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Good choice. I have played both courses and love pebble much more. Spyglass is more challenging, but to me only in that with the layout of the course they have eliminated my driver. When i went there i didnt' know this and tried to hit drivers and 3 woods off the tee and almost every time i ended up through the fairway and in the woods. If i get the chance to play there again i think that my driver may only see the course 2 or 3 times. That to me isn't fun if you are out there to play an enjoyable round. Especially since you said you hit the ball long. Good luck out there and don't you dare lay up on 18!!

Being that you are a +1.6 handicap i find it hard to believe that you would buy a club that doesn't fit your game to start with. Don't you get on a launch monitor prior to purchasing a new club?

I have to post and back up this other guy with the 350 yard drive...I am a 5 handicap and hit the ball far. I don't average 350 by any means, but it is far from a stretch that i can hit that far. Now some people may say well yea, your handicap is a third of this other guy, but i have to say that i was hitting that far when i was a 20. The main improvement in my game has been accuracy and chipping. I have always had the distance, and i don't think that it is fair to say that just because he doesn't score well means that he can't bomb one out there every now and then... (i do want to point out that i am not saying that he does hit that far as i have never seen his swing either, just saying that the possibility is there regardless of his handicap)

I was not expecting to be able to control the e6 around the green either...but after playing on the course with it i can't argue with the results. Also, i did mention that i was going to try the 330's to see if i could keep that feel off the irons and driver, but increase green-side spin. I played many a rounds with the penta's and could not stop them (even with flop shots). I might as well have been chipping with range balls.

I have my own opinions on this, but want to know if others have something they are dead set on as being the best training tool on the market. My pick? Medicus 5i (dual hinge model) In my opinion the Medicus 5i is the best tool out there. It helps teach new players what the swing should be like and if you read the book that comes with it will help to tell you what to improve on without the need of an expensive instructor. I also like that you can hit actual balls with it once you get a little better. This helps you get the swing down while looking at the ball as well as build swing strength since it is a bit heavier than your normal club would be. I also like it because it is adjustable in it's sensitivity so that people who have engrained this swing can still gain from using it. I personally have it as loose as it can get without falling apart (i can swing it with the factory setting all day without breaking the hinge point). I do this because while my swing may be grooved to this, i do tend to have too fast a take away and by loosening it way up, i can train myself to slow down because if i jerk back on it at the start of my swing it breaks.

I would say if you could bring your club head back a little straighter it may help reduce the loop you have at the top, and then try and get a little more weight shift forward during your downswing (with a lot of your weight staying on the back foot it can cause the pushes and fades)

I played baseball for 14 years before switching to golf (im 28) and had the same problems in the beginning. For your grip i would recommend an overlap grip. It is between the interlock and baseball grip. Basically grip your left hand like you would your bat, but instead of wrapping your thumb around point it down towards the club head. Now take your right hand and put it on top of your left thumb with your right pinky on top of your left pointer finger and have your thumb point down to the club head. It will feel a little awkward, but should be much easier to adjust to than the interlock method. Now you didn't ask, but i just want to point out the two main differences in the baseball swing and golf swing when it comes to how your arms should be at the top of the swing. In baseball you were probably taught to bend your left arm and have the right arm up and out like a chicken wing. In golf it is the exact opposite. You want your left arm as straight as possible and the right arm tucked down into your body. Here is clip of my swing that kinda shows it at about the 4 sec mark (left arm straight, right arm tucked). As far as weight shift, if you have a problem rocking too much, i would say start with more weight on your back foot so you don't rock as much and try and transition to your front foot during your down swing so that you could lift your back foot up after you hit and still be balanced. Good luck!

If your normal glasses have the option you can sometimes get the clip over shad lenses that just turn them into sunglasses. I also had a pair of Oakley's that were not prescription that i sent back to Oakley to have fitted with new lenses. It changed the outer tint a little from Blue to a bit of a purple, but otherwise worked out great.

Dude, that is a bad ass cart right there...!!! I have an ipad and have taken it out on the course with me twice and let me tell you it sucks!!! Way to large to have to handle (even if you are riding in a cart). But if you plan to walk and have a set up like this guy...i say go for it. Otherwise i just stick with my skycaddie. so in answer to your question: Tacky? No. Practical? No.

I have been putting a lot of time in over the last year trying to pick a ball that felt good and think i may be settling on the Bridgestone ones. I normally play Titleist Pro V1, but have played many rounds with the Taylormade Penta's (they are good off the tee, but don't spin for crap around the greens. I had to stop playing them because i couldn't keep the ball near the pin if it was in the front of the green..and i play with a 62* vokey..) So next i tried the Callaway Hex Black. Felt good off the tee, felt good on my wedges, but anything else and it was like hitting a rock (even with the putter). Needless to say, if it feels bad on 11 of your 14 clubs you should probably switch balls. Then I tried the Bridgestone brand (now the model i tried, and totally expected to hate was the E6 - they had been given to me). My god was i wrong. I loved the ball. Hit it a mile off the tee (i think my first hit was 330 into the wind - it was a little downhill...It also jumped off the face of my irons, even out of the rough and would have a really high trajectory. And control with my chip shots around the green was good. It even added the Pop i was missing with my putter as of late. THe only downside to the ball was that my full swing approach shots didn't spin back like they do with the Pro V1's. The would release about 5 yards. I plan to try the 330-S to see if they spin a little more, but if they don't i see myself playing the e6 Ball for a while...

Ive mostly played titleist for the last few years, but wanted to try something new this last weekend i played. Originally i intended to switch to the Callaway Hex Black, but after 1.5 rounds decided i didn't like it (felt good on driver and wedges, but anything in between felt like a rock and not much better on the putter either). I had been given a sleeve of the Bridgestone E6 the day before so i gave them a shot...Felt great off the putter, hit it a mile off the tee, and the ball jumped off my irons (especially out of the rough). By the end of the day i had the rest of my group (all sub 10 handicaps) wanting to try the ball... The only downside to the ball was that i didn't generate all the much spin with my full swing approach shots. They didn't roll off the green or anything, but they didn't back up either. It was more like a hit and kick maybe 5 yards before stopping. I may try the 330's and see if they can increase the spin without taking away from everything else that felt good about this ball.

String is where you get a length of string at the beginning of the round and you can move you ball by any length you have on the string, but have to cut the length you use off so each time it is shorter. Say you are putting and miss by a foot. You can cut a foot off your length and now your ball is in the cup. Once you are out of string you can't move it anymore.

I've been Playing Golf for: 13 years My current handicap index or average score is: 5.0 My typical ball flight is: High Cut (power fade if you will) The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: Banana Slice Videos:

I was playing a round over at Eagle Ridge golf course in Gilroy, CA and on the 8th green we walked up and saw this guy crawling around on the green, so we put a ball in front of him and he crawled up on it and just stopped. Then we moved the ball and put one of our putters down and he crawled up on that too. So we took some photos on the ball and on our clubs before gently moving him off to the side of the course so he wouldn't get hit by the people behind us. It was pretty cool.