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Honestly, at this point who cares what he said. I'm Tiger fan because he is probably the best golfer out there. No other reason. I don't care if he's sorry. All I care about is whether or not he is going to play in Masters and the US and British Open

I used to carry a 52, 56, and 60. I didn't like the 56 and couldn't get the roll I wanted with the 60. The 60 is great in tight shots with little or no green to work with. At the beginning of last season I had the 56 bent to a 58 because I was constantly second guessing my self when I had both the 56 and 60 in my bag. I found that you can get the same type of flop shots as the 60 and a little more roll on chips and pitch shots. That would be my recommendation. Go for a 58 but make sure you a good gap wedge such as a 52 or 54 for the farther chip shots and the bump and run shots.

As others have said, everyone put down a dollar per hole and if people tie then pot gets pushed over the the next hole. If however, you are playing handicaps then the only thing that would change is who would win each depending on if strokes are given on that particular hole.

wow.. you put too much stock in what other people say on here. Its the internet, there are plenty of people who are just out there to screw with you. My main question is why do you care what these other people think of you on the golf course. PLAY FOR YOURSELF!! Oh and the reason that the people who are lower handicappers sometimes criticize people who play a handicap of 20+ and think thats just great is that it doesn't matter if you can hit the ball 300 yards if ya can't keep it straight, or if you can't put, or if that is the only thing goin for you. So take it for what its worth and go cry if you don't the input.

I'll agree with the guy who said walleye are the way to go for eating. Personally I think Large mouth don't hold up to there reputation. If you want a real fight go with a fly rod go for small mouth in the BWCA or snook in glades. I've fished all over the world and guided for the past ten summers and those are my two favorites to catch.

Its been a while since I've been on here so hopefully you went to college. If not then you should go. Maybe go for your degree in professional golf management if you love golf. no matter what you do the college route will atleast give you something to fall back on incase your dreams of being the next big thing on tour don't work out the way you. I'm not trying to say you couldn't do it but given the number of really good golfers in the world (scratch or better) and the number of people there are on the tour the odds aren't in anyones favor.

The reason you may be hooking it is due to your hands being pretty far inside. overall though, great swing

15th club... I'm gonna have to agree with zeph on this one. if you're not comfortable with this wedge then I definately wouldn't keep it in the bag. I'd get one that I would fit into my set. Thats why there are so many out there. I know personally I love vokey wedges and it took me the first six years of playing to figure that out. best thing to here would be just try alot of em out. if ya have friends that have different wedges than you ask them if you can try theirs while playing a round with them. 1 question for ya, how close to rtj ridge course are ya?

I think if Tom wasn't going into moving day as the leader then it would be a horrible thing to have neither tiger nor phil in there. Look at it like this, with the big trees out of the way the sun will shine on the smaller ones.

Wade.... This is just my $0.02 but to be honest with you dude unless you're a +3 or 4 or better in the handicap area I really don't think it makes a heck of alot of difference if you play a $20 box of noodles or warbirds or a $50 box of Pro V1s. The important thing is you try out a few different types - distance, control, etc. and find one that you get the response out of that you like. Personally, I noodle+ long and softs. This may be because my parents send them to me on holidays and over the course of the past few years thats what I've like playing. heck, I've been shooting in the mid 70s the past few weeks so they can't be too bad. The point being what matters is that you're comfortable in anticipating how the ball is going to behave. Don't buy 2nd round balls xcept for shags and don't buy topflite or pinnacles or any of the cheaper brands.. spend around 20 to 24 dollars for a dozen... Golf galaxy has noodles on special right now for 2 for 25 dollars.

wow... you remind me of me about ten years ago.. working fast food and trying to keep enough to go to the range and play. so here's a few little tips. As far as getting "new" clubs, check out craigs list and golf galaxy and golfsmith stores in the used section. I know it sounds weird but you can find some great deals. heck, today I bought a set of blades to fool around with for only about $50. They're old and beat up but they hit good so I took em. The point being as many people have probably already pointed alot of us start out with used clubs. As far having enough money to play and go to the range. Personally, when I was your age I had a shag bag full of balls and figured out the hours of the day when no one was at my local soccer field. I could get all the way out to a six iron doing that. If you are a 36 handicap as you're profile says then my suggestion is to find the course in your area with decent putting/chipping green and practice your game 150 yds and in. The budgeting stuff is tricky because alot of courses will have a junior or college student membership and that'll keep ya good til your 24ish. One idea is to walk. the only other thing I can think of is finish the season playing twilight and put aside a little money each week for your membership next year. Hope this helps.

we know nothing of how you hit your burner. If you hit it well then stay with it. If not and you hit the tour well then go with that. try em out in a side to side comparison and see what ya think. My little brother just bought the 9.5 tour because he is hitting it better 08 10.5 burner. look at it and give it a try.

definately play grand geneva national and the brute.. great courses

Great topic... I just ram em home. I find that if I try to finesse them then they don't go it as much as when I just follow my instict and go aggressive. On a related note, I think there was an article about 6 or 7 years ago discussing how one reason why 3 and 4 footers are often much tougher than your average 10 footer is that we put pressure on ourselves to make them. They showed brain scans and you could see the difference in brain activity between several players in the same dilema

the ones i currently have

I wouldn't... Think about how pissed you'd be if he did that to you.

