Golf Random Irritations

[Slab]

Ah I see now (says the blind man )

Ignore my ramblings folks

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Yeah I can see how that would be useful. Unless/until its challenged by 'other players' because they never actually saw or agreed to the T&C (but it could be covered in their membership agreement I guess)

Not sure why the player entered by his mate would challenge it

It’s a competition entry fee that needs to be paid by the player

 

[Imurg]

Sold a 4 wood last week.....
It came back today
The box had been virtually destroyed and had been wrapped in about a mile of sticky tape.
Took a couple of minutes to get into what was left of the box to discover the 4 wood is in one piece.
Messaged the buyer and we're going to try again tomorrow
The remnants of the box felt a bit heavy..
Looked in and they've added a Wosofe 48 degree wedge...brand new, made in China, probably going to fall apart after 3 hits......looks nice though...
Bloody couriers..why couldn't it have been a Vokey...

 

[arnieboy]

We should be i think, some terrible lies atm

PL was introduced at our club this morning, south coast.

 

[jim8flog]

There's a good case for preferred lies at many places at the mo. Today I ended up in some dead bits/divots that were no fun at all.

Several holes on Roman Road were getting silly. My second to the par 5 9th was a good straight shot to the right side of the fairway. It rolled sideways about 60 yards left down the hill into the left semi!

Preferred lies where I play would just be a joke in a great many areas. Move from one area of baked out grass to another area of baked out grass 6 inches away.

 

[IanM]

Preferred lies where I play would just be a joke in a great many areas. Move from one area of baked out grass to another area of baked out grass 6 inches away.

Probably right, but at least I could have got out of the divots yesterday

 

[jim8flog]

This does irritate me greatly as it shouldn't happen (anywhere near as much as it does) and I've seen it far too much this year. It is often just bad course management - and by that I mean management and preparation of the course.

Courses with steep slopes are/were rarely designed with wide expanses of fairway bordered by fairly short rough running all the way along holes because they are near impossible to play for many (if not most) golfers. They had narrower fairways or breaks in the fairway with rough long enough to prevent these unfair results that are entirely unavoidable except through sheer luck.

Some of the worst holes I've played recently include the 3rd hole at Wells (which now has netting all the way down the right to catch balls), the 3rd hole at Tiverton (>90% of players will end up with their ball on the path down the right hand side at least once, assuming the boards & fencing stop it going into the canal), the 4th hole at Knowle (the ball returns 100+ yards back down the hill with the top forever being out of range for short hitters), the 18th hole at Knowle (only luck can prevent a ball from going into the ditch; a situation made more ludicrous by a temporary local rule making only the beginning of the ditch GUR), the 8th hole at Clevedon (just a bad golf hole with great views from the tee).

I played Mendip this year, virtually impossible to keep it on the fairway on many holes and that was back in May, dread to think what it is like now.

 

[wjemather]

I played Mendip this year, virtually impossible to keep it on the fairway on many holes and that was back in May, dread to think what it is like now.

I was there earlier this month to re-rate them and some of the fairways were hard to define let alone keep a ball on! However, I wouldn't say any holes were made unplayable by the conditions, although a little longer rough wouldn't have gone amiss on a couple of holes to reduce the risk of balls disappearing into the ferns.

 

[Billysboots]

This does irritate me greatly as it shouldn't happen (anywhere near as much as it does) and I've seen it far too much this year. It is often just bad course management - and by that I mean management and preparation of the course.

Courses with steep slopes are/were rarely designed with wide expanses of fairway bordered by fairly short rough running all the way along holes because they are near impossible to play for many (if not most) golfers. They had narrower fairways or breaks in the fairway with rough long enough to prevent these unfair results that are entirely unavoidable except through sheer luck.

Some of the worst holes I've played recently include the 3rd hole at Wells (which now has netting all the way down the right to catch balls), the 3rd hole at Tiverton (>90% of players will end up with their ball on the path down the right hand side at least once, assuming the boards & fencing stop it going into the canal), the 4th hole at Knowle (the ball returns 100+ yards back down the hill with the top forever being out of range for short hitters), the 18th hole at Knowle (only luck can prevent a ball from going into the ditch; a situation made more ludicrous by a temporary local rule making only the beginning of the ditch GUR), the 8th hole at Clevedon (just a bad golf hole with great views from the tee).

Played at Old Thorns yesterday, and some of the holes there are a bit farcical at the moment.

The 5th is a downhill par 4 measuring about 320 from the yellows. Easily reachable but with two ponds short and left - a large one by the green and a smaller one about ten yards short of that. There’s a steep downhill slope just prior to that.

If you don’t have a pop at the green, the only safe option is a short iron from the tee. I went with a 9, and still finished very close to the first pond. So a 260/270 yard tee shot with a club I hit about 140 on the flat in normal conditions.

