Recent content by KenL

Fine if you ask, of course it is.

A comp and barging in on someone else’s social game are completely different.

At mine, we have a booking system. You book a time, you invite people to join, nobody can invite themselves. Edit… These are not comps. We have drawn comps for our weekend medals.

Perhaps they were trying to sort a 4th themselves. Not sure I’m a fan of these free for all booking systems.

Sounds tough. Would love to visit Shetland and Orkney.

Where is there bad weather? Is the course closed?

Yes I suppose so at most clubs. Some are still very traditional requiring letters of introduction etc.

Wonder why the club let him re-join if he’s that bad. Is there no vetting process?

I’ve seen the other side. Went there one January about 20 years ago with my wife and another couple. Weather was awful and we spent far too long in a “brown cafe” aka beer bar on the first day. After that we went to Anne Frank’s house, got there first thing in the morning. A very moving and...

That is a disgrace and I would have been asking the advice of the county. Seems a flagrant abuse of their powers to me.

I have just returned from a nice wee break in the Algarve. Took just under an hour from getting off the plane, through passport control and on our way. Social media is full of horror stories about getting back out. However, yesterday we checked our case in, went through security and passport...

Condescending, really? They are only trying to promote their brand identity.

Is is normal/reasonable/expected for a club to cut members who have won or even reached a club match play knock out comp? If this is done at your place, is it just singles or are those in 4 ball or foursomes match play comp also cut at your place? This is not at my club but another I heard...

So if it moves forward a bit past the tee markers you play as it lies on the teeing ground?

His second stroke, if he had made his first stroke and it moved the ball off the tee. Is the word “shot” in the rules of golf?