Because of a dreadful slice and a precictable score I gave up on golf twenty-five years ago. However, a couple of years back my son got bit by the golf bug and enticed me to take it up again. I soon discovered that old habits never die easily. I made up my mind that I would either fix the slice or quit for good.

I soon discovered that my golf equipment left something to be desired. My old-styled clubs and mustard-colored vinyl golf bag embarrassed whoever I went golfing with ... especially my son. I didn't want to spend an arm and a leg for equipment because I didn't know how committed I was going to be.

That's when I discovered Pinemeadow Golf on the internet. I saw that they specialize in building quality golf clubs that resemble and function like name-brand products (knock-offs) ... but at a much lower price! I bought a full set of irons for a couple-hundred-bucks that would've cost four times as much from a name-brand company. Then I bought a driver for a hundred bucks that would've cost four or five hundred.

With good equipment, good magazines and the Golf Channel it wasn't long until I straightened out my drive. It's not always "down the middle" but it goes straight most of the time ... instead of fading heavily to the right. After making up my mind that I was going to be committed to the game until I become a public menace, I bought another club from Pinemeadow Golf, the "Doublewall Driver" (their Proprietary product). I'm now cracking drives 250 yards or better on a fairly regular basis. On occasion I'll send one up to three hundred yards. That's not bad considering that I'm getting to be an old duffer. Because of a violent slice I never could hit a ball much over 200 yards before ... even when I was younger and stronger.

Anyhow, now that I've worked some of the bugs out of my golf swing it's more satisfying to get out on a golf course. Part of the satisfaction that I feel comes from owning quality equipment manufactured by a quality company... Pinemeadow Golf.

www.pinemeadowgolf.com.