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I regret buying the TM R5, I never hit it as good as the Nike it replaced. Also wasn't too overjoyed with my SC Red X putter, it didn't seem to have any feel. I regret selling my TM Tour Burner irons, I should have keep them in the shed for those times the Mizuno MP 52s misbehave or when the ground is super-wet it'd be nice to a bit more sole on the club.

Went from four wedge (47, 50, 54, 60) to three (47, 52, 58) about a month ago and I love it. Less options, less confusion I think. Also love having both 4iron (penetrating, lower ball flight) and 4 hybrid (higher ball flight, stops on any green and great option off the tee) in the bag now.

According to a Golf Digest instruction thing I watched ages ago, Tiger uses a similar putting path to you and he has an Anser style putter like your Ping. It's probably a good idea to find a practice green and put them both into a Putt-off. See which one puts more balls in the hole. It may just come down to the fact that you like the look of one more or you feel more confident with one. I personally don't think that one kind of path needs one kind of putter style. I have all kinds of putters and seem to get a similar result from each of them - some days they seem to be with me, other days they're conspiring against me.

+1 Phil (Sometimes it feels a bit like waiting for a train-wreck but you've got to love the excitement factor) -1 Adam Scott (For only sometimes living up to his potential and making it frustrating to support him) -1 Martin Kaymer (Looks like Hymie from "Get Smart" and shows a little less emotion. Tiger Woods(11) Martin Kaymer(6) Phil Mickelson(8) Steve Stricker(10) Jim Furyk(10) Paul Casey(10) Luke Donald(12) Graeme McDowell(11) Rory McIlroy(11) Matt Kuchar(4) Ernie Els(12) Dustin Johnson(14) Hunter Mahan(11) Retief Goosen(6) Adam Scott(10) Zach Johnson(11) Padraig Harrington10) Robert Allenby(7)

Having just come out of our winter here, I found them to be pretty good. I have an interlocking grip and didn't have any problems.

There's no doubt my White Ice Rossie feels firmer off the face than my SC Pro Platinum Newport 2. I haven't tried the Black Series but I found the White Hot Odysseys to be very firm with little feel, the White Hot XG series to be too soft for me and the White Ice to be just about perfect firmness (Cue the Goldilocks jokes). I'm not sure how Odyssey grade them but for me it would be (Softer to Firmer) - White Hot XG, White Ice, White Hot (original). I think the White Ice is good combination of firmness and feel. Plenty of info here: http://www.odysseygolf.com/Global/en...nnovation.html

Thanks Blokes.

I'll take the deafening silence as a vote of no confidence in the X3.

Gold. Comedy Gold.

I was wondering if anyone of the SandTrappers had any experience with this putter. I currently swap between my Ping Redwood Anser and my Odyssey White Ice Rossie depending on mood/greens and was thinking this might be the perfect in-between. I'm pretty sure it's been discontinued and was wondering whether it might be a bit of a dud. Things that I rate from a putter are feel and distance control, so any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I shot 86 today but only had 26 putts, so today I hit 60 pure crap shots. It would've been funny if it wasn't so annoying. I topped 5 drives, I sliced, I hooked, I hit them fat and thin and I definitely shouldn't have stayed so long at my work function last night.

It's a second, slightly panicked, more urgent and much louder "FORE!!" that really sends everyone ducking for cover. Better to have everyone on the course take shelter just in case.

Nice work Forest and congrats on the presentation. Very clear, entertaining and bonus points for the fast-forward section on the repetitive stuff. I for one will probably just keep my existing wedges for a couple more years and then buy wahtever is available. I figure that by then the wizzes at the club companies will come up with new ways to increase spin whether it be ball technology or more of the grooved faces,

Funny old round today, some greatness and a lot of mediocrity. This isn't so much Best shot of the week, rather 11 shots that all fell into place. Standing on the 16th tee, I knew I needed to finish with a couple of pars and a birdie to get down to single figures for the first time ever. Scored my par on the Par 5 16th with a regulation two putt,; hit a beautiful wedge to 3 feet and sunk the birdie putt on 17 and then dumped my drive on 18 (Hardest hole on the course playing into the wind today with pin back left) in the fairway bunker, managed to just get it out leaving myself with a full 9 iron. Hit it beautifully leaving myself 12 feet. It ended up being pretty straight but I thought I'd left it short, thankfully it kept rolling and in for a par. It wasn't the best shot of the day (The wedge to 3 feet was pretty awesome) but it was a real pressure shot after I'd stuffed up the last two weeks when I also had the chance to get to single. So there you go, my handicap is down to 9.48 and next week I'll be off single figures for the first time ever.

It's been about 20 years for me so far (Off and on - more off than on actually but the last 2 years I've been more focused dropping from 18.0 to 9.5) and after leaving a putt on the last hole yesterday 3 inches short, it'll be just one more week until I reach singles - hopefully. I shot a +7 79 to come into 9.504, had the putt dropped I'd have been 9.4 and playing off 9 next week. (Incidentally that's what I consider single figures, playing off 9. Not a 9.5 like I am which means I'm still off 10)

A brave man mixes golf and family (Too many lethal weapons near at hand). I would've sent the wife and son home and kept going alone. :)

79 for me today - 39 and 40. Very happy despite the fact that I didn't do anything very spectacular. Nothing great, but everything solid which almost never happens for me. 12 pars, 5 bogeys and a double to shoot 3 below my handicap. (I'm down to 9.504 - as close as I've ever been to single figures!) One of the bogeys (3 putt) and the double came when it started bucketing down rain for a couple of holes. It stopped and I had 6 straight pars. A good day.

