Golf Random Irritations

[patricks148]

New GAPR meant to be arriving tomorrow, but golf is rained off this weekend due to the horrendous weather. Guess I'll be baptising it at TopGolf then...

i would take it to AG in central London that was posted about yesterday.... you will be hiiting it 300 yards

 

[Slab]

sometimes I'd just like to play in a 5-ball

 

[HomerJSimpson]

sometimes I'd just like to play in a 5-ball

We had some members that decided to do that in a friendly knock and got spotted and got warned about repeating it. Seems daft, especially if the course isn't overly busy with no-one behind rather than splitting a group of friends up because of the odd number

 

[Jigger]

Exactly Homer, surely some clever person could invent a re-useable/adjustable tee of some kind, like a big embedded sponge thingy ,for mats Edit like florists use ??

Have you seen the tee claw.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tee-Claw-T...ocphy=9046760&hvtargid=pla-667130502387&psc=1

 

[Jigger]

Exactly Homer, surely some clever person could invent a re-useable/adjustable tee of some kind, like a big embedded sponge thingy ,for mats Edit like florists use ??

Also this is what I use these days. Tees will fly out so I’ve drilled some castle tees and treaded them on to a lace which is threaded into this device. no complaints. Mine is level with the mat which you need to check before you order.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GOLF-DRI...=292675940633e269d4f0d0e54d7480b3aeb935d12798

 

[Slime]

I lost four balls yesterday, two just plugged and were never seen again and two were last seen rolling into bunkers that were full of water!
I raked the water as best as I could but I couldn't stretch to the middle of the bloody things!

 

[Jigger]

I lost four balls yesterday, two just plugged and were never seen again and two were last seen rolling into bunkers that were full of water!
I raked the water as best as I could but I couldn't stretch to the middle of the bloody things!

Gotta love winter golf here I the UK! Still though. at least you got out. I’d give away 4 balls up front to get a game tomorrow.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I lost four balls yesterday, two just plugged and were never seen again and two were last seen rolling into bunkers that were full of water!
I raked the water as best as I could but I couldn't stretch to the middle of the bloody things!

Grim. Where were you playing. Sounds like it shouldn't have been open.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Just spent two hours going through all the loose balls I've accumulated. I've managed to get rid of two large carrier bags of all sorts including some decent premium brands and others including AD333's and Callaway Supersofts. Plan to simply put a decent proportion of the good premium ones and better quality others in the junior box and leave the others for the members to help themselves.

Irritatingly though I still have a large bag of premium balls and two piece winter balls that haven't been hit so despite my efforts there are so many left. That doesn't count the 7-12 dozen balls all brand new in boxes. At least I can bring one for H4H (at least). How did I get so many and how come there are so many unhit ones?

 

[Billysboots]

Cart bag manufacturers who insist on having umbrella holders on the wrong side of the bag, so that your brolly is trapped between bag and trolley. What’s that all about?

 

[Slime]

Grim. Where were you playing. Sounds like it shouldn't have been open.

Milford.
It was like playing on a sponge.
Spoke to the green keeper who did warn us and said the course will probably be closed for the weekend.
We were just about the only ones out there, but it was just about playable.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Milford.
It was like playing on a sponge.
Spoke to the green keeper who did warn us and said the course will probably be closed for the weekend.
We were just about the only ones out there, but it was just about playable.

I played there in a society the week after Christmas in an absolute pea souper where the only way to be safe was to shout back. It was also really wet so not a great combination. I think they wanted us out and playing at all costs rather than refunding

 

[Slime]

I played there in a society the week after Christmas in an absolute pea souper where the only way to be safe was to shout back. It was also really wet so not a great combination. I think they wanted us out and playing at all costs rather than refunding

It's a business.

 

[Blue in Munich]

I lost four balls yesterday, two just plugged and were never seen again and two were last seen rolling into bunkers that were full of water!
I raked the water as best as I could but I couldn't stretch to the middle of the bloody things!

Milford.
It was like playing on a sponge.
Spoke to the green keeper who did warn us and said the course will probably be closed for the weekend.
We were just about the only ones out there, but it was just about playable.

Our opinions are as far apart on playable conditions as they are close on matters musical Slime.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

It's a business.

I totally get that but sometimes a decision to offer a refund and another date is a far better and longer reaching decision. The society I played in have vowed never to set foot back there and I know a few of the guys are members of other societies as well and they passed the news on and they won't visit

 

[Slime]

It's closed today!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

It's closed today!

Not surprised as even Milford can only stay open if you don't need waders to go out and play. Nowhere around my neck of the woods were open and doubt many will be tomorrow

 

[Slime]

Not surprised as even Milford can only stay open if you don't need waders to go out and play. Nowhere around my neck of the woods were open and doubt many will be tomorrow

I even had to close my garden today, it was under 6" for most of the day.

 

[Papas1982]

That I've got a golf course that's fully open and I've got work for the next 4 days!

 

[Imurg]

The club website is updated daily as to the status of the course, as many do.
We were closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday, 4 temps yesterday but we had another dump of rain last night.
Wanted to go and play but dont want to risk the 25 minute drive to find it closed.
Update can be done anytime before 8 even though, today, the first tee time is 7.14....should be halfway up the 1st right now but I'm settling on a range session instead.