Finn07

I bought mine used last year off Amazon.com for about three dollars.

Ive been saying this ever since I read it last year, changed my game. Its the best golf instruction book ever.

Agree with Shindig, go and get the book Golf is Not a Game of Perfect, by Dr. Bob Rotella. Its an amazing read, and I can say this, after I was done reading it last year, I probably saved about 4 or 5 shots a round, no joke.

Thanks for the reply

And if so, please tell me your experience, and how your doing with your irons now. I bought the ones in my sig off of ebay and they are not fitted to me. I actually have never been fitted before for irons, and am wondering if I should be going to Golfsmith to get this done. I wouldnt be buying new irons, just getting the lies bent if need be and lofts changed. (There is a store 10 minutes from me) or if I should be going somewhere else to get this done. Let me know. Thanks.

Top Flite Strata TL Tour. You can probably pick them up off of ebay for around 10 dollars a dozen. Its a multi layer ball with a urethane cover, you wont find a better ball for that price.

About three times a week which wasn't one of the options.

For right handers its turning your left hip to the left, that will start the downswing, for lefties it would be the opposite.

Did hit the driving range to work on things, the course was absolutely packed.

Sunny and 72 in NY. And I cant even play today.

I just wasted 20 seconds of my life that I will never get back by standing up and seeing if this is going to work. haha

Dogfood, (Im not sure how I feel calling someone that but anyway), in that case check with your golf association to see how many rounds you need to post before you get your index because it looks like it varies w/ different associations.

If your using GHIN, then you need to input 5 rounds in order to get a Handicap Index. Every two weeks your golf association will do a revision and that is when you will see what your index is, until then you'll see NH.

Ditto that.

Ive taken exactly 10 lessons in my life, all of which did me no good in my opinion because I took nothing out of them. My next lesson came when someone told me to buy Hogans Five Lessons: Modern Fundamentals of Golf. That book changed the game of golf for me tremendously. That is all I go by now. If I am having trouble with a part of my game I will re-read chapters, constantly referring to it.

I disagree with that. I think that you have the same swing, however a different set up with each club. The different setup is what makes you hit the ball either on the upswing with the driver or downswing with the irons. Your striking the ball at different times during the swing, but the swing itself is the same. At least it is for me.

You cant be serious saying something like that with a 2 index.

I hope you mean just to maybe, at best, practice like that? Reason Im saying is that when he gets to a putt of 10 feet now he has to have a completely different routine. Sticking with the same routine every time is better, instead of manipulating it on shorter putts.

Tiger Woods, the way he saves par with his putting are amazing. Also those birdie bombs he drops are awesome too.

Sounds like this is a total mental thing going on here. Reason I say this is that you have no problem making these putts at home, but no offense, I dont put too much stock in those ball return gadgets at home. You need to get yourself into a routine and keep that same routine at all times when you putt. My advice to you would be only to work on these short putts especially before you get out on the golf course. I would say start at about 2 feet, and dont just rake ball after ball. Take one or two balls on the practice green with you and get from two feet away. Read the putt, choose an extremely tiny target, whether it be a blade of grass or a dirt mark inside of the cup. Line yourself up, take one more glance at that target and nothing else, look back at your ball and immediately let the putt go. You'll start making more putts, then back yourself up to three feet and do the same thing. I would also recommend a short compact stroke from that range, dont get too elongated on the backstroke, more room for error like someone else mentioned above. But the most important thing is keep the same routine every single time, do not rake ball after ball regardless of what you see on television, it will get your mind in the right place every time. Hope this helps.

Ouch, sorry man. Something like this could'nt have happened to a nicer guy on here. Sounds like the advice above is pretty good, stay sharp on the short game, putting and such. Good luck the whole way....Keep us informed on how your doing.

Im going to try to explain this the best that I can. For longer bunker shots , I take the club back as far away from my body as I can and as flat as I can. I still hit about an inch behind the sand and it comes out fairly low and will roll. When Im shortsided and have to get the ball in the air quickly, I bring the club basically straight up and then straight down, an inch behind the ball. That gets the ball up quickly and it doesnt travel as far. Hope this helps. Its one of the best tips I learned about hitting out of the sand.

I just purchased the igolf caddie II after doing some extensive research. My first round with it will be in a few days, ill give a review in a separate thread for those who are thinking of getting a GPS unit. I like to walk when I play and this is definitely going to speed up play for me which is a great thing.

I agree with you.

Early morning golf is great, the air is crisp, its nice and quiet out there, the course is pretty much empty, great time to play golf. Only problem for me is my back is extremely tight in the morning, im waking up extra early to stretch and get ready which kinda sucks but well worth it.