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Hello World!!

HELLO WORLD!

No I am not tiger woods (yet) but I feel like him now after Chuck Quinton and all the fine members of Rotary Swing Golf forum saved my golfing life!

You see…I am you. If you are at this site than you love golf.  Whether you are a 30 handicap or a plus handicap I know you can relate to me and my story. I guess you can just call me JOE the Golfer!

So welcome to the Rotary Golf Instruction Blog. I am a student of Chuck’s and will be blogging about what I call “My Journey to Greatness”. It is my Journey to become the best golfer that I can be and to enjoy every pured shot and duff along the way. Prepare for an emotional journey! This blog will make you laugh, it will make you cry, heck it may even scare some of you when you see some swing sequences of mine :-) but as we all struggle through the same ups and downs of this crazy game I just hope that through my journey to greatness I can maybe help to provide hope to some other poor fellow out there or just provide a good laugh to someone when they read my posts…and trust me some of my ramblings make me laugh!
So sit back…strap yourself in because we are in for a bumpy ride!

 
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“The Geese is Here.”

Growing up I spent most of my late summers cutting tobacco in the fiels of Southern Maryland.  It’s an industry consigned to History now.  But, it was a big industry at the time.  “Housing” tobacco was as much a cultural touchstone as it was an economic pursuit.  And, oh Brother, was it ever hard work.  One particularly hot day I was spearing plants alongside a great, big, strapping powerhouse of a man inprobably named George Washington.  He could out-work any three other people.  He’s long-gone now.  Cancer.  But, I remember talking to him that one day in particular.  It was just one of those stifling high heat, humidity, no-wind killers.  “George Washington, I cannot wait for fall and get away from this heat.  Fall’s my favorite time of year.  I like it better than the other three.”  “Mista’ Ray, they ain’t but two times of da’ year:  The geese is here, and the geese is gone.”

This week, “…the geese is here. ”   Here in Chesapeake country, the geese come in the big numbers on the Hunter’s Moon, the full moon of October.  These aren’t the nuissance “Resident Birds” that so many golf courses seem to be clueless about…that soil up greens and get under foot.  These are the migrators…”Nothers” we call them.  And, they’re back here in big numbers again.  My home course is dead in the middle of a dense concentration of them.  But, birds don’t sit on the ponds there.  The Superintendent has a dog that he takes to whichever pond as soon as birds settle down.  Dog chases geese…geese leave pond.  But, they fly overhead much of the day trading from water to field.

Their sights and sounds add much to days of golf during the cold months.  It’s a rare day that birds aren’t over head.   They become part and parcel of the golfing experience.  A wonderful bit of background, if you will.  Here at the house, the West River supports a fair number.  Sneaking in some swings in the yard after work, their sound is a pleasant break from the jargon of work.

This week, they’ve come back.  It’s great to see them as we work into long-pants, long-sleeve golf.  Soon, they’ll blend into the background and will be just a part of the equation.  The only thing louder than their plaintive cries is the silence they leave behind when they go North in the spring.   Much like the birds, there are two golf seasons.  This colder version has its own solitary charm.  Days afield are more rare, precious somehow, and in some ways more satisfying.  “Getting in the round” is often the primary goal.  Hours outside, with friends, chasing a pursuit, against odds to a point, and with the beautiful noise of the geese for company.  It’s golf, if not at its best, then certainly at a uniquely fine level.

George knew what he was talking about.

 
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Bomb Your Driver Clinic Participants Pick Up 30 Yards!

As an extension of my golf swing instruction clinics, it was only natural that a “Bomb Your Driver Clinic” that teaches all the secrets of picking up massive distance off the tee would be coming. Well, today was our first clinic and it was a great success. Both students picked up massive distance using the Rotary Swing Bomb Your Driver techniques and a few other little tricks and tips that I’ve yet to publish to the website.

Larry Boyle picked up 30 yards of carry, yes, 30 yards of CARRY with only 93 mph of clubhead speed. He switched from an Infiniti Propulsion driver with Harmon Tour Design shaft to a Nakashima HTec head with a Matrix F6M2 shaft. This combo lowered his spin rate a 1,000 rpm’s on average and increased his ball speed 8 mph. Combined with instruction from me to optimize his quality of contact and path into the ball, Larry was hitting it not only further, but much straighter as well. Click on the image below to see his FlightScope report.

