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Bought a Nike VR Forged sand wedge at dicks for $80. 56* with 14* of bounce. At Sam's club, I got two buckets of 50 recycled golf balls for $9 a bucket, and I picked up a $100 Callaway stand bag for $59.

I'm about an hour/hour and 15 from you. For free greens fees, I would make a trip to play a course.

#8, par 5 with 475 to the middle of the green. Hit my drive right down the middle and had 190 yards left. The hole plays uphill so I took a 4 iron instead of a 5 and pured the shot. Started left and played a little fade and it landed 15ft from the pin. First time I've had an eagle opportunity on that hole. Missed the first put and left about three feet and sunk the birdie putt. Then on #9 I chunked a tee shot down a hill, pitched up, and two putted for bogey.

Shot an 84 at the MegaMatch for all the school districts that we play. Placed around 20th out of 44, which is better than 47 out of 50 last year. Had 35, +2, on the front, and a 48, +9, on the back.

Yes, mine is one of the newer ones. I did not get the weight kit with it but found one on eBay for $25, which I might pick up. I do think I would like a lighter weight on it, so I will order a weight kit soon. Is yours face balanced?

I was actually going to start a thread about these putters this week. I picked up a Brazos model from a local shop for $40. It is a beautiful putter and has a really good feel. I can't say I putt better with it, seeing as I can't putt with anything, but it does give me some additional confidence. The bottom weight plate was engraved with the shop's name, and I think I am going to stamp my initial's on it.

I really like the feel and look of golf balls with flat dimples such as the Wilson PX3. I was just wondering if any other company made balls with flat dimples? I am not opposed to regular dimples, but I like the flat ones better.

How do you like your fairway wood? I was thinking about getting a three wood and a hybrid.

I don't know my actual handicap right now (average low to mid 40's per nine). I put 15-20 and I do average well over 300. The last nine I played I hit driver 6 times and 4 were over three and the other two where a hook and a shorter pushed drive. I would gladly take 30-40 yards off to be more consistent, though. Driving the big distances isn't always the best.

Two trips ago: Finally bought a driver from this century, and a new Maxfli lob wedge. Last trip: Found a used set of Nike irons that I wanted, and bought them. The 7 irons is missing, but replaced with a clone. It was $75 for the set. I also got a Select 5000 2 hybrid with a Ping shaft. I was going to buy a replacement iron for my irons, but the cheapest exact replacement is $90, so I'll deal with the clone.

Are you sure you got a .370 shaft. That shaft is available in other tip diameters.

Another good ball is the Maxfli BlackMax. It comes in a distance and a control model. I buy the control model, and I think they play nicer that NXT's. They sell them at Dick's 2 for $25. Maxfli also has other balls in the $15-30 range that play very nice.

I showed both my coach and their coach and neither said anything about that. There are a lot of nice 10* Big Bertha or HyperX drivers on eBay for cheap and I always wanted one of them. I was also looking at MacGregor NVG2's or Tour Edge Exotics drivers.

You guys think your bad? Haha. I played Thursday and had a good ball striking round (minus a few shots), and had I believe 26 putts for 9 holes. I shot a 55. I think I had two 4-putts, four 3-putts, and three 2-putts. If I would have only 2-putted, I could have shot a 47. On the #6 par-5 I was on in 4 (duffed 2nd shot, 2 yds short third shot) and was 12 ft out. First putt missed by three or four foot, lipped second putt, lipped third putt, then sank the fourth putt for an 8. The other four-putt was on the #5 par-3. I was on it two with about a 25 ft putt for par. Was about 10 ft short, missed the second one by a foot, lipped the third, then sank the fourth. I believe this is do to me switching to a jumbo SuperStroke putter grip. That thing made me lose all feel and distance control. Before switching grips, I had maybe one or two 3-putts per 9 holes. I have just about changed my whole golf game in the last two weeks and have been doing good from the tee to the green, but once I'm on the green I lose it. I need to do something. Zach

That's what I was planning on doing. My local Dick's has a nice simulator, and my local shop has a trackman. My local shop also has some used clubs that I can try.