Golf thread

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

 

One thing I have learned in the last few weeks, is that I cannot hit anything longer than a 6 (except the driver). Stands to reason since most of our rounds are at a course where any decent drive puts you into wedge territory. Time for longer courses but boy are those exhausting when you horsefeathers long clubs.

It probably just takes getting used to. My 3 wood is my favorite club, and that wasn't the case until I started playing real courses. After that, for a while I was just using half and quarter swings with my 3 wood or 5 wood to avoid the attrocites that were my long irons, but after I forced myself to use them, they have gotten almost as good as my fairway woods. Now I have a real shot of putting it on or very near the green all the way to 230 yards out. Progress!

 

yes, that is it exactly. I don't spend enough time at the range to be consistent with those clubs and never hitting them hinders improvement and consistency. The range isn't the same anyway because of the lie factor. Did end yesterday's 6500 yard round by hitting the back of the green from 180 yards so that was nice.

Sure. You just have to kind of luck out of you have a bad lie. Add a club or thee depending how bad it is. Those kind of shots are for the pros to hit consistantly. And having consistent ranges is kind of the same thing. I'm still working on what my range IS with each club. First things first. The last two times I played, I was hitting it over the green much more often than being short, which I think it a good sign overall. I'm just hitting the ball cleaner more often than I used to.

 

(Btw, if the distance that I mention I'm hitting shots sounds long, know that I have the Coors effect going for me. Which is nice.)

[Tim]

I've played once since breaking my neck and have found that having several of the bones in my neck fused together has hampered my swing. :(

[stitchface]

I've played once since breaking my neck and have found that having several of the bones in my neck fused together has hampered my swing. :(

 

yea, I would imagine that is tough. That sucks Tim. I did not know you had broken your neck - scary.

[Tim]

I've played once since breaking my neck and have found that having several of the bones in my neck fused together has hampered my swing. :(

 

yea, I would imagine that is tough. That sucks Tim. I did not know you had broken your neck - scary.

Yeah, I broke three bones in my neck body surfing back in 2018

[Hairyducked Idiot]

yes, that is it exactly. I don't spend enough time at the range to be consistent with those clubs and never hitting them hinders improvement and consistency. The range isn't the same anyway because of the lie factor. Did end yesterday's 6500 yard round by hitting the back of the green from 180 yards so that was nice.

 

That's another thing I didn't appreciate until I started playing: How much lie effects everything. Uphill, downhill, left slant, right slant, all make a big difference. And the course I play at has very uneven rough, so if you're in, you have to really look at how much grass is directly behind the ball.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I've played once since breaking my neck and have found that having several of the bones in my neck fused together has hampered my swing. :(

 

yea, I would imagine that is tough. That sucks Tim. I did not know you had broken your neck - scary.

Yeah, I broke three bones in my neck body surfing back in 2018

 

The goalie on my first adult rookie hockey team had a similar body surfing injury end her season. She is in her 60s and is a total badass.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Was stuck behind a really slow foursome last time, so this morning when the clubhouse guy told me there was a big gap I could take if I went immediately and didn’t warm up first, I took it. Big mistake. I could still salvage what I hoped for the round if I go ... -3 for the last four?

[squally1313]

Was stuck behind a really slow foursome last time, so this morning when the clubhouse guy told me there was a big gap I could take if I went immediately and didn’t warm up first, I took it. Big mistake. I could still salvage what I hoped for the round if I go ... -3 for the last four?

I don't know your course and don't want to get you in trouble, but my guess on a short track like that, no one would have any issue with you bouncing around to open holes to avoid getting stuck behind groups like that. Especially playing by yourself. Get the first hole in so you aren't screwing up anyone's tee time and the starter sees you go off, but no one should care besides that.

 

Alternatively, if you've got that much time...play two balls. Or play a scramble with yourself...taking those second shots from the same spot of the fairway/rough/bunker could be really helpful to try and correct whatever just went wrong. Use it as time to work on your lag putting. Etc.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Went double-triple-quad with 11 putts on the first three holes, then was +4 for the last 6 with three pars and one bogey from a bunker

[stitchface]

Fun round yesterday - 5 pars, two 7s, and two 8s on the front nine. 3 putts on lasts 4 holes.

[BigbadB]

My buddy Dave set up a round at Ram's Hill on Wednesday. It's one of the best public courses in the US, and was actually ranked #1 in a few publications over the years. It's only about 1 3/4 hours away from my house. I offered to drive. We got a little over an hour in, and Dave's wife calls and says his house is flooded. He just happens to be a plumber and he had the same problem 5 years ago. He gets her to turn off the water at the main, but she's pretty useless for pinpointing the problem. Water was definitely coming from upstairs. The other 3 of us don't even want to golf without Dave since he was the one that set it up. But, the round cost $115 each and there was no postponing. So I worked it out where my wife met us at the freeway, and we drove Dave back to meet up with her. She took him home and the other three of us headed back to the course. You have to see this road to appreciate what I personally had to go through to get us most of the way up there, turn around and go back to the freeway, then back to the course again and then back home afterwards. My arms were tired from all the curves. Not to mention driving like a maniac to get there.

 

Dave gets home and it turns out that his sick kid was in bed and his wife turned on the shower for him. She hollered in that the shower was ready and then went downstairs to work on some breakfast for him. A towel had fallen in the shower and blocked the drain. Dave was not very happy. He probably could have just golfed with us. He was more concerned about an actual plumbing problem which forced the water to be turned off. Poor guy. I had 2 birdies. Long day of driving, though.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Nephew hit a 12-footer for par today (his second ever) then an 8-footer for par on the very next hole. I shot my standard +11 40 today, and I only beat him by 4 shots. Putting has always been his biggest problem, if he starts to put that together, I may not be able to hold him off much longer.

