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That's the question us amateur golfers want to know! Before we go out and spend a bunch of our precious green-fee dollars on a new driver us 14-25 handicappers want to know if these things are worth the money.

The only way to find that out is to read what people such as Charlie King, Director of the Reynolds Golf Academy at Reynolds Plantation, in Greensboro, GA have to say about them. (see his article in the November issue of Golf Magazine) The other is to invite those golfers (amateurs only please)  who have actually used them in play – to take our poll concerning their usability – remedy or gimmick?

By the way, there is good news on the golf instruction front, Charlie King, one of Golf Magazine's Top 100 Teachers has a new golf instruction blog! I like his style and his inventive approach to golf instruction. So much so that one of these days (soon) I'm sending my friend the Golftrekker down to Reynolds Plantation disguised as a chubby, 60 year-old 15 handicapper with a nasty snap hook. If Mr. King can help this guy (with an adjustable driver or not) AND he guesses correctly that the aforementioned golfer is associated with the Golftrekker he will be honored on this blog with the LCGolfer's, Golf Instructor Of The Year award and be presented with a new Cadillac!  Sorry Charlie!  Just testing your sense of humor with the Cadillac thing.

On to the Poll!

Will someone please explain what the new "V" groove rules are supposed to accomplish? In 2010 the USGA "will limit groove edge sharpness on clubs with lofts equal to or greater than 25 degrees." Supposedly standard five-iron and higher on those golf clubs manufactured after 2010..

I happen to enjoy seeing the pro's check it up on the green out of the rough with a wedge or nine-iron. AND I am not alone in admiring those guys on tour considered "bombers" of the ball, guys like John Daly, Phil Mickelson, Anthony Kim and others. That's what a lot of golf fans are paying to see and they don't care if their drives end up in the fairway or not. (more…)

Young guns play hard for Couples

It's a tough time for golf all the way around, especially with Tiger Woods out of the picture. But it was great to see some of the newer players come through in the Presidents Cup matches. The Presidents Cup is getting to be almost as interesting as the Ryder Cup!

Having followed the PGA Tour for a long time I was sad to see the end of the Nicklaus era, excited again when Tiger Woods came on the scene, flattened out somewhat after Tiger won everything and now pumped up again with this new breed of players. They are young, they are fit, and they are fearless!

So once again I turn to a golf WOP (world opinion poll) to ask my fellow golfers what they think about this new breed of touring professionals. Among the new players playing on the PGA Tour, who do you think is the most exciting to watch and which one do you think might have a major win in their future?

This is a tough one, I know the course I would play if it was my last round of golf, I voted for Augusta National but there are so many great courses with so much history. I have played the Old Course at St. Andrews (loved it) and definitely felt the presence of Old Tom Morris but it's a wind-swept links course and I like courses with plenty of foliage and elevation changes.

The Masters has always been a special event for me, having attended it twice, before they made all the changes to it. I would dearly love to play Pine Valley & Spyglass before hanging up the spikes. So many courses, so little time. Vote for your favorite and feel free to leave a comment as to why you chose that particular course.

By the way, I borrowed the image of Moses as a golfer with permission of Pargazer which is a hilarious website that offers golf horoscopes of all things! Very humorous.

This is the first of what we hope will be many GWOP's, Golf World Opinion Polls. There is so much cool stuff in the world of golf that we all have opinions about and we think Golf WOP's will enhance our site and make it more interesting for our readers. Are you curious? If so, vote!

Tiger Woods VS Jack Nicklaus

There is a consensus out there in the golf world that Tiger Woods is already the greatest golfer of all time. With his 70+ wins on the PGA Tour, 14 major championships and golf's first billionaire some would vote Tiger has already eclipsed Jack Nicklaus for the title: Greatest Golfer Of All Time.