KeefG
Journeyman Pro
Hi Mike,
Just out of pure interest, what handicap do you and the rest of the GM boys play off?
Just out of pure interest, what handicap do you and the rest of the GM boys play off?
FAO MikeH
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Keef
Gm handicaps (and commentary) as follows
Me 7 (will leave it to other GM staff to comment)
Neil Tappin 5 (should be scratch but has a frankly terrible short game and is mentally weak)
Jezz Ellwood 6 (awful swing but massive grinder who never ever gives up and has a very good short game)
Paul O'Hagan 6 (very solid all rounder low necky cut with driver never gets him to any bother, solid short game)
Alex Narey 18 (long driver, decent iron striker, recently had mental game lesson from our expert Gary Leboff which seems to have sorted his mind and putting out. Shot 78 the other week so needs to see handicap committee for a cut)
Tom Clarke 18 (fabulous eye for the ball but main game is cricket (good league standard) and has a swing to match)
Michael Weston (12, potential to go lower but needs to eradicate the toe shank and the one where he nearly hits it between his legs. Bit scared of the driver)
Fergus Bisset 1 (golf pervert plays more golf than many full time touring professionals)
Bill Elliott 15 (in very poor run of form but liable to do a sombrero and clean up now and then)
Gm handicaps (and commentary) as follows
Me 7 (will leave it to other GM staff to comment)
Neil Tappin 5 (should be scratch but has a frankly terrible short game and is mentally weak)
Jezz Ellwood 6 (awful swing but massive grinder who never ever gives up and has a very good short game)
Paul O'Hagan 6 (very solid all rounder low necky cut with driver never gets him to any bother, solid short game)
Alex Narey 18 (long driver, decent iron striker, recently had mental game lesson from our expert Gary Leboff which seems to have sorted his mind and putting out. Shot 78 the other week so needs to see handicap committee for a cut)
Tom Clarke 18 (fabulous eye for the ball but main game is cricket (good league standard) and has a swing to match)
Michael Weston (12, potential to go lower but needs to eradicate the toe shank and the one where he nearly hits it between his legs. Bit scared of the driver)
Fergus Bisset 1 (golf pervert plays more golf than many full time touring professionals)
Bill Elliott 15 (in very poor run of form but liable to do a sombrero and clean up now and then)
haplesshacker
Money List Winner
I like the character assasinasions. Very amuzing.
Perhaps the GM meet ups could include some 'observations' from playing partners on here. I'd be fascinated to see how someone would descibe my game. Apart from useless!! It would be quite refeshing. Or would this lead to a whole heap of acrimonious slanderous posts !?
I'd be up for it though.
Perhaps the GM meet ups could include some 'observations' from playing partners on here. I'd be fascinated to see how someone would descibe my game. Apart from useless!! It would be quite refeshing. Or would this lead to a whole heap of acrimonious slanderous posts !?
I'd be up for it though.
NeilTappin
GM Staff
Here's my run down of Mike's game:
Handicap 7 is largely down to a solid short game. Loves the flop shot and plays it in any given situation. Mike, however, is something of a Fred Funk figure. Incredibly short but straight!
Can be extremely slow. Uses a PowaKaddy.
Handicap 7 is largely down to a solid short game. Loves the flop shot and plays it in any given situation. Mike, however, is something of a Fred Funk figure. Incredibly short but straight!
Can be extremely slow. Uses a PowaKaddy.
haplesshacker
Money List Winner
Your a brave man Neil. You must be indispensible at work!! 
But he does have the 265 yard winning drive in his locker!
KeefG
Journeyman Pro
Mike,
lol....excellent commentaries, especially Fergus the golf pervert!!
A lot of you are no sliouches on the course then!
I can see this thread getting some additonal comments from some of the GM boys very very soon
lol....excellent commentaries, especially Fergus the golf pervert!!
A lot of you are no sliouches on the course then!
I can see this thread getting some additonal comments from some of the GM boys very very soon
KeefG
Journeyman Pro
The only thing you missed out there Neil is "also uses a chipper"
Tappers is till cock-a-hoop with his round with Rory yesterday so is being nice to me. He is normally a lot more cutting.
I should add as an ammendment that when Tom Clarke joined us this year he tuned up with a ball retriever in his (very tatty) bag and 'black widow' sand wedge that boasted negative bounce and had marking on the face (pitted dots not grooves) that made it looked like some sort of medieval weapon/cooking spoon
Oh and granted as soon as Jezz makes it back from Gatwick he'll be on with some very incisive commentary
I should add as an ammendment that when Tom Clarke joined us this year he tuned up with a ball retriever in his (very tatty) bag and 'black widow' sand wedge that boasted negative bounce and had marking on the face (pitted dots not grooves) that made it looked like some sort of medieval weapon/cooking spoon
Oh and granted as soon as Jezz makes it back from Gatwick he'll be on with some very incisive commentary
Thanks for bringing that up HJS - modesty prevented me from mentioning it and I noted Tappers didn't either
Alex_narey
GM Staff
Couple of points for Alex Narey's BIO: He plays off 17. And is the only multiple Major winner on the GM OOM this season. Very gutsy; a fighter and all-weather player. Has a tendency to overplay the flop shot from the fringe, and has been known to crumble like mouldy stilton from 100 yards in.
BTW - Mike Weston is 17, and he will stay there until he learns how to hit a driver.
BTW - Mike Weston is 17, and he will stay there until he learns how to hit a driver.
mono217
Journeyman Pro
I love the little snippits about eachother.
KeefG
Journeyman Pro
I can see some fisticuffs occuring in GM Towers shortly
PaulOHagan
GM Staff
Mike's game...
