TommyD69

+1 I agree...

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!! I remember the first time I broke 90... I bought all my golf buddies a beer!!!! I'll take my favorite....... COLD!

I would say, just cut it down an inch. Most golfers rarely take a full swing with a sand or lob wedge, so the extra stiffness really won't be an issue. All wedges come with basically the same "wedge flex" shaft, so reshafting will just get you the same shaft you already have. I really don't think there will be a problem. The shaft may be ever so slightly stiffer, but the club will be significantly lighter, which will make it easier to swing. Good for her, you're a good husband! I got a set of clubs for my wife once... Good trade huh?

I have short fingers, so I use the interlocking grip.

The first thing to know is your wedge "setup". I have a 54* sand wedge with LOTS of bounce (14*), and a 58* lob wedge with slight bounce (8*). I use the sand wedge in the fluffy stuff, and the lob wedge on the wet cement bunkers. Sometimes, it is safer to just pick the ball clean or chip the ball out like they do in Japan. Also, keep in mind that if the sand is that hard, and you don't have a big lip to get over, you can always use your putter. There is no shame in using your putter to get out of a bunker, and there are no "pictures" on the score card.... only numbers. Good luck!

"Choking up" and "Choking down" would be mutually exclusive terms. I guess it should be "Choking up" or "Gripping down". Anyway, if you have an inch showing above your left hand (at address), then I would say that you are choking up (A little). I hold my clubs all the way at the end, that is to say that I have the entire end of the handle in my left hand (NOT like a baseball player that has one or two fingers hanging over the end of the handle). You are tall, so I assume you have big hands/long fingers. The more you "Choke up" or "Grip down" on the club, the smaller the grip gets (as almost all grips are tapered). You can put some "build up tape" under the grip where your right hand goes on the grip, or you can use Golf Prides Players Sofftie grips. These grips have a "straight taper" which gives you more grip in your right hand when you "choke up".

I have been playing golf for 25 years. I have had more than one a year for at least the last 10. I hope I have MORE this year!!!

YES! I alway grip down almost to the metal on ALL chip shots, and MOST of my pitch shots (depending on the length on the shot). I use Player Sofftie grips just for the reason that they are "fatter" under the right hand, so when you choke up on the club, you still have some grip to hold on to....

CRAP!!!!!!!!! Freddy just ran out of gas!!!! I was pullin hard for him, but no joy... Looks like a play off now...... The wind is just brutal... I tryed to play in the wind on Saturday, and it just beat me up!! It's gotta be tough on those guys, being out there for all those holes today.

The TV networks made it difficult to watch the LPGA this weekend. I went channel suffing late Saturday afternoon, and there was horse racing, info-mercials and some other crazy thing on the major channels. It almost seemed like the networks went out of there way to NOT show the first womens major! What a finish... if you missed it, you missed a lot!!!

Can those gals play or what!?!??! Did you see that shot on 18 by Lincicome????? WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What ever it is... it is TERRIBLE of toast!!!!! LOL

I teed off the last two Saturdays with the temp around 36 both days! Frost delay both days too... Still felt good to be outside, but putting was a problem... Got a 9:00 tee time This Saturday, will probably be in the 30's again... Plus a little rain this time just for good measure! Oh well.... pretty soon.......

Is that like Kentucky Jelly? Anyway... The "RAW" wedges are supposed to rust, I'm afraid you are "trying to p up a rope" trying to keep the rust off a wedge that is supposed to rust. Sell them, they are good wedges, and get chrome wedges instead. Good Luck

Craig Stadler (The walrus) used to do all his short shorts around the green exclusively with his sand wedge (probably a 56 degree). In this "modern" age of carrying half a bag of wedges, and the other half with hybrids, it nice to hear that some of you folks prefer to be shot makers. That being said, I use a 3 , 6, or 9 iron to do my chip shots (keeping the ball as close to the ground as possible, and letting it run like a putt to the hole). You will find that you are good at what you practice... Party on.................

Pretty indeed! You said it yourself (more or less), nothing is for sure. That's why you play the game... I wouldn't mind "The Big Wie-sy" winning... I think she can do it (as long as her dad stops following her all over the golf course). Any of the young "guns" could win it... and our "seasoned" favorites also have a chance. But, I have been getting feelings about Helen Alfredsson... who knows!?!? But, I know I will be watching... that is for sure... with my box of NABISCO's!

I don't know what all you guys are complaining about... This kind of behavior is exactly what EVERY "talking head" in the world is doing to Tiger! But of course you can't see that! The way these announcers fall all over Tiger all the time, I swear that if they thought they could do it, they'd have Tigers baby! It's all bad, but it's not all Kelly......

I'm glad you said this! I am sick to death of it too! Even if he would have lost, the "talking heads" would STILL be replaying every one of his shots! I just don't watch anymore... I can't stand it!

It sounds like you are using your SW for this shot? A spin ball and a SW on a long chip and run are a bad combo. Use what ever club that will get the ball on the ground (over any fringe) as soon as possible. If that means using a 3 iron, so be it. I personally like to use my 9 iron on medium chip and runs, and a 6 iron for longist chip and runs, and my 3 hybrid for the really loooong ones. Use your putting stance, and grip (assuming you do not putt cross handed - but I HAVE tried this, and it worked pretty good too). Play the ball where you normally would for a putt, and swing as hard as you would for a putt of the same length. NO WRIST ACTION, just like a putt! You already have the "touch", just use the right tools.

Fred Pickering: You don't have to ask a Navy man if he'll have another drink. It nobody's goddam business how many drinks he's had already!! Al: Can you make a bull shot? Tony: Can you make a shoe smell? Al: When's the next bus to Boys town? Al: Tell the chef my steak still has the marks where the jockey was hitting it! Ty: Dad... never liked you.... The Judge: I sent boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. But, I felt I OWED it to them! I could go on all day!!!!

This is the kind of talk I would expect after Tiger looses his number 1 ranking. Tiger hasn’t lost it yet and now number 1 doesn't mean anything? It may not mean anything to Tiger or Phil, but it means everything to all us little guys who get enjoyment, and even some kind of entitlement out of their man being number 1. Every time I turn on the Golf Channel all I hear is "world number 1 this, and world number 1 that". So don't start with the "world number 1 doesn't mean anything" stuff. If nothing else, it means something to the TALKING HEADS that pollute my TV every night. World number 1 does mean something, and If I could have it for ONE DAY, I would be happy for the rest of my life, no matter what the circumstances where!

With corporate sponsorship of tournamants changing every other year, I can not keep track of what this weeks tournamant used to be. Is the Transitions Championship the old Sammy Davis, Perry Como, Jackie Gleason or what? I miss the good old days........

I was playing with a guy in my old golf league. We were playing a par 3 near a maintenance road on the course. Just as this guy was hitting, a dump truck pulled away down the maintenance road. He hooked his tee shot, and it landed in the back of the dump truck! The look on his face was just precious, as his ball drove away... I think his ball is still going....

I also remember reading something that said "90 something" percent of golfers can't break 100! I guess that means if they had or would admit to having a handicap index, it would be well over 30!!!! Not that there is anything wrong with that.... Keep playin!!!!!!!

Once you get a hole in your glove, it's time for a new one. I take my glove off between shots in the summer (I don't want a WHITE left hand). When it gets really hot and humid, I take two gloves on to the course, and alternate them between holes. There's no big secret to it, I'm thinking you should replace your glove somewhere between 1) replacing it after every shot and 2) never replacing it at all. Let common sense be your guide. If you are going thru a lot of gloves... go see your local PGA professional.