Your official GR Golfer Profile

First name: Gregory
Height: 5 11
Weight: 140
Location: Walla Walla WA
Years Playing: 2.5
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course: Veterens Memorial Golf Course
What's in the Bag?: Taylormade r7 driver Taylormade lt 2005 irons 3-pw, Oddysey Two ball, Taylormade tp 56 wedge, 52 titleist vokey wedge oil can, nike ignite 3 wood
Handicap:9
Handicap Goal for 2006: 4-5
Strengths: chipping and short irons, punch outs
Weaknesses: long irons, and longer sand shots (fairway bunker)
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Eat stretch putt, practice swing
Your Golf Attire (usually): polo shirt rain pants or slacks or shorts
Club Distances: D 250+, 3w 230ish,3i 200,4i,190
Your Usual Ballflight: fade
Have You Played Competitively? yes Where? wa hi varsity golf team all around the washington state area When?: this spring
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?:cleanly
Blades or Cavity Backs?:in between
Links or Tree Lined?:either
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? playing
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?morning or evening
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? sometimes on tournaments
Your Overused Golf Sayings:#@&* ect
Quiet Player or Loud?: loud talker
Walk or Golf Cart?: walk
Favorite Golf Quotes:

First name:Spencer

Height: 6'2''

Weight: 168

Location:St. Louis, MO

Years Playing: Two and a half

Righty or Lefty?: Righty

Home Course: Wherever I can walk for less than $20 is where I make my home.

What's in the Bag?: Cleveland 460 Comp, Cobra SZ 3+, TaylorMade 16*, 19* Rescue Mids, TaylorMade RAC OS 5-PW, SW, Dunlop 60* LW, Nickent Pipe PP002

Handicap: 16.9 (Not official...roughly guestimated by averaging the lowest 10 scores of my last 20 rounds, subtracting 72 from that, and then multiplying that by .96)

Handicap Goal for 2006: 13

Strengths: Keeping the ball in play, playing shots that eliminate high score possibilities

Weaknesses: Long woods, Pin seeking from 100 yards in, 30+ foot lag putts, holing 5-9' putts, consistency

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Rolling and tossing balls stiff wristed on the practice green to get a feel for speed. Chip a few times with the LW and PW. Lag putts, then 4 footers.

Your Golf Attire (usually): Collar and Cargoes.

Club Distances for solid shots: Driver 225, 3+ ~ 215, 16* 195-205, 19* 180-195, 5I 160-170, 6I 150-160, 7I 140-150, 8I 130-140, 9I 115-125, PW 100-110, SW 70-80, LW 40-50

Your Usual Ballflight: Depends on the day but usually R to L. Misses are usually pushes or hooks with irons and hybrids, with slices more likely from the long woods.

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Just for $ with my immediate and extended family.

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Also depends on the day, and the lie, but more often I pick than divot. I think it's a product of practicing in the yard...dad doesn't like huge chunks taken out of the yard. It's his thing.

Blades or Cavity Backs?: CBs

Links or Tree Lined?: Nicest course I ever played was links, but usually play trees.

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? I think you learn fundamentals at the range, but you learn to score on the course. So both.

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Whatever part of the day keeps the temp below 82*

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Only in front of strangers.

Your Overused Golf Sayings: None, I don't golf enough for my sayings to be overused.

Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet with everyone but my dad and brother. I'll converse with strangers, but I'd rather just enjoy the day.

Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk, definitely.

Favorite Golf Quotes: "When I'm on a golf course and it starts to rain and lightning, I hold up my one iron, 'caus I know even God can't hit a one iron." -Lee Trevino; "There are three ways of learning golf: by study, which is the most wearisome; by imitation, which is the most fallacious; and by experience, which is the most bitter." -Robert Browning

[B]First name:[/B] Jesse

[B]Height: [/B]6'1"

[B]Weight: [/B]160 lbs

[B]Location:[/B] Cypress, CA

[B]Years Playing:[/B] 6 off and on, mainly off, but i'm really committed these days

[B]Righty or Lefty?:[/B] Righty

[B]Home Course: [/B]Hartwell

[B]What's in the Bag?: [/B] Cleveland: Launcher Ti460 10.5*, Launcher Steel 19*, Halo Hybrid 25*, CG4 3-PW Steel Shafted, CG11 Black Pearl 54* + 60* ... Never Compromise: Milled Series #4 35"

[B]Handicap: [/B]i shoot upwards of 100

[B]Handicap Goal for 2006:[/B] to break 100

[B]Strengths: [/B]Chipping

[B]Weaknesses: [/B]Golf Swing
[B]
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine:[/B] I arrive just before my start time, hit 4 or 5 warm up shots shots at the range, maybe lag a few on the practice green, and wait for the starter to call my name...

[B]Your Golf Attire (usually):[/B] Slacks, Dark Polo, Cleveland hat (to keep my long hair out of my face while playing, and the nike golf shoes i stole from my friend Brian (they cut my feet, i really need to buy some new ones)

[B]Club Distances:
[/B]Driver: if i hit it cleanly, 260 - 280
5-wood: 215
4H: 190
3i: i try not to use this one
4i: 180
5i: 170
6i: 160
7i: 150
8i: 140
9i: 130
PW: 120
54*: 110
60*: i try to stick to using this one inside of 60

[B]Your Usual Ballflight:[/B] if i hit it right it tends to go straight, maybe a very slight fade on occasion... if i duff it, well, sometimes the grass goes further than the ball

[B]Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?:[/B] High School, Tournaments, I have some experience.

[B]Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: [/B]Cleanly when well struck

[B]Blades or Cavity Backs?:[/B] Cavity Backs

[B]Links or Tree Lined?:[/B] Tree lined, i love trying to get creative... i've recently acquired a nice punch shot

[B]Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing?: [/B]Practice by playing, i feel that going to the range is a waste of time, i hit a million lovely shots at the range, but that doesn't translate to the course, the only thing that does, is playing on a course

[B]What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?:[/B] Depends on the course, if i play the Norwalk 2-Fer, i've got to get there before 2, if i play at Hartwell, i usually play later

[B]Do You Get First Tee Jitters?:[/B] Only if i play at a course i'm unfamiliar with
[B]
Your Overused Golf Sayings:[/B] "Be the right club."

[B]Quiet Player or Loud?:[/B] I am an extremely animated golfer

[B]Walk or Golf Cart?:[/B] Depends on the course, and who i'm playing with

[B]Favorite Golf Quotes:[/B] "Just pretend you're wearing the Q-Link..."

First name:Daniel

Height:5.11"

Weight:90k

Location:Scotland

Years Playing:10

Righty or Lefty?:Righty

Home Course:Ravenspark Golf Club

What's in the Bag?:R7 425 s/shaft, 3-wood (warbird), irons-3-pw (mp37s),wedges-(mizuno mp60,mizuno black ox 56) hybrid-t/m rescue dual 19degree, putter-oddessy 4.

Handicap:5

Handicap Goal for 2006:3

Strengths:short game

Weaknesses:putting
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine:Arrive 20 minutes before and do some stretching and swinging.. etc

Your Golf Attire (usually):

Club Distances:Driver-280-300, 3i-200, 9i-155

Your Usual Ballflight: Driver-mid with draw, irons high-straight

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?:Just club tournaments

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?:Long irons-pick, short irons-divot

Blades or Cavity Backs?:Blades rock

Links or Tree Lined?:Links since I stay near the home of golf-St Andrews

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing?Range if my swing is suffering

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?mid moring

Do You Get First Tee Jitters?Tournaments yes, on first hole

Your Overused Golf Sayings:Nice shot mate!

Quiet Player or Loud?:Quiet, focused, like to chat though

Walk or Golf Cart?:Walk

Favorite Golf Quotes:Pin High Baby

First name: Rick
Height: 5'10'

Weight:275

Location:NH (at the moment)
Years Playing: 10 - (started in college, played for 6 years, quit for 10, been playing again for 4).

Righty or Lefty?: Righty

Home Course: Butternut Farms/Stow Acres/Overlook (no real home but these are the ones I play the most).

What's in the Bag?:any 14 of the following
Driver- Innovex CfD 12 degree NV75s, Adams 460d 10.5 degree NV65s, SMT O2 - VS-02
3-Wood - Mizuno MP-001 13.5 degree Exsar Stiff
4-Wood - Mizuno MP-001 16.5 degree Exsar Stiff
5-Wood - Mizuno MP-001 18 degree S300 Steel
Hybrid Innovex RLS 3H S300 Steel
3-PW- Mizuon MP-30 S300 Steel
Cleveland 588 Gunmetal 56 and 60 degree chrome
Scotty Cameron Newport Mid-Slant, Guerin Rife 2-bar Blade

Handicap: 17

Handicap Goal for 2006: 10-12

Strengths: Irons

Weaknesses: Driving & Short Game

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Swing a momentus to loosen up, Putt

Your Golf Attire (usually): Hat, golf shirt (warm) mock T neck and light shell of vest (cold-rain) dress/golf pants

Club Distances:
Driver: 240-280
3w - 235-250
4w - 220-240
5w - 200-220
Hybrid 3iron - ? coming soon
3i- 195
4i- 185
5i- 175
6i- 165
7i- 155
8i- 145
9i- 135
PW- 125
56*- 105
60*- 60

Your Usual Ballflight: Irons: Mid Slight Draw, long irons straight to fade - Driver: High Draw

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?:Divot

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Forged Musclebacks (played Combos last two years)

Links or Tree Lined?: I must like trees I am in them enough.

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? 70% Range 30% Playing

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? First group out

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Only on the first tee.

Your Overused Golf Sayings: G%$ D%$&*T

Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet..mostly incoherent muttering.

Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk - Push Cart

Favorite Golf Quotes: "Are you cold, what do you need a blanket" after one of my larger divots.

Height: 5'11

Weight: 175lbs

Location: Houston/Katy, TX

Years Playing: >20 years; seriously, 9 months

Righty or Lefty: Righty

Home Course: Willowfork Country Club

What's in Bag: Variety of drivers, inexpensive metal-shafted 3-wood, 21* Nike CPR, Ping Zing 2 irons, Titliest SW, Bobby Grace V-Foil putter

Handicap: 14

Goal for 2006: 10

Strengths: General driving, fairway woods & utility club, competitiveness, short game around the green. I shoot a lot of pars for my handicap (~8-9 per 18 holes)!

Weaknesses: Consistancy - especially with mid & short irons (but rapidly improving). Also, kill good rounds with 2-3 blow-up holes usually resulting from an OB drive or par-3 water dunks.

Pre-round Routine: Stretch, hit 20 balls, chip & putt

Golf Attire: Who cares?

Club Distances: averages: D- 250, 3w- 225, 3i (hyrid)- 200, 4i- 185, 5i- 170, 6i- 155, 7i- 145, 8i- 130, 9i- 115, Pw- 100, Sw(56)- 65

Usual Ballflight: High, fairly straight - but fight a hook off the tee. My natural driver swing would be a big hook, so have to compensate - and occassionally overcompensate.

Played Competitively: Golf team at age 13. Now just club tournaments.

Pick Ball Clean or Divot: Both, unfortunately.

Blades or Cavity Backs: Cavity backs

Links or Tree-lined: Enjoy both.

Range Rat or Gain Experience by Playing: 70% playing, 30% range

Time I Prefer to Play: Any and all times

First Tee Jitters: Yes, first hole. Often play better following 1 beer (not 2) but usually wait too long for the cart girl.

Overused Golf Sayings: Keep your head still! Don't sway. What lousy advice.

Quiet or Loud: Quiet on the course

Walk or Cart: Walk after work, cart on weekends

Favorite Golf Quotes: Lightning nearby? Grab your 2-iron & run like hell. Even God can't hit a 2-iron! (originally a 1-iron, but no one carries one anymore).

First name: Murat
Height: 6'1
Weight: 220-230
Location: Bloomington, IN
Years Playing: 3-4 Months
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course: Indiana University Championship Golf Course
What's in the Bag?: Little diff then my sig.... R5 Dual TP Type N 8.5 Aldila NV Stiff, R7 3 Wood, Walter Hagen 2i and 3i Hybrid, Mizuno MX-11 4i-PW, PureSpin 56 and 60, Odyseey White Hot #2 or Dunlop Finale
Handicap: Hoping to break 100 next week (last round was exactly 100)
Handicap Goal for 2006: By the end of the season I want to be in the low 90s regularly and have one game under 90 (I know I have lofty goals)
Strengths: Driving, Putting (go figure)
Weaknesses: Long irons (thank god for hybirds)
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Breakfast, Stretching, wedge play all the way to driver, then putting until the starter calls
Your Golf Attire (usually): Always have my TM cap on (even when not golfing) loose light walter hagen mock golf shirts, khakkis with addidas golf shoes
Club Distances:
Driver: 250-290 (i'm still working on consistency with my swing)
3-Wood: 235-255
2i (H): 215ish
3i (H): 205
4i: 200 (when i hit it well, this is my weakest club)
5i: 175-180
6i:165
7i: 175 (don't ask, i don't know why either, the best club i hit)
8i: 150-160
9i: 140-155
PW: 115-130
S: never usually worry about yardage, i always work on placement

Your Usual Ballflight: Irons: high loft, the irons are designed that way, mid on my driver and it works well for me
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Never have, practicing so i can one day
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: clean to shallow divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Neither yet, when i get good enough I'll probably get blades
Links or Tree Lined?:Trees, i like to solidarity that trees can sometimes provide
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? RR, i get in atleast an hour and a half a day and work on my consistency and fundamentals... i've played about 10 rounds so far
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? 9 am
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? oh yes, but i'm becoming more confident
Your Overused Golf Sayings: [B]"Jason, I don't need the pin, it'll just get in the way."[/B]
Quiet Player or Loud?:Loud, golf is fun
Walk or Golf Cart?: cart, i like a brisk playing tempo, and i lift an hour a day anyways, i get plenty of exercise
Favorite Golf Quotes:[/B] still looking for a good one

Height: 6'2"

Weight: 235

Location: St.Croix

Years Playing: 3 years

Righty or Lefty: righty

Home Course: Carambola

What's in Bag:
MX-500
F-50 4wood
MX900 3-PW
Mizuno Raw haze 52 and 58
SC Newport 2.5

Handicap: 15

Goal for 2006: Single digits

Strengths: Consistently inconsistent all areas

Weaknesses: See strengths

Pre-round Routine: Depends

Golf Attire: Short and shirts multiple colors

Club Distances: averages: D- 290-300, 4w- 235, 5w ,3i- 225, 4i- 210, 5i- 195, 6i- 180, 7i- 170, 8i- 155, 9i- 145, Pw- 135, Gw(52)- 120, Lw(58)-100

Usual Ball flight: mid-high, Woods fade-irons straight to slight draw

Played Competitively: Local tourneys

Pick Ball Clean or Divot: heavy divot

Blades or Cavity Backs: Combo

Links or Tree-lined: links

Range Rat or Gain Experience by Playing: Mostly playing

Time I Prefer to Play: teed off at 5:20 am today (early is better for me)

First Tee Jitters: Not usually

Overused Golf Sayings: Grip it and rip it

Quiet or Loud: Talkative but not loud

Walk or Cart: either way

Favorite Golf Quotes: Good decisions come from experience a lot of that is from bad decisions

First name: Tom
Height: 5ft10
Weight: To fat, 15st or so.
Location: Scotland
Years Playing: 1 month seriously after 5yrs off, before time off 4yrs or so 1 a month.
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course: Don't have one atm.
What's in the Bag?:
R7 425 10.5 Reg
3/5 TM Burner
RAC OS/2 3-PW - Steel, Reg
Lynx Blackcat graphite SW 58
Cobra M1 Putter
Handicap: 18
Handicap Goal for 2006: Singal figures
Strengths: Driving distance
Weaknesses: Short game, chipping.
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Have a few putts, couple of practice swings and then off we go.
Your Golf Attire (usually): Shorts, quicksilver or ashworth shirt.
Club Distances:
Driver: 220-250
3/5 Wood + 3/4 Iron: In the bag but not confident enough to use them on the course yet.
5i: 160-180
6i: 150-160
7i: 140-150
8i: 130-140
9i: 120-140
PW: 100-120
SW: Hardly use it, have hit 2 bunkers in my last 6 rounds, used the PW out of one and the 6i from another
Your Usual Ballflight: High - too high!
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Only against my Dad, can get pretty heated
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Cleanly
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Cavity backs, lets not run before I can walk.
Links or Tree Lined?: Am playing links a lot atm
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Bit of both, am having lessons, but enjoy the playing more
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Early morning or dusk
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Every time
Your Overused Golf Sayings: "Why? Why would you do that to me?" As I drop the club and walk away
Quiet Player or Loud?: If I'm with friends loud, on my own or strangers quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk
Favorite Golf Quotes: "I only take single handicap players out" a guy I know, my motivation to get my handicap down low and kick his ass

First name: Cyril
Height: 174 cm
Weight: 72 kg
Location: New-Caledonia (french island near Autralia in South Pacific)
Years Playing: 3-4
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course: Tina Golf Club
What's in the Bag?:
R540 9.5 stiff
3W Steelhead III with UST Proforce 65 stiff
TM 2-4 320 regular, steel
Mizuno Fli-Hi 17° stiff
RAM 52°
CG10 54°
RAC 56° & 60°
Bettinardi BHB4X or Rossa Sebring 3 putter
Handicap: 13
Handicap Goal for 2006: Singal figures
Strengths: distance, putting
Weaknesses: 30-60 m shots, bunker play
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Have a few putts, chips, wedges, 6 iron, drives and last shot with the club I'll use on the fist tee
Your Golf Attire (usually): Shorts, golf shirts
Club Distances: (in m)
Driver: 250-280 m
3/4 Iron: 190-180
5i: 170
6i: 160
7i: 150 m
8i: 140
9i: 130
PW: 110-120
SW: not full swings
Your Usual Ballflight: High draw
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When? : tournaments, club championship (matchplay)
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: long divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: blade style
Links or Tree Lined?: Links
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Bit of both, but need and try to make more rounds (but still need practice because I'm changing my posture)
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Early morning or 9 hole ~ 5 PM
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? don't understand
Your Overused Golf Sayings : none
Quiet Player or Loud? : quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk
Favorite Golf Quotes: "I can matchplay every player if they want and I bet money"

First name: Stu
Height:6Ft
Weight:12 stone
Location:Nottingham England
Years Playing:3
Righty or Lefty?: Right
Home Course: Cotgrave Place
What's in the Bag?:
Taylormade R7 9.5 Stiff
Talormade 200stell 3wood graffaloy blue stiff
Maxifli Rev Blacks
Taylormade rac fe2o3 56*
Vokey 58*
Odessy 2-ball
Handicap:12
Handicap Goal for 2006:8
Strengths:Ball striking, distance
Weaknesses: Wind, chipping
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: arive hour early on range 30 balls first tee
Your Golf Attire (usually): smart tiger style/ ian poulter
Club Distances:
Driver-265-290
3 wood-240-260
3iron-220-225
4iron-200-215
5iron-190-205
6iron-170-200+
7iron-150-165
8iron-145-155
9iron-130-150
PW-120-130
56*-90-110
58*-60-90
Your Usual Ballflight: Mid to high draw
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Represent club in team sevearl pro-ams etc
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?:Divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?:Blades
Links or Tree Lined?:Tree Lined
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Playing
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?any
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Nope grip and rip
Your Overused Golf Sayings: Grip and rip or get in the holle!!
Quiet Player or Loud?: Depends on situtation
Walk or Golf Cart?: Cart
Favorite Golf Quotes: "Hit it hard, go find it hit it, hard it again" Arnold Palmer
Favourite Shot: Booming Drive, or punchy 8 iron from 165yrds 2 skids then spins back like its on a piece of string!

