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If your course ever runs along a public street you could always try selling them there. I played at a course recently where you need to pass through a neighborhood to jump holes. Setup right on the street was a guy selling used golf balls out of the back of his truck. I've also played at a course where a homeless gentleman was walking through the trees picking up balls and selling them. I tossed the guy a few bucks. At least he was trying to make an honest buck.

It's sad but I have the exact opposite problem. I play at one course at least 3 times a week and for some reason it's just in my head and can never post a great round. Whenever I play anywhere else even for the first time I put up much better scores. I guess my problem is that I know where I shouldn't be hitting the ball so obviously those spots are like magnets for me. Talk about frustrating . My home course is a short par 66 but very narrow and basically a dog track where everything is a bad lie. I put up the same scores when I play a par 72 rated with a much higher slope rating. Oh yeah I hate this game haha

Oh yeah and I'm ready to be attacked for my opinion here but I've even heard these same comments from instructors. The problem is that I've had two instructors at one course both make the comment about each other haha

I guess part of my problem with instructors is the bad luck I've had finding one. I've taken about 10 lessons with 3 different instructors myself. I'm also a new golfer and didn't play my first round of golf til January of this year. I'm currently playing to a 14.3 handicap. To be honest I think the instructors I visited did more to hurt my game rather than to help it. Now don't get me wrong I'm sure there's some great instructors out there. The problem is that the majority that I've met are looking to pad their pocketbook rather than teach you the basics. Here is an example I had an instructor start off my first lesson by changing my grip and posture. Then he tells me we need to work on this alone for the next 4-5 weeks before moving on. I figured ok this guys knows what he's talking about so I'll play along. Over the next 4 weeks I had 4 lessons with him basically talking about the exact same thing. I could have just spent the time on the range rather than paying 50.00 each week to have him repeat the previous lesson. Then after 4 lessons he completely changed his lesson and wanted me to change my grip back to what I had been doing originally. Now I know this is just one guy but ive seen this with both of the other instructors I've worked with and heard the same tone from others I've interviewed. Unless you plan on working for the tour a lesson a week in my opinion is overkill. It takes far more than a week for anything to sink in and become natural. I'm in search of an instructor I can visit when my swing falls apart. The type of guy I can walk in and say I'm slicing the ball and he'll make the fix and I'm done. Not a guy that wants to put me on a pocket emptying lesson plan that'll take 6 months for him to teach what could be done in 6 weeks.

Welcome!! Hello from a fellow golfer from your neighboring OC. I have mixed feelings about instructors so I'll hold my comments.

I just had my putter cut down 1 1/2 inches from 35" and they just cut it down from the butt section and regripped normally. I would have done it myself but like you was nervous so I had a local club builder do it. He said that with some shafts you have the option to remove length from either end however he always recommends removing from the butt section.

I will be taking this article to my local course and handing it to them. I play at a course where the maintenance workers never give way to golfers and will sit on the greens edge or in the center of the fairway when players are teeing off. It seriously gets in my head as I'm always worried about hitting into them. Maybe this will get their managers attention and change their ways.

A 4 and 5 Callaway FT-IZ hybrid. Two pairs of Nike Tech pants and two pairs of FJ full length socks. Damn don't like that it's getting cold here in Cali!!!

Seemore offers more than just a center shafted putter though. I play a center shafted though for the reasons you mention however they now offer several styles as well as putters with inserts and without. Great customer service as well.

I play a seemore putter and absolutely love it. It made a huge improvement in my putting and have suggested them to several friends who have now switched to seemore. I honestly don't use the red dot anymore but when I first bought it I did. The only time I catch myself using it now is when practicing.

I know what you mean about the 24 and the short game haha. I wish I had a great short game. I'm just too inconsistent. One day I'm throwing darts from 60 yards out and sinking puts like the ball was on a track. Unfortunately those days are few and far. My comment came more from him stating he had a terrible short game. If you want your handicap to drop you can't have a terrible short game. Especially drop into the single digits. Three putting also needs to be the exception and not the rule. From your comments I doubt your short game is terrible. True you can't be losing balls on every hole or chunking every other approach shot but still the short game has to be better than terrible.

Sad to say but if your short game is terrible like you say I don't see you at a 9. Also two rounds doesn't make all that much of a difference. I'm a 16 and I've had two consecutive rounds 7 and 8 over par. My handicap isn't a 8 now haha. Just hang in there though and set small goals. You'll see the shots dropping if you just keep at it. And work on the short game!!! That's what separates the 12's from the single digit guys.

Honestly that distance shouldn't really hurt you as long as you can hit the ball straight. I play with some guys in their 70's and 80's who hit driver 160-200 however their consistently down the center of the fairway. Their some damn good players though and handicap in the high single digits. They do however stay away from the extremely long courses in the 7000 range. Just play to your strengths and don't be ashamed to hit from the whites.

I have the R9 supertri with a fubuki alpha 60X shaft. Expensive but ooh sooo nice!! Why? Because I was good and needed a lower spinning shaft and lower ball flight which this shaft gave me.

Driver head : $250 driver shaft : $350 3 wood: $200.00 3 hybrid: $200.00 Irons 4-pw: $700.00 56 deg: $110.00 60 deg: $110.00 Putter: $130.00 Bag: $200.00 Damn that hurts when you add it all up. Doesn't even include my backup driver and other clubs I have. Just what's in my bag.