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| 1645.1 | Nice but not THAT nice | WALTA::LENEHAN | Do all the good you can | Wed Mar 10 1993 12:56 | 8 |
| Hi Paul,
I tried one last year... it is an excellent device. BUT $150!??
Ahhhhh NO. Definitely not worth THAT much. I would have figured
it would run you about $75 max.
thanks Walta
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| 1645.2 | would need text book swing | CHRLIE::HUSTON | | Wed Mar 10 1993 13:49 | 8 |
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I heard about these last weekend. It would seem to me, that in order
for this to be effective, you would have to be attempting a text
book swing, or it would say you had swing problems. There are very
few people who have a perfect swing.
--bob
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| 1645.3 | Instant feedback is the important thing. | ELWOOD::BERNARD | | Wed Mar 10 1993 15:48 | 9 |
| Well since the object is to get you to swing properly and give you
instant feedback if you are screwing up I would think it would be very
effective. If you practice with it and get to the point where you can
actually swing the club it would seem that you have improved. No doubt
it would take a while to accomplish this but it can be done by average
golfers. I think the idea is sound, I just don't like the price.
Paul
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| 1645.4 | Cheaper at Golf USA | MVDS00::BAUM | | Thu Mar 18 1993 10:12 | 4 |
| I was in Mike Dichard's GOLF USA in Nashua and he had them in there
for less money. I believe the 5 iron which was on TV cost $124.99
and he had a Driver and I think that cost $134 or $139. I believe
the club is called the MEDICUS.
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| 1645.5 | CAST-A-WAY CLUB | MPGS::ARVIN | | Mon Mar 22 1993 09:19 | 11 |
| I attended a golf school last summer at Stow Acres and used a training
aid called a "cast-a-way club". I believe this is the same device. Many
golfers (including myself) tend to release or brake their wrists too
early in the swing thus looseing a great deal of club head speed by the
time they get to the ball. Using this club, if you were to release at
the right time, you should actually be able to hit a ball with it. I
found this very difficult to do especially with any speed. I think this
club could be very helpful to me and other golfers but the price has
held me back.
Tracey
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| 1645.6 | found it for $99.95... | HOBBLE::MCFARLAND | | Sat Mar 27 1993 20:28 | 7 |
| I just ordered a medicus 5 iron through a catalog called GOLF DAY -
$99.95 inluding an instructional video.
GOLF DAY number is 800-669-8600.
Stan McFarland
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| 1645.7 | hinged club clone... | WNOU02::HAMMEL | Nan et ipsa scientia potestas est | Fri May 14 1993 17:22 | 9 |
| The current (May, I think) issue of _Golf_Magazine_ has a small
advertisement for a hinged club (in the back of the magazine, in the
"Golf Market" section). The cost is 79.95 (79.99?).
Sorry, I don't remember the name of the company (but it is not
Medicus).
Maury...
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| 1645.8 | I think I could do with a pair of these! | RUTILE::STANDRING | Spank the monkey | Thu Sep 01 1994 05:53 | 46 |
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RTw 09/01 0113 AUSTRALIAN GOLFER INVENTS GLASSES TO IMPROVE PLAY
SYDNEY, Sept 1 (Reuter) - An Australian golfer has designed a pair of
sunglasses which he claims has taken nine strokes off his handicap and
can help others improve their game.
Jim Shreenan, a toolmaker from Melbourne, said the glasses have three
holes in their plastic lenses which help golfers line up a shot and
keep their heads down during their swing.
Shreenan said he came up with the idea after years of losing to his
friends.
"I was the biggest duffer of all with the strength of Hercules but I
always moved my head and paid the penalty for it," Shreenan told
Reuters on Thursday.
But the deputy executive director of the Australian Golf Union, Tom
Duguid, said there was some uncertainty over the legality of the
glasses.
"There is a rule that you can't use any artificial devices that may
assist you in playing a stroke so we have sent them to the rules
committee at St Andrews (in Scotland) for a decision," Duguid told
Reuters.
The glasses have a round hole in front of the left eye for right-handed
players which Shreenan said helps the golfer address the ball, while
two horizontal slits help the wearer see the line.
"These glasses really work as they make you address the ball correctly
and consistently," he said.
Shreenan added that his handicap has dropped to 18 from 27 due to the
glasses.
He has taken out patents for the glasses in the United States, Britain,
Japan, New Zealand, Germany and Spain and is looking for a distribution
network.
He hopes the glasses will be in golf pro shops around Australia in time
for Christmas, selling for about A$100 (US$74) a pair.
REUTER
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| 1645.9 | Do they come in Lefty Style? | STOWOA::ODIAZ | Octavio, Dev. Suppt. Svcs - MCS/SPS | Thu Sep 01 1994 12:55 | 4 |
| Re: <<< Note 1645.8 by RUTILE::STANDRING "Spank the monkey" >>>
I'll be surprised if the A&R (and the SUGA) doesn't rule this glasses
illegal for regular play, but they may be a good training tool.
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