First name: Todd

Height: 6-3"

Weight: 247

Location: Twin Cities

Years Playing: 11 Years

Righty or Lefty?: RH

Home Course: Eagle Valley

What's in the Bag?: See Sig

Handicap: 16

Handicap Goal for 2006: 14

Strengths: Driver

Weakness: Putter

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Putt/Chip

Your Golf Attire (usually): Vest/Mock Neck-Shorts

Club Distances: TBA

Your Usual Ballflight: Mid-High

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Only with myself

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Cavity Backs

Links or Tree Lined?: Tree Lined

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Little Of Both

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Mornings

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Not Usually

Your Overused Golf Sayings: Most are R-rated And Naughty

Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet. Loud Players Suck!

Walk or Golf Cart?: Little Of Both

Favorite Golf Quotes: "Golf is a good walk spoiled." -Mark Twain

First name: Dave

Height: 6' 5''

Weight: 230

Location: Michigan

Years Playing: 5

Righty or Lefty?: R

Home Course: Hickory Creek

What's in the Bag?:
D - Callaway ERC Fusion 9.5 Grafalloy Blue Stiff
4-PW Snake Eyes 600B/C Combo
SW Snake Eyes 650
Scotty Cameron Circa 62 #3

Handicap: 11.4

Handicap Goal for 2006: 7

Strengths: Distance control

Weaknesses: 1/2 swings with wedges inside 70 yards

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Small bucket at the range 20 min then put 15 min

Your Golf Attire (usually): polo & shorts

Club Distances: D-280+, 5-195

Your Usual Ballflight: Draw

Have You Played Competitively? no

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Both

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Blades

Links or Tree Lined?: Tree lined

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Range Rat

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Afternoon

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? No

Your Overused Golf Sayings: WTF!

Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet

Walk or Golf Cart?: Cart

Favorite Golf Quotes: No, 227. Toed it a bit, but it'll do.

First name: [B]Tim[/B]
Height:[B] 5'10[/B]
Weight: [B]155 lbs[/B]
Location: [B]Southern California[/B]
Years Playing: [B]6[/B]
Righty or Lefty?:[B] Righty[/B]
Home Course: [B]The Links at Riverlakes Ranch[/B]
What's in the Bag?: [B]See my signature[/B]
Handicap: [B]8[/B]
Handicap Goal for 2006: [B]Below 5[/B]
Strengths: [B]Distance with woods, accuracy with irons and wedges[/B]
Weaknesses: [B]Accuracy with woods[/B]
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: [B]Check in at the Pro Shop[/B]
Your Golf Attire (usually): [B]Slacks with polo shirts. No jeans![/B]
Club Distances: [B]280 yards with driver, to 60 yards with 58 degree wedge[/B]
Your Usual Ballflight: [B]Straight and high, with baby draws and fades[/B]
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: [B]Nope[/B]
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: [B]Always divot[/B]
Blades or Cavity Backs?: [B]Semi -- Mizuno MP 30[/B]
Links or Tree Lined?: [B]Links[/B]
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? [B]Both[/B]
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? [B]Twilight for 9 holes, mornings for 18 holes[/B]
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? [B]No[/B]
Your Overused Golf Sayings:[B] "Hurry the f**k up, people!"[/B]
Quiet Player or Loud?: [B]Quiet[/B]
Walk or Golf Cart?: [B]Golf Cart[/B]
Favorite Golf Quotes:

First name: Ross

Height: 5' 7''

Weight: 190

Location: Philly

Years Playing: 18

Righty or Lefty?: R

Home Course: Golf Tour of Greater Philly

What's in the Bag?:
Mizuno T-Zoid Pros for last 5 years
Just bought Callaway X-18 Pros, hopefully they're easier to hit
Titleist Vokey 52
Warrior 2W, Snake Eyes 5W, Ping Zing 2

Handicap: was 10.2, up to 12.8 in last month

Handicap Goal for 2006: single digit

Strengths: short game

Weaknesses: Control with Driver

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Stretch and swing 2 clubs to warm up. If there is time, then hit some balls and putts. Usually I get there too late to do anything

Your Golf Attire (usually): Shorts & Collared shirt

Club Distances: D-230-270, 2W-210-30, 5W-190-200, 3i-185-190, 4i-180-190, 5i-170, 6i-160, 7i-150, 8i-125-140, 9i-100-120, pw-90-100

Your Usual Ballflight: Draw

Have You Played Competitively? yes

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot

Blades or Cavity Backs?: going back to Cavity Back

Links or Tree Lined?: Both

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Play

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Twilight

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? In tournaments, yes

Your Overused Golf Sayings: Whatayou Kiddin' me? (after missing a short putt)

Quiet Player or Loud?: Loud

Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk

Favorite Golf Quotes: The Pond would be good for you!

sorry I'm late:D

First name:Kris
Height: 6'1
Weight:205
Location: Alabama
Years Playing:2
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course: Cottenwood Golf course
What's in the Bag?: Ping G5 7.5 degree, Callaway X woods, G5 irons, Ping Tour wedge 58 degree, Feel 64 degree wedge. Oddessy white steel putter
Handicap:12
Handicap Goal for 2006:single digit?
Strengths: Drinving distance and accuracy, fairway woods, Chipping and anything 50 yards in
Weaknesses: can't read putts.
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Stretch, hit a few wedge shots, hit a mid iron and then driver.
Your Golf Attire (usually): doesn't matter as long as it's not tight around the shoulders and arms
Club Distances: Driver 270 to 280 carry, 260 3w, 240 5w, 220 7w , 185 6i thru 135 pw
Your Usual Ballflight: long, high and straight
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: only in scrambles
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: shallow divit
Blades or Cavity Backs?:cavity- I'm not good enough to play blades...yet:thumbsup:
Links or Tree Lined?: I prefer tree lined just for the look of the course but play both regularly
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Play at least once a week(all year long) and range at least once a week
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? late afternoon but I play any time
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? nope- for some reason I never get nervous until my second shot on the first hole
Your Overused Golf Sayings: who's out? (when I'm out by like 20 feet)
Quiet Player or Loud?: talk if everyone's playing well
Walk or Golf Cart?:Cart
Favorite Golf Quotes: "that's a gimme"

[B]First name: [/B]Jim

[B]Height:[/B] 6’0”

[B]Weight:[/B]185

[B]Location:[/B] SLC, Utah

[B]Years Playing:[/B] 12

[B]Righty or Lefty:[/B] Righty

[B]Home Course:[/B] Mountain Dell

[B]What's in the Bag:[/B]
Driver: Cleveland HiBore 8.5 X-Stiff UST V2 or Titleist 983E 9.5 Speeder Stiff
Woods: Titleist 980F 3-wood 15* s300
Irons: Bridgestone j33b Royal Precision Tour Flighted Rifle 7.0 3-PW
Wedges: Nike 56* wedge, Cleveland 900 low bounce 60* wedge
Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport 2.5 Studio Style

[B]Handicap:[/B] 7.1

[B]Handicap Goal for 2006: [/B]4 or better

[B]Strengths:[/B] Driver/Short Irons

[B]Weaknesses:[/B] Mid/Long Irons

[B]Your Typical Pre-Round Routine:[/B] 30 min on the range (wedges to driver) 15 min on putting then Stretching

[B]Your Golf Attire (usually):[/B] golf shirt and shorts

[B]Club Distances:[/B]
Driver: 280+
3-wood: 255

3-iron: 225
4-iron: 215
5-iron: 205
6-iron: 190
7-iron: 175
8-iron: 160
9-iron: 150
PW: 125

[B]Your Usual Ballflight:[/B] Mid-ball flight with slight draw

[B]Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?:[/B] Some

[B]Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?:[/B] Divot

[B]Blades or Cavity Backs?:[/B] Blades

[B]Links or Tree Lined?:[/B] Tree Lined mostly

[B]Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing:[/B] Both

[B]What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing:[/B] Mid-Afternoon

[B]Do You Get First Tee Jitters:[/B] Yes

[B]Quiet Player or Loud:[/B] Quiet

[B]Walk or Golf Cart:[/B] Depends on the course

[B]Favorite club: [/B] 8-Iron

I added the last one.

First name: Doug

Height: 5-11"

Weight: 213.2

Location: Bay Area

Years Playing: 8 Years

Righty or Lefty?: RH

Home Course: All Over the Place, Pruneridge for Practice

What's in the Bag?: Titliest 905t 9.5* (stiff stock speeder), TM V-Steel 4 wood (steel, stiff), TM Rescue Mid 19* (S300), Titleit 735 4-pw (S300), Titleist Oil Can 54*, 60*, Scotty Cameron Red X

Handicap: 9

Handicap Goal for 2006: 5

Strengths: Driver

Weakness: Putter

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Arrive about an hour early, hit ball for half an hour, put for 15 minutes, then mess around, then chip for 5 mins

Your Golf Attire (usually): Either golf polo or mock turtleneck with dress pants or khaki shorts

Club Distances: Driver-265, 4 wood 240, hybrid- 210, 4i-195, 5i- 180, 6i-170, 7i-155, 8i-145, 9i- 130, pw-115, sw-95, lw-65

Your Usual Ballflight: High, slight fade

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Junior Team, over the summer

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Combination

Links or Tree Lined?: any course, as long as it is in good condition

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? a lot Of Both

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? late afternoonn

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Not Usually

Your Overused Golf Sayings: Be Right

Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet.

Walk or Golf Cart?: walk

Favorite Golf Quotes: I'm about five inches from being an outstanding golfer. That's the distance my left ear is from my right. ~Ben Crenshaw

First name: Evan
Height: 5'6
Weight: 165
Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
Years Playing: 14 Years (22 Years Old)
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course: I play all Waterloo/Cedar Falls/Vinton, Iowa courses.
What's in the Bag?: TaylorMade R580 XD Driver, Black Driving Iron, Tommy Armour 3-PW Irons, Golden Bear SW and Knight putter.
Handicap: Bogey Golfer
Handicap Goal for 2006: I would like to play 5-9 over par for 18 holes.
Strengths: Driving/Iron Shots
Weaknesses: Chipping
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Get sunflower seeds, some water and get going.
Your Golf Attire (usually): Khaki shorts and a light colored tee shirt.
Club Distances: Driver = 225 -- 250, Driving Iron = 210 -- 220, 3 Iron = 190 -- 210, 4 iron = 170 -- 185, 5 iron = 160 -- 180, 6 iron = 155 -- 175, 7 iron = 145 -- 160, 8 iron = 130 -- 150, 9 iron = 85 -- 135, PW = 0 -- 185, SW = 0 -- 50.
Your Usual Ballflight: High (It may even be abnormally high).
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: One year of high school. But my friends and I usually compete when we play.
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Depends.
Blades or Cavity Backs?: I'm not picky, but mine are Cavity right now.
Links or Tree Lined?: Tree Lined.
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Playing but some range.
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Anytime is good for me.
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? No.
Your Overused Golf Sayings: "My putter is a whore." (When I 3 putt I say it's because my putter wants some more action).
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet, but if I have a great shot I'll let people know.
Walk or Golf Cart?: Depends, but I like both.
Favorite Golf Quotes: "What is the safest club to play during a thunderstorm? A 2 iron, because even God can't hit a 2 iron." -- My Grandfather.

First name: alex
Height: 5' 5"
Weight:110
Location:illinois
Years Playing: 5
Righty or Lefty?:right
Home Course:highlands of elgin
What's in the Bag?: check my sig
Handicap:13ish
Handicap Goal for 2006:under 10
Strengths:long drives, lots of fairways
Weaknesses: downhill putting
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: putting, stretching, driving range, putting + chipping, stretching and teeing off
Your Golf Attire (usually): polo, shorts, belt, shoes etc
Club Distances:
d- 265
3 wood- 230
hybrid- 220
Your Usual Ballflight: draw (all though it is getting a little straighter)
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: yeah, in the IJGA
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: depends, if i need some height ill take a divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: cavity
Links or Tree Lined?: trees, even though i hate it
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? playing
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? any time
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? sometimes, if im in a tourny and im last to tee off after everybody's 280 up the middle
Your Overused Golf Sayings:sh*t
Quiet Player or Loud?: kind of in the middle
Walk or Golf Cart?: walking
Favorite Golf Quotes: none

[First name: Gage
Height:5'10
Weight:160
Location:St. Anne IL
Years Playing:5
Righty or Lefty?:lefty
Home Course:Oak Springs
What's in the Bag?: Check sig
Handicap:13
Handicap Goal for 2006:single digit
Strengths: Driving, wedges, putting
Weaknesses:long irons
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Hit a bucket of balls
Your Golf Attire (usually): Polo shirt n shorts
Club Distances: check sig
Your Usual Ballflight:mid
Have You Played Competitively? nope Where? When?:
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: blades
Links or Tree Lined?:tree lined
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? gain by playing
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? early morning or late afternoon
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? nope
Your Overused Golf Sayings: dont got any
Quiet Player or Loud?: depends
Walk or Golf Cart?: cart cuz i dont have 2 pay
Favorite Golf Quotes: dont use em

First name: Brad
Height:5'10
Weight:190
Location: Tyler, TX
Years Playing: 15
Righty or Lefty?: righty
Home Course: Hideaway Lake
What's in the Bag?: TM r7 460 9.5 S
Callaway Steelhead Plus 3W
Snake Eyes Quick Strike 18* Hybrid
Titleist DCI 981 4-PW
Cleveland TA 900 RTG 52, 56, 60
Odyssey DFX 2-Ball Blade
Handicap: 6.1
Handicap Goal for 2006:4
Strengths: everything but putting
Weaknesses: PUTTING
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: chip, putt, range from 3W to wedges and finish with driver
Your Golf Attire (usually): Polo shirt and shorts
Club Distances: driver-275, 3 wood-250, 18* hybrid-220, 4 iron-195, 5-185, 6-175, 7-165, 8-165, 9-140, PW-130, GW 115, SW 95, LW 70
Your Usual Ballflight: mid-high
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: high school
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: cavity backs
Links or Tree Lined?: either
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? both
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? early morning or late afternoon
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? during tournaments i did
Your Overused Golf Sayings: none
Quiet Player or Loud?: quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?: walk
Favorite Golf Quotes: 90% of golf is played in the 6 inches between your ears

Hey guys,

Has anyone ever hit the Nakashima NP-1 Driver? I am thinking of trading in my Cobra X-Speed (iRod stiff shaft) to the NAK 460 (stiff Grafalloy Blue). I have heard + read alot of great reviews, but I would also like some info from my fellow GR buddies.

I have also switched my KZG wedges for the Bridgestone J33s (52* + 56* + 60*). Love the wedges - great feel and spin.

Thanks and God Bless,

TK

First name: Richard
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Height: 6
Weight: 200
Location: In.
Years Playing: 3
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course: None,
What's in the Bag?: Adams redline driver , KZG irons , Hawg putter.
Handicap:17
Handicap Goal for 2006: shoot in the eighties
Strengths: Irons, putting .
Weaknesses: Driver , Driver , Driver.
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Drive 40 minutes, pay and tee off.
Your Golf Attire (usually): Depends on the course. Nice course nice clothes. Goat ranch = T- shirt with the sleeves cut off , shorts and spikes.

Club Distances: Driver 240, 3 wood 220 , 4i 190, 5i 180 6i 170 etc.
Your Usual Ballflight: Straight .
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?:scrambles
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Cbs
Links or Tree Lined?: Tree lined
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Range rat
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Mornings
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Sometimes, like when all the h.s kids are piled on the tee waiting to practice.
Your Overused Golf Sayings: Slow down ! ( chips mostly ) I use to drop alot of F bombs but have learned to shrug off the bad shots.
Quiet Player or Loud?: quiet on the greens , loud in the fairways.
Walk or Golf Cart?: Have never walked.
Favorite Golf Quotes: I will need to see your mineing licence. My buddy told me this after I dug about a 4 inch deep divot .

First name: Riley
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 150lbs
Location: USA
Years Playing: in my 4th
Righty or Lefty?: Left handed but play right
Home Course: Holly Ridge
What's in the Bag?: see sig
Handicap: 8.1
Handicap Goal for 2006: 5
Strengths: greens/fairways hit
Weaknesses: Putting (genrally feel around the greens ie chipping, putting), and mental game
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: chip and putt for 15min, hit a small bucket
Your Golf Attire (usually): polo's, khaki's, the usual "golf" clothing
Club Distances: all yardages are true
driver- 280yds
4 wood- 250yds
hybrid- 230yds
3i- 215yds
4i- 200yds
5i- 190yds
6i- 180yds
7i- 170yds
8i- 155yds
9i- 145yds
PW- 130yds
SW- 120yds
LW- 105yds
Your Usual Ballflight: i can work it both ways :) but usually a draw
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: for my school
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: cavity
Links or Tree Lined?: both
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? both
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? evening
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? no
Your Overused Golf Sayings: sit, sit down
Quiet Player or Loud?: quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?: walk
Favorite Golf Quotes: "It's not if you win or lose it's how you play the game"

First name: Andrew

Height: 6'

Weight: 220lbs

Location: Rhode Island

Years Playing: 5+ but only the last two have been me playing seriously.