 

The course was packed so we got paired with two older gentlemen. It turned out perfect: It was so busy, we didn't need to feel rushed because it wasn't gonna be fast for anyone regardless. The first two holes were backed up a couple of groups each, but somehow by the time we hit the fourth, we were in perfect rhythm with the group in front of us, they were leaving right as we got to each hole. And the other two guys kept giving nephew tips and cheering for him, he loved it.

[stitchface]

terrible score yesterday but it was sunny and 75 on a Friday afternoon so it was great! A little warm today, might hit 77

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Decided to play the regular tees today because nephew wasn't with me and I was grouped with other people.

 

First hole - stick the front edge of the green, easy par. Being the only person in your group fixing a pitch mark is such a great feeling.

 

Second hole - 40 yards longer than I'm used to, sliced it a little short and right. Had a 30-yard shot from a steep hill where the ball was basically at knee level. Stuck it to inside 12 feet, salvaged bogey.

 

Third hole - dribbled the drive, hit the first good 3W I've ever hit on the course to make up for it, finished with a 9-footer for bogey that went straight in.

 

Fourth hole - Left the tee shot a little short and right again. Hit what I thought was a nice chip over the bunker but it caught the steep fall-off near the hole and rolled down to the fringe. I had 15 feet for par from the fringe and up a hill. It looks like the weight is perfect but it's rolling a few inches right, then as it slows it veers left toward the hole and comes to rest hanging over the edge but not in. I'll definitely take that bogey.

 

So I'm playing the tougher tees and I'm +3 through 4, ahead of my usual pace. So of course I get a call from the school that my kid seems a little lethargic today so to be safe I better come pick him up. Womp womp.

[stitchface]

geez man, you should have thought of this before you had kids.

[Banedon]

[NonProfitCow]

Bryson saying Augusta is playing like a par 67 for him.

 

Love it.

[Cubswin11]

Bryson saying Augusta is playing like a par 67 for him.

 

Love it.

I kinda like fading him this week. Not a great history at the course, wet conditions will hold back his drives from rolling out as much, it’s a second shot/wedge around the green and putting course. He isn’t very good at that and you can’t use a putting book on the greens which seems like something that would mess with his methodology. Maybe he’s just able to bomb and bully the course and being 25-50+ yards longer than the field leading to having more wedge/short iron shots than everyone is enough to overcome his deficiencies there, but I’m looking at some H2Hs and like outside top 15-20 finish for him to bet.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Bryson saying Augusta is playing like a par 67 for him.

 

Love it.

I kinda like fading him this week. Not a great history at the course, wet conditions will hold back his drives from rolling out as much, it’s a second shot/wedge around the green and putting course. He isn’t very good at that and you can’t use a putting book on the greens which seems like something that would mess with his methodology. Maybe he’s just able to bomb and bully the course and being 25-50+ yards longer than the field leading to having more wedge/short iron shots than everyone is enough to overcome his deficiencies there, but I’m looking at some H2Hs and like outside top 15-20 finish for him to bet.

I only do large multi-entry draftkings, and I'm fading him for partly those reasons, but largely straight ownership reasons.

 

Completely unrelated side note: I went golfing the day after election day, and I shot a 100. Got beat by an 80 year old guy named "Mondo," who appearantly shot his age a month ago.

[sweetpeteman]

 

 

 

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Bryson's best weekend beats just about anybody's best weekend right now, but no guarantees he'll have his best this weekend.

 

Shot a personal-best 38 on the par-29 this morning. I've really got the routine down: miss the green, chip on, two-putt.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

 

 

 

This was cool enough to catch Slate's attention. The headline:

Some Guy Just Skipped a Golf Ball Three Times Across a Pond and Made a Hole-in-One at the Masters

 

In the body:

Tuesday at a Masters practice round at Augusta National, a golfer named Jon Rahm did this:

 

Poor Jon Rahm. He's the Mike Trout of the PGA (if there were about 8 guys as good as Mike Trout)

[sweetpeteman]

 

 

 

This was cool enough to catch Slate's attention. The headline:

Some Guy Just Skipped a Golf Ball Three Times Across a Pond and Made a Hole-in-One at the Masters

 

In the body:

Tuesday at a Masters practice round at Augusta National, a golfer named Jon Rahm did this:

 

Poor Jon Rahm. He's the Mike Trout of the PGA (if there were about 8 guys as good as Mike Trout)

 

 

You know, I get that they don't cover golf, but they could try to not be "sportsball" about it.

 

 

And for those who don't know, Jon Rahm is currently the World #2, behind Dustin Johnson.

[Cubswin11]

 

 

 

This was cool enough to catch Slate's attention. The headline:

Some Guy Just Skipped a Golf Ball Three Times Across a Pond and Made a Hole-in-One at the Masters

 

In the body:

Tuesday at a Masters practice round at Augusta National, a golfer named Jon Rahm did this:

 

Poor Jon Rahm. He's the Mike Trout of the PGA (if there were about 8 guys as good as Mike Trout)

 

 

You know, I get that they don't cover golf, but they could try to not be "sportsball" about it.

 

 

And for those who don't know, Jon Rahm is currently the World #2, behind Dustin Johnson.

Yeah, who cares about Slate’s take on golf? They’re either trying to be willingly ignorant and witty about this or just being morons and not taking 2 minutes to do some background about reporting on it.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Yeah, who cares about Slate’s take on golf? They’re either trying to be willingly ignorant and witty about this or just being morons and not taking 2 minutes to do some background about reporting on it.

Show me on the doll where Slate hurt you.