SandersLongdriv

The tubular shaft has very limited potential due to the inherant way it is constructed. On the other hand the seven part FineOneGolf T3 'bamboo' shaft opens up far more of the shaft without any increase in bend and thereby provides around 14% more energy return than ANY tubular shaft. And, due to other special engineering techniques, unparalleled accuracy. Effectively designed and marketed on a university's very limited budget awareness is only slowly growing, but such did not stop it winning a World Longdrive title and smashing the championship's record. I was fortunate to build that driver. As for 'one shaft suits all' I will simply say that the T3 comes in fourteen stiffness grades, twelve of which are readily available.

Swing speed is fairly easy to increase, but do not expect success in that quarter to necessarily improve hitting distance or anything else. What sometimes appears to be obvious answers to golf challenges is often far from being the case. As technique improves so does swing speed. I personally believe such to be the best way to go. But let's look at the simple issue of muscle speed: Can one's muscles be trained to move faster than their present level? Yes of course. I believe the best way to go about this is 'overspeed training.' In other words in specific training geared to promote one's muscles to work faster than they have ever worked before. If I work out with my training driver, which has a 130 gramme head instead of a golf driver head of around 200g., my s.s. increases from 135 m.p.h. to 152 m.p.h. Swing such a light training driver flat out fifteen times (30 secs. rest between each swing) , three times a week, and one's s.s. with a golf driver should quickly rise. Another very useful tool I use to increase swing speed is a gripped shaft (headless club) swung one hand at a time. If one is right handed, if the gripped shaft is placed in the right hand then naturally one swings like a left hander with that hand. My own s.s. increased from 113 m.p.h. to 135 m.p.h. within three months mainly down to using overspeed training.

Amazing Whacker, There are a large number of golfers in the world, and some of them extremely odd characters so it's dangerous to rule out such things. I'm afraid that I broke your 'no way' declaration of truth in 2007 / 2008. I then returned to golf (age 57 years) after a 41 year break during which time I didn't pick up a golf club. An out of shape, overweight, 5ft. 9 ins. individual who consistently failed to break 95 on the local municipal golf course. However within eight months I took the Senior England, Sweden, and Italy longdrive titles - hitting 345 yards in Sweden in neutral conditions. Next year I came second in the European Seniors' Longdrive Championship and hit 358 yards in the U.S.A., again without any assisting wind. It's all well documented in results lists so anyone can doubt as much as they like. Admittedly a third party had dragged me onto the longdrive circuit screaming, and I consequently neglected to re-learn irons golf. The fact is however my average drive was around 330 yards and yet I doubt that I could have played to a 20 handicap. I'm still as long at 61 years and am now putting a lot of work into my short game. It saddens me that I had to give at age 16 years on leaving school as it was then far too expensive for me to continue. Senior rates kicked in which exceeded my then annual salary!

I too suffered from failure to secure adequate grip, particularly when playing in overseas longdrive competitions where the humidity level was crushing. Subsequently I experimented for several years using all manner of gloves, grips, and materials. I needed to be able to hold onto the grip as lightly as possible in order to have soft hands / loose muscles / fast muscles. Before I eventually discovered top materials I used copious amounts of rosin powder applied to the grip. As a former tenpin bowling player I knew that such could be sourced from most tenpin pro. shops. My final formula is to use Iomic 'Sticky' grips in as large a size as one can handle. It is essential to buy the 'Sticky' model as their other models give far less traction. A jumbo size has recently been released. I tried over forty different types of gloves. Nothing comes close to the 'Hirzl' brand both for traction and for long wear qualities. They have a kangaroo skin palm and a large area of aerated material on the back of the glove. Absolutely outstanding. A glove of this quality used to cost around £75. (U.K. pounds). Nowadays they are around £23. Hope that helps.

There is no such tournament so clearly: 1. No-one. 2. No-one. 3. No-one.

Since I played there I have done some research and discovered that the three courses there are owned by the Jack Barker company. The internet is splattered with references to complaints and disputes concerning that company. On many of its courses it appears to have funded projects by selling rubbish dumping rights. The rubbish is then either used to either infill valleys on the course or re-model various holes. Apparently a great deal of money can be made by selling such rights, subject of course to planning permission being granted. Further research reveals that a large number of staff have been laid off or left at Delapre, and some departures involved their very best personnel. So, overall a very sorry state of affairs. In a perfect world all golf courses would be run by people who genuinely love our wonderful sport. But clearly this is not the case. A few years ago I played another course not so far away - Panshanger which is owned by Welwyn Hatfield Council. An absolutely superb course and superbly maintained. I personally feel that if a public course can be maintained to top standards then it is not unreasonable to expect courses in private ownership to at least match such standards.

There is no major Open known as 'The British Open.' There is however 'The Open,' otherwise known as 'The Open Championship.'

Today I took my son-in-law (a beginner) to Delapre Golf Centre Northampton. We played two of their beginners' Par 3 courses. On both courses we were wading through very long grassed boggy fairways. If that were not bad enough the greens were even worse. Here is a photograph of one of their worst greens. The others were generally at least 50% as bad. Could someone please advise me as to how to play greens of this standard? Should one say be chipping and running with a five iron? Would you personally have requested that your green fees be refunded?