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    D-S replied to the thread Best course played & why?.
    They give you instructions as to what to do if you are approached by any of the Big Five. It’s a 9 hole course and after we played it...
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    D-S replied to the thread Best course played & why?.
    Just to add a few images to illustrate my nature in the raw on courses like Skukuza, Leopard Creek and Hans Merensky. These are from...
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    D-S replied to the thread Online Shopping.
    That's a good idea, what the less mobile/vulnerable people in the community really need is an extra tax.
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    D-S replied to the thread Best course played & why?.
    Skukuza or Leopard Creek immediately spring to mind , nothing better than being very close to nature in the raw whilst also enjoying...
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    D-S reacted to wjemather's post in the thread Comp rounds to enter “majors” with Like Like.
    If FB spent half as much time learning about handicapping as he does whining about it, maybe his articles on the subject wouldn't be...
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    Gorgeous, crisp, cloudless winter day today - excellent golfing weather. Course in good nick, rarely seen it better in any December .
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    D-S replied to the thread Comp rounds to enter “majors”.
    With no offence to Fergus this is yet another click bait article. The, and I quote, “drastic action” that the club is “being forced to...
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    I can only get this report for my County, I assume you have access to yours for Somerset - do you know anyone who can get it for the...
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    D-S replied to the thread Online Shopping.
    Environmentally having a small amount of vans driving around rather than car parks at shopping centres/malls and town car parks being...
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    Was the course still set up correctly for ‘qualifying’ golf, i.e. tees within 10 yards of the fixed marker and no more than 100 yards...
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    My course has 5 sets of rated tees - 65, 63, 60, 57 and 53 (6,500 yards , 6300 etc etc). If the length far too much a part of CR and...
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    D-S reacted to doublebogey7's post in the thread Why can't slope ratings be more fluid? with Like Like.
    The problem with your proposed system, is that it had zero mathematical basis. Handicaps for the vast majority of those playing most...
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    I guess it all depends on who is playing the course. Theoretically if just the same people play the course over and over again (and no...
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    D-S replied to the thread AstroTurf in a bunker.
    If it interferes with your swing and it is not declared to be integral, then you get relief.
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    D-S replied to the thread AstroTurf in a bunker.
    I assume because it is an abnormal course condition immovable obstruction (an artificial surface) and unless it is declared an integral...
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