Larry Boyle picked up 30 yards of carry plus roll at the Bomb Your Driver clinic.

Larry Boyle picked up 30 yards of carry plus roll at the Bomb Your Driver clinic.

 Jack Flatley also had a great day at the clinic, picking up 27 yards off the tee and ended up with the Nakashima HTec 460 in an 11.5 with a Matrix XCon5 shaft over his Cobra L4V with a Diamana Red shaft. With Jack, we brought his launch angle up from 9 degrees to a much better 13.5 degrees. But even more importantly, we brought his clubhead speed up from 89 mph to 99 mph on average, with several swings breaking the 100 mph point! Apart from picking up nearly 30 yards off the tee, Jack cut his shot dispersion from 35 yards to only 16 yards! So, not only is he he hitting it 30 yards further, but he’s also hitting it in the fairway!

Jack cut his dispersion by more than 50% by switching to a Matrix shaft and doing a fitting with Chuck Quinton.

Jack cut his dispersion by more than 50% by switching to a Matrix shaft and doing a fitting with Chuck Quinton.

 

Jacks Optimal Flight report showing he is now hitting it about 265 off the tee vs. 238 before.

Jack is now hitting it 265 yards off the tee vs. 238 yards!

 
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Chuck Quinton on Golf Talk Radio with Mike and Billy

I recently did a radio interview with Mike and Billy of ESPN’s Golf Talk Radio to discuss my book, ”The Rotary Swing“ . These guys were really great fun to talk to and are serious golf nuts. They just posted the Podcast of the show, you can listen to it from their website here: http://golftalkradiomikeandbilly.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=393039

If that doesn’t work, you can download it directly from our site at http://www.oneplanegolfswing.com/golf-talk-radio.mp3

-Chuck

 
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Titleist 909D3 – Did Titleist Finally Get It Right?

I had the “opportunity” to test out the new tour issue Titleist 909 D3 in August before the retail addition hit the streets. It was shafted up with a Diamana Whiteboard X flex 73 gram shaft. My first impression was that it looked quite sharp, classic Titleist muted colors which I love and a very nice shape. It also sounded ok, not too tinny and loud and not too muted, but certainly not my favorite club. How did it perform?

It felt like I was hitting a marshmallow with a twig. The ball felt dead leaving the face and spun like a wedge. It had been a while since I had hit anything other than a Matrix Shaft or Nakashima head, and this quickly reminded me why I switched! The clubhead felt like it would just never catch up and square up, it felt loose and inconsistent. After having just played and driven the ball fantastic while beating Adrian Wadey at his home course of Glenwild in Park City, Utah, I was shocked to see all three shots I hit with the Titleist fly wide right of the target with far too much spin. Did I mention the clubhead felt completely dead? The Nakashima heads produce unreal ball speeds as you guys have seen from our test data, and I felt like I was going back to persimmon with the Titleist 909D3. Once again, the OEM’s lose out on this deal and have missed the mark – wide right and by a mile.

 
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Rotary Hitter Conversion – Right Hand Control

I’ve decided to continue my conversion to a Rotary Hitter from a Rotary Swinger, much to the dissappointment of many, but it puts less stress on my left hip which has been injured in 2 car accidents. I’m working on it today in the “Rotary Swing Golf Lab” :-) and am sharing an update.

It’s very different going from a body dominated and left side dominated move to a very right arm dominated move, but I’ve found another sport that has helped me get the feeling – tennis. I’ve started playing tennis this week (a whole separate blog to come on that!) and it has really helped me develop the feeling of using the right arm to control the golf club. The forehand in tennis is much like the Rotary Hitter motion, and that’s what I’m actually feeling in my downswing to some degree. I’m feeling as if I maintain the right wrist angle and never release it just you would in a tennis forehand. Now, in reality, they do release, this is just a FEELING that I’m using to develop a sense of hitting with the right arm. It is helping me extend my right arm coming into impact and, of course, maintaining a lot of lag.

Note how far the clubhead is away from the ball even though my hands are now even with the ball.

