johnnyyooper

as a follow up, i found out there was a Golfsmith not too far away so i went with the golf expoxy. i like the fact it takes a long time to set up and it does seem less brittle than regular epoxy. of course, while there i bought a few other items i could have lived without. ha ha. someday, i will experiment with a throwaway club just to see how well regular epoxy works. but, my original post was based on my cynical outlook. i figured epoxy was epoxy and 'they' get away with charging more for it by giving it a special use label. its not just epoxy, its golf epoxy! but, actually, it wasnt that expensive becasue $8.99 buys enough to do more than a hundred clubs. a few years ago, i was looking for some sports tape to cover a 'blister' than develops on one of my fingers when i hit too many golf balls. i went to the pharmacy area of walmart and found a roll for like $4. then i stopped by the sporting goods dept and found the same type and amount of tape for like $3. i just got the feeling the medical tape was more expensive just becasue it was in the medical dept. i'm sure it all came from the same factory, just a different label. ha ha, i got a bad attitude!

mehhh? what does that mean?

i have a shaft and a clubhead. i want to epoxy them together. i have regular epoxy that comes from my local Home Depot. Will that get the job done? I have faith it will hold but my concern is will it ever come loose if i apply heat as with "golf" epoxy if i wanted to take it apart someday? Is there something special about 'golf' epoxy vs regular epoxy? yeah, i could buy 'golf' epoxy but it would probably go to waste after this one use as i am not a regular golf maker/fitter. just wondering.....

don't go left! looks like a mighty good swing for a 22 hndcp.

i do not tee of in any kind of rain or cold weather or strong winds. however, it would take a hurricane blizzard combo to get me to quit in the middle of the round.

lol- depends. my best buddy paid for half my greenfees for years and he cheated like crazy. it kept him in the match, but i'd watch him like a hawk the last few money holes. i remember once he hit his drive toward a creek. so we're looking for his ball and just as i discover his clearly marked ball in about 3 inches of water, he yells out "here it is!" from about 40 yrds down stream. lol-i ribbed him about that for months.

i dont understand the new adjustable R-9 driver. (1) how is being able to twist the shaft/clubhead connection any different than simply turning the grip in your hand to a more open or closed position? (2) if you turn the club head to a more closed position, are you not also delofting it a bit at the same time? and vice-versa? i havent looked at one closely but is the hosel adjuster the only place where you can adjust the loft and open/close position? can you keep the loft the same and still adjust its openess/closeness? in other words, can you deloft it and turn the face to a more open position at the same time?

3 putted the first 3 holes today : ( really took the wind out of my sails. later missed a 4' birdie and then threw in another 3 putt for an 81. although i did hit a par 5 in 2 for the first time in 60 rounds. i'm not a long hitter, maybe 235 avg. ok, that's a lie. it was about 18" off the green on the fringe. but goddammit, thats close enough!!

i piss in my yard all the time. (its one of the perks of living in the country!). anyway, it actually makes the grass grow thicker and darker. its good stuff!

i'm ashamed to say that sound influenced my decision to get a Nike 5900. i heard somebody hit the previous model (5000?) and i said "man, i gotta get one of those!". now i love it, its my favorite driver, but i dont really pay attention to the sound anymore. people do comment, tho.

just last week when jack was visiting the broadcast booth (with johnny miller i believe) jack said (and i am paraphrasing) "its more difficult to win now, the fields are much deeper. back then, there were only a few players who figured to have a reasonable chance of winning each week". and i agree. athletes get better in all sports. runners run faster, swimmers swim faster. every olympics, records fall like crazy. why should golf be any different? athletes are bigger, stronger ,faster, better trained, and more dedicated, and theres more of them. end of story. end of thread! : )

actually, he does read astronomy books in his spare time. i heard him discussing einstein's theory of relativity in an interview once. (not kidding). he said astronomy is an interest of his. i also think he gives well thought out and serious replies on his after round interviews.

lol- ok, great. thanks for reading it. actually, i didnt get to see the ball go in, it was a blind shot over a hill. (also, i made an hole-in-one 3 weeks ago from 207 with the same club. my first in 45 yrs of playing golf. didnt see that one go in either)

holed out 3wood from 205yrds today for a 2. #1 hdcp hole 441yds. only the second time i had ever officially hit this green in 50 tries. (been on the fringe, been long, etc, before, but usually well short) does anybody read these things? does anybody care?

that's ok with me!

it looks like a 290 yd carry to reach the fairway on that par 6. http://tinyurl.com/bmh7va

i've got shoes with both styles (steel and soft plastic). i wear the soft spikes when i'm playing (even though our course allows both) but its beyond me how they can be less damaging than the steel ones. the steel spikes have one single skinny spike while each plastic spike has six gnarly looking claws. how can they be less damaging than one single skinny spike? i guess i just dont understand the physics behind the softspikes. i agree greens are smoother these days but maybe thats because of better grasses and conditioning? the skeptic in me thinks its the soft spike industry simply wants to sell more spikes because the plastic ones wear out faster than the old steel ones.

