Golf!

[MrSplitshot]

I know a guy who could play 18 holes with nothing but an old 7-iron and a putter...and probably beat every one of us here. The short game is where it's at!

You're doing the right thing worrying about the driver later. If you can get good with the short irons and dial them in, then learn fundamentals of chipping from around the green...those two areas and the putter is where you score. Smoking a drive 300 yards down the middle is cool, but doesn't mean jack if you can't get on the green and putt. Big drives with no short game to seal the deal would be the equivalent of having a G-Loomis NRX with a shiny new Chronarch, casting a Crankbait 75 yards, and having no treble hooks on it.

[MrSplitshot]

By the way, Don, I think you should sell me some of your Loomis rods so you can buy some clubs. I'll give you $50/ea. LOL

Seriously though, I do have a Taylor Made Burner driver that you are welcome to take and use for nothing. It's 5 years old and I retired it when I bought my new adjustable Titleist last year. It's a good driver, forgiving, Reg Flex Shaft, 10.5 Degree loft. It's leaned up in the corner of my garage and hasn't been hit in a year. It would make you a good driver to practice with and not worry about screwing it up. It was a $250 driver new 5 years ago, but now the exchange places won't give you anything for them, so I've just kept it around as a backup.

[DJD]

By the way, Don, I think you should sell me some of your Loomis rods so you can buy some clubs. I'll give you $50/ea. LOL

Seriously though, I do have a Taylor Made Burner driver that you are welcome to take and use for nothing. It's 5 years old and I retired it when I bought my new adjustable Titleist last year. It's a good driver, forgiving, Reg Flex Shaft, 10.5 Degree loft. It's leaned up in the corner of my garage and hasn't been hit in a year. It would make you a good driver to practice with and not worry about screwing it up. It was a $250 driver new 5 years ago, but now the exchange places won't give you anything for them, so I've just kept it around as a backup.

Sounds good man, thanks! Maybe we can get out and play soon.

[parker]

By the way, Don, I think you should sell me some of your Loomis rods so you can buy some clubs. I'll give you $50/ea. LOL

Seriously though, I do have a Taylor Made Burner driver that you are welcome to take and use for nothing. It's 5 years old and I retired it when I bought my new adjustable Titleist last year. It's a good driver, forgiving, Reg Flex Shaft, 10.5 Degree loft. It's leaned up in the corner of my garage and hasn't been hit in a year. It would make you a good driver to practice with and not worry about screwing it up. It was a $250 driver new 5 years ago, but now the exchange places won't give you anything for them, so I've just kept it around as a backup.

Mind telling which Driver exactly you got? Pros and Cons? I have looked at so many I cant make my mind up.

[MrSplitshot]

My current driver is the Titleist 910D2, which has the adjustable head. Of the Titleist drivers, it's the most forgiving. I hit it pretty decent, but honestly didn't pick up too much yardage over my old Taylor Made...maybe 5-10 yards on average. The adjustable head does make a difference, because there are a couple configurations that I flat out can't hit. lol. But what I have found is that I find the configuration that I hit best and never change it, in which case the adjustable head was kind of pointless for a player like me. I have old Titleist 908F fairway woods that I've yet to find anything new worthy of replacing them with.

Everything in my bag is a Titleist, except for my putter...but if I had it to do over again, I might have just stuck with Taylor Made for the big gun. I like my driver, but am not in love with it. I think you get to a certain point with technology where a driver is a driver and it's just more about how it feels and looks to you...much like expensive fishing rods.

[know1]

I used to golf a lot, but haven't golfed more than about once per year the last 13 years or so.

I am kind of interested in getting back into it. I played nine holes a few weeks ago and my score wasn't too bad.

But...I played in a scramble on Friday and was terrible.

[parker]

My current driver is the Titleist 910D2, which has the adjustable head. Of the Titleist drivers, it's the most forgiving. I hit it pretty decent, but honestly didn't pick up too much yardage over my old Taylor Made...maybe 5-10 yards on average. The adjustable head does make a difference, because there are a couple configurations that I flat out can't hit. lol. But what I have found is that I find the configuration that I hit best and never change it, in which case the adjustable head was kind of pointless for a player like me. I have old Titleist 908F fairway woods that I've yet to find anything new worthy of replacing them with.

Everything in my bag is a Titleist, except for my putter...but if I had it to do over again, I might have just stuck with Taylor Made for the big gun. I like my driver, but am not in love with it. I think you get to a certain point with technology where a driver is a driver and it's just more about how it feels and looks to you...much like expensive fishing rods.

The Titleist is a driver I never looked at. Will check it out.

[DJD]

It was pointed out to me that I have a Golf Addiction! Hahaha all because......my two monitors in my office are being used for work stuff "" so I had to bring my IPad in and view the "live" action from the US Open.....Think I got more done this way!! I mean some folks like music in the background I just had video....Sometimes priorities just have to be set!!

[parker]

I know a guy who could play 18 holes with nothing but an old 7-iron and a putter...and probably beat every one of us here. The short game is where it's at!

You're doing the right thing worrying about the driver later. If you can get good with the short irons and dial them in, then learn fundamentals of chipping from around the green...those two areas and the putter is where you score. Smoking a drive 300 yards down the middle is cool, but doesn't mean jack if you can't get on the green and putt. Big drives with no short game to seal the deal would be the equivalent of having a G-Loomis NRX with a shiny new Chronarch, casting a Crankbait 75 yards, and having no treble hooks on it.

I almost bid on a set of Ping Eye 2 clubs that had G-Loomis shafts on ebay. They sold for 200$ but man I have too many as it is.