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I've searched here and didn't notice a thread on the line of putters called "Heavy Putter." I was interested if anyone on here uses one, used one, tried one and what the reactions, comments and recommendations are. For those of you that don't know, the new for 2009 Heavy Putters - Mid Weight like the K4 - is a putter weighing in at around 750 grams. The putter has a 450 gram head with an additional 275 grams back weighted under the grip. The heavy putter forces use of the larger muscles of the arms and hands, reduces the tendancy to break the wrists and promotes a smooter back and through putter pendulum. So the advertising totes!! Just wondered if there was any reactions, comments, insights on these putters. I see John Daly is using and promoting them.

Thanks ... I thought it was just me being "technically handicapped" ... ... good to know I'm not the idiot people make me out to be! Too bad that that function doesn't work.

I have an iGolf Neo. I have a question for the users of this GPS ... On any given hole you can "mark" a custom spot/point. When I do this and try to change the "name" to something (i.e. right tree, etc.) I cannot get the Neo to take my input. Example, I want to mark a hole that has a large tree at the corner. Aiming just left of the tree is the play on this hole but too far runs through the fairway into deep rough. As tee locations change I wanna know the distance to the corner. So I go to map the custom point (i.e. Custom 3) and use the option for making my own name. I can scroll through the letters that come up, but it won't let me input. I've hit every button on the piece, I cannot type a name. Any help? Thanks.

My brothers are scattered about the midwest. We get together once a year and play for "the green jacket." My younger brother bought an old (ugly) green jacket at a St. Vincent's store and that's the reunion prize for our "brothers' golf outing." Both my brothers can kick my rear pretty good and they take pride and joy in doing so. In 2006 we decided to play this one course that had 3-nines; 27 holes for the green jacket. That day my son rounded out the foursome - but wasn't part of the Green Jacket, just golfed with us. I had a day, well ... I shot 40-40-40 and beat my older brother by 4 and my younger brother by 2 ... setting that green jacket on my shoulders in the bar afterwards was sweet joy!!! Having my son there was a bonus! .

Someone explain to me how Tiger spun the ball so hard on Saturday at Firestone, please? Holy cow ... the ball HAD to be wet sitting there; wet coming off the face and the greens were definately wet in all that rain. Yet, zip ... he'd pull that string backwards. WOW!!! How is that possible? Incredible to watch, unbelievable to comprehand.

Meanwhile, back at the original post in this thread ... I've been building my own clubs for a number of years. Places mentioned above, i.e. Golfsmith, Golfworks, Dynacraft, etc. all have high quality standards. So assuming the clubhead is of inferior quality/construction and therefore forces a poor swing, i.e. push, slice, hook is incorrect . What happnes a lot is people see these heads for less than 100 bucks, buy a shaft someone said was a "good" shaft and toss on a grip. "Whalla, I got an FTi knockoff for 125 bucks!!!" The head is so poorly matched to the shaft, the grip, shaft length, flex and torque are not considered and the club has a poorly designed swingweight/dynamic weight ratio. Tiger Woods couldn't hit a club so poorly constructed. People building (or buying) clubs need to know a lot more about club dynamics, construction, swingweighting, etc. to understand how to put a club together. My guess (having no idea) is that the shaft, head, grip and length of your "knock-off" is a pooly matched set. You can't just buy a club (off the rack or something built) and expect it to work. You need to know something about clubs, your swing, etc. in short: get fitted.

Resist the urge to "hit" the ball and learn to swing the club. The ball is still there (hasn't moved) and the club will swing into it. This is the best book I've found for eliminating the urge to "hit the ball." http://www.amazon.com/Keys-Effortles...9561093&sr;=8-6

Minimally, you're gonna need a sturdy workbench and bench top. A bending machine (lie, loft) will run you anywhere from $250 - $800. Plus tools, dies, protector's etc. Visit Golfsmith's website http://www.golfsmith.com/cm/display/category/cm/tools I like their equipment, the best. Buy and read anything on club building and altering clubs from Ralph Maltby (Golf Works); His books are the easiest to follow. http://www.ralphmaltby.com/home If you have a nearby Golf Galaxy (they bought Golf Works) talk to the club builder there and try to get a feel (no pun intended) for the difficulty and/or ease of adjusting lie and loft. Just my three cents worth ....

Southern Wisconsin - they said on the news this morning - will set a record for the coldest July on record. The old record was recorded in 1891 .... global warming my behind ... And besides cool, it rains like every other or every third day. I can count on one hand how many times I've worn shorts in leagues or our Saturday's buddy golfing. We're set for 7:28 tomorrow and you guessed it, rain 6:00- mid afternoon AGAIN!! This has been a crap summer for golf weather in SW Wisconsin.

