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All three grips can work. Look at three examples: Ben Hogan-vardon grip. Jack Nicklaus - interlocking grip. Bob Rosburg, PGA champion, 10-finger. It just goes to show that all three grips can work, although for an individual, there is probably one grip that will work best; however, I don't believe that for golfers overall, there is one superior grip. Experiment a little. Try some alternate ones too, like Jim Furyk's double overlap grip. Trying all three grips will help you to find the one that works best for you. Lolzzlolzz - Hogan never wore a glove

I have always used Pro V1's when I can get them and they perform great, but when I can't (most of the time, I don't buy them) I play the NXT tour. It's a good ball, pretty good spin, especially for $10 or $20 dollars less than tour balls while still performing really well. I'd say try it out, but the only way you'll find the ball best for you is by trying a bunch of different ones.

I have the Wilson Staff Pi5 irons. They're a couple years old, but really good clubs and can be found for cheap online. Would reccomend.

Golfers who hit houses should be responsible and offer to pay for repair. But homeowners on the golf course, especially those who have homes in places where golfers are likely to hit it, should realize they house will get hit and not all golfers are going to be mature enough to apologize, etc., So they shouldn't really expect every single person to fess up. I'm not trying to make it okay for people who hit homes and don't take responsibility, I think it's wrong, but homeowners have to realize not everyone will act the right way.

One tip (from Ben Hogan) that has really helped me is make sure your left elbow is above your left ( a shaft should be able to go under your right Arm and over your left when you're addressing the ball; there's drawings in Power Golf and 5 Lessons . Make sure your're staring the downswing with your lower body.

Make sure you're hitting the ball before the ground; hitting the ball more firmly might help (the harder you hit, as long as you hit it crisply, the more spin it will have). Soft greens help, but that's obviously not something you can control. Try and really "pinch" the ball between the ground and your club.

Because so much of golf is mental, how you think about the club can affect how well it performs for you. If you like the feel of a club and have confidence in it, then you might swing it better and get better results from that club than one that maybe is slightly more fitted to your swing. So maybe the stiff would be better, but I'm not a clubfitter, don't really know, just a thought.

ganjagolfer, if you're serious about this "rule", heres a suggestion. Get some actual pro v1's and go play a round with them, no moving your ball. I think you'll be surprised to see the difference between how you think it would react/spin and how it really plays.

Taking out the five-wood seems the best thing to do. I did the same thing, carry driver, 15 3-wood, 22 hybrid, 4-pw, 52, 56, 60, and it works great, but in my case, i hardly ever need to hit a club a 5-wood distance ( if I do I'll just hit soft 3).

Clone companies don't come up with original ideas, its true, but what is so bad about them using technology that's already been proven? As for clone companies standing behind their products, diamondtourgolf, a company I have purchased clubs from, has a lifetime warranty covering breakage under normal playing conditions.

1)Augusta National 2)Old Course at St. Andrews 3)TPC Sawgrass 4)Shinnecock 5)Pine Valley

I agree with allin. Some people will lump together good indepndent clubmakers (maltby, bang, smt, infiniti) with cheap knock-off makers, when the good clubmakers really make high quality equipment at a lower price than the big names. That said, i have a "clone" 3 wood with a ust competition 75 shaft from diamondtourgolf, and i hit it better than any other wood ive tried (although that is not a large number) . I think the shaft is at least if not more important than the head. I remember a quote in golf digest from a clubmaker that was something like this, "i can put the right shaft in a poor clubhead and make it work for anyone. I can put the wrong shaft in the best-designed clubhead in the world, and it will produce poor results." while that maybe is somewhat exaggerated, i think the fact of customization of shaft, length, lie, etc. that "clone" companies have while maintaining a low price is something that draws people to them. I am not saying that all clones are great clubs; i know there are many poor ones out there, but from personal experience quality clones do exist.