The Golf Thread

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Played a fun round with 8BR and his buddy on Friday on the Willows Run Eagle course. I shot a 101 after playing some of my worst golf of the year on the front 9. 8BR beat me by a decent amount and his friend flirted with a score in the 70s. That said I won the most beans and walked away with the cash!

Good warm up round as I head to Bandon tonight. 36-36-36 on tap for the next 3 days, with a slight chance of 54 on Tuesday. Weather says wind should be less than 15 MPH, if so it will be epic!

[Donuthole]

I shot an 82 (41 + 41) at Aliante yesterday. If I could have hit a fairway I'd have likely put up my best round ever. As it is, I only hit 3 fairways all day. My short came saved me; I had 29 total putts on the round, including 7 1-putt pars.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I shot an 82 (41 + 41) at Aliante yesterday. If I could have hit a fairway I'd have likely put up my best round ever. As it is, I only hit 3 fairways all day. My short came saved me; I had 29 total putts on the round, including 7 1-putt pars.

Nice! How many clubs did you scar up on the rocks since you weren't hitting fairways? I really like Aliante.

[Donuthole]

Nice! How many clubs did you scar up on the rocks since you weren't hitting fairways? I really like Aliante.

I did manage to keep it in the grass or fairway bunkers most of the day. however, like any savvy LV golfer, I keep a junk wedge and a junk 6 iron in the bag for hitting out of the rocks.

On a semi-related note, i'm really liking the Bridgestone e7. Seems to be a nice balance of distance off the tee and feel around the greens for me. Plus, it isn't so soft that it gets ruined by a tee shot into the junk. My buddy scuffed an entire box of ProV1s yesterday.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I did manage to keep it in the grass or fairway bunkers most of the day. however, like any savvy LV golfer, I keep a junk wedge and a junk 6 iron in the bag for hitting out of the rocks.

On a semi-related note, i'm really liking the Bridgestone e7. Seems to be a nice balance of distance off the tee and feel around the greens for me. Plus, it isn't so soft that it gets ruined by a tee shot into the junk. My buddy scuffed an entire box of ProV1s yesterday.

The biggest roll of toilet paper at my club, who I seem to get paired up with a couple times every 6 or so weeks, always made fun of my Srixon Z Star Tour Yellow. Then I run into him at a tournament and he comes running up to me to show me he had ordered 10 dozen of them with his company logo on them. So that was the last day I played Tour Yellow Srixon's.

It feels so strange to play a white golf ball, still not used to it. I've been playing Nike 20Xi. I really like it, I don't believe in golf ball hype, but I think I am longer off the tee. Placebo effect?

[The_Tick]

Shot an 86 yesterday in a mens club event. Had 9 birdie putts, only converting one. Left the other 8 on average 5' short.

Pussy.

[byu71]

I am getting oh so close to breaking into the 70's. The last two times out I shot a 38 and 39 on the front, only to blow up on the last three holes to post a 81 and 82.

As you know I was really bummed earlier in the year when I thought I would never break 90 again in my lifetime. Handicap is back down to 11. Playing the same course over and over again probably makes ones handicap a little suspicious on the low side. If I went and played another course I doubt I could shoot to an 11 handicap.

By the way the kid shot a 73 in the Utah amateur on the Gold Course at Soldier Hollow. I told him I would come the second day but would have to ride in the cart because of the back. He wanted me to come, so I did. He started birdie, birdie, but ended the front 9 even par. He tired from walking I am sure and went bogie, bogie, bogie double bogie the last 4 holes. He probably would have been better off if the old man had stayed home.

I won't go into details, but one of the guys in the group of 3 was the biggest a-hole I have ever run into on a golf course. The guy needed prozac and longer short to cover his religion. He could have done with fewer F-bombs also.

[RC Vikings]

I won't go into details, but one of the guys in the group of 3 was the biggest a-hole I have ever run into on a golf course. The guy needed prozac and longer short to cover his religion. He could have done with fewer F-bombs also.

71 with all the golf you've played this guy must have been something else. I've got time for a few details.

[Art Vandelay]

71 with all the golf you've played this guy must have been something else. I've got time for a few details.

That is exactly what I was thinking. Plus 71 has played with me AND Doh'Nuts, so this dude must truly be a worldclass jerk to make his best of list.

[Drunk Tank]

I shot a 87 Saturday (42/45). I hit 1 fairway all day, duffed at least 3 drives, had a quadruple bogey, hit out of a bunker while on my knees above the bunker, had to hit a ball that was waist level to me while standing in a bunker, and put the ball in the water twice on 18. To still shoot an 87 was awesome. My recovery was awesome as well as my putting, just one three putt on the day (for a bogey). I had 7 pars. One day I will have a complete round with no blow ups.

[bluegoose]

I had the chance to play a round up in Park City last week while there for a family reunion. We played the City Municipal course. What a nice course. Its in great shape and has some beautiful scenery on each hole.

