The Golf Thread - 2018!
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HaplessBoyLard said:
Cornwall.
The 2 groups in front were French tourists. The guys immediately in front of me made out on the 11th tee that they were stuck behind a slow group themselves. Turns out they were all together. There was no one else on the course. It gave me plenty of time to enjoy the scenery, but it affects my game terribly having long waits on every hole.
Tossers. This makes my blood boil. The same people would probably happily let you to the front in the supermarket queue if you've only got a handful, but on the golf course will gladly cost you an hour of your life and spoil your afternoon. The 2 groups in front were French tourists. The guys immediately in front of me made out on the 11th tee that they were stuck behind a slow group themselves. Turns out they were all together. There was no one else on the course. It gave me plenty of time to enjoy the scenery, but it affects my game terribly having long waits on every hole.
Napalm them.
HaplessBoyLard said:
The 2 groups in front were French tourists. The guys immediately in front of me made out on the 11th tee that they were stuck behind a slow group themselves. Turns out they were all together. There was no one else on the course. It gave me plenty of time to enjoy the scenery, but it affects my game terribly having long waits on every hole.
Agree this is the height of bad manners - but in this situation I just take the opportunity to loop back and re-play holes. So long as there's nobody behind you can almost always find a short-cut back a few holes and let them build up a bit of a lead before you catch them back up again. If you do it well you can probably stretch a round to 27 holes or so and really get the value from your green fee 
deckster said:
Agree this is the height of bad manners - but in this situation I just take the opportunity to loop back and re-play holes. So long as there's nobody behind you can almost always find a short-cut back a few holes and let them build up a bit of a lead before you catch them back up again. If you do it well you can probably stretch a round to 27 holes or so and really get the value from your green fee
Really wish I’d thought to do that. For anyone wondering, the first course is Trevose, the second in St Enodoc. Both awesome, but St Enodoc was really special. A must play if you’re ever down here especially if you can play a twilight round to catch the late evening sun.
Played like a chopper again, everything was going right! Dead straight but right!
My playing partners did tell me I was aiming that way however....need to work on my alignment!
They didn't half cut the pins in some stupid places though! Middle of a hill, speedy greens and what's basically stopped next to the hole can easily run off the green itself - frustrating!
My playing partners did tell me I was aiming that way however....need to work on my alignment!
They didn't half cut the pins in some stupid places though! Middle of a hill, speedy greens and what's basically stopped next to the hole can easily run off the green itself - frustrating!
Edited by kiethton on Tuesday 22 May 21:49
Just back from a society weekend in North Wales. After shooting my best round ever in a warm up on Weds, really good ball striking etc, I played well enough on Saturday but then the wheels came off halfway round yesterday and I battled through the back 9 and then all of today. Seem to have forgotten how to swing a golf club!
Anyway, thoughts turned to where to go next year and something central was preferred. We tend to pick 3 independent courses and stay in a local hotel DB&B. Any ideas? The standard on average is not high so courses should be well maintained and interesting, but not overly long or difficult ideally.
Anyway, thoughts turned to where to go next year and something central was preferred. We tend to pick 3 independent courses and stay in a local hotel DB&B. Any ideas? The standard on average is not high so courses should be well maintained and interesting, but not overly long or difficult ideally.
I played my first round since August last year last week at a very nice Hanbury Manor.
31 points off 18hc wasn't too embarrassing. Although I did feel a touch under pressure playing with a 3 and 5 handicaper.
The one thing that really did for me was the quality of iron shots and complete inability to know how far or what direction they were likely to go.
I then took my 7 year old to the local 9 hole pitch and put. Which is more fun than I ever had playing off single figures. The look of pure joy on his face when he hits a good shot or holes a long put is just amaizing.
Anyway. I gave the little bugger 2 shots per hole and he beat me by 7 shots. Including getting his first proper par. His handicap will be reviewed
31 points off 18hc wasn't too embarrassing. Although I did feel a touch under pressure playing with a 3 and 5 handicaper.
