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This season's impulse purchases so far: (used) Nike Forged Blades (use as my back-up irons) (used) Mizuno MP-32 Blades (used) Titleist 905r (use as my back-up driver) (new) Vokey 56 (new) Vokey 60 I am a firm believer in pulling the trigger on a good deal when it comes along. Even if I don't "need" the item at the time. I can flip it, or use it in a trade down the road etc. Obviously I can't (and don't) buy every good deal that comes along, but a few per season for sure.

For sure. But it gets interesting for some of us with say 10-15 handicaps. I would personally prefer the NXT off the tee, but the Penta or ProV for approach shots/chips on firm quick greens. lol.

So many 'best' courses in my area...few of my favs: Peninsula Lakes http://www.penlakes.com/ Grand Niagara http://www.grandniagaragolf.com/ Glen Abbey http://glenabbey.clublink.ca/ Thundering Waters (John Daly) http://www.thunderingwaters.com/ My personal fav course is 20 minutes away, on the USA side of my area/zip. Hickory Stick http://www.senecahickorystick.com

Same here. I still don't understand.

Slow play is my pick. But the kind of slow play that isn't caused by the golfers, but the courses for over-booking to make as much money as possible. It's not enough that we get gouged hard and pay 50$ to golf 18 holes at a course that should charge $30...But we have to play over-booked courses all of the time. I wish golf wasn't so popular to be honest. In Niagara, I have to golf before 7:30am just to be able to get a round in without having to wait at every tee. I have been exclusively been golfing in the USA lately, because I pay $40 on average to golf courses like Hickory Stick, in Lewiston, NY for example that are $105.00 at home (Grand Niagara, Ontario for example). I understand that courses where I live can, will, and do charge more because the demand is there and people continue to pay it. So be it...but they have taken it a step further, and jam pack the course with so many people that it takes 5 hours to play for people who have a good pace. Bastards.

Hey all, After using forged iron blades for a couple or a few seasons, I noticed that the nickel/chrome plate wears out. I imagine that as long as the grooves aren't worn, this is normal and nothing to worry about... For those of you who have experienced this, do you usually just keep playing these irons? get them re-dipped (is that possible?) get new irons? I have the original Nike Blades, as well as Mizuno MP-32's, and both are worn in the sweet spots with grooves still in-tact. Ball flight doesn't seem to be affected - just wondering how long I can play these irons before having to retire them? Thank you

Thank you for this thread. I read it last night on my graveyard shift...took it all in - and was able to make sense of it reasonably quickly. I went to the range today and within 10 balls I was hitting straight or draw shots where I usually would play a little cut/fade/slice. It makes sense now, that regardless of my strong grip, my proper swing plane, stance, releasing the club, and everything else being correct...it is almost impossible to not cut/fade/slice when my hips spin out. It causes my shoulders to be open to the point of not even giving myself a chance at an inside out draw shape swing/shot. I would say that this gave me 10-15 yards extra distance, and my ball flight is much more desirable. I also added lead-tape to my driver to favor a draw shape. Respect. Thanks again.

Thank you B-Con and Rulesman. I appreciate the non-judgmental replies. They were of help for sure.

Look at my handicap index, "shorty". My "bomb" is maybe 270 yards at best. Sorry you got butthurt and had to put quotations around the word bomb and accuse me of being the opposite of a humble and modest person. It's quite clear that your arrogance and condescending replies to my honest question are far more indicating that you "good sir" are more likely the opposite of humble or modest. (clearly, any 5 year old with psych background can figure that out while rolling their eyes) Right...*edit to note* my "bomb" was maybe 270 yards, and not meant to describe myself as being a long ball hitting arrogant whatever (as you clearly took it). Second of all, I did apologize to the group ahead of us as although I knew and was right that I wouldn't hit them, I didn't think it would even come that close. Either way, I would rather you just be a prick to someone else and get off me. You can be the cool-guy internet bully and win this one all day long. You're super cool, guy.

Anyways, I'll let you get back to scouring the forum for opportunities to be arrogant in order to feel better about yourself. Again, thank you for contributing your holier than thou post on my honest question on a ruling I wanted clarification on.

Thanks for the reply! I am especially stoked that you weren't at all arrogant about it either. You must be a really special/cool sort of guy.

For me personally, it was breaking 80. I have always been able to shoot mid to high 80s, but never able to break 80 until this year (shot a 78). Now, the goal is to par a course. It's really the same idea, relative to your skill/handicap and what you normally shoot IMO. Golfers who shoot 100's want to break 100 / 90's want to break 90 / 80s to break 80, etc

With the interest of maintaining a nice pace, while having a group both in front of us and behind us on an over-booked busy course... I waited until the group ahead of us were beyond my max-drive distance, and hit a bomb down the fairway. The drive landed 35-ish yards behind them, and rolled up say 10 yards from one of them. It was clear that this guy was upset, and took my ball/threw it over the fence and out of bounds (somewhere I couldn't even get it back). I knew that my ball was within a few yards of the 150 marker prior to him doing this. Free drop or no? I didn't want to wait longer to hit, but in retrospect I could have waited a bit longer. On the other hand, the ball didn't pass these guys or land within 35 yards of them. I took a penalty stroke because I was already on pace to shoot a 90-something and didn't care at that point. But if I was on pace to break 80, I would have been super-upset and hoping that I could get a free-drop. Thanks in advance for the input

Congrats! Next up, breaking 90 - Great job

First round of the year for me was at Terry Hills (Batavia, NY). I worked a graveyard shift 10pm-830am, rushed home and showered and then headed to the course quickly to make on time. Shot a 90 . The next day after a much needed sleep, I played Hunters Pointe (Welland, ON) and shot a 78. That 78 was my first time breaking 80. It's a pretty tough links style course, and there were 70mph winds that day...lol figure that one out. Since then I have shot 4 rounds in the 90s (ugh), and 5 rounds in the 80s. Looking to break 80 again soon, and hoping to par a course for my first time by the end of the season (we can only golf May-Sept here due to winter).

Same. Always Shake, Never remove my hat.

Yes, I would like that for free. Size M Thank you

In my opinion, most "average weekend golfers" do not count strokes properly. They take mulligans, and consider putts within 2-3 ft "gimmies". These folks leave feeling pretty good about "shooting 80", where in reality they most likely are somewhere closer to 100. Obviously there are say 20% (generous here) of said people who actually shoot 80-95 legit.

Great tips posted so far. I personally only ever had a slice issue with my driver (Irons/woods are nice draw shape shots). After adjusting multiple things from similar tips posted in this thread, I still found I was slicing the ball off the tee (and couldn't figure out why). I brought the ball closer to my body , and that was the final and missing piece which cured the slice. The ball was too far away from my body on the tee, which caused me to put a slice spin on the ball regardless of everything else being proper (grip to stance and swing plane etc). Now, I can finally aim confidently straight and not have to account for a 10-30 yard slice/cut/push. It's a good feeling.