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  1. dbrock504

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  2. Depends on your preference. I like Golf Pride although they are pricey. My next favorite is Lamkin. I don't care for Winn because they are too soft. Again, it's preference. Other than size, I'm not sure the brand you choose actually affects anything. Certain materials like cord vs velvet give a different feel and response to the player, but that's it. The size will determine rotation for the most part. I have happy wrists and long fingers, so I use midsize grips. That helps me a lot.
  3. I would like to hear an honest answer to this. Just had the worst round I have had in months upon months. I didn't even know I knew how to suck that bad anymore. Not only did I play terrible, but the course was in awful shape and the people I was playing with were not creating a fun environment to be a part of. Clubs shall remain in the closet for a few weeks.
  4. A topic that has been debated 50+ times on this site. But yes, I used my 3 wood for over a year because I couldn't hit my driver either. I got fit for a new driver and now I use my driver more than my 3 wood. I do have days where I struggle with the driver and use the 3w still.
  5. Being a baseball player for 16 years, I used the baseball grip for a year. After that, I was told to go to interlocking and I have never looked back. Feels very comfortable and natural because I have long fingers. I still have the baseball grip with my putter however.
  6. I've finished -32 in a tournament at TPC San Antonio once on PGA 2012 The Masters. That game is such a joke once you get it all down. Pretty easy even at the hardest settings.
  7. Many recommend Aldila
  8. I'm sorry, but I disagree in that comment being a legitimate point considering every ball knows what angle you hit it at and how much spin you put on it. I've snap hooked a Pinnacle Gold more than once. Yes a Pro V will exaggerate those bad angles, but who's fault is that? The ball, or the player? I am no where close to an advanced player and I am not nearly even close to acting like I can put insane spin on the ball with "pulling-the-rope" command, but I can tell you the Pro V's check up a lot more and hold more greens for me (someone who shoots 90-95). So to your last comment in which I bolded, I disagree and I'm sure many other amateurs do as well. If you are shooting in the 100's with no control, no command on your spin, and struggle to make proper contact, I do agree you will not benefit greatly from this ball. In fact, you won't benefit from any ball. Proper ball contact is #1.
  9. What @WUTiger said. I live in TX where it's always dry. The more you pay, the softer the greens. It's all about maintenance and water.
  10. You can do whatever you want. Let people make that decision for them self. This guy, Matt Edelman, owned a range down the street from me. He offered lessons cheap ($30/hr). I almost took one from him considering they were cheap and he made a few pro cuts back in his younger days. Then I watched him hit a golf ball. I laughed at him (his swing resembled that of Charles Barkley and had a snap hook), he got mad and told me to never come back, and I never came back. 4 months later, the FBI had seized his property as being involved in the trafficking methamphetamine and growing marijuana in the back of the property. He probably made bad golfers worse, but he made some extra cash off of it. If you don't care about giving people honest lessons where they would actually benefit from it, then go ahead. You won't be the first or last to sell snake oil. It happens every day, we just know them as "Taylormade". You ever notice how they come out with "new and improved" technology every 4 months?
  11. If you play basketball, can you defy the rules by never bouncing the ball and just running to the hoop and putting it in? In my opinion, you aren't playing golf at all if you aren't playing by the rules. If you aren't skilled enough to hit the ball down the fairway, your penalty is that you are hitting out of the rough. 99/100 times you are going to hit a crappy shot out of that bad lie, but that ONE shot you hit just right and stick on the green is the reason I play golf. That rush. That sense of accomplishment. It's my addiction. Eventually you will be better and consequently you will have better lies and better looks to score. That really makes the game more fun when you get to that point. Do what ever you want, but you aren't playing the game of golf.
  12. I actually tend to stay away from the Austin area as much because the courses are so dry. My favorite course toward that area is Onion Creek although that is private and I have only played it once. Plum Creek in Kyle is my "home course" so to speak. Moving toward San Antonio, I really like Vaaler Creek in Blanco as well as The Bandit in New Braunfels. I never played Lions, although I was supposed to and ended up having to back out. Jimmy Clay is a great course from what I hear. I need to make it out there before I graduate here in August.
  13. I can understand that, however I like to play the game within the rules. He is gaining an unfair advantage by being able to use an "anti spin" distance ball off the tee box and a spin feel ball for the greens haha. But to each his own. Well I don't feel as if I am "good enough to play one" either, but I like to play them when I find them. I really love the feel of the ball. I really like these NXT Tour S balls that are essentially the same thing as the ProV1 except an ionomer cover and not urethane. They perform similarly for me and cost less when I buy them used. They have brought me down a few strokes.
  14. I know it sounds simple, but, do you eat at the turn? Food is fuel! Stay hydrated, get a hot dog or something in you at the turn and get a can of swing lube (Miller Lite). It seems to help me. My front 9 is always in the high 40's and my back 9 is always in the low 40's. Go figure.
  15. I have the same problem. Got a 60* and never could get used to it. My 56* does it all.
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