As a former single handicap (at my peak I was around a 4.3 or so) I can tell you that its a lot of work both on the mental and physical side of things. On the physical side its fine tuning all the little shots because you've probably got most of the big stuff routine by now. Its hitting fairways, hitting greens, and hitting putts CONSISTANTLY. On the mental side it more analytical than anything. Not only knowing your distances but knowing how far exactly the pin is. Deciding whether to go for it or play it pretty safe. There's just so much to it. I've shot the majority of my rounds in around an 8hdcp this year (yeah my hdcp on my profile was an estimate). Mainly though it jsut takes time.

Let it go dude.. let it go

This one goes out to all you beginners out there... Go some place you can try the club and try the club. Putty, if those are the drivers your interested in then go try them. They're good clubs. There are a hundred posts on this site that say what great clubs each are. Go try em. As far as the difference between your fairway woods and hybrids, IN MY OPINION (I have been known to be wrong from time to time so I can't say its a fact) The biggest difference is the shaft length. You swing hybrids like a mid to long iron because they have a shorter shaft. You use a more sweeping swing with woods. A shorter shaft could also affect you distance.

totally not what I thought it was gonna be

Ok dude... As someone who is about to get a degree from the purdue school of engineering (started at Purdue and now in an IUPUI program), you may want to look at it a little more along the lines of what type of engineer you want to be and other than the term engineer and some of the the same math courses most of em don't have a darn thing to with one another. Just a tip. the crappy thing is that you're not going to find alot of d3 or d2 schools with engineering programs that are accredited. Which means they're really not worth the effort. When you say golf is a priority do you mean you its just fun to you and you would like to play for a team. Because then I'd go for a division 3 program. You practice up and get it down around 80 or so and you may have a fightin chance at makin the team. Now if you want more of a career path with golf I'd suggest going on google and typing in a search for "Professional Golf Management" or other golf related careers. Just kinda an after thought.. what type of engineer where ya thinking of being?

I just made the conversion over to hybrids.. Love em. You can still get a hybrid in 7 and i think 9 woods but they're special orders according to the guy at Golfgalaxy. Just the versatility alone makes them the thing to do.

No offense taken... but I don't think you understand what I'm saying. Maybe I was a bit of an a$$ earlier. I apologize. But you'd be better off spending the money on lessons rather than new clubs if you wanna see improvement in your ball striking. I am a little bit perplexed though... In the case of your driver did you or did you not blame the club over your own technique? explain it to me again.. maybe i got it wrong.

Is your logic wrong? Yes, I believe it is. My problem with logic is that I think you put way too much emphasis on the club being the solution. I honestly think that even its true that today's blades are much easier to hit and you should be able to them that most of us would be much better off sticking to cavity back irons. I think you're gonna find that if you switch to blades 1 of 2 things will happen. 1. You'll love them and be a better golfer for having them. I'll be wrong and will gladly eat my words. 2. You make the switch and you find that even though you can hit them you just can't play the ball as well as you hit you're old irons or like you'd hoped to be able to. So you start trying harder and harder to hit them and the game (which serious or not, every golfer has to admit this is just a game) becomes harder and less enjoyable. So you do 1 of 2 things. (A) sell the clubs and buy others in which you lose money because you won't get what you paid for them or (B) take some lessons and a pro tells you what you already know. The irons are way too good for your swing and you should think about new irons that are custom fit to you. In which case, its you're back to square A. My suggestion, if you really are going to become a "serious golfer" and play the game "not just for fun", which I can't comprehend either unless you're pro, then go get custom fit for irons and let a professional make a recommendation. Easy to hit or not blades may not be the best solution and ya have to quit blaming you're clubs and focus on the swing and strategy.

Go with the driver that is not draw biased and figure out why you're fading it. I made the mistake of purchasing an r5 draw when they came out and over the course of time took lessons and once I was hitting the ball straight or with a little draw with all my other clubs I got a major hook with that. I just switched this year and the problem that I'm having now is figuring out ball position with a neutral driver. So I say go with a neutral and learn how to hit your ball straight.