Golf Random Irritations

[Orikoru]

I heard that Grims Dyke had lots short par fours around 300 yards where you need to hit a long iron or hybrid off the tee then a wedge. Not many holes where driver is the best option.

'Lots' is a stretch, but there are three par 4s where I hit 3 wood off the tee as driver isn't required and only brings in potential trouble on the right. They are around the 300 mark. For anything 330+ though I'm hitting driver because I'd rather be hitting a short iron or wedge for my approach than a long iron. I hit driver 10 times on a typical round, that includes the longest par 3, two par 5s and seven par 4s. Arguably I could hit 3 wood on the 5th as it's 320-ish, but there are bunkers to carry at around 150 so I'd rather fly them easily with driver than risk a poorly-struck 3 wood dropping in there.

 

[sunshine]

'Lots' is a stretch, but there are three par 4s where I hit 3 wood off the tee as driver isn't required and only brings in potential trouble on the right. They are around the 300 mark. For anything 330+ though I'm hitting driver because I'd rather be hitting a short iron or wedge for my approach than a long iron. I hit driver 10 times on a typical round, that includes the longest par 3, two par 5s and seven par 4s. Arguably I could hit 3 wood on the 5th as it's 320-ish, but there are bunkers to carry at around 150 so I'd rather fly them easily with driver than risk a poorly-struck 3 wood dropping in there.

I don’t want to play your course via the internet, but 2, 5, 13, 17 and 18 are all under 330 yards so that’s at least 5 short par fours where someone could maybe hit a long iron off the tee and have a wedge in. I understand the strategy to hit driver and give yourself a shorter approach. Scratch golfers would be trying to drive these holes.

Obviously I could be talking rubbish if these holes are uphill and into the wind.

 

[Orikoru]

I don’t want to play your course via the internet, but 2, 5, 13, 17 and 18 are all under 330 yards so that’s at least 5 short par fours where someone could maybe hit a long iron off the tee and have a wedge in. I understand the strategy to hit driver and give yourself a shorter approach. Scratch golfers would be trying to drive these holes.

Obviously I could be talking rubbish if these holes are uphill and into the wind.

2nd, 17th and 18th are indeed the holes where I hit 3 wood. There would be no point hitting a long iron, my longest iron is a 6 and I don't hit it any better than a hit the 3 wood so why give up the distance? And at this time of year that leaves me a 7/8 iron in instead of a wedge. Not seeing the benefit there. 5th as I mentioned is the one where I want to be sure of carrying the fairway bunkers. 13th is uphill so plays a little longer than the yardage. If you're like a low-single player who hits a long way then sure, you probably are hitting a long iron off the tee for all five of those. I'm not.

 

[harpo_72]

Summer knocker competitions have been announced.. one off scratch the other is for hcps 14.9 and above .. which then leaves me thinking any one from 5-14.9 hasn’t got any chance.
But this didn’t last long as I reminded myself it’s an utter ball ache organising games!

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Summer knocker competitions have been announced.. one off scratch the other is for hcps 14.9 and above .. which then leaves me thinking any one from 5-14.9 hasn’t got any chance.
But this didn’t last long as I reminded myself it’s an utter ball ache organising games!

Don’t the club have a major handicap KO for all ?

 

[harpo_72]

Don’t the club have a major handicap KO for all ?

No from what I can see

 

[Arthur Wedge]

No from what I can see

That’s very strange

We have a Club KO open to all

Scratch

Then a “mid HC” KO for 10-20 Hcs

High HC KO for 20 plus

The mid HC KO was created because they said there wasn’t a KO for them - even though the 10-20 group win the main club one

 

[harpo_72]

That’s very strange

We have a Club KO open to all

Scratch

Then a “mid HC” KO for 10-20 Hcs

High HC KO for 20 plus

The mid HC KO was created because they said there wasn’t a KO for them - even though the 10-20 group win the main club one

Yes I looked everywhere reread the criteria for the singles knock outs ..

 

[harpo_72]

Yes I looked everywhere reread the criteria for the singles knock outs ..

Found it now, started off saying it was initially only for medal winners but now it’s changed and open to everyone upto 14.8

 

[sjw]

Our IG doesn't have a filter for men's comps, excluding seniors, so I have to skip through half or more of them

 

[sunshine]

Our IG doesn't have a filter for men's comps, excluding seniors, so I have to skip through half or more of them

Same. We have loads of ladies comps (3 or 4 a week), takes ages to scroll through to find the weekend men’s events.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Same. We have loads of ladies comps (3 or 4 a week), takes ages to scroll through to find the weekend men’s events.

That’s strange as by default IG have a search facility for comps that allow male entry

 

[sjw]

That’s strange as by default IG have a search facility for comps that allow male entry

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Does indeed solve the ladies' comp problem. Unfortunately leaves the seniors in.

I posted about this in the swindle whatsapp group and was told, "get a life"

 

[rulie]

What about the Mixed left-handers group?

 

[rulie]

2nd, 17th and 18th are indeed the holes where I hit 3 wood. There would be no point hitting a long iron, my longest iron is a 6 and I don't hit it any better than a hit the 3 wood so why give up the distance? And at this time of year that leaves me a 7/8 iron in instead of a wedge. Not seeing the benefit there. 5th as I mentioned is the one where I want to be sure of carrying the fairway bunkers. 13th is uphill so plays a little longer than the yardage. If you're like a low-single player who hits a long way then sure, you probably are hitting a long iron off the tee for all five of those. I'm not.

I would choose whatever club(s) reduced my average score, determined by experimenting. Reducing penalty strokes/chip outs per round would be considered.

 

[Imurg]

Buying a 2nd hand demo iron to try the shaft with another head, idly trying the club "just to see", loving it so much that you really want to get a set and...
Not being able to find any.......

 

[sunshine]

That’s strange as by default IG have a search facility for comps that allow male entry

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That is the website. The app doesn’t have the filter

 

[Arthur Wedge]

That is the website. The app doesn’t have the filter

Yep - was a feature we requested a while back but hasn’t been done yet

 

[Bazz]

I don’t want to play your course via the internet, but 2, 5, 13, 17 and 18 are all under 330 yards so that’s at least 5 short par fours where someone could maybe hit a long iron off the tee and have a wedge in. I understand the strategy to hit driver and give yourself a shorter approach. Scratch golfers would be trying to drive these holes.

Obviously I could be talking rubbish if these holes are uphill and into the wind.

Not just scratch ones my friend, us crap ones too.

 

[Orikoru]

Not just scratch ones my friend, us crap ones too.

I actually played with a +1 handicapper round my place once. It was quite funny how different he played it. All those holes where I hit 3 wood, he was hitting driver to try and drive the green, and most of the holes where I hit driver he was hitting 4 iron. Different game!