Golf Random Irritations

[Depreston]

48 points wins the opening fourball today freezing windy and damp at times some going in them conditions

 

[KenL]

48 points wins the opening fourball today freezing windy and damp at times some going in them conditions

What score was 2nd and 3rd?

 

[PaulMdj]

48 points wins the opening fourball today freezing windy and damp at times some going in them conditions

Ours was 46pts in same conditions, 2 lads off 5 & 7.
2nd was 42pts and there were 5 pairs on that.

 

[sjw]

Teed up my ball with a wooden castle tee and got a bloody splinter in my thumb! That's the last time I use wooden tees, I'm plastic all the way from now on.

I'm going to be perhaps controversial here and I really hope this doesn't turn into a typical GM forums argument but I'm the opposite way, I'm very much anti plastic tee, so I'm going with them for today's irritation (rather than how poorly I'm playing at the moment and my rapid rise in handicap)

EDIT: In fact I'm pretty sure I know exactly how this discussion goes from having seen it on the forum before so let's just leave it there

 

[irip]

I'm going to be perhaps controversial here and I really hope this doesn't turn into a typical GM forums argument but I'm the opposite way, I'm very much anti plastic tee, so I'm going with them for today's irritation (rather than how poorly I'm playing at the moment and my rapid rise in handicap)

EDIT: In fact I'm pretty sure I know exactly how this discussion goes from having seen it on the forum before so let's just leave it there

Your irritation and that’s the name of the thread.
You can (as you did) disagree with someone and still be civil.

I use long wooden tees for driver and plastic for irons.

I get the best or worst of both choices.

 

[Orikoru]

I'm going to be perhaps controversial here and I really hope this doesn't turn into a typical GM forums argument but I'm the opposite way, I'm very much anti plastic tee, so I'm going with them for today's irritation (rather than how poorly I'm playing at the moment and my rapid rise in handicap)

EDIT: In fact I'm pretty sure I know exactly how this discussion goes from having seen it on the forum before so let's just leave it there

I had nothing particularly against the wooden ones until one wounded me today! Now I shall hate them with a blind passion for the rest of my days. I do like to hold grudges against inanimate objects.

In fairness, it makes no difference, I'll never buy another pink castle tee in my life now anyway, every round I find two more of them than I lose. When I swapped into my new bag I literally removed about 20 of them.

 

[Voyager EMH]

I use plastic and wooden tees. Anything that I find. Never bought a tee peg in my very long golfing life.

My irritation is broken tee pegs left lying on the ground, whether wooden or plastic.

They are litter and should be picked up and disposed of by the person that broke them. There are no tee-peg fairies to do it.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Bamboo people, go bamboo

 

[Voyager EMH]

"Me ol' bamboo" is very irritating

 

[jim8flog]

Bamboo people, go bamboo

Used chop sticks for me

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

Bamboo people, go bamboo

I’ve just started using these purely by chance. When Mrs M got me the Seed balls they came with a bag of 100 mixed driver and iron length bamboo tees.

Had them in play the last 2 rounds and really rate them. Much harder wearing than normal wooden tees and don’t mark the clubs at all. I’m a convert and when I eventually need new tees I’ll be buying these ones again.

 

[Orikoru]

I’ve just started using these purely by chance. When Mrs M got me the Seed balls they came with a bag of 100 mixed driver and iron length bamboo tees.

Had them in play the last 2 rounds and really rate them. Much harder wearing than normal wooden tees and don’t mark the clubs at all. I’m a convert and when I eventually need new tees I’ll be buying these ones again.

Does bamboo splinter??

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Does bamboo splinter??

Not that I've seen and I've been using them for 3 years now.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

Does bamboo splinter??

Can’t comment for certain as I’ve had them in play for 2 rounds now and I’ve not even broken one yet. Wooden ones I’ll go pretty much a tee per hole, not these ones literally using the same Long and short tee do both full rounds.

Google says this though:

Bamboo golf tees are a popular alternative to traditional wood because they are naturally stronger and more flexible, making them significantly less likely to splinter or snap on impact. Their fibrous structure allows them to absorb shock by bending slightly rather than shattering like brittle hardwood.

Superior Durability: Bamboo has a natural tensile strength comparable to steel, which helps it withstand the force of repeated swings. Many golfers find a single bamboo tee can last for 5–10 uses or even several rounds, whereas standard wood often snaps after one shot.

 

[Viewer]

Bamboo things are awful. Wooden tees, preferably white, are the only way forward.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Bamboo things are awful. Wooden tees, preferably white, are the only way forward.

Why awful? I've been using them for about 3 years, the Ocean ones. They are brilliant, I barely use 3-4 per season.

 

[PaulMdj]

Why awful? I've been using them for about 3 years, the Ocean ones. They are brilliant, I barely use 3-4 per season.

That’s only because you glue the broken ones back together.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

That’s only because you glue the broken ones back together.

Don't like to see waste

 

[Pants]

Google says this though: Superior Durability: Bamboo has a natural tensile strength comparable to steel, which helps it withstand the force of repeated swings. Many golfers find a single bamboo tee can last for 5–10 uses or even several rounds, whereas standard wood often snaps after one shot.

What a load of b

 

[Orikoru]

Next question - if you find a tee on the course how do you know if it's wood or bamboo? Don't they kind of look the same?