Golf Random Irritations

[Neilds]

Might give it a go!

Luckily I learnt last time the etiquette of which caddy takes the flag out and when it's time to pass it to another caddy

Do you just hold it when your player is putting and then do pass the parcel?

 

[bobmac]

If I was playing in a comp and I was on the green, I never putted with the flag left in

 

[Slab]

Do you just hold it when your player is putting and then do pass the parcel?

Yeah mostly, player caddy who's furthest starts the chain and so on cos you don't wanna hang on to it when your player is finished the hole and walking off the green

 

[Whereditgo]

Maybe castle tees next ?

Mats ?

Aimpoint ?

Stack and Tilt ?

banned ? Yes or no

Maybe we should have a golf Room 101

I sometimes miss the ball flight laws discussion

 

[Lord Tyrion]

If I was playing in a comp and I was on the green, I never putted with the flag left in

Have you played since the rule was changed? 2019. Not being funny, you have mentioned before that you haven't played for a while.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

It's literally designed to be removed. If it were supposed to stay in then it would be fixed in place.

You don't think there may be other reasons why the flag can be removed? Why glueing it in place might cause a problem?

You are welcome to take the flag out, just as others can leave it in. Just remember, when the hole starts, the flag is in. It can stay in until the hole is completed. Plenty of people do this. People leaving it in are not the ones slowing things down.

 

[rulie]

Yeah mostly, player caddy who's furthest starts the chain and so on cos you don't wanna hang on to it when your player is finished the hole and walking off the green

That's the standard routine amongst caddies (I learned it when I caddied on the LPGA for our niece, just once). You can see the caddies following the routine on TV. Last player to putt, his/her caddie has the flagstick.

 

[Imurg]

There are many, many, many things in golf that cause slow play....
Replacing the flag in the hole - which needs to happen anyway - is so far down that list it's barely visible...

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

It's OK...I'll have the flag in and I won't get petty if I have to put it in myself.....

Indeed. And I wouldn't rush

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

What are you talking about proving a point? He obviously just prefers to putt with it in. When he wasn't allowed he probably wouldn't have known that he preferred to have it in, because he wouldn't have tried it.

Honestly it seems like more people at my club leave it in than take it out these days. So it's you taker-outers who are wasting everyone's time.

Certainly in the membership that I play with, the vast majority have it out except for the longest putts. And if I know one of my group likes it in for all putts I'll ready myself with flag in hand for when it's his turn to putt. Really takes little or no extra time whatsoever. And what extra time it might cost is for me a small cost that is worth paying for the common courtesy of respecting the player's wishes.

 

[clubchamp98]

Certainly in the membership that I play with, the vast majority have it out except for the longest putts. And if I know one of my group likes it in for all putts I'll ready myself with flag in hand for when it's his turn to putt. Really takes little or no extra time whatsoever. And what extra time it might cost is for me a small cost that is worth paying for the common courtesy of respecting the player's wishes.

Yes that’s called manners !

 

[sjw]

Certainly in the membership that I play with, the vast majority have it out except for the longest putts. And if I know one of my group likes it in for all putts I'll ready myself with flag in hand for when it's his turn to putt. Really takes little or no extra time whatsoever. And what extra time it might cost is for me a small cost that is worth paying for the common courtesy of respecting the player's wishes.

Are you in, out, in, out as he takes turns putting, or does he get out of the way first/last?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Are you in, out, in, out as he takes turns putting, or does he get out of the way first/last?

As we stand on the 1st green and before anyone putts, I always make a point of stating to the others with me that my preference is that I’m out for all but longest…and the others with me then state their preference. Thereafter it always seen to sort itself out very easily with minimal or no In/Out/In/Out required. Again, at my place in a four it is usual that only one will be an always flag-inner.

 

[jim8flog]

Our flagsticks have a thin, carbon fibre stem on the end that goes into the hole....nice and thin so they rarely trap the ball.
There is a ferrule, very similar to that on a golf club, but turned up the other way to protect the join between the CF and whatever the rest of the pole is made of..
The one on the 8th hole today, by aggression from someone as it's cracked, had fallen into the hole...leaving quite a sharp edge.
I now have a neat slice on the end of my right hand ring finger........Green keeper advised and flag replaced forthwith......
Pain in the ...finger!!

I reckon carbon fibre cuts are worse than paper cuts. I got one in the finger a couple of weeks ago and it has only just healed.

 

[Orikoru]

Once again, the ridiculous gale force winds are ramping up just in time for the weekend.

 

[PJ87]

Once again, the ridiculous gale force winds are ramping up just in time for the weekend.

It's so blooming annoying, can do 9 holes before work to round off my year but 35 mph gusts? Don't overly fancy that

 

[Orikoru]

It's so blooming annoying, can do 9 holes before work to round off my year but 35 mph gusts? Don't overly fancy that

Up to 40mph gusts on Saturday but I'll likely be playing regardless of how silly that is as I haven't played since the 1st - and won't be able to play in Christmas week either.

 

[PJ87]

Up to 40mph gusts on Saturday but I'll likely be playing regardless of how silly that is as I haven't played since the 1st - and won't be able to play in Christmas week either.

Looks like I'm on a 2 week golf break until the kids go back to school, although eldest has asked when she can next go to the range with me so fingers crossed

 

[BrianM]

Once again, the ridiculous gale force winds are ramping up just in time for the weekend.

Summers day in Fortrose

 

[Slime]

Once again, the ridiculous gale force winds are ramping up just in time for the weekend.

Yes, but it does have some advantages!