Golf Random Irritations

[nickjdavis]

Been there a handful of times. It's quite good but it has been very busy.

Was rammed at 11am today...forgot its school holidays.

 

[Billysboots]

Played nine holes yesterday evening and found that the tees and green surrounds, some of which have been crying out to be dressed and seeded since winter, have just been done.

In August? Is this normal?

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Played nine holes yesterday evening and found that the tees and green surrounds, some of which have been crying out to be dressed and seeded since winter, have just been done.

In August? Is this normal?

This is about the time that a lot of courses will do their maintenance

We have seeded in some areas as well

 

[Billysboots]

This is about the time that a lot of courses will do their maintenance

We have seeded in some areas as well

My point was this work was never done earlier in the year.

We have three greens adjacent to which are large areas which never recovered from the wet winter, and are now largely bare with patchy growth. They were crying out in the spring to have this work done and only now have they been treated and roped off.

That specific work hasn’t been done because it was scheduled maintenance. It’s a direct result of multiple complaints and a course walk through conducted by the club manager and scratch team captain, when the latter aired concerns from the members about a limited number of areas, the work being carried out within days.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

My point was this work was never done earlier in the year.

We have three greens adjacent to which are large areas which never recovered from the wet winter, and are now largely bare with patchy growth. They were crying out in the spring to have this work done and only now have they been treated and roped off.

That specific work hasn’t been done because it was scheduled maintenance. It’s a direct result of multiple complaints and a course walk through conducted by the club manager and scratch team captain, when the latter aired concerns from the members about a limited number of areas, the work being carried out within days.

Ah right - yeah that’s annoying

 

[cliveb]

Going into brambles wearing shorts to look for a FC's ball and emerging looking like I'd been savaged by a leopard.

 

[KenL]

Going into brambles wearing shorts to look for a FC's ball and emerging looking like I'd been savaged by a leopard.

So, there is a point to long socks.

 

[Slime]

Going into brambles wearing shorts to look for a FC's ball and emerging looking like I'd been savaged by a leopard.

Check for tics .................................... and I'm not kidding.

 

[Orikoru]

Didn't put a card in because the greens had been worked on and were covered in sands. Shot 37 points, if I had have put one in I'd be down to 12.7 or 12.8. Oops.

 

[DeanoMK]

I had a family holiday last week in Butlins, messing around in the outdoor river rapids and my lad crashes knee first into my ribs, not sure if it's just bruising or a fracture or worse but a week later and I'm still in pain with them. I haven't played golf in two and a half weeks now anyway but now I'm just hoping they will be healed enough for H4H. Just done a few air swings at work and it's not feeling great at all, I'm meant to be playing Saturday morning but I'm going to have to pull out.

All that to say I'll be (hopefully) coming to H4H not having played in a month....

Confirmed tonight at the hospital that it is indeed a fracture. Doctor said to give it another week or two until I should play golf, but armed with some co-codamol I'll be at H4H.

 

[Pants]

Confirmed tonight at the hospital that it is indeed a fracture. Doctor said to give it another week or two until I should play golf, but armed with some co-codamol I'll be at H4H.

You'll be fine. Just don't laugh or cough

 

[hairball_89]

You'll be fine. Just don't laugh or cough

That should be easy enough then!

 

[DeanoMK]

That should be easy enough then!

I don't know, I've seen some of the other formumers playing golf before

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Our guys are doing a bit of work on the aprons to our greens - a bit of light scarifying and sanding - being done now a bit over two weeks prior to the Club Champs so they are perfect for then. Our greens are in cracking condition so doubt anything with be done to them until immediately after the champs;

 

[sjw]

I don't know, I've seen some of the other formumers playing golf before

Oi!

 

[Imurg]

A few days ago we had a fuel spillage in front of our 6th green and to say the grass has died is thee understatement of the year....
I believe the Greenys were fixing it yesterday, cutting out the dead and returfing with grass from one of the practice green approaches...
Hope it looks OK.....

 

[Golfnut1957]

Played in our Mid-week Stableford today. I shot 84 but, the pulls came back with a vengeance plus I 3 putted 5 times while missing two other shot putts.

No I wasn't frustrated I just took it on the chin like all good golfers do

 

[hors limite]

I asked Chatgpt what is the most unpleasant grating sound to the human ear. No surprises, it's the voice of one of today's commentators at the Portland Classic.

 

[Springveldt]

Our Aug medal was won by someone with a nett 64. How are people meant to play against people with clearly dodgy handicaps and getting so many shots?



He was off 7

Someone won a comp a couple of weeks ago at my place with a net 63 off of 8. Same guy had a net 60 off 12 last year.

Yesterday’s winner had 46 points with a blob on his card.

 

[jim8flog]

Played nine holes yesterday evening and found that the tees and green surrounds, some of which have been crying out to be dressed and seeded since winter, have just been done.

In August? Is this normal?

Yes, certainly in Somerset, Dorset and Devon to the best of my knowledge. It makes for a far quicker recovery and much better greens in winter.