Note how far the clubhead is away from the ball even though my hands are now even with the ball.

In my case, this is actually causing me to release the club too late, which I’m working on, but here’s a quick clip to show you how far the club should be behind the ball by the time your hands get even with ball. The “Lag Drill with the Impact Bag” is a great video to watch if you struggle with maintaining lag in your golf swing as so many golfers do. From this position, the club will release with a lot of speed and very little effort.

In the next screen capture taken just after impact, my right arm has not fully extended at this point and is continuing to work the club down the line too much. It’s a slight amount, but I want the club to work more left after impact with a proper release of the right arm, and that’s what I’m working on, so stay tuned, I’ll get it!

The clubhead is a bit late coming into impact here

The clubhead is a bit late coming into impact here

 
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Add 5 mph of Clubhead Speed

One of the most common ”faults” I see in students when giving a lesson is tension in the hands. It often starts at address and only gets worse from there. Apart from robbing the golfer of a consistent release, it also robs the golfer of precious clubhead speed, and thus, potential ball speed. Everyone wants to hit the golf ball further and being properly fitted with the right driver is key, but if you don’t have maximum clubhead speed, you’ll never achieve your potential for maximum distance.

A simple key that I give my students during a lesson is to let their hands almost feel as if they go limp at the top of the swing. Apart from the fact that it gets them to realize just how much tension they have in their hands, it also gives the club a chance to fully set the wrists at the top. This creates more lag and leverage, and also allows the club to come down on the proper plane rather than over the top. Using this simple technique with a student last year, I saw an increase in clubhead speed from 112 mph with the driver jump all the way to 119, literally in one swing. I don’t have to tell you that a seven mph increase in clubhead speed equates to some serious distance. The potential was there all along, he just had to unleash the fury!

If you haven’t already, take a look at my golf instruction videos on “Creating More Lag” and “Passive Arms” to pick up some serious clubhead speed.

 
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Matrix Shafts Help McNeill Pick Up 16 Yards

Settling in on our tried and true Nakashima Htec head with the Matrix XCon5, Greg McNeill picked up 16 yards of CARRY on average over his higher spinning Wishon/Harrison combo. Greg plays at Lake Nona in Orlando and you don’t get much roll out there unless you bring the ball in on a shallower angle of descent. The nearly 3,200 rpm’s of spin from the Wishon combo would carry on average 238 yards, but would get no roll and had a bit more sidespin than the Matrix shaft. Using the Matrix XCon5 with the Nakashima HTec 9.5 head, we dropped his spin rate almost 800 rpm’s to 2,400 and also cut his side spin rate by more than half. This is the difference between a slice and a gentle fade. The XCon5 tip stiffness allows you to mishit it and still put very low sidespin on the ball. This coupled with the MASSIVE jump in ball speed of 5 mph leads to about a 20 yard increase in total distance when roll is added in. Lower spin, higher ball speed, more distance!

FlightScope data from McNeill's driver fitting with Chuck Quinton

FlightScope data from McNeill

 
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Driver Fittings Take-off with Matrix Shafts

Since April of 2008, we have had an average increase in driver distance of nearly 20 yards per student, with a couple averaging an increase of over 40 yards off the tee! Since we started adding the Matrix Shaft line to our offering, we started seeing much lower spin rates and much tighter shot dispersion that has had our students not only hitting it further, but straighter as well. Take a look at the data from some of our launch monitor fitting sessions using our FlightScope Kudu launch monitor.

FlightScope

FlightScope

 
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RotarySwing.com Revolutionizing Online Golf Instruction

RotarySwing.com is changing the face of golf instruction by simplifying the way the swing is taught. No longer relying on complicated backswing positions that can take the average golfer years to learn, the Rotary Swing makes it easy for ANY golfer to improve and enjoy the game. Golfers can learn the Rotary Swing online through online golf instruction with a former professional golfer!

Windermere, FL (PRWEB) April 22, 2008 — Through the use of its proprietary golf swing and online instruction technique, RotarySwing.com is quickly changing the golf instruction landscape. The Rotary Swing is the simplest way to learn to swing a golf club and with the new online golf instruction program, golfers can submit their videos online and receive a “movie” back of their online golf lesson from a former professional golfer on the Nationwide Tour. Currently, RotarySwing.com is offering a discount on these online golf lessons for only $49.

