medwayjon
Tour Winner
Mine is probably that I am an avid collector of Phantom Of The Opera memorabilia and know the script off by heart!
Tell us an interesting fact about yourself
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tpred
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i collect scotty cameron items and the interesting thing about that is that if my mrs knew how much some of it cost shed kill me lol.
One more interesting thing is that last year i won a comp in todays golfer and the prize was to appear in a computer game called pro stroke golf 2007.
One more interesting thing is that last year i won a comp in todays golfer and the prize was to appear in a computer game called pro stroke golf 2007.
RGuk
Tour Winner
Whoa, mwj, steady on!
If you've been to the show recently, you may have visited Lillywhite's which has been taken over by sports world
, they often have real golf equipment in there, like Callaway, scary.....a sports world worth visiting.
Interesting fact........hmmm........
1) I've been on telly to an audience of over 20,000,000....
2) I trained my dog to collect practice pitch shots in the park.....
3) Yes, my irons are almost 20 years old
that'll do,
Dave
If you've been to the show recently, you may have visited Lillywhite's which has been taken over by sports world
, they often have real golf equipment in there, like Callaway, scary.....a sports world worth visiting.Interesting fact........hmmm........
1) I've been on telly to an audience of over 20,000,000....
2) I trained my dog to collect practice pitch shots in the park.....
3) Yes, my irons are almost 20 years old
that'll do,
Dave
RGuk
Tour Winner
wow...that's very cool, they modelled a computer game on my physique.....fridge raider.....
Dave
medwayjon
Tour Winner
We went to the show 4 times last year. Lloyd-Webber is writing a sequel as we speak and we are getting very excited!
I know what you mean about lillywhites, I bought a very good cricket bat in there post takeover.
I know what you mean about lillywhites, I bought a very good cricket bat in there post takeover.
MVP
Journeyman Pro
I was in bergerac(if thats how its spelt) when i was about 8. I was in total sea fishing mag this year for snapping my rod in two at a casting tournament! I used to be the nuts at tennis and one a racket in tennis ace magazine! I used to have my own 6 a side football team called balls n all in maidstone league in which we one the league and came runner up in the cup 2wice. I used to be well clever(A student) till i got in with the wrong crowd when i was 15 taking all sorts of chemical remedies for life. got out of the habit at 18 my cleverness to a look at myself and said sort it out! yet i am scarred for life. Got into Djing/mciing been on tons of pirate/internet radio stations but gave it up to be with my mrs more.looking at the positive side of stuff i saved 20,000 deposit in three years in which i bought my first house with my princess in a decent area!
I get payed ok money even tho i dont like my job. I have got tremendously better at golf thanks to joining a club and finding a good coach.
Cant think of much more if it comes up i let you know!
Hope i kept on the subject!
I get payed ok money even tho i dont like my job. I have got tremendously better at golf thanks to joining a club and finding a good coach.
Cant think of much more if it comes up i let you know!
Hope i kept on the subject!
Im a bit of a petrol head, Drive a Leon Cupra Turbo (flash red, tweaked but no silly plastic stuck on), Love my golf and football, know my IT, and the missus still thinks Im boring at times!
Used to take part in track events on the mainland and had a blow out at 100 mph.
That'll do for now!
Used to take part in track events on the mainland and had a blow out at 100 mph.
That'll do for now!
MVP
Journeyman Pro
Leon cupras are well nice!
HTL
Tour Winner
I have nearly 100 international caps over three different sports, I have a masters degree in Sports Science and I am dyslexic. If I have ever confused any of you with one of my posts now you now why.
I have a Seat Leon. Good car Seat
I have a Seat Leon. Good car Seat
time_vans
Head Pro
i had a kidney transplant in 2003 followed by two heart attacks and a triple heart by pass in 2005 followed by extensive blood clots in the lungs and my wife was told i had 24hr to live .........longest day of my life literally as i'm still here !!!
MVP
Journeyman Pro
Fair [****] play mate!!! hope your enjoying yourself and making the most of life! I recently met my birds uncle in cornwall he's had four heart attacks and 3 tubes up his veins? he's a top fella lets you realise the better things inlife like missing a put aint the end of the world. he said it aint all that bad. sort of think i knew what hes on about!
shanker
Q-School Graduate
Can't compete with that timevans. I've met Nick Faldo, though and have a photo to prove it. I doubt he remembers me.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
timevans
Know where you r coming from mate. Had acute pancreatitis last year (about an hour from croaking myself). It puts a whole new perspective on life and what is really important.
As for famous facts... I use to be Maggie Thatcher (and the entire Cabinet's) payroll officer. I once got her pay wrong (unintentionally) and got a hand written and signed letter outlining her issues. Of course after a few drinks at my leaving do that slipped out of her file as a momento to sell on e-ay!!
I have caddied for Bernard Cribbins (actor and voice of the wombles - also the newspaper vendor in the Xmas Dr Who). I was on personal terms with James Bolam (Likely Lads) and Dan Maskell (ex BBC tennis commentator). A true gent.
Have spent 18 holes walking round with Lyle & Faldo about a week before Lyle flew out to win the Masters. They just pitched up at the course next door for a round. It was just me Nick, Sandy their caddies and about 4 other shocked and stunned members. Learnt so much in such a short period just by watching. Faldo was class explaining every shot (how he saw the shot, why he played it that way). Different game.
