Does Golf Have a September Song?

[Ye Olde Boomer]

The sixteenth and seventeenth holes at our club are short par fives doglegging in opposite directions. The dog right on 16 is a shot over water so shortening the hole even further with a big banana drive is pretty easy. It's definitely a birdie opportunity and a six there will completely ruin your day.

The dogleg left on seventeen has tall trees on the left, and hitting a draw both high and far is pretty difficult for me. Consequently, as short as it is, 17 is always a three-shotter. Two fairway woods and a wedge, however, make it a not-very-hard three-shotter unless I badly mis-hit one of those three shots. I'm a pretty good fairway wood player so if I'm let down, it's usually the wedge. (I'm not mentioning the putter because the putter letting me down is no cause to alert the media.)

None of our five par 5s are Draconian in any way, shape, or form as even the longest is a downhill drive that runs like a rabbit on the hard landing area. The 5s are where one scores on our course with the 4's being mixed and the 3s, including the tiniest one, being very demanding.

My home course is without question the least difficult that I play, especially now that my favorite fun executive course is bulldozed for house lots. Playing many rounds last season, I broke eighty only four times, and this season, I'll be a year older. When it gets to the point where even our par 5s eat me up, I may just sit out on the deck, drink margaritas, and watch the young ones hit into eighteen.

What do you think is a good sign to suggest hanging up the bag as a decoration in your man cave?

 

[Orikoru]

The only time I'll give up golf would be when I can't physically do it anymore. If that doesn't happen I'll play til I die hopefully. I won't care if it takes me more shots or I'm having to hit more long clubs - with any luck I might've learned how to hit them by then anyway.

 

[Imurg]

I had to give up cricket as I couldn't play to the standard I'd become accustomed to due to a knee injury.
I'm not going to give up playing golf unless I'm either physically incapable or dead...
Simples!
By physically incapable I mean as long as I can hit a ball 100 yards or so then I can play this game.
The handicap may rise a tad though...

 

[Orikoru]

I had to give up cricket as I couldn't play to the standard I'd become accustomed to due to a knee injury.
I'm not going to give up playing golf unless I'm either physically incapable or dead...
Simples!
By physically incapable I mean as long as I can hit a ball 100 yards or so then I can play this game.
The handicap may rise a tad though...

Yeah, it saddens me that I'll have to give up football within the next 5 years probably, but one of the beauties of golf is that it's a sport you can continue playing for many, many years. Not many sports you can say that for.

 

[SatchFan]

I will give up golf when I no longer enjoy it or my wife would prefer that I was at home.

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

I'm not sure if the word "sub" means sandwich in the UK or not, but it does in the US. It's a long roll or even a half baguette sliced lengthwise and stuffed with whatever.
My friend who owned a chain of sub shops locally was still playing when he died at age 92. He was carding nothing but three digit scores, but that didn't deter him. He and my uncle (who died at 89) would often be in the foursome ahead of me on weekday mornings and from this I learned the virtue of patience.

You're right. Unless some physical handicap prevents it, golf is a game for a lifetime. My Pro VIx golf balls are all numbered "79" (rather than 1 2, etc.) because that's been the target score.
We're coming to where that may be unrealistic, but is that a reason to give up the game? Probably not. I agree with you fellows. But I still like sitting out on the deck drinking margueritas.

 

[garyinderry]

Why not simply play off forward tees.


If lenght is an issue then do it. Lifetime personal bests may now be out of reach but you can still enjoy the game, walk, chip and putt.


Enjoy it for as long as you can.

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

Enjoy it for as long as you can.

I shall, thanks.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I'll keep going as long as I can physically get round

 

[trevor]

A few of our senior members can't play for probably 4 of the winter months due to the buggy ban on the wet ground. They simply can't walk the course without help due to various health issues so won't see some of them until spring.

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

Do you call the little golf cars "buggies" instead of "carts?"
How cute!

 

[cliveb]

Do you call the little golf cars "buggies" instead of "carts?"
How cute!

On the golf course we call carts buggies, in the supermarket we call carts trolleys, and when pulled by a horse we call carts carts - unless the horse is a pony, in which case the cart is a trap. Simple really.

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

On the golf course we call carts buggies, in the supermarket we call carts trolleys, and when pulled by a horse we call carts carts - unless the horse is a pony, in which case the cart is a trap. Simple really.

I suppose to somebody with a less-addled brain, that would be perfectly simple. Unfortunately, I went to university in the mid to late sixties.

 

[patricks148]

if you still enjoy playing then play, if not or you can't give up

 

[Foxholer]

I suppose to somebody with a less-addled brain, that would be perfectly simple. Unfortunately, I went to university in the mid to late sixties.

At that time & place, I'd expect the denominations of UK's currency meant something rather different to you (and Timothy Leary)!

Btw. How different from 'normal' shafts are the Aerotechs? I've returned from a hip replacement and looking to regain some of the massive loss of distance, particularly in irons, from the (still) rather restricted swing I have 'acquired'! Similar/equivalent loss in Driver/Woods/Hybrids isn't as significant and has 'always' been a 'challenge'. A previous 'experiment' with light iron shafts was a complete disaster!

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

At that time & place, I'd expect the denominations of UK's currency meant something rather different to you (and Timothy Leary)!

Btw. How different from 'normal' shafts are the Aerotechs? I've returned from a hip replacement and looking to regain some of the massive loss of distance, particularly in irons, from the (still) rather restricted swing I have 'acquired'! Similar/equivalent loss in Driver/Woods/Hybrids isn't as significant and has 'always' been a 'challenge'. A previous 'experiment' with light iron shafts was a complete disaster!

The AeroTech i95 is popular with former Aldila Nv Pro 105 players. Not super different from light steel but easier on the hands.
Something a little more tip soft and easier to load would be good with a restricted swing.
The best shaft of that type of which I'm familiar is a rather obscure one, the Penley Executive Player.