Room 101

[Tiger]

So you're sat on the panel and it's the wildcard round. Mylene Klass and Michael McIntyre have just lambasted their respective pet hates and it's your turn to put forward your case for an entry into Room 101. Having thought long and hard about it you've elected to choose something related to golf because you are so passionate about the sport. So what do you want to condemn to Room 101 and what is your watertight case to persuade Frank Skinner to agree with you?

I'll kick us off. I'd like to send the 'Scottish shot' into Room 101. Golf is a hard game. A very hard game. There you are with a long metal stick with a tiny little lump on the end with 120 yards to the flag. You've been playing well and are scoring well below your handicap. In fact one of your playing partners has just commented about how well you are striking your irons, when all of a sudden from nowhere you are afflicted by a bout of shermans that obliterates the rest of your round. Any time you have an iron or wedge in hand you you hear that awful clunk and see your ball fly at right angles threatening to kill your playing partner who felt he was safe as he was almost level. At times you are tempted to line up perpendicular to your target in the hope the shank will send it straight. And the worse thing about the socket rocket is the ensuing proclaimation from your playing partner that that the Sherman is millimetres away from being a perfect shot.

 

[doublebogey7]

Feel your own answer may well have killed this thread!

 

[gdc]

Can I put Mylene Klass in and then jump in after her? I will wear golf shoes to keep it topical - but nothing else!

 

[richart]

Captain's that think they have a right to play through. I am sure Frank Skinner would have no problems with that.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

The Posh Boys

A whole penny off a pint of beer...........fantastic that only makes it £2.49 now.

 

[Liverbirdie]

People who still or ever did say "a single golfer has no standing on the course".

Shut up, or I'll stand on your head!

 

[GB72]

Captain's that think they have a right to play through. I am sure Frank Skinner would have no problems with that.

This, especially when you have been queuing for over half an hour in the freezing cold and he makes it clear that we will not be playing through his group if we are quicker.

Sorry not still bitter after nearly 2 years.

 

[fundy]

Can I put the British weather in?

 

[drawboy]

Anyone who gets two shots on a par 4 then par's it........straight in 101.

 

[Crow]

Idiot buggy drivers.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Chippers and black gloves

 

[CliveW]

I'll kick us off. I'd like to send the 'Scottish shot' into Room 101.

Just out of interest, why is it called the "Scottish Shot"?

 

[JustOne]

PUTTING AIDS - there is no ONE WAY to putt. Even Tiger gets advice before a tournament from Stricker, you'd think Tiger would know the technique if there was one? For amateurs it's even less important as the greens are never (or rarely) the same, or any good.

Love this vid below.... these are EXPERTS talking about Jack Nicklaus' putting and how he hit short ones.... in the 3 minute video he hits a total of 8 putts.... he makes 6 and misses 2 - that's a 3:1 miss ratio!!!!!!

I love it when he says forthright "I KNOW what this ball's going to do" ......and then misses it

[video=youtube;Qdu2MpOJmIg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdu2MpOJmIg[/video]

 

[Tiger]

Just out of interest, why is it called the "Scottish Shot"?

Links to MacBeth - the Scottish play, because it is unlucky to reference the name of the play. In the same ilk referring to a shank by its actual name is then likely to bestow socket rocket misfortune on other people. As the game is scottish it is referred to as such. It is definitely not an indictment against scots golfers ability to avoid the hosel

 

[JustOne]

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Interesting, I would have thought that the 'Scottish shot' would be putter from off the green as it's common place in links golf. I've never heard a shank referred to as 'the Scottish shot' in 17yrs of golfing. I know they often call it the 'Texas wedge', is that because Shakespeare wrote a play about Texas too?

 

[CliveW]

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Interesting, I would have thought that the 'Scottish shot' would be putter from off the green as it's common place in links golf. I've never heard a shank referred to as 'the Scottish shot' in 17yrs of golfing. I know they often call it the 'Texas wedge', is that because Shakespeare wrote a play about Texas too?

My thoughts too. I didn't take it as a slight on Scottish golfers, just curious as I had never heard of it either, but had heard of the putter off the green reference.

 

[birdieman]

I must say I've never heard a shank called the Scottish shot and I'm quite old.
Not sure why but when I saw 'the Scottish shot' I thought you were going to be referring to a bump and run on the links type shot where you either chip or putt it along the ground from 50 yards away often by old men - horrible to look at and quite defeatist imo but often deadly!

 

[MashieNiblick]

Golf is game of manners, tradition and etiquette; precise mechanics and perfect timing; hallowed swathes of dune land and hushed cathedrals of pine. From the very spot that Vardon, Jones and Hogan have stood to face the challenge of the greatest game a player sets himself on the tee, totally immersed in his bubble of concentration. The gallery waits. A Major trophy at stake. A Jug, a jacket, a silver cup. A slow coil then the sudden release of power, as the club sends the shining white ball on a beautiful parabola into the sapphire blue sky towards the green velvet of the fairway. The Golfing Gods above smile their approval.

And some idiot shouts "MASHED POTATO".

 

[brendy]

Golf Gps. How much information do hackers need?

 

[Tiger]

Golf is game of manners, tradition and etiquette; precise mechanics and perfect timing; hallowed swathes of dune land and hushed cathedrals of pine. From the very spot that Vardon, Jones and Hogan have stood to face the challenge of the greatest game a player sets himself on the tee, totally immersed in his bubble of concentration. The gallery waits. A Major trophy at stake. A Jug, a jacket, a silver cup. A slow coil then the sudden release of power, as the club sends the shining white ball on a beautiful parabola into the sapphire blue sky towards the green velvet of the fairway. The Golfing Gods above smile their approval.

And some idiot shouts "MASHED POTATO".

Oooooooooh can I change my mind? :thup: