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jmurder

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  1. jmurder

    Pet Peeves

    1) cell phones...If you are that busy or henpecked don't come ruin my game 2) talkers.....I came to play 3) people who don't take care of bunkers, divots, and pitchmarks 4) my golf cart..it is slow
  2. If you strike a an x correctly with any type of wedge it stops, drops, and spins..period....it is the best ball out there!
  3. I have two favorites. Wilson Staff fluid feel and Hogan Medallions.
  4. I love the look of those answers too. I would probably trade my i 20's for them, if I hadn't told myself that I was never buying another set of irons,lol
  5. I saw a piece in Golf Digest quite a few years ago about Hogan. The put his driver in Iron Byron and the machine couldn't even hit it. I would think twice about copying his equipment specs. Hogan is like Porsche and Copenhagen. There are no substitutes :)
  6. i have the u,s, and l. The u wedge and sand wedge are pretty good. I have always played blade wedges. These wedges are great from tight and fluffy lies, not so good off hardpan.
  7. I have a steelhead 7w with the stock Callaway graphit shaft (firm) I love it. I can hit high or low plus work it both ways. I never could find a hybrid that feels as good.
  8. I have a lot of trouble with swaying. I believe it occurs on the backswing. How much of your weight are focusing on the lead foot. I am old (54) but willing to learn a few new tricks. I want to get back down to a 3 or 4 again. I still hit the ball a decent distance, but the sway kills me for a few holes every round. Are there any S&T; guys in Southeast Texas that you know of?
  9. I hit my new clubs off mats first before grass. The shots off the mat came off lower. I do think the mats mask a slightly heavy strike too much. I try to practice from iffy lies anyway, because I don't play on a well manicured course. The drought in Texas last year was brutal.
  10. I suffer from periodic bouts of this as well. I squared my left foot up a little, and it helped. I also coach baseball and remembered a little saying"stand tall on the backside". When I remember keep my right shoulder "tall" and not dip down at the ball, I have a nice gentle draw.
  11. I am pulling for Na myself. I hope he has exorcised the demons.
  12. Hitting off bad lies can improve your ball striking ability especially when the pressure is on. If you can strike a ball properly off a bad lie, when you have a decent one, the confidence level is very high. I agree with hitting the good balls with the driver and three wood. You really need to see the correct flight of the ball.
  13. The game is a whole lot easier if you can hit it further. I recently bought a new driver (Ping i 20). I hit it about 15 yards longer than my old one. I am getting close to being good again.
  14. My backswing is killing me on 5-8 shots per round resulting in extreme blocks. I am trying to to not let it go inside. I just don't have the time to practice it that much right now. I have to have my buddy (he is scratch) watch my swing, because for some reason I cannot feel it when its happening, but know immediately from the results.
  15. The golf swing is a dynamic activity. Everything must work in harmony or it simply doesn't work. I do not understand all the different swing theories out there for sure. I have no idea what StackNTilt is, nor do I have the time to practice it. I have always thought that when the club is swung on the proper plane with the proper tempo that you have something going. I think most of the problems I have encountered with the golf swing come from trying to hit the ball rather than swinging the club. I love what Bobby Jones stated: "Golf is played on a course 5 1/2 inches long" (the space between your ears)
  16. I have a project x shaft in my driver and a 707 in my 3 wood. I like the x in the driver. It is really easy to hit a boring shot that pierces the wind. The three wood is a bad *zz, I love my i 20 clubs.
  17. I have one pet peeve when it comes to watching golf. The IDIOTS who yell go in the hole every time a pro hits a shot whether it is a driver or sand wedge. I have CSI syndrome (Can't stand Idiots)
  18. I am working on not swaying. Almost all my misses are because I have swayed ever so slightly. It usually results in a low draw, which I think is a terrible shot ( when you aren't doing it on purpose)
  19. I have been away for a few days. I hit the i 20's 10-15 yards further than either my Ping i 3 blades or my Titleist 990's. It took me a long time to retire those two sets.
  20. I am with Joel on the swing correcter. The guy who always pulls his putt back just to miss it again is a buzzkill too.
  21. Most of the time it is Bud Light, but since it is already in the 90's I have been enjoying Shiner Ruby Red. Good stuff, really refreshing. They have a tendency to go down too fast and often though
  22. i am a high school teacher and coach. lately, I have too much time to surf the net during the day.
  23. I bought the 9.5 with the project x shaft. I absolutely love it. I miss with the right to left shot and this club sits so square I have a hard time drawing it. It is definitely better than my old Taylor Made TP. I hit the Rocketballz and Nike Victory. Ping is way better.
  24. You can't go wrong with either set. You need to buy the clubs that you want to hit. They have to look right and feel right to you. I bought the i 20's and really love them. I stuck a 4 iron from 205 into a pretty good wind the other day to about 10 feet. I am 54 and it has been a while since I did that.
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