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Jcp907

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  1. My understanding is that the golf club epoxy releases at a lower temperature, so if you have to remove it in the future, you don't overheat everything. If it's a club you care about, I would use the lower temp golf epoxy for this reason.
  2. I haven't been playing long enough to know what I will settle into, however, I am tending to like the glove for the woods, and the driving range if I am hitting more than 30 balls at a time. Otherwise, I currently prefer to go without a glove.
  3. Next purchase will probably be balls. I hope to pick up a hybrid shortly. Looking at the Callaway, ping, Nickent, etc. I want something that will be forgiving, and land softly, however, I might be good enough to get something workable shortly. Time will tell!
  4. I just realized that I didn't answer the question. The Pitching Wedge and Gap wedge came in the set. I am new to the game, and had the 60, but didn't care for it, so decided that evenly spaced wedges would make a good addition to the bag. Hence the 54 and th 58.
  5. Tonight was the first time I watched it. My wife saw the previews for it last night and said she wanted to watch it. I am impressed, and am impressed by their play.
  6. Currently, my PW is 45 with 6 degrees of bounce, Gap is 50 with 7 degrees of bounce, I also carry a 54 and 58, (both 12 degrees of bounce) and 60 (not sure on bounce). I don't play the 60 well, so I will get rid of it once I get a Hybrid. I am considering bending the 58 to a 56 (so I end up with less bounce) and getting rid of the 54 as well.
  7. Soft spikes which have improved the quality of the greens.
  8. When searching for Ping search for Orange or Maroon Dot. You will find a lot more advertised that way as opposed to searching +1 etc.
  9. I hit a demo version of each club that I purchased, with the exception of my irons. I only hit one iron from the set, however, I hit 7 brands. I started with an assortment and through the process of elimination, went with what's in my bag. I spent 4 hours at the GolfSmith with my sales guy before settling on the AP1s, putter, and driver. Then 2 hours on the 3 wood-I looked at some hybrids as well at the time and settled on the 3 wood. I have no regrets, and have confidence in each of my clubs in my bag!
  10. Cool! Thanks for posting that. i will have to check it out after work...
  11. If at all possible, take a few lessons to get your grip and basic swing down first, because that can affect the lie. It has for me. My 4 up may be bent to 3 up.
  12. As I watch the video, just as you reach the top, it appears your weight goes off of your back foot, and back onto your front foot again. As you work on number 2, you might solve this. Then again, I may not be correct. Does anyone else see this? Is this something that should be avoided?
  13. As I understand it, if you don't have enough lie (not upright enough) the toe will hit first, opening the face causing the ball to go right. If you have too much, your heel will hit first, closing the face, causing it to go left.
  14. I am 6'4.5" tall without shoes, and my wrist is 37 off of the ground (measured to the first crease above the thumb). I also have a 34 inch inseam (very short inseam for my height). My clubs are 1" long and 4 up. I am considering bending to 3 up but that decision isn't made. My wedges are 1" long and 1 up. I did notice lessons reduced my need for some of the upright, which is why I am considering taking some lie out of my irons.
  15. In the AM, black coffee, and water. After 12:00 in the afternoon, only water. I do have orange juice and sprite mixed 50-50, root beer, cola, or sweet tea on occassion (perhaps 4x a month).
  16. They remove the grip, epoxy an extension in there, and replace the grip. I would never know there was an extender in there if they didn't tell me that was how they did it. Figure that the Hosel is epoxied on the other end, and it holds just fine.
  17. I use the stock ones on my woods and putter, particularly on the course, but want to replace the wood covers with ones that are longer to protect the shafts as well. I don't use any on my irons.
  18. I use my PW and Gap Wedges that came with my set, and love them, so have had no reason to even consider replacing them! They are 45 and 50 degrees. On another note, I had a 60 and didn't care for it a lot. I have added a 54 and 58 CG14 for the sand and chipping. I haven't played with them enough to determine whether I would want to replace my PW and W with CG14s, but I don't imagine that I will want to.
  19. Jimmy, I am saying that grooves increase spin, not decrease it. The grooves increase the surface area of the ball that contacts the club because the surface of the ball deforms into those grooves. With fewer grooves, or grooves that are not as deep, the surface area is reduced, causing less friction, and less spin.
  20. What do you need to see to accept this as a fact?
  21. Less friction=Less spin
  22. I am procarastinating right now. Supposed to be going to the gym. I am rehabbing a knee from orthroscopic surgery, so I am taking it easy, but the follwowing is what I am doing today: 10 minutes on stationary bike (for range of motion on the knee-slow) Knee raises (as much for range of motion on the knee as for abs), slow, no goal for reps, but 4 sets. 100 Crunches on a ball, with full range of motion, 1 set Not sure what this is called: sit on your butt, legs out in front of you, feet 3-6 inches off of the ground, and light medicine ball in your hands, straight out in front of you. Move the medicine ball to one side, touch the ground, then back to center, then the other side, and back to center. That is 1 rep. I do 3 sets until this burns. This should help with swing speed. The further to the side you go, the better. If my knee were better, I would add deadlifts.
  23. If I am understanding your point, the key is in this last sentence and is less friction. With less friction, there will be less spin, the ball will slide as opposed to gripping, and spinning. The grooves allow more surface area for the ball to contact the club, as well as offer a "cog" (like two gears meshing together) to grab onto as the ball cover compresses into the groove of the club. If the club were smooth, it would have less surface area, with less friction, and less spin. If it slid up and off the top of club, you would end up with a flop shot with less distance.
  24. The Ping Rapture V2 is the longest that I have hit. It is a Super Game Improvemnet driver, and offers the best chance for me to stay near the fairway, and still hit it far. Further than anything else as well.
  25. I have a Rife Two Bar, and have had it for maybe six months. I love it! Don't hesitate if you like it. I don't recall exactly, but I believe mine is 35 inches with a 1 inch extension. I put a Winn grip on it. The two bar comes with a lie bender as well. Jay
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