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This is a no brainer. Putter. I totally agree with the comment you drive it 290 and I'll drive it 250. I finally realized about a month ago that I need to spend time on my short game and not worry about getting an extra 20 off the tee. I revised my practice routine and now spend a lot more time on the practice greens. I've dropped my handicap from a 16.2 to a 8.9 in the last two revisions. It's due mainly to my chipping but I'll bet at least a stoke or two is putting related.

I just got done ordering a custom putter and struggled with the same question. My current putter has a line on the flange and I went with a dot for my custom. I decided on the dot due to the fact I've never really felt the line really helped me line anything up. If you think about it the line is so short and it's not right up against the ball on an Anser style putter. I went with the dot due to the cleaner look from above. Good luck with your decision.

I torn an intercostal muscle earlier this year and I was out of action for almost six weeks. When I first did it I thought I was just sore from over practicing. After about two weeks of intense pain I finally went to the doctor. She put me on some new muscle relaxant / steroid pill that seemed to work really well. I laid off for another 4 weeks and haven't had any problems since. One side benefit is the steroids added about 40 yards to my drives and I'm averaging about 310 off the tee. Good luck. I wouldn't wish the pain I had on my worst enemy.

Intercostal Muscle Strain I had this happen to me earlier this year and I have to say it was the most painful and frustrating thing I've ever been through. I have a new found respect for football players who get turf toe. I couldn't take a swing for about 5 weeks. The frustrating part was that I strained them playing golf and I did it such a way that the only time it hurt was swinging a club and sleeping. I can't point to a specific moment I hurt myself. I was a little sore one day and hit on the range the following day. That night I woke up in intense pain and stayed that way the next five weeks. I started feeling better and slowly worked my way back into playing everyday over the next few weeks. Good luck and whatever you do. Don't come back to soon.

I try to use this same routine every time I go to the range before a round- Sand Wedge 8 Balls - I always loosen up with my sand wedge I hit half shots and don't really care if I hit them well or online. My main purpose it to get my wrists loosed up. 8 More Balls - Starting at 50 yards I hit progressively longer shots until I'm hitting full shots. This lets me get a good feel for how well I'm striking the ball and I also get a chance to hit a few feel shots. 8 Balls - Each with P,9,7,5 or A,8,6,4 (I alternate each range session) 10 Balls with my 19D Hybrid 10 Balls with my Driver The above routine takes me about 25 minutes. If I have a few extra minutes I almost always go back to my wedges and hit feel shots to specific targets. Other than my first 10 balls I never hit a ball without a specific target and distance selected. This keeps me from just going and just banging balls. Our range has sand traps and mowed greens with permanently mounted flags. I have all of these mapped on my GPS so I have about 40 exact distances to shoot at. If I'm not playing I still go through the same routine but I do it with each of my two groups of clubs start to finish and usually try to work the ball on the second run through. This works for me. I hit enough shots with each club to get into a rhythm but not overdue it.

Hybrids are made to play / swing like irons so that's how I play them. Same place in stance, same swing, and same "divot" (not really a divot, I usually scrape the grass off down to bare dirt but do not dig in)

Has to be my 7 iron. Weird thing for me is that it's been that way through at least the last 3 sets of clubs.

I just got back into golf this year after a 10 year layoff and I have the same mental problem with looking down at anything but a thin topline. I bought the VR Forged set back in March and I have to say they're great.