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To: TH who wrote (1484)	5/31/2000 9:52:00 PM
From: TH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 43978

I just can't tell everyone how great the new Ping Blades are. You just have got to hit them. At first I thought they were slightly shorter than my Titleist, but I have revised my thoughts on this. The feedback is no where near as good as forged or the Titleist, but I am starting to "hear" it a little clearer each day. Its ironic that a club that is easier to hit has less reinforcing feedback for the player, but what in life is fair or perfect? Anyway, I can draw them like clockwork, but now I am starting to need a fade. Anyone got any suggestions for working a fade? I have tried opening the stance, but this seems to be hit or miss (and mostly miss). I have opened the clubface but this does not produce a fade so much as a straight shot aimed to the right. I have also tried to push my hands thru the ball from a more neutral starting position that my normal, but all this does is produce a weak shot that is pretty ugly. I can draw the ball at will from 5 to even 20 degrees, but I can't hit a fade with anything but the driver to save my life. Maybe I just don't get it, but I think I understand what causes a fade but just can't do it. One final thought, weakening the grip will not work for me. I cannot hold the club thru impact because of my damaged left wrist. I will make a very ugly noise that scares people if I go to a weak grip (and its painful). Thanks TH

To: TH who wrote (1484)	6/7/2000 8:09:00 AM
From: swisstrader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 43978

TH: hope this helps on your fade question...just returned from Scotland and tried for the first 2 days to GET RID OF this nasty fade that crept into my game...finally figured it out...while all my other fundies were in place, I was simply not finishing my swing (i.e., no poor follow through), which resulted in a serious, but controlled fade to the right...then, a) corrected to a more full finish, which made me right again and b) actually started to use this shot when I was in jail around a bend or a stand of trees...very cool.