In 1998, a friend told me about this gizmo. A teaching pro at a driving range in Reston was using this thing to help a lady with her swing. He had her swing this thing and then hit shots. I thought it was a fad/gimic. However, two weeks ago, I tried this thing out by chance at a friend's cookout. I fell in love with it. I went to purchase an Iron and *NONE* of the stores had it. They were sold out and backlogged thanks to high demand and slow shipping. Since then, several teaching Pros and retailers have told me that this is the real deal. It will help your swing stay on plane. I've used it and it has helped me to fix a problem with my takeway (Arms separate too fast from the body). Thanks to it, I have a smoother swing. The iron immediately shows flaws in your swing. Any off-plane swing or sudden jerk/hitch in your swing causes the iron to collapse. Davis Love recommends it. Its great. I swing it five times for every ball I hit at the range. As Jim McLean says, "Proper practice makes perfect. Any 100+ player can beat balls." You need a tool like this to ensure you are practicing correctly. Go to a store and just try swinging it. You'll see what I mean. It's pricey but that's the laws of supply and demand.

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Terrible. Everyone is frustrated at the wait. I talked to a rep and the wait time is nine months. On ebay, people are purchasing this iron for more than retail. I had to drive 40 miles just to get the

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None. Everything else is junk with the exception of the Momentus weighted club.

I used to have a lot of trouble hitting my long irons - 3 and 4. I got the medicus 3 days ago and have only used it a few times, but my 3 iron is now much more consistent when I played a round yesterday. I think the Medicus is for mid handicapers only. Golfers who already have a good swing may not break the medicus enough times to make it useful. Complete beginners who haven't learnt a proper swing yet may find it frustrating to use the medicus too. So if you're consistently shooting under 80 or over 110, the medicus won't help much. For everyone else, it'll work like a PGA instructor in your own bag! The new model (dual-hinge) is heavier than the orginal one. Works pretty much the same way.

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Momentus, Medicus orginal, CPGA instructor

I just started golfing a few years ago and I never understood the golf swing. Of course I've had plenty of people tell me what to do but it never felt natural and I was always unsure if I was getting the correct information; everyone seems to teach the golf swing differently, one guy says this, another guy says that. Anyway I bought the Medicus and it immediately exposed some flaws in my swing which have already been posted so I won't list them. I believe the best thing I learned from the Medicus is how to properly coil. I was doing it wrong and now it feels much easier to swing the golf club than ever before. What a simple idea, I wish I had invented that thing because it's going to make somebody very rich.

I never had any lessen and has always tought myself how to swing a golf club. As a result I can swing my irons real well, but when it comes to woods/driver the result have pretty much been short of spectacular. I would mostly either ground the ball or slice or hook it on most shot. When I first saw the Medicus on TV I thought it was just a gimmick. But seeing it sitting at the Pro shop I couldn't resist but to give it a try, so I brought it...I can always return it if I don't like it :) Took it to the range and swing it a few times, and eventually manage not to break it. Then pull out my driver, and WOW...a great shot...ok its a fluke...again...WOW...another one. As it turns out I had the best practice driving day of my short golf career, with about 5 min practice with the club. I have since realized that the medicus really help me improve my balance, slow my tempo down, and keep the club in front of me. I don't know if this club is for everyone but it definitely help me a great deal. Try finding one at a proshop, see if you like it, and if not you can always return it...as long as you don't hit with it. But definitely a great product.

Aside from the club hinging at the top of my backswing and hitting me in the head, all I can say about this device is good news. It really helps all the parts of your backswing, from the takeaway to the top of the backswing.

As far as I am concerned this is the best training device out there. If you learn how to swing this club properly so that it doesn't break you will play a lot better golf.

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The Momentus weighted club (I don't like it near as well as the Medicus).

great for people who are trying to get a constant fluid swing

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practice and lessons

Go to any driving range and the thing that separates people who have had lessons from those that just try to clobber the ball is the way they do or do not turn the clubface through the swing. Turning the clubhead isn't really all that intuitive a motion if your only focus is smacking the cover off the ball. The Medicus is an excellent device for disciplining yourself to swing properly and getting your muscle memory and nerve synapses to groove an ENTIRE swing that will last a lifetime. The first swings will be frustrating, but you'll soon be consistently hitting the ball 150 yards, despite the hinge. Simply hitting a ball far is not the point however. Valuing sheer distance is misguided, even for drivers. The point is to hit the ball predictably so that you can choose the right club for any given situation. The strictly grooved swing that the Medicus demands will make such hitting a reality. And with a proper swing, elegant shotmaking becomes possible. You will be sculpting draws and fades for lower scores and happier rounds. I'm a relative newcomer to this addictively difficult game so I still need a great lie to execute anything remotely resembling finesse with any of my clubs. But the Medicus has worked wonders that allowed me to go from miserably flailing at the ball with a set of game improvement irons to executing increasingly obedient shots with a set of Kenneth Smith forged blades. (That I picked up my Medicus for just 10 bucks at a local pawn shop only makes my fondness for it greater. There are lots of used ones available on internet auctions so it can be a great value.)

I was shooting in the high 80's last fall and somehow got a number of bad habits and balooned up to the around 105. I took several lessons read some more books... but no luck. I swung the hinged 5 iron for about a hour yesterday. A guy at the pro shot showed it to me. It proved without a doubt that my take away was too fast and had way too much wrist action. Today I shot a 91! Hit some really nice middle iron shots. I went to E-BAy and bought one. I think this tool has more potential for me than anything I have used, books, videos, lessons, other training aids. The lessons did help with the set up but I think it is hard to explain the swing. This club does not let you believe you are doing the right thing. It tells you when you make a mistake.

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I've been playing this game for 6 months so far and I just came from the range hitting 200+ yards with a Wilson Staff FG-17 Forged Muscle Back 3 iron. I now realize that with this trainer, your goal is to make the shaft as stiff as possible using centrifugal force at impact. So By the time you hit the ball, you should feel that you are pulling the club up. Its like trying to make a rope as taught and tight as possible throughout the golf swing. I know realize that in order to have a great swing, you have to have a proper setup, have a one piece takeaway with your arms and try to get a pulling force on the golf club on impact. Don't worry about your wrists crooked on impact, because the pulling action and centrifugal force will straighten it out. If you want rapid improvement, the medicus and a set of unforgiving forged blades is the way to go. It will force you to have a proper swing.

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If you take care of it, it will take care of you.

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Momentus Swing Trainer, PGA Pro, Books, Magazines, The Golf Channel.