Forgive me Golfing Gods, for I have hoed

[mddubya]

Uhhhh, here I thought I was over all this ho'ing. Then I develop this tendinitis in my elbow and can't play for a while, so what do I do instead? 2 new ho's, one arrived today, the other is on it's way.


Somebody stop me...................

[xamilo]

What did you receive?

[Wi-Golfer]

Please don't tell us one of them is a damn Ping hat

[mddubya]

Originally Posted by Wi-Golfer

Please don't tell us one of them is a damn Ping hat

Please, you've got to be kidding me

I found a HiBore 13º 3 wood with a Proto by You 70gm stiff flex. I was crushing my 15º and keeping it in the fairway so I thought I'd try this one for the days the Driver was totally misbehaving. The wife has the camera in her car to get some pictures developed. As soon as I get it back I'll post pictures. By then the other one should arrive, I still can't believe I bought it though, I feel so dirty.

[xamilo]

Originally Posted by Wi-Golfer

Please don't tell us one of them is a damn Ping hat

Thank god it was not a PING hat...

[SilverUberXeno]

I think that's a waste, MW.

How are you gonna know your driver is misbehaving until you hit it a few times? gonna drop a club to carry the 13?

Anyway- what's the other ho?

[mddubya]

Originally Posted by SilverUberXeno

I think that's a waste, MW.

How are you gonna know your driver is misbehaving until you hit it a few times? gonna drop a club to carry the 13?

Anyway- what's the other ho?

Good point SUX, but since when does a ho have to make sense.

The shaft is worth more than I paid for the whole set up.

Actually, there is one course i play that only has 1 hole you can hit a driver safely, for that one I'll carry the 13º and my 16.5º 4 wood. Most other courses I'll use the 15º and my 20º 5 wood. Of course this other ho could throw all my yardage gaps out of whack,

You'll have to wait till it arrives and pictures are taken,

[mddubya]

Well I've gotten over my embaressment enough to fess up to my latest ho. The hater of all hybrids bought a Nicklaus Professional Series Claw 18º hybrid. And guess what? I still hate them. I can groove it off the tee, 200-215 straight down the pipe. But off the deck, forget it. I know, hit it like a 5 iron. I address the ball, set up and tell myself this, but apparently when I take my swing something happens? That or my swing just doesn't suit a hybrid, I'm not sure? But I've yet to find one I can hit with even a smidgen of consistancy.

[Highdraw34]

Originally Posted by mddubya

Well I've gotten over my embaressment enough to fess up to my latest ho. The hater of all hybrids bought a Nicklaus Professional Series Claw 18º hybrid. And guess what? I still hate them. I can groove it off the tee, 200-215 straight down the pipe. But off the deck, forget it. I know, hit it like a 5 iron. I address the ball, set up and tell myself this, but apparently when I take my swing something happens? That or my swing just doesn't suit a hybrid, I'm not sure? But I've yet to find one I can hit with even a smidgen of consistancy.

Took me a really long time to love the hybrid but now I do and it lowered my scores. I recently purchased a little tool that I can honestly say is the only thing I have every bought that lowered my score the same day. I bought one of those Bushnell range finders and my approach shots are 100 times better. I work at a golf course and play that same course almost everyday. I thought I knew all the yardages but this thing proved me wrong. I've played one 18 hole round with the range finder, unfortunately it was a charity scramble so my score is not exactly reflective. I played with three 25+ cappers and we shot a +1 72. We used all of my shots except 7. Drives on three holes only because we had to use one drive from everyone else. one putt that a guy hit and drained from 4 feet he was the first to go and two chips that were no closer to the hole than mine they just had uphill putts. I feel pretty confident that I would have shot about a 75 had they not been around. All this on a course I had only played twice and that is much more difficult than what I normally play. Now I played well but that rangefinder is sooooo awesome.

[JEFF4i]

Send them to me! Absolve yourself!

[BrandonM7]

Originally Posted by mddubya

Well I've gotten over my embaressment enough to fess up to my latest ho. The hater of all hybrids bought a Nicklaus Professional Series Claw 18º hybrid. And guess what? I still hate them. I can groove it off the tee, 200-215 straight down the pipe. But off the deck, forget it. I know, hit it like a 5 iron. I address the ball, set up and tell myself this, but apparently when I take my swing something happens? That or my swing just doesn't suit a hybrid, I'm not sure? But I've yet to find one I can hit with even a smidgen of consistancy.

You know, I think they just aren't for some people. I still have one in my bag just because everybody says you should have one, but I don't think it'll be around much longer. I hit my 3i just as consistently as I hit my 9i, but I don't hit my hybrids worth a shit. The whole point of them is to have a club that is easier to hit than a long iron - so why are people that hit long irons well constantly prodded into using them? Hell if I know.

[xamilo]

Originally Posted by BrandonM7

You know, I think they just aren't for some people. I still have one in my bag just because everybody says you should have one, but I don't think it'll be around much longer. I hit my 3i just as consistently as I hit my 9i, but I don't hit my hybrids worth a shit. The whole point of them is to have a club that is easier to hit than a long iron - so why are people that hit long irons well constantly prodded into using them? Hell if I know.

Some of us hit a hybrid as long as a 3-4 iron so its not worth it. And you are right, why would I have tochange something which i not broke yet?

[mddubya]

Originally Posted by BrandonM7

You know, I think they just aren't for some people. I still have one in my bag just because everybody says you should have one, but I don't think it'll be around much longer. I hit my 3i just as consistently as I hit my 9i, but I don't hit my hybrids worth a shit. The whole point of them is to have a club that is easier to hit than a long iron - so why are people that hit long irons well constantly prodded into using them? Hell if I know.

I've decided this is the catergory I fall into. I can hit my 3 & 4 irons pretty good. No, I'm not Tiger with them, but I'll make a good shot 4 out of 5 tries, the hybrids, I can't even count on 1 out of 5 other than off the tee.

So for the time being, no hybrids will reside in my bag.

[ClairefromClare]

Originally Posted by mddubya

I've decided this is the catergory I fall into. I can hit my 3 & 4 irons pretty good. No, I'm not Tiger with them, but I'll make a good shot 4 out of 5 tries, the hybrids, I can't even count on 1 out of 5 other than off the tee.

So for the time being, no hybrids will reside in my bag.

And I hated my 6i so much I replaced it with a hybrid. If you exclude wedges from the iron category, I have (or better have after Christmas) more hybrids than irons. I hit them better than fairway metals as well.

[mddubya]

Originally Posted by ClairefromClare

And I hated my 6i so much I replaced it with a hybrid. If you exclude wedges from the iron category, I have (or better have after Christmas) more hybrids than irons. I hit them better than fairway metals as well.

I have friends that hit the prettiest shots with hybrids. I know it can be done, just not by me. Maybe it's because I learned to play this game back in the days when there was only blade irons and fairway woods to choose from. I played with a old set of Ram blades that had a sweet spot the size of a pin head, and the old persimmon woods. My driver was smaller than my 3 wood is now. Perhaps one day I'll find the magic hybrid that I can hit better than my long irons, but I haven't yet.