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  • #16
    Last year I got down to a 5 handicap. I am worried that will be the best and not visited again. So far this year I have been horrible and the handi has shot up to a 9. Because I play the same course 90% of the time it creates a lower handicap than I would have if I was playing a bunch of different courses.

    I once shot a 69 and have had a hole in one, both great thrills.

    I would have to rank Pebble Beach as the best I have ever played. Of course that was 33 years ago when green fees were $35. I remember my ex asking how in the world I could justify paying $35 for a round of golf. She let me pay it though after I promised I would come home that evening and have sex with her.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Levin View Post
      Coach, you've got to get your weight all around to the front, and straighten up that center. Your back is behind your feet. Pretty pics, though.
      Believe me, I know. I struggle mightily with the game of golf. Were it human, I would be in jail for killing it. Then trying to bring it back to life, only to kill it again.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by byu71 View Post
        She let me pay it though after I promised I would come home that evening and have sex with her.
        Well done. You don't charge much.
        Get confident, stupid
        -landpoke

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        • #19
          My golf game gets worse each year, as I don't play nearly as much as I used to before my kids were born. I started playing golf after my baseball days. I love it and now am starting to play with my boys.

          Lowest handicap for a season was a 3. I was playing 5-6 days a week back then. My handicap now is probably in the 15-17 range. Golf is a cruel mistress.

          Best score was a 69 at Hobble Creek in '91 - the only time I've ever broken 70. It was like The Bishop in Caddyshack without the rain.

          I've had 3 eagles in my life - the par 4 #2 at Hobble Creek; the par 5 #18 at Hobble Creek and the par 5 #3 at Murray Parkway.

          No hole in one ever, but have come close a few times - one of them being on the first par 3 at Thanksgiving Point (#4?) at the first CB golf tournament. Ohio Blue was witness to it. I had closest to the hole for most of the day.

          Best course I've ever played on was at Harbor Town on Hilton Head Island. I was there for a National Funeral Directors Convention so it was no money out of my pocket. I shot a 93 and am proud of myself for doing that.
          "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


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          • #20
            Originally posted by byu71 View Post
            Last year I got down to a 5 handicap. I am worried that will be the best and not visited again. So far this year I have been horrible and the handi has shot up to a 9. Because I play the same course 90% of the time it creates a lower handicap than I would have if I was playing a bunch of different courses.

            I once shot a 69 and have had a hole in one, both great thrills.

            I would have to rank Pebble Beach as the best I have ever played. Of course that was 33 years ago when green fees were $35. I remember my ex asking how in the world I could justify paying $35 for a round of golf. She let me pay it though after I promised I would come home that evening and have sex with her.
            69 is a thrill.
            Just try it once. One beer or one cigarette or one porno movie won't hurt. - Dallin H. Oaks

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            • #21
              Originally posted by byu71 View Post
              Last year I got down to a 5 handicap. I am worried that will be the best and not visited again. So far this year I have been horrible and the handi has shot up to a 9. Because I play the same course 90% of the time it creates a lower handicap than I would have if I was playing a bunch of different courses.

              I once shot a 69 and have had a hole in one, both great thrills.
              You'll give me stokes. I played your course a long time ago and it's not an easy course to keep it out of the trees so a 69 is very impressive. About fifteen years ago I got it down to a five also but I couldn't play to it on other courses. I'm an twelve now but I want to play a little more this summer and try to get it down to an eight. I spend to much time on my bike to be any good at golf any more but I love to play. One thing I really enjoy doing is playing every course from the way back tees, the harder the better. If we play Thanksgiving Point we're going to play all 7800 yards of it. I hate the fifty yard shot and I wish I had never learned to hook a ball.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by RC Vikings View Post
                You'll give me stokes. I played your course a long time ago and it's not an easy course to keep it out of the trees so a 69 is very impressive. About fifteen years ago I got it down to a five also but I couldn't play to it on other courses. I'm an twelve now but I want to play a little more this summer and try to get it down to an eight. I spend to much time on my bike to be any good at golf any more but I love to play. One thing I really enjoy doing is playing every course from the way back tees, the harder the better. If we play Thanksgiving Point we're going to play all 7800 yards of it. I hate the fifty yard shot and I wish I had never learned to hook a ball.

                The tips at Thankgiving Point on a day that is windy, which it usually is, would be shear torture for me. I haven't shot a hundred for a long, long time, but a 100 or more would be a real possibility.

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                • #23
                  I am going to start a roll call for those that enjoy going golfing now and then, but don't care much about it beyond that, don't play it regularly and have zero desire to take it up....yet still think it is fun.