I played with the golflogix mobile app for the first time. I loved it. One of my buddies refuses to use it because he feels like it takes some of the fun out of just striking the ball. But I loved knowing exactly how far to the pin and being able to see the course layout when it was tough to see over hills and around corners. It didn't make me hit the ball any better, but I sure had a good time playing.

[byu71]

The first two days of the Utah Amateur is medal play for those that qualify. They send out 3 in each group. You can have a cart for you or your caddy, but both can't ride at the same time.

My son comes up on the first tee and says one guy insists on riding alone, so I need to ride with the third guys caddy. Fine with me. He was retired military who had a great lifestyle. Up in Heber valley in the nice months and then off to military bases in his motor home playing golf in the winter months. We got along great.

So the loner hits his ball. If someone says nice shot, he grunts and gets in his cart and drives off to his ball. Never says anything but a grunt the first nine except when my son on one hole and the other guy on another hole found his ball in the tall heavy shit and then we heard a very low hardly audilble thanks.

On the back nine my son hit a big slice out into the crap. He was re-teeing when I said, those are red stakes out there. Sure enough lateral. So we go looking for the ball and then determine point of entry. Mr personality starts screaming, line of flight, line of flight. Gee he can talk. My son says the ball was slicing so here is the line of flight. The guy keeps saying it is way back here. My son blows him off.

Next to the red lateral was rough, about a club lenth wide and then the cart path. My son takes two club lengths and goes to drop the ball on the cart path. Mr happy starts screaming again. You have to place the ball between the lateral marker and the cart path. My son and he go back and forth with my son correctly knowing the rule. Two club lenghts, drop on the cart path, nearest relief from the path after the ball stops if it is within two club lenths. The guy by this time is red in the face. My son talks to the third player and asks what he thinks. He says my son is right. My son says since you are keeping my score then we will go with what you and I think. Mr. Sunshine yells "F..." and drives off.

Next hole he tops the ball and screams, "F-me". He tops it three more times, followed by a "F-me" after every shot and ends up with an eight.

All this from a guy who had shot 90 the previous day. On 17 I told him I had some prozac in the car if he had forgotten his. Somehow he didn't think that was funny.

After the round a quick handshake with my son and the other player and off he went. He didn't even smile and tell me it was nice hanging out with me the last 5 hours. The retired military guy turned to me and said, "I have played all over the U.S. Never met a bigger a-hole.

[jay santos]

Needing advice re: equipment.

I'm a golf equipment addict, and I mostly love my current set up, but I'm obsessing about one aspect.

So my yardages are really long. My clubs are +.75", I'm tall with long arms, have an erratic steep swing, and I am freakishly strong.

My yardages go:
6 210
7 195
8 180
9 165
P 46 150
A 52 130
S 56 115
L 60 90 (not comfortable with full swing--too high chance of scaling it and sending it over the green)

I don't use any irons below a 6.

So I'd like to shorten the distance gaps in my wedges. I was thinking bending my 52 to 53 and buying a 50. But then I'm getting goofy with a bunch of non-matching wedges. Right now I have matching Cleveland S,L a Ping A and P matches my iron set.

So I was thinking of scrapping all my wedges and buying a new wedge set. Maybe bend my P to 45 and purchase a wedge set that goes 48, 51, 54, 58. Is this dumb? Any recommendations if I do this? I'd like a balance between cavity back and forged muscle back.

[byu71]

Needing advice re: equipment.

I'm a golf equipment addict, and I mostly love my current set up, but I'm obsessing about one aspect.

So my yardages are really long. My clubs are +.75", I'm tall with long arms, have an erratic steep swing, and I am freakishly strong.

My yardages go:
6 210
7 195
8 180
9 165
P 46 150
A 52 130
S 56 115
L 60 90 (not comfortable with full swing--too high chance of scaling it and sending it over the green)

I don't use any irons below a 6.

So I'd like to shorten the distance gaps in my wedges. I was thinking bending my 52 to 53 and buying a 50. But then I'm getting goofy with a bunch of non-matching wedges. Right now I have matching Cleveland S,L a Ping A and P matches my iron set.

So I was thinking of scrapping all my wedges and buying a new wedge set. Maybe bend my P to 45 and purchase a wedge set that goes 48, 51, 54, 58. Is this dumb? Any recommendations if I do this? I'd like a balance between cavity back and forged muscle back.

I hope someone with some knowledge is kind enough to give you a suggestion.

Me, anyone who hits the ball that far I hate, except my kids, so I will not be helping you.

[jay santos]

I hope someone with some knowledge is kind enough to give you a suggestion.

Me, anyone who hits the ball that far I hate, except my kids, so I will not be helping you.

No, you wouldn't hate me. You'd snicker as you saw the ball go high in the air and off to the left into the water.