Marinemike

For the record...I walk. I wish it was for some noble reason, but really it's just to save money. It's gotta be a huge profit source considering a cart is almost as much as or equal to greens fees at every facility I go to. What I find weird is that everybody here talks about walking, but almost everywhere I go I'm the only one hoofing it. Some places I even feel like I'm upsetting the status quo. I absolutely will not golf at a place that charges a "trail fee" for walking. That's like putting a coin lock on the bathroom.

One course I go to charges a private cart contract for people who have their own. I suppose that's common for courses with houses. I would like to see the looks I get when I bring a cart to the course on a 4-wheeler trailer every time I play. Don't think I haven't thought about it. I think it would save money over time.

It's a little off the topic, but yeah, this is something that gets to me...that there is even a club called a gap wedge is caused by creep in the iron lofts combined with the basically non-negotiable loft of the sand wedge.

My head hurts. So the newest Noodle balls are made by T-made, but not Maxfli. Do the newest Noodles say Maxfli on the box? Now that I think really hard, I think no. Interesting. When I saw that I just thought TM was making the Maxfli name go away, but I guess not.

Funny you mention that. I have one that I need to go beat the living crap out of. It's the City Club Marietta in Marietta, GA. I've scored worse on other courses, but I have never been as humiliated in front of friends as I was there. The worst part is that it's only 68.2/122/5800 from the tips. I'm going back around new years. Hopefully in won't be buttcrack cold.

I've had the same problem. I had some survival training where I had several weeks of swimming a few hours a day. When I got back out on the course I was burying everything long. Hvae you been doing anything extra physical lately that would make you stronger or more limber? And I get the same feeling you get about your distances when I grab a club to hit a draw. I know I can do it, but it's just not what I do so I second guess myself. What I would do in your shoes is embrace it, go hit a bucket to see which game you brought with you that day and stick to that.

Rangers are sometimes impossible, cantankerous people. The club pro should almost always back him up even if he's not entirely right.

A dozen blue "It's a Boy!" balls. Made by Volvik. We'll see if they play at all decent. Looking forward to giving them out. Gonna buy a gap wedge pretty soon. I prefer Attack Wedge, though.

Congrats! Did you break the course rating?

One other thing...If they're forged, and you just can't leave it alone, get them bent. It'll save tons of time and money. 2 degrees is totally doable.

Pshht...Try carrying the grandaddy Spyder. I love the thing to death, but it's a doozy. I hated on it pretty bad before I tried it. I get plenty of inane comments about it now, but most people are just curious about how I like it. FWIW, I'm not a fan of any other Rossa Monza. And I'm a PGA Tour pro on the putting green at Golfsmith/PGA Superstore. Don't know if it's a conspiracy to sell putters, I'm just sayin'...

Leave it like it is. You know your distances. Changing clubs won't change anything about your short game except maybe that you'll be wrapped around the axle even more about distances associated with having 2 degrees of loft difference when you decide which club to catch ugly fat from 105 yards.

Bourgeoisie + Proletariat + Beer = Not a very good golf gallery. All I can say(rather chant) is..."Take your hat off, take your hat off, take your hat off!" I remember sitting at home watching that happen earlier this year and think.."Man, they're having a good time, but it's kind of a $#!tshow compared to what golf was a couple years ago." I'm not making any social statements here, because I'm not what you would call upper class, but if this whole recession business stays around, the worse part of the galleries will dry up.

Love having the course to myself, or at least only being out there with only hardcore golfers. I have learned way more from blustery Tuesday pairings than I have from summer chucklehead pairings. The biggest pain in the ass is the leaves. I was reminded a little bit of it here in the FL panhandle on Thursday, but I cut my golf teeth in Northern VA in October/November. If you hit it out of the FW you probably won't find it in all the leaves. Hit it in the FW and you have a 70/30 shot at finding it until you get really good at playing the shell game with the leaves.

The Eglin AFB course is outstanding for the money. Many military courses have been opened to civilians in the past 5 years so there's a better than even chance you'll be able to get on to play it. Dig around on the site or call the pro shop for the answer. You can't get a better 36 holes for the price.