Do you golf?

[GoBills808]

love golf

 

i dont play often enough but im always out back hitting balls into the pasture

 

15handicap never walk

 

great game wish i had taken it up sooner

[Augie]

26 minutes ago, Bray Wyatt said:

We had an artificial putting green put in the back yard and a spot to hit into a net to practice full swings. I find that going out and doing that is easier to keep the swing and other things in form without having to go spend hours on a course. Granted you cant practice everything that you will need to do on the course (like inside 100 yards etc) but driving and putting dont get rusty.

 

I had only played once before going on my buddys golf trip that we do every year, nobody would believe me when I said I was like a 20 handicap (I shot 97 my time out before I went)

 

 

 

My buddy loves golf! He just had a putting green put in his back yard and I must say it’s pretty sweet. It should be for the cost! (I think his was about $15k.) He doesn’t have a net for full swings but you can chip to the green over the pool which can result in the “BLOOP” noise when the ball hits water, making the experience feel just like my regular golf game. 😋

 

He’s the kind of guy who always needs the newest thing, so he always has at least four sets of clubs in his garage.  When people come to visit, no clubs is no excuse. He golfs as frequently as possible, while I might go once or twice a year. He gets pissed because I consistently out-drive him and while he beats me, it’s not by that much. 

 

When I go out it seems the golfers always want to gamble. I’m not there to gamble. When gambling comes up I tell them I plan to cheat on every hole. That takes some of the wind out of the gambling sails! 

[Bray Wyatt]

25 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

My buddy loves golf! He just had a putting green put in his back yard and I must say it’s pretty sweet. It should be for the cost! (I think his was about $15k.) He doesn’t have a net for full swings but you can chip to the green over the pool which can result in the “BLOOP” noise when the ball hits water, making the experience feel just like my regular golf game. 😋

 

He’s the kind of guy who always needs the newest thing, so he always has at least four sets of clubs in his garage.  When people come to visit, no clubs is no excuse. He golfs as frequently as possible, while I might go once or twice a year. He gets pissed because I consistently out-drive him and while he beats me, it’s not by that much. 

 

When I go out it seems the golfers always want to gamble. I’m not there to gamble. When gambling comes up I tell them I plan to cheat on every hole. That takes some of the wind out of the gambling sails! 

 

So true! golfers love to gamble, me not so much on golf anyway. We moved into our new house in TN a few years ago and had a pretty good size backyard so convinced the wife that was a good option. Got our kids to like to come out and play (they are 7 and 8).  I dont get to go out and play 18 much with how busy we always are but this still allows me to play and have fun without dedicating a bunch of hours to get a round in.

[Steve O]

55 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

love golf

 

i dont play often enough but im always out back hitting balls into the pasture

 

15handicap never walk

 

great game wish i had taken it up sooner

This is the best way to get better, go back 60 years and take it up at a younger age.

 

As for me, used to play softball 4-5 days a week and golf once or twice. When I hit 60 the softball had to go, golf 4-5 days a week now. With the exception of tournaments, I always walk. Belong to a private club that gets privileges at a public course( preferred tee times, tournaments, etc.) Also belong to a private club. Kind of an enigma, both a trunk slammin' muni-player and a country club snob.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

2 hours ago, Augie said:

 

 

How did they decide on 18 holes? I find that when I finish 9 holes I still have some interest, but generally by the 12th hole or so I’m just looking for the beer cart lady. 🍺 I think 12 is a good number! 

i hear you. 9 is too few for me. But like 12 or 13 is perfect! 

[Johnny Hammersticks]

Most of my friends are really good at golf.  Two of them actually have/had their PGA tour card at one point.  I always get stuck playing with them for bachelor party trips, class reunions, and other events.  I enjoy the game, but I’m absolutely horrible.

 

I had a really bad experience playing at Ravenwood in Rochester a few years back.  I was just taking too long, and eventually the course ranger came along and told me that I couldn’t play anymore.  Even though we were letting faster groups play through, I guess a lot of people were complaining.  I sat in the golf cart and drank beers while my friends finished the round, but it was a real bummer.  They refunded my money when I got back to the pro shop, but I haven’t played since.  I do like me some putt-putt though.

[Joe Ferguson forever]

I play as often as my back allows these days.  right now, I've been told not to.  I play to a 16 right now.  Was much better as a teen.  Emulating Johnny Miller hurts tho.  took a lesson just before I stopped and the guy worked for an hour on my alignment and takeaway.  Shot a 41 the next day.  Break 80 about once a year but not this year.  So hope springs eternal.  I just want to be competitive with the groups that go out at noon everyday and bet $5 a side.

