Monty_Ryder

Hahaha, oh boy Mr. Desmond, maybe if you scream the word "lie" some more you can convince others that everything YOU say isn't a lie. Your supposed "fact check" contradicts itself mightily. The question is leading and programmed to get a "false" answer... And yet the answer is even STILL misleading itself. Some real FACTS: 1. The word "phone" refers to the hardware by which phone calls are made. Not discounted phone service, or even phone service itself. 2. This program DID NOT PAY FOR PHONES until 2008. 3. In 2008 the program cost $772 million. 4. The program was expanded to cover CELL PHONES in 2008. (What?!) 5. By 2011, the program costs doubled to $1.6 billion. 6. 911 Emergency services can be called WITHOUT an active phone account. No 70 free minutes required. This program is NOT about enabling access to emergency services. 7. Want to sign up for one of these PHONES? You can get one here: http://obamaphone.net 8. The funding for this program is achieved through a fee levied on private entities by the federal government. Money extracted by the the force of federal government. (Not a tax?) 9. This program is paid for by everyone who actually pays for their own cell phone service. It is against the law to pass any of these charges on to the recipients of the Lifeline program 10. According to FCC records, over 12% of users of the FREE PHONE program should have actually been deemed ineligible. 11. There are over 200,000 fraudulent duplicate lines (Cheaters, thieves. Want to guess the punishment? Cancellation of duplicate lines... That's it...)

I did Junior Golf one summer growing up, along with just about every other sport. The only clubs I had access to we're some old Titleist muscle backs, which were unforgiving as hell. I hated it, and never started playing. Fast forward to college graduation - I was surrounded by professionals and my 'free time' became incredibly valuable. Everyone has to have something that they do for fun, so I decided that I wanted to pick up a hobby/sport that would help or at least encourage health and fitness, that I could stick with even as I got older, that I could potentially do alone (I had moved to a new city with a serious girlfriend but knew nobody else) but also with other people, and one that could potentially help me with my professional aspirations. Soccer wasn't going to cut it anymore. My first summer, I bought all kinds of instruction books, a set of clubs, and a range membership. I can't over emphasize how terrible I was... and I HATE being bad at something. But instead of quitting, I used that energy to help me double down on my efforts, and I got bit by the golf bug hard. I went to the range nearly every day after work for 2 summers, had a few instructions, used video to record my swing (I felt silly doing it, but it helps), putted around the house nonstop, chipped around an empty lot nearby... I didn't become an amazing golfer, but my *improvement* was tremendous (I couldn't even hit the ball every time when I first picked up clubs), and I can now play by all the rules without embarrassing myself. I've played with friends, strangers, coworkers, my bosses, clients, potential clients, and potential employers. And surprise, I have been better than a lot of them! I've built rapport with many people by playing golf with them. How about that for something that I have a lot of fun doing? I suppose you could do the same thing going out to bars, but you may be hitching your wagon to the wrong people if that is what you are doing with work-related people. A few things to remember if you want to play for business reasons at all - you will have a lot of face time, and your guard will inevitably slip (one of the reasons golf is great for business) - buy a rulebook for your bag, follow all of the rules, ask if you don't know. Don't cheat or cut corners. Don't get visibly angry! Keep your cool, if you're gonna blow up and you can't help it, you're better off not playing with anyone work related. Character and integrity is vital, especially when people are looking to establish business relationships, so you want to demonstrate that you have it. Keep your eyes open, beause the inverse is true as well.

Iacas, our replys are 1 minute apart and I swear I hadn't read yours before I posted mine! I cringed terribly the first time I bought a pair of Ecco shoes. I really didn't want to spend that much money on shoes. But after wearing them, I wouldn't go back to cheaper shoes. They actually 'broke in' to my feet better than any other pair of shoes I've ever worn. They have held up longer, with better quality of materials, stitching, etc. They are quality made shoes.

You can't realistically compare shoes to headcovers at all. If you had a chance to wear the shoes, I'm sure you would notice the difference, while headcovers are more of a collector thing with the price being driven by scarcity. Whether or not the difference is worth the cash is a matter of opinion, means, etc. There is a HUGE difference between cheap and expensive shoes. Depending on the shoes, the differences include cut, quality of materials and construction, comfort, waterproofness, and more. You are willing to pay $80 for shoes because you feel they are a lot better than $40 shoes. Well, the next guy is willing to pay $160 because they are a lot better than $80 shoes. Sorry if I come across as critical, but for you to say it is a "sad waste of money" merely shows that you think you know how to spend other peoples money more than them. You don't rank shoes as important, we get that. Other people put a higher value it.

http://www.golfdigest.com/rankings/c...urses_gd200705 Top 100 courses in america, number 92.

