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The Tin Man

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  1. Wealthy, Politicaly Conservative and a author of a golf book.
  2. Right now I have Mizuno JPX-800 Pros, and MP-67's in my bag - full sets.
  3. "Measure Hot Face Surprise?" Easy to measure. Any club with a wide dispensation pattern when hit with a machine. It's information they bury, not advertise.
  4. There not blades, there the missing link. For those caught sitting on the MB CB fence.
  5. Now were debating how many angles can dance on the head of a pin. Here's the missing link. The top line is as thin as any 1950's club. Shovels these are not - I should have kept them .
  6. Wasn't Hogan left handed playing right handed clubs? Which if true probably has more to do with poverty as a kid then anything else.
  7. The worst is putters. If it's not a mallet it's a blade. Bulls Eye putters - that's a blade!
  8. Like the first issue Calloway X Forged that proves the exception to the rule? I wouldn't call a 1mm cut a CB, it's more like they added some material to the top line to keep them from bending. (Those were nice!) Models like that are rare and Calloway deepened the cavity with the next generation.
  9. Your modern MB designs have more weight in the toe and a lower center of gravity then many realize. Mizuno offers a good selection of MB's that at first glance look the same but are not. The sweet spot has been moved more towards the toe, and up/down the face depending on the model. The sweet sport is tiny on all clubs - what CB's offer is a larger "forgiveness" zone. The larger this "forgiveness zone" becomes the more "dead" the club feels. SGI Swing - I have no idea how I find the ball, never mind the sweet spot? Somehow my brain adjusts without thinking about it. Shanks - Tops - Chunks - Toe hits...........no club is going to prevent major swing flaws. But, a blade immediately punishes toe hits with stinging hands. Somehow my brain adjusts and stops doing that. Last but far from least. Most of us are already playing Blade Wedges - adding a few MB scoring irons is not a big deal. I don't play my MB long irons, I use CB's. What MB's offer is more distance control. The face is not 'hot' - no surprises. Now add a ball that's not hot off the face and you gain consistency.
  10. DUH! I just noticed the date of this thread. Don't soak them because if you get acetone in the ferrule it can weaken the epoxy bond. Try using Goo Gone.
  11. The Devils in those details. This video has helped me a lot! I start cold with a steep shallow fat, warm up to a deep fat, and finally get shoulders and hips both moving. PS: I swam in college under one the Olympic Teams coaches. I have saw him get wet.
  12. Yes - I play for fun and feel. It's all I have left. As long as I'm not slowing the game searching for my ball - nobody cares. The worst that can happen is I buy the coffee. A Pro has to beat the other guy. (so does a gambler) He has to make the cut. Different games.
  13. Shallow fat or deep fat? I'm gifted and can do both.
  14. The one I have looks like this. 304 Stainless which is a softer grade.
  15. Cleveland changed to using face inserts. If it doesn't have a plastic face insert - looks like it's milled - buy it. I think it has Classsic stamped on the bottom. (Mines in the car, so I can't check it out.) If it says soft stainless - BUY IT ! Those are "sleeper's" - mine holds its own against my Scotty Camerons. Soft and feels good. They actually sold or I should say didn't sell for $59 new - why I don't know. I don't think they made that many and didn't advertise them. The stock grips a cheapie and that can be changed.
  16. BYE HOLE In match play, any holes not played because the outcome was decided early. For example, say that Player A is three holes up at the conclusion of play on the 16th hole. The outcome is now decided and the 17th and 18th holes become "bye holes" because there are simply not enough holes remaining for Player B to catch up. The best that Player B could do is to win the 17th and 18th which would still leave Player B the loser of this match. Therefore, the 17th and 18th holes are not played. Player A is declared the victor at the 16th hole. I googled it and got this.
  17. Tip: A professional extractor will shear the pins off old Hogans. Beats drilling!
  18. I would buy a quality push cart and tow my bag behind my bike. (I been doing it with surfboards most of my life.)
  19. How do we know the Judge isn't wearing basketball shorts under that robe?
  20. If possession of a MB or CB (pick one) is punishable by death. How many would stop playing golf rather then convert? (MB vs CB - a religious war for those of us who attend services on the back 9 every holy day.)
  21. It's a TV show, a long commercial for Atlantis. The girls are auditioned to fill their roles, not play scratch golf.
  22. .....I can't help but think of the "Hunger Games". "May the odds ever be in your favor!" Yani Mulligans? I'll take 3.
  23. I remove the shafts from irons using my gas range and a pot holder. (A butane torch is less the $15, a heat gun $45 if you don't use gas.) However, a local store only charges $80 to do the entire set, so I only change shafts myself doing wedges. Woods I don't mess with.
  24. I always play blades except when I use cavity backs. For me it's not either/or - I like a mixed set. 1-3 blades. 4-7 CB 7-wedges - super game improvement. ok....the 4-7 part is true, and hitting a blade 8 iron is no big deal.
  25. Putters I buy used from a local superstore that has a 90 day return policy. This way I can try them out, a good carpet putter may not be a good grass putter. (an new putters can be grossly overpriced.) I buy irons from the same store - usually used. Wedges I find on e-bay because the model I like is getting rare in clean condition. Woods: These are a problem. I will only buy the exact club I demo to eliminate shaft issues. Drivers: I buy my melons from the grocery store.
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