Produces an impressive recoil reminiscent of Lorena Ochoa...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_UMxCmHXqs&feature=related,
You'd think this would help produce a few extra yards wouldn't you.
In fairness he rarely misses a fairway.
Produces an impressive recoil reminiscent of Lorena Ochoa...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_UMxCmHXqs&feature=related,
You'd think this would help produce a few extra yards wouldn't you.
In fairness he rarely misses a fairway.
Spoff
Tour Rookie
Let's keep fairness out of this Paul...
Just back from some time at Turnberry with the reigning Open champ and here is just a brief snippet from our conversation on the 10th tee:-
Padraig: What do you play off then?
Me: 5
Padraig: Yes, I thought as much
Anyway, very brief analysis of my colleagues below:-
Mike: Over-reliance on the Mickelson flop shot can cause problems. Good from the sand and on the green (and also from miles back on the fairway)
Neil: Long off the tee; short fuse; occasional chipping and Sherman issues
Paul: Has spent much time trying to persuade manufacturers to relocate driver sweetspots closer to the neck
Alex: At Kingswood OOM recently melted first driver 300 down the middle on a great flight; melted second drive at 45 degree angle resulting in multiple Woody Woodpecker action. Can be dangerous and consistency will come
Tom: Unknown quantity - never yet had the pleasure
Michael: Again much potential. Tendency to get a little down with results. Needs to understand golf takes a long, long time to never ever master
Fergus: My proud boast is that I am the sweet-swinging Aberdonian's nemesis yet he's still kind enough to occasionally put me up (or put up with me) when I venture up to his home patch
P.S. Just discovered I'm back down to 5 after gritting out a 75 in a 3-4 club wind last weekend. CSS up 3 to 73 so a full half-shot cut to 5.0 (lowest ever)
Padraig: What do you play off then?
Me: 5
Padraig: Yes, I thought as much
Anyway, very brief analysis of my colleagues below:-
Mike: Over-reliance on the Mickelson flop shot can cause problems. Good from the sand and on the green (and also from miles back on the fairway)
Neil: Long off the tee; short fuse; occasional chipping and Sherman issues
Paul: Has spent much time trying to persuade manufacturers to relocate driver sweetspots closer to the neck
Alex: At Kingswood OOM recently melted first driver 300 down the middle on a great flight; melted second drive at 45 degree angle resulting in multiple Woody Woodpecker action. Can be dangerous and consistency will come
Tom: Unknown quantity - never yet had the pleasure
Michael: Again much potential. Tendency to get a little down with results. Needs to understand golf takes a long, long time to never ever master
Fergus: My proud boast is that I am the sweet-swinging Aberdonian's nemesis yet he's still kind enough to occasionally put me up (or put up with me) when I venture up to his home patch
P.S. Just discovered I'm back down to 5 after gritting out a 75 in a 3-4 club wind last weekend. CSS up 3 to 73 so a full half-shot cut to 5.0 (lowest ever)
Jezz - good shooting last weekend well done. I guess as someone who has had the pleasure of your company I'd guess your description should read:
Dour and gritty competitior with a putter than can be molten. Very straight and combines length and accuracy. Been known to miss a few greens but has the ability to scramble. Very good man to have on your team!
MikeH
Like his leadership at GM - quiet and efficient he lacks length but has great accuracy especially with irons. A quality short game that has been honed over many years of links play (especially bunkers)
Dour and gritty competitior with a putter than can be molten. Very straight and combines length and accuracy. Been known to miss a few greens but has the ability to scramble. Very good man to have on your team!
MikeH
Like his leadership at GM - quiet and efficient he lacks length but has great accuracy especially with irons. A quality short game that has been honed over many years of links play (especially bunkers)
Jezza
think you must have missheard PH when transcribing your dictaphone tape from yesterday. Was very windy up there.
Sure it probably went like this
Padraig: What do you play off then?
Me: 5
Padraig: There must be some very easy courses near where you live.
Then it gets a bit crackly (probably Jezz unzipping his bag to reach in for another provisional) but PH can be heard saying to someone close by either Adrian his manager or John from Wilson
"I think this guy has had a bang on the head, he reckons he's off 5. Can soemone get the Turnberry doctor out to see him on the 11th tee. I've just watched him and he can't get his right sole off the ground at any point during his golf swing. I'd place him nearer 15 if I'm being honest.
think you must have missheard PH when transcribing your dictaphone tape from yesterday. Was very windy up there.
Sure it probably went like this
Padraig: What do you play off then?
Me: 5
Padraig: There must be some very easy courses near where you live.
Then it gets a bit crackly (probably Jezz unzipping his bag to reach in for another provisional) but PH can be heard saying to someone close by either Adrian his manager or John from Wilson
"I think this guy has had a bang on the head, he reckons he's off 5. Can soemone get the Turnberry doctor out to see him on the 11th tee. I've just watched him and he can't get his right sole off the ground at any point during his golf swing. I'd place him nearer 15 if I'm being honest.
cm_qs
Head Pro
That's what my wife said about me when she found out she was expecting our 3rd child
Mike,
I might have thought that too, and that he was just being kind to me, had not our dear friend Monty said something vaguely similar to me a couple of years ago.
Personally I think Homer is perhaps the shrewder judge from his very kind comments!
P.S. I model myself on Kenny Perry - see recent issue of the mag for minimal weight transfer at precise point of impact
I might have thought that too, and that he was just being kind to me, had not our dear friend Monty said something vaguely similar to me a couple of years ago.
Personally I think Homer is perhaps the shrewder judge from his very kind comments!
P.S. I model myself on Kenny Perry - see recent issue of the mag for minimal weight transfer at precise point of impact
