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Thanks a lot. That's the one!

Wow, Thanks for all of the suggestions. Which is the best between Schaumburg, Pine Medows, or Cantigny?

Hey, I'm shopping for a gift and want to get someone a few rounds of golf near their home. What are some nice courses near Roselle, IL?

I start out with my PW one handed. Once I can make solid contact with each arm, then I try it two handed. Once I grab the stick with two hands, it feel like cheating. The other thing I do is hit a few balls with a club, then switch. Switch targets, switch clubs, switch ball flights, switch anything. Just pounding golf balls does very little in comparison to switching it up. Also, hit a few balls, and then take a break. You never hit 150 golf shots in a row and I would venture to say that very few people can effectively do that. Fatigue will come into play after several swings and technique will slip out the window.

I had the very same problem this season. I could sissy hit my driver straight ~200 yards, but if I got into it I sliced so badly that when the ball hit the ground it no longer rolled away from me, it rolled right. My goal this year was to be able to get a decent 300 yard drive (I throw around weight like it is empty). My last few games this season, I had it figured out. I quit lunging at the ball and was even able to crank on the club like I thought I should be able to do. I still have the same club........ I know from recent experience. If you fix your swing with a club that is plaguing you, you will gain confidence that a new club can never give.

Well, if I was the most targeted person on the field, I would want the most protective gear. While an OK athlete may be good with optimum gear, a great athlete will excell with whatever gear is given to them. Part of the evolution involves managers accepting slightly slower passers that can play every game of the season.

This is a important point. The players are much bigger, faster, and stronger than they were 20 years ago. This means that the QB player has to evolve. The QB has to get smarter, faster, sneaker, and tougher than they were 20 years ago. There has been a mild movement towards this with Vick/Young/Tebow. These QBs are not always aplauded for thier lazer lightning arm, but they can take a hit, or dish one out if need be. This would force an evolution towards quarterbacks that are tough like Farve playing through pain and being good (not this year) at it. It would reduce the squeeky little whining b&^ches of QBs like E. Manning that can't slide at the end of a run without forcing his own fumble. Imagine a world where Christian Okoye is taking the snap, and he protected the ball till he found someone to pass it off to. Defense evolves, O. Line evolves, play calling evolves, clock management evolves, QBs evolve......... seems fair.

Back when I was 13 I thought I was safe off to the side of a tee box. I was about that far forward of the player teeing off and got hit just below the ribs by a nasty hook. I will claim that that bruise looks like the same one I received. In two days I will guarantee it turned purple and the pain got worse. I didn't squirm on the ground like that little girl did though. I also finished my round.

I play with a group at work......... I'm salery and we take off work to play. So, I guess the more golf I play the more my hourly rate goes up!!

Where is that Bam driver video? I was expecting to see it here?

That is what I intend to do. I looked at a couple of pairs at the pro shop last night and if you take the cleats off the tread left is still very aggressive. I would like to find a pair that I can take the cleats off on the front half, but I will have to look around to see if I can find a very moderate tread design left when the cleats are out.

I played again tonight and I noticed again more so with my driver and also my 4 I. I was cleaning up with the long iron and on the last hole I even tried a full all out drive on a hole that did a slight dogleg right. The speed that it all happened in would normally send the ball into the right woods, but it gently veered ~290 and stayed on the fairway. When the beauty happens I get done with my swing and my pelvis is pointed to my target. I will have to see if I can find some slick bottomed (my Vans are really worn out) golf shoes with cleats on the heel. Maybe I'll just get some nice dress shoes.......... watch me fall trying! !

My golf shoes were recently stolen, so I've been playing in my Vans. I have had a pair of golf shoes since I bought my first set of clubs 7 years ago. I really missed the traction walking up and down to the greens for the last couple of weeks, but I've discovered that I think I don't like cleats on the ball of my rear foot during my swing. I have struggled with my follow through for the last few months and discovered that I am not getting a good turn with the hips. In my Vans, I get good rotation and my back foot ends up nicely rotated effortlessly. My hips point exactly where I think they should at the end of my swing with this freedom of the foot. I am thinking about getting new golf shoes for the traction and taking the cleats off of the front of each one. Is this obsurd? Ever feel like the cleats limit the freedom of your swing?

Sounds like you are having the baby version of what I have. When I hit my driver the slice is controllable, but the ball runs right. I know that my issue is cause by a combination of lunging, collapsing the left arm, letting off the gas at impact, and looking up. I would guess that you have a slight case of one of these things on the long irons. Check that.

My follow-through is horrid. I lunge at the ball. I collapse the left elbow. I loose attention and attack tempo. I Finish by pulling my head up and having a great view of the slice that just happened. When it goes bad, the ball hits the ground and has so much side spin that it runs to the right. When it goes well, even I'm impressed. My irons are ok, but right now I miss almost every fairway. I actually hit the green from 150 in most of the time, so getting a good drive will be my ticket to a 18 handicap for next season.