Chuck Quinton, founder of the Rotary Swing technique and golf instructor in Windermere, FL, has helped thousands of golfers shave their handicaps by learning his simple swing technique. “So many golfers come to me in desparation, frustrated with the current state of their games. Golf instruction in the past has failed them because it was too complex and difficult to learn given their limited practice time. I’ve simplified the golf swing into simple Rotary Swing fundamentals that can be learned in less than 15 minutes so that even the busy professional with limited time to practice can improve after online one lesson,” Quinton says.

Quinton’s results have been impressive to say the least, with members of his golf instruction website shaving over 10 strokes off their handicaps in as little as 2 months. And his work on the professional tours has been equally impressive with one of his students, Paul Dickinson, leading three rounds of a 2007 Nationwide Tour event. Now, Paul is Quinton’s lead instructor and performs all the online golf lessons. “Adding Paul to the team was a strategic move to ensure we could handle all the new students who are coming to the Rotary Swing and provide them with world class golf instruction. Paul has now done hundreds of online lessons via our website and we couldn’t be happier with the results,” said Quinton.

Simplify your golf swing today and enjoy your best ball striking ever by learning the very simple technique of the Rotary Golf Swing. If you are tired of struggling with your golf swing and want to simplify your technique, visit the home of the Simple Golf Swing -http://www.RotarySwing.com

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This went out via PRWeb.com on April 22, 2008.  View the PRWeb version here:  http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb876294.htm.

 
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Medical Mess

Hey guys,

 Well I am just a medical mess, one thing after another.  First I went through a bunch of surgeries, I’ve always had some crazy bone tumor above my ankle (making it impossible to wear any other golf shoes than Footjoy eComforts because they are the only ones that don’t have a high back), I’ve had surgery on my left wrist to remove a cyst, and now I have a lot of pain in my right wrist which I think is another cyst.  The one in my left wrist was very big, and these ones in my right wrist aren’t even visible, so hopefully surgery won’t be required.  Chuck and I had to cancel our lesson today because I couldn’t swing through the golf ball without taking my right hand off the club.

Other than that I am doing great, my golf swing (when I am capable of making one) feels 100 times better than it ever has.  I am finally comfortable with my takeaway.  It took so long to get the right feeling for me and it was so simple.  All I am feeling is that my hands go back a little inside while the club works up.  I occasionally err on taking it back too outside, but I will take that right now.  It feels a lot more natural now.  Chuck and I decided to take things a little slower with my swing, as we are both very impatient people and were trying to move way to fast.  I am probably even more impatient than he is, so it has been a struggle for me to only work on small pieces at a time.  Right now we are working on getting more load into my right side going back.  I didn’t feel much load into my leg and foot at all before, so it’s an odd feeling, but one that is necessary both for control and power.  Chuck’s technical name for what we are working on is “finding my ass”, because that’s where I should feel a lot of support for the load.  So far it’s been going well I think, my swing feels a little more in rhythm and a little more powerful, yet it still needs a good deal of work.  Hopefully I can make progress a little faster. 

With my wrist being hurt, I’ve been practicing my putting and little bump-and-runs a lot.  My putting is still the best part of my game, and it’s been getting even better over the past few days.  My bump-and-runs are also pretty dang good considering all I am doing is employing my putting stroke with a more lofted club.  Bump-and-runs are all about just choosing the right club and the right spot to hit.  My stroke it pretty good so all I try to do is feel how hard to hit the ball.

Hopefully my wrist will heal up fairly soon and I can get back to making progress, I am extremely frustrated not being able to swing a club, I get very antsy and bored not being able to play.

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Update

Hey everyone, I know it’s been quite a while since I have posted anything on the site, but I have been working super hard!  Let me just update you guys on a few things that have been going on.

As you saw in the new video, my swing is improving a lot, but will still take a lot more to get it to where it needs to be.  Unfortunately I cannot swing on that good of a plane all the time.  When I really focus on just that plane of my swing, I can do it, but once we start working on other things, I fall back into old habits and the club gets deep and flat.  It has definitely gotten better, my bad swings aren’t as deep and inside, but it’s going to take a long time to get it to where it’s always up on plane. 