The one thing that really did for me was the quality of iron shots and complete inability to know how far or what direction they were likely to go.
I then took my 7 year old to the local 9 hole pitch and put. Which is more fun than I ever had playing off single figures. The look of pure joy on his face when he hits a good shot or holes a long put is just amaizing.
Anyway. I gave the little bugger 2 shots per hole and he beat me by 7 shots. Including getting his first proper par. His handicap will be reviewed
Edited by 48Valves on Monday 21st May 22:01
Am currently unfortunate enough to be spending 2 weeks in Fiji, absolutely beautiful place with lovely locals, well worth 24 hours in a plane to get here. Anyway spoke very nicely to my new wife and she sanctioned a game of golf on our honeymoon. So ended up playing here
http://www.natadolabay.com/
Utterly fantastic place, but a really tough track. I lost 4 balls in total, which was the least out of my playing partners (one lost 8 and another lost 10...), ended up shooting 89 with 3 8s on my card.
Good news is she's sanctioned playing again tomorrow....
http://www.natadolabay.com/
Utterly fantastic place, but a really tough track. I lost 4 balls in total, which was the least out of my playing partners (one lost 8 and another lost 10...), ended up shooting 89 with 3 8s on my card.
Good news is she's sanctioned playing again tomorrow....
I am back in sunny South Africa - winter golf, meaning lots of roll on the fairways and very fast greens. This is a far cry to my normal golf course in Ghana.
Played 4 rounds so far on 3 different courses local to me.
Rounds of 83, 83, 85 and 82. In all four rounds I am averaging 32 putts per round!
Loving the weather and the golf though. 3 more rounds planned for this week.
Played 4 rounds so far on 3 different courses local to me.
Rounds of 83, 83, 85 and 82. In all four rounds I am averaging 32 putts per round!
Loving the weather and the golf though. 3 more rounds planned for this week.
rsbmw said:
Just back from a society weekend in North Wales. After shooting my best round ever in a warm up on Weds, really good ball striking etc, I played well enough on Saturday but then the wheels came off halfway round yesterday and I battled through the back 9 and then all of today. Seem to have forgotten how to swing a golf club!
Anyway, thoughts turned to where to go next year and something central was preferred. We tend to pick 3 independent courses and stay in a local hotel DB&B. Any ideas? The standard on average is not high so courses should be well maintained and interesting, but not overly long or difficult ideally.
Carden Park near Chester and Wrexham will give you two good courses on the doorstep, and a third won't be hard to find locally. Portal maybe, or Hill Valley.Anyway, thoughts turned to where to go next year and something central was preferred. We tend to pick 3 independent courses and stay in a local hotel DB&B. Any ideas? The standard on average is not high so courses should be well maintained and interesting, but not overly long or difficult ideally.
Nice hotel with some other distractions available for drunkards on a mish.
rsbmw said:
These are too local (to me) and courses I play already, particularly Portal - was thinking more Staffordshire/Derbyshire way
You could come to Derbyshire....Stay at either Morley Hayes & play their course (they have an 18 and a 9)
http://www.morleyhayes.com
or stay at Breadsall Priory (Mariott so they'll do golf / stay deals) and have two 18's to choose from.
https://www.marriott.co.uk/hotels/travel/emags-bre...
And then throw in a round at Horsley Lodge - which is lovely
http://www.horsleylodge.co.uk/
All within about 20 min of each other - the course are all really really nice and very well looked after.
Dan_1981 said:
You could come to Derbyshire....
Stay at either Morley Hayes & play their course (they have an 18 and a 9)
http://www.morleyhayes.com
or stay at Breadsall Priory (Mariott so they'll do golf / stay deals) and have two 18's to choose from.
https://www.marriott.co.uk/hotels/travel/emags-bre...
And then throw in a round at Horsley Lodge - which is lovely
http://www.horsleylodge.co.uk/
All within about 20 min of each other - the course are all really really nice and very well looked after.
