Thanks for the tips and your thoughts on Phil, and I’m glad you enjoy the site!

I think part of the problem is people seem to expect constant miracles on the course from Tiger and even Phil. Tiger finishes second at the Masters with his B game and it’s the end of the world. Phil wins a tournament this season, yet he’s still feeling the effects of Winged Foot. The media needs something to write about I suppose…they can’t just go posting videos of guys hitting balls through plywood every day

Thanks for the tips on the hybrids. Height never seems to be an issue for me even with a 2/3 iron. I always seem to get the ball up pretty high (royal precision rifles in my irons). I would like to be able to hit the hybrid when I am in the rough or a fairway bunker from distance, where I either need to cut through the rough or get the ball up quick out of the bunker. As for the 3 wood, it would just be nice to have another ‘long’ option from the tee that I could get into the fairway more consistently. But perhaps I should just concentrate on being more accurate with the Driver.

Interesting point about the optical illusion though, I had never heard or thought of that!

As for Phil Mickelson, I was there for his spectacular finish at Winged Foot 2006, he played to make par and not to win the tournament. If you look at him and compare him to when he was winning he’s not doing anything really different besde catching a couple of breaks here and there, but it seems like Tiger catches breaks all the time. Tiger, this last week it just seemed like he wasn’t able to put his six iron on from 240 yards and hit every par 5 in two… poor him.

Back to Phil, people seem to forget he won a month or so ago at Pebble Beach, then the next week he finishes bad (but still finished second) and all of a sudden it’s some Big Winged Foot problem according to the media. I’m sure it’s not a problem to Phil, and if the media wants to see him play well again they need to stop bringing it up, ONE HOLE DOES NOT MAKE YOUR CAREER.

HYBRIDS:
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The club you are looking for is the MD, it’s a Hybrid made for players and the IRod Shaft that comes stock is made for the club specifically. Also their SS 3.5 (for better players) and 2.5 (shallow face) Are great clubs and go a long ways.

In hybrid what you are getting is a higher ball flight. The club naturally is designed to go higher. So you may just want to try the same steel shaft you have in your irons. You don’t need a graphite shaft in your hybrid unless you want to hit it extra extra high, and if it still isn’t going high enough, then my friend you need to invest in a 7-wood

POINT OF INTEREST:
Optical illusions come into effect and get worse with longer clubs ESPECIALLY OFF THE TURF. The further away you are from the ball the more of an illusion you get that the ball on your address is on the sweet spot on the club. In short the illusion is worse with a Driver than a wedge. You may just be setting up on the heel if in fact you are hitting it on the heel.

Do like charlie Hoffman does and draw a line down the middle of the face of your club with a sharpie (Hoffman does this w/ his driver). This helps with the set up, it is also legal for tournament play. Linging up with the marks on the top of your club only works when your eyes are on top of the ball.

I’m not a big Phil fan- but he shouldn’t have to deal with that crap.