Tee shot, sets up my entire hole. Very hard on the courses I play where a wayward shot off the tee is inevitably a lost ball. It's impossible to make a decent score hitting your 3rd off the tee.

Everything here but the kitchen sink, so I'll chuck that in as well. Stick an old shaft/stick in the front two belt loops of your pants and just check that you hips are square to your stance. My guess is the stick will point way left of your target line. I did this recently and realised that while my shoulders were square, my hips were pointing a mile open (Way, way left of target). Turns out this is how I naturally stand - hips rotated a little left. What this meant was that on the backswing my hips only ever rotated as far back as square and on the downswing I had no option but to come OTT in order to get back to the ball with any kind of power. (My hips had taken off way left and the shoulders tried to catch-up by going up and over). I squared my hips and suddenly my swing felt so much powerful because I was turning behind the ball, so I don't feel like I need to launch over the top to get any distance. Square the hips, square the shoulders and you might find that you naturally come at the ball from the inside. You may find like I did that for the first few rounds you'll hit some pulls and hooks but that's just because your upper body is following old habits, it eventually realises that it doesn't need to swing around any more, just through. I could be wrong but it's worth finding a couple of minutes to check.

I wouldn't be mucking around with something that seems to be working very well, hitting your 3W like that is pretty impressive and I wouldn't change it at all. I think you'll find that sticking a much longer shaft in will turn it into a much less consistent club. Similar to what the others have suggested I think your options are 1: Look for a second 3 wood - 13˚for off the tee just like a very small headed, high lofted driver (Drivers used to be much smaller that the size current 3 woods are). 2: Find a more lofted driver (I thought you could adjust the R9 up or down 1˚, I'd make it an 11.5 and see how that goes). 3: Grip down or have your driver shaft cut down: in my experience this makes it much easier to overcome the issue of "the larger head on a driver plays fits with my mind trying to hit the center everytime" - mush easier to hit the centre consistently with a shorter shaft. Unfortunately you're going to have to get over your phobia of teeing the ball higher, hit the range and hit a few balls, it's not a big deal really. 4: You might also consider finding a smaller headed driver - R9 420 / R7 425 or one of a few

I essentially do this to varying degrees with all my clubs. There's a video on the Golf Channel YouTube Channel The Golf Fix - "Wrist or Reward". He basically says that because of the way the hands and wrists attach to the club in the set-up position, there is already wrist hinge so you don't need to add any more. Added a lot of consistency to my game.

I had an interesting one on the first hole last week. I'd left my tee shot way right in the rough with a low-hanging tree between me and the hole, not to mention the little creek that runs across the front of the green. I was just to the right of the fairway bunker with a dodgy lie so pitching straight back to the fairway involved hitting it perfectly or dumping it in the bunker. Option 2 involved pitching it toward the hole past a lot of knee high rough that would've meant little chance of finding the ball if I missed it. As I was standing there I suddenly realised that if I choked down and played the ball off the back foot I could punch it under the tree, over the rough and hopefully over the creek. Made the choice, committed to the shot and bingo!. Didn't see it after it went under the tree but I knew it was well hit and on line, wandered up and there it was in the middle of the green. One of the rare occasions where the hero shot was also the best choice.

The good (Or bad) news is you have plenty of options including the ones already provided. I have an MX300 4 iron in my bag that I alternate with MX-700 23˚ and 20˚ hybrids. I find them all really easy to hit and good options instead of the MP-52 4 iron that I struggled with. I know Brian Gay plays MX 900 3 and 4 iron. Don't know much about these but I think they're a couple of years old so may be harder to track down. Then you have MX 200 - much more forgiveness but has a fair bit of offset compared to the MP 57s and much chunkier to look at. The MX 300 is closer to your 57s, not much offset, with more forgiveness than the 57 but less than the 200s. Looks pretty good at address but noticeably thinker than the 57s. Different satin finish too if that matters to you. The MX 25 is basically the same as the 300 but the preceding model as far as I understand it so should be cheaper. The MX 1000 is Mizuno's super game improvement irons (Not Grain Flow Forged), worth having a hit but will probably take some getting use to - Super Game Improvement = Super Chucky but also means Super Easy to hit. No 3 iron available but the 4 iron is only 22˚ loft so this is almost the 3 iron loft (21˚) in the 57 Series. Personally I find the versatility of the hybrids a good choice, you can hit them high or low and are a great option off the tee.

That is a great buy. Awesome, awesome club. A mate of mine has one and I'm always jealous when I see it.

Try the Cameron Collector. http://thecameroncollector.com/ A bunch of Scotty nuts selling all sorts of Scotty stuff. Some of the covers are expensive collectibles, but there are plenty of cheap ones being swapped and sold. You get the odd one from the UK so you'll save on postage too.