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Message:: [QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2841319, member: 71723"]I was the secretary of a prominent COIN club. I've never even been a GUEST at a country club. I used to chase the little round ball at public courses in my youth. The woods on my most recent full set are made of wood. What does that tell you? I used wound balata balls. No, not feather filled. I was officially not an amateur for USGA purposes for a single year because I won too much one year at skills contests. My putting and short game were hot as blazes, but I never could shake a nasty fade off the tee and with longer irons. The year I was winning stuff was I think 1984, maybe 85. I continued to dabble until I had my cerebral hemorrhage in 2009. I haven't picked up a club for anything other than physical therapy bits since. My favorite answer to the handicap question was that my handicap was 2 - I didn't play well enough or often enough. In reality, the lowest my USGA handicap ever got was 11. If I weren't a "sick" putting and chipping prodigy then, it would have been truly ugly. The "arms race" between equipment makers and course lengtheners soured me on the game. They even ruined Augusta National.[/QUOTE]