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One thing that piques my interest with this swing is the slightly open stance, while keeping the shoulders fairly square to the target line at address. Evidently a number of pros have a slightly open stance to help keep the club from being sucked inside early in the backswing (which seems to have some truth to it) and it might help one open up a little more in the downswing. I recently discovered that my stance had gotten open and the left shoulder was pointing quite a bit to the left at address (pretty common issue evidently), so I squared the stance up and found the backswing to feel quite a bit different in doing that, but the contact improved in doing it with the feet somewhat closed to the target at address. I am just wondering if opening the foot stance a little might be a good option vs closed.

Just found your post and going to give this a try next time on the course. Been using a 38 inch counter balanced putter with pretty good results in holding the putter grip high with the hands. This gets the elbows a little closer to the way you describe it. This might just work. Thanks for sharing!

Not sure where you got the information but the Project A has been alive and well for going on two years. Very interesting though that you mentioned a ball called "Myprerred" golf ball. I don't believe that one has been made but it is very interesting that Snell golf has introduced the Snell "MyTour" golf ball recently, which is highly likely a somewhat improved Project A type ball. You must be prophetic.

After 1984 Jack was already 44 years old. That is kind of invalid point because Tiger isn't even 40 years old yet. Of course the scoring average is going to go down when your over 40. Might be better to see how Tiger's full career goes before trying to do a complete comparison on scoring averages and etc.

I am checking the side saddle method out, currently using the Long Putter, un-anchored, not too bad a way to go for someone with the yips actually, at least can putt decently with it. The Long Putter is big, clumsy, heavy and cumbersome but it can keep someone playing the game. It appears I can putt almost as well with it anchored as un-anchored. Will check into side saddle too. Evidently no one on tour is too interested in side saddle but it does look kind of deadly for those who get serious with it. I suppose if one of the pros too up side saddle and won a Major with it the USGA would probably try to ban it right quick. Ha Ha.

Should be able to generate pretty fast arms speed with this swing. Might not limit your distance much at all as one should be able to generate good speed with this swing. Probably takes less athleticism than doing a lot of movement with the lower body. Of course this isn't the only way to skin a cat, but definitely worth looking into, and I am.

Right. I have tried this tip as well and it too relaxes the hands. It might work better than looking at the hole but I haven't been able to get used to it, will work on it some more though. I also read somewhere that Ben Crenshaw looked out in front of the ball a couple inches or something. Will try it some more on shorter putts to start with.

Over the past several years I have developed a bad case of the putting yips and have tried different grips and putters and etc, mostly with little success. The Long putter was a pretty good alternative but I never got too good with anchoring it. It didn't work to badly un-anchored but wasn't very consistent with it. Out of desperation I have been trying the Look at the Hole or Target method and it is working decently early on, especially on putts out to about 10 or 12 feet so far. Should get a better feel for it with some hours of practice. Not making every short putt of course but making 50% of 5 footers is a lot better than 20 percent or worse. The best thing about looking at the hole is that it relaxed my hands, straightaway, a HUGE plus for someone with the yips.

Hopefully these comments aren't far outside the scope of this thread. I recently picked up the Stack and Tilt 2.0 DVD's and found them to be pretty helpful. I have had the 5SK videos for a few months and found that they compliment the Stack and Tilt 2.0 videos pretty well. In some respects I like the 5SK videos better than the Stack and Tilt 2.0, but like both. Really like the way Chuck and Dave progress from the chipping and pitching to the pitches to the full swings. One label of Stack and Tilt that I never agreed with is to be able to hit the ball far enough to play the golf course. I agree with Dave on that and maybe one day the Stack and Tilt creators will change that.

I was B-Fit for Bridgestone B330 RX golf balls. Adam Scott -11 Matt Kuchar -10 Dustin Johnson -9

I will go with Rory and think he will win the Masters next year or the year after. He's got a ton of talent and that high ball flight, great putter,, and he is gaining experience and he knows he is quite capable of winning the Masters. He can be streaky and that could be a problem, but I will go with Rory. If he is on, he could run away with the Masters. He needs to get more consistent and that might improve as he gains more experience and confidence. I think Tiger may have some more majors in him, but they are probably not going to come as easy for him like they did before. Tiger's physical problems are a concern too.

I have struggled big time with the yips for several years and they have returned with a counter-balance putter now so will definitely be re-visiting Look at the Hole/Line method. I have used it in the past and found that one can putt well enough to have fun with putting again. Finding a good putter for this kind of method is pretty crucial, so I am looking for a 35 inch or so putter, and faced balance with plenty of MOI.

+1 Very well said.

Tiger has a ways to go to before he is done, and he may win some more majors. His winning percentage is great, but it will most likely drop. No doubt Jack's winning percentage dropped because he played in PGA tournaments and majors until he was what, about 60 years old. Tiger is great, but so is Jack, and it is really hard to believe the lack of respect for Jack from some Tiger fans, many of which are not tour players. 18 majors and a bunch of other PGA tournament wins, are you kidding me? I can guarantee you that Jack's peers have a ton of respect for him, and very deservedly so.

This is a very interesting thread. i put a LOT more weight on what Jack's and Tiger's contemporaries have to say than amatteur golfers in this debate. Would really be interesting to get a vote from all the tour players dating back to Jack's time and before. There are a pretty good number of tour players who say Tiger is the greatest, right now, even though he is 4 short of Jack in the majors, but undoubtedly there are many who say Jack still is. If you strictly go by the number of majors won there can be only one answer at this point but if you weigh in everything than there are a lot of votes for Tiger. As far as I am concerned, if Tiger wins his 18th major he will definitely get my vote. If he doesn't win another one, he probably won't.

