Kahnighit

It's probably good that you don't get it as it may save you a good amount of money in the long run. The flip side of the coin is I haven't paid more than 30 bucks for a hybrid, the MT 4 wood was $20 in 4star condition. The fact is I've put together what's in my bag for around 250 replacing what was essentially a walmart box set. While it's sad that Mac will probably go the way of the dodo I've taken advantage of people's unwillingness to buy a great product based on Mac's former reputation. I've got a cohesive consistent set now (sans a 23* club) for roughly what your driver costs new and I prioritized that over the lessons. I've "wasted" maybe a bill on clubs that won't end up in the bag. Maybe all that's rationalization and justification. Maybe I'm crazy but part of the fun for me is also working out my swing on my own. Your post seems kind of a trollish response to what's been a tongue in cheek type thread. What's it to you how I(we) spend our money? We're stimulating the economy. Besides, you're coveting a Cobra l5v and x-forged irons, right?

My stash of club boxes is starting to resemble yours. I broke an 8 iron a couple months ago and that's when it all went south. Must get new irons. The old ones were MacGregor's of the vintage crappy box store set variety. But I was already itching to get the NVG2 driver cause I've heard nothing bad about it and in doing my research I found that Mac turned the whole ship around. So I pick up a new set of NVG2 6-GW for $60 on the bay telling myself I "NEED" game improvement irons because good god my game needs improvement. Alas, sets usually go to the 3 iron though. I'm missing 3 irons! Commence hybrid search with the unfortunate happenstance of reading here that different hybrids work for different people. I needed 3 clubs and now own 6 hybrids. Some people here have also advocated carrying a single 4 wood to free up space for wedges. Done and add wedges to that. To make matters worse I just bought another set of irons MT-Mids because I just couldn't pass on the price (4-GW @ $50). I'm not ready for them and probably won't be for a year+. But they're on the way and I feel shame. Having said all of the above... Is it that you have a hard time letting go of them or is it you have a hard time completing the transactions? If it's the latter what do you have in the 23* hybrid, 3 wood and driver category?

I saw a feature on golf channel the other night where they said that as long as you keep your balls indoors (room temperature) they should be all right and play relatively close to normal for up to 10 hours. Conversely if you keep them in the car/garage/shed it takes around 10 hours to get them thoroughly warmed up.

I've been figuring out how to swing my driver and something that I've been doing lately that's helped alot is something I have yet to read about anywhere so I'm worried that it's fundamentally wrong. It does, however prevent the open shoulders you were talking about... I go through my routine of addressing the ball with it forward in my stance (off my left heel) however I move the club head back to the middle of my stance and initiate takeaway from there which helps me visualize two things: a) the bottom of my arc so I know I'm hitting up on the ball and b) gives me two points the head must cross through which helps me keep from coming out-to-in. I'm a relative noob to the game so I'm sure it's quite possible I'm reinventing the wheel here. Is this taught or are there pro's who do this? Then again my "trick" could be wrong in a fundamentals sense and if so please tell me.

Getting in at least 9 holes a week Breaking 100, hell make it 90 Lessons to find which swing to groove. Grooving that swing. Stop constantly scanning ebay for more clubs.

First of all hello to all. This is my first post here though I've been lurking for a while. This is a great site with lots of insight. Anyway, to further the discussion... Righty to Lefty touched on a concept that I've noticed to be quite lacking in golf circles or, at least, forums. That being plyometrics. A quick search of "swing speed" in just the swing tips area of this board turned up 108 threads which I think is the max number the search engine will kick out. "Plyometrics" produced 5 threads. I am a hockey goalie and plyometrics have become the new religion of training for that position. Really, it's been implemented in most all sports. In a nut shell it's training for speed/quickness (emphasis on fast twitch muscles). I'll quote a post which was a response to "How do I get quicker around the crease?" from one of the goalie forums I visit for a bit more detail: So I'm curious to know why this training methodology seems to be overlooked when it comes to developing swing speed. Is it used and I've just been looking in the wrong places or looking for different terminology? I've seen numerous posts and articles that lead me to believe plyometrics would be beneficial. "Tour Tempo" points in that direction as well. I've also seen a ton of posts where the author has worked his butt off at the gym loosing weight increasing strength but not seeing any change to his SS. Is it simply that a golf specific regimen hasn't been developed/tested yet? Thanks in advance for any replies.