Golf Random Irritations

[Orikoru]

At 11:00 I hastily stuck a couple of quid on Morikawa, Matsuyama and Bhatia.

By 13:00 Morikawa had played one hole and withdrawn from the competition. That's officially the quickest I've ever cursed somebody.

 

[LincolnShep]

At 11:00 I hastily stuck a couple of quid on Morikawa, Matsuyama and Bhatia.

By 13:00 Morikawa had played one hole and withdrawn from the competition. That's officially the quickest I've ever cursed somebody.

I've just heard that Matsuyama and Bhatia have withdrawn after a freak yachting accident.

 

[Bazz]

At 11:00 I hastily stuck a couple of quid on Morikawa, Matsuyama and Bhatia.

By 13:00 Morikawa had played one hole and withdrawn from the competition. That's officially the quickest I've ever cursed somebody.

I had Colin too and they've refunded me. Possibly need to complete the first round for it to count.

 

[Orikoru]

I had Colin too and they've refunded me. Possibly need to complete the first round for it to count.

I'm on Bet365 and not seen any refund come back.

 

[Bazz]

I'm on Bet365 and not seen any refund come back.

Skybet for me, might just be them then.

 

[Orikoru]

Skybet for me, might just be them then.

Checked this morning and they have refunded me now.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

My club is poor at communicating. We've just had notes of the last committee meeting and one point is from the captain. He advises disappointment that people haven't responded to the poster he's put up in the locker room . Course has been shut for January and February, barely anyone goes into the locker room anyway. Come on........

 

[IanM]

My club is poor at communicating. We've just had notes of the last committee meeting and one point is from the captain. He advises disappointment that people haven't responded to the poster he's put up in the locker room . Course has been shut for January and February, barely anyone goes into the locker room anyway. Come on........

Our Seniors section often regress to "it's on the notice board."

Many of them live within half a mile if the club and go to the Club most days.... even if it's closed, they meet for coffee.

 

[Tashyboy]

Motocaddy S7 remote. Mine is like triggers broom. Just spent the last two days changing the hinge joint on it. Knackered a pals dad’s rivet gun. Ended up buying my own. It was a complete and utter everything going wrong job. But Hallaluya it’s now done.

 

[Orikoru]

Pick up my bag on the course and the strap just snaps clean off! Need to get some zip ties and have a crack at fixing it, didn't really want to spend money on a new bag right now.

 

[Wilson]

Beautiful morning at the practice ground, watched a kid, (approx 13/14), walk into a bunker to get a ball he’d thinned into it, straight out without raking, I politely asked if he was going to rake it, to which he apologised and went and sorted - all good.

My irritation is that 5 mins later two adults arrive, they chuck some balls in, make a right mess and then just walk out, I politely asked them if they were going to rake it, their view was that it was a practice bunker they didn’t need to, and if I was that worried I could do it. A few minutes later they had a weird exchange with someone else, so I can only assume they were a lovely pair.

 

[Slab]

Took the head of my adams hybrid apart at the weekend to give it a good clean (first time) since it has lots of dirt collection areas (bought 2nd hand)
Thought I had all the removeable bits out, washed in and gave it a swing in the garden to get droplets out… Stupidly didn’t realise the 2g weights were removeable and lost the two of them in the grass... only found one so far

 

[srixon 1]

Took the head of my adams hybrid apart at the weekend to give it a good clean (first time) since it has lots of dirt collection areas (bought 2nd hand)
Thought I had all the removeable bits out, washed in and gave it a swing in the garden to get droplets out… Stupidly didn’t realise the 2g weights were removeable and lost the two of them in the grass... only found one so far

Borrow a metal detector.

 

[Slab]

Borrow a metal detector.

unfortunately it doesn't feel like its made of metal though

 

[Neilds]

Took the head of my adams hybrid apart at the weekend to give it a good clean (first time) since it has lots of dirt collection areas (bought 2nd hand)
Thought I had all the removeable bits out, washed in and gave it a swing in the garden to get droplets out… Stupidly didn’t realise the 2g weights were removeable and lost the two of them in the grass... only found one so far

Spend ages trying to find a new one online. Order it and then when it arrives the old one will magically appear. Happens every time

 

[D-S]

unfortunately it doesn't feel like its made of metal though

I’m sure your mower will find it (maybe not in one piece though).

 

[LincolnShep]

Postal entries for opens . I have to find a chequebook (remember those), fill in a form then print it out, find an envelope and a stamp, and post it. Then wait. I have no idea if I even have a tee-time, let alone whether it's early or late. Other opens on the same day are filling up so my back-up plans are steadily disappearing.

I have the forms ready to send off for one pairs open. There's two pairs and we all want to play together. I emailed the club to ask them if that would be OK and I've been told he has to "ask the committee"! Had it been online, I'd have just booked both pairs into the same tee-time.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Postal entries for opens . I have to find a chequebook (remember those), fill in a form then print it out, find an envelope and a stamp, and post it. Then wait. I have no idea if I even have a tee-time, let alone whether it's early or late. Other opens on the same day are filling up so my back-up plans are steadily disappearing.

I have the forms ready to send off for one pairs open. There's two pairs and we all want to play together. I emailed the club to ask them if that would be OK and I've been told he has to "ask the committee"! Had it been online, I'd have just booked both pairs into the same tee-time.

Wow, I didn't think any of those still existed. We literally burnt our remaining cheque books a few weeks ago as they were utterly redundant.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

...that nobody has ever told me that I need to remove the spikes/cleats from my golf shoes every so often to clean out the socket and thread - because if you don't then in time the socket will get bunged up or the thread knackered - and either way when a spike/cleat breaks you may not be able to replace it. Mentioned to one of our assistant pros and he tells me he removes them every 6-8 weeks.

And so its has come to pass for me with a pair of FJs not two years old. A cleat will have to have its screw cut off before being glued onto the sole.

 

[Orikoru]

...that nobody has ever told me that I need to remove the spikes/cleats from my golf shoes every so often to clean out the socket and thread - because if you don't then in time the socket will get bunged up or the thread knackered - and either way when a spike/cleat breaks you may not be able to replace it. Mentioned to one of our assistant pros and he tells me he removes them every 6-8 weeks.

And so its has come to pass for me with a pair of FJs not two years old. A cleat will have to have its screw cut off before being glued onto the sole.

If I remove a spike then it ain't going back in, you pretty much have to rip it out with brute force. I only replace a cleat when two of the little spikes have broken off it. Otherwise I'd be doing it all the time. (That reminds me I need to do two of them actually.) I would never rip out a perfectly good cleat, waste of time, effort and money.