williamalex1
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That's my name sake, but Rosecott, DFT, and Dewsweeper can go back even furtherYou win, did you play with old or young Tom Morris?
Olden golden days
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Apart from the sand box, you’ve just described most of the 4 balls last weekend at Seaham.
Apart from the sand box, you’ve just described most of the 4 balls last weekend at Seaham.
Yeah but Seaham is the place time forgot. Bet they still have fore caddies there!
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No we’ve moved on from them, we just use the 4ball in front
spongebob59
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Ball washers on every tee full of clean water.
Proper spike bars where you opened the door to let the smoke out and a s wear box would have been overflowing within a few hours. The one at shooters hill was always packed and you would look across to the lounge bar to see only a few old duffers in jackets.
The shower room also had complimentary soft fluffy towels, not that I ever went up there.
Proper spike bars where you opened the door to let the smoke out and a s wear box would have been overflowing within a few hours. The one at shooters hill was always packed and you would look across to the lounge bar to see only a few old duffers in jackets.
The shower room also had complimentary soft fluffy towels, not that I ever went up there.
Wolf
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My original Wilson Firestick 3 wood with a head the size of soup spoon...
My dad's hand me down TM Flex Twist driver.
Having to play with ladies clubs because I wasn't tall enough to use mens clubs
Nicking my dad's Balata balls out of his bag.
Spending my junior winnings on Precept EV's.
As junior being allowed in the stud bar or locker room only, prank calling home from the payphone to let my parents know I was ready to come home.
Seeing the old boys with their specific glasses behind the bar and sitting drinking in their blazers with their club ties.
My dad's hand me down TM Flex Twist driver.
Having to play with ladies clubs because I wasn't tall enough to use mens clubs
Nicking my dad's Balata balls out of his bag.
Spending my junior winnings on Precept EV's.
As junior being allowed in the stud bar or locker room only, prank calling home from the payphone to let my parents know I was ready to come home.
Seeing the old boys with their specific glasses behind the bar and sitting drinking in their blazers with their club ties.
Bxm Foxy
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I'm really not sure golf was that much better in the old days, the exclusivity and stuffiness of a lot of golf clubs has put so many people off over the years. For me, it's remembering the guys I used to play with, and see around the club.
nothing for me as i only started playing in 2006 not much has changed in that time
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Ditto.
jim8flog
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That still happens in part at our club. They queue up at 5am on Saturday/Sunday to get a game on the day where I play.
The members voted against using computer booking for the weekends twice.
This time it is being brought in without consulting the members because of the abuse the starter has been receiving.
Liverbirdie
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Abusing starters.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
What I'm learning from this thread is that golf used to be a hell of a lot more popular than it is now by the sounds of it! Having to book an entire week in advance, getting there at 4am to put your ball in a chute, bloody hell. Nowadays you can book Thursday or Friday and get the time you want or near it on Saturday.
When I started it must only have been about 2000 or 2001 I think. My first adult set a couple of years later was a Slazenger starter set, D, 3W, 5W, 3-9 irons, PW, SW, putter. I managed to sell that set this time last year for 50 quid.
The fashions were just about starting to change around that time I recall. The first pair of shoes I had was an old rigid work shoe type with metal spikes, but then my dad bought me a nice white pair of Adidas ones with rubber spikes which were a relatively new concept.
When I started it must only have been about 2000 or 2001 I think. My first adult set a couple of years later was a Slazenger starter set, D, 3W, 5W, 3-9 irons, PW, SW, putter. I managed to sell that set this time last year for 50 quid.
The fashions were just about starting to change around that time I recall. The first pair of shoes I had was an old rigid work shoe type with metal spikes, but then my dad bought me a nice white pair of Adidas ones with rubber spikes which were a relatively new concept.
What I'm learning from this thread is that golf used to be a hell of a lot more popular than it is now by the sounds of it! Having to book an entire week in advance, getting there at 4am to put your ball in a chute, bloody hell. Nowadays you can book Thursday or Friday and get the time you want or near it on Saturday.
When I started it must only have been about 2000 or 2001 I think. My first adult set a couple of years later was a Slazenger starter set, D, 3W, 5W, 3-9 irons, PW, SW, putter. I managed to sell that set this time last year for 50 quid.
The fashions were just about starting to change around that time I recall. The first pair of shoes I had was an old rigid work shoe type with metal spikes, but then my dad bought me a nice white pair of Adidas ones with rubber spikes which were a relatively new concept.
some clubs still do, remember playing at Leven about 5 years ago and they queued up at silly oclock for the next weeks tee times, at ours you have to book a sat morning time at least two weeks in advance to get out before 11am. though not as bad as it used to be in the 80's i remember my bother going to play batchwood with his mates at they had to be there at 6/7am at the weekend to even get out .. no booking
bobmac
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When the ''ordinary'' people weren't allowed to play golf
User2021
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white dog ***
Orikoru
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I expect my experiences are different as we usually play as late as possible as we're not morning people. So this time of year we're booking at middayish. In summer we'll happily tee off 2-3pm. It's only really in comps when I play comp times that we have to go out at about 9:40ish, ha.
ArnoldArmChewer
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I played in metal spikes last weekend, there's no golfing sound like the noise they make on hard surfacing, I used to love unwrapping a new ball (when I could afford a box)
most places around here you can take your pick afternoon, everyone want to play AM, only time i play afternoon is during the week after work sometimes
duncan mackie
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The reason for the adjustment was because you were handicapped to your medal performance in those days. If you had a couple of 10s each round they would be reflected in your handicap. The effect of this was that all types of high handicappers stood a reasonable chance in a medal competition, but some had a huge advantage in stableford events.
The adjustment was intended to balance that, and based on results it did the job.
Currently we are handicapped to our stableford capability, but the better golfers are simply left with an advantage in medal rather than any adjustments 🤣
robinthehood
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Thank goodness for progress .