Not much really but best I can do
Know where you r coming from mate. Had acute pancreatitis last year (about an hour from croaking myself). It puts a whole new perspective on life and what is really important.
As for famous facts... I use to be Maggie Thatcher (and the entire Cabinet's) payroll officer. I once got her pay wrong (unintentionally) and got a hand written and signed letter outlining her issues. Of course after a few drinks at my leaving do that slipped out of her file as a momento to sell on e-ay!!
I have caddied for Bernard Cribbins (actor and voice of the wombles - also the newspaper vendor in the Xmas Dr Who). I was on personal terms with James Bolam (Likely Lads) and Dan Maskell (ex BBC tennis commentator). A true gent.
Have spent 18 holes walking round with Lyle & Faldo about a week before Lyle flew out to win the Masters. They just pitched up at the course next door for a round. It was just me Nick, Sandy their caddies and about 4 other shocked and stunned members. Learnt so much in such a short period just by watching. Faldo was class explaining every shot (how he saw the shot, why he played it that way). Different game.
Not much really but best I can do
medwayjon
Tour Winner
Respect for the Cupra brendy. I have a fondness for all things audi & vw and this surely qualifies. This year I have had a passat T-Sport which was pushing 200bhp. I also had a passat VR5.
You can't beat driving the arse off of a car. I get to this a lot in my business in all sorts of cars so I am a lucky bugger at times.
You can't beat driving the arse off of a car. I get to this a lot in my business in all sorts of cars so I am a lucky bugger at times.
shanker
Q-School Graduate
I wonder if Homer enjoyed James Bolam's company. I thought he was (is) a great actor and came across as a nice bloke. Was he a golfer?
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Shanker
James Bolam was an avid golfer. He was a member of Wimbledon Common Golf Club in the early 1980's and played off 14. Obviously he was away a lot filming but when he was free he would play several times a week and regularly in competitions.
Just thought of another trivial fact. He played in one of the BBC pro-celebrity shows. He came into the shop looking for a new pair of shoes which I expertly sold him. Lo and behold several weeks later I tune in to see him and there he is in the shoes wot I flogged him.
Dan Maskell was very similar. A very British gent (a pot of tea and toast - white bread lightly buttered after very round) he actually talked in that clipped refined voice that dominated English Summers during Wimbledon (long before Henman mania).
I once drained a long putt (20 foot plus). Dan stood there and as if he was commentating uttered "Ooo I say - what a peach". I was only 16 and I'm afraid schoolboy humour took over and I had t rush to my golf bag and stifle a huge laugh. I'm sure it wasn't deliberate gamesmanship (he was far too honest) but if it was meant to put me off it worked. I got to the top of my back swing on the next - remembered what he had just said and topped it some about 50 yards.
James Bolam was an avid golfer. He was a member of Wimbledon Common Golf Club in the early 1980's and played off 14. Obviously he was away a lot filming but when he was free he would play several times a week and regularly in competitions.
Just thought of another trivial fact. He played in one of the BBC pro-celebrity shows. He came into the shop looking for a new pair of shoes which I expertly sold him. Lo and behold several weeks later I tune in to see him and there he is in the shoes wot I flogged him.
Dan Maskell was very similar. A very British gent (a pot of tea and toast - white bread lightly buttered after very round) he actually talked in that clipped refined voice that dominated English Summers during Wimbledon (long before Henman mania).
I once drained a long putt (20 foot plus). Dan stood there and as if he was commentating uttered "Ooo I say - what a peach". I was only 16 and I'm afraid schoolboy humour took over and I had t rush to my golf bag and stifle a huge laugh. I'm sure it wasn't deliberate gamesmanship (he was far too honest) but if it was meant to put me off it worked. I got to the top of my back swing on the next - remembered what he had just said and topped it some about 50 yards.
RGuk
Tour Winner
Ever considered getting another seat? (for the w.a.g.?) or do your clubs ride up front????
silly (now half cut) joke.....
Dave
shanker
Q-School Graduate
Homer
Did James Bolam bring his mate Bob (Rodney Bewes) for a game? Bob and Terry were funny, weren't they?
Did James Bolam bring his mate Bob (Rodney Bewes) for a game? Bob and Terry were funny, weren't they?
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Actually james Bolam and Rodney Bewes did not get on off stage. Rodney Bewes was a classical actor and looked down on James Bolam and his northern working class accent and his acting ability. As far as I am aware Rodney Bewes has never played golf
toonarmy
Q-School Graduate
MVP - got to ask: what school in Maidstone did you go to and when?
I ask as despite living oop North for 15 years, I hail from little ol' Halling and went to school in Maidstone. My formative golfing years featured Cobtree Manor and the calf-stretching Deangate Ridge and the frankly ridiculous Lullingstone (they don't loan caddies, they loan Sherpas).
I ask as despite living oop North for 15 years, I hail from little ol' Halling and went to school in Maidstone. My formative golfing years featured Cobtree Manor and the calf-stretching Deangate Ridge and the frankly ridiculous Lullingstone (they don't loan caddies, they loan Sherpas).