Righty or Lefty?: Righty

Home Course: Quonsett [North Kingstown Municipal Golf Course] and Exeter Country Club

What's in the Bag?: Driver - Mizuno MP-001 10.5* regular flex, 3W - Titleist 975F 14.5* stiff flex, 5W - Cleveland Launcher 19* stiff flex, 3i-PW - Taylormade RAC Ht stiff flex, SW - Cleveland 588 Tour Action 56* BeCu, Putter - Wilson Harmonized Mallet

Handicap: averaging aboutttt 14 or so

Handicap Goal for 2006: single digits [hopefully]

Strengths: Driver + irons and my around the green [chipping]

Weaknesses: putting [god I suck LOL]

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Take a good amount of swings with the club I'm planning on using on the first hole and telling myself about 50 times not to swing my driver hard [it works :thumbsup:]

Your Golf Attire (usually): Shorts and polo shirt

Club Distances: Driver - 275-300yds... not sure about a lot of my clubs but im above average distance wise I believe.

Your Usual Ballflight: Driver - low and mostly straight. Irons - high and straight.

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Haven't played competatively except with a few of my friends.

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: I pick the ball clean on the course but always seem to divot on my practice swings.

Blades or Cavity Backs?: CB's, really want to get some blades though.

Links or Tree Lined?:Tree Lined

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Both, I would rather play but my family keeps getting me range passes and everything :rolleyes:

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Mid Afternoon, theres a great deal at my course where its only 5 bucks after 5 or 6 for people under 18 :thumbsup:

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? yes and they are AWFUL, I always tell myself to swing slowly on the first tee because the difference is amazing but i always seem to slice it like mad on the first tee.

Your Overused Golf Sayings:"I suck at putting"

Quiet Player or Loud?: Both depending on the situation

Walk or Golf Cart?:Walk, can't drive the cart and the cart is not worth the extra 15 or so dollars in my opinion.

Favorite Golf Quotes: Don't really have any but "Drive for show, putt for dough" is my least favorite because I can't put for my life.

This is an update to my old profile here, obv. diff name because my old one (piper12) got banned, for some odd reason;)

[B]First name: Ryan
Height: 6"2
Weight: 205lbs.
Location: Mission BC
Years Playing: 4
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course: Sandpiper
What's in the Bag?: Titleist 983K 9.5*, V-steel 15*, 2i-PW Taylormade Rac TP combos, Titleist vokey 54*, 60*, Scotty Cameron Newport Studio Stainless
Handicap: 3
Handicap Goal for 2006: below 2
Strengths: Short game/ imagination with my shots
Weaknesses: consistent ball striking
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Putt, chip, get used to course's greens, if theres a range, hit SW, 9i, 7i, 4i, 3W, driver, then last ball hit the shot i will on first tee.
Your Golf Attire (usually): khaki shorts, golf shirt, well fitting shirt, nike SP-7 shoes, Titleist beige trucker hat
Club Distances: Driver - ~270-310
3W- 240-260
2i- 215-225
3i- 205-215
4i- 195-205
5i 185-195
6i- 175-185
7i- 165-175
8i- 155-165
9i- 145-155
PW- 120-140
SW- 100-120
LW- 50-105
Your Usual Ballflight: mid-high
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Yes, CJGA, BCGA, MJT, started at end of 2005
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: divot of course, all good players do
Blades or Cavity Backs?: blades
Links or Tree Lined?: want to play links, all courses here are tree lined
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? both, alot of both
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? 8-9 am
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Yes, all good players do, but you just have to be able to control them
Your Overused Golf Sayings: o be right!
Quiet Player or Loud?: i talk to my ball alot.... well yell at it.... other than that normal decimal:P
Walk or Golf Cart?: walk
Favorite Golf Quotes: spin, get in the hole, be right, sit hard, hit a house [/B]

First name:E

Height:5' 8"

Weight:195

Location:WI

Years Playing: 10

Righty or Lefty?:R

Home Course:NewRichmond Golf Cub

What's in the Bag?:stuff, see profile

Handicap:12

Handicap Goal for 2006:9

Strengths:9 iron

Weaknesses:putting

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: a bucket

Your Golf Attire (usually):Shorts and polo

Club Distances: D=300-310 3w=260 4w 230 7w= 210 3i= 235 4i= 210 5i=190 6i= 180 7i=170 8i= 160 9i= 150 pw= 135

Your Usual Ballflight: ultrasonic superatmosperic

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: yes with the doctors at work (i get smoked)

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: divot

Blades or Cavity Backs?: CB

Links or Tree Lined?: definately trees

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Range always

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? early as hell

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? always

Your Overused Golf Sayings: there it is

Quiet Player or Loud?: loud

Walk or Golf Cart?: depends

Favorite Golf Quotes:
the streets shall flow with the blood of the nonbelievers.

:cool: First name: Jorge

Height: 6’5”

Weight:250

Location:Virginia

Years Playing:40 or so

Righty or Lefty?: RH

Home Course: The Pines in Yorktown, or The R & A (Rugged and Affordable) Gloucester CC at Gloucester Virginia (for a quick 9).

What's in the Bag?: 845s, Bertha/2004 and Tight Lie’s 3,5+ and 7+. The irons are stiff steel shafts, the Woods are regular graphite; I may go to stiff someday on the woods, but they’re working out just fine the off the shelf. I use corded grips, currently Golf pride New Decades (I think that’s what they are). I re-grip every 2 years. I use a wet rough white towel on the grips just about every shot. After working a couple of PGA and 1 LPGA driving range gigs (volunteering for rounds), I noticed that the wet towel is the favored method employed by the pro-caddy’s; it works.

Handicap: 10 going on 12

Handicap Goal for 2006: <12

Strengths: Fairway percentages, Fairway woods

Weaknesses: Chipping

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Shower, shave, sunscreen on the arms, face, ears, and neck. (I had a buddy lose a nose to cancer… golf related, he scared everybody into a sunscreen regimen and floppy hats) Bug juice on the legs. Small bucket, putting. A little stretch, hydrate and set up the card (name, putts, fairways) and I’m off.

Your Golf Attire (usually): Polo/Khaki. Comfortable shoes (usually Sketchers). After my FootJoys wore out and everyone shifted from spikes, I figured any comfortable walking shoe would work… and they do! I have to be a bit careful on inclines if the grass is dewy. Hat must cover the ears.

Club Distances: Irons in increments of 10 to 15 yards. Woods: Drives too consistent, but I have driven at 295 (it might have even been 300). That crush was during a local tourney, and it was my best drive ever. Fairway woods 150ish and less.

Your Usual Ball flight: Straight on target (my aim is another matter altogether).

Have You Played Competitively? Yes Where? High School and College (Louisburg NC and Averett U in Danville When?: Late 60’s early to mid 70’s. I had a full bag (Leather) of Kro-Flites (blades) 1-9 and a sandy. 4 Persimmon’s. The lofts were different back then, wedges were scarce commodities, the 9 did most of the short work with a SW for the bunkers. At least that’s how I remember it.

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Depends on the surface. I tend hit fat/divot on Fescues and Bluegrass, however Bermuda keeps the ball above ground a bit and I usually just shave the grass a little. If you’re playing Bermuda chances are the ground is hardpan. Taking a divot out of hardpan will practically dislocate your elbows. Taking divots usually slow the club speed and offset the head, my goal is as clean as possible dependant, of course, on the lie.

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Blades in my youth and CB’s now.

Links or Tree Lined?: Both, depended on whether I turn left out of my driveway or right.

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? I used to live at the range, now I mostly play and warm up at the range. I’m really in it for the walk.

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Dawn Patrol, but during the summer I like the afternoon after the crowds thin out.

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Only when there is money involved.

Your Overused Golf Sayings: Muttering “crap” after shooting into a difficult lie. Or “nicely done” when someone has a terrific shot.

Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet

Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk… tournaments require carts; I play about 4 or 5 a year.

Favorite Golf Quotes: Lee Trevino once said in jest “How long has this been going on?” after getting a paycheck after his first win. Or, after one of my regular foursome foozles a shot… “At least you’re dressing better” or “That’s a hard shot with the dew point this low” something like that. It’s always fun to rip-off something Gary McCord has used.

First name: George

Alias: Jorge Babarosa (I have forgotten how or when I acquired that moniker, but it was probably during my beard (which is red) and longhair era.

Height: 6’5”

Weight: A strapping 250

Location: Virginia

Years Playing: 40 or so, I started when I was 10 or 11. Thank you Uncle’s Emil, Johnny, and Ray, along with Cousin Norman, Ron and Rodney. Your golf mentorship has allowed my to suffer greatly over the years. Also three cheers to Mom and Dad for buying me all those range passes.

Righty or Lefty?: RH

Home Course: The Pines in Yorktown, or The R & A (Rugged and Affordable) Gloucester CC at Gloucester Virginia (for a quick 9). Tournaments are in a variety of Tidewater courses some very exclusive and immaculately maintained. The tournaments receive bargain rates for Monday golf. Good thing because I golf on a budget.

What's in the Bag?: Tommy Armour 845s, Big Bertha/2004 Titanium at 390cc and AdamsTight Lie’s 3, 5+ and 7+. The irons are stiff steel TruTemper shaft; the Woods are regular graphite; I may go to stiff someday on the woods, but they’re working out just fine the off the shelf. I use corded grips, currently Golf pride New Decades (I think that’s what they are). I re-grip every couple of years. I use a wet rough white towel on the grips just about every shot. After working a couple of PGA and 1 LPGA driving range gigs (volunteering in exchange for free rounds), I noticed that the wet towel routine is the favored method employed by pro-caddy’s; it works.

Handicap: 10 going on 12

Handicap Goal for 2006: <12

Strengths: Fairway percentages, Fairway woods

Weaknesses: Chipping

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Shower, shave, sunscreen on the arms, face, ears, and neck. (I had a buddy lose a nose to cancer… golf related, he scared everybody into a sunscreen regimen and floppy hats) Bug juice on the legs. Small bucket, putt around the practice green to just to test the local grass and cut. A little stretch, hydrate, and set up the card (name, putts, fairways) and I’m off. I usually team up if I’m flying solo.

Your Golf Attire (usually): Polo/Khaki shorts or pants according to the venue’s rules. Comfortable shoes (usually Sketchers). After my FootJoys wore out and everyone shifted from spikes, I figured any comfortable walking shoe would work… and they do! I have to be a bit careful on inclines if the grass is dewy. Hat must cover the ears. At the R&A Gloucester CC, it’s tee-shirts, but no cut-offs. I’ve golfed barefoot, and really liked it. I’ve always wanted to golf nude, but…. I’m in the AARP zone, most would not appreciate the visual.

Club Distances: I am a lousy judge of distance, but from my range experience I calculate that my Irons are in increments of 15to 20 yards. Woods: My Drives are consistent around 225 with a smashing 250 every few holes. I have driven at 295 (it might have even been 300). That crush was during a local tourney, and it was my best drive ever. Fairway woods 175ish and less depending on the club (I’m guessing here too).

Your Usual Ball flight: Straight on target (my aim is another matter altogether, hence the target will vary). I have drawn V’s on my balls which when properly and painstakingly aligned with the V on the Bertha makes for an accurate shot. The Tight lies have no such alignment aid, and I really have to set up carefully or it will go straight – where I mistakenly aimed it. Oh the complexities of a target game! At one point I had a bit of a low ball fade, after changing out drivers from the a 9-degree Pre-War bird Big Bertha to the 2004 at 10 degrees and buying longer tee’s, I’m cured. The 9-degree Pre-War bird actually had a 1degree closed face (much to my mortification), which coupled with a bit of inverse wrist action manifested itself into the hook. A quick trip to a pro in combination with feeding the Pre-owned Callaway coffers for the 2004 titanium Bertha cured the problem. Now… I’m thoroughly smacking ‘em.

Have You Played Competitively? Yes Where? High School and College (Louisburg NC and Averett U Danville When?: Late 60’s early to mid 70’s. I had a full bag of Kro-Flites (blades) 1 thru 9 irons and a sandy. 4 Persimmon’s (1, 3, 4, 5), I got into a 7 wood later. The lofts were different back then, wedges were scarce commodities, the 9 did most of the short work with a SW for the bunkers. At least that’s how I remember it.

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Depends on the surface. I tend to take a small/thin divot on Fescues and Bluegrass, however thick carpet of Bermuda keeps the ball above ground a bit and I usually just shave the grass a little. If you’re playing Bermuda chances are the ground is hardpan. Taking a divot out of hardpan will practically dislocate your elbows. Taking divots usually slow the club speed and offset the head, my goal is as clean as possible dependant, of course, on the lie. I used to live on Guam, which as a soil content of red iron oxide dirt and small coral bits and pieces. I purchased a set of mid-80’s Golden Bears (blades) to play while living there; the coral tore those clubs to pieces. Imagine what the soles of your clubs would look like after four years of playing on a gravel driveway; they were chewed and only suitable for the rank beginner. I gave them to a neighbor kid who was taking up the game; he played them for a couple of years and passed them on to his younger brother. I guess you could safely say that I learned to NOT take a divot from that foray on the “rock”…as the ground on Guam was not only rife with coral but was also as hard as concrete.

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Blades in my youth and Cavity Backs now. In my younger days when I played a lot, I was better. Life carries on; my rounds are down to two per month, sometimes less. I promise to get out more, but there are chores to do and bills to pay. Oh well. In retrospect, I wish Cavity Backs were around when I took up the game. I like the oversized sweet spots.

Links or Tree Lined?: Both, dependent on whether I turn left out of my driveway or right.

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? I used to live very close to a cheap country range, now I mostly play and warm up at course range (the R & A GCC doesn’t offer the amenity). I’m really in it for the walk.

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Dawn Patrol, but during the summer I like the afternoon after the crowds thin out. Twilight is okay, but you have to ride and I like walking.

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Only when there is money involved. I find the 2nd tee is often my nemesis shot.

Your Overused Golf Sayings: Muttering “crap” after shooting into a difficult lie. Or “nicely done” when someone has a terrific shot. The cry of “worm burner” is also heard occasionally.

Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet

Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk with a pull cart. Tournaments require rides; I play about 4 or 5 a year.

Favorite Golf Quotes: Lee Trevino once said in jest “How long has this been going on?” upon getting a paycheck after his first win. Or, after one of my regular foursome foozles a shot… “At least you’re dressing better” or “That’s a hard shot with the dew point this low” something like that. It’s always fun to rip-off something Gary McCord has used.

First name:Tanner McGregor
Height:5"7
Weight:130
Location:Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Years Playing: 6
Righty or Lefty?:Right
Home Course: Riverside C.C
What's in the Bag?:

Driver- Titleist 905R Fujikura Speeder 665-Stiff
3 Wood- Callaway BB Fusion Aldila NV 65-Stiff
5 Wood- Titleist 904F Fujikura Speeder-Stiff
Hybrid- Taylormade Rescue Dual TP- Steel S300
Irons- Taylormade RAC TP Forged-Dynamic Gold S300
Wedges- Taylormade TP Black
Putter- Scotty Cameron Studio Stainless- Newport
Ball- Titleist ProV1

Handicap: 4
Handicap Goal for 2006: 2
Strengths:Putting, Keep it in Play
Weaknesses: Controlling Spin
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine:Stand behind the ball, address the ball take a practice swing and then attack the ball.
Your Golf Attire (usually): Slacks, Or Shorts, Polo, or Mock and the Orange Belt
Club Distances:
Driver- 260
3 Wood- 240
5 Wood-225
Hybrid- 210
3- 200
4- 190
5- 180
6- 165
7- 155
8- 140
9- 130
P- 120
52*- 110
56*- 95
60*- 75
Your Usual Ballflight:Straight, Usual Draw
Have You Played Competitively?Yes
Where?All Over Saskatchewan
When?:For the last 3 years and will continue to do so for years to come.
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Large Divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Blades
Links or Tree Lined?:Enjoy both styles, Saskathewan is rather flat so more links style...
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Little of Both
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?8:00Am
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Not anymore
Your Overused Golf Sayings:You better hit another one...
Quiet Player or Loud?: Reserved
Walk or Golf Cart?:Walk all the time
Favorite Golf Quotes:[COLOR="Magenta"][/COLOR]You put a Good swing on that one!

Haven't been here in a while...figured this would be a good topic to post back to!

First name: Arvin

Height: 5'6"
Weight: 172

Location: Maryland, USA

Years Playing: 12 years

Righty or Lefty?: Right

Home Course: Mt. Pleasent

What's in the Bag?: - Nike SQ Tour, 9.5 degree, Diamana Blue Board 63 Stiff
- Nike SQ 3-Wood, 15 degree, steel stiff
- Mizuno T-Zoid Fli-Hi 18 degree (Replaces 2-iron)
- Mizuno MP-32, 3-PW, TTDG S-300 Stiff
- Titleist Vokey Wedges, 256.08 and 260.10, Oil Can finish
- Titleist Scotty Cameron Newport 2 Studio Stainless
- Titleist Pro-V1, Pro V1x or Bridgestone B330

Handicap: 14

Handicap Goal for 2006: Just keep getting better...

Strengths: Iron play, driver distance, chipping

Weaknesses: Consistancy, course management

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Arrive at least an hour early, hit a small bucket focusing on short and mid-irons, drink a bottle of water, putt a few and wait

Your Golf Attire (usually): Traditional but not stuffy

Club Distances: Driver - 250 Carry
3 Iron - 190
5 Iron - 170
8 Iron - 130
PW - 105
LW - 70

Your Usual Ballflight: Fade the driver, high draw everything else

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: No real tournament experience

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Clean

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Prefer blades, but will try anything as long as it's forged...

Links or Tree Lined?: Links!!!

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Range pro

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Mid-morning

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Just when my dad is around

Your Overused Golf Sayings: "Not too much ball..." Translation: "Not too much...spin, left, right, etc."

Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet

Walk or Golf Cart?: Like to walk as long as someone or something is hauling my bag

Favorite Golf Quotes: "...so I got that going for me, which is nice..."

First name: Kevin

Height: 5' 6"

Weight: 152

Location: Detroit Michigan

Years Playing: 4 years

Righty or Lefty?: Righty

Home Course: Sylvan glen

What's in the Bag?:

Driver - Cleveland launcher 460 10.5*
3 & 5 Woods - Cleveland 15* & 19*
Hybrid -Hogan edge cft 21*
Irons - 4-pw Callaway x-18 pros w/ dynamic regular shaft
Wedges - Cleveland 588 56 degree and Cleveland cg10 52*degree
Putter - Cameron studio design 2.5

Club Distances:

Driver - 240 to 270
3 Wood - 220 to 230
5 wood - 200 to 220
Hybrid - 195 to 210
4 iron - 180
5 iron - 170-173
6 iron - 160 to 165
7 iron - 150 to 155
8 iron - 140 to 145
9 iron - 130 to 135
PW - 115 to 130
52 Wedge - 100 to 110
56 Wedge - 75 to 85

Handicap: 9

Handicap Goal for 2006: 5

Strengths: ball striking

Weaknesses: putting

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Swing momentus swing trainer, stretch, tee off.

