Recent content by backwoodsman

Went to Spain last month - the system was already in use - and sailed through in both directions. But, I guess this, in part, is what Brexit means.

As, presumably, one has reached then played the final off a correct handicap, I can't see any justification for getting a cut? Certainly we don't do it at our place.

He was correct. If a ball, in play, is in the teing area you can move it, and tee it, anywhere in the teeing area ( 6.2b(6) )

And given that I can think of several way that 'sckowduh' could be pronounced, am not sure where the problem lies? :)

Yep. Correct. If it's in the teeing area of the hole being played, then it can be re-teed

Am intrigued as to what rule was being breached?

Not sure if it was a malapropism, or whether it just counts as a typo - but my ex-boss had to produce some leaflets for the public opening of a new facility. Unfortunately the leaflet proudly declared that "... the pubic opening will be at 11:00 ..."

Our constitution allows for 25 life members. We currently have 5. There is no automatic entry to the category - to be become as such you need to have long time membership under your belt, and more importantly, to have contibuted to the club in a significant manner, and to be elected into the...

Thats the sad thing. Our gates are locked every night, and recently had rising bollards installed to stop them being forced open. But the gits just came over the boundary fence.

We just been informed that the club (D&SHGC, SE London) was broken into and most of the trophies stolen. They were seen in the act by our on-site steward but he was threatened with an axe, so rightly backed off. I know this has happened before elsewhere (and a mate who lives down there has...

I had £6k in my mind, so you're probably right .

Can see why they'd do it, as it's pretty expensive. Was once told the figure for us - I can't now remember it, but it was a heck of a lot. I guess each club has to work out whether the cost of it justifies the return it gets by other means. (We kept Sky but ditched BT - as was - because...