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Message: [QUOTE="ClifSpliffy, post: 4543743, member: 9260"] so, i hit the bing on this question (bing now has a 'chat' link on the entry page. didn't use that but, uh, oh...) and it's very apparent that many hawking this 50% hokum trace it back to some national golf foundation stat. [I]nonsense. [/I]minimally, the USGA sez that the ladies average out to 27+ handicaps. ladies are golfers , too, and to my eyes, many more are out there lately. 1/5 or 1/6 iffn id guess. i don't know the actual amount. of course, all this stat stuff is based on handicap analysis, which is also crapola for 'all golfers' since everyone, everywhere in the golf world recognizes that the majority of duffers got nuttin, zero, squat, to do with having a pal sign a little piece of paper, and then sending it off to wingfoot for the pope's 'official' recognition of their round. now, i understand that's all the data available, but it doesn't make it correct. yeppers, ladies, no handicappers, they count too when deciding what people actually score on the links. anybody, say, under 5'8 or over 6'3 (guess) will benefit from having clubs sized correctly for their frame. funniest thing that i learned checking this out is that despite all the tech mania in the sport, average scores in the past 30 years haven't moved an inch, whatever the reasons are. again, limited data cuz of the 'no official card' thing. i like that post here that mentions they use 2 and 3 irons. me, too. lots of folks don't. i don't get that. as far as impactful tech, i would say that the only thing really different is the use of the soft carbon shafts, mostly diminishing the reverb thing, particularly for seniors and the ladies. unk has a driver with a head the size of a cantelope, prolly bought it at a flintstones garage sale. he cheap. won't change, and so every time he tees it up, we ask the entire course to help by watching to see where it went. i bought a new fiskars 8 lb maul recently. [I]The Fiskars Pro maul combines a well-designed head with a comfortable handle to make splitting the toughest logs a reality. Its[B] anti-vibration system[/B] isn’t just marketing fluff. Your hands, wrists, and arms feel less jarred compared to a wooden handle. ([/I]their emphasis, not mine). splitting wood? i needed that. hitting a tiny ball? i use steel shafts. i don't care how good or bad a fellow player is, it's all supposed to be fun, just don't bring that 'im usually much better!' stuff, and then start with the excuses. who cares? in a sport with millions of players, very, very, very few (infinitesmal), make regular, salary money from playing. the talking part? growth industry. [I]hit 'em straight![/I] [/QUOTE]

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