Your Golf Attire (usually): Shorts and nice polo or lacoste golf shirt, if hot nike colarless synthetic shirts.

Your Usual Ballflight: Straight down the middle with driver, fade the 3,4 irons

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Yes, In Michigan for my highschool team, now.
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Muscle backs or cavity

Links or Tree Lined?: Tree Lined

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? If I am not playing a lot I will spend time at the range but prefer to be on the course.

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? 8:00 AM

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? If i'm at a new course

Your Overused Golf Sayings: Be good! Bite, Sit, **** **** cock balls

Quiet Player or Loud?: loud sometimes

Walk or Golf Cart?: walk

Favorite Golf Quotes: The scores dont lie

First name: Jerry
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 170
Location: Ohio
Years Playing: 20
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course: Detwiler Park
What's in the Bag?: TaylorMade R7 425, TaylorMade R7 ST 3 Wood, TaylorMade 19 Rescue Mid, Titleist 804S 4-PW (although the 735CM's just showed up today!) Vokey 452,456,460, Odyssey 3 Ball, Titleist NXT Tours or Pro V1
Handicap: 10
Handicap Goal for 2006: 8
Strengths: Short Game
Weaknesses: Driving
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Unfortunately straight to the tee
Your Golf Attire (usually): Shorts and a Polo
Club Distances: Driver 260, Hybrid 225, 7iron 155
Your Usual Ballflight: Slight draw, mid flight
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Not for a few years
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Clean down to wedges, then slight divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Currently Cavity backs, just purchased combo set
Links or Tree Lined?: tree lined
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? GEBP
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Morning, but I rarely get the chance
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? No
Your Overused Golf Sayings: How did that not go in?
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quietly talkative
Walk or Golf Cart?: Always walk

First name: Snake
Height :5' 11"
Weight: 160
Location: Deep South USA
Years Playing: 30
Righty or Lefty?: Lefty
Home Course: All of them
What's in the Bag?:
Bang -o - Matic Driver 7.5 w/ Graffalloy Blue shafts
Bang o Matic woods w/ Graffolloy Blue shafts
Snake Eyes FMC-1 irons, True Temper Dynamic Gold, firm
Assorted wedges (changes from day to day)
Oddessy 3 ball putter (my baby doll)
ProV-1, or Maxfli Revolution XT (great inexpensive ball)
Handicap: 11 (once was a 4)
Handicap Goal for 2006: 8 (if I have time to play, married with kid)
Strengths: Long straight drives, putting
Weaknesses: Short game, outta nowhere will start shanking (note long drives)
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Putting green, stretching, go play
Your Golf Attire (usually): Golf shirt, blue jean shorts, straw cowboy hat, SPF 45
Club Distances: Driver 290, 5 iron 180, 8 iron 150
Your Usual Ballflight: very high
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Yes, SC, early 80's
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Blades
Links or Tree Lined?: Doesn't matter
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Playing, range makes me think too much
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Morning in summer, noon in winter
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? No
Your Overused Golf Sayings: "That's not what I had in mind"
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk mostly, ride when temp is over 90 (it is supposed to be fun)
Favorite Golf Quotes: "99% of most putts left short don't go in"
Best Advice: Always play with someone better than you are...
You cannot buy a golf swing.....
Beware of the golfer with a deep tan, a gleam in his eye, and a 2 iron in his
bag....

Location: Berkeley, CA.
Years Playing: One
Righty or Lefty?: Righto
Home Course: Tilden Park GC, Berkeley. Tree lined canyon course with creeks, shallow bunkers, decently kept greens with foxes “rolling” around, blue jays, ducks, absolutely gorgeous venison (can’t touch them, no hunting allowed  ) with nice racks.
Handicap Index: 30.4
Handicap Goal for 2006: 27
Strengths: Mid irons, putting
Weaknesses: Woods
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Beer, water, a cigar, when appropriate, cookies. Then chipping and putting.
Your Golf Attire (usually): Synthetic polo shirt, Merino wool shirt; Synthetic shorts or wool slacks.
Club Distances: 3 Wood 220~240; 7 Iron 150~165.
Your Usual Ballflight: fade, draw, hook..hmmm, still not consistant
Have You Played Competitively? No
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divots R Us.
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Forged Cavity Backs
Links or Tree Lined?: Like ‘em both. Nod towards trees.
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Playa
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? High noon. So I can get in my mt. bike ride or run, early morning.
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Always, as much as I try to deny it.
Your Overused Golf Sayings: “Well, guess I’m a hooker now” usually after my drive.
Quiet Player or Loud?: Loud with friends, quiet with strangers
Walk or Golf Cart?: Both, but prefer walking
Favorite Golf Quotes: “Is that my friend in the bunker or that bastard on the green?”

First name: Brian
Height: 6 feet
Weight: 160
Location: Japan
Years Playing: Off and on for 20 years (really just 6 seriously)
Righty or Lefty?:Lefty
Home Course:Can't afford one here, but go to Ark Yokawa a lot.
What's in the Bag?: See my profile
Handicap: 8.5
Handicap Goal for 2006: 5 in 2007
Strengths: Drive, irons
Weaknesses: Chipping and putting are streaky
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Putt for 20 minutes/Sand and chips for 15/7iron,4 iron, Driver for 15/Putt for 10 more minutes
Your Golf Attire (usually): Nike spikeless shoes, Nike Dri-Fit pants or shorts/Various brands of shirts & caps (Taylor Made & Callaway mostly) Titelist glove
Club Distances:D: 240-275; 3W 220-240;5W190-215;60deg-60;sw-85;pw-115;9i-125;8i-140;7i-150;6i-160;5i-170;4i-180;3i-190 (all irons are +/-5yds, except wedges, which I hit 3 dialed in distances)
Your Usual Ballflight: Draw
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Just inter-school tournaments with fellow teachers from other schools in the area of Japan where I teach (Kobe)
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Both
Blades or Cavity Backs?:Graphite shafted Cavity Backs, but I want to move to steel shafted blades when I've got the money
Links or Tree Lined?:Tree-lined.
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Both
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?First off, so I have the option of playing another round if I'm up for it.
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Yes, if I'm playing with people I don't know
Your Overused Golf Sayings: Anywhere on the fairway, anywhere on the green, anywhere within 2 feet of the cup - PAR!
Quiet Player or Loud?:quiet (I mutter to myself when I hit a bad shot and say nothing when I hit a good one)
Walk or Golf Cart?:Walk with pull cart.
Favorite Golf Quotes:Rebel Creek, Grey Silo, Golden Valley

First name: Scott
Height: 5'-8"
Weight: 195
Location: PNW
Years Playing: 35
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course: Salem Golf Club
What's in the Bag?: All Titleist except putter (905T w/YS-6+ R, 690.CB 4-9, Vokey
52*, 56*, 60*. Using Talor Made Rossie Mallet, but looking for a little different putter.
Handicap: 23
Handicap Goal for 2006: 18
Strengths: Short game except putting (2 putt average--ouch!)
Weaknesses: Blowing up on the 3 holes with double or triple bogeys that destroy
what would otherwise be a great score for me.
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Small bucket. Stretch, Wedges, 8 iron, 6 iron, 4 4 iron, 19* FW off tee, 15* FW off tee, 19* and 15* off grass, 7 iron chip shots and putting, at green. Ideally, this is a 45-60 minute routine.
Your Golf Attire (usually): I am a traditionalist. I detest jeans and t-shirts on the course. I wear nice looking trousers (Dockers-Costco $20) and a well-fitting (loose) knit collared shirt. I try to show respect for the tradition of the game in how I dress..
Club Distances: Driver--250, 3W--210, 5 Iron--155, 9 Iron 115, PW--100, LW--40
Your Usual Ballflight: Medium-high
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Yes. Jeld-Wen Tradition with Graham Marsh and the Lexus team in Portland, Or August '06. Corban College Tourney (2nd Place) Sept '06
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Dollar divot in front of ball
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Cavity back
Links or Tree Lined?: Tree lines
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? 1/2 and 1/2
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Afternoon
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Not anymore after playing in a professional environment.
Your Overused Golf Sayings:
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet, but friendly
Walk or Golf Cart?: Alway walk with pull cart. Electric carts don't belong in golf.
Favorite Golf Quotes: "Hit the little ball before you hit the big ball!," "Take dead aim," "I wish my scores showed how good a golfer I really am!"

First name: Patrick
Age: 27
Height: 6'
Weight: 230
Location: Bay City, TX
Years Playing: 7
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course: Rio Colorado
What's in the Bag?: Driver- Hibore 10.5 ProLaunch Stiff, 3 Wood- SMT Ion low profile MFS stiff, 5 Wood- V-Steel 18* X-100, Hybrid- 20* Mizuno Clk Fli Hi Steel Stiff, 4-PW- Callaway X-16 5.5 Rifle, Wedges- 56* & 60* Tileist Vokey Oil Can, Putter- Wilson 8813
Handicap: 4
Handicap Goal for 2006: 2 or better
Strengths: Keeping it in the fairway
Weaknesses: Trying to get cute around the green
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Wake up late, straight to tee box
Your Golf Attire (usually): Khakis Polo
Club Distances: Driver- 260-275
Your Usual Ballflight: Mid
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Nope
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Cavity
Links or Tree Lined?: Tree Lined
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Gain
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Noon
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Nope, its first putt jitters for me
Your Overused Golf Sayings: BITE!
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk
Favorite Golf Quotes: Anything Feherty has to say.

First name: Andrew
Height: 6'
Weight: 190lb
Age: 17
Location: Springfield Missouri
Years Playing: 3
Righty or Lefty?: Righty(but left handed for alot of stuff)
Home Course: Highland Springs Country Club
What's in the Bag?: Cleveland CG4 irons
Handicap: Don't know, I shoot around a 94 at my country club, prolly lower at where my highschool matches are(I havent played there for 3/4 of a year and have improved alot)
Handicap Goal for 2006: to break 90 consistently
Strengths: 3-wood
Weaknesses: barely off the green chips/pitches
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: during the season, I go to the putting green and do some putting/chipping cause there is not time to go to the driving range and you have to buy balls to hit. For casual play(at my CC) I will go to the driving range for a bit, then the putting green.
Your Golf Attire (usually):Just a polo shirt, and some khakis, or shorts weather permitting, some nike golf shoes
Club Distances: my pw is about 115
Your Usual Ballflight: Used to be way too high, now I am getting it to a nice trajectory
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: I play for my highschool for the past 2 years most matches are at a Public Golf course, Deer Lake.
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Clean
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Cavity Back
Links or Tree Lined?: Tree Lined
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Both.
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Whenever I can get a tee time, usually have to play at around 4 if it is a weekday
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Used to, not anymore. Though during past seasons the first hole has been consistently my worst hole every time, because I have to hit without having gone to the range any to warm up, so the first drive can be quite disasterous some times.
Your Overused Golf Sayings: Joking with a kid I golf with, "Foot wedge!" or "Oh thats a gimme" when the ball is really far from the hole(a kid I used to play with would say that seriously, on putts that he couldnt make).
Quiet Player or Loud?: Depends on who I am playing with, if it is casual or during the season practice, loud, and during a match, it depends on if our opponents are nice or not.
Walk or Golf Cart?: Cart for recrestion, walk during season
Favorite Golf Quotes: n/a

First name: Riley
Age: 16
Height: 5-11
Weight: 152
Location: NC
Years Playing: in my 4th
Righty or Lefty?: left but play right
Home Course: Jamestown GC
What's in the Bag?: see sig
Handicap: see sig
Handicap Goal for 2006: under 5
Strengths: distance, gir's
Weaknesses: accuracy off tee (bomb an gouge is me), an touch aroud greens
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: hit a small bucket chip and putt for about 45min
Your Golf Attire (usually): Khakis an Polo... usually Adidas
Club Distances:
Driver: 260-275
4 wood: 245
hybrid: 230
3i: 215
4i: 200
5i: 190
6i: 180
7i: 165
8i: 155
9i: 140
wedge: 130
54*: 115
60*: 100
Your Usual Ballflight: Low-Mid
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: just for my school
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Blades
Links or Tree Lined?: both
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? both
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? evening
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Nope
Your Overused Golf Sayings: Sit down
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk
Favorite Golf Quotes: see sig

[B]First name:[/B] Daniel
[B]Height:[/B] 6'

[B]Weight:[/B] 185lbs

[B]Location:[/B] Los Angeles, CA

[B]Years Playing:[/B] 7

[B]Righty or Lefty?:[/B] Righty

[B]Home Course: [/B]Anywhere there is grass and a hole with a flag.

[B]What's in the Bag?:[/B]
Driver: Titleist 905S w/ Grafalloy Blue (Stiff)
3 Wood: Cleveland Ti Launcher w/ UST Proforce V2 (Stiff)
2 Iron: Ping i5 (x-100)
3 ~ PW: Titleist 660 (x-stiff)
SW: Ping Tour 56*
LW: Cleveland 900 Series BRZ 60*
Putter: Scotty Cameron Studio Design 3.5

Used to be a Mizuno fan (MP-37), but titleist beat them. The only thing I miss about the Mizuno's is that you were able to work the ball more compared to the Titleist 660.

[B]Handicap:[/B] 5

[B]Handicap Goal for 2006:[/B] 0

[B]Strengths:[/B] Irons

[B]Weaknesses: [/B]3 wood from fairway

[B]Your Typical Pre-Round Routine:[/B] Arrive 1 hour before, warm up starting with my SW or PW. Go all the way up to my driver, practice the towel drill with a SW (stick a towel under both of your armpits). Hit the driver a couple of times again, go to the putting green and VOILA!

[B]Your Golf Attire (usually): [/B] Prefer shorts with polo shirts.

[B]Club Distances:[/B]
Driver: 290
3-wood: 250
2i: 230
3i: 220
4i: 210
5i: 195
6i: 185
7i: 170
8i: 155
9i: 145
PW: 135
56*: 120
60*: 95


[B]Your Usual Ballflight:[/B] Irons: Mid-high, Woods: Mid. I don't know why.

[B]Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?:[/B] High School, Tournaments.

[B]Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?:[/B] Divot, and a lot of them!!!

[B]Blades or Cavity Backs?:[/B] Blades (once you try them, you cannot go back to cavity back)

[B]Links or Tree Lined?: [/B]Tee Lined

[B]Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? [/B]Both

[B]What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?[/B] Anytime, but like to finish right before it gets dark.

[B]Do You Get First Tee Jitters?[/B] In tournaments, hell yes.

[B]Your Overused Golf Sayings:[/B] Grip it and rip it!

[B]Quiet Player or Loud?:[/B] Tournaments, quiet. Friends, Loud.

[B]Walk or Golf Cart?:[/B] Like to walk but my friends don't, so sometimes I do not have an option.

First name: Scott

Height: 5'9"

Weight: 230lbs

Location: Lake Worth, FL

Years Playing: 4

Righty or Lefty?: Righty

Home Course: Delray Beach Municipal

What's in the Bag?: Cobra SS40010.5 Aldila regrular, Callaway Steelhead III 3+, Cobra SS Irons 3-SW, LW Warrior Golf

Handicap: 30

Handicap Goal for 2007: 23

Strengths: Distance

Weaknesses: Putting/Short Game

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Arrive early morning and stretch out. 5 min. putting and hit range if have time. Start 7 iron and work to wedges, then go up from 6 until get to driver.

Your Golf Attire (usually): regular shorts and stuff, love hawaiian shirts.

Club Distances:
Driver: 230-270
3-wood: 210
3i: 190
4i: 180
5i: 170
6i: 160
7i: 150
8i: 140
9i: 125-135
PW: 110
55: 85
60: 60-75 just purchased so not real sure yet.

Your Usual Ballflight: Irons tend to be draw. driver is light, high fade.

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: no

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot

Blades or Cavity Backs?: cavity backs

Links or Tree Lined?: Links

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? A little bit of both, mostly playing

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? 7:30am or 3PM

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? depends on playing partners

Your Overused Golf Sayings: "Crushed it" "Army Golf"

Quiet Player or Loud?: mostly quiet

Walk or Golf Cart?: cart in afternoons, walk in morning

Favorite Golf Quotes: "drive for show, putt for dough"

First name: Randall

Height: 6'1

Weight: 215

Location: Southwest Louisiana

Years Playing: 18, off and on, just now coming back from a 2+ year layoff, been playing pretty frequently the last 6 months

Righty or Lefty?: Righty

Home Course: Bayou Oaks (terrible course, just easy w/ not much traffic)

What's in the Bag?: driver and fairway woods--ADAMS irons--Cleveland TA7 wedges-- Titleist Vokey putter-- ping

Handicap: 6(just got my first official USGA handicap for the first time in 18yrs of golf)

Handicap Goal for 2006: 2

Strengths: Driving

Weaknesses: Putting

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: hit a small bucket of balls on the range, putt on practice green for about 15 minutes

Your Golf Attire (usually): Polo's and Khaki shorts

Club Distances:
Driver-- 270+
3wood--240
5wood--220
3iron--210
4iron--200
5iron--190
6iron--180
7iron--170
8iron--160
9iron--150
PW--140
52*--110
56*--80

Your Usual Ballflight: High

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Not since junior golf 15+ years ago, unless you count city/club championships

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: cleanly or small divot

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Cavity Backs (in the process of trying to find some blades)

Links or Tree Lined?: Tree Lined

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Gain Experience by Playing

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Morning but after the dew is gone

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? not usually, every now and then if i'm in a tourney i'll get them on the 1st tee, but not often

Your Overused Golf Sayings: Keep your head down stupid (referring to myself)

Quiet Player or Loud?: Loud

Walk or Golf Cart?: Cart

Favorite Golf Quote: "If you're caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron." ~Lee Trevino

[B]First name:[/B]Jamie
[B]Height:[/B]178cm (5'10")
[B]Weight[/B]:66kg (145lbs)
[B]Location:[/B]New Zealand
[B]Age:[/B]18
[B]Years Playing[/B]:5
[B]Righty or Lefty?:[/B]Righty
[B]Home Course:[/B]Hikurangi
[B]What's in the Bag?:[/B]
3 wood: 15 degree pgf tp-02
5 wood: 19 degree pgf tp-02
3-Sw: pgf tp-02 w/ rifle 6.0
Gw:Ben Hogan special 51 k grind
[B]Handicap:[/B] 7.4 (8)
[B]Handicap Goal for 2006:[/B] 5 and under
[B]Strengths:[/B]Driving, Chipping, Putting
[B]Weaknesses:[/B] Irons(averaging around 4 or 5 gir):mad2: , Pitching
[B]Your Typical Pre-Round Routine:[/B]Pratice the short game for 1/2 an hour or so then go have some practice swings before its time to tee off.
[B]Your Golf Attire (usually):[/B]Polo shirt, shorts, hat and sunglasses.(all year round)
[B]Club Distances:[/B]
Driver:? (Don't use one right now.But the launch moniter said I had a 233 metre (254yds)average carry when I was using one.)
Distances are in metres
3 wood: 210-220
5 wood: 200-210
3 iron:190-200
4 iron:180-190
5 iron:170-180
6 iron:160-170
7 iron:150-160
8 iron:135-150
9 iron:115-135
PW:110-115
GW:100-110
SW:80-85 (this doesn't seem right but thats how far it goes)
[B]Your Usual Ballflight:[/B] Mid - High, straight maybe a little draw if theres any movement
[B]Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?:[/B] Yes. In the national secondary schools (high school) champs last year.
[B]Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: [/B]Whatever works for you
[B]Blades or Cavity Backs?:[/B] Play cavity backs but would like some blades
[B]Links or Tree Lined?: [/B]Any course is good
[B]Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing?[/B] Nothing wrong with a bit of both
[B]What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?[/B] Dont care but the afternoon seems more relaxed
[B]Do You Get First Tee Jitters?[/B]All the time the more nervous I am the better I play
[B]Your Overused Golf Sayings:[/B] What doesn't get over said on the golf course
[B]Quiet Player or Loud?:[/B] Depends on the day
[B]Walk or Golf Cart?:[/B] Prefer walking but it doesnt worry me
[B]Favorite Golf Quotes:[/B]"Thats alright I take the cheques with my right hand:" - Bobby Locke when asked to comment on his weak left hand grip.

