30 Golf Milestones

[srixon 1]

I've read that 18 GIR is rarer than a HIO

16 GIR is the best I’ve done. To make it worse I finished 4 over par

 

[sjw]

I did the maths on this on page 1 of this thread - you all should pay attention

You have to be pretty close to scratch to have a better than 1 in a million chance on any given round. Even a true scratch player is at 3 times in a million. Odds get much worse than that rapidly as you go up the handicap scale.

Barring weird courses with football field sized greens I’d guess that very few golfers of any ability have ever done it.

I haven't got time to read the rubbish you lot all post

 

[Springveldt]

The first time I played in a comp, one of the chaps told me he was playing a Pro V1 with 2 dots on it..."yeah, nice balls those mate."

No idea why he was telling me.

To save you asking him "what you playing" while you look in the trees for his ball.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

To save you asking him "what you playing" while you look in the trees for his ball.

Is the correct answer but.............by halfway up the first fairway can you still remember what they said?

I generally only take notice in order to swap my ball if someone is playing with the same type. Reduce the odds of hitting the wrong ball, been there, still painful now

 

[Deleted member 35927]

The first time I played in a comp, one of the chaps told me he was playing a Pro V1 with 2 dots on it..."yeah, nice balls those mate."

No idea why he was telling me.

It's such a strange thing to do. I really don't care what ball anyone is playing

 

[Springveldt]

It's such a strange thing to do. I really don't care what ball anyone is playing

I'll do it but it's because it's rubbed off on me with the guys I play with. They all play for the scratch team or in county events etc so I've always thought it was a tournament thing to help identify your ball. I do it so they can help me find it when I'm in the cabbage.

 

[Orikoru]

I'll do it but it's because it's rubbed off on me with the guys I play with. They all play for the scratch team or in county events etc so I've always thought it was a tournament thing to help identify your ball. I do it so they can help me find it when I'm in the cabbage.

I think I do it when playing in a comp with randos, and generally only if someone else did it first. Would never do it with my mates - I'll just tell them what ball it is the first time we start looking for one, so usually somewhere near the 1st green rather than the 1st tee.

 

[Bazz]

To save you asking him "what you playing" while you look in the trees for his ball.

Yeah he explained it to me after I'd made a knob of myself.

 

[Steve Wilkes]

I think I do it when playing in a comp with randos, and generally only if someone else did it first. Would never do it with my mates - I'll just tell them what ball it is the first time we start looking for one, so usually somewhere near the 1st green rather than the 1st tee.

I always say on the first tee "I'm playing a commando 3", I still don't know why they seem to always replay "If you are playing a commando, we don't need to know the number"

 

[3 jabber]

Is the correct answer but.............by halfway up the first fairway can you still remember what they said?

I generally only take notice in order to swap my ball if someone is playing with the same type. Reduce the odds of hitting the wrong ball, been there, still painful now

I take a photo of everyone's balls on the 1st tee so that there is no skullduggery when looking for them in the bundai

 

[Deleted member 35927]

I'll do it but it's because it's rubbed off on me with the guys I play with. They all play for the scratch team or in county events etc so I've always thought it was a tournament thing to help identify your ball. I do it so they can help me find it when I'm in the cabbage.

Chances of me paying any attention to whats called out let alone remember are slim to none.
As long as you can identify your own is what really matters.

 

[Backache]

I always imagined it was a sensible courtesy to avoid playing the wrong ball, or confusing balls particularly on blind shots.
Sometimes helpful if someone has the same make which is hardly rare.

 

[clubchamp98]

All except 10 & 28

 

[Billysboots]

I always imagined it was a sensible courtesy to avoid playing the wrong ball, or confusing balls particularly on blind shots.
Sometimes helpful if someone has the same make which is hardly rare.

Always remember playing in a comp with a fella who put his ball in the cabbage on 14.

I found a couple in the general area his had gone, which was a regular spot for losing balls. I asked him what he was playing and he said “What have you found?” I again asked what he was playing and he again asked what I had found.

He was told if he could not identify his ball then he would have to head back to the tee.

 

[D-S]

I'd have thought 12 would be the rarest by far, I don't think I know anyone who has done that but know a lot who have done the rest.

I have been nowhere near it but have done 26 of the others.

 

[D-S]

Always remember playing in a comp with a fella who put his ball in the cabbage on 14.

I found a couple in the general area his had gone, which was a regular spot for losing balls. I asked him what he was playing and he said “What have you found?” I again asked what he was playing and he again asked what I had found.

He was told if he could not identify his ball then he would have to head back to the tee.

Didn't anyone in the group remember what he had told them on the first tee 3 hours earlier?

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Is it just me that has a slight suspicion that Hogan used a chipper whilst making his 49 yard hole in one albatross.

 

[Deleted member 30853]

22 in total. Not sure where all this has come from about not telling people on the tee what ball you are playing?
Been told several times by starters to do it. Not talking about Mickey mouse competitions either

 

[Deleted member 35927]

22 in total. Not sure where all this has come from about not telling people on the tee what ball you are playing?
Been told several times by starters to do it. Not talking about Mickey mouse competitions either

It's silly and they don't do it on the pro tour do they. It's so pointless

 

[Deleted member 30853]

It's silly and they don't do it on the pro tour do they. It's so pointless

I honestly thought that everyone just did it! Would it be against the rules to say something like donnay 2 as a joke and then identify the proper ball later on?