The Golf Thread - 2018!
Discussion
rsbmw said:
Rosscow said:
Eleven Sports have the rights.
http://elevensports.com/eleven-sports-monthly-pass...
First 2 days streamed live free of charge via their Facebook channel.
You can sign up for a free 7 day trial and be able to watch the whole tournament.
Thanks for that, guess I'll be signing uphttp://elevensports.com/eleven-sports-monthly-pass...
First 2 days streamed live free of charge via their Facebook channel.
You can sign up for a free 7 day trial and be able to watch the whole tournament.
So I decided to try my hand at this massively frustrating - yet strangely addictive - game.
Started out on some Council courses a year ago using a set of hand-me down clubs from a friend who moved abroad, they were his Titleist DTR Irons that were near enough 20 years old!
Bug bit so "upgraded" to a used set of Pings off eBay and the whole thing has snowballed.
Joined a local Club this year, put in my 3 cards and got handed a Handicap of 32 as the system has apparently changed and moved to a maximum of 50 something.
Thought I'd try my hand at a Medal game a few weeks ago and landed my first sub-100; and made it round with the same ball (Trust me - this is a big achievement!)
Admittedly there are some proper stinking numbers there too but I have the advantage of a high handicap to bring me back down to a more reasonable place.
So yeah, addicted even more now and continuing to go out and torment myself week in, week out!
Started out on some Council courses a year ago using a set of hand-me down clubs from a friend who moved abroad, they were his Titleist DTR Irons that were near enough 20 years old!
Bug bit so "upgraded" to a used set of Pings off eBay and the whole thing has snowballed.
Joined a local Club this year, put in my 3 cards and got handed a Handicap of 32 as the system has apparently changed and moved to a maximum of 50 something.
Thought I'd try my hand at a Medal game a few weeks ago and landed my first sub-100; and made it round with the same ball (Trust me - this is a big achievement!)
Admittedly there are some proper stinking numbers there too but I have the advantage of a high handicap to bring me back down to a more reasonable place.
So yeah, addicted even more now and continuing to go out and torment myself week in, week out!
Digger said:
rsbmw said:
Rosscow said:
Eleven Sports have the rights.
http://elevensports.com/eleven-sports-monthly-pass...
First 2 days streamed live free of charge via their Facebook channel.
You can sign up for a free 7 day trial and be able to watch the whole tournament.
Thanks for that, guess I'll be signing uphttp://elevensports.com/eleven-sports-monthly-pass...
First 2 days streamed live free of charge via their Facebook channel.
You can sign up for a free 7 day trial and be able to watch the whole tournament.
boxsey said:
Watched it last night on-line after signing up for the free trial. Will definitely be cancelling once the tournament is over. Watchable but not the same atmosphere as a broadcaster doing it themselves. Jumps around to lots of different commentators which ruins the continuity (I think they must be using commentators that are stationed at particular holes). Have to put up with Elevensports adverts trying to sell you their future events (mostly football of course). And the usual computer related annoyances when watching 'TV' on a PC....Windows 10 trying to tell me 'you need an App for this, shall I find one for you?'...no I don't because I'm already watching it! And a sudden message that pops up to say...'this will not play on your device'...yet I've been watching it for the last hour! End up having escape and log in again to resume watching! I really hope this is not the future of watching sport!
Thankfully I don't have to put up with that.Got home from work at 4:30 Pm, turned on the TV to locate which channel the golf was on, and the channel it was on was showing the "Marquee" group feed of RM, JT & TW. This was until 6 PM when they then turned to the main feed and you got to see what all the other players were doing. The broadcast finished at 10 PM. I am not complaining!
yorky500 said:
boxsey said:
Watched it last night on-line after signing up for the free trial. Will definitely be cancelling once the tournament is over. Watchable but not the same atmosphere as a broadcaster doing it themselves. Jumps around to lots of different commentators which ruins the continuity (I think they must be using commentators that are stationed at particular holes). Have to put up with Elevensports adverts trying to sell you their future events (mostly football of course). And the usual computer related annoyances when watching 'TV' on a PC....Windows 10 trying to tell me 'you need an App for this, shall I find one for you?'...no I don't because I'm already watching it! And a sudden message that pops up to say...'this will not play on your device'...yet I've been watching it for the last hour! End up having escape and log in again to resume watching! I really hope this is not the future of watching sport!
