newbiegolfer

I use an Ogio vaporlite. The bag itself is very light and with lots of padding on the shoulders and the bag itself. I really like the woode system, it provides quite an easy access to your clubs and I had no trouble getting my clubs in and out. Please note that I don't carry the maximum number of clubs, that's probably why.

Got my g15 a while ago and I have not been looking at anything ok the driver category since. It feels fantasic!

I picked up the Sun Mountain Micro Cart (4-wheel) last year after reading the review. This is my first cart but I am very very pleased with it. It is easy to push, easy to fold/unfold and doesn't take up a lot of room in the trunk. I recently picked up a Sun Mountain umbrella to go along with it, but I find that the umbrella does wobble quite a bit if you're going through a bumpy patch, but I would imagine other carts to be roughly the same.

The local executive course I play at offers free carts on weekdays so I have been taking up that offer. There is also another 9 hole course that is closer to my house that I want to start practicing at, but there are no carts for that. Although I do have a stand bag with a double-strap for carry. I find it a bit of a hassle to put on and take off, this is why I am thinking of buying a push-cart. I am not sure what kind of push-cart to get. I see ones like the Sun Mountain and the Clicgear going for around $230 and ones like Cadie going for about $100. Are the differences huge in terms of performance? I also wonder if push-carts go on sale at the end of the season, doesn't seem like they will though. Advices are appreciated.

I am not sure if this is the best forum, but here goes. So I am new to the whole golf scheme, went to play at a local course earlier today. I guess I have never been warned about hidden pebbles. I hit my first shot to about 7 feet from the cart path covered with pebbles. I was about 50 yards from the hole so I decided to pull out my gap wedge. So I did my practice shot (not really full swing full force) near the ball and I heard a small "ting" sound. When I looked at my club, my gap wedge now has two nasty (kind of deep, but may be exaggerating a bit) scratch on the bounce. I am just wondering if this is really bad for the club. My set is from 4-Gap wedge so I am kind of bummed that it happened to the gap wedge instead of a stand-alone sand wedge. Is there anything I can do to minimize the damage done? Thanks

Hmm, can't seem to figure out how to edit my previous post. I just have another question regarding striking down on the ball. If I continue to practice on the driving range mats (the grass tee range is 30minute of drive away), should I still strike as if I am going to take a divot (even though I actually can't). Now I understand that the iron won't bend, but wouldn't this be bad to my body/arm? Is this not a big concern? I see a lot of people hitting off mats.

Thanks to all the feedbacks =) Absolutely solved my concern!

So after I learned that I have the tendency to scoop the ball due to practicing too much on the soft driving range mats, I started trying to strike down on the ball on real grass (hitting the ball first and then taking a divot). I understand that some gravel underneath the grass may be harder or softer throughout the course, I am just wondering how strong the steel shafts are. I see people beside me just striking their irons into the hard ground, taking a divot, I am just wondering if it is possible for a steel shaft to be bent as a result. I am afraid to strike down on the ball as sometimes the gravel is harder and I am afraid to bend my clubs when I have a mis-hit (hitting the ground an inch behind the ball =S). Can anyone provide me with the right mentality when striking a ball? Thanks =)

I started to play golf last August, went to the driving range for a couple months and learned how to hit the ball off the mat. While I was there, I realized that I was hitting the ball a lot better on the softer mat (newer ones, as the older ones are used a lot more and are a lot harder). I thought this was because I was more confident hitting on the softer mat as my mis-hits will be less painful. This year I started going to the local pitch and putt courses and did fine there since they have these tee boxes with the plastic grass mats as well. Then a couple weeks ago I went to play on a real course with a friend, I noticed that I was hitting all the shots fat into the ground, taking a huge divot with the ball going nowhere. My friend suggested that I use tees for my iron shots (pressed into the ground) to get the ball to be level with the ground. This helped me a little bit on the par 3s, but on a longer hole where I would need to hit a 7 iron as my 2nd shot, I can't use the tee anymore. I am just wondering, if there are any suggestions or helpful hints regarding the transition from hitting balls off the mat to hitting them on a real course.

I have the same exact problem. I hit my irons really well at the range, and then when I go to a real course, a lot of them become fat shots. Then I realized that the soft mats at the range hides all your fat shots, I just hit as hard as I can when I am at the range, when I hit it fat, the bounce and the soft mat makes a perfect combination. Not sure if this is the case for you, I have yet to find any solutions =(

I recently purchased one of them. So far it's been good, I really like the shoulder straps!

Before I took lessons I lift my left foot, because it felt comfortable. When I took my first lesson that was one of the things I was asked to fix. Felt weird at first, but after I got used to it, don't really notice it anymore.