connor
Tour Rookie
for the benafit of this post m = me and r= random guy
so i had an early tea and not got time for golf this weekend so thought i would treat my self to some range time. Arrived up range and its empty
got whole place to my self.
Brought my balls and its a 10 range bay so went far end away from machine and the door. Been there about 10mins and i hear a car to arrive. Not a problem. This mid aged gent comes in buys his balls then proceeds up to the bay right behind me?? theres 9 other bays why not space out
anyway so after 1 more swing..
r= hello
me= hi
r= been here long
m= (thinking i got almost a full basket so guess) no just got here
i hit a few more... r= ooo that was a good flight m=thanks.
hit another couple and start slicing. r= i see you struggle with a slice. m= it comes and goes. r= im the opposite i have a hook sometimes just a nice gentle draw.
at this point im thinking go up the other end and leave me to it. and hit a couple more. r= what do you play off. m= 27. r= o i play off 17 have done for a few years kind of stuck only play once a week.
im then thinkin well if you practice more instead of speaking to random people you might get cut. Next i pull out the 3 wood and spank a few nice ones then top one. r= oh dear what happened then? m= i topped it badly! r= thought it didnt make that nice ting sound you had a moment ago thought u scooped it. me= no i topped it comes with playing off 27 *chuckle*
r= what 3 wood is that? m= benross quad. r= ooo its one of those posh white ones. m= hmmmm
anyway now hit my ping hybrid. shank 2 or 3 then hit a couple average ones. r= is that a ping? m= yes. r=what loft m=23. so i hit another one. r= my friend has got one horrible looking club isnt it. m=i quite like it just not this evening its not working.
(at this point im gettin rather annoyed with this random fell but trying to be polite)
another car pulls up i think thank god. this other guy comes in im mid swing and R shouts to him HELLO. needless to say i shanked it lol
ok time for some pitching. I get my wedge out and pitch at the 50 yrd marker. r= are you trying to hit it. m= no im trying to get close. r= very important part of the game isnt it the short game, anyway im out of balls enjoy the rest of your session.
Ok i know he was only being polite but please leave me to it, this experience went on for at least 30 minutes. we never met before you had no decent tips to give me so why not just say hello and go in a different bay up the other end!!! ive never even seen him before and it wasnt even the range of my club but its floodlit and open to visitors so i used it but from now on i think i might just only use the range up where i play as its all open practice fields and i can easily walk off and go and practice bunkers or something. im all up for people helping you with tips or pointers of somehting im doing glaring obviously wrong. But random guys like this i find more annoying then some bloke with his mrs up there and her going i cant do it and shrieking with joy when she hits it 15yds. (no offence to the female actual golfers)
sorry for the huge post just thought id share this experience with you all
so i had an early tea and not got time for golf this weekend so thought i would treat my self to some range time. Arrived up range and its empty
got whole place to my self.Brought my balls and its a 10 range bay so went far end away from machine and the door. Been there about 10mins and i hear a car to arrive. Not a problem. This mid aged gent comes in buys his balls then proceeds up to the bay right behind me?? theres 9 other bays why not space out
anyway so after 1 more swing..
r= hello
me= hi
r= been here long
m= (thinking i got almost a full basket so guess) no just got here
i hit a few more... r= ooo that was a good flight m=thanks.
hit another couple and start slicing. r= i see you struggle with a slice. m= it comes and goes. r= im the opposite i have a hook sometimes just a nice gentle draw.
at this point im thinking go up the other end and leave me to it. and hit a couple more. r= what do you play off. m= 27. r= o i play off 17 have done for a few years kind of stuck only play once a week.
im then thinkin well if you practice more instead of speaking to random people you might get cut. Next i pull out the 3 wood and spank a few nice ones then top one. r= oh dear what happened then? m= i topped it badly! r= thought it didnt make that nice ting sound you had a moment ago thought u scooped it. me= no i topped it comes with playing off 27 *chuckle*
r= what 3 wood is that? m= benross quad. r= ooo its one of those posh white ones. m= hmmmm
anyway now hit my ping hybrid. shank 2 or 3 then hit a couple average ones. r= is that a ping? m= yes. r=what loft m=23. so i hit another one. r= my friend has got one horrible looking club isnt it. m=i quite like it just not this evening its not working.
(at this point im gettin rather annoyed with this random fell but trying to be polite)
another car pulls up i think thank god. this other guy comes in im mid swing and R shouts to him HELLO. needless to say i shanked it lol
ok time for some pitching. I get my wedge out and pitch at the 50 yrd marker. r= are you trying to hit it. m= no im trying to get close. r= very important part of the game isnt it the short game, anyway im out of balls enjoy the rest of your session.
Ok i know he was only being polite but please leave me to it, this experience went on for at least 30 minutes. we never met before you had no decent tips to give me so why not just say hello and go in a different bay up the other end!!! ive never even seen him before and it wasnt even the range of my club but its floodlit and open to visitors so i used it but from now on i think i might just only use the range up where i play as its all open practice fields and i can easily walk off and go and practice bunkers or something. im all up for people helping you with tips or pointers of somehting im doing glaring obviously wrong. But random guys like this i find more annoying then some bloke with his mrs up there and her going i cant do it and shrieking with joy when she hits it 15yds. (no offence to the female actual golfers)
sorry for the huge post
just thought id share this experience with you all