First name:Jacque
Height:5'10"
Weight:150
Location:baltimore... for now
Years Playing:3.5
Righty or Lefty?:righty
Home Course:soon to be legend oaks
What's in the Bag?: 905, x tour, f-50, mp-32, cg-10, vokey, cameron
Handicap:.... stroke avg. 76
Handicap Goal for 2006: +3
Strengths:i'm an a.sshole
Weaknesses:i'm super good looking
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine:wake up
Your Golf Attire (usually):golf shoes
Club Distances: wedges i can throw farther than woods
Your Usual Ballflight: high, low, draw, fade, straight
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?:no
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?:some days
Blades or Cavity Backs?:grain flow forged baby
Links or Tree Lined?:golf course
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing?sometimes
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?daytime, night time it's hard to judge distances
Do You Get First Tee Jitters?which round, the first one or the fourth
Your Overused Golf Sayings:damn i'm good
Quiet Player or Loud?:quiet.... i'm pro style
Walk or Golf Cart?:either
Favorite Golf Quotes:dammit jacque you win again.

First name: Lou
Height: 185cm
Weight: 90kg
Location: Sydney, Australia
Years Playing: 20 or so
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course:
What's in the Bag?: See sig
Handicap: 10.6
Handicap Goal for 2006: Get back to 8 or a bit lower
Strengths: full swing, mid irons.
Weaknesses: Definitely chipping
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Try to stretch and spenda bit oftime on the putting green
Your Golf Attire (usually): Polo and shorts, trousers in serious tournaments.
Club Distances: Driver 265 metres, 7 iron 155 metres
Your Usual Ballflight: Driver: all over the place. Irons : High draw.
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: The occassional Vardon event and B grade pennants.
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Players cavities.
Links or Tree Lined?: Links. I hate trees.
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Too old and busy to go to the range these days.
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Prefer to play afternoon, but domestic duties require early morning tee off.
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Depends on how tight the first fairway is and how many are watching, but usually no
Your Overused Golf Sayings: Dont' use it myself but I hate "never up never in"
Quiet Player or Loud?: Social but not loud.
Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk
Favorite Golf Quotes: How can you go past Mickelson's "I'm such an idiot!"

First name:richard
Height:5'4
Weight:115
Location:newton, mass
Years Playing:2
Righty or Lefty?:righty
Home Course:newton commonwealth
What's in the Bag?:check signature
Handicap:dont play w/ one yet
Handicap Goal for 2006:20
Strengths:everything
Weaknesses:nothing
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine:wake up
Your Golf Attire (usually):kahakis and collord shirt
Club Distances:idk a lot to a little
Your Usual Ballflight:idk
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?:no
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?:divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?:cb
Links or Tree Lined?:links
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing?playing
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?12
Do You Get First Tee Jitters?not rly
Your Overused Golf Sayings:get left..... no not that left
Quiet Player or Loud?:quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?:walk
Favorite Golf Quotes:idk

First name: Bill
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 155
Location: lakeville ma
Years Playing: 35
Righty or Lefty?: R
Home Course: Acushnet River Valley
What's in the Bag?: Driver: Taylor Made R7 Draw 10.5 Reax Regular shaft
3-wood: Taylor Made Burner 15 degree reax regular shaft
Hybrid: Cobra Baffler 3 20 degrees, steel shaft
Irons: Mizuno Mx 25 4-P
Wedges: Titleist Vokey 52, 56-10, 60-04
Putter: Yes, Natalie model

Handicap: 5.6
Handicap Goal for 2006: 3
Strengths: Driving Accuracy, Short game
Weaknesses: Fairway wood, 4,5 iron
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Hit about 35 balls, starting with pw, ending with Driver, Putt for 15 minutes
Your Golf Attire (usually): Shorts, Crew neck shirt
Club Distances: Driver 250
3 wood 220
7 iron 155
pw 115
Your Usual Ballflight:Right to Left
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Only in club championshiop at acushnet river valley last 4 years

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: clean
Blades or Cavity Backs?: cavity bank
Links or Tree Lined?: tree lined
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? range rat
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? late in afternoon
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Only in club championship
Your Overused Golf Sayings: Be the right one today
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk
Favorite Golf Quotes: Never Despair, never despair (from The Greatest Game Ever Played)

First name:Dennis
Height:5ft 8in
Weight:145
Location:florida
Years Playing:passionately?2 years but all my life to some extent

Righty or Lefty?:right

Home Course: none there are so many in FL i play all over

What's in the Bag?: cally x20 tours w black gold stiff flex
cleveland hibore xl v2 stiff flex
cleveland launcher 3 wd fuji stiff
cobra baffler 3 iron hybrid nippon stiff flex
54* titleist spin milled
50* tm rac gap
scotty newport 2

Handicap:14

Handicap Goal for 2007 : 10

Strengths:irons

Weaknesses:finding fairway off tee

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine:few wedges few mids few drivers hit the putting green

Your Golf Attire (usually):typical

Club Distances:driver 250
3wd 220
hybrid 200
5i 170
7i 150
pw 110
putter up to 120 ft

Your Usual Ballflight:penetrating right to left

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?:no

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: depends on my lie

Blades or Cavity Backs?:cbs

Links or Tree Lined?:both

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing?range rat

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?11 am

Do You Get First Tee Jitters?if im playing with my dad other than that not really

Your Overused Golf Sayings:better than most

Quiet Player or Loud?:both

First name: Kenny
Height: 5"6
Weight:145-150
Location:London
Years Playing:11 (age 3)
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course: West Middlesex
What's in the Bag?: Taylormade everything :p
Handicap:12
Handicap Goal for 2008: 9
Strengths: Ball Striking
Weaknesses: Driving
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Cup of tea, relax, practise in nets.
Your Golf Attire (usually): Tiger Woods type, Nike or Callaway shirts and just normal goling trousers, beige or black.
Club Distances: Driver (when rarely hit properly) 235 yds
9 Iron : 110
8 Iron : 115-120
7 Iron : 130 - 140
6 Iron 150 - 155
5 Iron 170 - 175
4 Iron 185 - 190
3 Iron: Don't Use
2 Iron : 200 - 205
3 Wood: 220+
Your Usual Ballflight: Slice with the driver mostly, otherwise a gentle fade.
Have You Played Competitively? Junior Tourneys Where? West Mid, Elstree When?: Recently
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Both, depending on the club.
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Blades
Links or Tree Lined?: Links
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Playing
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? 11am
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Hell Yes!
Your Overused Golf Sayings: "Looks like you're gonna have to drop a ball dad"
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet and focused.
Walk or Golf Cart?: Electric Cart
Favorite Golf Quotes: "Get In the Hole!" or "Be Right..."

First name: Dellwell
Height: 6’1
Weight: 180
Righty or Lefty?: Right
What's in the Bag?:
Driver: Still looking... Suggestions welcome!
3wood/Driver: Cobra X-speed
5wood: Titleist 20*
Hybrid: Nickent 3DX 24*
Irons: Cobra 3100 i/h, 5-GW
Wedge: Nike SV Tour 56*
Putter: Ping B60
Handicap: 16
Strengths: irons to green
Weaknesses: Off the tee
Your Usual Ballflight: various… that’s the problem!
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Clean
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Cavity Back
Links or Tree Lined?: Trees
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Play
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? After work
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? No
Your Overused Golf Sayings: “WTF”
Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk

First name: Robert

Height: 6'2"

Weight: 185lbs

Location: Montmartre, Paris, France

Years Playing: 17

Righty or Lefty?: Righty

Home Course: Bussy Germantes

What's in the Bag?:
Driver: HiBore XL 9,5* Stiff
3 Wood: Tour Model 15* Graphite
Irons 2-SW: Ping Eye 2 True Temper
Lob Wedge: Mizuno MP-T Black Nickel 60* True Temper
Putter: Taylor Made Cb3
Balls: Titleist Pro V1 - NXT - Nike One Black
Bag: Stag


Handicap: 10

Handicap Goal for 2007: I'll try to reach 5 next year, need to improve my short game before

Strengths: Distance

Weaknesses: Short game

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: 15 minutes stretching

Your Golf Attire (usually): Mets Cap, regular shirts, shorts or pants

Club Distances:
Driver: 290 - 330
3-wood: 260
2i: 225-230
3i: 215-220
4i: 205
5i: 195
6i: 185
7i: 175
8i: 165
9i: 155
PW: 140
56*: 120
60*: 100

Your Usual Ballflight: Fades off the tee as well as with my 3W on fairways and draws with my irons (both high trajectories)

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: I played junior golf in France at 14-16 (I was in the junior team of Gregory Havret).
Since then I only played casually and getting back into it (seriously) this year

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Blades

Links or Tree Lined?: Links (more tolerant off the tee)

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Playing (don't have time to train & play because of my girlfriend)

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? 7:30 AM tee off

Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet

Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk

Favorite Golf Quotes: "Golf is not a game of life and death, it is a lot more than that"

First name: [B]Garry [/B]

Height:[B]6ft 1 in[/B]

Weight:[B]20stone (280lbs[/B]

Location:[B]Watford, UK[/B]

Years Playing:[B]30[/B]

Righty or Lefty?:[B]Play right handed.. but naturally left handed[/B]

Home Course:[B]Mill Hill GC, North London[/B]

What's in the Bag?:see below

Handicap:[B]11[/B]

Handicap Goal for 2007; [B]came down from 12[/B]

Strengths:[B]putting is sooooo easy I NEVER 3 PUTT !!!!!!![/B]

Weaknesses:[B]driving only ok, but Sand is a nightmare[/B]

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine:[B]hit 20 to 30 balls[/B]

Your Golf Attire (usually):[B]shorts in all weathers[/B]

Club Distances:[B]Driver 240 ...... 6 iron 155yds[/B]

Your Usual Ballflight:[B]high fade[/B]

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?:[B]only in club or open comps[/B]

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?:[B]clean .. too clean sometimes![/B]

Blades or Cavity Backs?:[B]Cavity...i need all the help i can get[/B]

Links or Tree Lined?:[B]links links and more links[B][/B][/B]

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing?[B]play[/B]

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?[B]early is better[/B]

Do You Get First Tee Jitters?[B]nope[/B]

Your Overused Golf Sayings:unlucky .. now pay up!

Quiet Player or Loud?:[B]average[/B]

Walk or Golf Cart?:[B]no choice - golf cart asi am disabled and need 2 new knees[/B]

Favorite Golf Quotes:[B]do you know Pros only hit 50% of fairways from the tee[/B]

[B]First name:[/B] Brian

[B]Height:[/B] 5'11"

[B]Weight:[/B] 190 lbs.

[B]Location:[/B] Central Ohio

[B]Years Playing:[/B] 10, but this is my first SERIOUS year

[B]Righty or Lefty?:[/B] Righty

[B]Home Course:[/B] None. I haven't played the same course twice this year...

[B]What's in the Bag?:[/B] TaylorMade Burner 9.5d Driver, Izzo ZWood 2-Wood, Callaway Great Big Bertha II 5-Wood, Orlimar H830 3-Hybrid, Mizuno MX-19 4-GW, Mac Tour Bounce SW, and Odyssey White Hot 2-Ball Putter

[B]Handicap:[/B] Around 25 or 26

[B]Handicap Goal for 2007:[/B] I'd like to get it down to at least 20, but shooting in the 80s consistently would be awesome.

[B]Strengths:[/B] Short Irons

[B]Weaknesses:[/B] Putting could be better. I also took my first lesson a couple weeks ago, so I'm working on my improved swing.

[B]Your Typical Pre-Round Routine:[/B] Putting green is typical. I'll hit some range balls if I have enough time and money.

[B]Your Golf Attire (usually):[/B] Khaki shorts, polo shirt, hat, and Adidas golf shoes

[B]Club Distances:[/B] 7-iron = 150 yards and so forth. Still working on the Driver trajectory (reason for the lesson I took), but my average pre-lesson was probably between 220-230 yards.

[B]Your Usual Ballflight:[/B] Working on a Mid ball flight as I was hitting some shots too High due to releasing the club too early in my downswing

[B]Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?:[/B] No unless you count the scramble I played this year.

[B]Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?:[/B] Usually divot, but working on consistency

[B]Blades or Cavity Backs?:[/B] Are Mizuno MX-19 irons considered cavity backs?

[B]Links or Tree Lined?:[/B] Links because trees are evil.

[B]Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing?[/B] I hit the range when I can't play a round as often as I'd like.

[B]What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?[/B] No preference. I just like to play.

[B]Do You Get First Tee Jitters?[/B] Sometimes, but especially if there are a bunch of people watching me.

[B]Your Overused Golf Sayings:[/B] "Pull up your skirt, Nancy" or "Hit it!"

[B]Quiet Player or Loud?:[/B] I'm a quiet person in general, but I can sometimes shout profanities when I hit a poor shot.

[B]Walk or Golf Cart?:[/B] Cart this year, but I don't mind walking with a pull cart.

First name: Ray
Height: 5-9
Weight: 185
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Years Playing: 20
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course: Greystone GC
What's in the Bag?: Titleist 983 8.5, Ping G5 13*, Cobra DWS 18*, Ping S-58 Blue Dot DG S300, Ping Tour-W 52* and 58*, Yes Tracy Putter
Handicap: 8
Handicap Goal for 2008: 4 or less
Strengths: Driving, Iron play
Weaknesses: Bunker play
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Hit balls, Wedge, 8, 6, 4 3wd, Driver, Putt
Your Golf Attire (usually): Khaki shorts or pants, Polo or mock
Club Distances: Driver- 265 yards, 3 wood 245, 18* Hybrid 215, 3-205, 4-195, 5-185, 6-170, 7-160, 8-150, 9-140, PW-130, 52* wedge- 105, 58* wedge-90
Your Usual Ballflight: Mid, Draw
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: No
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: S58's player's cavity backs
Links or Tree Lined?: Tree lined
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Both
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Morning
Do You Get First Tee Jitters?No
Your Overused Golf Sayings: Too foul for this sight
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?: Both
Favorite Golf Quotes:

I see nobody has done one in a while, so I guess I'll do it to introduce myself:

First name: Frank
Height: 5-11
Weight: 215 & falling
Location: Las Vegas Baby!
Years Playing: 4 months after a 6-year layoff
Righty or Lefty?: Lefty!
Home Course: Black Mountain GC & Country Club (Henderson, NV)
What's in the Bag?: See Sig.
Handicap: a true 25
Handicap Goal for 2006: (2008): Like to be around an 18 by the end of the year
Strengths: Starting to be drive distance (been avg. in the 260's in December)
Weaknesses: Chipping & Fairway Bunkers - PLEASE HELP!!!!
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: medicus for 1/2 dozen balls, chip for 15 mins/put for 15
Your Golf Attire (usually): Nike polo, black/kahki dockers/nike black shoes/nike hat (yeah, I'm a lackie)
Club Distances: (off fairways save driver): D-250/3w-230/5w-210/3i(h)-195/4i-180/5-9i-170-130/pw-115/52*-70/60*-40 (I'm a short knocker)
Your Usual Ballflight: been stinging drives with a draw lately/pull my irons but high
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: nothing other than skins in my group
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: divot, but sometimes the fat hits come out
Blades or Cavity Backs?: I guess I'm a faggoty pu$$y - cavity back wide soles
Links or Tree Lined?: not much tree lined in vegas, but I like them - mostly desert
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing?: range rat baby! 5 days a week
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?: afternoon when it's 110 outside - have the course to myself
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? used to, horribly. They've gotten better, but when grouped w/strangers they creep back occasionally
Your Overused Golf Sayings:
"I'm sneaking up on it" (4-putting)
"Throw your purse at it, Alice"
"Hit it you gutless bastard" (short putt - to myself)
"That's why we're not on TV"
Quiet Player or Loud?: medium, I guess
Walk or Golf Cart?: Cart - mountain courses + heat
Favorite Golf Quotes: "Nice Putt, Frank" to my buds when they blow an easy one.

You can add more if you want, lets get the ball rolling.

Least favorite quote: "Keep your head down"/"Swing through the ball"/"Never leave a birdie putt short"

A full welcome Frank, with showgirls.

First name: TK
Height: 6-1
Weight: 210
Location: Tulsa, OK
Years Playing: 15
Righty or Lefty?: R
Home Course: Forest Ridge + WhiteHawk
What's in the Bag?:
Driver - Cleveland HiBore XL
Irons - MacGregor M675 Forged
Wedges - Cleveland GC11 (52*/56*/60*)
Handicap: 7
Handicap Goal for 2006: (2008): Just to be more consistent, especially with chipping
Strengths: Long drives / short irons
Weaknesses: Chipping and probably Chipping
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: a few warm-up swings and where the tee box?!
Your Golf Attire (usually): Nike polo, shorts, adidas shoes
Club Distances:
Driver: 275+
3W: 260
Hybrid 2: 225
4I: 210
5I:200
6I:185
7I:170
8I:160
9I:150
PW:135
GW:120
SW:105
LW: 80 or less
Your Usual Ballflight: Power fade / knockdown irons if needed
Have You Played Competitively? No
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Forged
Links or Tree Lined?: Don't care - just keep up the pace of play!
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing?: EXP
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?: afternoon when it's 110 outside - have the course to myself
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? No
Your Overused Golf Sayings:
Nice putt Alice (when left short)
Quiet Player or Loud?: Low key but always encouraging partners
Walk or Golf Cart?: Cart
Favorite Golf Quotes: "Nice shot

Wolf Creek huh?

