StrmStlkr

Exactly why I choose not to get a membership...

Depends on the course but most of the times I will play from the Blues.

Haha, I just turned it on and caught Tiger in the sex addiction meeting.

At the end of the article on that page he has a list of references but they are just various golf books. I have not checked them as I do not own any of them and had no real reason for my purposes of using that information. If anyone has those books they may be able to help validate the accuracy of those numbers.

Here is a table that I used for my own analysis found at http://www.probablegolfinstruction.c...ws06-01-04.htm Putt Length / Pro / Hcp 0-4 / Hcp 11 / Hcp 26 3 feet / 1.07 / 1.22 / 1.35 / 1.50 6 feet / 1.32 / 1.46 / 1.62 / 1.86 10 feet / 1.54 / 1.63 / 1.83 / 2.10 15 feet / 1.75 / 1.76 / 1.98 / 2.29 20 feet / 1.86 / 1.86 / 2.10 / 2.43 30 feet / 1.96 / 2.00 / 2.27 / 2.61 40 feet / 2.00 / 2.10 / 2.38 / 2.77 50 feet / 2.10 / 2.20 / 2.50 / 2.91

Firefox at work and whatever the newest IE is at home.

I hit the most solid and far shots when I "Feel" I am only doing a 3/4 swing.

Did you know you were sitting 6 over par on the 16th tee or did you figure it out after the round? If you knew, that could have been your problem. I find its always better to know after the fact then to have it in my head before the fact. Added pressure usually never really helps anyones game.

I would suggest an old piece of carpet. You can stain a spot on it to simulate where the ball is and when you swing you will be able to see not only the starting point of your divot, but also the shape etc. I also second Eric when he said that Harvey was talking about a target in the distance, not something on the ground.

Haha, it was a joke. Just seemed like you two were having a pissing contest.

Ok, so I give... So which one of you ended up having the bigger dick?

I used ghin last season when I joined the work golf league but didn't do it again this year. It was a breeze but since I don't play "competitive" golf in a league or tournys I just use my handicap calculation I get from Scorecard. If I get good enough to start playing tournys I will use GHIN.com again.

Yeah, this happened to me the other day and it was pretty annoying. I also get your complaint on people who dip as I am one of them since I quit smokeing two months ago. I would never even think about spitting on the green and always carry a bottle with me to spit into. I even have a problem with myself if I catch myself spitting anywhere on the course (out of habit being outside). Sunflowers seeds on the green are pretty damn annoying.

Someone please clarify this rule for me. Specifically this part: "If it is determined that the ball has become unfit for play during play of the hole being played, the player may substitute another ball, placing it on the spot where the original ball lay. Otherwise, the original ball must be replaced. If a player substitutes a ball when not permitted and makes a stroke at the wrongly substituted ball, he incurs the general penalty for a breach of Rule 5-3, but there is no additional penalty under this Rule or 15-2. " To me that sounds as if the ball is unfit to play, he may substitute the ball at the posistion where he found the ball without a stroke penelty due to the wording of where the original ball (ball he found that was destroyed) lay. Later in the rule it states that he can also go back to the original position and hit without a stroke penelty. I would appreciate it if you could clear this up for me. Sometime I feel like I need to be a lawyer to understand exactly what they are getting at or maybe I just always look to deep into it.

I keep going back and forth on whether or not I should buy a new set of irons or not. This is my third season of golf and I am currently a 17 handicap and hopefully will be lower soon. I have started to shoot in the mid to lower eighties the last few rounds and feel that I can keep shooting there but my handicap just hasn't lowered yet. I am using a cheap Dunlop set (200 bucks) I bought when I first started and they really aren't in bad shape. The grooves seem to have a lot of nicks in them but the main problem I have with them are the grips are starting to go bad. Originally I had a plan to not buy a good fitted set until I started shooting in the 80's consistently which started happening at the end of last season so I changed my goal to until I was a single digit handicap. I feel I need to replace the grips on these clubs but hate to put any money into these cheap set of clubs because I feel that by the end of next season I should be hovering around that single digit handicap. So that's my dilemma. I was looking into buying a good mid level set from Adams or Titleist (wanted to stay under 600 if possible) and actually get them fitted to me like suggested. What do you guys think? Should I just stick with my Dunlop irons and get them replace the grips to hang onto them for another couple of seasons or just go ahead and get a new set. How much do you think it would cost to get them re-gripped with Winn grips? Thanks for your help. ~Brian

I am planning on taking a few lessons this year as I have never had any. Around here it is usually about 50 dollars an hour or 70 an hour if you want them to use video as well. I was wondering if you think it would be out of line for me to speak with one of the instructors first and offer to pay for his round of golf to go golfing with me before we start the lessons. I wouldn't want him to give me any advice or anything but then he could have a better understanding of where I am at in my golf game. Would this be considered unreasonable? Should I be offering more than just paying for his round even if I don't want him to offer any advice since he will be more or less taking mental notes and analyzing me? Do you guys think that it would even be worth it or should I just go get the lessons? Secondary question is do you think it would be worth the extra 20 bucks a session for the video analysis or should I just skip that? I would prefer not to pay that much unless you thought it would be really worth it. Thanks for your help. ~Brian

So Eric, what is the difference between the scrambling stat and the up and down percentage of your program Scorecard then?

Like the others said, congrats. I am still waiting for mine and my closest has been like 2 feet, so I got some work to do. To be honest I am just happy if I hit the GIR on a par 3.

1. 24 2. 1 3. 23.1

Hope you get enough responses. What kind of statistics you doing on this? BTW, done.

These are the wedges that I bought but I have last years models (if they have even changed). We are about the same handicap and I love them. However, I am not that good with them yet.

Originally I was going to suggest to forgo it since you are already happy with your putting and I thought it would be more expensive. But after hearing it was only going to cost 16 dollars. I say go for it but I would consider what elchene said about the weight difference. It could mess with your feel and distance control. If it were me I would wait until the end of the season so you could spend your off season getting use to it.

So I have a question. I know that you can't switch balls during a hole, but can inbetween holes. I think someone mentioned that you can change the ball if it gets worn through normal wear and tear during the round. So say I hit a shot that hits anything that puts a huge cut in the side. I don't notice this until I get on the green and pick the ball up to clean it off. Would I be able to change it with the same exact style of ball without penelty, or have to put with that ball that could easily go wherever it wants because of that cut?

It usually happens once a round. A couple of weeks ago I was sitting even after 4 holes (which is good for me). Get up on a par 5 and managed to squeak out a 12. Nothing hurts your game more than going from even after 4 to plus 7 after 5 with the hardest hole on the course comeing up next. I was lucky to break 100 that round.

I got it last year and have had it ever since. I just wish that I had started when I was 13 when my dad tried getting me to play. Funny thing was he didn't even play. He just took me to the driving range one day and told me that this is a sport that I could play for the rest of life, unlike baseball which is what I played up through highschool. Thanks to Tiger Woods 07, I got into it and am hooked.