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Or the design is crummy. What good is it if you can't use it?

Emtee, I have had lots of other injuries, the most recent was a broken femur that took several years to completely heal. It is normal to be protective of your body when you have chronic and long lasting injury. It is telling that your doctor is encouraging you to play golf. Don't hit woods yet, and be careful in heavy rough. You have to force yourself at times to try the next step. You are lucky with golf in that you have a whole bag full of clubs with different numbers on them. It is easy to gradually increase your level of exertion. I would go hit a 5 iron and see what that feels like. Hit a small bucket. Don't over swing. Swing in the backyard every day. Put some weight on an old club. Build up to everything by working at it at least several days a week. The hard part is over and what is left is more mental than physical. Soon you should be out on a par 3 course. Best of luck. The way to get lucky is to get busier.

i have had a lot of rib injures mostly from coming off horses and mules. Let pain be your guide. Work your way back into it. If you can hit a 7i, you are most of the way there. Just don't over do it. Yesterday I played for the second time in 10 years. My injured hip started to lock up, so I cut out two holes and played back to the club house.

Good ball striking, okay putting, but still mediocre short game.

It seems like a terrible loss to design a golf course that can't really be walked. Maybe it is to discourage walking to speed up the game with carts, but probably it is just bad design.

Ben Hogan, Deane Beeman, Lee Trevino, Walter Haigen, Sam Snead, Gary Player, Gene Sarazen, Jack Nicklaus.

I really don't like logos. I turn the tires on my truck around to the inside.so the white lettering doesn't show. I don't wear golf logo hats. A professional golfer could probably beat all the local club guys with a set of $20 clubs from Goodwill.

Arnold. He was reckless and only played one style. When I was young I could relate.

In spite of all the slick advertising, and golf is full of it, in order to hit the ball well you have to have some skill. Fitted xyz's with new grips don't really help most people. Some club designs are more forgiving than others. They accommodate mishits better. Club technology went through an important evolution in the 1980s and 1990s when cavity back irons, and perimeter weighted clubs became common and available to everyone. Since then there has been plenty of innovation, but nothing earth shaking like the concepts listed above. Club technology in say the 1960s allowed for some great shots to be made and plenty of distance by professionals. The penalty for missing the small sweet spot was severe. When I was young and strong I had a nice set of persimmon Walter Haigen woods. It was not that hard to hit past the 275 yard marker to the back fence at most driving ranges. A poorly struck shot might only go 130-160 yards. Irons had a lot more loft and didn't go as far, so we just used more club. Golf ball technology is still evolving. Golf is like many sports in that equipment commands a lot of attention. Too much attention, when practising a repeatable swing that works under pressure is really the goal.

The major gaps are all at the back end, after a PW. Those are the scoring clubs, and it pisses me off to some extent that club manufacturers only care about selling their product, instead of how it gets used.

Shoulders and knees are the worst. I had a bad right shoulder for years. The best thing for it is light weights like 2-5 pounds emphasizing range of motion. Eat fish oil and condrotin. Get a hot tub.Stay busy,.

For trouble, my brother always pulled out the "McGinty", an early wood hybrid club. I name a lot of things but not clubs so far. Levity is important. Driver-Big Dog, Lwedge, Archie, Huey Dewey and Louie

when I was 12.

Berryhill I think you are absolutely right. Club makers like to advertise that their product hits it further than the other guys. Over time there has been a strong shift to deloft irons. That leaves some serious gaps, otherwise people would not be talking about carrying 5 wedges.

Only one person gets to win a tournament with medal play. That does not mean that everyone else" lost". Watching the Masters is an empowering experience to me because the best in the world have trouble. They are human just like the rest of us duffers. Match play and team match play in some ways are more interesting, because half the contestants get to "win."

Looked at another way, the Masters' field of golfers is the best there is. Augusta is as hard of a golf course that exists. It keeps getting longer. There is tremendous mental pressure leading up to the event and for four straight days. It is like squeezing a watermelon seed, eventually it comes squirting out. No one should be surprised that the best golfers in the world are going to make some mistakes.

Perfect distance for a full gap wedge 50 degrees.

My Dad lives on a golf course north of Seattle. People play in the rain a lot. What really helps is a golf cart with a heater and side curtains. Light Goretex rain gear helps some people. Many wear gloves on both hands. Wear a hat. It is partly mental. The ball will not carry, but will stick on the greens. We played in cold weather as kids in Maryland. We just put on a lot of clothes and went out there. The courses were vacant. We could play fast to keep warm. Now I do not play golf unless it it warm enough to get by with a light fleece jacket.

No one is in contention at the Master's with their C game. They sit on Saturday. Augusta makes people look bad.

I think people under estimate Augusta by a lot. Spieth was leading for 3 1/2 rounds because he played solid golf. It is easy to forget how narrow the fairways are, how long it is and how impossible some of the greens are. Ask Phil or Ernie. Any small mistake gets amplified. No one leads the Masters for 7 1/2 rounds without playing well. The whole discussion about leading without playing well is ridiculous.

The only way to watch golf is to record some of it, and then skip the slow parts. The only way to play it is ready golf on a week day. Jordan is very good at visualizing his shots. He makes multiple practice swings. All of that takes a lot of time and slows down play. It is fun to watch guys like Lee Trevino now, because they just step up to the ball and hit it. Jordan got totally over-exposed yesterday. The commercials had him in the same blue shirt. Enough already.

Winning a major golf tournament is the greatest mental challenge in sports. Augusta National is so difficult that it sometimes seems evil. Some great players got so demoralized playing it that they disappeared like Phil and Adam Scott. It is ironic that the course in April is about as perfect looking as any track in the world. Jordan played 4 really solid rounds except for 3 holes on Sunday coming in. It cost him the title, but there is no reason to feel sorry for him. He showed great mental toughness in his interview and helping Willet put on the jacket. Jordan deserves a lot of respect and is a great human for being so young. It dawned on me that two Brits were in contention at the end. The Masters is like a war of attrition. Only the mentally strong are left and the Brits have all of that stoic toughness. Even Hideki who seemed to be strong mentally, caved at the end. This tournament is transcendent sport at its best. It pushes human mental endurance into some category where few dare to tread.

I was out yesterday practising these shots outdoors on a green. There were also two deep bunkers to practice coming out of . This sort of practice is invaluable. Many ranges have no provision for it. I went to the best club around that also happens to be open to the public. I will be spending time their each week getting used to the new wedges. This is the kind of practice that can be a game changer.

Bye.

So now we have citizens of other countries challenging our political views.? I am not a polar opposite, but I have learned to be careful with my political views because America is a politically divided country right now. People with any sense do not go spouting all of their beliefs every time someone asks.