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**plogypeskelry** · 03-26-2006, 07:21 AM

this is the best advice for you if you wanna be a golfer.

Go buy a $10 putter and a $20 SW at any store that has them.
Practice all year on the putting and chipping green because that is the hardest part to learn and actually get good at. It takes touch and feel. That touch and feel will cross over to playing woods and irons.

Next Winter, in say December or January, go to a golfing store and buy last years models or even a model from 2 years ago that will be outdated and insanly cheap. Best time for a beginning golfer to buy a decent set is in the offseason because the prices are absolutely slashed.

any fool can learn how to hit a ball with one good golfing buddy and a week at the range. Once you learn how to hack it up there, you will already be halfway decent at chipping and putting and your score will be better.

A below average-average ball striker with good fundamental around the green is a better player than an average-slightly above average ball striker who never practices on the green and 3 and 4 putts everything.

The one year i cut the most strokes off my overall score and lowered my handicapp the msot was the year that i went to the range 1 time every 2 weeks and went to the practice greens 4-5 times/week for 1/2 hour. trust me, it's the best way for a beginner to get a respectable game. if you canputt and chip, you have a leg up on most.

Awesome advice, pwr. I'll definately take that into consideration, at least as far as my practicing goes.

I'm certainly not a beginner in the truest sense of the word. I went to the range a good handful of times over the summer w/my Dad's clubs, and I've played a few rounds of golf, not to mention quite a few at the chip n putt when I was younger.

Thing is, I'm not trying to be some great golfer yet. I'd just like to get my own set (since I'm off at college, I can't just borrow my dad's), this way if I wanna go practice I can, and should I wanna play w/my friends, I can, too.

I do wish I had thought of this back in the fall. Problem is, income tax return comes in March! haha.

03-26-2006, 07:21 AM	#9
plogypeskelry Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 355 Senior Member	this is the best advice for you if you wanna be a golfer. Go buy a $10 putter and a $20 SW at any store that has them. Practice all year on the putting and chipping green because that is the hardest part to learn and actually get good at. It takes touch and feel. That touch and feel will cross over to playing woods and irons. Next Winter, in say December or January, go to a golfing store and buy last years models or even a model from 2 years ago that will be outdated and insanly cheap. Best time for a beginning golfer to buy a decent set is in the offseason because the prices are absolutely slashed. any fool can learn how to hit a ball with one good golfing buddy and a week at the range. Once you learn how to hack it up there, you will already be halfway decent at chipping and putting and your score will be better. A below average-average ball striker with good fundamental around the green is a better player than an average-slightly above average ball striker who never practices on the green and 3 and 4 putts everything. The one year i cut the most strokes off my overall score and lowered my handicapp the msot was the year that i went to the range 1 time every 2 weeks and went to the practice greens 4-5 times/week for 1/2 hour. trust me, it's the best way for a beginner to get a respectable game. if you canputt and chip, you have a leg up on most. Awesome advice, pwr. I'll definately take that into consideration, at least as far as my practicing goes. I'm certainly not a beginner in the truest sense of the word. I went to the range a good handful of times over the summer w/my Dad's clubs, and I've played a few rounds of golf, not to mention quite a few at the chip n putt when I was younger. Thing is, I'm not trying to be some great golfer yet. I'd just like to get my own set (since I'm off at college, I can't just borrow my dad's), this way if I wanna go practice I can, and should I wanna play w/my friends, I can, too. I do wish I had thought of this back in the fall. Problem is, income tax return comes in March! haha.
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