GPS; Its just a gimmick!

[chrisd]

I came back and started playing again in 2112. I noticed that I could comfortably hit a 400 yard drive with the new Javelin balls that change into a spear shape after you've hit them and never slice or hook. GPS went out years ago after they started using the side fairway buffers which are marked at every 1 foot to the hole. The buffers also stop you rolling into the rough. Our course standard scratch is 22, but the course record is 17. I think this is thanks to the new rule allowing the use of feeder gutters on the greens. We have 12 radial ones on our greens and they all feed nicely down to the hole. The course is still 7200 yards but we can now get round comfortably in 1 - 1.1/4 hours. We all laugh when we see pictures of the antiquated kit that golfers had to use years ago, especially GPS.

Is there any need for a long handled putter on this course?

Love the posting by the way!

 

[HickoryShaft]

I came back and started playing again in 2112. I noticed that I could comfortably hit a 400 yard drive with the new Javelin balls that change into a spear shape after you've hit them and never slice or hook. GPS went out years ago after they started using the side fairway buffers which are marked at every 1 foot to the hole. The buffers also stop you rolling into the rough. Our course standard scratch is 22, but the course record is 17. I think this is thanks to the new rule allowing the use of feeder gutters on the greens. We have 12 radial ones on our greens and they all feed nicely down to the hole. The course is still 7200 yards but we can now get round comfortably in 1 - 1.1/4 hours. We all laugh when we see pictures of the antiquated kit that golfers had to use years ago, especially GPS.

:rofl:
Course record of 17 wow - did it bounce in one hole and then straight into the next one with one hit or is that the new R&A rule that you can choose one hole to drop off your score to make it fairer?

By the way can you tell me who wins the Grand national / Premier league etc for the next 50 years so I can take over Ladbrookes (ahh Back to the Future II now that was a classic movie:lol Also is there any record of me winning a Major in there when I get my new kit?

Great post - really enjoyed it.

 

[Dave3498]

:rofl:
Course record of 17 wow - did it bounce in one hole and then straight into the next one with one hit or is that the new R&A rule that you can choose one hole to drop off your score to make it fairer?

By the way can you tell me who wins the Grand national / Premier league etc for the next 50 years so I can take over Ladbrookes (ahh Back to the Future II now that was a classic movie:lol Also is there any record of me winning a Major in there when I get my new kit?

Great post - really enjoyed it.

It was a lady and she got a courtesy shot on th 2nd. There's no horse racing any more - too cruel to the jockeys. Chelsea has won the Premier for the last 75 years, but there are only 2 teams in it - Chelsea & Tottenham. All the others went into liquidation in 2019. Yes you did win the Masters in 2020, with a course record. Well played HS.