Never golfed there before. Heard it's nice, and also heard it's going bankrupt. Is that true?

First name: Michael Tibbo

Height:5’10

Weight: 170

Location: Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada

Years Playing: 7

Righty or Lefty?: Right

Home Course: Blomidon Golf &CC

Best Course Ever Played: Humber Valley Resort

What's in the Bag?:
Driver - Titleist 905R - UST Pro Force V2 Stiff
3 Wood - Titleist 906F2 - UST Pro Force V2 Stiff
Hybird - Nickent 3DX 3i - UST Speed Rated 2
Irons - Nike NDS 4-PW
Wedges - Nike SV Black 52
Wedges - Titleist Vokey 256.12 Chrome
Wedges - Titleist Vokey SM60.08 Oil Can
Putter - Ping G2i Anser
Grips - Golf Pride MC New Decade Blue
Adidas Tour 360 II

Handicap:7

Handicap Goal for 2008: 4

Strengths: Keeping the ball in play off the tee

Weaknesses: Long irons

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine:

Your Golf Attire (usually): Shorts, slacks, polo, hat

Club Distances:
D 250
H 220
4 180
5 165
6 165
7 155
8 140
9 130
P 120
52 105
56 90
60 70


Your Usual Ball flight: Driver – Mid high fade
Irons – Mid low draw

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: All over Newfoundland


Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Small Divot

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Cavity Backs

Links or Tree Lined?: Tree Lined

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? By playing/practicing on chipping and putting greens

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? 9:00 AM

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Only in big tournaments

Your Overused Golf Sayings: That will play

Quiet Player or Loud?: Loud when pissed off

Walk or Golf Cart?: walk

Favorite Golf Quotes: If you make a par or better and someone is putting for a par “I once heard of a guy who bogeyed this hole”

First name: Dave
Height: six feet four
Weight: 290 lbs
Location: Irving, Texas, in the shadow of Texas Stadium
Years Playing: 32
Righty or Lefty?: I'm left handed but play golf right handed
Home Course: Hackberry Creek CC, Irving
What's in the Bag?: See signature. Cleveland woods, Adams irons, Vokey.
Handicap: 8
Handicap Goal for 2008: 4
Strengths: long enough, not prone to wild errors
Weaknesses: short game, not enough putts made inside ten feet

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: hit 20 or 30, finish with the driver

Your Golf Attire (usually): slacks and a decent golf shirt

Club Distances: Driver 275, 3 wood 235, 5 wood 220, 3 hybrid 210, 4 iron 195, 5 iron 185, 6 iron 170, 7 iron 155, 8 iron 145, 9 iron 135, wedge 115.

Your Usual Ballflight: medium high, not a lot of backspin.

Have You Played Competitively? Does it count playing for beer?:

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Beaver pelt, up to 4 iron.

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Forged blavity backs

Links or Tree Lined?: Whatever will let me on the course

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Play first, practice later

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Morning.

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Nope.

Your Overused Golf Sayings: Well smote, father.

Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet.

Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk while anyone's looking

Favorite Golf Quotes: Jack said he could sometimes win playing badly, and calls it 'playing badly well'.

First name: Timothy

Height: 6'1"

Weight: 174lbs

Location: Colorado Springs, CO

Years Playing: 2

Righty or Lefty?: Righty

Home Course: Eisenhower GC Blue/Silver well keep, greens will be some of the hardest/fastest you'll ever play. ask the magazine golf digest.

Favorite Courses played: Ko'olau Golf Club on Oahu /Kinderlou Forest Golf Club in South, GA/ Barbados Country Club, The Players Club at Deer Creek Designed by P.G.A. legend Arnold Palmer in NE, and the Falcon/Eagle course on Eglin AFB FL.

What's in the Bag?: HiBORE/Orange Aldila NVS 75g Shaft stiff
Momentus Power Hitter Driver Swing Trainer
Titleist 904F 15* 3 Wood stiff
Adams AO2 Irons stiff
Adams Golf Tom Watson Wedges stiff
Taylor Made Lambeau CGB Putter

Handicap: 16.

Handicap Goal for 2008: 12

Strengths: putting/distance

Weaknesses: green side bunkers and hitting into a head on wide

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: driving range, swing the Momentus Power Hitter Driver Swing Trainer, hit all odd clubs in the bag, hit a couple of putts to see how fast the greens are going to be.

Your Golf Attire (usually): mock turtle neck shirt loose fitting, shorts, powerband addidas shoes, FSU Hat.

Club Distances:
Driver: 285 - 305 (last week had a drive of 375 yards)
3-wood: 260
3i: 240
4i: 225
5i: 210
6i: 195
7i: 180
8i: 170
9i: 160
PW: 150
52*: 130
56*: 115
60*: 100

Your Usual Ballflight: With the irons: high, with 3 wood and driver: boring ballflight.

Have You Played Competitively? n/a

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: both if i want to spin the ball i take a divot and if i want to smash it i sweep the ball.

Blades or Cavity Backs?: cavity

Links or Tree Lined?: tree lined mtn course

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? playing

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? all day everyday on my days off

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? no, i tend to have some of my better drives off #1, blue course I hit a 3 wood down left side over a bunk about 230 yards out, and on the silver course I fade a 3 wood or driver though the trees and let it roll right to left

Your Overused Golf Sayings: A bad day of golf is better than a good day of work!!.

Quiet Player or Loud?: calm 75% of the time and the other 25% of the time tell myself the overused golf sayings.

Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk at home and cart on vacation

At sea leave irons are about 10 yards shorter, woods and drive about 15 yards shorter

First name: Dave
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 290 lbs
Location: Irving, TX
Years Playing: 32
Righty or Lefty? Lefty but play golf righty :-)
Home Course: Hackberry Creek, a Byron Nelson course in Dallas Fort Worth area
What's in the Bag?: see signature.. Adams Irons, Cleveland woods, Vokey wedges
Handicap: 8 going to 4 :-)
Handicap Goal for 2008: 4, yup
Strengths: Fairly long, not intimidated by long shots or big carries.
Weaknesses:chipping and putting-- good from fifty yards but lousy from fifty feet
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Rush to tee at last minute
Your Golf Attire (usually): Khakis and bright colored golf shirt
Club Distances: Driver 275 3 wood 240 5 iron 185 9 iron 135
Your Usual Ballflight: high launch but not too much spin
Have You Played Competitively? NO:
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Beaver pelt
Blades or Cavity Backs?: "Nearly Blades" Adams forged
Links or Tree Lined?: links here
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Playing
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Morning
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Nope
Your Overused Golf Sayings: Pay up you bastard
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?: Walking is beneficial but riding is enjoyable :-)
Favorite Golf Quotes: "Thorpe's swing looks like he's fighting off a swarm of hornets in a phone booth"-- unattributed but I think it was Miller

First name: Jose

Height: 5'8"

Weight: 226lbs

Location: Virginia Beach, VA

Years Playing: 6

Righty or Lefty?: Righty

Home Course: Hells Point Golf Club
Favorite Courses played: The Montgomerie Course, Dubai. Emirates Golf Club, Dubai, Arabian Ranches, Dubai, The Vines, Perth Australia, Luana Hills, Hawaii, Kaneohe Clipper, Hawaii, Mamala Bay, Hawaii, Gold Mt, Washington, Steele Canyon, Jamul, CA.

What's in the Bag?: Nike Sasquatch 5000/UST Proforce V2 Shaft stiff
Callaway Fusion 3 wood
Mizuno MP-60 3-PW
Nike SV 52 and 56 degrees
Mizuno MP-R 60 Degrees
Odessey Balck series #2 putter

Handicap: 11.

Handicap Goal for 2008: 8

Strengths: bunkers/wedges

Weaknesses: playing in the wind and long irons

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: stretch, driving range, chipping green, putting green .

Your Golf Attire (usually): Nike golf shirt, long pants, TW hat, Tifosi sun glasses, nike shoes.

Club Distances:
Driver: 285-290
3-wood: 250
3i: 215
4i: 205
5i: 185
6i: 175
7i: 160
8i: 155
9i: 145
PW: 130
52*: 125
56*: 110
60*: 100

Your Usual Ballflight: With the irons: high, with 3 wood and driver: boring ballflight.

Have You Played Competitively? n/a

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: both depends on what I am trying to do.

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Blades

Links or Tree Lined?: tree lined

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? playing

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? mid morning

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Depends on what I am playing for and who I am playing with.

Your Overused Golf Sayings: Not over there.

Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet

Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk

Grip it and rip it

First name:J
Height:5'6"
Weight:111
Location:red hawk
Years Playing:1
Righty or Lefty?:rh
Home Course:red hawk
What's in the Bag?:nickent irons cleveland driver and wedges
Handicap:10
Handicap Goal for 2008:2
Strengths:irons and approach shots
Weaknesses:distance chipping putting
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine:hit all my clubs
Your Golf Attire (usually):
Club Distances:
d-225
2h-200
3h-185
4h 170
5i-160
6i-150
7i-140
8i-130
9i-120
pw-110
gw-100
sw-85
lw-65

Your Usual Ballflight:draw
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?:i will california
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?:sometimes
Blades or Cavity Backs?:CBs
Links or Tree Lined?:i like golf
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing?both
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?morining
Do You Get First Tee Jitters?sometimes
Your Overused Golf Sayings:stick!!!
Quiet Player or Loud?:Loud
Walk or Golf Cart?:walk
Favorite Golf Quotes:have fun relax

First name: Robert

Height: 5'10"
Weight: 220

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Years Playing: 48

Righty or Lefty?: Right

Home Course: Grand Oaks Golf Club

What's in the Bag?: - Tour Burner, 9.5 degree, TP Stiff
- Tour Burner, 13 degree, TP stiff
- Adams 16 degree hybrid
- Mizuno MP-67, 3-PW, 5.5 Project X
- Titleist Vokey Wedges, 54 degree and 58 degree bent to 59
- Odyssey White Hot Marksman
- Titleist Pro-V1, Pro V1

Handicap: 6

Handicap Goal for 2008: At my age continue to play at current level as long as possible

Strengths: Ball Control with irons, Accurate with driver

Weaknesses: Inconsistent putter

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Stretch, Hit 50 or so balls concentrating on short game. Practice shots required on first three holes

Your Golf Attire (usually): Shorts and golf shirt

Club Distances: Driver - 225 Carry
3 Iron - 200
5 Iron - 180
8 Iron - 140
PW - 115
LW - 75

Your Usual Ballflight: Both draw and fade depending on shot requirement

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: College Golf in Indiana in the 60's

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Blade look, reason I chose Mizuno MP67

Links or Tree Lined?: Tree Lined

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Combination

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? early-morning

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? No,

Your Overused Golf Sayings: "Be as good as you look"

Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet

Walk or Golf Cart?: Prefer walking with Caddy

Favorite Golf Quotes: "want to make more putts practice your wedge"

First name: Eric
Height: 6'0
Weight: 230
Location: Derby KS
Years Playing: 12
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course: Cotton Wood Hills
What's in the Bag?: see signature
Handicap:13
Handicap Goal for 2008: under 10
Strengths: approach shots
Weaknesses: inside 100, if i miss the green i'm screwed.
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: show up 30 minutes early practive wedge, chips, putting
Your Golf Attire (usually): slacks short, polo shirt if warm, mock turletneck if not
Club Distances: Driver 260, 5 Iron 190, PW 135
Your Usual Ballflight: right to left with everything and i hate it !!:mad2:
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: local tournamnets last 3 years
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Small Divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Cavity Back
Links or Tree Lined?: Desert
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Playing, range is for other people
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? as early as possible with friends so i can play with daughter in the afternoon.
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? No
Your Overused Golf Sayings: "Get There!"
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet, thinker
Walk or Golf Cart?: prefer to walk but most courses no longer allow
Favorite Golf Quotes: anything from caddy shack.

First name: Tony

Height: 5 foot 8

Weight: 145 pounds

Location: Melbourne Australia

Years Playing: 6

Righty or Lefty?: Right

Home Course: Heritage Golf Club

What's in the Bag?: Driver: Titleist 905T 10.5*. 3wood: Cleveland 15*. 5Wood: Irons: Mizuno mp60. Wedges: taylormade rac 52* black, 58* chrome. Putter: Yes Putter
Handicap: 11



Strengths: putting.

Weaknesses: Short game and distance.


Your Golf Attire (usually): Warm weather: Khaki shorts, and silk or cotton nike polo. Cool Weather: Casual dress pants (black or beige), and long sleeve polo, and windbreaker.

Club Distances: AVERAGES: Driver: 250, 3Wood: 225, 5Wood: 210, 3iron - 195, 4iron - 185, 5iron - 175, 6iron - 165, 7iron - 155, 8iron - 145, 9 iron - 135, PW - 120, 52* wedge - 95, 58* - 80. (i do 3/4 swings with wedges).

Your Usual Ballflight: Driver - High Draw.

Blades or Cavity Backs?: blades .

Links or Tree Lined?: only played one links course and wasnt too fond of it so i would say tree-lined.

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? bit of both.

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Morning

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Ya some time

Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet

Walk or Golf Cart?: walk



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First name: Dave

Height: 5' 8"

Weight: 225

Locations: Bartow, Fl.-(Sea Level/Nov.-April); Dillon, MT.-(5300'/May-Oct)

Years Playing: 30

Righty or Lefty: Righty

Home Courses: Bartow Golf Course/ Bartow, Florida; Beaverhead Golf Course/ Dillon, Montana.

Favorite Courses Played: Champions Gate/ Florida; Old Works/ Montana.

What's in the bag?; See Signature Below.

Handicaps: Florida 4.6 and Montana 2.1

Handicap goals for 2008: Florida 2.0 and Montana 0.

Strengths: Driving Accuracy; Distance, Direction, and Trajectory Control with Short Irons(SCORING CLUBS); Recovery shots and short game.

Weaknesses: Feel with the Putter, primarily distance control; High Trajectory Shots/ natural ball flight is very low caused by chronic bad back hence restricted turn.

Your typical pre-round routine: Hit 30 balls on range with 8 iron; Chip for 5 minutes; Putt for 10 minutes.

Your Golf Attire: Casual and shorts when weather permits. Always a GATOR cap.

Club Distances: I'll list Sea Level Distances, add 10% for 5300' play.
Driver: 280 yds
3 wood: 245 yds
5 wood: 215 yds
4 Hybrid: 195 yds
Perf.Acc: 180 yds
6 Hybrid: 168 yds
7 Iron: 155 yds
8 Iron: 144 yds
9 Iron: 132 yds
PW: 120 yds
50* Wdg: 105 yds
54* Wdg: 90 yds
58* Wdg: 70 yds

Your usual ball flights: Driver-low draw; Low and lazer straight with all other clubs.

Have you played competitively?: Yes, in Florida. Every Fri, Sat, and Sun. we have competitions with from 30 to 50 players with less than 10 handicaps.

Pick the ball or divot?: Let's just say the course super. isn't to fond of me.

Blades or Cavity Backs: Cavity Backs

Links or Tree Lined: Tree Lined challenges my low ball flight, I'd be scratch on Links

Range Rat or Gain Exp. by playing: Range strictly for warm up except when needing to tune up a flaw.

Prefered Tee Time: Noon to 1pm.

Do you get first tee jitters?: NO. But last few jitters when I'm under par.

Your overused golf sayings: Be Right Baby!

Quiet player or Loud?: Quiet, nothing worse than sharing a cart with a YAPPER! I'll end up walking.

Walk or Golf Cart: Walk in Montana (low humidity); Ride in Florida (high humidity).

Favorite golf quote: " I think it went in! "

Low Rounds: 68's

First name: Ryan

Height: 6' 1

Weight: 170

Location: Southern Michigan

Years Playing: 4

Righty or Lefty?: Righty

Home Course: Devils Lake Golf Course (good luck finding that one)

What's in the Bag?:
Driver: PING G2 - 8.5 loft
Woods: TaylorMade V Steel 3 & 5
Irons: Cobra Carbon CB 3-PW
Wedges: f2 - 58 deg. & Wilson Harmonized - 52 deg.
Putter: PING G5i Mini C

Handicap: 12

Handicap Goal for 2008: 8

Strengths: Driving and chipping

Weaknesses: Long Irons

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Stretching, messing around on the putting green and full swings

Your Golf Attire (usually): Polo and Khaki pants

Club Distances:
Driver: 300 yds
3 Wood: 250 yds
5 Wood: 235 yds
3 Iron: 220 (as long as it doesn't snap over)
4 Iron: 210 (same as 3 Iron)
5 Iron: 200
6 Iron: 190
7 Iron: 180
8 Iron: 170
9 Iron: 160
PW: 150
52 deg.: 135
58 deg.: 125

Your Usual Ball flight: As the irons get longer the more draw they have

Have You Played Competitively? Yes
Where? All my High School events
When? Past 4 yrs.

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Blades

Links or Tree Lined?: Links

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? I could hit anything on a Driving Range, but it just didn't seem to transfer to course so gave up on ranges.

