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Chief, 100% agree. I know I had topped out with the swimming. Also know that the muscles needed to carry a body walking are different that those for swimming. To my defense the day I wrote the post it was 118* out and getting winded was going to be a given. Started taking every stair case in the building as I wander from meeting to meeting at at work, and doing a hike in the local mountians weekly and this is helping with the wind. I've also started looking into why my feet ache. Looks like I need some orthotics, or at least some shoe inserts. Hands sore appear to be the onset of arthritis.

Doc, Thats what the slope ratings are supposed to do. Even the field of players who play on different courses.

Thanks. I should have done a search. "TPI"?

I'm 53 and need to get into better shape. Don't tend to stick with programs as the goals just seem to arbitrary. "Get in shape to play better golf. Get in shape to play golf longer in my life" seem to be great motivators. I swim, at a pretty good clip, about a mile every day, but still get winded carrying my clubs on a hot So Cal day. Hands are sore, feet are sore, back is sore, generally just wore out. Looking for a good fitness program for golf. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry 10Foot. Didn't intend to come across strongly enough to warrent the reply. Apologies. I remember when I first moved back to the states when I got out of the Air Force. My brother was carrying a +1 Hcp at the time. He and I went round and round about Hcp calcuation. He swore it was calcuated the same as in bowling (based on actual average). He didn't really pay much attention and if he didn't need the hcp to complete in a lot of tournys, he wouldn't have even bothered. Thanks, Steve

Got the issue today. Peeked at the list, and actually consider myself lucky. I've played #40 Inverness once. It was a fun track. Not sure why it would be considered that high though. It's a pretty basic course. Decent greens. Nothing in it, stood out as remarkable.

If the above advice doesn't take. Please consider watching this. http://www.golf.com/golf/video/artic...720077,00.html

10foot, never make that assumption. Just because he pays attention to his game doesn't mean he pays attention to the ancillary stuff. I know a lot of good golfers that don't have a clue how a Handicap is calculated. Unlike handicaps in other sports, the handicap in golf is there to help measure your potential, not you average. As such, the low 10 rounds of the last 20 round are used. To see a bump in a handicap, a new score must bump one of the 10 low scores out of the last 20. I wrote the handicap system for the old US Air Force base in the Philippines in 1982. With the rudimentary programming tools we had back then it was a chore to get them figured right. And that was long before the Slope system. Thanks, Steve

Been listening to Skillet for years. Every since a month of Christian Rock was a class assignment for my son. Great band. A bit too heavy metal for me, but some great songs.

Exact same issue Jay. Just came back from 12 years off. First round 4 pars, Birdy and others. Second round. 2 pars, 1 birdy, and uglier others. Realized today at the range. More of my flexibility is returning and I'm over swinging the clubs. I've always done that and after 12 years the body wouldn't let me. Cut my back swing to "way under swinging", and brought back a lot of the accuracy I had the first week back.

Who cares. 50% of the reason I visit the site is Is2Linda's avatar.

Glanced through the 9 pages and didn't see these three. My brother taught me. "EA" - Elephants Ass - High and Stinky (apologies to the language police) "Look up, f' up" Heard this one time and have never lifted my head since. "The saddest words in golf they say, are 'Go ahead, you're still away!'"

The answer for me is yes! You should play with your shot tendency while on the course. But on the range get the slice, hook, or what ever fixed. As with every sport out there, there is a time for coaching/learning/instructing, and there is a time for playing.

Tried the golfgps program on my Storm. Screen wasn't bright enough to play and see easy. Let me know what you think.

Just returning from 12 years off. 2009 Goals - Started late Handicap: 15 GiR: 75% DiF: 75% Bi-Weekly Lessons 4 practice sessions a week 2 round a month

#2 Par 3, 182, pin in the back. Toed a 6 iron, ball ended up pin high but laying in the middle of the concrete cart path. Dropped. Pulled out 58*. Had an odd "feeling" before I even addressed the ball. Pitched it in for birdy. Lets not talk about the rest of the round.

Hi gang. I'm just returning from a long(12 year) hiatus from golf and am looking to fast track my recovery. So far, it's bi-weekly lessons, 5 afternoons a week on the range (splitting time, 1/3 driving/irons, 1/3 pitching/chipping, and 1/3 putting. And a couple of rounds. I've replaced the stuff that's been destroyed by 12 years in the garage in So Cal Desert heat. (Glove, shoes, etc). Looking where to turn next. My driver is 1 step above a persimmon. So considering a move there. Iron's were custom built and are ok. But considering pulling a couple of long irons and replacing with hybrids. Also looking at the GPS units. I've read a lot, and everyone (not many people) I talk to, who have used them swear by them. Thoughts? And I'm looking at a stats package. I know the site likes ScoreCard, so I won't ask for other recommendations. BUT.... Those of you who do track stats, which one's and why. Anyone have a gut feel to what percentage of golfers track stats? For those who don't, why? Don't care too? Too hard?

I tend to go back and forth on this. Depends usually if it's me in the rough or my playing partner. It's not a bad idea to play it by the rules in this case. Accept the penalty stroke for what it's there for. An incentive to keep it in the short grass.

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