Frosty the Snowman takes it on the chin

[Colin L]

I am one happy bunny. At Christmas time, the Braid Hills Golf Centre puts up a wooden cutout snowman on the range. At my previous practice session I fired off some 20 balls at it, but it just stood there with an enigmatic smile watching me miss to the left, miss to the right, drop them short, and pop them over his head. Had him surrounded but no surrender. Today, I thought I should have another go. Three-quarter wedge and bang, got him right on chin first time. Missed all the other 15 attempts, but remain smugly pleased.
:whoo:

I find it strangely difficult to hit him although almost all the attempts would have been fine in terms of an approach shot to near enough pin for a single putt.

 

[CMAC]

I like the idea.....I'm looking at you other driving ranges - so this cut out is about 80yds away?

Man up and fire a low stinger driver through his head! it would be rude not to

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Just let me at him. I'm perfecting the knifed wedge at the moment so reckon I can take him out with ease

 

[DAVEYBOY]

I want a goooooo :angry:

 

[drawboy]

I agree that could catch on.....how about an Ed Balls cut out, that would bring the money in.

 

[Lump]

I thought this is what the ball collector is for?

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I like the idea.....I'm looking at you other driving ranges - so this cut out is about 80yds away?

Man up and fire a low stinger driver through his head! it would be rude not to

Driver off the deck should do it

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I thought this is what the ball collector is for?

:thup:

 

[Colin L]

I thought the next time I would take my lob wedge and open the face - not that a proper lob shot could go the distance, but like Homer I'm almost guaranteed to blade a rocket at about a metre high and catch Frosty a nasty one. (There's a joke available, but this is a family forum).

 

[One Planer]

I agree that could catch on.....how about an Ed Balls cut out, that would bring the money in.

They couldn't handle the que to use the range if that was the case

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I built the UK's first shaped synthetic grass range in 1990. The original surface is still going strong after nearly 25 years.

I wanted to have 'different' targets so I had a 100 yard cow [couldn't hit backside], a 150 yard sheep [paaaaaaaar] and 200 yard duck [birdie] built out of refelective type road sign material.
The were very popular and gave a healthy dong when hit.

 

[HickoryShaft]

Great idea this.

We have a 60,60,60 golf range near us and three of us head down there once a week for a practice. We knock a few normal shots then go for the pins and targets. Once (if) we have all hit those we fire shots at the 60,60,60 sign about 50 yards out and aim for the middle 'O' - I have hit it just the once so far (hit the sign itself a lot but the specific 'O' just the once) but its good fun trying and good bit of banter.

A Frosty target would be better still!

 

[GreiginFife]

I was a bit concerned by what Frosty takes on the chin up in the Braid Hills...

Target golf is a good idea at a range, makes it a bit more interesting than just pins and nets/baskets.
Wellsgreen Range between Kirckaldy and Leven (Owned by Peter Whiteford's family) used to do a target competition.
You paid extra for 25 "marked" balls and then played to a raised sand pit with scoring rings. The highest score for that week won some cracking prizes (drivers, putters etc) but then it stopped when the range had a refurbishment and went all psuedo-upmarket on us.

 

[Rooter]

Sounds great! Drayton Manor near Didcot do a thing where when you buy a bucket of balls you get a yellow one with a number on it handed to you and leave your email. If you hit it in a target about 130yards away you win stuff! i shanked mine..

 

[HickoryShaft]

I was a bit concerned by what Frosty takes on the chin up in the Braid Hills...

Target golf is a good idea at a range, makes it a bit more interesting than just pins and nets/baskets.
Wellsgreen Range between Kirckaldy and Leven (Owned by Peter Whiteford's family) used to do a target competition.
You paid extra for 25 "marked" balls and then played to a raised sand pit with scoring rings. The highest score for that week won some cracking prizes (drivers, putters etc) but then it stopped when the range had a refurbishment and went all psuedo-upmarket on us.

There is a range near us that does similar but runs it like a 'winter league' event. Teams of 3 and you get 5 marked balls each to fire at the targets specified that week. You can knock a bucket of balls as well to get warmed up etc so the range gets the extra business of course. Scores are tallied up and kept track of for a prize at the end of the winter.

Good to have the competative edge in practice.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

In the 1970's a Surrey range had a 'burst the lightbulb' target at about 100 yards.
The prize for hitting it went up by £1 a day.
The owner called it off when the sum went over £1000k [a fortune in those days].
The story was that a guy was setting up an air rifle shot from the boundary with one of his mates in the bay.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Top Golf in Watford is very good fun

 

[Wildrover]

Used to be a member at China Fleet Club just outside Plymouth in Saltash, they used to have a big Nick Faldo cut out on the range to hit at, don' know if it's still there or not.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Top Golf in Watford is very good fun

Are you mad ?

Im a Scout Leader and took a minibus full of Scouts there last winter, theres me, hitting some nice shots while these little scouts thin 8 irons right into the high scoring areas. i got hammered

No skill required grrr

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Are you mad ?

Im a Scout Leader and took a minibus full of Scouts there last winter, theres me, hitting some nice shots while these little scouts thin 8 irons right into the high scoring areas. i got hammered

No skill required grrr

But I bet you had fun