jebhorton

I carry my bag and wear them out in about 6 months - so that ends up as my general replacement rate. Though i did manage to go through three last year.

I never would have thought there'd be this much excitement on this topic. I bought two cotton Peter Millar shirts and think they're great. I've got a bunch of performance fabric shirts. In California Cotton is fine in the winter, feels great and has no issues. In the heat of the summer, different story.

I can empathize as I just went through this two days ago and it took a solid hour. I wished that I had done the water trick as I think that would have turned grit into mud and they would have come out more easily. As it was, i had a cheaper version of the tool described above, but it didn't work. Spikes felt like they were glued in. What did work was this: drill (carefully) with a 1/8" bit in the middle of the tee and then take needle nose pliers to get a firm grip on the spike and turn. This worked. I think I could have gotten the effort down to about 20 minutes knowing what I know now. I'd also argue that carefully cleaning the everything will also help to reduce the grit in the future. Final thoughts - don't wait a couple of years to do this.

DBK, Lots of sound advice here. My own experience doesn't differ greatly but I would add a few thoughts. I hit a lot of balls into a net, maybe another 100 at the range, practice off the grass chipping, etc. And then I putt a lot as well. So, I hit a lot of balls, probably in the nuts category. A few learnings: 1. Hitting off matts doesn't give you the same feedback as grass - I found that I overestimated my abilities off the matt as it didn't give the same feedback as grass. 2. Doing more drills is better for my game than more fullswing shots. I really didn't give enough credit to my instructor on this, the drills help a lot. 3. Good putting and chipping days hide mistakes and bad putting and chipping make things worse. I can't hit enough short balls. 4. My nemesis is 4-6 iron. I got better when I concentrated on contact. Best of luck, familiar with the problem.

Jeremy, You got a lot of advice here. I echo Chuck's advice to trust fitter and also work with what you have for some time to determine how to best use the clubs. I bought KBS C Taper 110 shafts to go with P790s. Very happy with them, but also still working on my swing -- which is the bigger variable in scoring than the shaft.