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**Uzezqelj** · 11-22-2009, 09:27 PM

You forgot ONE key important element in that speech. (I will generalize here) Amateurs usually believe all the marketing and hype that is associated with a product. The same reason they play the wrong ball. The same reason they play blades. The same reason that they think its the process that makes an iron softer and not the metal used.

If you really believe that an amateur will be able to tell feel on a club club better than a professional golfer or club maker, all the power to you. I find that truly hard to believe. A person with a repeatable swing is going to know what they are feeling far better than any person that hits it differently 60% of the same. But like I said, believe whatever the heck you want to.

You're such a technocrat!

You don't seem to realize that I and millions of other golfers at or near my age grew up on blades because that's all their was and we used whatever ball was available. There was no "hype" to buy into because just about every club available was basically the same as every other club.

The beauty of that was that I learned to play the GAME and wasn't bogged down with all of today's nonsense like what a club is made from or how many degrees of torque or loft was built into my driver -- my Persimmon driver, or whether my putter's face had left-handed or right-handed "swirls" on it.

We learned to PLAY golf, not how to spend most of our waking hours getting "fitted" to play.

I learned to play flop shots by laying a wedge blade wide open and controlling my swing rather than buying a club that looks more like a spatula than a piece of sports equipment - and I learned that long before anyone ever heard of Phil Mickelson or the word "flop" in relation to a golf shot. I developed a very keen sense of touch and feel and yes, I could tell you where a ball went just by how it felt coming off the clubface without having to watch it.

I think that everyone who's serious about this game ought to learn on blades to understand just what a sweet spot is and to learn how to deliver the club to the ball so that hitting that sweet spot becomes a predictable motion rather than just dumb luck. I think that being "forgiven" for a bad swing instead of learning what a good swing feels like actually delays the learning process. Yes, they'll make more mistakes and yes, their scores won't be so great right away, but in the end they'll learn more and they'll learn better and they'll know just what "touch and feel" are really all about.

-JP

11-22-2009, 09:27 PM	#20
Uzezqelj Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 585 Senior Member	You forgot ONE key important element in that speech. (I will generalize here) Amateurs usually believe all the marketing and hype that is associated with a product. The same reason they play the wrong ball. The same reason they play blades. The same reason that they think its the process that makes an iron softer and not the metal used. If you really believe that an amateur will be able to tell feel on a club club better than a professional golfer or club maker, all the power to you. I find that truly hard to believe. A person with a repeatable swing is going to know what they are feeling far better than any person that hits it differently 60% of the same. But like I said, believe whatever the heck you want to. You're such a technocrat! You don't seem to realize that I and millions of other golfers at or near my age grew up on blades because that's all their was and we used whatever ball was available. There was no "hype" to buy into because just about every club available was basically the same as every other club. The beauty of that was that I learned to play the GAME and wasn't bogged down with all of today's nonsense like what a club is made from or how many degrees of torque or loft was built into my driver -- my Persimmon driver, or whether my putter's face had left-handed or right-handed "swirls" on it. We learned to PLAY golf, not how to spend most of our waking hours getting "fitted" to play. I learned to play flop shots by laying a wedge blade wide open and controlling my swing rather than buying a club that looks more like a spatula than a piece of sports equipment - and I learned that long before anyone ever heard of Phil Mickelson or the word "flop" in relation to a golf shot. I developed a very keen sense of touch and feel and yes, I could tell you where a ball went just by how it felt coming off the clubface without having to watch it. I think that everyone who's serious about this game ought to learn on blades to understand just what a sweet spot is and to learn how to deliver the club to the ball so that hitting that sweet spot becomes a predictable motion rather than just dumb luck. I think that being "forgiven" for a bad swing instead of learning what a good swing feels like actually delays the learning process. Yes, they'll make more mistakes and yes, their scores won't be so great right away, but in the end they'll learn more and they'll learn better and they'll know just what "touch and feel" are really all about. -JP
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