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I remember way back when...I watched a tape by Jack Nicholas on course management. Boy...did he have it right! Like you...I could slap myself upside the head for some of the dumb decisions I have made trying to make that "Pro" shot. It is just too tempting at times and gets the best of me. I can be heard walking to the green saying.."You IDIOT!"..."You Dummy!!"..."What were you thinking!!!!!" That is usually about 3-4 holes a round. I get down on myself for those insane decisions! Then I get a great shot...and I feel all better about myself..and so the viscous cycle goes!

I feel your pain! I think many golfers have left a club on the course one time or another. My son is classic for doing it. He gets so wrapped in what he's doing..he constantly is leaving his wedge on the side of a green. I can't telly ou many times we have to double back to search the greens for his stuff. It gets irritating at times..especially if the course is a little slow...we have to take time out to go hunting. However...we have always been lucky enough to find them. Many times the group one or two behind us finds it. I guess the fact that he is a lefty makes it less valuable to most. But like you said...maybe the golfing gurus are sending you a sign to switch drivers and that the next report will be that your hitting 300 plus drives and that you are hitting par 5's in two and your average score has dropped 10 strokes. I'm sure that there is an upside to all this!

I bought a Redwood Anser a month ago and I thought that it would be the best thing for me. It has a smaller, harder grip...yet I couldn't hit it straight if I tried! I then switched grips to one of those fat Winn putter grips and THAT did nothing. I changed my stance...I changed positions....I was ready to just assume that my putting went south for the summer. I was given a mallet Cobra putter that was face balanced and "ding-ding!", the putts became much more accurate. I found out through a very expensive lesson, that my putting style was best suited for a face weighted putter. That is why I bought the Ping Craze I putter. I didn't know that there was that much difference. I'm glad that i read your post..cuz' I was thing that switching to a fatter squishier grip would help me with the putts. I actually never considered the feel....as dumb as that sounds. Thanks for saving me more anguish.

Well..well..well..! I re-read all my posts on the issue. They all seem to have the same theme...but you may twist it any way you like. The way we raz Walt...is not the way everyone else gets razzed. Each guy has their own niche in getting razzed! Walt is a tad bit egotistical...so we find the method we use to be highly effective. They find a way to screw around with me as well. Did I mention that we were thick skinned??? Ya know...I am not going to explain to the "Post Police" over and over. If you would like to make a comment...do so. I did not ask for an account of my horrible methods of teasing a friend. We have fun. Did you hear that??? We have fun! We are ALL great friends!! The kidding doesn't hamper that! None of us are exempt from the verbiage that gets thrown about. I was just sharing a little bit of what we do to Walt! If you were thin skinned as I can see you are...and that's OK....I understand....not everybody can handle joking around, we would not say a word to you. We all know the limitations and we abide by them. Obviously..if you were in our foursome...which I highly doubt that you would be...we would very quickly understand that you are very sensitive and take your game seriously as we all do...but in a different atmosphere. We would play nicely for 9 holes and somewhere around the 9th hole when it's time for a soda and hot dog... we would skip the 10th hole and go to the 11th when you were going to the bathroom so that you wouldn't find us! Hey Smalltown...thanks for playin' along. I anxiously await your "panties in a wad" comment. I know that there are many..many golfers out there that understand EXACTLY what I am saying and understand fully. I've read a few already. Please save me the aggravation and go lecture someone else about their behavior. Maybe you can go get on a post about whether to allow a "Mulligan" in a friendly game...or "Penalty strokes for lifting and cleaning". That sounds like your forte! I apologize for my unfriendly response...but I have a feeling that I don't like you for some reason. Horrible..since I've never met you.

Alright gentlemen....lets start this again. All of my buddies have been just that...for years and years. We are out there to have fun. We are serious...but in a light-hearted way. See gentlemen...most of my friends are thick skinned men. They have strong personalities that are not easily offended. If any of you are exempt from any funny behavior..or razzing your friends...then bless your little hearts. Us guys work at a pretty stressful occupation and we have a blast with each other. Believe me..there are those warm, fuzzy moments when we give each other hugs...but when we go golfing, we have a stress free day at each others expense...and we KNOW we do. That is why we have fun! A lot of funny things being thrown around on the course. Now...if I was playing with a serious, performance driven golfer which I have done in company tournaments, I don't dare say a word to them other than "Great shot" or the derivative of that. At Sawgrass in Pontre Vedre beach in Florida, we have a yearly tournament and some of the guys you get paired up with walk around like they are pro golfers with absolutely NO...ZERO...ZILCH humor. That game sucks! I want to play well just like everyone else...but you gotta have fun and enjoy the guys you are with. Friends joke around with each other in case you have not noticed. Many of you are getting your tidy whiteys in a bunch and acting all serious. C'mon...even the poster that said he let out a fart as the guy was driving laughed a lot...but had to follow it up with,"He was having marital problems". Now..in my opinion...that was funny! It was!!! It would have been even funnier if he said that he soiled his britches while doing so. I don't drink guys..not a drop, but I see guys getting loaded on the course having a great time and playing great golf. THAT is what the game is all about! Practice on the range...not the course. That is where I'll give tips. It sucks when you are playing a game and somebody wants to give you all the reasons why you suck at the game. We all do that at the range when we practice. That is when we get serious.

Keep up the pace...you are OK. If you lose your temper on a bad shot..that's OK as long as they don't hold the attitude past that hole. I get frustrated at my crappy play at times and I vent. However,,,with that said...I walk back to the cart...and say.."Oh Well.... lets keep trying!" If I held on to the attitude..it would only ruin my day as well as others that pay good money to play this frustrating game. Throwing clubs is horrible however...and shall not be tolerated. PERIOD!! The rest is kind of amusing.

