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Ask a Mental Game Guru: Live Forum Chat with John Haime on February 22

John Haime works with some of the world’s leading athletes in mental/emotional performance development and he wants to help you. He has been a GolfWRX Contributor for the past 18 months, and his articles have been well received and followed. As a next step, we’d like to introduce you to John and give you the opportunity to ask him questions related to your curiosities about the mental and emotional part of the game in a GolfWRX Forum Chat.
John’s golf background is impressive. He grew up as one of Canada’s top junior and amateur players, had a successful NCAA career and played professional golf globally for more than six years years with several tournament wins and a record-breaking 62 in an event in Australia. His father is a 40-year PGA Golf Professional and his brother is one of Canada’s leading Golf Instructors.
John currently works with athletes, executives and artists globally. His client list includes some of the world’s leading athletes in a variety of sports from golf, tennis, hockey, football, basketball, squash, equestrian and others. He is often called on by leading PGA Tour coaches to offer assistance to players in a number of areas of high performance.
His 5-step New Edge Performance process is a well-rounded performance solution designed to help players, and it uses key pieces from emotional intelligence, sport psychology, executive coaching and neuroscience. John also helps professional athlete clients transition from their careers in sport to new careers and passions. He has recently created a leading-edge developmental online coaching program for athletes to introduce them to the fundamentals of mental/emotional performance development.
If you are struggling with your game or would like to know more about the “mysterious” mental and emotional part of golf, join us for a Live Forum Chat on February 22 at 1 p.m. EST. John will simplify things for you and highlight his work with the world’s best. He’ll give you some ideas how you might take further advantage of your technical and physical abilities, and most important of all, enjoy the game and the time you put into it.
Equipment
I’m a 31 year-old male and I turned my apartment living room into a driving range stall – GolfWRXers react

In our forums, our members have been reacting to a post from ‘GolferTodd’ who has turned their apartment living room into a driving range stall. ‘GolferTodd’ produced the following photo in our forums with the caption:
“To the exclusion of furniture. Bachelor life.”
And our members have been reacting to the post in our forums.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- MtlJeff: “This is amazing……When i was 28 i lived in an apartment that had my winter tires in the kitchen, i only had one plate and 1 set of knives and forks, and i cooked pasta in a witches cauldron from 1835. And i still convinced a woman to marry me. So i am all for this. In fact this is way better than what i had to offer.”
- TiScape: “Love it Todd. Go Dodgers!!”
- imkirby34: “Based on the view out the window, it looks like you’re on the first floor, which is probably a good thing because I’d hate to live below you, even if you have an extremely shallow AoA. Haha.”
Equipment
Best classic irons – GolfWRXers discuss

In our forums, our members have been discussing classic irons. WRXer ‘DonaldDunes’ has caught the vintage club bug, and wants to know other members’ favorite iron models that “have stood the test of time or were the top performers for their day.”
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- Maine Golfer: “I love a lot of clubs but ’69 Wilson Staff’s are an all time favorite. Easy to hit in relative terms and they look amazing.”
- Wilsonian: “No surprise from me, but the Wilson K-28 irons, specifically blades with the glide thru sole. I grew up playing Ram clubs, but got away from them as I got older. My return to vintage was with the Wilsons, and my first set of hickories were the Wilson Plus Success irons. You’ll try a lot of sets, but I think it’s a matter of what feels best in your hands, specifically your 7 iron which is the best indicator imo.”
- Hawkeye777: “Hogan Redlines. Macgregor Nicklaus Muirfield 20th. Wilson Staff Tour Blade. Those are mine, don’t play any of them these days (no real reason to) and didn’t really “collect” them. The Wilsons I played with for years.”
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When buying used irons how much wear is too much? – GolfWRXers discuss

In our forums, our members have been discussing how much wear is too much wear when purchasing used irons. WRXer ‘con_mon2’ is interested in a used set of iron and kicks off the thread, asking:
“Would love to hear everyone’s thoughts on this! How much wear are you comfortable with?
I found a set of irons on eBay that I am very interested in buying, but they have a bit more wear than I’m comfortable with. I have attached a few pictures showing especially the wear on the sweet spot on the PW and 9 iron. Maybe you can convince me that I’m being too picky and I should just buy them? Or maybe I should be concerned about the wear? I’m not really sure. They are Ping i230s which came out in 2022 so they aren’t that old. And the seller had this to say about the condition: ‘Good: Normal wear for their age. Excellent playing condition but they have cosmetic wear on faces and soles. Sweetspot wear is visible.’
Beyond the cosmetic, I’d really like to know this: At what point do you start to worry about the grooves being so worn that they have a substantial effect on the shots you’re hitting?”
And our members have been sharing their thoughts in response.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- rsballer10: “The term you are looking for is “browning” and these irons have some of that going on. They are completely playable, but I’d say they’ve reached their half-life.”
- Nessism: “Those heads are stainless steel. The “browning” that some people reference, is really the yellow shade of the nickel layer under the chrome. When forged carbon steel heads wear through the chrome, the “brown” is RUST. These heads will never rust. People applaud the old Ping irons as being “indestructible”. Those heads had no chrome. These heads, even if the chrome is beginning to wear through, on one head, are miles more durable than the older unplated “indestructible” Ping’s. And even further ahead of any forged club.”
- phizzy30: “Hard pass for me. I would rather get a new set of DTC irons and would be glad to spend the extra couple to few hundred.”
Entire Thread: “When buying used irons: How much wear is too much? – GolfWRXers discuss”
Messico 9
Feb 16, 2017 at 6:34 pm
How come people that can’t play got all the answers
joro
Feb 15, 2017 at 11:13 am
So he works with highly successful Athletes who are very good and he is the reason they are good, I don’t think so. He does take a lot of credit though it seems and WRX seems to believe it. Whatever.
Double Mocha Man
Feb 15, 2017 at 5:15 pm
Maybe he’s the reason they get incrementally better. How’s your golf game Joro?
The dude
Feb 15, 2017 at 9:31 pm
Did John apologize after he ran over your dog?….