Great suggestions thanksStay at either Morley Hayes & play their course (they have an 18 and a 9)
http://www.morleyhayes.com
or stay at Breadsall Priory (Mariott so they'll do golf / stay deals) and have two 18's to choose from.
https://www.marriott.co.uk/hotels/travel/emags-bre...
And then throw in a round at Horsley Lodge - which is lovely
http://www.horsleylodge.co.uk/
All within about 20 min of each other - the course are all really really nice and very well looked after.
GloverMart said:
May seem a daft question but do you putt with your glove on or off?
I've not worn a glove since they hit £3 about 40 years ago and don't miss one at all. I carry one for wet weather, but I find I have more feel without. And as regards holes in one they are sheer luck. I have a friend who has been of 3 and under for 45 years and he has never had one. I had my first when i was 18 handicap with a pulled slice which didn't deserve to hit the green, let alone the hole. I've had three this century but only one was a good shot.rsbmw said:
These are too local (to me) and courses I play already, particularly Portal - was thinking more Staffordshire/Derbyshire way
It's not quite Derbyshire/Staffs, but the area north of Nottingham has plenty of lovely courses. I've played Worksop and Coxmoor recently, and they're both great. I'm playing the Notts at Hollinwell soon, and Sherwood Forest is also very good I hear.
You could always go to the Belfry? You can play all three courses on site and stay for 2 nights for about £300. The hotel is lovely too.
Blackpuddin said:
A bunch of my lads are just back from a week at Le Golf National, this year's French Open course. Fairways like single-carriageway roads, knee-deep rough and lightning-fast greens apparently. 90 balls lost.
It's absolutely brutal from what I've seen, and if the wind blows, which it has every time I've seen a video of it, the Ryder Cup this year could be great. Long water carries everywhere. I played a little local club last night - not on tee-offtimes or any of those sort of websites, doesn't take online reservations and when I phoned to book they said "oh we don't take bookings mid week"
Did not turn up expecting good things for our discount twilight round.
However it was lovely. A really nice course, not massively long, par 70. But lots of lovely holes, water, lovely fairways, greens in good condition, nice club house. Absolutely dead quiet. £15
If anyone is near Sutton Coldfield it's worth a visit.
http://www.wishawgc.co.uk/
Did not turn up expecting good things for our discount twilight round.
However it was lovely. A really nice course, not massively long, par 70. But lots of lovely holes, water, lovely fairways, greens in good condition, nice club house. Absolutely dead quiet. £15
If anyone is near Sutton Coldfield it's worth a visit.
http://www.wishawgc.co.uk/
First time posting in this thread, had an absolutely mega day. My new clubs finally arrived after a 3 week wait. I've literally got a whole new set from driver through to putter for the first time ever. Only my 3rd set of irons in 24 years of playing since the age of 10.
Driver: Rogue sub zero 9 degree with project x evenflow 65g shaft.
3 wood: Rogue sub zero 15 degree with same shaft.
3-PW: Callaway x forged, 1 inch longer, 5 layers of tape.
50, 56 and 60 degree Mac Daddy 4 wedges in S grind.
Putter: Taylormade Spider redline.
Totally over the moon and they look and feel incredible. Carrying my driver 20 yards further due to getting a proper fitted shaft that reduces the spin to under 2,900 RPM and flights the ball perfectly.
I'd highly recommend any keen golfer to get on a Trackman and see your numbers and you'll be amazed at what you can learn.
Driver: Rogue sub zero 9 degree with project x evenflow 65g shaft.
3 wood: Rogue sub zero 15 degree with same shaft.
3-PW: Callaway x forged, 1 inch longer, 5 layers of tape.
50, 56 and 60 degree Mac Daddy 4 wedges in S grind.
Putter: Taylormade Spider redline.
Totally over the moon and they look and feel incredible. Carrying my driver 20 yards further due to getting a proper fitted shaft that reduces the spin to under 2,900 RPM and flights the ball perfectly.
I'd highly recommend any keen golfer to get on a Trackman and see your numbers and you'll be amazed at what you can learn.
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