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I would reccomend getting one tv for movies and one for your son. You can pick up a 32" LCD for pretty short money these days. I have found that it is tough to play certain games on the big boys - I have a 37" LCD and 50" plasma, and I rely on the LCD exclusively for Call of Duty. With a TV above a certain size, you tend to get "tunnel vision" on the center of the TV.

Nike Machspeeds maybe? I paid 500 new for my set, slightly used ones can be found on ebay for high 300s low 400s. They are extremely forgiving and ballflight is long with a pretty soft landing. I have stuck a lot more greens since switching from Cleveland TA5s.

How fast I play...on an open course, I'll go through 9 in an hour and 15 minutes walking,

There is an indoor place by my house called "Fore Season Golf" in Portland, Maine. I have not played there yet personally, but they've got pretty much the exact business you're looking for - indoor golf, simulator driving range, and food. If you call them up and ask how the putting works, I'm sure they'll fill you in.

Best distance/trajectory for me was the Nike Machspeed. Best feel was the Ping Rapture.

I hit the G15, i15, and a couple other hybrids on a launch monitor last week. The i15 was a lot less consistent than the G15 for me - on great hits, it flew about 5yds farther, but on bad mishits, it left the fairway. I think my longest hit with a G15 20* was about 150 and ~155 for i15. I preferred the Rapture as far as Pings go, it had a nice "click" on solid shots and was a bit more forgiving than either the G15 or I15. Oddly enough, the club I ended up going home with was the ugly duckling of the bunch. I absolutely crushed the Nike Machspeed - longest hit with it was about 12 yards longer than any of the competition. It sure is about the ugliest thing ever put on the end of a stick, though. If you want to keep an all-ping bag, I would reccomend the Rapture.

Personally, I always seem to hit my shots fat if I hinge early. I usually hinge right before the top of the backswing, when I time it right it feels like the club "floats" at the transition and I hit my shots 15-20% futher than with an early hinge. However, I'm far from a swing guru, so it might just be a case of different strokes for different folks.

Do both! I am from the Northeast and going to school in Florida was the best decision I ever made. It was a much better fit for me culturally, academically it was a little less pressure, and I pretty much had the time of my life while graduating with honors. I went to Florida Atlantic which is basically a safety school, but there are plenty of world-class universities down south (Duke, Miami, UF, etc).

I just picked out the 5-10 putters that I thought I would hit the best (based on looks), and putted 5 balls each from about 10 feet or so. I found the winner easily - 3 balls holed compared to at most 1 for the other putters.

Putter 4h 9i

About 160 with my 4H/4i... I lack the confidence to really go at a green with a 3 or 5 wood, I tend to shank those two off the grass if I am really pushing it distance-wise.

And that's not the end all of everything - my relationship with my father improved significantly after college. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, for sure.

I like to hit a 4H out of rough - the key for me is to treat it like a sand trap and swing without grounding my club. If you address the ball and try to drag it backwards through the rough, it'll wreck your swing.

58 on 9....rough day, I shot a 51 on the same course Monday, but today I couldn't get a consistent connection on my shots, felt like a major hacker.

Hit a 3-wood, thought it rolled into the water. Walked up and it was hung up in a bush just over the water. Took the one stroke for an unplayable lie, hit an 8-iron over the water, 8 foot putt for par. Pretty unbelievable for me, usually if I hit a bad drive I'm at double bogey or worse.

I don't have a problem with it. It's my first year of serious golf, so I usually hit from the whites and my buddies hit blues. If it's a casual round, I just let them tee off first, without regards to honors.

I got a Callaway Warbird in green at BJ's wholesale club for 62 bucks....same bag in grey was 80ish at Sam's Club.

I have the same problem. What has helped has been keeping a little more weight on my front foot and shortening my swing a hair. This has produced a bit of a distance gap between my 7i and 8, but I hit the high numbers straighter.

Mostly bad slices that bounce off a tree right into the middle of the fairway, once in a while when going at a pin I'll gauge the distance right but hit a shot that's real pure and 15-20 yards longer than usual and fly the green.

The course I usually play is 35 with a cart, 25 walking and it's pretty well kept, nice layout. The cheap course a little ways away is $12 for all you can play, they only have 9 holes though.

What flex do you have on your irons? I hit a stiff driver just fine but I had to back my hybrid down to a regular to hit smoothly off the grass.

You might be able to file a claim with UPS, but it'll take a lot longer than a week to get your money. My best bet is that the seller is going to take it back and then go after UPS for the money - been there, done that, it's not a fun process. Best to ask him to pay for expedited shipping back and an immediate replacement.

Take a look at the Nike Machspeed irons - I am a pretty high handicapper and I hit the G15, Rapture V2, Machspeed and Cleveland HB3 on a launch monitor. Nikes had the best overall distance and 2nd best dispersion after the Raptures which were a couple hundred bucks more. The clubfaces are super hot and shots seem to just fly off of them, even with mis-hits. Plus, they were on sale for 499.99 for 4-PW, SW at my local golf shop.

I would look into dropping the 3 wood for a 1 hybrid (15-16 degree). I recently made that change and I find the 1H to be easier to hit straight off both the fairway and tees.

Craigslist is a great place to look - I got a Nike sumo 4 hybrid and a Callaway FT-I 3 wood together for 70 bucks. I buy pretty much all my clubs off Craigslist/Ebay/forums, and it's worked out well for me so far.