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please don't knock you teeth out. lower tees might help.

one radical solution is simply to make tournament golf a 9 hole game. It doesn't actually solve slow play but it avoids having to play/watch 7 hour rounds. It sounds crazy but if it's easier to market and makes golf more TV friendly it could happen one day. It could start with an couple of experimental 9 holes tournaments on the tour and expand from there.

you guys seriously think Tiger is naive enough to think switching putter will solve his problems ? Just because we hackers wanna throw our clubs in the water after a poor round doesn't mean tiger will do the same. He has putted great with both putters in the past. He seems to have retired the Scotty for good so he either prefers the Nike (sorry Titleist fans) or he committed contractually to play only Nike clubs. Either way I don't think it matters.

I sure did speak too soon. Play off time. Rickie + Rory + D.A

it doesn't look that we are gonna get our dream Rory vs Rickie finish

welcome and good luck ! check out the "mini tour play" thread.

anyone see Keegan four put from 15 feet ? just 2 very aggressive puts going wrong and a poor 3rd put from 10 feet before tapping in.

9 hole courses are great. They tend to be fun, cheap and are quick to play. Membership there doesn't prevent you from playing 18 elsewhere every now and then.

well I suppose that's actually how many pros begin their career.Sign up online for a mini tour membership. Pay the fee and you're a Pro !

the irony is that designers started lengthening courses to make them harder for long hitters. In doing so they have actually created course that were relatively easier for big hitter (compared to shorter hitters).

that was sarcasm they are making fun of the OP

I agree wholeheartedly I am going to keep bumping this thread until everybody in the world of golf has read the interview. (or until I get banned. whichever comes first)

He will not make tour pro. Most pros are way ahead of him in terms of practice hours. My guess is that he will eventually get to scratch and will enter some sort of mini tour event, where he will probably get a bit of a lesson. Interesting experiment though. Good on him for trying.

I don't like it either The idea of having to put around a bunker of chip over it from the green really doesn't make any sense. It's more of a gimmick than anything else. I think there are dumb ways and smart ways to make courses harder.Bunkers is the green definitely falls in the former category.

keeping your weight forward and making a tighter, more compact swing should logically help you make solid contact. I have found the stack and tilt book helpful in helping me understand these things.

I had an encouraging session at the range today. I am half way through the S&T; book. Today I focused mainly on "weight forward" and "shoulder down" and got good results. I hit a lot of good shots and was drawing the ball nicely. More importantly I was consistent and had very few mishits. When I tried to make it a bit more complicated (adding "hands in", focusing on spine tilt and hip slides) I became a lot less consistent. I'm gonna continue with the book and try to really understand it. On the range/course though I think I am gonna take it really slow and keep it simple as recomended above.

Sure feel is important. But I think "feel" is mostly a function if the quality of the contact you make with the ball and the ground. Ping and Taylor Made offer 9-PW-SW sets but yeah some manufacturers force you to buy separate SW.

The whole business of selling "special" wedges in addition to the iron set is a bit of a scam anyway. You could get wedges cheaper with your iron set and get more forgiving clubs that have the benefit of feeling exactly like the rest of your irons. I think most amateurs could play Rbz wedges and probably do better then with the Vokeys, Scratch or other fancy wedges. The whole thing about "feel" is a bit of a joke too. All you try to do with a wedge is either pop the ball out of the sand (in which case the club face doesn't even touch the ball) or just try to make good contact and put enough weight on it so the ball has a good chances of stopping within 10 feet. None of that requires special Japanese forging.

http://tourreport.pgatour.com/2012/04/03/notable-groups-for-the-first-two-rounds-2/ some pretty amazing group to follow !

I started the book and I gotta it is renewing my interest in trying S&T; again (more seriously this time). I realize now that there is a lot of stuff I did wrong last time.

Patrick, this reminds me of a method called "A.W.A.R.E" that people use in everyday life to deal with fear and anxiety.The core principles are to accept your fear (the first A), watch it (mindfully watch your fear, including rating it 1 to 10 if it helps) and act despite your anxiety (the second A). logman, people in general are reluctant to admit to their own fears. There is such a stigma associated with any form of perceived mental weakness that anyone admitting to it will inevitably be told to toughen up.

question: how is the sound at impact with the VRS woods ? I heard Nike woods were loud and high pitched which I hate

I'm in europe so it would be hard to find specialist instructors over here. I might read the book and see if anything in it might change my mind.

I owe the place some feedback on my S&T; experiment. It didn't really work for me TBH. I was doing OK with the short irons but just couldn't do it with long irons and woods. I am not saying S&T; is bad. I did it all on my own and I was probably doing some stuff wrong. But overall it just didn't feel right for me.

OK weather permitting I am back on the range next week end when my local re opens. I will testing some of the main S&T; principles (forward stance, non.transfer of weight, straighter arm motion etc) for the first time. I am quite exited to see how it goes.