I want to win a Callaway Big Bertha Driver Sergio Garcia -8 Justin Rose -6 Adam Scott -6

That 60.08 M grind might be a little finicky in the softer turf. The 60.11 K grind might work somewhat better for you in the softer conditions.

One of the local golf stores asked a Taylormade Rep about whether the Project A golf ball is going to be around for very long and according the Rep the Project A isn't going to be replaced any time soon, which probably means that it will be around for at least a year, or maybe 2. Evidently no plans for a yellow Project A yet,but the Rep wasn't asked that question.

Sorry to hear about this but then again I am not surprised much. I imagine you are one of quite a few people to be pretty upset about this. To change the name of the Rocketballz Urethane and charge $2 more a dozen for probably the same ball, and apparently a very temporary name doesn't seem to be the best way to go about things. This probably explains why they haven't put a seamless cover on the Project A. The "Mypreferred better be an improved version of the Project A with a seamless cover and other improvements because it will have lost the big price advantage the Project A has and will be competing closely with the other premium balls. I am glad to have stocked up on about 6 dozen of the Project A balls. Will definitely want to see what the new ball is all about.

Imho, one of the reasons why Titleist has kept the Pro V1 name is very simple. It has been the top seller since not long after it first came out. Why change the name when it has been so successful. Would be stupid to change it since it has been kicking butt in the market place for many years. The other guys are just trying to come up with something to compete with the juggernaut and they have basically been competing for 2nd place so far, so we see a pattern of the names changing for some time, with the Bridgestone B330 series being an exception, and that ball has probably been selling pretty well for awhile. . For awhile it looked like the Nike One name was going to stick but something must have went wrong with that. Taylormade seems to be gaining quite a bit of ground in the marketplace on golf balls and the Tour Preferred name might stick for awhile if it is successful enough.

I have been comparing the Project A ball with the new Cally SR-1, 2, and Bridgestone B330RXX around the greens for chipping, pitching and putting, but have not used them in a round of golf yet, weather hasn't been cooperating, lots of rain lately. Feel wise, for chipping and pitching, the Project A has a better feel than either the SR-1 and B330RXS imho. Seems to be pretty close with the Project A and Cally SR-2. For 20-30 pitch shots the Project A and SR-2 performed somewhat better than the SR-1 and B330RXS,on damp greens. I was able to test all 4 balls on a launch monitor using a 7 and 6 iron and found the distance of the 4 balls to be fairly close, with a possible slight advantage for the SR-1 and SR-2 over the Project A, but not enough difference to be very significant. I didn't get a chance to test out the balls with a driver but may at some point soon possibly. This was my unscientific testing but the swing speed and ball speed on quite a few shots with different balls was pretty close, in fact the same on some swings. I am a pretty big fan of seamless covers and that is about the only thing I don't care for with the Project A, BUT the performance and Feel of the Project A seems to more than make up for it. Eventually Taylormade will add a seamless cover most likely, can't be too awfully expensive to do it if Bridgestone can to it on the E series, but the Project A seems to be a winner even w/o the seamless cover. Then there is the price factor, BIG in favor of the Project A and evidently the spin has improved over the Rocketballz Urethane. The Project A ball is going to be very difficult to ignore because of the over all performance and price.

With the way the iron sets are configured these days it is getting harder to not have 4 wedges. I have a pitching wedge that is 45 degrees, as strong as the 9 iron I had, and have a 50, 55 and 60. I don't even carry a 5 iron right now because the new 6 is the same loft as the old 5.

I am not going to argue statistics too much since I haven't dug too awfully deep into them as it appears many have, so will not get into that argument too much, other than to say in that in my opinion, the depth of talent is quite a bit greater now than it was 30 or 40 years ago.. There are good and bad arguments on both sides and a lot of folks are loyal to one or the other so much that they probably are not going to budge too much on their opinion. I didn't care for the comparison between Tiger and Fred Couples though, because Fred's back was so bad during his best years, that it probably made a significant difference on what he might have been able to do. Both Jack and Tiger are/were such great golfers and both deserve a whole ton of accolades for that. They played in different eras and of course neither of the two had a choice which era they played in obviously. I got to watch Jack play in his prime on TV a lot, and also have been fortunate to see Tiger a lot and try to keep an open mind on the argument as much as possible. I am somewhat on the fence. I say that Jack is the greatest right now because he has won more majors, but if one looks at the big picture and total body or work, Tiger could end up considered to be greater because of the total body of work, even if he doesn't win another major. Tiger has quite a bit of time left and still might possibly get 18 majors, but imho by the time Tiger's career is over, he will be considered the greatest and I don't say that easily because I absolutely admire Jack Nicklaus and what he has accomplished and contributed to the game. as many, many do. If Jack had a better short game like Tiger, he might have won another 4 majors possibly, but that us just conjecture at this point. Whether Tiger wins another major, who knows. I think he probably will win at least one more, and if he wins one might win more. Nothing this man does would surprise me at this point. He is just amazing and has done some things that will probably never be duplicated, including his record as an amateur. He could still win another 10 or 20 more tournaments in the next several years, including some majors. If one looks at all the facts, even at 15 majors, a vey strong argument can be made for Tiger even right now, and it gets stronger every year. The next several years are going to be a lot of fun to watch.

Thanks for the information. I also found Dave Wedzik's posts in another thread that explains what 5SK is all about and it really cleared things up for me very well.