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bulldog2k · #15 (**permalink**) 05-25-2007, 05:16 AM

I can't speak for preferences of woods, because I took the conscious decision not to play with them on the course I play on, until I had 'mastered' irons, because the rough/trees where I play penalise loose shots so much. At some point I need to come back to it, but initially, that will be on a driving range, not on a course...

Putters..? Well, in general, I have made the absolutely unfathomable decision that I want all my stuff to be Nike - down to balls and bags. Weird? Yes. Limiting myself? Yes, potentially, though I don't see it as any weirder than buying a driver because I like the sound of it, and there are plenty of people out there who do that.

So, mallet style, 35" shaft. I have the Nike OZ T130, and I like the 'centre mounted' shaft - I find it helps with alignment as well as assisting the MOI for off-centre hits. It's worth noting that Dave Pelz notes that high MOI are a ticking bomb, and can cause laziness in even the highest level golfers.

One last thought for you, Gohan. On any given round, you will use the putter 2 to 3 times more often than the driver. Couldn't we make a plausible argument, therefore, that your putter is two to three times more important than your driver, and that you therefore should spend two to three times the amount of time and effort finding your putter, and be prepared to spend two to three times the amount of money on it?