www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

Friends/readers who follow my blog would call me, message me or tell me when we met their different interests. "Bro, soccer lah soccer why always golf?" Others would say why soccer, I want to read what you have to report on golf!" Some want more on food, others some discussion on  issues or looking for some inspiration. Alright I heard you. It has been more than two years since I have added any new golf clubs to my arsenal of weapons because now I am at a very high level. Haha, its the recession and it is stupid. For people who do not spend, you are the reason for the recession.  The most common club that people would buy or change is the driver. Simply because you drive for show even as you putt for dough. Because it is the longest club, it is basically the hardest to hit. Then there is the ego problem to boot and few people understand enough about golf clubs in particular the driver to get themselves a correct one. Easily 7 out of 10 people are playing with th...

We are basically fumblers. We fumble our way into the world, fumble through school, through work, through friends, through marriage and then in between all these as if the tortures were not enough, we suddenly think that we could also fumble through golf. When we could not even throw or kick a ball decently and I am talking about a fairly huge ball here, we thought we could manage one that is unnecessarily small, could easily get lost in the woods or waters and have to move so many body parts and yet can't move so many body parts hitting them with up to 14 clubs of different shapes, lengths and sizes? So instead of the "Fearsome Foursome" we were suitably reduced to the "Fumbling Foursome" At least we'll have more in numbers than the "Three Stooges". See Moe, Curly and Larry (posted by gonzolane) to reminisce. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmOCThmMmlg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcELyKkOAak Some of you may be thinking of picking up go...

It will not be complete without this. A friend working abroad requested this but it took sometime coming. Apologies... Some folks wonder if I really wrote all these things as an old well-meaning friend enquired. He may be thinking that I copied and paste them from some magazines. Haha. That, besides being illegal will be lacking in class and style. I do read a lot of these stuffs some years back from magazines but much of these are telling you what the manufactures are marketing. Through my personal experience in playing, testing and buying equipment, I have learned much (imagine emoticon of $$$ flying...) because I have many questions unanswered and was flabbergasted. I sat under different trees and nothing happened except a few ant bites. At least Newton got an apple, life is not fair I would be thinking. What if it were a durian? I cringed and so after meditating at the mountains under a tree, I felt the time was ripe to come out before the durian drops to digest and decipher...

Which Putter? Decoding The Mystery This is the most important club in your bag as you will use it 40-50% of the time in a round of golf. How it stacks up in terms of length, grip, shaft orientation, loft and lie angle are all important criteria. Correct length helps in positioning your eyes over the ball while proper lie angle allows the club to lie flat and helps in alignment. A putter that has too much or too little loft will push the ball up or cause it to bounce. Over sized grip can cause awkward feel while those that are too thin will encourage too much wrist movement. Though looks are important, it is only secondary as it only helps in confidence building. Colours and graphics are cosmetics for aesthetic reasons to entice you so that a fool and his money is soon parted. Not so for the rest which I shall emphasized below. Price and Quality Is the price of a putter related to its quality? Yes, very much so as they say, you pay peanuts you get monkeys. You can get on...