Olden golden days

[Deleted member 21258]

Thank goodness for more golf courses being built.

 

[Bxm Foxy]

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)

Yep I've played this winter in metal spikes too. As a cricketer, always felt much more comfortable in spikes.

 

[patricks148]

Yep I've played this winter in metal spikes too. As a cricketer, always felt much more comfortable in spikes.

same here, always wore metal in winter, but found the spike ices up very quickly, so you are walking around like you were a member of Slade circa 1973. soft spike for me now

 

[garyinderry]

I wore metal spikes for 9 holes few years ago and won't do it again. Could see tracks as I walked on the greens.

 

[srixon 1]

Minging checkered pattern trousers with colours that didn't match any coloured shirt on earth.

 

[Hoganman1]

Don't forget those Sansabelt polyester slacks with bell bottoms. Johnny Miller made them famous.

 

[Taz]

Farahs

 

[Imurg]

Minging checkered pattern trousers with colours that didn't match any coloured shirt on earth.

You must play with Fragger sometime......

 

[williamalex1]

Farahs

Oi , i still wear them

 

[Deleted member 18645]

You mean there was golf before this forum …………………...

 

[clubchamp98]

You mean there was golf before this forum …………………...

Yes “but not as we know it Jim”

 

[HomerJSimpson]

You must play with Fragger sometime......

A golfing joy to behold. A golfing gent (even if he gets dressed in the dark)

 

[sunshine]

Yep I've played this winter in metal spikes too. As a cricketer, always felt much more comfortable in spikes.

I had a round a few weeks ago where somebody ahead of me was wearing metal spikes. You could see the marks all over the green and on the tees, no wonder so many courses banned them. Greenkeepers must be thankful for soft spikes and spikeless shoes.

 

[Bxm Foxy]

I had a round a few weeks ago where somebody ahead of me was wearing metal spikes. You could see the marks all over the green and on the tees, no wonder so many courses banned them. Greenkeepers must be thankful for soft spikes and spikeless shoes.

Do you think they do any real damage? Especially in winter when most greens have been cored etc?

 

[sunshine]

Do you think they do any real damage? Especially in winter when most greens have been cored etc?

Superficial damage. Enough to make a putt bobble, enough to make a golfer moan about the bumpy greens, enough to give visitors the impression that a course is not well presented.

 

[Bxm Foxy]

Superficial damage. Enough to make a putt bobble, enough to make a golfer moan about the bumpy greens, enough to give visitors the impression that a course is not well presented.

Fair enough.

 

[garyinderry]

Do you think they do any real damage? Especially in winter when most greens have been cored etc?

They are brutal. I wore them for 9 holes a few years aga. Chewed the greens up something awful. I can only imagine what it must have been like back in the day.

 

[Liverbirdie]

Do you think they do any real damage? Especially in winter when most greens have been cored etc?

Some courses have banned them because of the damage they can do to the car park tarmac, so you can imagine how much worse they can make greens.

 

[clubchamp98]

I have a pair of adizeros with metal spikes they are brilliant .
I only use them on the practice range , as the marks they leave on the greens is horrendous.

 

[sunshine]

I have a pair of adizeros with metal spikes they are brilliant .
I only use them on the practice range , as the marks they leave on the greens is horrendous.

Said Sergio Garcia