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[QUOTE=joshtpa;163745]So glad you were never my caddie.[/QUOTE Haha... i probably wouldn't have caddied for you if you didn't let me take em' off the whole time! Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks I suppose.

I find that the clubs you put in your bag should depend on what type of conditions you are playing. That said, I will put a 2 iron in my bag if the course is dry, windy, or has short rough. I'll put my 2 hybrid in the bag if the rough is deep, it's wet, or it's calm. The hybrid is designed to fly high and land soft. The 2 iron is a low-flighted club that is easier for better players to control. To be honest, right now I'm playing driver, 3, 2-hybrid, 4 iron on down. My hybrid, however, is tweaked with a tipped X fairway shaft and extended a bit. It's my quasi-5wood/2iron. It all depends on what you're looking for. I switch depending on the conditions.

I've recently gotten real picky with my equipment and have been experimenting with the swing weights. Is this something that you think I should be concerned with? I'm a pretty avid clubmaker, making and repairing clubs in my pro shop, but I've not dealt with swingweighting very much. What are your thoughts?

Don't forget about the NIKE blades... sweet clubs.

Just so you guys know, sharpening your grooves isn't exactly legal. If you're not playing in any professional/ USGA tournaments you're ok, but if you are... don't get caught!

I HATE iron covers!!!! I caddied for 7 years, and I got to a point where I told my golfers that had them that I would take them off and put them in their bag for the duration of their round. It's NOT benefitial to your clubs because they trap moisture, they add weight to your bag, and you lose them often. I play forged clubs and hey... if you're worried about how your equipment looks more than how it plays, you need to re-evaluate your priorities. Besides, don't slam your clubs around and they'll be fine.

I play the 5900 also, and love it. I have the VS Proto 65-X in mine, and it just bombs down the fairway. I actually find it easy to work shots with. If I want a high fade, I hit a high fade... low draw, you see where I'm going. This is a club that sets up nice, feels solid, looks great, sounds great, and performs great. I have NEVER liked Nike woods until the Sumo2 line. I played a practice round for the Bank of America Open (Nationwide Tour) with a few full-time golfers using Cleveland, Titleist, and Taylor, and I was hitting with them if not out-hitting them with my 5900... great club!

I agree completely... customer service sucks. Their products are out of this world, though.

depending on the wind, choked 4 or full 5.

I find this works well for me as well... If I play a course that is shorter, I drop the 58 and put in a 56 and 60 to compliment my 52. I always carry a 52, but I go back and forth between 56/58/60 and my 3 iron.

This may be biased, based on it's my profession... but don't hold your pride so high that you are afraid to take a lesson with a PGA Professional (I'm not saying you are, lol). Seriously, just one or two lessons will help you learn HOW to practice, and help you learn drills and swing tips that you can take to the range, course, and even your bedroom! Otherwise, practice getting up and down... that's the key to success. If you can scramble, you'll grind it out and finish strong. I came into single digits in high school, and now I'm teaching and playing professional golf in various venues... it takes time, but you'll come around.

One of the things I teach is what I like to call, "The string drill." Take two new pencils and a length of string at least 5 ft. long. Tie the string around the erasers of the pencils to make the string suspend off the ground about 4-5 inches. Place the pencils in the putting green so the string is taught, and take your stance with your putter head directly below the string. The goal of this drill is to keep the putter head very low to the ground on the back, and through strokes. This allows you to get a better feel for each distance of putt, and keep the stroke more consistent. Also, another tip I give is to count to three... One, being the impact of the putt, then count 2...3... and then look up. By keeping your head still through the stroke, you are able to minimize your body movement, and thus achieve a more consistent stroke. I hope this helps... let me know if it does!

Wow... after reading this, my head nearly exploded. It's people like you who piss me off, yet make me laugh so hard... nice.

It's one of the most fun shots you'll ever hit! If you really make an effort to release the club and not hang on you'll be fine. I look at it like this... I'm 280+ out from the hole on a par 5. If I duff it, I'll be 200 out and I can hit a 4 or 5 iron into the green. If I hit it, I'll be up by the green. It 's a risk-reward type deal. The thing is though, you MUST release that club and hit down on it. If you don't, you can bet the bank that the ball is going right.

I started off using a cast cavity when I was first learning. For those who are learning, I recommend a cavity. As I got better, I switched to the old Titleist 990s... these took me from high school all the way up to where I am now today, playing professionally. Once I received some help from sponsors and Nike, I'm playing the Nike blades. I absolutley love them! If you're a serious golfer who demands shot control, forged is the way to go. As for blades or not, well, that's more personal than anything else.