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You do have one point: the Masters and the Players are different types of events. The Kentucky Derby (horse racing) Tour de France (cycling) World Cup (football/soccer) America's Cup (yacht racing) The Boston Marathon (running) The Masters (golf) These events are all considered the "gold standard" for their sport. They not only stand apart, but above other events for their sport. The Masters easily fits into this list. Can you imagine dropping "The Players Tournament" between The Kentucky Derby and the Tour de France? Me either. It just isn't in the same league as these other events. The Masters, like the other events on this list, is a UNIQUE event.

This isn't an area you have to spend top-dollar on. I've yet to see a difference between the high priced ones and the medium priced ones (of any brand.) There is some junk at the bargain price level. If you're not sure about one, got to Amazon and read the reviews on it. Best quick way to find out if something is expensive junk or a bargain.

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It hasn't done much for the career of that Euro golfer. They would be better off trying to get cameo apprearances on some TV show or movie. Any LPGA golfer with a cameo trying to teach the guys on "Big Bang Theory" some golf would get 1000% more publicity.

Least favorite: Get in the hole. Favorite: Sir, you are being ejected for yelling "get in the hole".

I think this falls in the "give away the razor so you can sell the blades" marketing philosopy. If Tm can get you to purchase their wedges (look for them to actually have some good deals) they can lock you into purchasing their face-plates for...years. Much like grips, they can create "customized" face-plates that fit different players. Or face-plates you can switch out depending on course conditions.

I agree. Acetone disolves most plastice, but doesn't damage metal. Note: don't get it on the ferrel of your club. It will dissolve it.

I wonder if it's more or less for a threesome? In a related note: Study shows men lose their minds speaking to pretty women See rest of story at link.

Take a look at someplace like rockbottomgolf.com. If you are flexible about the brand (and you should be as a beginner) you can find some good deals there. Wilson Prostaff driver - $40 Mizunio driver - $72 Adams draw driver - $50 Wilson Prostaff fairway woods - $30 Callaway fairway woods - $70 Nickent iron set -$140 Wilson Staff iron set $249 Nike putter - $40 BTW, if you want my advice as a beginner don't even put the driver or fairway woods in your bag. Concentrate on getting good with your irons and wedges FIRST, then when you have mastered them put your fairway woods in your bag. When you have mastered your fairway woods, only then start using your driver. IMHO, people screw themselves up by learning to swing with a driver. A driver is a specialty club (just like your putter is.) You shouldn't be learning to swing by swinging a driver.

I also play the drums. One time I was practicing a particular technique on a drum pad. One hand. Just a little partial movement. Tap, tap, tap, tap tap... Finally my wife comes in and says "What's the point of doing that same tap over and over again. Why don't you just play something?" The reason of course, is that by continually repeating that simple motion I eventually got to the point that I could do it without even thinking about it. It was ingrained into my memory (and ingrained as a CORRECT motion.) I can then incorporate it into my playing at will, with barely a thought (or worry that I will be doing it incorrectly.) Why practice on the range (or anyplace else?) Because you can focus on one little motion. Repeating it till you can do it perfectly every time.

That's when you went wrong. You're just validating his notion that somehow he has the divine right to critique your swing. A better answer: "I do mind." Then go back to what you were woring on. IMHO, there are not many things ruder than walking up to someone and offering unsolicited advice. My take is if they are going to be rude, I should be rude right back.

An interesting drill for this was developed by the Gravity Golf guy (David Lee) called the crossfoot drill (I think he used to do it on one foot, but who can stand on one foot all day.) Anyway, stand on your left foot and cross your right foot over the top of your left foot. Backswing and then downswing. If you use your arms to drive the downswing there is no way you can maintain your balance. You'll end up falling backwards or on your face. He has some "different" (as in strange) ideas about the right way to swing, but he has come up with some good drills for balance and eliminating the "hit" urge.

A good explination here: http://www.golflagtips.com/hitting-vs-swinging-part-1/

I'm using TGM terminology here (a good book if for no other reason it defines virtually every golf movement and creates a common jargon for discussion, even if you don't agree with the author's ideas.) Assume right handed for these explinations. A hitter tends to be right side/arm dominated. They DRIVE the club with their right arm/side. A swinger is left side/arm dominated. They DRAG the club through with their left arm/side. Most modern rotational golfers (with a swing that is dominated by the lower body) tend to be "swingers". Their downswing is initiated from the ground up. Hitters tend to be more upper body dominated. Their downswing is often initated with an arm or upper body movement (in a sense their swing is initiated from the top down.) The two can be mixed and matched to some degree, but in the pure sense they are two different swing styles.

As far as using when golfing: I clip it onto my back pocket and let the chord run up my back. Keeps the chord out of the way.

