I am fortunate to have new clubs.  The new A12 pro idea by Adams irons.  I have been breaking them in.  I noticed that I had lost distance even though I was hitting them solid and well.  Confused, I starting to talk to my friends and learned that many club makers have no consistency when it comes to loft and lie angles from club to club.

Last year I played the Nike VR pro full cavity.  So I went to the their website and looked at the specs and found out the new clubs I have are two degrees weaker and a half degree flatter.  Now I know why I have lost distance.  My seven iron is last years 8 iron.  I am going to have my clubs bent to be stronger all the while keeping the lie angle and offset.  You have to be careful that you do not make the clubs more offset and close the face by mistake.  So go to a trusted club fitter and maker that will take all those concerns in mind.

I encourage you all to try being more creative with your shots at times.  Not all the time just when the mood strikes you or your required to be a bit brave.  This will allow you to have more fun and focus less on score.  Practicing with creative shots is more fun and leads to more creativity.  The Masters requires a magical shot to win it.  Its seems that Jack, Larry Mize, Tiger, Phil, Bubba, etc. have the creativity and the strength to try.  Not care about the result and go for it.  Give up control to gain control.  Try it and let me know how it works out.  Have fun!

Tim Price's article on Golf 2.0 shows the failure built into the plan. Cost of rounds in $$ and time are huge factors - especially for people who see golf as recreational entertainment more than active sport. Price's analysis has the usual good points and a few different ones. But like most others I have read, no one mentions the evolution of golf to riding entertainment as a cause of the LOSS of participants.

1. Increased cost: It is hard to find a course that does not "include" the cart in the green fee, so many who walk are automatically paying a penalty. And carts may add income by increasing the "total fee," but I'd like to see the real cost of carts on maintenance and design of courses.

Hi Dirters, and Happy Holy Days!

I'm working on an idea about helping young golfers turn pro, especially proven talents coming out of college onto the pro circuits without substantial parental capacity or other assistance meeting the demands of event entry fees, caddie fees, equipment and training costs, and travel, lodging, and meals expenses. The idea is to get many people vested in the young pro's career and for many people to help in small amounts, either by direct support gifts of modest size or by dedicating some proceeds of product sales or teaching revenue to the support effort. (And if anyone wants to sponsor and help arrange a clinic for me to teach at your club, we can cover expenses and dedicate at least half the balance to this project as well.)

Certified 14 new coaches since June, now 106 in 18 countries! Most recently Allen Terrell, Head Golf Coach at Coastal Carolina, Conway / Myrtle Beach SC, and next Michael Shelton from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia in Orlando.

Learning how to caddy on the Future tour, PGA PAT rounds, the SunCoast Tour, and LPGA Qualifying School (Stages II and III).

This is a segment from a book I am writing called "Lost in Golf History." This chapter is called "who can you blame"...which covers just about every aspect of the game of golf and who is responsible for the rule in place.
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Have you ever wondered why the golf hole is 4 1/4" wide? Perhaps the question popped into your head when you lipped out a putt to record your best ever round...or perhaps a lipped out putt cost you a match or you first chance to break 80. The game of golf is full of surprises and some rather quirky stories behind nearly every rule.

One of my all-time favorite golfers, a man who would most definitely deserves to be on the Mount Rushmore of Golf, was a man of small stature but great ability. His name was Allan Robertson.

The majority of the golfing public has never heard the name Allan Robertson and yet without him the game of golf at the professional level might be unrecognizable. Allan Robertson never won a major, but it could be argued that without him Ben Hogan wouldn't have won one either...or anyone else for that matter.

This document was originally written by request for the USGA Golf Museum. This article is the unedited version.

The Match of the Century

By: Connor T. Lewis

In 1926 Walter Hagen and Bobby Jones were at the pinnacle of their golfing years. Hagen had established himself as the greatest golfer of the professional ranks, and Jones had become the best in the amateur ranks and as many thought, the best in the world.

The idea of Jones and Hagen meeting each other mano-e-mano was quite the tempting proposition.

Step 3 - The Feet

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