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Voted maybe, it would really depend on how I felt about the person. I'm comfortable around guns, its people that freak me out.

I can score 120 with a cheap ball just as well as with a tour ball. Maybe later it will actually matter for me. Right now not so much.

I have a Wilson SuperFly 72*. Its a lot of fun and gets some funny looks but I would not carry it in a round. Too easy to hit it thin. Side note, at the range I go to often I am not allowed to hit it on the covered portion of the range.

I'm the air counter guy. I'm getting better but I still have to once in a while. Usually after a brutal hole. I can get done in the walk from pin to bag. Favorite expression, "One, two, ob, four, five, six, dammit." This is usually on the range but, how about starts digging through your bag without asking guy. Makes comments about how he only hits brand X because that's what serious players hit. Wants to see how the other half live by hitting your clubs. And of course they are not as good. Favorite expression, "Can I hit your pitching wedge?"

I wouldn't be able to stop playing with the one on the right.

I've been hit twice, both times while I was working on a course as course maintaince. First time was the funnier of the two, I was parked under some trees waiting for a foursome to tee off. The first three landed on the fairway about ten yards in front of me. The last guy must have hit a superb banana slice and directly into the trees around me. Those trees were fortyish feet tall and he put his drive into the very top of them. I heard the ball bouncing from branch to branch then it dropped directly onto the top of my head. The guy next to me said that it bounced a full three feet of my head and it ended up in a favorable lie. I was holding my head and trying to walk that off when the member pulled up in his cart. Poor guy didn't even know we were there. He went back to the club and got me an ice pack. Second one was off the same tee, I couldn't move my equipment any further away and this guy got pissed and as I'm getting off the machine he hits his tee shot. It got me in the solidly in the ribs. That bruise lasted a long time. I haven't hit anyone though. If the possibility is there then I'll wait.

+1 They do work off of cheap commercial carpet on concrete though. I've played with them at work. The main thing they showed me was I was still moving my head early. When I would move my head early complete whiff, head down contact. YMMV.

It looks legit, but I wasn't exactly blown away by the discounts. If no one here has any feedback then you could try them out on a small purchase.

Sometimes its okay, sometimes it isn't. If it pisses off someone in the bar, every time. My favorite type of beer is a draft stout and I don't see any fruit ever going on that pint glass.

Take it easy man. No need for name calling. I believe he was just speaking from experience. Most golfers with your stated handicap replace their four and sometimes their five irons with hybrids.

I have had the same problem with my driver. In my first season of golf, I was driving about 180 carry distance. Yesterday I was at the range and was just focused on tempo. Just swinging smoothly and and not worrying about anything else. Instant improvement to 200. I also got a free mini lesson from the range owner/pro. He adjusted my grip and had me focus on my weight transfer-getting my lower body into the swing. Another twenty yards. So +1 to what everyone else has said. Good luck to you and have fun.

I haven't played a round of golf in about thirty days. I don't have time. I've been hitting at the range. I couldn't play yesterday because I had family stuff. Between work and school ,time for anything else is limited. But I have this weekend off, so I got that going for me.:) I work at a PIAS and a guy sold his clubs and bought softball equipment for his daughter. I asked why he was selling and he was frustrated with his development as a golfer. Time and difficulty of the game would be my guess as to why people quit. The time it takes to play eighteen can be too much for a parent. The time it takes to become just ok at this endeavor can be discouraging.

I won't nice anyone. No nice shot until the ball has completely stopped. If some one does this to me I will nicely ask them to refrain until my my ball has come to a complete stop. I also have to adjust my right sleeve before every shot. When its working my right sleeve will all the way to my armpit. :)

I've been playing since April and I have two birdies. One was on a par 3, I left myself a three foot putt for birdie. The last one was a chip in from the fringe on a par 5. I celebrated those suckers like I had won the Open. The last one was luck the first one I didn't worry about until it rolled in. Right now bogey is my goal. Bogey every hole and you score 90. Like everyone has said, worry about taking the doubles and worse off your scorecard and the birdies will follow.