                  Here.
                  Fitter. Happier. More Productive.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                    I am going to start a roll call for those that enjoy going golfing now and then, but don't care much about it beyond that, don't play it regularly and have zero desire to take it up....yet still think it is fun.

                    Here.
                    You're talking about miniature golf, not golf.

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by RC Vikings View Post
                      One thing I really enjoy doing is playing every course from the way back tees, the harder the better. If we play Thanksgiving Point we're going to play all 7800 yards of it. I hate the fifty yard shot and I wish I had never learned to hook a ball.
                      I used to play the back tees all the time, until I was playing with a group of friends who play the yardage marker on the box. Now I play either the back tees or the marker depending on the course.
                      "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


                      "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by byu71 View Post
                        You're talking about miniature golf, not golf.
                        No, it is the real golf.

                        I just don't care that much about it, although it is fun to go out every now and then. Hasn't hurt yet from a business perspective.

                        I wonder if there are any others on CUF that don't really care much about playing golf?

                        I love to watch the majors on TV, though.
                        Fitter. Happier. More Productive.

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                          No, it is the real golf.

                          I just don't care that much about it, although it is fun to go out every now and then. Hasn't hurt yet from a business perspective.

                          I wonder if there are any others on CUF that don't really care much about playing golf?

                          I love to watch the majors on TV, though.
                          In my youth baseball was my best sport. I even got a scholarship, just tuition and books to play baseball in college. Yet, I don't like watching baseball. I think part of it is the players move around so much now compared to when I was a kid.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                            I am going to start a roll call for those that enjoy going golfing now and then, but don't care much about it beyond that, don't play it regularly and have zero desire to take it up....yet still think it is fun.

                            Here.
                            Here.

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                            • #29
                              My most fun golf outing was with two close college chums--we turned 50 the same month so we took our wives to Pebble Beach for three days to celebrate our Sesquicentennial. We played PB, Spyglass and Poppy Hills, and ate vast quantities of food.

                              And when my wife and I visited Scotland (sans clubs), we drove through St. Andrews and I insisted on stopping by The Royal & Ancient and the closing holes of the Old Course. I noticed the first tee was open and I asked the starter if it were possible to get in a round. He said if I could get a set of clubs and be back on the tee within ten minutes, he'd send me out. The missus, being very understanding, said she'd head into town and come back in a few hours. I ran to the pro shop (a quarter mile away), got a set of clubs and shoes, and teed off on the Old Course ten minutes later. I started horrifically (six over after three), but finished strong, including pars on 17 (the Road Hole) and 18 for a decent 87. The last hole was a special treat, as townspeople and vacationers stand around the fence watching people finish. After crossing the famous Swilcan Bridge, I hit a wedge into the rough on the backside of the green. Onlookers flagged my ball, and with the gallery looking on, I miraculously chipped out of the deep grass to within two feet of the hole to the warm applause of the gallery. I tapped in for a par and another enthusiastic round of applause. I felt like I'd beaten Nicklaus for the British Open title. St. Andrews is the Holy of Holies in golf.

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View Post
                                My most fun golf outing was with two close college chums--we turned 50 the same month so we took our wives to Pebble Beach for three days to celebrate our Sesquicentennial. We played PB, Spyglass and Poppy Hills, and ate vast quantities of food.

                                And when my wife and I visited Scotland (sans clubs), we drove through St. Andrews and I insisted on stopping by The Royal & Ancient and the closing holes of the Old Course. I noticed the first tee was open and I asked the starter if it were possible to get in a round. He said if I could get a set of clubs and be back on the tee within ten minutes, he'd send me out. The missus, being very understanding, said she'd head into town and come back in a few hours. I ran to the pro shop (a quarter mile away), got a set of clubs and shoes, and teed off on the Old Course ten minutes later. I started horrifically (six over after three), but finished strong, including pars on 17 (the Road Hole) and 18 for a decent 87. The last hole was a special treat, as townspeople and vacationers stand around the fence watching people finish. After crossing the famous Swilcan Bridge, I hit a wedge into the rough on the backside of the green. Onlookers flagged my ball, and with the gallery looking on, I miraculously chipped out of the deep grass to within two feet of the hole to the warm applause of the gallery. I tapped in for a par and another enthusiastic round of applause. I felt like I'd beaten Nicklaus for the British Open title. St. Andrews is the Holy of Holies in golf.
                                Great story PAC. This would go in my things to do in the bucket list thread.

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