Just a heads up, if you are looking for an Ipod, look at the Apple refurb store. You can get one for about 1/3 less than a retail one (free shipping too.) I know some people may not feel good about a refurb, but (imho) most refurbs are units that were returned because they weren't working out of the box for some reason. A bench tech has gone over the unit fixing anything that is wrong, so you know everything is working. On a new unit, the first time the thing has ever been powered on is when you did it after you bought it. You are betting everything went correctly on the assembly line. Anyway, I've have good luck purchasing refubed ipods (having purchased several for family members and myself.)

Sounds like you are a "hitter" (arms power swing) instead of a "swinger" (body powers swing). Before you start taking advice, decide if you want to continue being a hitter (which would imply one type of advice) or become a swinger (which would imply you need to rebuild you swing from the ground up.) At the extreme, swingers don't use their arms at all. They are just considered connections to the club, nothing more. I do a drill where I think of my arms as limp ropes (keep my arms as relaxed as possible.) I use my body to backswing and my arms (and the club) just follow and float up into position at the top. My body turns to start the downswing and my still relaxed, limp rope arms are pulled down and through the swing. You'd be surprised how well you can hit the ball without using your arms at all. And yes, it does "just happen".

I've gotten into this habit with ALL my clubs. It feels to me that if I have the club resting on the ground, my muscles are too relaxed because they aren't supporting the weight of the club. So when I start my backswing, my muscles aren't ready for the sudden weight of the club and BOOM I'm off plane. If I'm just slightly hovering the club when I start my backswing, I don't have to worry about any tension changes when the clubhead lifts off the ground. I can't remember for sure, but I believe it was Nickalus that advocated this.

What's the old saying? When the facts are with you, argue the facts. When the facts are against you, attack the person. Your comment would indicate the facts are...

See, I have exactly the opposite attitude. To me, functionality is beautiful. The more functional it is, the more beautiful it is.

If you like the way they play, I have no problem with that. Nothing wrong with like the way a club feels when you play it or choosing blades because you think you play better with them. But worry about how they look? I had a conversation with a friend this AM. He had purchsed a new truck and was telling me about it. We talked about the things he was planning on using it for (hauling a trailer), the engine, age, mileage, etc... About 10 minutes into the conversation it occured to me that had my wife been there the FIRST question she would have aske would have been "what color is it?" The subject never came up with us (I still don't know the color, and don't really care.) Applied to golf clubs, is it nice to have good looking clubs? Yea, but looks are way down the line compared to function (at least in my book.) I know looks rate pretty high with others, but (imho) if it's so important that they would dump quality clubs simply because they don't like the style, well... I'm sure there's a LPGA event they can enter so they can stand around and discuss how stylish their clubs are.

IMHO, what the f... does it matter what your clubs look like. How they play is all that matters. I've seen any number of people say "I loved the way my clubs played, but I couldn't stand what the looked like so I got rid of them." Huh???? To me, the obsession some people seem to have with "the blade look" has less to do with really liking the way they look and more to do with wanting to look like they are good players. "I may not be a scratch golfer, but at least I can look like I'm a scratch golfer by playing blades."

No, beat him with pink ladies balls. Just tell him you got them cheap, and while they aren't good enough to use in SERIOUS play, they are good enough to beat HIM with.

If you want something with a lot of spin around the green, then you need a URETHANE cover (which unfortunatly is more expensive than anything else.) I forget the numbers I saw recently, but a urethane cover produces something like 4x the spin off a wedge that a surylan cover does (hence the reason all top end balls use a urethane cover.) If spin is a requirement than urethane is your first must have. As far as distance, wasn't it Golf Digest that recently did a ball comparison (using a 90 mph swing speed), and it turned out that all the balls they tested were within a 9 yard range (TM black at the top, Pro V1 at the bottom). A number of "distance" balls (like the Freak) were right in the middle of the pack. In other words, that isn't that much distance difference between balls. At most expect to pick up 10 yards (only a 5% gain on a 200 yard drive.)

Used Pro v1s? Look up some of the used ball threads on here. You'll find some very differing opinions on used balls. There have been any number of studies that show that golf balls degrade after sitting in water (and after being struck a number of times so they are no longer perfectly round.) I'm firmly in the camp that you are better off with a new cheaper ball than a used top-of-the-line ball. Other people on here swear by used golf balls. If you want a comeback, just tell him Golf Digest ran a study that showed that the performance of used golf balls was significantly below that of new balls, and that people that play used golf balls are just fooling themselves and wasting their money. And if he wants to know more he can look it up himself. As far as what makes a good golf ball, it's whatever fits your game. You may not know the story of the guy that won the Alabama state amateur championship using the Precept Ladies golf ball (later rebranded the Laddie because so many men started using it after that.) That's not a high end ball, but a guy won a championship with it (because it was the right ball for him.) As far as spin off your wedges, what you want to look for is a urethane cover. Urethane give way more spin than any other cover material. It also damages more easily (and is more expensive.) Other cover materials are more durable, but don't spin nearly as much. Other than urethane vs. surylan cover material question, everything else subjective (imho). Two piece, three piece, low spin, high spin, hard, soft. These are all questions about what feels best to you and what fits your game. There is no right or best answer, just what fits you.