in mind that I'm not what you'd call mechanically inclined and will be having a golf shop do the reshafting work for me. Thanks in advance for all the help! I'm not new to golf, but am new to upgrading equipment like this.

Interesting. Seems pretty cool. My only concern would be that my iPhone would add a bunch of extra weight to my putter's shaft and thus negatively affect my stroke, so I'm leery of using it. Did you find that was the case?

I take mine off because I see no reason to risk it getting broke, either by the motion of my swing (albeit that would be very hard to do) or by some other happenstance, such as getting hit by a ball. My watch usually stays in my car. I'm not worried about the heat getting to it.

Well, I got fit for clubs today. The course has my statistics on record, but I did not buy anything. I did set a lesson up for two Mondays from now. During the fitting process, they first had me with a Mizuno I could not hit at all and then they set me up with a Burner that was ridiculously flat (the fitter wouldn't tell me exactly how flat, all he said was that "he's never fit anybody with a club that flat before, ever". The contact on the Burner felt spectacular every single time, but I could not hit it straight at all. Every shot with the burners was slice. I did not get to hit the AP1s again, but after seeing what happened with the Burners I wasn't to upset. After realizing that I might have just had a good day last Saturday, I decided to get lessons before new clubs, because I know me, and I know that if I get new clubs and still hit a slice I won't be happy at all. I figured that for me it was best to figure out why I slice the ball, correct it, then look seriously into new clubs. I'm hoping to upgrade next spring now, but we'll see what happens. Thanks again for all the advice, guys!

Thanks for all the advice guys! I just found out today that my home course is having a fitting day on Saturday, where they will fit you to whatever clubs you like for free (and probably push a sale hard as well). Besides the free fitting, they're offering 10% off club purchases and 50% more on trade-ins than they would normally give. I've got an appointment set up and can't wait. I wasn't quite ready to buy by this Saturday, but we'll see what happens. I'll let you guys know if I end up getting anything new this weekend or not. Thanks again for all the help!

Last weekend was Demo Day at my home course. I've been thinking about upgrading my clubs for the past year or two, and went there to seriously try some clubs. I mainly wanted to try the Ping G15s, as I've hit them decently in the past, but was highly surprised. I didn't hit the Pings very well, but I did hit the Titleist AP1s very very well. The Titleist rep was very helpful, even going so far as to fit me for custom clubs (he was able to adjust his clubs on-site). Once I got my hands on a 1/2" shortened club with a 2 degree flat lie, every single shot went right where I was aimed, even with the 4 iron, which is certainly not the case with my current clubs. I actually hit the AP1 four iron better than my current 4 hybrid, which really surprised me. There is another demo day near my house this coming weekend and I'm thinking about going to try the AP1s again. If I hit them as well as I did last weekend, I'm going to have a real struggle over wether to buy them or not. My questions are this: I'm torn between buying clubs and getting a few lessons. I know I should get lessons first, and that lessons are by far the best thing for my game, but I'm still torn on what to do. My current clubs are an old boxed set I spent ~ $300 on four years ago, when I was first getting into the game and didn't know if I'd stick with it. I know lessons are going to be the best thing for me, but I've been really wanting to upgrade my clubs for awhile now, so I'm really really torn. Any advice? My second question is: Does anyone use the AP1s? If so, what are your thoughts on them? Are they quality clubs?

I used to play a Big Bertha Diablo. The day after I got it, I took it to the range to try it out. I didn't smash the club into the ground, either in anger at an errant shot or by hitting way behind the ball. As I continued to hit the driver, I began noticing that the clubhead seemed to be angling more and more to my left. A quick examination proved that the point where the clubhead attached to the hosel was splintered. I barely touched the clubhead and it fell off. I took it back to the Golf Stop and they replaced it off the shelf with an identical model. A few months later, on the 18th hole, the shaft snapped in half about 5" up from the hosel. Again, I had not slammed the club into the ground in any way. I take it back to the store and it gets shipped to Callaway, who sends me a new driver. I take the new driver out to the range that day and the clubhead flew off during the course of regular hitting (again, no mistreatment to the club). I again went to the Golf Stop, who again sent it to Callaway and got it repaired. When I picked it up, I handed it right back to the employee and traded it in for credit towards a Taylormade R9. And for what it's worth, I'm a righty.

Sweet! Congrats.

I am a high handicapper that struggles with a slice. Like AznMike247, I have a very inconsistent ball flight. Last year, I tried the NXT Tour and the Bridgestone e6 head-to-head and liked the e6 better for my game. The NXT Tour is still a great ball, don't get me wrong, but I found that the e6 helped me hit the ball slightly straighter and I tended to get more distance with it. I will say though that I did managed to spin the ball back a few feet on the green with the NXT Tour. That's the only ball I've ever been able to do that with.