Teklabz

Hey welcome back and good luck to you and finding your distance again! Also happy to hear your wife is doing well.

Then I wouldn't worry about the gaps, if you like the 56* better, seem to hit it better, put it in the bag and pull the 58! My guess is you like the look and feel of the CG15 more though, and that does count!

I suppose it does! My full time and part-time job (so about 60-70 hrs per week) and 1 kid (with another due in September, thankfully AFTER the summer!), and of course the disapproving spouse, limit my time as well.

and expect to be paired up I'd venture!

you must be busy to not be able to do both I guess. Or married with a less than supportive spouse! Like me : {

I know I've seen a lot of people adhere to the 4* gap rule with wedges, so yours seems pretty good to me, what's the degree of your PW? 48 usually. If so, a more ideal setup would be 52-56-60, which you said you already have a 56 you like and hit well. I guess the real issue is, do you hit them ok, and are the distances overlapping appropriately? If so, it doesn't matter what the loft is really. On a personal note, I see we hit the same putter, I love this thing, don't you?

Thanks for the reply Wu, I do plan to buy some lessons this spring/summer and look forward to it greatly! As for the mixed bag, from a lot of what I've been reading lately, sets might not always be the best answer, so my bag was designed to be appropriate for what I can hit well and have the appropriate overlap of distances. I just got most of them over the past few weeks so haven't really had a chance to work them at the range but plan to do so over the next few weeks. Great idea about getting fitted for shafts and lie angles, I will definitely do that, but unless I find that I can't hit a specific club or two, I plan to keep my mixed up set, that should be ok though, I think?

I am conscientious about my speed, but I shoot 110-120+ so taking three or 4 shots to reach par 4's and 5's, 2 shots to reach par 3's, I can't help it! I try to move as fast as I can, keep up with the group in front of me etc, but I want to get better too! That'll never happen if I hurry to the point of not practicing correctly, not holing out, hurrying my shots leading to even more bad shots etc. What is a player like me to do? I walk "briskly" between shots and make up my mind about club selection on the way at least!

Well we can't always be on our game, I wouldn't worry about it too much!

I'd suggest NJ or various towns in New York state for Golf magazine's courses ranked in the top 100. Or if you don't mind a longer drive, Hilton Head is wonderful for golf!

Wish I could help on this one, I have a similar situation with my driver. I want to get rid of the draw-bias, as I seem to have gotten rid of my slice-producing swing, so now everything hooks too far to the right instead of going left too far! How much to straighten out my draw bias y'all?

What he's describing sounds like a condition called Essential Tremor, and yes a beer or two or a beta blocker (usually taken for high blood pressure or arrythmias) does help. EDIT: a little evidence-based medicine for you: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/000762.htm

Where I'm from in Indiana, most people seem to drink it sweetened. Indiana thinks it's in the south by the way. And neighboring states think we're all a bunch of hicks anyway.

I guess he didn't get the joke

This is full of win

Good point here at the end, BUT sounds like he's not taking into consideration that you've barely been playing for the past 10 years, so with treating it as a full time gig, your handicap should drop quite a bit to where you ARE shooting in the upper 60's I would think. GO FOR IT!

This, except mine was on the Wii. Oh and watching last year's Masters Championship (I've only been playing one year, played 5 rounds last year, one 9 hole-round so far this year) Seriously, I'm so good on Tiger Woods '09, I feel that should somehow translate to lower scores on the course! But of course it doesn't : {

I love my hybrids as well, a 19*, a 23*, and a 29*. Long and straight (mostly!), from the tee, from the mat or grass. I love the way they feel in my hands, the sound and feel of solid impact, the way they look standing over them.

that's awesome!@ nice work!

Take a beta-blocker or drink two beers before hitting the green, that helps with what is called "essential tremor", hope it helps.

Hey welcome to the forum, and thanks for your service! Any chance to play out there while off duty?

I'd start by ADDING some wedges, an approach/gap wedge and a sand wedge. Most people seem to favor a 4 degree gap for these, so if your PW is 48*, then look for a 52* and a 56* I did the same thing last year and last week, replacing one or two pieces at a time, I started with my putter, then driver, then wedges (adding a lob wedge and replacing the SW), then irons one at a time as I found decent ones come up fairly cheap on Ebay.

Good comments all, I found them quite helpful. Hopefully the OP does as well!

For me, with irons, good crisp contact doesn't jar my hands. Otherwise it hurts just a little bit. With the driver it never jars my hands and hurts regardless of how the contact is.

Re: Anyone kicking themselves for not signing up for "Win with Phil" at Golfsmith? To respond to the original question, YES