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I just switched from a GBB EPIC to a PING G425 Max and noticed a massive difference. I hit way more fairways and the difference between a good strike and a bad strike with the PING is minimal. The GBB EPIC though, majority of my bad strikes were OB. I am a high a high handicap player too, and hitting fairways are more important to me. Make sure you get a good hybrid you can flush, and that can make up any distance you may get with another driver on those longer holes. 

I just switched from a GBB EPIC to a PING G425 Max and noticed a massive difference. I hit way more fairways and the difference between a good strike and a bad strike with the PING is minimal. The GBB EPIC though, majority of my bad strikes were OB. I am a high a high handicap player too, and hitting fairways are more important to me. Make sure you get a good hybrid you can flush, and that can make up any distance you may get with another driver on those longer holes. 

Mine this year is to get my handicap from 24 to 18 and to possible break 90 for the first time. 

I am interested in the e12 Contact .. going to also pick up a dozen during the season to try it

Mine this year is to get my handicap from 24 to 18 and to possible break 90 for the first time. 

Mine this year is to get my handicap from 24 to 18 and to possible break 90 for the first time. 

Yellow Pro V1 but I just purchased some e12 contact balls to test out 

Yellow Pro V1 but I just purchased some e12 contact balls to test out 

Mine this year is to get my handicap from 24 to 18 and to possible break 90 for the first time. 

Mine this year is to get my handicap from 24 to 18 and to possible break 90 for the first time. 

Who knows.... too many existing left over choices. And this isn't even all of them.

Yellow Pro V1 but I just purchased some e12 contact balls to test out 

Mine this year is to get my handicap from 24 to 18 and to possible break 90 for the first time. 

Going to break my goals into achievable goals and stretch goals. 
Achievable
Reduce handicap to under 20 Break 90 for the first time Stretch
Decrease handicap to 17 or less Break 90 consistently (not every time, but at least occasionally)

Mine this year is to get my handicap from 24 to 18 and to possible break 90 for the first time. 

I may live to regret this (hope not) but with the season in Nebraska likely to begin in a matter of weeks, I've been inspired to try to identify some goals for the season.  
"Big Rock" Goals
- Lower handicap from current 6 to 3 or better
- Break par for 18 holes
- Win my Saturday morning "league" championship.  (This is unlikely, at my handicap it would take a very low round...usually a 13ish handicap shoots an 80 or something like that and that's all she wrote.)
Sub Goals
- Drive the par 4 2nd hole at my home course.  It's 330 but a bit downhill, and if the tees and the wind are right it's possible for me...I've been hole high before but right.  Same goal for the 310 yard par 4 17th...it's a dogleg but requires a pretty high ball flight to carry a large tree.
- 25 putts or less in a round
I know the big rock goals are lofty, but I don't see the point in setting goals that aren't really aspirational.
Anyone else care to share?
 

Interesting idea.  Based on my attitude as an engineer, the best way to do this would be to establish some kind of grid, and take "readings" of both slope amount and direction at each node of the grid.  This would be interesting but tedious, and would require some pretty lengthy uninterrupted access to each green.  I wonder if anyone has attempted to do this on their own, and what level of detail they were able to accomplish.  If you do go this route, you should be aware that your personal green map is limited to the same size and scale as the commercial maps.
You're right, to putt well you need all three components to work.  There are three basic elements to putting, as you say, hitting the right line, achieving the right speed, and having the right read.  They are all interrelated, which makes things tougher.  But if you can "master" one of the three, I believe you're ahead of the game.  If you KNOW you have the right read, and you can see that you've achieved the right speed, you can evaluate your ability to hit the intended line.  To me, having confidence in the read relieves any of the potential paralysis.  And as one who has used Aimpoint for a few years, I think I read putts as fast or faster than most anyone I play with.  No looking from multiple angles, , no walking to the other side of the hole, no plumb-bobbing, just a stop or two for a second while walking to the hole and back.  
Reading putts is a skill, just like hitting your intended line, just like speed control is.  Each one is improved by different types of practice.  I'd never tell anyone to omit practice for distance control, and I'd never tell anyone to omit improvement of their green-reading skills.

Startline, pace, and green reading are all skills that need to be learned and practiced. You don’t need a putter to learn green reading; using a device like the perfect putter helps you check what you are seeing and understand/see that there are multiple reads for every putt. Stroke and face control are important when you are playing to help determine if you misread the putt or made a bad stroke.

Aimpoint express is just another technique/tool that a player can use and it can benefit any player as it helps to validate what you are seeing.

Lots of individual pieces that can be done in multiple orders.

Very interesting, I appreciate your response. I will look into Aimpoint Express

I don't hit the ball very far so I use the 3 wood on the long 200 yard par 3's, gets me pretty close each time. Always handy to have, especially if your driver isn't working that day, you can always switch it with the 3W for more consistency. 

I don't hit the ball very far so I use the 3 wood on the long 200 yard par 3's, gets me pretty close each time. Always handy to have, especially if your driver isn't working that day, you can always switch it with the 3W for more consistency. 

I use my 3w as a driver. Took the driver out of the bag and have scored much better. The Sim Max rocket 3w is long.


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curious if anyone games a 5 wedge setup. i’m playing around with the idea myself.
i’ll likely go set PW, 48, 52, 56, 60 and see how that works out

I would do it through eBay or get his PayPal and do it through Goods and Services. 
I wouldn't risk it

I would do it through eBay or get his PayPal and do it through Goods and Services. 
I wouldn't risk it