I played this morning and the guy my buddy and I played with was just CLUELESS! He had a whole bag of latest clubs, but that didn't help his duck hook look any prettier. He kept talking about his stix and bringing the club back to the top to see if it was in the "right position." No position is the right position in your grip/tempo/ball position and stance are wrong.

I feel so bad for the guy because he has a $5000 bag but needs $5000 of lessons instead. Needless to say I kept me mouth shut and just complimented the decent putts and chips he hit. What else are you supposed to do?

At one point he started making comments that were off base and wrong. i just nodded. It is much easier to not fight the fight, in my opinion.

I am by no means perfect, but I have worked hard and I have a lot of useful golf knowledge. (Not nearly as much as 90% of the WRXers - YOU GUYS ROCK!) But, part of me feels bad knowing that this guy is going to continue to play and buy nice stix that he has no clue how to use, when what he really needs are some good lessons from a PGA Professional.

When I started earlier this year I wanted to spend no more than around $800 dollars initially... as such I now have a cheap but decent set of no name clubs, shoes etc, and have just completed $300 worth of lessons. The lessons have definately improved me more than paying an extra $300 for clubs would of. I look to buiy a name set after a couple of years.

5G's in the bag... don't think I could do that if I tried.

But I think you did just fine. We're all there just to enjoy ourselves. I've been in groups with a would-be instructor and most don't care for it.

Don't feel bad; most of us could use lessons more than new clubs. Notice how we generally list what clubs we play but rarely post our handicaps

I have a couple of rules about advice:

1. Never give unsolicited advice;
2. Rarely give solicited advice;
3. Ignore Unsolicited advice.

Some people are just as happy to do show and tell; they have the resources to get the best lessons if they wish to, but that's not what they want, they're not going to spend the time and sweat on the range and course to get a better game.
They figured if they could just buy the game or have others marbles at their expensive equipments would be a lot easier than work on their game.
No big deal, pay them a little compliment on thier gears and talk about the weather, stock market, price of the gasoline..... while you're walking down the fairway, have a good conversation company and enjoy golf.
Don't give advise unless you're asked ( better yet, not even after you were asked ). You'l have a better time playing golf.