Thankfully I don't have to put up with that.Got home from work at 4:30 Pm, turned on the TV to locate which channel the golf was on, and the channel it was on was showing the "Marquee" group feed of RM, JT & TW. This was until 6 PM when they then turned to the main feed and you got to see what all the other players were doing. The broadcast finished at 10 PM. I am not complaining!
Pib1978 said:
So I decided to try my hand at this massively frustrating - yet strangely addictive - game.
Started out on some Council courses a year ago using a set of hand-me down clubs from a friend who moved abroad, they were his Titleist DTR Irons that were near enough 20 years old!
Bug bit so "upgraded" to a used set of Pings off eBay and the whole thing has snowballed.
Joined a local Club this year, put in my 3 cards and got handed a Handicap of 32 as the system has apparently changed and moved to a maximum of 50 something.
Thought I'd try my hand at a Medal game a few weeks ago and landed my first sub-100; and made it round with the same ball (Trust me - this is a big achievement!)
Admittedly there are some proper stinking numbers there too but I have the advantage of a high handicap to bring me back down to a more reasonable place.
So yeah, addicted even more now and continuing to go out and torment myself week in, week out!
Great stuff! Started out on some Council courses a year ago using a set of hand-me down clubs from a friend who moved abroad, they were his Titleist DTR Irons that were near enough 20 years old!
Bug bit so "upgraded" to a used set of Pings off eBay and the whole thing has snowballed.
Joined a local Club this year, put in my 3 cards and got handed a Handicap of 32 as the system has apparently changed and moved to a maximum of 50 something.
Thought I'd try my hand at a Medal game a few weeks ago and landed my first sub-100; and made it round with the same ball (Trust me - this is a big achievement!)
Admittedly there are some proper stinking numbers there too but I have the advantage of a high handicap to bring me back down to a more reasonable place.
So yeah, addicted even more now and continuing to go out and torment myself week in, week out!
It look me a lot longer than a year to get to sub 100. Keep going; you’ll come down quickly from there!
A net 6 under for the round, can't see that handicap staying at 32 for long 
These are the new (2019) R&A Handicap changes which I totally agree with.
https://www.randa.org/News/2018/02/World-Handicap-...
It's true, once you break 100 once it just somehow becomes much easier to keep doing it. It took a bit longer for me to achieve as I really don't play or practice and only started playing in my early 40's but now I usually don't struggle to do it even on harder courses.
I think 99% of that improvement didn't come from avoiding bad shots but merely from knowing what to do when in the rubbish after a bad shot. Knowing when to take a hit and chip out across the fairway or in a bunker and just trying to get it out rather than some fancy shot at the hole can chip away at a dropped shot here and there really easily.
Any of the really low handicappers here got any tips to get a bit lower than the mid-high 90's now?
These are the new (2019) R&A Handicap changes which I totally agree with.
https://www.randa.org/News/2018/02/World-Handicap-...
It's true, once you break 100 once it just somehow becomes much easier to keep doing it. It took a bit longer for me to achieve as I really don't play or practice and only started playing in my early 40's but now I usually don't struggle to do it even on harder courses.
I think 99% of that improvement didn't come from avoiding bad shots but merely from knowing what to do when in the rubbish after a bad shot. Knowing when to take a hit and chip out across the fairway or in a bunker and just trying to get it out rather than some fancy shot at the hole can chip away at a dropped shot here and there really easily.
Any of the really low handicappers here got any tips to get a bit lower than the mid-high 90's now?
Edited by Smiljan on Saturday 11th August 09:45
Pib1978 said:
So I decided to try my hand at this massively frustrating - yet strangely addictive - game.
Started out on some Council courses a year ago using a set of hand-me down clubs from a friend who moved abroad, they were his Titleist DTR Irons that were near enough 20 years old!
Bug bit so "upgraded" to a used set of Pings off eBay and the whole thing has snowballed.
Joined a local Club this year, put in my 3 cards and got handed a Handicap of 32 as the system has apparently changed and moved to a maximum of 50 something.
Thought I'd try my hand at a Medal game a few weeks ago and landed my first sub-100; and made it round with the same ball (Trust me - this is a big achievement!)
Admittedly there are some proper stinking numbers there too but I have the advantage of a high handicap to bring me back down to a more reasonable place.
So yeah, addicted even more now and continuing to go out and torment myself week in, week out!