Edited July 18, 2023 by redtail hawk

[Joe Ferguson forever]

2 hours ago, Augie said:

He’s the kind of guy who always needs the newest thing, so he always has at least four sets of clubs in his garage.  When people come to visit, no clubs is no excuse. He golfs as frequently as possible, while I might go once or twice a year. He gets pissed because I consistently out-drive him and while he beats me, it’s not by that much. 

know the type.  I get teased for holding on to my equipment too long.  Til I was about 40, I had a set of steel shaft Walter Hagen's that the shafts finally started snapping on.  Current Taylor mades are probably about 6 yo with a mismatched wedge cuz I lost the original.  The old adage that you can't buy a game is true but decent stuff makes a difference.

Edited July 18, 2023 by redtail hawk

[SinceThe70s]

Growing up we had a net in our garage - just had to ask Mom or Dad to move the car, drop the net down and I was at the driving range! I was never a great golfer but I could drive the ball better than most. After college I played less and less and got worse and worse to the point where I lost my swing. The game got too frustrating and I didn't  have the will/time to get better so I stopped playing. Went to TopGolf a few months ago and it was flat out embarrassing. Going again tomorrow and am expecting the same.

 

These days I play disc golf pretty regularly. Much  less aggravating for me.

[unbillievable]

I used to play a lot, but now I suck. 

70s then to 90s now.

 

Can occasionally hit a 300yd+ drive still. Usually out of bounds.

Embarrassing when I'm waiting for the group in front to get out of range, then hit a grass burner to the women's tees.

 

 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

1 hour ago, unbillievable said:

I used to play a lot, but now I suck. 

70s then to 90s now.

 

Can occasionally hit a 300yd+ drive still. Usually out of bounds.

Embarrassing when I'm waiting for the group in front to get out of range, then hit a grass burner to the women's tees.

 

 

Even the pros do it.  I was at the TPCi n Fla couple years back.  Me and a friend were walking along 16 to get to the famous par 3 17th.  A tour player was 100 yards off the tee on 16 which is about 500 yds iirc.  Didn't see the shot but it must have been really bad.  It's a very hard game.  But it's great!

1 hour ago, unbillievable said:

I used to play a lot, but now I suck. 

70s then to 90s now.

 

Can occasionally hit a 300yd+ drive still. Usually out of bounds.

Embarrassing when I'm waiting for the group in front to get out of range, then hit a grass burner to the women's tees.

 

 

Never hit 300, 265 is about my best.  If you hit a snap hook or big cut you're dead and I do it way too often.  Thus the alignment and set up lesson.  No doubt it will help for a few rounds and then I'll turn in a 100.  OB's add up quick.

[GoBills808]

1 hour ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

Most of my friends are really good at golf.  Two of them actually have/had their PGA tour card at one point.  I always get stuck playing with them for bachelor party trips, class reunions, and other events.  I enjoy the game, but I’m absolutely horrible.

 

I had a really bad experience playing at Ravenwood in Rochester a few years back.  I was just taking too long, and eventually the course ranger came along and told me that I couldn’t play anymore.  Even though we were letting faster groups play through, I guess a lot of people were complaining.  I sat in the golf cart and drank beers while my friends finished the round, but it was a real bummer.  They refunded my money when I got back to the pro shop, but I haven’t played since.  I do like me some putt-putt though.

i have a shirt that says play bad fast lol

[WhoTom]

My dad taught me how to play when I was a teenager, and I played somewhat regularly for a few years. I was never very good - my best game on a par-72 course was somewhere in the low-90s - but I was happy with anything under 100. Dad was similar, and he'd been golfing for years. He wasn't really competitive - he just played for fun, as did I.

 

By the time I got to college, I played a couple of times a year at most. My dad and brothers used to have an annual outing at a nice course. We'd splurge and rent carts, bring a cooler of beer, play 18 holes, and go out to dinner after. I played in exactly one tournament, when my dad's partner dropped out at the last minute. That may have been the last time I played. Not that anything bad happened, I just lost interest in the game.