That, to me, is borderline unplayable.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

Played at Old Thorns yesterday, and some of the holes there are a bit farcical at the moment.

The 5th is a downhill par 4 measuring about 320 from the yellows. Easily reachable but with two ponds short and left - a large one by the green and a smaller one about ten yards short of that. There’s a steep downhill slope just prior to that.

If you don’t have a pop at the green, the only safe option is a short iron from the tee. I went with a 9, and still finished very close to the first pond. So a 260/270 yard tee shot with a club I hit about 140 on the flat in normal conditions.

That, to me, is borderline unplayable.

Hope it picks up in the next couple of weeks as I’m meant to be playing there at start of September in a charity day held by Mrs M employer.

That shot you describe is so similar to the 2nd at Uttoexeter where I’ve played quite a bit recently. Driveable par 4 bit you have to carry a lake that crosses the whole front of the green but due slope and dry conditions you can’t hit more that a 8/9iron off the tee without flirting with the water and hoping to hold the fairway. Literally makes an easy hole unplayable

 

[Billysboots]

Hope it picks up in the next couple of weeks as I’m meant to be playing there at start of September in a charity day held by Mrs M employer.

That shot you describe is so similar to the 2nd at Uttoexeter where I’ve played quite a bit recently. Driveable par 4 bit you have to carry a lake that crosses the whole front of the green but due slope and dry conditions you can’t hit more that a 8/9iron off the tee without flirting with the water and hoping to hold the fairway. Literally makes an easy hole unplayable

You’ll still enjoy it. Great venue, lovely course. But, as with everywhere at the moment, the hard ground is making it interesting.

 

[BubbaP]

Currently in west Wales, played a couple of local courses (not prestige) and haven't needed preferred lies

 

[Billysboots]

No words needed.

Apart from the suggestion that, from this moment on, all bunkers are booby trapped so that those who think it is acceptable to leave them in this state are blown to smithereens.

 

[kp17]

Untucked shirts.
Played behind a fourball last night, all maybe mid 20’s/30, I wouldn’t even say new to the game as all looked to hit a decent ball, electric trolleys, tour bags etc. Just really struck me as these new sort of youtubey type of golfer, shirts all untucked, hats backwards, maybe a bit unfair or a bit of a generalisation there as I do watch a lot of the new YT/media golf stuff, quite like hoodies, joggers, getting away from the old expectations dress wise and getting more young ones into the game. But my god just tuck your shirt in and put your hat round the right way. Looks horrendous.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

Untucked shirts.
Played behind a fourball last night, all maybe mid 20’s/30, I wouldn’t even say new to the game as all looked to hit a decent ball, electric trolleys, tour bags etc. Just really struck me as these new sort of youtubey type of golfer, shirts all untucked, hats backwards, maybe a bit unfair or a bit of a generalisation there as I do watch a lot of the new YT/media golf stuff, quite like hoodies, joggers, getting away from the old expectations dress wise and getting more young ones into the game. But my god just tuck your shirt in and put your hat round the right way. Looks horrendous.

You’d hate playing golf with me then, 9/10 times if I’m wearing a hat it’s backwards. Usually to keep the sun off my neck and I find it more comfortable

 

[Backache]

No words needed.

Apart from the suggestion that, from this moment on, all bunkers are booby trapped so that those who think it is acceptable to leave them in this state are blown to smithereens. View attachment 59132

Most of the problem there look like animal prints?

 

[Red devil]

No words needed.

Apart from the suggestion that, from this moment on, all bunkers are booby trapped so that those who think it is acceptable to leave them in this state are blown to smithereens. View attachment 59132

Unfortunately there's many who wouldn't think there was anything wrong.

 

[BubbaP]

An old favourite..

 

[Neilds]

You’d hate playing golf with me then, 9/10 times if I’m wearing a hat it’s backwards. Usually to keep the sun off my neck and I find it more comfortable

Whilst I respect your right to look a plonker whilst wearing a cap, I dispute the "more comfortable" argument. The shape and structure of the part of the cap that is in contact with your head is the same, regardless of whether it is worn properly or back to front. Therefore the comfort element is unchanged. The only possible explanation is that you may be distracted by the peak when wearing the cap properly, but this is nothing to do with comfort.

 

[sjw]

Whilst I respect your right to look a plonker whilst wearing a cap, I dispute the "more comfortable" argument. The shape and structure of the part of the cap that is in contact with your head is the same, regardless of whether it is worn properly or back to front. Therefore the comfort element is unchanged. The only possible explanation is that you may be distracted by the peak when wearing the cap properly, but this is nothing to do with comfort.

Demonstrably not true. The side with the peak is quite obviously more rigid than the back side.