That story was great!! I love the words and the way you painted the picture. You sound like a blast to play a round with. Good luck with the driver. Best story on the forum.

That was sick. I did chuckle though. I'm ashamed of myself.

I'm glad that my kids grew up and turned out well. We were very strict with our kids and it worked. Besides all the "C'mon Dad" and "All my friends..." and the "You're so mean...", my kids grew up respecting adults and were actually well liked by all. I am proud of them. I spoiled them, but not with freedoms that could hurt their character of responsibility and respect. One is an RN and the other a lead supervisor at UPS and both doing quite well. I'm a lucky guy! My Son has become my best golfing buddy!

That's exactly the same spiel I gave my wife!! She thinks I'm full of it! I think that I learned that decorating tip from a designer at Rooms To Go! See...if you decorate with your equipment...make sure that you decorate in "Threes & Fives". This means that you must add either two or fours things around the bag to compliment and balance the look. Therefore...I choose to use the "Three" method. I have my 1. colorful bag with 2. Golf shoes and a 3. fresh dozen of TM black balls in it's display box sitting next to the hutch in the dining room. See...I do care about my wife and I want to make sure that everything is displayed properly.

I was the slice "King". I bought the Taylor Made "Draw" driver and it helped a lot. However...I was still slicing. A driver can only correct so much! I started evaluating my grip and noticed that I was on the weak side so I strenghtened my grip where I could see two-three knuckles with the "V" formed by my thumb and forefinger pointed to my right shoulder. Slice gone!! I then changed my grips to a mid-sized for my fingers were pushing into the thumb pad on my hand. This normally would assist in slicing a ball...but it did not. Re-evaluate your grip while holding the club. I can assure you that this move helps 90% of slicers. Another thing to look at is the swing path of the driver. You should take a more sweeping motion versus a upright path. This will help cure a slice. One other thing...the ball position. If the ball is too far back in your stance...then the club will be open at impact. Place the ball just inside your left instep. Let her rip and get back with us. My Son is a leftie with a bad slice and with the tips I'm giving you//his slice is virtually gone. It DOES work!

I agree...albeit disgusting as a bad habit. If its a nasty honker though...I really don't wanna stand there on the green with some nasty goo in front of my lie. I guess it depends on the consistency of the saliva. Let's do an analysis on spit in another thread. You know...thick, chunky and gooey versus thin and penetrating.

If you could see me laughing my head off!! That was funny!!

I accept your apology!! By the way...I was kidding!! GOTCHA!

Nice looking clubs!! I have the wedges and they are beautiful clubs. I have not gotten to the point to use the ones you are...but they sure are fun to look at!

Now THAT was funny!

Boy...you sound like a blast to play a round with! We have all know each other for 15 years!! Like brothers...and brothers mess with each other. None of us are exempt! Let me explain the game a little more simplistic for you...the game can be serious...no room for joking around...a lot like we are playing for the Tour Championship where we walk around like we are pros..(which we are not) all tight as--d and serious...OR...we can have fun with each other, joke around at each others expense, and laugh our heads off! (no alcohol required). I'll take the second choice ALL DAY LONG! I love the game, my friends and our fun together! This is not elementary school or high school where punks are teasing each other for spite...this is a grown up way of boys being boys!

I sure did. I swore that I was going to be on the Senior tour!! I laid off of Golf for ten years...and now I'm hoping to be on the really old senior tour!

Go a little south and get on to Sawgrass in Pontre Vedra beach. It's on A1 and the drive to it is beautiful..along the Atlantic Ocean. TPC Sawgrass and visit the 17th hole and report back on your progress. It's a beautiful course.

Compliment your golf buddies and watch them fall apart. Here is the scenario. I have a friend that I play with that we screw with all the time and he STILL has not figured it out. He gets ready to come up to the tee. He takes a couple nasty..out of sync swings that are destined to be bad and the rest of the group starts saying "Golfie" type comments such as a.) "Boy Walt, you have a beautiful swing" b.) With that nice of swing you must generate a lot of power! No wonder you drive the ball so well!" c.) Hey Rick...watch Walt. He has a beautiful swing. He knocks the snail snot out of his ball! Watch him...he's good!" d.) "Walt...let me ask for your advice! How do you generate so much swing speed?" e.) Hey guys..watch Walt! If you want to see how to swing smoothly...check him out! He really..really good! Now for your info...Walt has a horrible, stiff. un-orthodox swing that would have any golfer laughing. HE however does NOT realize this. So when we compliment him either to his face or behind him as he is taking practice shots, he tenses up to prove to the rest of the group that he is indeed a golf god. Needless to say...he shanks one, slices another...duffs this one and chunks that one. We have to let up on him after 2-3 holes. Our conscious won't let us go any further.

Yeah..I see what you mean. They are being shy!! I'll tell the truth. My speed is 125-139 and on a calm day...I'll hit it 310-325...usually more!

I agree...laughter helps a great deal. When my Son throws a fit now..I start chuckling at him under my breath...but still where he can see my body shuddering with laughter...and then he lightens up. There always has to be someone in the group that gets P.O.'d. I always hope that it is NOT me!

Keep your head planted over the ball and then on downswing..hips start clearing shifting weight to left side...still with head over ball..voila...pretty shot. Boy I'll tell you...it just sounds so so easy..doesn't it!

You mean the Medicus?? Is there supposed to be a video?? I need visual support here!

Good game friend. Keep on practicing and I'll watch for you on TV with the pros one day!! Keep the faith! It'll happen!