Why would you scrub out your name...……….?Started out on some Council courses a year ago using a set of hand-me down clubs from a friend who moved abroad, they were his Titleist DTR Irons that were near enough 20 years old!
Bug bit so "upgraded" to a used set of Pings off eBay and the whole thing has snowballed.
Joined a local Club this year, put in my 3 cards and got handed a Handicap of 32 as the system has apparently changed and moved to a maximum of 50 something.
Thought I'd try my hand at a Medal game a few weeks ago and landed my first sub-100; and made it round with the same ball (Trust me - this is a big achievement!)
Admittedly there are some proper stinking numbers there too but I have the advantage of a high handicap to bring me back down to a more reasonable place.
So yeah, addicted even more now and continuing to go out and torment myself week in, week out!
Smiljan said:
A net 6 under for the round, can't see that handicap staying at 32 for long
These are the new (2019) R&A Handicap changes which I totally agree with.
https://www.randa.org/News/2018/02/World-Handicap-...
It's true, once you break 100 once it just somehow becomes much easier to keep doing it. It took a bit longer for me to achieve as I really don't play or practice and only started playing in my early 40's but now I usually don't struggle to do it even on harder courses.
I think 99% of that improvement didn't come from avoiding bad shots but merely from knowing what to do when in the rubbish after a bad shot. Knowing when to take a hit and chip out across the fairway or in a bunker and just trying to get it out rather than some fancy shot at the hole can chip away at a dropped shot here and there really easily.
Any of the really low handicappers here got any tips to get a bit lower than the mid-high 90's now?
I’m not a really low handicapper, but for me, the between-the-ears difference between people playing to 20 and playing to say 10, is the guys off 10 know they CAN birdie any given hole, but also know that they WON’T.These are the new (2019) R&A Handicap changes which I totally agree with.
https://www.randa.org/News/2018/02/World-Handicap-...
It's true, once you break 100 once it just somehow becomes much easier to keep doing it. It took a bit longer for me to achieve as I really don't play or practice and only started playing in my early 40's but now I usually don't struggle to do it even on harder courses.
I think 99% of that improvement didn't come from avoiding bad shots but merely from knowing what to do when in the rubbish after a bad shot. Knowing when to take a hit and chip out across the fairway or in a bunker and just trying to get it out rather than some fancy shot at the hole can chip away at a dropped shot here and there really easily.
Any of the really low handicappers here got any tips to get a bit lower than the mid-high 90's now?
Edited by Smiljan on Saturday 11th August 09:45
If you play for bogey on every hole and get it, that’s 90. Sneak 5 pars in and that‘s 85 and a respectable round of golf.
The guys off 20 are usually playing for birdie, making PGA Tour shot selections, and feeling unlucky, rather than stupid, when it doesn’t come off. The one birdie they do manage convinces them they are better than they are, so they keep trying to channel Dustin, and spend an hour a round in the cabbage or trudging back to the tee, doing everyone’s head-in.
Anyone see NBA megastar Stephen Curry this week? Playing on the web.com tour by sponsor’s invitation.
He plays off 2.2 and missed the cut by 11 shots, 33 shots behind the leader.
This is a very good golfer playing against lads who aren’t good enough for the PGA Tour. Got crushed. The talents of the very best are other-worldly.
He plays off 2.2 and missed the cut by 11 shots, 33 shots behind the leader.
This is a very good golfer playing against lads who aren’t good enough for the PGA Tour. Got crushed. The talents of the very best are other-worldly.
I’m not a really low handicapper, but for me, the between-the-ears difference between people playing to 20 and playing to say 10, is the guys off 10 know they CAN birdie any given hole, but also know that they WON’T.
If you play for bogey on every hole and get it, that’s 90. Sneak 5 pars in and that‘s 85 and a respectable round of golf.
The guys off 20 are usually playing for birdie, making PGA Tour shot selections, and feeling unlucky, rather than stupid, when it doesn’t come off. The one birdie they do manage convinces them they are better than they are, so they keep trying to channel Dustin, and spend an hour a round in the cabbage or trudging back to the tee, doing everyone’s head-in.
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I disagree a bit. The lower your handicap, you know what you can and cannot do. You know when to lay up and when to go for it, you know the % shot etc, where to bail out. When to take your punishment and when to risk it. If your playing of say 18, and feel a bit smug, go for a round on a 7000 yrd course and see if you can break 100, or even get close to it. Brings you back down to earth. FWIW I played off 6.