Sycamore Hills if you can get hooked up, or Chestnut Hills. There are a SHIT-TON of courses around Fort Wayne.

I like them, but they definately have wear issues. In my opinion it is due to a combination of Callaways Hex dimple pattern and the soft cover. There is a very sharp 'high point' along the dimples that just gets annihilated on the balls for me, and not just from wedges.

I usually slice my drives pretty badly on the course - but yesterday i hit one flush that just felt PERFECT and took off real hot and straight. I KNEW it was going to be a good one, but I didn't have any idea how good - well we just got pounded by rain for 3 days straight here in northern indiana, and the fairway was so wet all my drives lodged straight into the ground and then popped out about 6 inches backwards. Well this particular drive happened to have 280 yards of CARRY... I was ecstatic, and just thought "Why can't I do that every time!" I have NO IDEA what kind of roll I would have gotten though. It was cool seeing how far each of my drives carried yesterday though because of the rain (Most between 220 and 260 - the low ones had too much sidespin on them)

I live in Northern Indiana and went to play today - the course was open, but it was a mistake. On the plus side, I know EXACTLY how far my drives carry - every single one went 2 inches into the ground and bounced back out about 6 inches back. The entire course was SOAKED, they shouldn't have been letting people play.

This directly addresses my initial question, thank you. Any other opinions out there on whether an 'aftermarket installation' of a shaft is of the same quality as the stock? I do plan on fixing my swing, so I am wondering, if a robot were hitting a golf ball (and this the EXACT same swing over and over) what would be the lateral yardage differential between a draw weighted and neutral weighted club (all other things being equal). If the answer is 15 yards, than this is so low relative to my poor driver swing (which often yields a drive 50+ lateral yards off my line) that I will still continue to improve my swing, and I will conciously learn to hit it with a 15 yard draw (meaning that my swing mechanics are sound and would result in a straight drive when I switch to a normal driver).

Hello all, I've got a question, and I couldn't quite get the answer I was looking for using the search feature (I tried, trust me). Well here's the deal - a relative of mine gave me his 10 degree, draw weighted FT-I driver with a senior flex, and told me that I might need to get it reshafted (He is right, its senior flex). The reason being that his health doesn't allow him to golf anymore. I went into two separate golf stores to ask about it, and both tried to get me to trade it in and told me that reshafting would give sub-standard results. I told both of them that the club was not mine to give away/sell/trade, and that I would either hold onto it to maybe give it back one day, or that I wanted to reshaft it so that I could use it. In any event, they said I'd be better off holding onto it as reshafting wouldn't work out well. So my question for you guys is - is this true? I currently use a stiff shafted 9.5 degree adams ovation, and I do slice quite a bit; by quite a bit I mean into the wrong fairway most of the time (I've spent all summer practicing every club EXCEPT the driver because everyone else just hits the driver, and I wanted to learn golf backwards - Oh yeah, I've only been playing since last summer.) I've aligned all of my purchasing decisions around getting clubs that are above my skill level so that I can grow into them and they would force me to get better. I don't know how much of an effect draw weighted drivers have, but if its huge, and I try to learn to hit STRAIGHT, then I feel I'll develop an improper swing. If the bias is only slight, I'd still like to use the club. (Slight being less than 30 yards difference) I guess in effect my question is twofold - Will getting a local shop to reshaft a driver with a $100 or so shaft produce good/satisfactory/poor results? And is using a draw weighted driver head by a huge slicer who wishes to learn to swing correctly counterproductive, or could I get around it by learning to just hit a draw (meaning I'd hit straight with a normal driver).

I just got home from the local golf shop with a Scotty Cameron Newport 2 - A little background - I started playing golf last summer with a hand me down acushnet bullseye putter. I bought a Walter Hagen face balanced putter to save money, but had wanted an Odyssey mallet then and even up until about a month ago. Then I bought The Art of Putting, and since then, can't stand how 'dead' my putter feels. I seat my putter in my palm 'lifeline' and fingertips now. I went back to my hand me down Bullseye because it actually does have great FEEL. I've been trying new putters at the shop since I read the book, and absolutely can't stand any plastic face inserts on any putters. I ended up with the Scotty because I can feel everything with it, and I know I won't need to buy another putter ever again (so I tell myself haha). My handicap remains where it is in large part due to my driving and lots of OB off the tee. I can't drive without a huge slice to save my life, because I have purposely approached learning the game of golf the opposite of everyone else (I refuse to hit my driver for more than a few balls at the driving range, and spend 90% of my time with my 8i - 60 wedge and putter. Sorry to be so off topic with some of my post, I didn't want to start a new "Hey guess what I bought thread" and figured I'd post some of the background to my purchase here.

Ben Hogan's Five Lessons

Meaning saying "I play forged" is just giving yourself a hard-on? Haha