My posture is something that I have been having problems with.  I am a bit more relaxed at address now, with not as much S-Shape in my spine, but I really struggle with standing taller and not slouching with my shoulders.  I told Chuck it makes me feel like I am in a straight jacket when I pull my shoulders back.  I need to work very hard both at the course and at the gym to make it more comfortable. 

So my swing is definitely better, a work in progress, but we all know that the short game is where money is made.  Honestly, my chipping has suffered a bit with all the focus being on my full swing, but it’s not terrible.  I have some things I need to work out before my chipping gets really good.  For one thing, I flip the club a little too much, especially if I am trying to get a lot of spin on the ball.  Basically, my chipping is very inconsistent.  The thing that saves my scores is my putting.  I became, in my mind, an awesome putter through working with Chuck on some things and through trial and error by myself.  Chuck has worked with me on the tempo of my stroke and the path.  I went through a trial and error with my grip and speed control.  I used to get the putter very low in my fingers with my thumbs on top of the club, and I struggled with pulling the ball a lot because my right hand would turn over a lot through impact.  What I do now is I have the grip much more in the palms of my hand.  My left hand is much more flat with my thumb running down the center of the grip.  The biggest difference is my right hand.  It’s a little more under than it used to be, my thumb isn’t on top of the grip anymore, it’s more down the side and I feel like I control the speed of my putts with the pads of my two middle fingers.  My stroke is more a push stroke now, I feel like I am just pushing the ball toward the hole.  I don’t pull the ball much at all now and that led to a lot of confidence which in turn helped my speed. 

Hopefully I will be able to post on here more often, I have just been so busy that it’s hard sometimes.  Thanks for reading! Any questions just post in the comments section!

 
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Club Championship

Hey Guys,  Good news and bad news.  First the good news.  I played fantastic in the first round of the Club Championship.  I shot a 75 with only one birdie, so I was really doing well getting the ball up and in.  I putted extremely well and my ball-striking was pretty good, definitely not where it needs to be, but it’s getting there.  I struggled with my chips which cost me a few strokes, so I really need to work on that area much harder.  I was very happy with the way I played and ended up being the Round 1 leader by 4 strokes.

Bad news…after the round Chuck and I went out to practice and we both hit off the first tee.  The Head Pro came running down and told us we were both disqualified for playing on the same course between tournament rounds.  Extremely disappointing.  First, I just should have known that rule, so that’s disappointing from that standpoint, second, I had a very good chance of winning the Championship tomorrow and now I can’t do that.  If I had gone out tomorrow and lost it that would be one thing, but not being able to even have a shot at it is what gets me.  At least I learned this now during a small tournament like this and not later at a larger one.  Looks like I need to go read the Rules of Golf.

 
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Healthy At Last!

Well guys…I had my last procedure, so I should be pretty much recovered in a few days.  The Club Championship at Windermere Country Club is on Saturday and Sunday this week, so the past 2 days after getting back from Virginia all I have been doing is playing and focusing on hitting the ball.  It’s tough for me because I don’t really trust my swing so I am always thinking about mechanical things.  I have played well off and on that past 2 days, so I think I will be all right going into the tournament.  I will let you know how the tournament goes.

 
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The Agony of Da’ Feet

    “Tight Shoes is a Mutha’ (Lover), Jack.  Ain’t nothin’ worse than tight shoes.  You wouldn’t never have to torture me.  Put me in tight shoes, and in twenty minutes I’d confess to anything.”  Richard Pryor

     I enaged in an annual golf ritual over the weekend that I hate above all others: Buying a new pair of golf shoes.  Some of you are wondering, “What’s so tough about that?”  All I can say back is, “You don’t have these dogs.”  They’re 10&1/2-Double E and finding shoes that fit is never much fun. 