i play 2-3 times a week and walk, but i get paired with cart people about 90% of the time. at times it can be tough keeping up with the riders if the course is not crowded or if i am in one of the first groups of the day and the early morning rabbits are off and running. i play those rounds hitting most of my shots out of breath as the cart people have already hit by the time i get to my ball. however, being a public course in a big city, its usually 'wait-for-the-fairway/green-to-clear' style of play anyway, so the round takes the same amount of time whether people are walking or riding. you're going to finish 10 minutes behind the group in front of you. if i get paired with riders who play golf like polo on a horse, and there are open holes ahead, i just tell them to go ahead and take off. being out there as a single or twosome is a rare opportunity to play a couple of balls and replay those pesky missed putts.

i use regular socks that you wear on your feet. i'm serious, they work great and i'm not out to impress anyone (ha ha, obviously!). i dont like to advertise that i have an expensive club in there.

be thankful thats all it was. inexpensive lesson learned. i'm pathetically obsessed when it comes to protecting my equipment. ive realized a bag of clubs is worth like a thousand bucks these days. and it only takes a couple of seconds when your not looking for someone to slip a $400 driver out of your bag. i lost a beautiful sand wedge that way once. i dont even use my fancy magnetic club covers. i have regular old socks over my woods. those fancy head covers just scream "steal this club!". i even roll my bag cart into the bathroom with me. ha ha, seriously, i do.

Hey, that Bedrock is a beautiful course. i think my handicap would double if i had to play with all those trees lining the fairways . I bet you have a good "hit-it-low" trouble shot to get out of the woods. . I tried to check the teetime specials to see what it costs ....lol....what was i thinking! I guess the course may be closed for the winter. Its been 85 for the last 2 weeks out here in LA.

So, I guess it just comes down to who you include in your definition of a golf pro. Nothing against guys who aren't Class 'A' certified, but if I were looking for a pro, I'd start out by looking for one who is so that I know that he has had to meet a certain set of requirements (playing and otherwise).[/QUOTE] I've spent my golfing life entirely on public courses and seen a lot of real "characters" that called themselves golf pros come and go. I never checked their credentials, just took their word for it. Maybe the criteria wasnt as stringent 30 or 40 yrs ago.

I'm not sure what a "Class A" pro is. I'm probably thinking of the young buck assistant pro's who pound balls on the range and manage the first tee and sell greens fees. I shot 76 today and one of our assistant pros was in the group in front of us. He didnt come within a mile of breaking 80. By the middle of the back nine, he was onehanding his 4 footers. the best golfers around here are not the pros. its the guys in their 20's and 30's who manage to play golf 4 or 5 times a week. And another thing was how slow they played. By the end of the front nine, there was 2 open holes in front of them. and still 2 holes by the middle of the back nine. I'm a very fast player so today was particularly excruciating to be behind them.

I'm just saying that the vast majority of golf pros do not play golf for a living. and many do not even come close to being scratch players as would be the common belief. they manage/work in the pro shop, do office work, and maybe occasionally give lessons, etc. a golf pro does not have to be better than you to be able to help you improve your game. think butch harmon and david leadbetter how they work with the touring pros. with your 5 handicap, you're already good enough at playing golf to be a golf professional (forgetting all the other aspects of being a golf pro for now). there are many golf pros, who if they actually recorded every round they played, would have a handicap quite a bit higher than yours for a variety of reasons. maybe they were never a real good player to begin with, or maybe working 40 hours a week or more doesnt allow them to keep their game honed, or they have family obligations so they dont get to play much, or maybe theyve been beset with some physical ailments. but that doesnt mean they cant teach, or even help players better than themselves.

Maybe things have changed since i was young and thinking of being a golf pro myself but here is my take: You do not need to be a great player. I've known many golf pro's who struggled to break 80.They dress the part and talk the talk and can hit a lot of good shots on the range but get em out on the course......its another story. i always referred to them as driving range pro's. Being a golf pro may not be as "glamorous" as it sounds. I worked as an assistant pro for a year or so back in the day. I thought what could be better than hanging around the golf course all day and all that free golf. But, it turned out i was little more than a cash register clerk, selling golf shoes, shirts, balls and ringing up an endless line of greenfees all day. I had no more time for golf than working any other (and better paying) job. Talk to your local pro and ask him about the proper procedure for becoming a PGA pro. Take note of what he actually does all day. My local pro, who has been there 25 years, spends most everyday ringing up the cash register and managing the first tee. Also contact the PGA and get the info from them.