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Golf Random Irritations

Couple of Single opens I’ve enjoyed before are available to book.
Just about to dig my CDH number out then realised I can’t play because I cancelled my membership last year and not a member of a club.
 
Finally getting out to play after ages without a game, hitting the driver really well over and over again (a totally unheard of experience with a power slice being the normal situation) and then destroying any hope of a decent score because apparently I can no longer hit irons at all. :cry:
 
Putting out on the first (169 off the yellows) and a ball bouncing on the green and running past us. The three of us almost had to pull one guy back who was for walking back to the tee and ripping heads from shoulders. Words were exchanged and with the marshal and with the office. Why hit whatever standard on such a short hole. Put a real downer on the day for a while
 
Clothing sizes. I bought a pair of Greg Norman shorts online last week in a 36 waist and they are hanging off me. Just ordered a pair of Sunderland trousers in a 34 waist, expecting them to crush my nuts when they arrive. I get that S/M/L can be different between maufacturers but trouser sizes in inches?!?! Half of mine are 36 and half are 34, I guess I must be a 35 waist :unsure:
 
Someone drove through our group on the 3rd on Sunday. It's a blind shot where you can't see the bit of fairway you're hitting to, so you are supposed to wait for the group in front to ring the bell (which is still there and usable despite Covid) which signifies they have gone past the ditch. Well one of our group was still playing their second shot when a ball bounded past us. I wandered over and kicked his ball into said ditch. Shame really, he'd hit the perfect lay-up distance to it. If only he'd have waited a few minutes longer. :LOL:
 
Hack it round last weekend, completely forgotten how to swing, but scrambled ok for 32 points. This weekend, swing back in groove and lovely ball striking, didn't hole a thing or get up and down, 32 points.
 
When your 25h/cap buddy gets really, really angry when he plays the shots of a ... 25 h/capper ... and then expresses bafflement as to why it happens :)

As so it was recently as yet another putt went scooting past the hole - and kept going - and going - and the cry went up How the...Why!!!??? And I mused - because you hit it far too hard...;)
 
Idiots who make zero effort to smooth the sand in the bunker when they leave it, esp in a medal. Doubly esp when they have built a stance up the face, by jumping up and down in 7 inch deep sand.
Yes, we do pick and place within 6 inches, but once this is done, there is no where within 6 in that gives a half playable lie, and also a ball that could have run down into the bunker, doesn't.

That was my medal done and dusted.
 
murphthemog said:
Idiots who make zero effort to smooth the sand in the bunker when they leave it, esp in a medal. Doubly esp when they have built a stance up the face, by jumping up and down in 7 inch deep sand.
Yes, we do pick and place within 6 inches, but once this is done, there is no where within 6 in that gives a half playable lie, and also a ball that could have run down into the bunker, doesn't.

That was my medal done and dusted.
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Twice today I found bunkers where someone had done the bunker shuffle to get a solid base and then not bothered to even attempt to smooth over afterwards, knobs.
 
patricks148 said:
Taking 2 shots to get on a 530 yard par five in two, then taking 3 shots to get 15 feet:cry:
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Time to buy a huge headed fugly putter and get rid of the vanity Scotty...:ROFLMAO:

You mates will stop taking the pish about the fuglyness when you're holing everything.

My mate is a poor putter, he has gone to armlock which looks very uncomfortable to me but he is seriously good with this, rock solid at holing out and knocking it dead from long range.
 
saving_par said:
My mate is a poor putter, he has gone to armlock which looks very uncomfortable to me but he is seriously good with this, rock solid at holing out and knocking it dead from long range.
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I would never even consider trying one of them. Even if I putted amazingly with one, it must be annoying to have it sticking right out of the bag. :LOL: I'd also be concerned that they might one day expand the anchoring rules to include forearms and it gets banned.
 
Not really an irritation but couldn't think where else to post.
Popped to a top tracer range before it closed. Guy in next bay was a real grip it n rip it sort. Wasn't paying too much attention but there were some towering shots, duffs, carves etc.
Anyway he left the screen on so I glanced over.
Av. Carry 266, Total 294, Ball Sp 174
and
wait for it
Consistency 2% !

I almost wanted to go and play a match play game against him, would be fun.
 
Refurbished2020 said:
Professionals and caddies. By this stage of their careers they should be able to line up their own putts.
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Yes, if there is one rule I would have changed it is that caddies cannot assist the putt. They would not be a allowed to be on the green.
Nor, as well, would I allow the use of "green contour maps".

The player to read the green and play the putt unassisted.

Which is pretty much what is happening as I watch the Betfred Masters final round.
 
Swinglowandslow said:
Yes, if there is one rule I would have changed it is that caddies cannot assist the putt. They would not be a allowed to be on the green.
Nor, as well, would I allow the use of "green contour maps".

The player to read the green and play the putt unassisted.

Which is pretty much what is happening as I watch the Betfred Masters final round.
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Could part of that be that quite a few players don't have there regular caddies due to the special bubble. Appear to be quite a few partners on the bag, who presumably aren't particularly skilled.

I agree with getting rid of the green maps btw, but think caddies should be allowed, we can all visit top clubs and get a caddie with years of experience to help us.
 
Going OOB on the 17th. Seems to be a regular occurrence when we play off the yellow tee which admittedly is tight to the line of the OOB but irrespective of how far right I aim or what club I hit it still goes left. Idiot
 
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