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Bright and early in the morning

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Always

Your Overused Golf Sayings: All of the swear words

Quiet Player or Loud?: Reflects on my playing

Walk or Golf Cart?: Always walk

Favorite Golf Quotes: Trees are 90% air but I always seem to find the other 10%

First name: Neil
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 190
Location: Denver, CO
Years Playing: 16
Righty or Lefty?: Right
Home Course: El Niguel
What's in the Bag?:
905T
Launcher 3 wood
690.CB 3-PW
Vokey Oil Can 52 and 56
Vokey Spin Milled 60
Scotty Pro Platinum Newport
Handicap: 7
Handicap Goal for 2006: 4
Strengths: Ball striking, chipping
Weaknesses: Consistency, putting
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: putt, range, chip
Your Golf Attire (usually): khakis, golf shirt, dry joys pro
Club Distances (at sea level):
driver - 260 - 280
3 wood - 235
3i - 215
4i - 200
5i - 185
6i - 175
7i - 165
8i - 155
9i - 145
pw - 135
52 - 120
56 - 110
60 - 95
Your Usual Ballflight: Straight to Slight Draw
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: High School
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Depends on the shot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Players CB (690.CB)
Links or Tree Lined?: Trees
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Playing
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Morning
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Nope
Your Overused Golf Sayings: "Bite" or "Crap"
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk if my back's up to it
Favorite Golf Quotes: "Take dead aim"

First name: Jody
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 235
Location: Bountiful, UT
Years Playing: 17, getting out a few times a year, the last 2 have been somewhat serious.
Righty or Lefty?: Right
Home Course: Bountiful Ridge or Lakeside
What's in the Bag?: Adams 430Q Driver, the rest is no name stuff.
Handicap: 18
Handicap Goal for 2008: 12
Strengths: Driving, Chipping
Weaknesses: Putting, everything between driving and chipping.
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: sometimes hit each club, usually get there and go.
Your Golf Attire (usually): polo and khakis, shorts or jeans
Club Distances: Driver: 280-310 (first drive of the year was 325, we'll see if that continues.)
Your Usual Ballflight: slight fade, (driver is set up for "super draw" which fixed my horrible slice) straighter as the club gets shorter.
Have You Played Competitively? No
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: More of a divot as the club gets shorter.
Blades or Cavity Backs?: CB
Links or Tree Lined?: Either, I tend to score better on links.
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? More playing than range, depends on time constraints.
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? AM
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? No
Your Overused Golf Sayings: "sit down"
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?: cart, but I'm not against walking.
Favorite Golf Quotes, "Strap on a pair and hit the damn thing" " Pick you skirt up Sally"

First name: Philip
Height: 188cm
Weight: 110kg
Location: Geelong, OZ
Years Playing: 9
Righty or Lefty?: Right
Home Course: Torquay
What's in the Bag?:
SMT O2 @ 10*
SMT Solitaire 14* @ 17*
SMT Avocet 19* & 23*
Cook Bros Forged Cavity Back Irons 5-PW
SMT Durometer Wedges 52* & 57*
Ray Cook Blue Goose Putter
Handicap: Australian 12.1; NZ, same as USA 8.6
Handicap Goal for 2008: Single figures
Strengths: Putting and chipping
Weaknesses: Off the fairway
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Light meal ~ an hour before play, 10 minutes of stretches, hit about 30-40 balls, hit about 20 putts of various length
Your Golf Attire (usually): Neat casual
Club Distances: About right
Your Usual Ballflight: Mid
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Local club Tournaments
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Pick
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Cavity Backs
Links or Tree Lined?: Both
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Playing
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Earlyish ~ 7:15, or ~ midday
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? What are they
Your Overused Golf Sayings: Phuk
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk
Favorite Golf Quotes: None

First name: john aka kormak ( long time nickname)
Height: 5`10"
Weight: 15 1/2 stone, 220lbs ( i lift weights honest !!)
Location: midlands uk
Years Playing: just returned after a 7 year break ( work and other interests) played for about 5 years prior to that
Righty or Lefty?: righty
Home Course: depends on my mood and where i am, varies from scottish links to midlands park courses .
What's in the Bag?: driver either a yonex v-mass 400se+ (9.5*) stiff or t/m xr-03 (8.5*) stiff
3 and 5 woods.. john letters trilogy
irons either yonex adx 2.0 (carbon graphite ) or john letters trilogy 3 plus ( steel )
Handicap: shoots in the mid 80`s to mid 90`s ( i play better in the rain)
Handicap Goal for 2006:----
Strengths:fairway wood, mid irons
Weaknesses: short game
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: finish work, have a stretch and a ciggie :-)
Your Golf Attire (usually): smart (ish) casual
Club Distances: nowhere near the distance half the reviewers shooting similar scores claim
Your Usual Ballflight: driver low/mid draw, irons mid/high fade
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: no, no wish to either
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: clean with the the adx`s divot with the t3`s
Blades or Cavity Backs?: t3`s are cavity backed , adx`s are strange :-)
Links or Tree Lined?: both
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? playing
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? early morning
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? i get the jitters on every tee
Your Overused Golf Sayings:---------
Quiet Player or Loud?: quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?: walk
Favorite Golf Quotes ---

First name:Kevin
Height:6'3
Weight:240
Location:Windsor, ontario
Years Playing: 25
Righty or Lefty?:right
Home Course:Kingsville
What's in the Bag?: NO Driver, cleveland quadpro 3, ping eye2+ irons, odessey putter
Handicap:5
Handicap Goal for 2008:5
Strengths:irons
Weaknesses:driver
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine:stretch, camomille tea, warm up bucket
Your Golf Attire (usually): tan pants, coloured shirt
Club Distances:Driver 260- 275
1 iron- 230
2 iron 2225
3 iron 220
4 iron 200
5 iron 180
6 iron 170
7 iron 160
8 iron 155
9 iron 150
pw- 140
sw 125
lw 100

your Usual Ballflight: low penetrating
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: no
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?:Divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Ping Eye2+ the best
Links or Tree Lined?: tree
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? both
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? anytime all day
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? yes
Your Overused Golf Sayings: "thats deep"
Quiet Player or Loud?: quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?: walk
Favorite Golf Quotes:"that puts like Monica all lip and no hole"

First name: Derek
Height: 6'1"
Weight:210
Location:Southern Pines
Years Playing:25
Righty or Lefty?:Righty
Home Course:Longleaf CC
What's in the Bag?:
Cleveland HiBore 9.5 UST XStiff
SonarTec 4 wood Mitsubishi Rayon XStiff
Taylor Made TP Dual 2hybrid, UST
Wilson Staff Fi5
Vokey Oil Can 52, 56, 60
Odyssey DXF
Handicap: 6
Handicap Goal for 2008: 2
Strengths: Distance
Weaknesses: 50 yards and in
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: putt for 30 min and stretch for 30 min
Your Golf Attire (usually): bermudas and dri fit shirt
Club Distances: Driver - 290-315
Fairway/Hybrid - 240-280
3 iron - 230
4 iron - 210
5 iron - 200
6 iron - 190
7 iron - 175
8 iron - 165
9 iron - 150
wedge - 140
52 - 120
56 - 110
60 - 100 and in to about 80 then adjust according to shot
Your Usual Ballflight: medium high
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: High school, college club team, local mens league
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: long irons pretty clean short irons = real estate
Blades or Cavity Backs?: progressive forged
Links or Tree Lined?: prefer link but play tree lined
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? little bit of both
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? earkt
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? nope
Your Overused Golf Sayings: come back
Quiet Player or Loud?: depends
Walk or Golf Cart?: cart
Favorite Golf Quotes: if it's breazy swing easy

First name: Will
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 130
Location: Augusta, GA
Years Playing: 10
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course: Jones Creek
What's in the Bag?: Wilson Staff: driver, woods, irons, & putter. Celevelan CG14 Wedge
Handicap: 12
Handicap Goal for 2008: 5
Strengths: short game
Weaknesses: driving & long irons
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: medium bucket, chipping green, putting green
Your Golf Attire (usually): Polo & Shorts
Club Distances: Drive: 240 7 iron: 160
Your Usual Ballflight: Fade
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Sorta...
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Cavity Backs for now
Links or Tree Lined?: Tree lined
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? both
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? morning or evening
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? yep
Your Overused Golf Sayings: @^&&%@&
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk
Favorite Golf Quotes: Golf is played on a course 6 inches wide between your ears.

First name: Rob

Height: 6'1"

Weight: 165lbs

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Years Playing: 14

Righty or Lefty?: Righty

Home Course: None anymore. I'm a floater.

What's in the Bag?:
Callaway Fusion FT-3
Taylormade Tour 360 4 wood
Hogan CTF 3H
Mizuno MP-32 3-PW
Titleist Vokey 54* SW
Cobra Greg Norman 60* LW
Never Compromise Voodoo
Pro V1

Handicap: 7

Handicap Goal for 2006: less than 7

Strengths: Mid-irons

Weaknesses: Anything but a full shot lately.

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Try to hit some wedges and putt.

Your Golf Attire (usually): Ashworth and Puma.

Club Distances:
Driver: 270
4-wood: 230
3H: 220
3i: 200
4i: 190
5i: 185
6i: 170
7i: 160
8i: 150
9i: 140
PW: 125
54*: 100
60*: 80

Your Usual Ballflight: Little fade (Buttercut)

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: High School, College

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: tiny divot.

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Blades

Links or Tree Lined?: Trees

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? A little bit of both

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Either first thing in the morning, or finishing as the sun sets.

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? always.

Your Overused Golf Sayings: Sit!

Quiet Player or Loud?: I have my loud moments.

Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk

Favorite Golf Quotes: "One of the most fascinating things about golf is how it reflects the cycle of life. No matter what you shoot - the next day you have to go back to the first tee and begin all over again and make yourself into something."
- Peter Jacobsen

First name: Chris
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 205 lbs
Location: Lawrence, MA
Years Playing: 8
Righty or Lefty?: R
Home Course: Far Corners
What's in the Bag?:
Cleveland Ta5 Irons (still playin em)
Taylor Made R500 Driver (still playing it)
Wilson Staff 3-wood
Wedges: Vokey 48,52,56,60
Putter:Ray Cook TV-1 (love this thing)
Handicap: 9
Handicap Goal for 2008:5
Strengths: Driver, Long Irons, Putting
Weaknesses: sand shots, flop shots
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Have a drink
Your Golf Attire (usually):adidas attire
Your Usual Ballflight: draw
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: clean
Blades or Cavity Backs?:cavity
Links or Tree Lined?: tree lined
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing?both
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? anytime
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? no
Your Overused Golf Sayings: 'Bite'
Quiet Player or Loud?: silence is golden
Walk or Golf Cart?: 50-50...depends on partner
Favorite Golf Quotes: 'Swing the clubhead' -Ernest Jones

First name: Dan
Height: 5"4' and shrinking fast at age 48
Weight: 160 lbs and rising slowly
Location: San Bernardino, California
Years Playing: 8
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course: Shandin Hills Golf Club, just around the corner
What's in the Bag?: What works at the time. Currently, this is what's in the bag:
[INDENT]Driver: Callaway 454, 11 degrees
[INDENT]5W: Callaway Steelhead Plus
[INDENT]3H: Callaway Heavenwood
[INDENT]4H: Callaway Heavenwood
[INDENT]4i-pw: Mizuno MP-33
[INDENT]Gap Wedge: Adams Watson
[INDENT]Sand Wedge: Adams Watson
[INDENT]Putter: Ping G2i Anser
[INDENT]All irons bent to 2 degrees flat to accommodate a draw.
Handicap: 9.3 and dropping slowly
Handicap Goal for 2008: 8
Strengths: short game and course management. I do my homework prior to playing a course.
Weaknesses: Length off the tee. Judging dramatic changes in elevation. Cute cart girls.
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Arrive at course an hour before. 30 minutes on the range to loosen up and see what's working, hitting 9i - 7i - 5i - 4H - Driver - 4i - 6i - 8i - wedges, finishing with whatever will be my shot off the first tee. 10 minutes on chipping and getting up and down. 10 minutes on putting, mostly short putts from 4-10 feet.
My Golf Attire (usually): Baseball style golf cap with ball marker clip, polo shirt, cargo shorts, ankle socks, and Softjoys. Never anything bulky. If I need to keep warm, I layer on things without long sleeves.
Club Distances: If I swing from my heels, the ball often goes 10-20 yards farther, but I'm not likely to find eight out of ten anywhere near the fairway.
Driver: 235-250, usually 8-10 fairways per round.
5-wood: 200, but I only use it when I hit a short drive on par 5s.
3H: 180-190
4H: 170-180
4i: 150-160
5i: 140-150
6i: 130-140
7i: 120-130; a hard 7 can go 135
8i: 110-120; a hard 8 can go 125
9i: 100-110; a hard 9 can go 115
PW: 90-100; a hard PW can go 105, but may spin back.
52: 50-80
56: 50 max
I chip with my sand wedge and 9-iron only.
I hit bunker shots with the 56º 52º PW and 9-irons, depending on the lie and distance.
Your Usual Ballflight: Draw, but occasionally the ball wants to go straight.
Have You Played Competitively? Officially, no. But always play competitively because I am a competitive person.
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot, but not large pancakes! Usually barely enough to retrieve and replace. More noticeable with shorter irons, 8-iron and shorter.
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Blades, but I started on cavity backs. Don't like the way they look now at set-up.
Links or Tree Lined?: I'd rather negotiate trees than bunkers, although most bunkers that are waist-deep or shallower are not a problem.
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Definitely a Range Rat because it's cheaper, but I can bring my range game to the course.
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? 8:00 when the dew has evaporated and the greens are still soft and relatively undamaged by careless play.
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? It depends on whether I warmed up. Some courses don't have ranges.
Your Overused Golf Sayings: "Turn! Turn! Turn!" on long breaking putts. "That was supposed to draw!" on tee shots.
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet, except when my ball needs my immediate guidance.
Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk on executive courses, ride especially on hilly courses.
Favorite Golf Quotes: "Never up, never in." "You can talk to a hook, but a slice won't listen." "If you play golf, then you're my friend."

[B]First name: Keith
Height: 5'10
Weight: 190
Location: Northern Kentucky, USA
Years Playing: 20+ but not for the last 10
Righty or Lefty?: Right
Home Course: Laurel Oaks Golf Club
What's in the Bag?: Callaway BIg Bertha 460, Cleveland Launcher 3 wood, Cobra S9 irons 4-PW, Cleveland 56 and 60 degree wedges, and a Ping Karsten Putter
Handicap:15
Handicap Goal for 2008: single digits
Strengths: Straight long tee shots (most of the time)
Weaknesses: putting
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: stretching, practice chip and putting some
Your Golf Attire (usually): shorts and golf polo
Club Distances:
Driver 270-300+
3 wood 230-250
4 iron-210
5 iron 200
6 iron 180
7 iron 160
8 iron 140
9 iron 130
PW 120
Gap 110
56 ---75-80
60 50-60

Your Usual Ballflight: Mid trajectory

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Scrambles, high school and college matches and tourneys.

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: clean on long irons and fairways, divots on short irons and wedges

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Cavity Backs

Links or Tree Lined?: either

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? both

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? afternoon or late morning

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? sometimes

Your Overused Golf Sayings: "turn your head" "Dont go left!" "stop, stop STOP"

Quiet Player or Loud?: Depends on the situation

Walk or Golf Cart?: I prefer to walk but friends prefer to ride

Favorite Golf Quotes:[/B] nothing comes to mind

First name: Jason

Height: 5'9"

Weight: 165lbs

Location: Edmonton, Canada

Years Playing: 15

Righty or Lefty?: Lefty

Home Course: Raven Crest

What's in the Bag?: Titleist 983K 9.5* Aldila Stiff, Taylormade Burner II 3-WD, King Cobra II Irons, Taylor Made Rescue Mid (4), Cleveland SW, Tour Edge AW, Odyssey 2-ball putter, Titleist NXT Extreme

Handicap: 7 or 8

Handicap Goal for 2008: Back down to 2 (or scratch) if I can get out to golf more

Strengths: Relatively Consistant

Weaknesses: Long Irons

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Arrive at course about 15-20 minutes before, do a few practice swings, and let's GOLF!

Your Golf Attire (usually): Modern Golf shirt & Pants (or shorts) with Hi-Tec V-LITE TYPHOON shoes.

Club Distances:
Driver: 260 - 300
3-wood: 240-250
5-wood: 200-225
4-Hybrid: 195
5i: 190
6i: 175
7i: 160-165
8i: 150-155
9i: 135-145
PW: 125
AW: 100
SW: 80


Your Usual Ballflight: With the driver its usually a mid-fade, and irons are mid-straight (try to keep it simple)

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: No, not really


Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Depends on the course, but usually I take a divot

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Cavity Backs

Links or Tree Lined?: Depends on my mood. I think I probably prefer Links for some reason

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Gain Experience By Playing (not a big fan of the range)

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Late morning

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Used to back in the day, but I think I'm over that now

Your Overused Golf Sayings: "Ahhhh Yeahhhh!" or "Money"

Quiet Player or Loud?: Usually quiet, but I tend to joke around more when playing with friends

Walk or Golf Cart?: Prefer to Walk

Favorite Golf Quotes: "Easy Peezy Lemon Squeezy"

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First name: Finn
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 180
Location: Austin,TX
Years Playing: Played some as a teen, picked it up again at 28.
Righty or Lefty?: Right
Home Course: Any public course in Austin
What's in the Bag?: See sig
Handicap: ~20
Handicap Goal for 2006: 15
Strengths: driving, long irons, putting
Weaknesses: short game or less than full swing
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: get to course 1 hour+ before, range, putting green, relax
Your Golf Attire (usually): breathable quality collared shirt, shorts
Club Distances: 7iron - 165
Your Usual Ballflight: driver/fw - fade, long/middle irons draw, short irons straight
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: in local golf association tourneys
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: blades
Links or Tree Lined?: as longs as it plays well no preference
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? range rat
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? morning (too hot in TX for afternoon+)
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? without a warmup yes
Your Overused Golf Sayings:
Quiet Player or Loud?: quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?: hot - ride, cool - push cart
Favorite Golf Quotes: the good old 1 iron quote

First name: Alex

Height: 5'11"

Weight:130

Location: Dayton, OH

Years Playing: 3

Righty or Lefty?: Righty

Home Course: Beavercreek Golf Club

What's in the Bag?: (See Signature)

Handicap: 15

Handicap Goal for 2006: 10

Strengths: Putting, Irons

Weaknesses: Bunker Shots

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Warm up on the range with wedges, mid iron, long iron, woods

Your Golf Attire (usually): Polo with either plaids or khakis

Club Distances:
-Driver: 260-280
-3-Wood: 250
-2 Hybrid: 240
-3 iron: 225
-4 iron: 210
-5 iron: 200
-6 iron: 185
-7 iron: 175
-8 iron: 160
-9 iron: 150
-PW: 140

Your Usual Ballflight: Draw

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: High School and Tournaments

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Forged Cavity Backs

Links or Tree Lined?: Links

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Mainly playing, work on range in slumps

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Anytime

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Depends on the round

Your Overused Golf Sayings: N/A

Quiet Player or Loud?: Both

Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk all day

Favorite Golf Quotes: If Tiger tests negative for steroids, who cares what the rest of them are taking."