 

A couple of years ago, we were driving past a golf course and my wife asked if I missed golfing. (I stopped playing before we met.) I told her the only thing I missed was the annual outing with my family. Mainly, I liked being outside and drinking beer, and I realized that if I didn't spend money on the greens fees, I could spend more on beer. 🙂

 

 

 

 

[Augie]

3 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

Most of my friends are really good at golf.  Two of them actually have/had their PGA tour card at one point.  I always get stuck playing with them for bachelor party trips, class reunions, and other events.  I enjoy the game, but I’m absolutely horrible.

 

I had a really bad experience playing at Ravenwood in Rochester a few years back.  I was just taking too long, and eventually the course ranger came along and told me that I couldn’t play anymore.  Even though we were letting faster groups play through, I guess a lot of people were complaining.  I sat in the golf cart and drank beers while my friends finished the round, but it was a real bummer.  They refunded my money when I got back to the pro shop, but I haven’t played since.  I do like me some putt-putt though.

 

I hold myself to one rule: You can suck, but you cannot be slow. 

 

I buy used golf balls on line. I think there were 80 Bridgestones in the last order. If the ball isn’t easily found and played, I drop and move on. 

 

Speaking of which - the most frustrating thing in golf: the ball you know you hit down the middle of the fairway, but it can’t be found. Am I the only one this has happened to?  GRRR! 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

5 minutes ago, Augie said:

Speaking of which - the most frustrating thing in golf: the ball you know you hit down the middle of the fairway, but it can’t be found. Am I the only one this has happened to?  GRRR! 

There's a reason those green Bridgestones are so inexpensive...🤨

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Back in my golfing days I would purposely go out solo to Sunset on Garrison Road early in the season, and walk the fields surrounding the perimeter.  Easily scoop 12-18 balls abandoned the previous season.

[Augie]

6 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

There's a reason those green Bridgestones are so inexpensive...🤨

*
Back in my golfing days I would purposely go out solo to Sunset on Garrison Road early in the season, and walk the fields surrounding the perimeter.  Easily scoop 12-18 balls abandoned the previous season.

 

I can’t afford to get too attached to any one golf ball. We generally have very brief relationships. The Bridgestones are adequate for that kind of fling. It helps keep me moving at a nice pace. 

 

 

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Edited July 18, 2023 by Augie

[Johnny Hammersticks]

1 hour ago, GoBills808 said:

i have a shirt that says play bad fast lol

Trust me.  I wasn’t liking the way I way playing either.  😆 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

2 hours ago, Augie said:

 

I hold myself to one rule: You can suck, but you cannot be slow. 

 

I buy used golf balls on line. I think there were 80 Bridgestones in the last order. If the ball isn’t easily found and played, I drop and move on. 

 

Speaking of which - the most frustrating thing in golf: the ball you know you hit down the middle of the fairway, but it can’t be found. Am I the only one this has happened to?  GRRR! 

No.  Not alone.  Once had a guy hit back at me after a drive.  He was about 30 yards short.  Plugged balls suck (did I really write that).  There's a new long overdue rule that a plugged ball can be lifted and placed.  but u gotta find it first!  I love the pin in rule for putting.  Moves the game along...

Edited July 19, 2023 by redtail hawk

[Augie]

7 minutes ago, redtail hawk said:

No.  Not alone.  Once have a guy hit back at me after a drive.  He was about 30 yards short.  Plugged balls suck (did I really write that).  There's a new long overdue rule that a plugged ball can be lifted and placed.  but u gotta find it first!  I love the pin in rule for putting.  Moves the game along...

 

That’s interesting. Golf has rules?  

 

😋

 

I honestly don’t know them well. Someone with me is almost always a friggin’ expert, but I’ve never been charged with anything. So far. 

 

 

As far as you know.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

4 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

Most of my friends are really good at golf.  Two of them actually have/had their PGA tour card at one point.  I always get stuck playing with them for bachelor party trips, class reunions, and other events.  I enjoy the game, but I’m absolutely horrible.

 

I had a really bad experience playing at Ravenwood in Rochester a few years back.  I was just taking too long, and eventually the course ranger came along and told me that I couldn’t play anymore.  Even though we were letting faster groups play through, I guess a lot of people were complaining.  I sat in the golf cart and drank beers while my friends finished the round, but it was a real bummer.  They refunded my money when I got back to the pro shop, but I haven’t played since.  I do like me some putt-putt though.

honestly, that is lame by the ranger. That’s not like Pebble Beach. If you were really that slow, he could have asked you to just speed it up/pick up your ball on certain shots, etc.