Golf!

[DJD]

I don't play golf (maybe a couple times when I was younger) but I always get invited to play. Nobody ever invites me to go fishing!

Thats because your to good at fishing and sukk at golf!!! Just kidding man!

[Catfish Bob]

DJ ya only lost one ball Sounds like your doing quite well.

[DJD]

DJ ya only lost one ball Sounds like your doing quite well.

hahaha no doubt! That's an advantage when you don't hit it far!
We held up the group behind us because we were looking for balls from our group. I see the advantage of driving a ball 300 yards but man when it doesn't go where you want it I think it loses that advantage. I saw several Callaway balls get lost which had to hurt.....what do those balls cost???
My instructor has me paying alot of attention to the short game and the more I learn about the game the more I see its a major part of my play. You potentially get 18 shots with a driver and a few with some woods but the remainder of strokes are with irons. I'm just a novice but it makes sense to me to pay alot of attention to the short game. I know there are more nuances to the game but that will come. Ohhh and I won't play with any balls that aren't cheap or found while looking for other balls....I think I have about 5 different makes right now that are used and the ones they gave us! I don't have a game yet so a used ball can't hurt me!!

[parker]

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I love golf! Got a new Burner 3 wood yesterday. Now I got my eye on an adjustable driver!

[DJD]

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I love golf! Got a new Burner 3 wood yesterday. Now I got my eye on an adjustable driver!

After you posted I read about that and it sounds like a good idea! Of course I'm not ready for something like that but man being able to adjust for a bad swing stage, age, injuries or maybe weather? Sounds almost to good to be true!
I was using some Nike driver (Sasquatch, Bigfoot?) hahaha I don't know but it looks like the bill of a hat it's so big!!
Im just using borrowed clubs right now but I can see going all in one day.

[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.

[RoadToad]

I might have posted this before, but it belongs on this thread. Careful, the language is a little strong. It's Robin Williams, after all...

[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]

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.

[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.