First name: JD
Height:5'11"
Weight:170
Location:Right now Naples, FL but State College, PA for school
Years Playing:16
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course: CC of Naples for the summer, at school Toftrees and PSU courses
What's in the Bag?:(see Signature)
Handicap:0
Handicap Goal for 2008: some where in the +'s
Strengths: Iron play, short game
Weaknesses:Driving, putter can go sour sometimes
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Hit a few balls 7, 2i, driver, hit some putts and chips
Your Golf Attire (usually): The norm collared shirt, khaki shorts or pants
Club Distances:
Driver- 285 to 315
3 wood- 260
2i- 235-245
3i- 220
4i-205
5i-195
6i-185
7i-175
8i-165
9i-155
PW-145
SW-120
LW-90
Your Usual Ballflight: High Draw is natural, I like to hit a fade though
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?:Been playing competivly as long as I can remember, everywhere
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?:Clean
Blades or Cavity Backs?:I have a mixed set right now but I'm leaning towards blades
Links or Tree Lined?:Grew up tree lined, always tree lined
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Playing but I like the range too
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?Late in the afternoon when nobodys there
Do You Get First Tee Jitters?Sometimes
Your Overused Golf Sayings:USA (you're still away)
Quiet Player or Loud?:Friends loud, tourneys inbetween
Walk or Golf Cart?:Walk but if it's too hot then cart
Favorite Golf Quotes:"Where's the first tee and what's the course record?"

First name: Logan
Age: 22
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 145
Location: MN
Years Playing: 3 regularly, played a tiny bit as a kid
Righty or Lefty?: righty
Home Course: Manitou Ridge I guess
What's in the Bag?: Ping G5 10.5* Driver, Titleist 980 3w, 3-pw nike pro combo(some mp-30s are on the way to my house though), 56* titleist vokey spin milled, 60* cleveland 588 RTG, Odyssey White hot #1 putter
Handicap: 9
Handicap Goal for 2008: 5
Strengths: chipping, putting, sometimes driving.
Weaknesses: sometimes driving, iron play
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: chip and putt for a few minutes
Your Golf Attire (usually): plaid shorts and a dri fit polo
Club Distances: driver - 275-300, 3w - 230-260, 3 iron - 210-230, 4 iron- 200-225, 5 iron - 195-215, 6 iron - 185-200, 7 iron - 170 - 180, 8 iron - 160 - 170, 9 iron - 150-160, pw - 140 - 150, 56* 115 - 130, 60* - 110 - 125
Your Usual Ballflight: mid-low draw
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: nope
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: mixed
Links or Tree Lined?:links
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? both
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? evening/twilight
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? sometimes
Your Overused Golf Sayings: "Get down" , "EFF"
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet
Walk or Golf Cart?: doesn't matter, cart if I'm with my dad
Favorite Golf Quotes: "Somebody's cloossserrrrr"

I thought I would submit one of these for Kenny Perry.

First name: Kenny
Age: Old
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 220 (damn I'm fat)
Location: Any tournament involving a weak arse field
Years Playing: a bunch
Righty or Lefty?: righty
Home Course: Any course that has 18 dogleg left holes
What's in the Bag?: A bunch of Taylor-made cast shovels
Handicap: I'm a pro biatch!
Handicap Goal for 2008: To still be a pro biatch!
Strengths: hit draws all day, win weak arse fielded tournaments
Weaknesses: dogleg right holes, strong fielded tournaments, Tiger Woods
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Make sure Tiger isn't in the field, then hit the range
Your Golf Attire (usually): free TaylorMade crap
Club Distances: driver - dogleg lefts: 300-330, dogleg rights: 240-250, 3w - 230-260, 3 iron - 210-230, 4 iron- 200-225, 5 iron - 195-215, 6 iron - 185-200, 7 iron - 170 - 180, 8 iron - 160 - 170, 9 iron - 150-160, pw - 140 - 150, 56* 115 - 130, 60* - 110 - 125
Your Usual Ballflight: way the F right to way F left
Have You Played Competitively? Some call that competitive, not sure though. At least I win sometimes
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: depends on how much draw, duh
Blades or Cavity Backs?: huh? what's a blade?
Links or Tree Lined?: tree lined dogleg lefts
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? experience. don't have time for the range when there's easy $ to be won you know!
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? whatever time has the easiest pairing
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? only when Tiger is in the field. Tiger is never in the field when I play, so No.
Your Overused Golf Sayings: "Hook you sonofabiatch!"
Quiet Player or Loud?: quiet so i can sneak into weak arse fielded tournaments
Walk or Golf Cart?: shiiit they make me walk, but it's worth the easy $!
Favorite Golf Quotes: "HAHAHA, I just won another unheardof sponser'd Classic!!!"

[B]First name[/B]: Sam
[B]Height[/B]: 5’ 8”
[B]Weight[/B]: 140
[B]Location[/B]: NE USA
[B]Years Playing[/B]: 20
[B]Righty or Lefty?[/B]: Right
[B]Home Course[/B]: Private, tree lined, hilly, narrow.
[B]What's in the Bag[/B]?: Cobra LD Speed woods, Wilson Pi5 Irons, Taylormade TP wedges, Yes! Valerie putter
[B]Handicap[/B]: 8.4
[B]Handicap Goal for 2008[/B]: single digits. Made it! Was a 10.5 at the beginning of the year.
[B]Strengths[/B]: hmm. I usually out drive everyone in my group. A couple of examples: I’ve driven the green a few times on a downhill 300yd par 4 and on a pretty good uphill 255yd par 4. I also hit my wedges to very precise distances.
[B]Weaknesses[/B]: Don’t make enough short putts. Driver can be erratic.
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: stretch then swing my driver really hard. Rarely have time for the driving range…
[B]Your Golf Attire (usually)[/B]: shorts & a polo shirt.
[B]Club Distances:[/B]
driver: 260 yds
3 wood: 240
25* hybrid: 200
5 iron: 185
6 iron: 173
7 iron: 160
8 iron: 150
9 iron: 140
PW: 130
50* Gap: 115
54* Sand: 100
58* Lob: 85
[B]Your Usual Ballfligh[/B]t: med height, slight draw (when I’m on), high push (when I miss).
[B]Have You Played Competitively? Where? When[/B]?: never
[B]Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot[/B]?: clean. When I miss I tend to hit it thin.
[B]Blades or Cavity Backs[/B]?: cavity back. The Wilson Pi5s are small head, thin top line, little offset with a cavity, so I can generally work them.
[B]Links or Tree Lined?[/B]: I prefer wide fairways where I can bomb it.
[B]Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing?[/B] If I didn’t have kids I’d spend a lot of time on the range. Now, very rarely.
[B]What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?[/B] Any time the course isn’t crowded. I hate slow play.
[B]Do You Get First Tee Jitters?[/B] For tournaments, yes.
[B]Your Overused Golf Sayings:[/B] “Is that good? Do I have to putt that?”
[B]Quiet Player or Loud?[/B]: quiet
[B]Walk or Golf Cart?[/B]: almost always walk.
[B]GPS or Laser[/B]: laser.

[B]First name[/B]: Nate
[B]Height[/B]: 6'1"
[B]Weight[/B]: 240
[B]Location[/B]: Louisville, KY
[B]Years Playing[/B]: 15
[B]Righty or Lefty?[/B]: Right
[B]Home Course[/B]: Long Run Golf Course
[B]What's in the Bag[/B]?: Krank RHCP 6* w/ 46" Fuji X-stiff, Krank RHCP 3 Wood, Maxfli VHL 3-PW irons, Mizuno MP Raw Black Ox 50*, 54*, and 58* wedges, Pro Select USA putter
[B]Handicap[/B]:12
[B]Handicap Goal for 2008[/B]: single digits. just had a swing makeover and it's already dropped from 20
[B]Strengths[/B]: Irons, par 3's, pitching, accuracy, never hit a bad shot out of a fairway bunker. DISTANCE.
[B]Weaknesses[/B]: DISTANCE, judging and controlling distance in all aspects. Chipping and recovery. Taking the correct stance.
[B]Your Golf Attire (usually)[/B]: shorts, polo shirt, hat.
[B]Club Distances:[/B]
driver: 280-330 yds
3 wood: 250-275
3 iron: 225
4 iron: 215
5 iron: 205
6 iron: 190
7 iron: 175
8 iron: 160
9 iron: 150
PW: 140
50* Gap: 130
54* Sand: 120
58* Lob: 110
[B]Your Usual Ballfligh[/B]straight and med-high trajectory with the irons. High draw the 3 wood, currently push fade the driver (working on a push draw and power fade)
[B]Have You Played Competitively? Where? When[/B]?: nop
[B]Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot[/B]?: Divots for backspin and consistency, plus it feels more natural.
[B]Blades or Cavity Backs[/B]?: cavity back. I'd like a set of cut muscle mizunos.
[B]Links or Tree Lined?[/B]: I don't know what a link looks like
[B]Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing?[/B] Hit the range to work on rhythm and driving clubs, usually figure out the yardages on the course.
[B]What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing?[/B] Mid-morning
[B]Do You Get First Tee Jitters?[/B] No, usually get too pumped, which produces the same results as jitters
[B]Your Overused Golf Sayings:[/B] "Hit it you *****." "Meow." "Launched." "That's bullsh1t."
[B]Quiet Player or Loud?[/B]: quiet
[B]Walk or Golf Cart?[/B]: walk.
[B]GPS or Laser[/B]: neither

First name: Bob

Height: 6'1"
Weight: 235lbs
Location: Iowa
Years Playing: 15
Righty or Lefty?: Righty
Home Course: Tanglewood Golf Club
What's in the Bag?: Cleveland Hibore 9.5*, Callaway Steelhead III 3W, MP-32 3-PW, Miz MP-R GW,SW,LW NeverCompromise GM 2 Exchange #4
Handicap: 12
Handicap Goal for 2008: 9
Strengths: Distance control w/irons, putting
Weaknesses: Driving accuracy
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: 800mgs of Ibuprophen and 2 Bud lights and the putting green.
Your Golf Attire (usually): Tailored slacks and shirt
Club Distances: Driver: 285 (if it finds the fairway) 3w: 260, 3i: 215, 4i: 205, 5i: 195, 6i: 185, 7i: 170, 8i: 160, 9i: 150, PW: 135, GW: 120, SW: 105, LW: 85
Your Usual Ballflight: High and Left to Right
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Not a competative golfer
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Blades
Links or Tree Lined?: Links
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Learn by playing
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? 10:00 AM
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Nope.
Your Overused Golf Sayings: "Put the flaps down and get nasty."
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet.
Walk or Golf Cart?: Ride
Favorite Golf Quotes: " I think you hit that ball over where they are filming the next season of Survivor!"

First Name: Stu
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 190
Age: 56 next week
Location: Atlanta
Years Playing: Less Than One
Righty
Handicap: 22
Handicap Goal for 2009: 12
WITB: Cobra Speed LD-F 10.5 *, Nike Sumo Square 2H and 4H, TaylorMade Japan Forged R7 XR irons 4-SW, Nicklaus lob wedge, Ping G5i UG-LE putter, both Srixon Trispeed and Precept Laddie golf balls.
Attire: Polo shirt, cargo shorts, baseball-style golf cap or large straw hat, two gloves
Distances;
Driver: 220-250 yds
2H: 200-220
4H: 185-200
4i: 175
5i: 165
6i: 155
7i: 145-150
8i: 135
9i: 125-130
PW: 115-125
SW: 100
LW: 70
Slight Divots
Cavity backs
Prefer Links
Range Rat for sure
Any time of day is a great time to play golf
Always have first tee jitters
Quiet player
Ride a cart
:p

First name: [B]Gus[/B]
Height: [B]5.8[/B]
Weight: [B]180[/B]
Location: [B]Central IL[/B]
Years Playing: [B]15[/B]
Righty or Lefty?: [B]Right[/B]
Home Course: [B]Don't have one yet.[/B]
What's in the Bag?: [B]See signature below[/B]
Handicap: [B]Around 18, trying to get it back to near ten[/B]
Handicap Goal for 2009: [B]12-15[/B]
Strengths: [B]Short game and putting[/B]
Weaknesses: [B]Middle game right now[/B]
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: [B]Stretch a bit[/B]
Your Golf Attire (usually): [B]Shirt with collar, hat with brim, blue jeans or shorts[/B]
Club Distances: [B]Driver...225, not real good working to get more distance[/B]
Your Usual Ballflight: [B]mid flight[/B]
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: [B]No[/B]
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: [B]Normal divot now. Had some real fat shot problems for awhile[/B]
Blades or Cavity Backs?: [B]Cavity[/B]
Links or Tree Lined?: [B]Trees[/B]
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? [B]Both[/B]
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? [B]Mid -morning on[/B]
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? [B]No. First tee inflexibility[/B]
Your Overused Golf Sayings:
Quiet Player or Loud?: [B]In between[/B]
Walk or Golf Cart?: [B]Prefer cart now, but will walk if price for cart is too much.[/B]
Favorite Golf Quotes:

First name: Chris
Height: 6'3
Weight: 290
Location: Las Vegas
Years Playing: 6mo
Righty or Lefty?: Right
Home Course: -
What's in the Bag?: Nikes, Driver to Putter
Handicap: 20++
Handicap Goal for 2009:5
Strengths: Being Awesome
Weaknesses: Putting
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Hit 25 balls on range and stretch
Your Golf Attire (usually): Visor (YES!) w/Polo and Khakis
Club Distances: D:250, 4:190, 5:180, 6: 170, 7:160, 8: 150, 9:140, 45*: 130, 50*: 110, 55*: 85
Your Usual Ballflight: Sexy
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: No
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot, Long and shallow
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Shovels for now, Blades in 09
Links or Tree Lined?: Tree Lined
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Both
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Any
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? No
Your Overused Golf Sayings: Anyone see where that went?
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet with well timed jokes
Walk or Golf Cart?: Prefer walking but will cart also
Favorite Golf Quotes: Excuses are for the untalented

[QUOTE=DeadlySight]First name: Chris
Height: 6'3
Weight: 290
Location: Las Vegas
Years Playing: 6mo
Righty or Lefty?: Right
Home Course: -
What's in the Bag?: Nikes, Driver to Putter
Handicap: 20++
Handicap Goal for 2009:5
Strengths: Being Awesome
Weaknesses: Putting
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Hit 25 balls on range and stretch
Your Golf Attire (usually): Visor (YES!) w/Polo and Khakis
Club Distances: D:250, 4:190, 5:180, 6: 170, 7:160, 8: 150, 9:140, 45*: 130, 50*: 110, 55*: 85
Your Usual Ballflight: Sexy
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: No
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot, Long and shallow
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Shovels for now, Blades in 09
Links or Tree Lined?: Tree Lined
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Both
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Any
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? No
Your Overused Golf Sayings: Anyone see where that went?
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet with well timed jokes
Walk or Golf Cart?: Prefer walking but will cart also
Favorite Golf Quotes: Excuses are for the untalented[/QUOTE]

6' 3" 290? I'll be nice to you.

Lol, Teach me how to hit my 3w and 2Hy and we'll be good ;)

I can hit my driver, I can hit my 4i, I just cant hit those 2 clubs for crap which is why I don't know if I want to add another wood, iron or wedge. I'll wait till next summer when I'm sure I completly replace all of my clubs I guess

Hi

Here it is

First name: Mark

Height:5' 11"

Weight: 14 1/2 St

Location: Sunny England

Years Playing:9

Righty or Lefty?: R

What's in the Bag?: Varies year to year

Handicap: 8

Handicap Goal for 2009: Go up a bit

Strengths: Driving, Irons, Putting

Weaknesses: Driving, Irons, Putting

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Arrive at club 10 mins before Tee off and run to the tee then hit ball, badly

Your Golf Attire (usually): No shorts, no baseball cap these are for gay boys

Club Distances: no idea most of the time

Your Usual Ballflight: Straight

Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: No

Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Divot

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Varies year to year

Links or Tree Lined?: Prefer links

Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Bollocks to practice

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Any

Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Yes

Your Overused Golf Sayings: IN DA HOLE (Usually by stupid drunk Americans)

Quiet Player or Loud?: Varies with the company

Walk or Golf Cart?: Golf carts are the lame, lazy or infirm and Americans, of course

Favorite Golf Quotes: Unlucky

First name:[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][/FONT] Zubair
Height: 5'8
Weight: 170
Location: Brampton, Ontario
Years Playing: 7
Righty or Lefty?: Right
Home Course: Caledon Country Club
What's in the Bag?: Titleist 905 9.5*, Titleist 904 17*, TaylorMade Rescue TP 21*, New irons soon, TaylorMade Z 52* 56*, TaylorMade Rossa Imola
Handicap: 6
Handicap Goal for 2009: Scratch
Strengths: Tight pins, Creativity, Clutch putter
Weaknesses: Driving accuracy, wind play
Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: Stretch out for 10minutes, putt and chip for a bit
Your Golf Attire (usually): Too smooth to describe
Club Distances: Dr: 265, 4W: 225, Util: 205, 4i: 195, 5i: 185, 6i: 175, 7I: 165, 8i: 150, 9i: 140, Pw: 130
Your Usual Ballflight: Too high (heaven flight)
Have You Played Competitively? Where? When?: Yes, Canadian Junior Golf Association
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Too clean
Blades or Cavity Backs?: Cavity
Links or Tree Lined?: Links
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Bit of both
What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Afternoon
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? Does tiger?
Your Overused Golf Sayings: I'm too young to have any overused golf saying, just "hit bombz" boys
Quiet Player or Loud?: Depends on my mood
Walk or Golf Cart?: Walking is how the game was meant to be played
Favorite Golf Quotes: Better than most

First name: Eric
Height: 5'11 ¾
Weight: 191
Location: Mercier, Quebec

Years Playing: 4.5
Righty or Lefty?: Righty

What's in the Bag?: Woods: Cleveland Launcher, 3-Hybrid: Cleveland HiBore, 4-P irons: Nike NDS, Wedges: a couple of cheap Wilsons, Putter: Odyssey 2-Balls.

Handicap: 13.4
Handicap Goal for 2009: 11
Strengths: Putting, sort of...
Weaknesses: Weight transfer

Your Typical Pre-Round Routine: driving to the golf course.

Blades or Cavity Backs?: Cavity backs.
Club Distances: Driver: 200, 3W: 190 5W: 180, 3H: 170, 4i: 160, 5i: 150, 6i: 140, 7i: 130, 8i: 120, 9i: 110, PW: 100.

Your Usual Ballflight: Straight, left or right.

Have You Played Competitively?: No.
Pick The Ball Cleanly, or Divot?: Usually a divot with shorter clubs.

Links or Tree Lined?: Tree Lined
Range Rat or Gain Experience By Playing? Experience By Playing

What Time of Day Do You Prefer Playing? Early afternoon
Do You Get First Tee Jitters? No, I know it will be bad, no reason to worry about it.
Your Overused Golf Sayings: Frack. We'll do better next time.
Quiet Player or Loud?: Quiet.
Walk or Golf Cart?: Walk

Favorite Golf Quotes:
"What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive." - Arnold Palmer
"It's good sportsmanship not to pick up lost balls while they are still rolling." - Mark Twain