I’m in love with my new Walter Hagan hybrid club! Today I:

• Drove with it
• Chipped with it
• Played bump and run with it
• Even hit it from 15 yards off the green to within 3 feet of the hole!
• I considered putting with it, but didn’t

I also played with my new TaylorMade R580 ($99 bucks at Dick’s) and absolutely loved it. Not the latest, greatest model, but still a real driver.

I shot a 41 on the Tashua Glen (Par 33, Executive course) for pretty much my best round ever. Even better, I took the kids with me and they had a great time. Hope still lives that they’ll take up golf!

Black Friday was good to me.

Bought a TaylorMade R5 Driver for $99, threw in a Walter Hagan Hybrid 3 Ironwood and a Ben Hogan putter. I’m going to play 9 or 18 tomorrow, probably the last golf of the year. Can’t wait to try out my new toys!

I spent at least 45 minutes agonizing over these clubs at Dick’s in Milford – the best part was hitting them in the simulator. After shanking a few balls, I got into a groove, hitting my farthest ball almost 250 yards – and that was with the hybrid!

Tags: golf, taylormade, benhogan

In probably the last golf of the year (I hope not!), I played the back 9 at Tashua Knolls. I killed myself on the first two holes (+4 then triple bogey) and then settled down a bit.

I played the first 3 holes alone which was sort of nice, but a bit lonely. The course was very wet, which probably affected a few shots.