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haha...Wow Well, all I can do is hope he has a couple more really good years left in him.

I play shorter tees than the numbers say I should but that's mostly because there aren't many courses around me that are over 7000 yds. I chose the 50-70% of golfers play the wrong tees based on my entirely anecdotal evidence of watching the other players I play with regularly or get paired up with. I see a lot of them just not capable of getting to most GIRs because they aren't long enough or are so inconsistent that they would be better off playing a forward tee so they can hit less club off the tee to keep them in play.

I know this is probably sarcasm but as someone who missed watching Tiger in his prime I would love to see this. It would also be cool to see how the top guys on tour like Speith, DJ, Rory...etc stack up against Tiger when he is playing well

The numbers are pretty close and well within my ranges but towards the longer end of what I'd try to actually hit a club on the course.

The athletes are required to maintain a high level of performance on the field as well as a (lower) GPA. The majority of scholarships are 1 year scholarships meaning if you don't perform, get hurt, or if a new coach steps in and wants to take the team in a different direction you can lose your scholarship. I'm not necessarily a fan of the athletes being directly paid by the schools but I would like to see the restrictions on what they can and cannot receive from the schools loosened and the athletes to be able to make money off of their own likeness. It's the epitome of stupid that a star football player can't sell signed picture of themselves but no other student on a scholarship would lose their scholarship for doing the same thing.

I don't see him as whiny--he just talks a lot and the networks know this so they always have a mic pointed at him. Other than complaining about that one hole back in the 2015 US Open I can't remember him ever complaining about a course setup or anything other than remarking on his own bad shot or bad break which he is only doing to his caddie anyway.

I always know where I am in relation to par. I actually consciously started paying attention to my score because I don't want to be one of those people that is having a great round, but doesn't know their score, then when they figure out that they only need to par the last two holes to card their best ever score they freak out and end up triple-bogeying both holes.

I'd like to see a much more in-depth breakdown of short game if possible: 1. Being able to see avg proximity to the hole by club and distance (instead of one or the other as it is now) + an ability to directly compare clubs. So I can look at avg proximity to the hole from 75 yds with my LW vs proximity to the hole from 75 yds with my SW...etc. This could be expanded to the longer clubs as well. Compare proximity to the hole from 150 yd with a 9i vs an 8i. 2. up and down % by club--am i better at getting up and down with my LW, GW, PW...etc

I never said that golf was easy, just that it isn't any harder than any other sport. You don't need to be in incredible shape to hit a 95 mph fastball--Babe Ruth certainly doesn't look like he was in particularly good shape and he hit plenty of 95 mph fastballs. I will agree that some people think that golf is easy because pros make it look so effortless. It's easy to see how difficult it is to hit a 90 mph fastball, but it isnt easy to understand how hard it is to hit a little ball that's just sitting there onto a green 150 yds away

I'll back you up on this and expand that its hard but no harder than any other sport. Golfers consider golf to be so hard because we measure our abilities against par and what the pros and low handicappers can do. How many people really think they can hit a home run off of professional or even high school pitching and yet so many golfers that never break 100 expect to hit perfect shots like the pros all the time.

He is definitely my favorite golfer and he is in a weird spot right now in that even though he is a top 5 golfer, and was number 1 in the world, it sometimes feels like he is an underdog. Though he is not a short hitter by any standard maybe its because he isn't an absolute bomber like DJ, Jason Day, Bubba, or Rory and yet can still compete on with them on any course. I know its an ambitious thought but with how he plays at Augusta I wouldn't be surprised if he finishes his career with the most all time Masters wins even if he doesnt win any other major.

1. Get my handicap below 4.0 (on GameGolf-not sure if I will get an official handicap) 2. shoot under par for 9 holes 3. shoot an even par round 4. average 75% GIR over a string of 5 rounds Have a lot of plans to take a more methodical approach to practicing this year. Last year I put a premium on getting on the course as much as possible which certainly helped, but this year I am going to focus on the weakest parts of my game---short game. I have a putting mat at home to work on stroke and starting my putts on line and can do the same with short chipping around my apartment and as soon as the weather turns in the spring I can get on an actual putting green once a week. My long game was definitely a strength this year and I have plans to solidify it again with lessons over the winter with the pro that helped be break under the 10 handicap barrier.

