They say that the first step is to admit you have a problem.  I admit to two addictions – the game of golf and the never ending quest to find the magic club or clubs that will make me a tour caliber player (NOT!!!!)

So, recently, I have gone hog-wild on ebay.  For the last couple of seasons, I have played a custom made set of Maltby clubs – they served their purpose, but I really was not getting the performance out of them that I wanted.

[CRUISE REFERENCE COMING UP FOR BEE]

I am always looking on ebay, but don’t usually do that much buying.  Not this week – I started out by bidding on a set of Nike Slingshot OSS irons.  I had played these same irons in St. Thomas on my last CRUISE (gratuitous cruise reference here for the Empress) when we sailed the Carnival Liberty on its Exotic Eastern Caribbean cruise.  You can find pictures of the course I played at http://musingsofjustjon.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/some-cruise-pictures-of-golf/ – and played very well, I might add.

So, there I was, hitting the confirm bid on ebay for a set of these irons – and I won.  Now I have new clubs.

But, I can not stop.  Next, I ordered 72 almost new Precept Laddie X balls – these balls are usually one-hit wonders that are gathered from the bottom of some pond on some golf course.

Is that enough?  Absolutely not.  I also bid on and won a Titleist 983K driver – I have always wanted a Titleist driver and this one seemed right.

What else?  Oh, yeah – I bid on two (count them, two) Burrows MAC Powersphere drivers – not for the drivers, but the shafts that come with them.  The club was a bit of a novelty when it came out – check out this picture to see why

Not your normal looking golf club.  Unfortunately, Burrows went out of business, because the clubs had a tendency to collapse when hit.  But, as I said, I bought them for the shafts, not the heads.  Who knows, maybe I can sell the clubheads for the titanium.

So, you can see that I have been a busy boy on ebay recently.  Right now, I have a bid in on an Adams Tight Lies 2 #7 wood (22 degrees), as I already have the four wood and like this particular model.

As I said, ebay can be addictive – who says I want to be cured

Peace, Love and keep it in the short grass

My best to all this 4th of July weekend.  Be safe in whatever you do.

JustJon

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