    But, over the years, certain models and makes have emerged.  I can walk into a New Balance store and buy their gray running shoes model 900-something and they always fit.  Clark has a shoe called “The Tracker.”  In 10.5-wide, that baby is money.  Golf shoes are different.  Models stay on the market for as long as Tulips flower.  Here today, gone this afternoon.  Of course, I don’t make this any easier by eliminating many possibilities.  I walk the course if at all possible…At the end of the day, at least I can claim to have gotten some exercise.  I won’t buy tennis-type shoes…the usual course has “drainage issues”…ok, it’s a “mudball.”  And, the colors are fairly limited, black, brown, or some combination of the two.  I know white shoes are fairly standard.  But, I can’t help but think they’re best reserved for cute nurses…and, even if, they’d be mudballs on that course.  Then there is the whole genre of white/whatever saddle shoes.  This is where life experiences scar the child for life.  I went to an All-Boys Catholic High School a few miles away from the All-Girls Catholic High School.  Guess what the girls wore?  Oh, yeah, white/black saddle shoes.  We’d go over there when they were dismissed for the day in what was affectionately named, “Cattle Call.”  The Kid?   He ain’t wearin’ no Saddle Shoes!  He ain’t wearin’ no plaid kilt either!

  So, into the store we go.  It’s a ritual.  Grab every model and make in 10&1/2 Wide.  Sales Clerk is staring: “Can I help you?”  “Well, frankly, no…this is a procedure.”  Puzzled look: “Let me know if you need anything.”  Find one that has the least amount of “Hot Spots.”  Nothing fits everywhere on the foot.  Of course, Nike made a shoe for a half an hour that did.  It was the SP-5.  Nike was famous in running circles for making a narrow shoe.  The SP-5 was a mistake that felt like a million bucks right out of the box.  They discontinued it only after making various sequel models that narrowed the shoe right off of my foot.  Had I known…

  After three pairs, I had one on my left foot that felt promising.  It was brown, but the one on my right was a white/black saddle shoe (the store was empty, thank God) that was the right size.  “I could order that baby online if…”  The wife walked around the corner: “That’s an interesting pair.”  “I’m looking for my brighter side.”  New Sales Clerk shows up, “Can I help you?”  “Not unless you’re licensed by the State to practice Psychiatry.”  Concerned stare: “Let me know if you need anything.” 

  Right about then, I remembered Bob the Bootfitter.  In my skiing days, I never had a pair of boots that fit.  I stumbled into Ski Chalet over in Arlington one day and got caught looking wistfully at a pair of boots.  Having usually a set of bruises on the lower legs and feet to show for a day’s skiing, new and shiny boots always had a certain appeal.  A Sales Clerk pounced.  “No, no, I’m sure you have great fitters here in the store.  But, these feet…”  “Sir, we have Bob the Bootfitter…and Bob is a Wizard.”  Well, I’d never even met a certified wizard before.  So, what the heck?  Bob, it turned out was a very nice, bald, bespectacled gentleman who took some measurements on my feet…lots of measurements.  Then he simply took them in his hands one at a time.  Getting a little nervous, “Hey, Bob the Wizard, could you turn those puppies into 11D’s while you’re there?”  He grinned, scratched his head and left.  Out he comes in a few minutes with a sheet of paper: “If you want boots that will fit, you have to go to Salt Lake City, Utah and see the boys out at Daleboot.  They’ll thermoset a boot to your foot.”  “But, I thought you were the wizard.”  “I don’t have enough magic in me to fit those feet.”  The next season, I did what he suggested.  The boys at Daleboot knew what they were doing.  Too bad they don’t make golf shoes.

   So, now I’m on pair number ten.  The one on my left foot has been there an hour.  Nothing is numb yet.  I’m hopeful.  The third Sales Clerk arrives: “Do you need help?”  “Do you have a bottle with a Tax Stamp on the neck you’d be wiling to share?”  Puzzlement: “Call me if you need anything.”  I commit to putting the right shoe of the pair on just in time to see the wife round the corner:

“There’s nothing in here I want.  I’ll be next door when you’re done.” 

“What’s next door?” 

“A furniture store.” 

“You know what?  These shoes are ‘it.’” 

   Maybe they are.  I’ll break them in and hope that the best part of the coming golf days is not the part where I get to take off the golf shoes at the end of the day.  We’ll see.  At least the ritual is over for another year.  Now, if that “Gorilla Glue” will hold on those old SP-5′s for just a little bit…

 
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