Recent content by LincolnShep

I think I'm finished for 2025 too. Next booked round is on 2nd Jan, if the weather plays ball.

This is awful. No golfer wants to be known as a cheat, a slow player, or last one to the bar. Anything else but those three. I think I must be lucky, I organise two overnighters (hiking and football, not golf) and lots of opens every year and (touches wood) I hardly ever have to chase...

Sounds like they're just calling it an open to get a load of green fees but they're not actually interested in doing the extra work that is required.

If the members don't like the prizes, could the committee decide not to give the pro the prize money portion of the entry fees? Spend that money on vouchers from elsewhere and give them out instead. I might not be making sense as the only club where I've been involved with the committee...

I meant the vouchers that are given out as prizes. Who is paying for them? Or does the pro just donate them?

You might think it's strange but this is 100% my philosophy as well. We don't all play golf for the same reasons.

Sounds like a great arrangement for the pro. Lots of people will forget to spend their vouchers, or lose them, or put them through the washing machine and he gets away with it. Are the members buying the vouchers from the pro with competition entry fees? I was treasurer at a club that didn't...

Great news. Do Myerscough offer a module on YouTubing sponsored by their famous alumni, Shiels and Finch?

I play 20+ opens every year. I've seen some clubs staging "iGolf Opens" specifically aimed at converting iGolf players into a members. Others clubs go the opposite way and state in their T&Cs that iGolf handicaps are not acceptable. I guess this is because there is little or no scrutiny of...

Played with a cheapo mat the other day, provided by the course I was visiting in return for a £5 deposit. I had some foreboding, but it was OK and my score was better than average (for me). It helps that their rule only requires the use of mats in the fairway. What's a fairway? :LOL:

Trust a puss to find the sunniest spot.

Seems clear why he's been at four courses in four years...

Agree. Four-ball betterball is an absolutely terrible name. The "four-ball" part is completely irrelevant. A pair could play with a marker.

That's a really weird comment. Nobody was bragging about number of courses.

Yorkshire golf union covers four counties (N Yorks, W Yorks, S Yorks and the E Riding). Lancashire covers three (Lancs, Gtr Manchester and Merseyside). That's why I specified 'single county' union in the comment that you highlighted.