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Quickly, since I already mentioned my loathing of Tighlman, Lerner and the Gary guy.......Tighlman and Lerner share the problem of Tiger drool and neither can go more than fifteen seconds without mentioning him. They could be talking about caskets or marbles and they'd find a way mention TW, w/Kelly in a "historic" way. I swear they put her on suicide watch if TW fails. Lerner seems to wet his pants with each mention of TW. Lerner just ruins any tournament broadcasts. He must think he gets paid by the syllable and obviously thinks that using a dozen words when two or three will do is better. Frank Chirkinian would have had him whacked. He's the king of the meaningless. Fancies himself as an "essayist" and golf historian when what he really is someone who talks over dramatic music and a trivia geek. Reminds me of the wannnabee who handed out towels in the high school football locker room. Gary........acts like is dog died. The eye candy...well, seem to rotate it and I just don't get the golf world obsession with Holly Sonders. Maybe there are too few women in golf that anyone with good makeup and a substantial investment in silicon is special. She seems pleasant enough and seems to fit well enough, but come one she's not the super model looker so many seem to think she is. Winn, glad she's gone. I understand she is hooked up with Federer. Someone mentioned Nobilo and I'm glad they did. He's excellent in my book though given some goofy assignments some times. Kind of makes me think of those really good actors in bad movies. They can't save the project but they make it better.

I have my own opinions of the on air talent at THE golf channel but I'm interested in hearing yours. Quite frankly, my loathing of Rich Lerner, Kelly Tighlman and that Gary guy on "morning drive" colors my opinion at times. I admit it so I'm curious to know what others think. I'll just add, I think it is improved, at least in tournament coverage, with the NBC talent. I'm curious about your opinion of the "fastest growing network" ( that reminds me, ours was the fastest growing family on the block when we went from one child to two.)

oh yeah...........on a golf trip to Biloxi, playing 36 in one day......hit the same guy, TWICE. and.......he was in my foursome. morning round he was in front of me and to the left...I pulled/scorched a three wood that went after him like a heat seeking missile.........in the afternoon, again he's in front and this time I semi-shanked a six iron that clipped him. yes, he survived and we're still friends.

I play a lot of golf as a single. actually, I play a lot of golf...much of it as a single, some in league and then my course has a ton of regulars that we all have gotten to know and I often hook up with them. being retired gives you all kinds of opportunities. I try to avoid women, younger males with more testosterone than talent, guys dressed like PGA professionals (wannabees) and guys who with their cell phones on their hips.

I didn't mean to diminish club selection. there is a lot that goes into developing a good short game...practice and experimentation mostly. In address clubs for those short greenside chips I like the one previously mentioned, using the 7 iron with a putting stroke. typically, the ball will fly a foot or so to get you over the taller grass and then run much like a putt. other than that I have always felt that using high lofted wedges was more difficult as they are typically heavier with greater bounce, harder to manipulate. I'd suggest finding one club that you're most comfortable with and consider it the "base" club for chipping and only use something other when the lie or situation demands. In my case, I use a pitching wedge as my go to unless there is a lot of loft required, but even then, with practice...just fooling around actually, you can learn to hit shots of varying trajectories with a PW...or any club really.

I'm sure there is lots of good advice here but I think you have asked the wrong question. The question is not "which club" but "why the sculling". It seems to me you would have the problem with any club. Without watching you, I'll just pass along that almost every time I've skinned one or seen someone else do it....they just didn't keep their heads down/eye on the ball, that is the "peeked", looked up before the club actually made contact. If that is the case I suggest trying any of the following: 1) keep your head down and eyes down until you see the grass move/the divot below where the ball originally lay. 2) or.....pick a spot on the face of your club, at least four or five grooves from the bottom and attempt to place that spot on the ball, 3) or....instead of looking at the back of the ball, pick a spot opposite, that is on the front side of the ball and attempt to putt the club face there. this may or may not be your problem, but these thing have helped me. someone once said, Snead perhaps, that no one ever saw themselves hit a good shot.

really? I'd swear, judging by his abilities and such, the he had gone to Rosie's College of Cosmetology.

I've been to this event for several years straight now. Not going back. Over time, especially the past three years or so, it has gone steadily and steeply down hill in terms of quality and quantity of vendors. However, if you want to register for dozens of resorts and hotels this is the place to go, otherwise, save your time and money.

comment about Michael Breed or the calf thing? OK, both then.... Breed just drives me nuts and I simply find him unwatchable (hmm, I also feel the same way about Kelly Tighlman, Rich Lerner and that Gary dork on "morning drive"). I'm not criticizing, I'm guessing there are a ton of people how enjoy his hyper personality. It's just not my cup of tea and I exercise my right not to watch. As far as the weight shift issue...no sliding, can't say for everyone, but if I slide I have a tendency to throw the club out and the pull it in hitting a screaming line drive pull. My advice is to just turn around your spine angle and let the momentum of the swing carry you to your left side naturally. But, you DO have to get to your left side.

"knot", not "not" oops

I'm not sure why, but I've never heard of anyone getting golf elbow in the opposite hand. Every case I've ever seen or heard of has been on the dominate side, ie, right arm elbow for right handed players. In my case, funny thing, it doesn't bother me one bit while I'm playing. No pain or discomfort at all, but, the next day I can certainly feel it. I play through it and never had any problems. Now I have a buddy who is about the same but weird, he gets a not on the side of his elbow, about the size of a golf ball (no exaggeration) and doesn't feel a thing. Ugly as all get out, but no pain. The symptoms can be managed with advil and ice, the cure is abstinence. You have to rest it. Not much more you can do. I have found that I avoid or minimize the problem by staying away from the range. I can pretty much say that those times that I've had the problem I had recently been spending a lot of time at the range hitting balls off mats.

I don't drink a heck of a lot when playing but my buddy does...and with good reason, until he has a couple cans of "easy swing" he's not worth much at all. Can't explain it...can guess, but won't....just a fact.

Dress codes are baloney. I can't stand polo type shirts and almost always play in a decent tee shirt. To see what some folks wear is laughable and worthy of great and continuing ridicule. Nothing more ridiculous than seeing someone show up dressed to the nines and then spend six hours topping, chopping, chubbing and hacking their way around. Every time I see some idiot is plaid shorts and saddle type golf shoes I almost fall out of the cart laughing. These are the same folks who had their mommies tying there shoes until they were in high school. Few things are more fun than showing up in a Ron Jon tee shirt and cargo pants only to get matched up with someone in slacks and the latest polo from Austad's and then taking their money.

I have zero loyalty to any manufacturer and have a bag full of stuff from everywhere..Ping G10 driver, Ping irons, Muzuno 4 wood, Ram putter (yes, Ram..25 bucks at Sports Authority...after six months of trying every putter in three counties), One Cleveland hybrid and one TM hybrid (rescue), an Adams 2H, and Cobra Phil Rogers wedges. It took me a while to put this together, but I have confidence in everything I pull from that bag because they work for me, not because they come from one mfr.

I think the ProV1 is a great ball, but no better than three or four others on the market. They are, however, overpriced, and I cannot bring myself to spend the extra money on when I can buy something just as good for less. I certainly believe there are folks out there who buy Titleist because of name rather than quality or fit. I think that is rather foolish. My only brand bias is anti-Nike, I will never buy anything with a swoosh on it simply because of their corporate culture and the money they pay the likes of Michael Jordan and Tiger, who is paying those billionaires? YOU, the NIKE customer. Anyway, nothing wrong with Titleist but the cost, but they can get away with inferior or overrated product simply because of brand name. The NXT is junk.

condums...play can be so slow at my home course some times, another diversion is some times needed.