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    Party holes at golf comps.

    If it's just a one of tournament and it keeps all the "only here for the beer" in one area away from me then crack on, but its not my cup of warm weak beer if im honest
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    AstroTurf in a bunker

    we have the rubber crumb bunkers at our course (clay based) they are good as long as the sand is racked regularly otherwise all of the sand gets taken out of the heavily used areas and your club bounces off the rubber crumb enabling a 100 yard bunker shot out of a greenside bunker , trust me...
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    Adidas golf shoes

    the code chaos are the spikeless version, they must be a few years old now but i'll get some more. adidas CodeChaos Golf Shoes GW5340
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    Adidas golf shoes

    i had adidas 360's years ago (ryder cup edition with the europe logo) but the heel was a nightmare on them, first it hurt and then they disintegrated, so i gave up and stuck with nike and footjoy which are both pretty comfy then my lad outgrew his adidas code chaos so i borrowed them and will be...
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    Intelligent Golf / Club Systems Mobile App Merger

    We use the IG app and it works very well...... i really hope they don't make a complete pigs breakfast of it
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    Golf Random Irritations

    Thank you for the advice, we were going to do the solheim cup again next year but its location isn't the best so I'll sack that off and head up to to Scotlandand give it a whirl. Playing the old course has really got under my skin and i really want to do it!!
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    Golf Random Irritations

    "Unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful" from St Andrews for next years Swilcan package......
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    Fairway mats

    we had our first proper outing with mats (compulsory at our club starting 1st Nov) for the start of our winter league. 20+ pairs and the overwhelming majority of conversations in the bar afterwards was positive. Our course is clay based and gets very wet and muddy in the winter (last year was a...
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    After a round do you or can you replay every shot ?

    when i cant get to sleep i start to replay the shots in my head .... out like a light by the 4th hole
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    Disability discrimination?

    its a shame that you've had to cancel your membership, Hopefully you can move to a club that's more accommodating to your needs Good luck
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    Fairway mats

    We are using mats for the 1st starting November, we had a practice with them this weekend and they were really good. the spurk mat is what everyone has bought , you do get lots of spin on chip shots !! hopefully we'll benefit from using them next year when the course hasn't had as much damage..
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    Best all inclusive resort with golf?

    Im With IanMcC on this, we went earlier in the year to the sueno for the 2nd time and its courses are great, food, drink and accommodation is spot on. A few of the chaps at our course have been doing turkey for 15+ years and have stayed and played in most of the hotels and struggled to find...
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    Stand bag recommendations

    I went the titleist stadry 5 route, there very good , but because the weather has been so good its spent more time on my trolley than my back. Im amazed that bag makers dont make the base of stand bags a bit more trolley user friendly, especially for motocaddy and powakaddy which must have...
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    Golf Random Irritations

    im in complete agreement with you guys in that im amazed that some clubs are still going, i've sent out inquiries to golf clubs to arrange trips and normally had to make a follow up phone call to get a response. Golf is on an up curve at the moment but there will be an inevitable down curve in...
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    Golf Random Irritations

    looking and finding a PP's ball 3 times and then when i had a little trouble in the tree's said PP didn't bother to help look, he just kept on walking!!
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