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Yeah I keep an honest score. Most of the time I'm playing by myself anyway so I have no reason not to. LOL

I don't know that it would hold my interest living anywhere else, but living here I'm just fully submersed in it. I can't golf enough in a week.

Manage expectations. Burnout is painful.
Been a golfer for 30+ years. Finally bought a house on a course six years ago and started playing daily rounds, in leagues and practiced every day. Burnout is real.
Keep it in perspective. Let it be fun.

you could go catch some fish....

I played no more than ten or twelve rounds this year. I birdied the first hole of the year and the last.

I’d disagree with this. As has been mentioned, going to a quality fitter will change the game. They’ll match a set of clubs to whatever excuse for a swing you bring them. Proper shaft flex, kick point, weight, and length; proper loft/lie on your heads, proper grip size, etc. If they’re worth their salt, they’ll have you on a launch monitor for all of this and incorporate a ball into the mix to make sure you’re using a ball fits the swing and club setup they’ve figured out for you.

Did one with PXG about a year ago and it was amazing. Tried probably 200 different configurations that day and by the end, the guy was like, “Swing this and play a draw and watch it go straight. Now play a fade and watch it stay low” kinda schit. They’ll also put checkshots in there to make sure their numbers are right, so he’d be like, “This is probably gonna feel like schit, but go ahead and swing it anyways just so we can make sure we’re on the right track.” Sure as [bleep], it felt like hitting one chunky out of a gravel driveway.

If you think you’ll get serious about playing more often and trying to get better, I think a quality fitting session and subsequent custom club purchase is one of the largest ROI’s you’ll find in the process.



Grossly overstated and inaccurate. Well, maybe not. If by a few simple tools you mean a several thousand dollar launch monitor and a couple hundred shafts, complete with QD fittings into each of the several dozen heads you’d need, as well as various grips for each shaft offering, then I suppose you’re right. Gone are the days of a little face tape, heel tape, and an impact board.

I get what you’re saying - most off the shelf clubs are designed for average height, swing speed, ability, etc. But for Christ’s sake, pick a course and go sit at the tee of number one for an hour and tell me if you think all the swings you witness are similar enough to be playing out of the same bag.

There’s a reason launch monitors are so pervasive these days. Using them to fit clubs to your style is absolutely valuable and should be done by anyone who wants to get better at the game.

A sweet spot strike can result in a snap hook, a balloon or a push.
Shaft specs dictate it.
All the more reason to get fit early on.

Get on a damned launch monitor. There are hundreds of different options for driver shafts and small changes can make a huge difference. I don’t really believe Deflave is already playing bogey golf...it’s not that he is lying, he is just have that new golfer myopia... but if he is, he is good enough to gain from a launch monitor. You can’t play bogey golf without a consistent swing.

New golfers who are already playing bogey golf are like drunk drivers who only had “two beers”.

Oh brother.

Or the face angle. Steel shafted irons aren't going to cause hooks or slices. It's the face angle at impact.

That's it. No rocket science.

It’s true. Everyone who has played for awhile knows it. But it’s okay.

I hope you enjoyed your 10 rounds for the year.

Just how do you think the face angle is consistently controlled with irons and iron shafts? Mix that bag up with various flexes which do not fit a player's swing and watch the results.

I played 60 rounds this year. Played my first round in 1969 and got my first lesson and set of clubs from Bob Goalby (the '68 Masters champ) in his basement.

Had a horrible slice - as do many or most amateurs - most of those years. Now have a harder time fading one than drawing.