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!

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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.

Other considerations:

Driving Accuracy No Longer A Factor?

The USGA thinks that certain grooves are causing these bombers of the ball to be less concerned about driving accuracy because they know that their grooved irons will get them out of trouble. I for one would not like to see these players laying off with the driver because they are afraid that if they hit it offline into the rough they won't be able to get the spin they need to hold the green? Anyone remember that little golf ditty, drive for show -putt for dough?

Shouldn't really matter much to the amateurs, they still need to make a good swing. Hitting a ball out of the rough is not just about grooves, I don't care how deep they are!

The chicken or the egg theory as it applies to golf…

Technology gave us grooves that would assist in shots from the rough.
Courses grew higher rough.
Technology invents V grooves to overcome that.
Course grows more snarly and deeper rough.
Technology invents…and so on.

I think you get the picture. So that brings up another golf world opinion poll fellow golfers: Tell us what you think of this rule change. Will it mean a new shift to driving accuracy, what Greg Norman refers to as the "art" of golf or will today's pro's still bomb it?

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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?

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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.

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Reminds me of the story of a golfer that was playing a golf course a day after a tournament was held there. The hole-in-one sign was still up and the car still parked there. So you know what happens next, right? You guessed it, he holes his tee shot and claims the car is his. Tournament organizers say the event is over, don't be ridiculous. Judge says: sign still up, car still there, give the man his car.

I have even had three hole-in-ones myself over a span of 30 years of playing golf, two of which came within 6 months of each other and I consider myself fortunate, a lot of golfers I know have been playing golf for years and have not scored a hole-in-one, good players too.

So when I saw this video I got a real kick out of it and tried to imagine making a hole-in-one under these circumstances and decided to poll my readers to to see what their experience was with a hole in one., where, when and under what circumstances, ie tournament, Saturday foursome, etc.

Congratulations, Jason Hargett, great swing. Imagine this happening to you, a million bucks with one swing!

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