Favourite Forum Moment?

[chellie]

Murcar clubhouse window. We were in the warm

 

[Liverbirdie]

Whether 40 or more or just a fourball, we had some boss trips and days out. Glyverbirchy tours or H4H days, off the top of my head, we played:-

Wallasey
Formby
Hillside
S and A
manchester
Delamere
Bolton old links
Fairhaven
Pleasington
St.Annes old links
Silloth
Southerness
Machrie
Machrihanish dunes
Machrihanish
Turnberry
Royal Dornoch
castle stuart
Tain
Fortrose and rosemarkie
boat of garten
Nairn
Cruden bay
Murcar
Trump international
Carnoustie championship
carnoustie buddon
Muirfield
North Berwick
Gullane
Dunbar
Moray
Blairgowrie
Moortown
Alwoodley
Moor Allerton
Scarcroft
Woodhall spa
Sherwood forest
Holinwell
Aberdovey
Liphook
Blackmoor
Beau desert
Camberley Heath
North Hants
Swinley forest
Addington
West hill
Royal county down
Royal portrush
Ballyliffin old links
Ballyliffin Glashedy
Carton house
Druids glen????
K club

Sure Ive missed some put, but what a line up! Great memories, and some right ne'er-do-wells tagging along.

Sometimes if the off field though.

Slasher being sick after trying to keep pace with northerners, "the wonder of stu" being interrupted by Aberdeen's finest, the whole Aberdovey day and night, fantastic H4H trips and fundraising, flatcapper meets, Glyn breaking down on the P&O ramp and many, many more. Sad that RickG isnt with us any more. Richart, and absolute gentleman.

Boss

Edit 1 - Sunningdale old
Sunnigdale new

How could I forget them?

Edit 2

Royal St.Georges
Princes
Royal cinque ports - sorry ChrisD

 

[Lord Tyrion]

If anyone is bored with lots of time on their hands, it would be interesting to know how much the list above would cost in green fees today. I suspect it would be a scary figure, and significantly higher than the original costs. A shame.

 

[Tashyboy]

If anyone is bored with lots of time on their hands, it would be interesting to know how much the list above would cost in green fees today. I suspect it would be a scary figure, and significantly higher than the original costs. A shame.

It’s odd, but when I read posts like these. Hardly anyone mentions the fantastic scores and winners. Most of the favourite moments are about things that have gone off whilst on the meets. Team bonding, laughs the mental benefits of recharging one’s battery whilst playing golf etc etc. As I have said before. The golf is great but other positives of golf are just as important as the score.

 

[3 jabber]

It’s odd, but when I read posts like these. Hardly anyone mentions the fantastic scores and winners. Most of the favourite moments are about things that have gone off whilst on the meets. Team bonding, laughs the mental benefits of recharging one’s battery whilst playing golf etc etc. As I have said before. The golf is great but other positives of golf are just as important as the score.

I would class forum meets as social golf and in my head social golf is all about the craic. I guess some people take it seriously but I play my serious golf in competitions. One of the reasons that general play cards should not be submitted for every round as it's a different mindset.

 

[IanM]

If anyone is bored with lots of time on their hands, it would be interesting to know how much the list above would cost in green fees today. I suspect it would be a scary figure, and significantly higher than the original costs. A shame.

Anyone under 55 is better off not knowing!

 

[Arthur Wedge]

It is interesting the list of courses played purely down to meeting people from the forum

The Berkshire
Centurion
Princes
Deal
Royal St George’s
Burnham and Berrow
Bearwood Lakes
Blackmoor
Woking
Hindhead
Liphook
Hayling
Hankley Common
North Hants
Swinley Forest
Saunton - both
Sunningdale - both
Woodhall Spa
Alwoodly
Hoylake
Hillside
Wallasey
Lee Park
Coventry
Tandridge
West Hill
Sonning
Stoneham
Littlestone
Cuddington
Camberly Heath
Goring
Broadstone
Ferndown
West Surrey



all courses that I have played through either

H4H
Meets
A day out with mates

And all because of this forum

 

[HomerJSimpson]

SOme great courses played. Some top 100 and some simple home clubs but all were great fun and fond memories. Hopefully more memories to be made at H4H and other events to come

 

[Golfmmad]

SOme great courses played. Some top 100 and some simple home clubs but all were great fun and fond memories. Hopefully more memories to be made at H4H and other events to come

I always enjoyed the Ascot meets Martin!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I always enjoyed the Ascot meets Martin!

Would be happy to consider organising another. We are 3/4 of the way through a bunker renovation and the greens have improved massively as well

 

[Canfordhacker]

Mono?

Yep that's him! That was months of fun.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

I’ve had a rethink.
2016 when the guys at GM ran a comp to offer magazine subscribers on the forum a freebie to the first days play of the Open at Troon.
What a day, saw some golf in the morning then got absolutely smashed in the VIP tent
I still have the Stella pint glass I managed to “procure”
Best memory of the day, getting back to the Wetherspoons in Irvine and seeing StuC almost face plant a curry as he was that drunk

I went on that too as it was offered to the mods at the time, flew up the day before and saw the last practice day,

Saw Monty tee the open off and then have to play backwards out of the bunker he landed in, there might have been some rude words uttered.

