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Oui ca fait Chier le froid mais les filles a Montreal sont juste trop belle. Thanks for the input guys I do do a full stretching program at the gym 5 days a week, though flexibility is not a problem in my game (4 years of competitive paintball helped there). I really like the head cover drill seeing as it doesn't take too much space, thanks.

I know its a bit late but for me up here in Canada I still have another two months before golf starts. I play university golf and am training to make the competition team. My current training regime: Minimum 100 puts a day on my little 10 foot putting mat-return ball devices (concentrating on stroke of course) Gym 5 days a week full golf strength and balance (and flexibility) training (luckily our golf coach is the schools head of fitness) Friday a full 2 hour practice hitting about two buckets of balls (with coach and V1 analysis) Try to get another 2 hour practice without coach and V1 every week Every couple of weeks try to get to a golf simulator and shoot a round, (tough without a car and clubs+subway= bad) If you have any suggestions of things I can add to my regime I would appreciate the advice.

Ogio Bags are cool but they are not the most comfortable on your back and the legs are horrible. Taylormade bags are great, light,great legs and comfortable on your back with good storage. Titleist bags are amazingly comfortable on your back, very light, good legs but the storage is a bit lacking.

Scotty Cameron doesn't want people screwing with his putters. Ever wonder why his putters are so perfectly balanced? Its because he puts the perfect weights for the shape of his putters. If you want a different feel or you want it more toe or heel weighted send it in to Scotty's custom shop with a description of what you want changed and Scotty will make sure it's done right.

I work at a golf course's pro shop and help a lot of people buy their new iron sets. Most people ask me why a player would want the expensive "hard to hit" player's irons. My response is always the same, we want irons with a soft feel (something very tough to describe to someone that has never played with softer clubs), we need clubs we can work the ball with (shorter blade length makes hitting draws and fades much easier) and we think we look cool with them (admit it having a nice set of clubs in your bad makes you look cool). A player that is still struggling with their swing shouldn't worry about how their clubs feel, shouldn't be trying to work the ball left or right (hitting it straight is the ultimate goal) and with a horrible game having a cool looking set doesn't change the fact you have a horrible game. My suggestion to you is forget long irons, replace a 3 and 4 iron with hybrids, I am a good player and I use my hybrid everywhere from chipping to sand traps. Get cavity back irons but don't get shovels my suggestions would be the Cobra S2s, Titleist AP1s, Taylormade Burners or Callaway Big berthas. The most important thing is the shaft, if you don't get the right shaft for your swing it doesn't matter what head you have the clubs will not work well for you. If your not great at shafts Ill give you a simple guide Swing speed- under 80mph look at regular graphite shafts - 80-90 regular steel shafts - 90-105 stiff steel shafts - 105+ x stiff steel shafts Weight Light=high trajectory Heavy=Low trajectory Kickpoint Low=high trajectory High= low trajectory Example your swing speed is 85mph and you need help getting the ball in the air: Cobra S2s with Dynamic Gold SL R300

Where's the love for the AP2s come on they are gorgeous.

I have returned a bunch of clubs and being as forgetful as i am I usually forget a club a week on a hole and I've always gotten them back. Its rare around here to have a club stolen... That's why I love living in Canada, the 9 month winters kind of suck though.

If you check on ebay for a company called knetgolf they sell all kinds of used golf balls. I know what your thinking, but I ordered 36 ProV1s (2009) for around $40 (free shipping too) and they were great. 90% were pretty much brand new all that was missing was that oily feel from when you take them out of there sleeves. The other 10% had either what was left of the ink from the markings that someone put on it (a good idea for anybody that doesn't already do it) or very very minor scuffs.

The fact that you figured that out is great, most golfers will go their playing lives with out discovering that. We'll take my father for example he is a 30ish handicapper, he hits a nice drive usually followed by an okay approach shot but put a sand wedge in his hands and ask him to chip and expect him to take at least three tries at it before its on the green. Even with that horrific chipping game he will still play a par 4 drive->approach (which always lands 10 yards from the green)->chip->chip->chip->putt->putt->putt. Since he refuses to practice the last round we played last year (which is in late July if you've never been to Montreal lol) I told him to drive the ball the hit an approach shot to fifty yards from the pin since I knew he was fairly good at that 3/4 PW swing. He shot an 85 the best round of his life. Your theory of play to your strengths is not only true for weaker players, I consider my self a good player (the only reason my handicap is more than 4 or 5 is because I 4 putt from 4 feet, I know... I am working on it) I usually hit 80% of fairways and 70% of greens in a day but I myself will hit an approach shot on a par 5 to 50-75 yards from the green instead of 25-50 because from 25-50 yards I struggle to put enough spin on the ball to really put the ball in tight.

I agree with everybody saying use a 3 wood or hybrid/iron off the tee but that gets boring fast like the saying goes "you drive for the show and putt for the dough" well show is fun too. My suggestion is go see a golf pro, I know that some can be annoying and want to change everything but if your comfortable with the rest of your game just tell the pro that you just want to fix your driver. One possible Problem is your driver is not matched up for you as well. If you have a 120 mph swing speed and are using a senior shaft then you could be the best player in the world and still struggle to keep it in the fairway. Go see a club fitter with your driver and ask if the shaft is right for you.

University student (Electrical Engineering) at Ecole de Technologie Superieur (ETS) in Montreal

Gloves... lots and lots of gloves... wilson/staff were on sale for $7.99 each so I bought 4, and a sleeve of Pro V1s for putting practice (university team) for $15.00 yikes... Cant wait for sponsorship to come in :)

1. Arrive on time for a tee time and don't waste time before starting 2. Replace divots, fix ball marks and rake sand traps (Course Maintenance) 3. Respect other player's concentration don't make sound in his pre-shot routine or his swing (not even whispering) 4. Don't walk in other players' putting lines and watch your shadow around the green 5. Let players play through if they are obviously faster than you These may not be the most important rules to everybody but in my opinion they are the ones that most people need reminding of the most. The rules I listed are ones that I have problems (with others breaking my rules, obviously) with at the courses that I play (struggling university student... so cheap public courses). For those arguing that it is important to dress properly for golf I completely agree with you. Why not take pride in the way you look on the course? I'm 21 years old and you'll never see me in anything but proper slacks and nice polos (color coordinated of course).