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Here's a very green players perspective. The first time I ever golfed was about 5 years ago. There were four of us playing 9 holes. Since I'd never swung a club before, everyone had an opinion to help me get off on the right foot. Well, all that the advice did was **** me off and make the game no fun at all. It took me until about 6 months ago to try again.

My advice is to let the guy play as he wants. If he's not hurting anyone, not holding up the group, etc, what does it hurt? Golf is supposed to be fun (atleast that's what I'm told) so just have fun. Concentrate on your own game and enjoy it.

Probably out of line for a new guy like me but as I said, the "advice" almost kept me from ever picking up a club again.

I agree with most here. He doesn't want your advice , so let him have his fun. I have a little different take on advice than some of the others. My regular 4-some has been together for a few years and we all know each others games pretty well. We quite often give advice to each other. It's sort of accepted practice in our group. I'd never do this with anyone else. It bit me in the the other day, though. The YG and best player in our group, can't get out of a fairway bunker with an iron to save his life. I've never seen him get it more than halfway to the green. He'd borrowed my 9-wood, though, a couple of days previous from a trap 175 out and knocked it on the green. So we were riding together playing team skins... he was on the other team. He smoked his drive right into a trap about 125 out. He hit it great, about 280 and was really ticked... walked into the trap skaking his head, mumbling. I laughed "Greg , your too close for the 9-wood". He shrugged "Yea, I know..." . So I said "Just move it back in your stance". He said ok.... this was apparently new information to him. Naturally he knocks it stiff and drains the bird for the skin plus a 2 hole carry-over. He did thank me, but I'm re-assessing my advice policy.

Well if he ever learns to hit that drive straight it probably won't be long and the rest of his game will fall in place. I am a firm believer in hitting the ball as hard as possible. The only difference between him and I is I too would hit a four iron instead of the driver.I would not try to offer advice to him unless he asks for some. Sooner or later he will learn its all about score and not how long or pretty the shots are.

I say let the guy be....everybody should play their own game and be friendly out there! I never care how my partners are playing if they are good people and are not holding up the players behind us. and I never, ever offer advice unless asked...I just smile and say something encouraging...that's it. (except I do concentrate on my own game so I am not making an equal fool out of myself!)

Both of us went over to a local shop to check out new drivers. My buddy hits a 8* HVC beta ti driver that at times really balloons skyward. It starts out low but tends to rise up like a low thrown frisbee. Anyway we clocked our swing speed while we were there. The shop owners gun would only read a steel headed driver that he had and the shaft was 2.5 inches shorter than my current driver. Anyway my ss was right at 93-94 and my buddy's was 89-101. This is a lot different than what his was 3 years ago(or so he told me). I guess it used to be around 120-125. O h well.