Maybe I misread the topic--I read it as do you point your finger down (but not necessarily touching the steel). I putt right hand low (righty) and while my left index finger used to get to the steel I no longer grip down that far and use a flatso 3.0 grip so it would be awkward to hang it off the end of the putter.

My index finger on my left hand goes straight down the grip. I dont know why--it just feel natural, but by the comments in this thread I'm guessing that it isnt a good thing to do. Any particular reasons why?

I've been playing the R15 for 2 seasons so I can share my personal experiences with it (full disclosure: I know little to nothing about club fitting and this info is just from me experimenting with the club). I've played a bit with the move-able weights and from my experience the biggest difference when you move them is how the club feels during the swing(assuming you keep them together rather than spreading them apart). I had them both towards the heel for a while to try to move the COG towards the heel where my predominant miss is and I found that it actually made me miss to the heel more often as I'm guessing that I was just naturally finding that new COG in my swing. Moving them both to the center (slightly spread apart) has helped me find the center of the club face more often and the club just feels more balanced and center strikes feel like they explode off of the face. In regard to forgiveness, I personally love the R15; good hits will go forever but it's definitely not a very forgiving driver. I have the 430cc head so the 460cc will be a little better and you can spread the weights to make it even more forgiving but I'm not sure if that will make it even close to as forgiving as other drivers. So my [Lame] recommendation would be to hit it, if possible, to see if it is as forgiving as you would like it to be.

Thanks for the heads up! Will definitely reach out to Aldila before making any adjustments to the current shaft.

Thanks @WUTiger ! I am really only thinking of going with the Black Tie since it was suggested to me by the pro I was working with but I'm not particularly picky. I never even thought of tipping the Aldila. How much would I need to tip the current shaft to change the stiffness profile?

Hi all. I'm looking to switch out my 3 wood shaft for something a little stiffer. I currently use a Callaway X2Hot Pro with a Stiff shaft (aldila tour green 43" and 73g, D3 swing weight) but it feels a little too wobbly at the tip which is affecting my confidence and control with the club. The pro I was taking lessons with earlier in the year recommended that I find the same shaft that I currently have in my Driver, which is an X Stiff Matrix 7M3 Black Tie (also 73g), and have it cut down and put into my 3 wood. Since both shafts are the same weight, how much will cutting down another Black Tie shaft to 43" effect the swing weight and feel of the club? Should I be looking into getting a heavier or lighter weight shaft to maintain the swing weight of the club? Also regarding price: I have found a few used X Stiff Black Ties online but should I be wary of used shafts? I could get a new one however for the price of a new shaft I could probably just find a whole new 3 wood especially with the Holiday deals going on.

Agreed but so far "not bad" or "mildly interesting" is about all I would have to say about it. It might be better if there weren't so many commercials in the show which make the show crawl by. Its the same thing that made me stop watching Big Break before it was cancelled--too many commercial breaks and then there is always a recap of what was going on that limited the content down to almost nothing.

I think they said that a kid stopped (picked up) the ball while it was still moving, not deflected it. The official then let him drop roughly where the ball would have stopped if the kid hadn't picked it up while it was still moving.

I think this is the key point in the negotiations to come. The EU cannot let the UK come out ahead by leaving because that may lead to other the countries who make up the financial backbone of the EU to back out as well. I'm curious to hear from anyone from Germany, France, or Italy to see what their thoughts on Brexit are and if there are any thoughts on those countries now exiting the EU as well.

I agree 100% with everything you said except for the last part. I don't think the top pros really care all that much about the Olympics because its not something that they have striven towards since they started golfing---they want majors and ryder cups and the olympics was just kind of dropped on golf right in the middle of the most important part of the year for golfers. To be honest I am completely underwhelmed by golf in the Olympics and feel like it is almost being forced down our throats by the golf media. I really only want to see sports like track and field, swimming, diving...etc where the biggest achievement in the sport is to win an Olympic gold . Mainstream sport athletes just don't seem to care quite as much about the Olympics because there are bigger and better things for them to work towards which cheapens the Olympics and takes away coverage from the other sports which people only pay attention to every 4 years.

In all fairness to the Phillies they have existed since 1883 and spent a long time as the 2nd team in the city until the Athletics moved.

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