There are two kinds of people who play golf, one is a person who plays golf, the second is a golfer. A golfer does not only play golf, they are passionate about the game, have a general understanding of the rules, knows something of the history of the game and knows that the "Open Championship" does not refer to the US Open.
And agree I do. Even though I am no longer able to play the game I still follow it on TV and by reading a ton of articles. I think it's the greatest game going. It teaches you a lot of things that apply to every day life off the course. And @shane9811 have you been devoting the majority of your practice time to your short game. That's one thing I wish I would have learned early on instead of trying to bomb 250 yard drives. Those were the days of persimmon woods.
Man, there is not a sweeter sound then a well struck drive with a persimmon driver echoing through the woods late in the afternoon or early evening. Those were the days, when woods were woods and golf balls were balata.
Still do in baseball. We always used it. And while playing golf. But i rarely hit it on the screws golfing. DYK: In the past, all the clubs that the players used were made of wood. To ensure that a club lasted for a long time, the manufacturers often inserted or attached a metal plate or a piece of plastic into the wood. Several screws were used to make sure that the plate stayed in place. The space between the screws was the ‘sweet spot’ of the club; therefore, when you hit the ball ‘‘on the screws’ you were timing your strokes beautifully.
I started playing golf in the 80s when it was common to see wood woods. But metal woods steadily gained popularity, and then when Big Bertha came out it was curtains closed pretty much. Do people still say 'Curtains closed' much? What up with that
I miss real woods. A well struck wooden driver or 2-wood made such a better sound than the metals these days. I played golf yesterday for the first time in 14 months. Muscles I forgot I had are hurting today.
