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check his sig, he's hitting musclebacks also, please see: 14-1/1 Playing Stroke with Back of Clubhead Q. May a player play a left-handed stroke with the back of the head of a right-handed club? A. Yes. A player may play a stroke with any part of the clubhead, provided the ball is fairly struck at (Rule 14-1) and the club conforms with Rule 4-1.

Id Rather Be Driving A Titleist

how about IRBDAT?

LOL... I HAVE read your thread on tipping, and chose to leave it alone for a reason. You seem like a good enough guy from the couple of times we've met, so I'll maintain some friendly banter here... it might do you some good to spend a little more time thinking/researching tipping since its such a huge part of the society we live in - the tipping norms you see today arent because of people like me, tipping has been around as long as payment for services has been existence (read: literally thousands of years). Im not saying anyone should pay someone extra for doing their jobs, lol... thats ludicrous! pay attention to my post - Im saying you should pay extra for the pasrt that is NOT part of their jobs... attitudes like yours are a large contributor to the DEATH of customer service in our society - if you get what you pay for, and all you expect is for them to do their job, then those people treating you like crap but still providing the 'service' is the outcome... so I have no problem showing some financial appreciation when someone goes above and beyond their 'job' to make sure Im getting the best service possible. does that mean that you should get lesser quality of work from your doctor than I? of course not! but dont expect your doctor to check up on you like he does me, and dont expect him to give you free samples of meds that you need like he does me... the argument could EASILY be made that YES, you ARE a cheap bastard, comparitively. I work very hard for my money, am very speciific about the ways I spend it, and make sure that I ALWAYS set enough aside to use for tips. lets look at it another way - not sure what you do for a living, but in my company we get bonuses a couple times a year for exceeding goals. I bust my tail and ALWAYS exceed goals, and work to stretch the ones Im given even further to make the company perform better. When I work harder, my company saves/makes more money, and they show their appreciation by giving me a bonus. There are other folks in my same general position, that just plug along doing the minimum required work for their 'job', but technically are doing their job. the company doesnt pay them bonuses. extrapolate from there... all Im saying is that showing individual appreciation works wonders - if more people showed their appreciation for that extra 'above and beyond', then maybe more folks would work harder, and our society wouldnt be experiencing the abysmal customer service death that we are. just doing your 'job' cuts it for some people, maybe they lacked a good work ethic role model growing up or whatever, who knows, but they dont feel the need to go above and beyond for anything. other people recognize that they can do more than what is required, and they perform at a higher level just because they can and its right, so I feel inclined to show them appreciation above the regular pay rate. thousands of years man...

There is a ton of discussion here about player's cavity's vs blades, with the majority of the tendency toward cavity backs for mid-cappers like myself with the biggest argument thrown around being that even many tour pros are using versions of cb's now. well, some very specific points were made by a couple folks here that made sense, and I started reading, and a lot of research points to blades being much more precise for someone who can somewhat regularly strike them well, and much more specific in the teaching process because of their undeniable tell of mishits. Soooo... I went back to my TM musclebacks a couple of weeks ago - pulled em out of the spare bag, re-gripped em, and started practicing. they tell me exactly where and how I hit the bacll, feel perfect when struck well, and best of all, go EXACTLY where I tell them to... Saturday morning I played Woodbridge and struck some of the best iron shots Ive played in years, sticking 9 approach shots inside of 10 feet, and 3 inside of 6 inches - this included a 9 iron that was kept from a HIO by tapping the pin, and a hole-out from 77 yds. I am re-sold on blades for anyone who is willing to practice to go low, if nothing else as a very specific teaching aid. for those of you that have switched to blades, did it make you better or worse? how many of you found the same experience as me?

interesting theory... not sure if I agree though. if you spend 15 mins in your barber's chair, how much time do you think they spend handling your payment, then cleaning up for the next person? another 5 mins, give ot take, which makes your $72/hr drop down to $54/hr. and then what about the time he spends hanging out doing nothing when the shop is slow - do you think he's booked solid 8-10 hours a day? on top of that, next to shoes, typically your hair shares the #1 spot as the most distinguishing and telling part of your physical personality - I dont know about you, but Im willing to pay more and then show my appreciation for someone with the skills to make me look good (at least with my hair ), so my haircuts are $20 and I drop another 20% on tip, which makes for a $24 visit every 4-5 weeks or so, which isnt a bad deal. I followed that instance out to make a point - as someone who has put themselves through school working from tips (I waited and then bartended for 6 years through college) I have developed a pretty keen and experienced 'philosophy' on tipping etiquette. Here it goes... get ready... when dealing with the service industry, (anywhere tips are expected to make up any portion of the employee's wages) if the service is standard, YOU TIP. if it's better than standard, TIP MORE. and here's the rub, if its not a service where tips are expected to make up part of the employee's wages, but they still go out of their way to make sure you're taken care of better than the standard, FIND A WAY TO TIP. at the coffee house - regular drink and no smile? no tip. drink with a smile and courteous service? tip. ANY restaurant - regular service, 15%. better than average, making sure Im cared for? 20%+(depending). Your doctor scenario is a GREAT one - my doctor takes great care of me, going out of his way to check up on me when Ive come in for something, getting me samples of meds I need to take, etc. It would be incredibly rude of me to ask his office staff to charge my insurance another 20%, or try to add it to my bill - so once a year at Christmas I send him a gift cert for a round of golf for 2 at his favorite course... it only costs me about $100, and I know that he's aware that I REALLY appreciate the attention I get from him. This is how it is for EVERYTHING - too many people think of tipping as a tax on service, where the reality is that tipping is really both a show of appreciation and a guarantee of future service. Dont you think that bartender is going to set your drinks up even better the next time you come around after that appreciative tip you left? Dont you think that barber is going to take a little extra time to make sure your hair is just right next time after you showed you appreciated it last time? as for the OP, if the pro does a great job, I say tip him. now I agree that pros arent making their living off of tips, so if its just an average lesson and nothing really stands out from it much from a regular observed practice, then no the standard payment is probably fine, but if shows you something you didnt know, helps you pull in that quick hook or hard push, gives you a move that saves an errant wedge, then yeah, show him you appreciate it! To me, that little display of appreciation is well worth it knowing that the person I just dealt with has gone above and beyond. sorry that was so long, but too many people just dont get it with tipping... and honestly unless you've relied on tips for your livelihood, you just dont have the correct perspective. the reality is, anyone who deserves the tip will be obvious and will be able to make their living from tips, and anyone who isnt working hard enough for tips wont be in the business long enough for it to matter anyway.

