GoBlue96

Your practice routine is good except I would practice more with your shorter clubs and especially your putter. You aren't going to use your driver nearly as much as your wedges and short irons especially as a beginner, mostly because you aren't going to stick the green from 125-150+ shots as an average beginner. With that in mind, practice accordingly, focus more on the clubs you're going to use more often.

No idea if this is good or bad, probably just means I'm really fat, but I have a BMR of 2479.6. Does that mean I can take in that many calories and still lose weight? That doesn't seem possible, because I know that 2479.6 is a lot of calories.

Anyone know a good amount of calories to be taking in? I'm 5'10'' if that helps.

I swear this game likes to mess with your mind... don't know about you guys, but when I'm driving the ball well, I could kick my iron shots further, if my short game is clicking, I might as well just drop a ball 50 yards into the trees, my tee shot is going to end up there anyway. Anyone else experience this on a regular basis? It really makes you respect what the Tour pros can do week in and week out, even if their not playing their greatest golf.

Is it just me, or all of the OP's posts reading "a"? Did he edit them because he realized he was completely out of line?

Thanks, I read these and I'm leading towards a Sun Mountain after doing some research, partly because it'll keep me happy for a long time, partly because I found out a local golf store has SV1s in stock.

Grant, I pm'd you so we can continue our conversation there, and as for anyone else who walks with a push cart, any recommendations? It doesn't have to be top of line, just solid enough so that I won't have to replace it next year. Also, what stores can you buy/find them in? Should I be looking at online stores, golf stores, sporting goods stores, or all of the above?

I just found a PING ball playing a local course, and like sean_miller says, they are two-tone, and terrible... The one I found was pink and white, I just tossed it to my Grandma(who hits anything), and said "it's yours".

Nice to see another downriver resident on the forums Matt! I live in Taylor on the weekends when I go to my Dad's house, and during the week when I'm with my Mom, only 10 minutes from Lake Erie, and it's a great course, really fast greens though.

Hey guys, It sucks to admit this, but I'm pretty huge(fat)... It impacts me in more way then one, and I feel like I should make a change now in high school while I still can. I love golf and see it as the perfect opportunity to help me shed the pounds, I think combining a game I love with a goal I feel really passionate about will be that magic formula for weight loss everyone looks for. I'm just looking for tips and maybe some support, thinking about starting a journal in this part of the forum to help document my goal. I'm about 5' 10", any idea what a good weight to shot for would be? I'm still only a freshman in high school so I'm most likely going to grow but, it would be nice to have a solid target now that I can reassess later if I get taller. Finally even though I'm only 14, reading articles on this forum have made me seriously consider getting a nice push cart, I think it would do infinitely more for my game than a new club or something in that category, any recommendations on a nice push cart that I'll get my money's worth out of? I'm willing to drop some dough, I'm very serious about losing weight, too many failed attempts are inspiring me to really push through and lose it this time. Thanks for reading, it hurts to say it but I need help, any would be appreciated, thanks in advance! -Jake

You don't have to hit the clubs just ask the pro to pull one of the irons off of the rack so you can see how it looks at address. Then when you know which looks you like, try to find a demo day on a non busy day. At least then you will know what clubs you want to hit.

Not to flame or anything, but you play once a year and shoot low 80's with a 1 handicap? Something doesn't add up correctly man, once again not trying to be a troll or a flamer, but if you want to ask for advice, you don't have to hide behind a veil, we are all golfers here. In respect to your question, I'd say head to your local golf store and ask to demo some irons, everybody thinks their own way and sees things differently, so an iron that looks the way you described to one person might look completely different to you, and if your clubs were stolen years ago, it might not hurt to play game improvement irons to get back in the game, you don't want to quit because you can't play your clubs as well as you would like. Good luck on the course.

I kid you not, I read this thread 2 days ago, then yesterday, kissed the last 2 holes of my round goodbye because I ran out of balls, I really need to stop being a hacker...

Man, you're fine, the place I go to practice I've never even played the back 9, only the front 9 twice this weekend, but I've practiced multiple times. If you really feel bad about it, buy a bucket and hack away at the range, then practice chipping and putting, that's what I do. I know where you're coming from, I'm a fellow hacker, and am taking the lessons route, I figure it's better to shell out the cash on lessons, then on frustrating rounds that do nothing for you but make you angry. Good luck in the future and I hope all goes well!

Hello, Just wanted some friendly advice, my birthday is coming up in around 2 months, and I wanted to get a new putter, the putter I have right now is a box set putter, and I just don't like the putter, end of story. It doesn't look right at address for me, the shaft doesn't look like it was put in correctly (I'm right handed, and it comes out of the hosel to right, correct me if I'm wrong, but it just doesn't look right), and because of this, I have no confidence in the thing. I was shopping around, and the new Methods with the red insert really got my attention, it felt great on the dinky little test green inside the store, it's a blade(which I prefer), it looks sharp, and I preferred it to all of the other putters in the store. Just looking for some thoughts on this, and some thought on if a new putter would really help that much. Also, what is the difference between 33', 34', and 35' putters?

Hello, I have a question for you guys, what is a practice schedule that is conducive to improvement in my golf game as a rookie, and also, as I'm only 14 easy on the wallet. I have access to a driving range($5 a bucket) and a practice green(free), as well as a few good courses. I was looking for a planner-like schedule that I could follow every week, so that I could be sure my meager funding would make it through, and, I know that short game is particularly important, but that is the best part of my game right now, and I would like to confidently hit my longer clubs, including my driver, any tips or drills for that area of my game? Thank you for the replies!

Same here, except I've never played before, I want to play highschool golf, and this will be my freshman year, so I'm really trying to learn a good amount before next spring. It really did seem to that everything started to click once you got the right grip didn't it? My grip helped fix my lower body during swings by helping to lock the elbow out and force my hips to rotate. All the crazy little things that throw off your swing, it's amazing!

That's eerie, I to had my first lesson today and went over the exact same things. Future greats play alike eh?

Thanks to everyone who posted, I've decided to go with a 5-pack of lessons, one on one with a pro, now I can take my first real steps in improving my game!

I was wondering what would be the best way to go about finding an instructor and what kind of money I would be excepting to drop for a lesson or two to correct my swing(I have a tendency to hit it right, so I figured before it becomes permanently part of my swing, I would like to have the matter rectified).

Sure I remember my first day of school, I woke up got dressed, felt excited to go to school got on the bus, went through the drill, and about 4 years later started to think just like every other kid that school sucked. But yes Moms enjoy that sort of stuff, mine still has a picture of like my first visit to Santa or something, and holds onto it like it's the last golf ball on Earth.

I'm a student, and three things come to mind June, July, and August, great time to brush up on the old golf skills!

I'd like to introduce myself to everyone at the sand trap, and thank you for establishing a great forum for golfers!

Yeah that's too bad that people at your course don't turn in clubs, I think it's just the spirit of the game to return that club. I've had that honor code branded into by my grandpa, and it only reinforced it after somebody returned my lost SW, even though I had only played two rounds with it.