The Golf Thread

[byu71]

Tick and I are canceling our membership at the local course we play at. 2 years in a row now they have lost their greens. Last year they had to fully replace 3-4 greens, and they rolled horrible. On others, they replaced half the green and there was a distinct separation between the two grasses, almost like they used a different type of grass. It is horrible. The owners came in and basically gave an ultimatum that if the course is not back in tip top shape by the end of the year, the whole staff is fired and they will bring in new management. The day they went to fire the greens keeper, he came down with a case of Valley Fever and went out on disability...so they couldn't fire him. The men's club has cancelled all remaining tournaments for the year and is contemplating playing them at a different course. This used to be the best course in town (public) and now it is a joke.

It is a scary thing. You hate to fire anyone, especially if they have young kids. We had to do it last April and then totally rebuild two greens.

It is interesting how they build them now days as opposed to 60 years ago when ours were originally built. The new greens are so much easier to maintain. The root system for them is already 9 inches deep while the others you can't get the roots to go below 2 inches deep.

[Drunk Tank]

It is a scary thing. You hate to fire anyone, especially if they have young kids. We had to do it last April and then totally rebuild two greens.

It is interesting how they build them now days as opposed to 60 years ago when ours were originally built. The new greens are so much easier to maintain. The root system for them is already 9 inches deep while the others you can't get the roots to go below 2 inches deep.

That is pretty good. The root system on the replacement greens they put in here were maybe 1.5". You could feel the roots pull up when you fixed pitch marks on the greens.

[Donuthole]

Found this today while golfing. If it's yours, let me know and I'll mail it to you.

[byu71]

Had a hole in one last Friday. No fluke shot either. Went directly at the pin, two hops and in.

6 Iron, 167 yards. The old guy still has it. Handicap down to 11.

[RC Vikings]

Found this today while golfing. If it's yours, let me know and I'll mail it to you.

What kind of ball has dimples like that? I know 20 years ago balls came out with different dimple designs. Leave it to some BYU guy to buy a bunch of discontinued balls and put his name on them.

[RC Vikings]

Had a hole in one last Friday. No fluke shot either. Went directly at the pin, two hops and in.

6 Iron, 167 yards. The old guy still has it. Handicap down to 11.

Congrats 71, how many does that this make for you.

[byu71]

Congrats 71, how many does that this make for you.

Thanks, two. Two is very meaningful to me. One could happen possibly due to a fluke. As evidenced by the fact my brother who doesn't play golf anymore because he was so bad, got a hole in one on number 17 at Thanksgiving Point.

If you have two, that verifies the first one wasn't a fluke.

[Donuthole]

Had a hole in one last Friday. No fluke shot either. Went directly at the pin, two hops and in.

6 Iron, 167 yards. The old guy still has it. Handicap down to 11.

Very cool.

What kind of ball has dimples like that? I know 20 years ago balls came out with different dimple designs. Leave it to some BYU guy to buy a bunch of discontinued balls and put his name on them.

It's a Bridgestone e6. I can't tell if it's a new one or an old one in like-new condition.

[cougjunkie]

Had a hole in one last Friday. No fluke shot either. Went directly at the pin, two hops and in.

6 Iron, 167 yards. The old guy still has it. Handicap down to 11.

Congrats!

Last Friday I was playing Cedar Hills and on hole 8, from 167 yards I hit a 6 iron (we had a stiff breeze) and I hit the pin on the fly, absolutely destroyed the cup but my ball stayed out.

That has to mean something.

[byu71]

Congrats!

Last Friday I was playing Cedar Hills and on hole 8, from 167 yards I hit a 6 iron (we had a stiff breeze) and I hit the pin on the fly, absolutely destroyed the cup but my ball stayed out.

That has to mean something.

It means that was one heck of a shot and you should have had a hole in one.

On the last day of our member/guest last year I did the same thing. It tore the cup up. There was a nice Audi sitting there for anyone who got a hole in one. DANG

[falafel]

Very cool.



It's a Bridgestone e6. I can't tell if it's a new one or an old one in like-new condition.

Yeah I recognized it right away as a Bridgestone. I like that ball.

[Katy Lied]

Congrats to Tony Finau for getting his tour card yesterday. He's got to be like, the 2nd poly to ever do so, after Michael Campbell and perhaps Ted Makalena.

[Donuthole]

Congrats to Tony Finau for getting his tour card yesterday. He's got to be like, the 2nd poly to ever do so, after Michael Campbell and perhaps Ted Makalena.

Dean Wilson? Or do Polys not claim Pacific Islanders?

[Flystripper]

Dean Wilson? Or do Polys not claim Pacific Islanders?

Vijay Singh?

[cougjunkie]

Vijay Singh?

KL doesn't even know her own people .

Finau is going to be fun to watch on tour. Never seen someone bomb the ball like he does.