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I hit a few buckets today, I have to say it really helped me. I bought the tones with video and a word document somplace on the web. Loaded up the tones on the ipod shuffle and off to the range this afternoon. I've been looking for something to still the voices in my head over the ball, this does it, and, as I hoped, the tempo made things work better in general. from pitching to the driver.... really felt good. Tee time at 8:06 tomorrow .... we'll see how it goes!

It's all relative, and I'm talking about simple assembly of components, not more advanced adjustments or club fitting for that matter. It's a personal decision and it matters if you're "handy with tools", compared to my other hobby, building and flying expensive toy sailplanes, gluing a shaft into head, cutting and gripping is indeed dirt simple, for me anyway. YMMV.....

I took the beginners clubmaking course at a local Golfsmith. I paid $15 and took the club home with me when I was done. I agree that time is indeed money, but gripping is just dirt simple, as is assembling any club for that matter.

Can anyone point me towards a range in the DFW area that has a grass tee area and proper range markers? I need someplace to go work out club distances, everywhere I've been has a few flags and that's about it.

Wow... I suspect as a new golfer I'll have lots of peaks and valleys. And I can't imagine any one tip is ever going to be a panacea. That said, this thread got me to look more closely at my grip. My left had was getting, well sloppy is the only way I can describe it. When I had a slight mishit the clubface would turn and ... zing! I did pay attention to my thumb postition, and my overall grip, I also moved away from the interlocked, even though I was used to it, I got more hand surface are on the club by going to the overlap. Long story short, solid shots on my P, 7, 5 and driver. Good stuff!

So I came across an add for a in-ear gadget that looked like a blue tooth headset. The idea was it played a tone that you could use to set tempo with the swing. Seems like instead of the $80+ bucks I might find an MP3 file for the range with the ipod. Anyone have any suggetions?

Ah very interesting... I'll give it a go!

I'm planning on dropping by either the local PGA Superstore or another indoor range to have a go with some video analysis. Now that I'm hitting the ball more consistently I'd also like to document my distances, problem is the ranges I hit don't have markers. I do now have a gps program for the smart phone, but it will take time to develop the data. Are simulators in any way reliable for measuring club distance?

Got it, illustration helps... thanks

Really is true, I'm new as well and what used to comfound me a month ago is second nature. Invest in the lessons, I promise you it will steeping the learning curve and prevent you from ingraining bad habits.

So could someone point me towards a definition of a cupped wrist? I presume it's breaking the wrist in the wrong plane. His cupping different from hinging>

Maybe I should have put one of these in there... I'm nowhere near 300 yards .... Point being, it felt like I crushed it, and I did. once I figure out how to get the clubf ace square.....

[QUOTE= - don't get waylaid with quick fixes, which often work against each other in the long run.![/QUOTE] Couldn't agree more.... I'm going to stick with the Haney method, sometimes it takes seeing things from a different angle... Off to the range

Actually I've been looking at Snakeyes, Python or Viper. The driver and fairway wood have worked out very well. A few monts ago I went to an introductory club building course, dirt simple (not fitting, just assembly). I have been fitted for clubs, but to be honest, I'm still building a swing. Do NEED a hybrid? don't know, but I've hit a few from buddies bags and like them. At this point I'm still learning the basics and I've kept my bag simple. Solid set of irons, good driver one fairway wood. I won't learn about hybrids if I don't have one...

Thanks guys good advice... I'll pickup a 3 Hybrid and go from there....