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    Anyone else start with hickory shafts?

    My first clubs were wooden driver, brassie, 5 iron and very low loft iron (which was used as a putter). i clearly recall the head of the wooden driver breaking off during a shot which turned out to be reasonably good! And oh the small balls, Penfold Ace, Dunlop Warwick, Slazenger Star...
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    Fairway woods

    Agree totally - great advice.
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    From mid handicap to scratch.

    Keep going mate - it will all fall into place. I have always found that playing golf absolutely alone is a great way to see what you can really do when free from the distraction of others, rushing, marking a card (the hardest thing). A great bit of advice I was given once was to "always hit the...
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    Fatal flaw? Cupped wrist. How many use it.

    The analysts did go on to point out that each wrist position had to be accompanied with a different release pattern in the hips/body and they could work only with a particular release. So there is no "one right way". Personally I have struggled for years with a cupped wrist, maybe a weak grip...
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    From mid handicap to scratch.

    A good book for you to read --- Dream On: One Hacker's Challenge to Break Par in a Year. Author John Richardson Good luck in your quest.
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    Where do they stay?

    @ Foxholer ?
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    Where do they stay?

    "A friend of a friend"? There are a lot of stories floating about re these "offers". Afraid I am very sceptical re these.
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    Where do they stay?

    It is a subject that my friends and I have been wondering about for many years? Where do they all stay? Who does the bookings - not only the stars with management teams but the young pros just making it on to the tour? Last minute travel arrangements? How do they manage their laundry? How many...
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    Mike Malaska

    I am also a great Malaska fan. Always struggled to get a full clubhead release. With the "hands down, clubhead out" thought I now can feel a faster hand release. He talks a lot of sense. Been watching some of the pros and am beginning to believe a lot of them are doing this move also - Justin...
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    British Masters 2019: Hosted by Tommy Fleetwood @ my golf club :)

    Totally agree. Came across as a nasty boy. Should be fined for continually thumping the green with his putter after missing a putt. How I wish the TV presenters would call it as it is! Throughout todays TV coverage he was chuntering and moaning almost after every shot - never seemed to be his...
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    does on course noise put you off???

    Yes a guy told me off for that very thing last season and i was on a parallel fairway about 50 yards away - funny thing is he drove the noisiest golf buggy around!!
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    Putting.

    @RandG- I could easily have written your first and subsequent posts--- word for word!!! You are not alone!! @bobmac - I am going to take your advice and try a "strengthened' Left Hand Grip.
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    Mickleson 2_shot or DQ?

    Absolutely 100% agree with you there. It was the ridiculous way he attempted to cover it up that damned him in my opinion. He simply "lost it". Should have been honest at the time.
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    Ponderings on Custom Fitting

    Totally agree. Went to AG for a custom iron fit-- recommended Ping G400 Red Dot. Then Ping Demo Day at our club 2 weeks later-- recommended Ping G400 Blue Dot!!! So either the fitting was wrong or "on that day" thats what my swing said!!
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    Keeping the Club-face closed

    I have occasionally been experimenting with this idea this season. Also have been closely watching the pros on the golf coverage. Some, but not all, seem to keep the club face "looking" at the ball as they make the takeaway. To do this, IMHO, there has to be a curling down/under of the left hand...
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