Spent a chunk of the day with Mike Harris going out to view a few holes, then back to the hospitality tent, which was fabulous.

A grand day out indeed

 

[Red devil]

I went on that too as it was offered to the mods at the time, flew up the day before and saw the last practice day,

Saw Monty tee the open off and then have to play backwards out of the bunker he landed in, there might have been some rude words uttered.

Spent a chunk of the day with Mike Harris going out to view a few holes, then back to the hospitality tent, which was fabulous.

A grand day out indeed

Was drink taken? If so I trust it was in large quantities

 

[Red devil]

Murcar clubhouse window. We were in the warmView attachment 57437

Used to be like that inside our windows when we were kids

 

[2blue]

Whether 40 or more or just a fourball, we had some boss trips and days out. Glyverbirchy tours or H4H days, off the top of my head, we played:-

Wallasey
Formby
Hillside
S and A
manchester
Delamere
Bolton old links
Fairhaven
Pleasington
St.Annes old links
Silloth
Southerness
Machrie
Machrihanish dunes
Machrihanish
Turnberry
Royal Dornoch
castle stuart
Tain
Fortrose and rosemarkie
boat of garten
Nairn
Cruden bay
Murcar
Trump international
Carnoustie championship
carnoustie buddon
Muirfield
North Berwick
Gullane
Dunbar
Moray
Blairgowrie
Moortown
Alwoodley
Moor Allerton
Scarcroft
Woodhall spa
Sherwood forest
Holinwell
Aberdovey
Liphook
Blackmoor
Beau desert
Camberley Heath
North Hants
Swinley forest
Addington
West hill
Royal county down
Royal portrush
Ballyliffin old links
Ballyliffin Glashedy
Carton house
Druids glen????
K club

Sure Ive missed some put, but what a line up! Great memories, and some right ne'er-do-wells tagging along.

Sometimes if the off field though.

Slasher being sick after trying to keep pace with northerners, "the wonder of stu" being interrupted by Aberdeen's finest, the whole Aberdovey day and night, fantastic H4H trips and fundraising, flatcapper meets, Glyn breaking down on the P&O ramp and many, many more. Sad that RickG isnt with us any more. Richart, and absolute gentleman.

Boss

Edit 1 - Sunningdale old
Sunnigdale new

How could I forget them?

Edit 2

Royal St.Georges
Princes
Royal cinque ports - sorry ChrisD

Come on Pete lets at least have a full list..... where's Cavendish???..... New Zealand?? & flat Cappers @ Conway?? as well as the Yorkies V NE'ers @ Wike Ridge plus the return match with @Hobbit at Wynyard GC .... Trophy still with us here in Leeds though Fish did have his hands on it for a while...... a bit of Leeds 'treatment' got it released from the Chelsea softy..

 

[GG26]

@GG26 where is the video you made after the first farts v whippersnappers meet? That was brilliant

I think that's the link Steve, I had forgotten about the video

 

[SteveW86]

I think that's the link Steve, I had forgotten about the video

Excellent! Thanks for posting

 

[GG26]

Difficult to pick a favourite moment. I've enjoyed getting to know many of you through various meets, starting with an open at Ullesthorpe in 2015 which Crow invited us to, through to H4H at West Surrey. Hopefully many more to come.

One incident that I do remember and which has helped in future rounds is standing on the first tee at Forst Pines in a matchplay against SteveW86 with around 25 forumers watching whilst waiting for their turn. I pulled my drive badly into a tree and had around ten people help me find the ball in the rough. Second shot hit a tree ten yards ahead of me and looped back over my head. I ended up playing my fifth shot 30 yards in front of the tee. On the first tee now I don't get so nervous in the knowledge that it can't be as bad as that again!

 

[SteveW86]

Difficult to pick a favourite moment. I've enjoyed getting to know many of you through various meets, starting with an open at Ullesthorpe in 2015 which Crow invited us to, through to H4H at West Surrey. Hopefully many more to come.

One incident that I do remember and which has helped in future rounds is standing on the first tee at Forst Pines in a matchplay against SteveW86 with around 25 forumers watching whilst waiting for their turn. I pulled my drive badly into a tree and had around ten people help me find the ball in the rough. Second shot hit a tree ten yards ahead of me and looped back over my head. I ended up playing my fifth shot 30 yards in front of the tee. On the first tee now I don't get so nervous in the knowledge that it can't be as bad as that again!

I was just thinking about that. It certainly took the pressure off the first hole for me

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Shiels playing his second on the 3rd? from about 150 yards behind the tee after hitting a tree and going. Not sure how Peter Finch and I hit shots with our bellys hurting so much