Recent content by Mandofred

I just know what you can do with a heavily clayed golf course. I just left a course that was a couple miles from my house, but just mostly unplayable for a large part of the year because of water/mud. Putting in more ditches etc does help, but clay just doesn't let water move. Other than adding...

I've never understood why people have trouble with mats.....just plain easier. All you have to do is hit the ball first and then the ground....same as you would do if you were hitting off the ground/mud. Medal tomorrow....club sent out a letter letting people know it will be from the...

I know.....it's almost like......slow play is bad, so if it counts for something they get to play faster?

Only watched 3? episodes so far....every time the ghoul/Cooper Howard character is on all I see is Boyd Crowder.

I'm still a fan of a draw for comps. My "opinion" is that if you keep playing with the same friends....they get used to little things their partners do that "they" don't consider braking the rules, but still not ok......like being able to clean and place in the exact spot in the rough when the...

Some Yorkshire team blah blah at Ripon today so we got a consideration? round at Strensall near York today. Ripon greens are better, but Strensall has pretty dry fairways.....didn't have to clean big globs of mud off the ball every shot.

Every time I go through a bad patch, I go back to the weight forward swing. Call it the Stack and Tilt...whatever....I hit more consistently when my weight stays forward.

Out this morning....just didn't feel like playing. Nice morning though. Parred the first 3 holes easily....picked up after 4 shots on the 4th....6th hole just handed £3 to one of the guys and said I just don't want to play today. He was worried it was somebody else....nope, just me with a bad...

Wish they would just do away with the Olympics.....it's time has come and gone. The cost of holding one is just too much, and only cities with established facilities should be allowed to apply anyway. There are so many silly sports? that have been added.....and they keep adding more. If I were...

I'm all for experimenting, just ordered the 4 for 3 boxes of balls from Snainton....Srixon Q star tour....never tried them....just figured they would fit my game.

First comp of the year. With the new handicaps out I am playing off 5....gag. 20pts on the front 9 and playing well. Then....the same ol' Fred problem....I start trying harder. Never works....didn't this time either. 14 pts on the back with a couple of blobs. At least I got a 2, so some money...

When we moved back to the UK in 2015 we tried to go the NHS dentist route. We found one, but the care was just crap. We just went private, I think we are paying about £65 a month to cover both of us. Cleaning twice a year. Most work that needs to be done is covered...things like fillings.

If I'm correct (sometimes I am), I saw a number of posts over the last month or two pertaining to an adjustment in the WHS. I have no idea what they were going to do....above my pay grade. But IFFFF I am correct I saw comments saying it was happening this month. If not....some golf nerd on here...

Holy poop! Went in for the Wed rollup this morning. The new April handicaps with adjustments have been posted. My playing handicap dropped from 7 to 5. Pretty well all 17 who showed up today (rain hit just after we finished) lost 2 shots. Talk about grumbling. I haven't been paying attention to...

Just watched the first episode of Renegade Nell. Quirky, but good so far.