toyboy54
Challenge Tour Pro
Ah,hindsight Homer,hindsight,suppose I could make an exception in a few certain cases but I wouldn't be so idiotic again-that's for sure!!
Jimbo
Jimbo
richart
Major Champion
Hey three of our par 3's are under 165 yards, so I can get a smooth driver to them.
My mate get a hole in one on our 9th, about 130 yards, and he hit a seven iron. It was seen by quite a few, who I think rang up their friends to get to the clubhouse by the time we finished. Cost him a few bob ! He wasn't worried about the cost so much, more the fact I told everyone it was a four iron he hit, and out of the screws at that. Little Lee has a certain ring to it.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I'm also not sure the 'bottle of whiskey on the bar' is a decent solution in this day and age with regards to drink driving. If everyone's already got their post-round pint or two shandies, how many can accommodate a straight whiskey on top and then drive home?
I think this is an interesting one. At my club everyone has to drive, location dictates this. Whenever I have seen shots on the bar I have always declined for this reason. If I get a hole in one maybe I should offer to get the latte's in? Very modern
D
Deleted Member 1156
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Lattes with a shot of whisky in them? ?I think this is an interesting one. At my club everyone has to drive, location dictates this. Whenever I have seen shots on the bar I have always declined for this reason. If I get a hole in one maybe I should offer to get the latte's in? Very modern
If you can prove you are a passenger and not the driver
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
...and as much as 'bottle on the bar' is the tradition at my place - not much good to me as I'm a teetotaler
But I'd still buy a bottle if I did plonk one in a hole in one - plus a drink for any who didn't partake of the uisge beatha. Just thinking that spread out over 50yrs of not having to buy such a round of drinks the cost per year of the whole round of drinks will be diddy-squat. And I wouldn't be expectant of doing it again any time soon thereafter.
Nor crazy golf. There are some limits.Surely those on a pitch and putt course don't count?
Ridgeman
Member
Once when I was about 13/14 on a Summers evening playing with friends. Those days where 36 holes were not unusual. Been close a couple of times since but havn't we all. I did play in a Seniors match about 3 years ago where one of the players in front aced it twice in the same round. Of course I didn't see either of them just heard them.
Was part of my thinking but also want the enjoyment of a beer and some banter with my pals about whether it was a good shot/lucky etc and enjoy the moment. I don't drink whisky so already forking out for that and then for my beer so paying twice. Sorry but when I get one, my PP's and my roll up mates get one and there are a few faces I would be happy to pay for but after that.... tough
D
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I can just picture you walking around the clubhouse offering drinks to selected people only
I can just picture you walking around the clubhouse offering drinks to selected people only
Hoping it'll be quiet anyway. Lets get the first part of the problem sorted first. Need to get the ace before worrying about drinks
HampshireHog
Assistant Pro
Should it ever happen, I’d buy the drinks for my group and put a bottle on the bar then claim on the club insurance.
Days of buying a round for every one in the clubhouse are over. Of course these days they’d need a substantial meal as well.
Days of buying a round for every one in the clubhouse are over. Of course these days they’d need a substantial meal as well.
D
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If you can claim on the club insurance surely it's drinks for everyone rather than a bottle on the bar?
richart
Major Champion
Seen two hole in ones after letting through on a par three. First one chap said he would leave a drink for us behind the bar. Nothing.
Second one guy said he would get us a drink when we returned. No sign of him when we got in, but as we were ordering guy came out of members bar at Coombe Hill, with a bottle of champagne for us.
Second one guy said he would get us a drink when we returned. No sign of him when we got in, but as we were ordering guy came out of members bar at Coombe Hill, with a bottle of champagne for us.
ArnoldArmChewer
Tour Winner
I have been lucky & had 4, with an 8 iron, 6 iron, 4 iron & 5 wood, 3 on my home course and 1 on an away game. Each time I have either rung the captains bell or offered everyone in the bar a drink, you don't get one often so why be tight plus its a good tradition to keep alive.
D
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Mate, if you ever get one it should be a round for every Club you’ve played at.??
Ours is a bottle on the bar and anything else is up to the person getting it.
D
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Haha I remember when Faldo won the Open at Muirfield in 1992 and sent a bottle of whisky to every pub in Scotland as a thank you for the support. I'll need to fork out for close on 400 bottles
See, I don't think it's a great tradition having to shell out and be out of pocket for actually achieving what we are trying to do every time and get it in the hole asap. I thought I read on here at some point in the distant past that places like Japan the PP's get the "holer" aa drink/gift. I may be wrong in that but definitely sits better with me