14, and for some reason (lack of practice perhaps) I stopped being effective with my 60* and replaced that club with a 16* rescue.

Swing shape, face angle, groove "condition" will determine back spin more than anything else..

If you were hitting into them - close enough that could 'mistake' your ball for theirs - I wouldn't have let you pass either. Maybe they appeared to be snooty and rude, but hitting into the group ahead is just as rude.

The flight of the ball is determeined by the shaft flex, torque, bend point, weight and over all club swingweight. You could get the same trajectory differences in any shaft combination, graphite or steel. My guess is your 20* hybrid shaft has a low kick point (high trajectory) versus your steel shaft with a mid-kick point.

The "head" feels heavier because the shaft is 30 grams lighter. You're feeling the weight of the head not the weight of the head plus the shaft. That's not an all bad thing. I'm merely pointing out that there was considerable dynamic- and swing- weight changes between the two clubs. The expectation that a 4-point change in SW should feel and act the same, just ain't true. That's all. I'm not saying one is right or one is wrong; just that they are two distinctly different clubs.

RC ... ... That is one of the most thought out and concise answers to any golf question, I have ever heard. Golf is not a one size fits all and your separation of the "two camps" or two schools of thought seem to be pretty fair. Just wanted to say, great answer ... If it were easy, everyone would be doing it.

You've totally changed the dynamic between both of those clubs; they are very dissimilar. Your first driver had a 95 gram, 3-degree torque shaft, with a low bend point. The driver was 8.5 degrees of loft. This heavier shaft was extra stiff. The second driver has a 65 gram, 2.8-degrees of torque with a mid-kick point. The additional half-degree of loft shouldn't matter a whole lot. This lighter shaft was stiff, compared to extra stiff. They are two different set ups. Assuming the heads weighed the same (broad assumption), just changing that shaft component from 95 to 65 grams, you decreased the SW by 4 points. That's A LOT. The new driver should feel waaaaay different as well, and be less forgiving.

Check out Golworks.com. Good articles on there. http://www.golfworks.com/images/art/...shaftSteel.pdf

Thanks ... the "mistakes" I make with my driver are more swing faults than club/shaft faults. If I hit that square, it goes pretty straight. I'm leaning towards regular too, just didn't know if there was a huge 'feel' difference in stiff versus regular flex.

I'm building myself a new 3-wood. I ordered an Aldila shaft rated R/S. If I tip trim the shaft 1/2" the shaft is a "Regular" flex. If I tip trim the shaft 2-1/4" it's a "Stiff" flex. What is anyone's experience with regular versus stiff in a 3-wood? What should I consider before I decide 1/2" tip trim or 2-1/4" trim? The driver I have is the compliment of this 3-wood (Snake Eyes Python XL) and the Aldila NV shaft in that one I tip-trimmed to a regular stiffness. I hit that driver fairly straight, medium high, about 235-245 yards. Whatever insight you might have, would help. Thanks!

First, your question is just theory, not reality ... the I.D of an iron hosel is 0.370" and the O.D. of a wood shaft is 0.335" therefore the shaft wouldn't fit in the iron hosel very well and you couldn't glue it. Second, I don't get the question other than you're trying to put a light, long shaft into an iron head?

You're not 15 yet ... you slice, because your swing is probably coming over the top (not an in to out move), you swing too fast and your tempo is screwed up. What major club companies do to make millions of dollars every year, is bait people into thinking a new club will fix all ills. And so they keep making - and we keep buying - $400 & $500 drivers thinking our slice or hook will go away with the newest fads. And gladly we spend this money on a club we may use 13 or 14 times a round. Changing the flex in a shaft, changing the kick point in a shaft, changing the raw weight of a shaft has LESS to do with the shape of our shots than do the miniscule things we do to be off plane or off tempo in our swings. If you don't have money for lessons and the conditions at the ranges you have to hit at are less than ideal, rent, borrow or buy books on proper swing, proper tempo, etc. and learn the game from any media source you can. A club purchase won't help everything that ails us, as golfers. Look, I'm just trying to help.

The first time I watched the Masters in HD 1080p on my 57" LCD ... WOW!! I think I wet myself!! HAHAHAHAHA

Check out: http://golf.about.com/od/golftips/ss/golfgrip_lead.htm Page two has a picture (righty) but you can translate to lefty. Read all five pages.

Lessons ... take some before you spend a nickle on any club.

There was a GREAT picture on the original post with 86 year old Bob walking behind his cart with a dachschund in a plastic basket above the clubs. It was great! I wonder what happened to the picture in the original post though. Hopefully the OP can put the pic back up; it was hilarious!