The Golf Thread

[clackamascoug]

I doubt I could have held it together but I wish we would have had time to try.

It's almost better to believe you could have, rather than proving you didn't.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Played in a big 3 day tourney with my FiL at Awbrey Glen in Bend, 18 Thursday 46-42, 27 on Friday 46-42-44, 18 today 44-44. His course really plays well to my normal miss (big cut) which helps the scoring a lot. Thursday I put together 4 pars in a row and today I went 3 in a row. I feel good about how I'm playing, I also think I hate RC.

[RC Vikings]

I feel good about how I'm playing, I also think I hate RC.

I'm playing in a scramble Tuesday and after it's done I'm sure we can be friends again, they ruin my game for at least three weeks.

[cougjunkie]

Played in a big 3 day tourney with my FiL at Awbrey Glen in Bend, 18 Thursday 46-42, 27 on Friday 46-42-44, 18 today 44-44. His course really plays well to my normal miss (big cut) which helps the scoring a lot. Thursday I put together 4 pars in a row and today I went 3 in a row. I feel good about how I'm playing, I also think I hate RC.

That is some serious consistency. Good job.

[cougjunkie]

I'm playing in a scramble Tuesday and after it's done I'm sure we can be friends again, they ruin my game for at least three weeks.

I hate scrambles for this very reason. Also if your game is off you have no time to fix it and get honed in. Enjoy the weather because your round will suck.

[Pelado]

I'm playing in a scramble Tuesday and after it's done I'm sure we can be friends again, they ruin my game for at least three weeks.

Maybe it would be self-evident if I could get out more often, but why/how does a scramble ruin your game?

[byu71]

Maybe it would be self-evident if I could get out more often, but why/how does a scramble ruin your game?

With me it is trying to hit shots differently than normal. For instance someone gets off a good drive, I will try to hit a big draw to get more distance. I will do things differently than if I was playing just my ball.

Probably mostly a mental thing, but I hate scrambles.

[old_gregg]

played at oakridge last week. what an egregious scam that place is. '71, you do know that local municipal courses somehow manage to not have provisional greens on 1/3 of the holes, right? at least you can eat at the clubhouse though. lol.

[RC Vikings]

http://www.huntsmansprings.com/golf/award-winning-design/

John Huntsman has a course up in Driggs that is wild. A couple of golfing buddies and myself were invited up to play it last Friday. The greens are huge with crazy undulation in them, the fairways are full of traps and water that are dam near impossible to tell how far they are. The views of the Tetons are spectacular but the golf is so hard that it takes away from the beauty of the area. This course ate my lunch.

[Drunk Tank]

Someone who I golf with regularly and posts on this board is going to drop to a single digit index as of tomorrow. Congrats!

[cougjunkie]

Picked up some new irons yesterday. Ping G25s.

[byu71]

played at oakridge last week. what an egregious scam that place is. '71, you do know that local municipal courses somehow manage to not have provisional greens on 1/3 of the holes, right? at least you can eat at the clubhouse though. lol.

Sorry, I don't know what a provincial green is.

I can understand though why you hate the place. I don't know why they wouldn't let you play in your tank top and cut off levi's either.

[cougjunkie]

Sorry, I don't know what a provincial green is.

I can understand though why you hate the place. I don't know why they wouldn't let you play in your tank top and cut off levi's either.

I think he means temporary green. I remember when Sky Mountain had that once. They spray painted this huge circle in the middle of a fairway. That was considered the green and they put a flag in the middle of the circle with no cup.

[byu71]

I think he means temporary green. I remember when Sky Mountain had that once. They spray painted this huge circle in the middle of a fairway. That was considered the green and they put a flag in the middle of the circle with no cup.

That would have been my guess too, but I am sure he didn't mean that.

Last time he made comments about Oakridge it was easy to show he was making stuff up. I don't think he would be dumb enough to make stuff up again.

[Drunk Tank]

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.