Edited by mikal83 on Saturday 11th August 11:36
The big difference for me getting my hcp down to single figures was learning how to keep it in play off the tee. Driver is one of my strengths most of the time now, but there’s some holes I won’t use it because the potential reward doesn’t stack up against the risk of a lost ball.
Also learning when not to be greedy around the green helps. If I’m short sided over a bunker to the pin then I’m just going to accept that I’ll probably have 15-20ft for my first putt. Trying a Phil Mickelson style flop shot probably results in disaster most of the time.
Also learning when not to be greedy around the green helps. If I’m short sided over a bunker to the pin then I’m just going to accept that I’ll probably have 15-20ft for my first putt. Trying a Phil Mickelson style flop shot probably results in disaster most of the time.
mikal83 said:
I’m not a really low handicapper, but for me, the between-the-ears difference between people playing to 20 and playing to say 10, is the guys off 10 know they CAN birdie any given hole, but also know that they WON’T.
If you play for bogey on every hole and get it, that’s 90. Sneak 5 pars in and that‘s 85 and a respectable round of golf.
The guys off 20 are usually playing for birdie, making PGA Tour shot selections, and feeling unlucky, rather than stupid, when it doesn’t come off. The one birdie they do manage convinces them they are better than they are, so they keep trying to channel Dustin, and spend an hour a round in the cabbage or trudging back to the tee, doing everyone’s head-in.
I disagree a bit. The lower your handicap, you know what you can and cannot do. You know when to lay up and when to go for it, you know the % shot etc, where to bail out. When to take your punishment and when to risk it. If your playing of say 18, and feel a bit smug, go for a round on a 7000 yrd course and see if you can break 100, or even get close to it. Brings you back down to earth. FWIW I played off 6.If you play for bogey on every hole and get it, that’s 90. Sneak 5 pars in and that‘s 85 and a respectable round of golf.
The guys off 20 are usually playing for birdie, making PGA Tour shot selections, and feeling unlucky, rather than stupid, when it doesn’t come off. The one birdie they do manage convinces them they are better than they are, so they keep trying to channel Dustin, and spend an hour a round in the cabbage or trudging back to the tee, doing everyone’s head-in.
Edited by mikal83 on Saturday 11th August 11:36
36 hole club champs this morning and both my playing partner and I agreed to N/R.
It took 1 1/2 hours to play 4 1/2 holes which is unbearable for me, and my playing partner had such bad blisters he couldn’t walk.
The glacial pace of play in a medal is why I hardly ever play them. I can’t hit a shot if I’m waiting 10 minutes on every tee.
It took 1 1/2 hours to play 4 1/2 holes which is unbearable for me, and my playing partner had such bad blisters he couldn’t walk.
The glacial pace of play in a medal is why I hardly ever play them. I can’t hit a shot if I’m waiting 10 minutes on every tee.
HaplessBoyLard said:
36 hole club champs this morning and both my playing partner and I agreed to N/R.
It took 1 1/2 hours to play 4 1/2 holes which is unbearable for me, and my playing partner had such bad blisters he couldn’t walk.
The glacial pace of play in a medal is why I hardly ever play them. I can’t hit a shot if I’m waiting 10 minutes on every tee.
That sounds hopeless, why aren't the club sending enforcers around? Our Saturday medal rounds rarely take more than 3.5hrs and they're usually less than that. People march on smartly out here!It took 1 1/2 hours to play 4 1/2 holes which is unbearable for me, and my playing partner had such bad blisters he couldn’t walk.
The glacial pace of play in a medal is why I hardly ever play them. I can’t hit a shot if I’m waiting 10 minutes on every tee.
Reminds me of a comp a few weeks ago when I found myself playing with a chap in his mid-30s who took so long on every shot - sizing up every putt from all points of the compass, and at distance, agonizing over club selection etc - that the shop pro who was playing behind our group got very angry indeed. I thought he was going to deck the bloke the second time he took him to task about it. Chap was a bit OCD I think as he didn't respond to being told off at all and just carried on as before. Very selfish because I and the other two guys in the group had no time at all to give our shots anything more than the most cursory consideration.
Edited by Blackpuddin on Saturday 11th August 14:08
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