well I obviously wasnt trying hard enough, you guys win! LOL! thanks for the stories, apparently I need to be doing more of these multi-round days, and working harder on my stamina for holding my scores when Im tired...

I had a 6:32 tee at the FireWheel Bridges course yesterday morning... played my 18, came in to get some breakfast, and my buddy showed up, so I played another 18... we weren't quite convinced we had fully covered it, so we played 4 more holes... I have never played a full 40 holes at one time before, and I was BEAT. and... my scores showed it - I was 8 over for my 1st 18, then I was 8 over for my 3rd nine, and 12 over for my 4th nine - I could not control the shots to save my life after 27, but it became interesting to see what trouble I could get myself into and back out of, lol... anybody else ever play 40 holes at once? could you even grip a club when done?

Technically ANY adjustment made to a club's length affects it's stiffness, but it really depends on where you take the length out. if you take it at the tip, it will make dramatic differences in stiffness, while taking from the butt-end iis dramatically less-so. it also depends on the relative stiffness of the shaft in its original state, lesser shafts will firm up quickly while already stiff shafts will take more adjustment to realize a change in stiffness. rule of thumb lets you take an inch or so off the butt-end without adverse affect on the original state of the shaft, while an inch and a half will not make a huge difference, more than that starts to depend on the shaft itself.

I have the tour Burner, and I like it a lot, neutral face and very hot, if you like this setup then yeah its a good club to have. I agree however that the $130 isnt the best price on it, I think retail theyre down to $125 or so at this big box stores, and they can be had in great condition used for $80 or so. that being said I dont play that club much anymore, I picked up an R7 Limited and it plays much better IMHO, YMMV.

was playing with friends in a charity scramble, drinking involved, everybody getting loosey goosey and we were having fun. long par 5, the worst driver of our quad tees up and the other 2 players are already in their cart - he swings, the guys in the cart take off not watching... he had come completely underneath the ball, popped it WAY up, and it landed in the bag platform on the back of the cart as it drove away... we yelled, but they didnt hear us. as they cut off the cart path into the fairway about 250 yds up, the ball dislodged and started bouncing down the cartpath downhill, and rolled out to about 400 yds... we couldnt figure out a ruling, so he chipped up and putted for eagle.... ;)

why not chop a couple inches out of your current putter and regrip? itll get you where you want to be until you can afford the new putter you want. I took an inch out of my scotty for this exact reason, but it also gave me an excuse to get a baby-t grip :D

agreed with all of this... I have seen too many little guy shops (including the coolest golf shops) get run out by the big box stores here in Dallas to not at least TRY to throw business their way. Im not going to put myself out on items that are outrageously overpriced, but in talking to owners of small golf shops Ive learned that they dont make their living on retail golf club purchases. yes they make some money on them, but the cash flow comes from custom work, repairs, lessons, accessories, etc. whenever I can support local, be it a local golf shop, my local bike shop, off-chain coffee shop or bookstore, I do. not to say I dont shop at the chains, and the level of service is critical, but it feels good to know that I can in some small way promote the American dream. does that make me a fool soon to be parted from my money? doubtful... legal tender isnt the only currency in play with most purchases ;)

sometimes, yeah, thats exactly what we want... take a quick flashback to the pivotal scene in Jerry Maguire (I know, I know). Cuba's character is one of the best players in the game, everybody knows it, but he cant even get a decent contract with his home team because (basically) he's boring, and that doesnt sell. so Cuba pulls off a ridiculously good play, and instead of acting like it was nothing, he celebrates - the crowd goes nuts because they want to celebrate with him, and the team is able to package that up for what he's worth. Everybody knows tiger is good, throughout every post of every side of every one of these Tiger threads no one has argued his abilities. And yes, many of us like to watch him play because he's good. But just playing well and acting like it was nothing isn't making people tiger fans, playing well and then celebrating like it actually means something is what makes us Tiger fans. And THAT is what sells. You get the rest of the talent in the field (and there's a lot of it) to get excited out there and make it look like it means something, and they'll start to draw more attention as well. Cartwheels arent necessary, but excitement is... tipping your hat and walking off after a 48 ft birdie drop is very cordial and respectful - add a fistpump and a big "YES!" to it, and people take notice, it becomes real, it becomes EXCITING... throw in the emotion tied to all this talent we have out there and the game will live on without Tiger, without it, it goes back to being a fun to play, but relatively low rated Sunday afternoon sport.

yeah I hear you, and I dont disagree about the floors, always cleaner/flatter/etc than a real green. but nonetheless it felt great and the ball went exactly where I told it to. as a followup, I spent about 20 mins on the putting green at a course near the office this morning (early meeting was cancelled). although I froze my ever-lovin tail off, the 35-40 putts I hit were more-or-less as clean and true as in the store, from 5 ft out to 20 or so. Im going to follow Dub's advice for a bit and leave the stock grip for a while and get some rounds in, as I need to get past the honeymoon phase with it and see if I can be more consistent with it than my current Ping.