Jack Tupp

So glad to hear that Gabe. I think golf shops should stock this item.

I am 63, and both of my index fingers suffer from skin irritation, cracking, etc. I recently discovered a GREAT finger tape: NEXCARE First Aid Tape. About $3 per roll. It is PADDED, and much more comfortable than the typical white cloth medical tape most of use. It is also re-usable if you want to be frugal. Try it out. Protect your fingers.

After a couple years of fighting an occasionaly shank shot with short or mid irons, I have FINALLY found some real solutions. Two things seem to work. One, I am gripping the club with my left hand rotated about 1/4" clockwise from what I had before. Two, I am standing away from the ball at least one, maybe two-three inches further away than I was before. I have not hit a shank on the range or the course since I have made these changes. Just sharing. Hope it helps someone who reads this. Have fun. JT, CA cent. coast.

I am a bit confused about the - (negative) and + (positive) handicaps. I think the explanation is confusing, and not mathematically logical. If a bogey golfer has a handicap of 18, you're saying his real handicap is -18. (negative 18) But NOBODY considers their handicap numbers in negative form. Of course the handicap is subtracted from the gross score to get the net score but in general handicaps are expressed in positive (+) numbers. Therefore, Tiger Woods imaginary handicap should be expressed as a "-10", or "negative 10, and not "10". His imaginary handicap is NOT 10; it is a negative 10 or (-10). Jim Furyk would have a -9 handicap. But we must remember, these tour pros do not really have handicaps. To compute a handicap for one of these players is just for fun, or mathematical excercise, or amusement.