Whos the best player?

[Fyldewhite]

I played a few times with a +2 player at our club a few years ago. Must say it was strange being off 5 and getting a load of shots !!

I asked him the same question and he said he was once in the same group as Corey Pavin in open qualifying who he described as both brilliant to play with and a different class.

 

[bobmac]

Andrew Hare?

 

[Sneds]

Strangely enough the best person I have played with is a lady. We were at school together and we even went out on a local pitch and putt together when I first started playing.

I don't know how good she is with regards to handicap, but she is currently on a golf scholarship over in America. I checked out her profile and this sounded vaguely impressive:

In August, finished second overall at the 2009 English Women's Open Amateur Championship in Enmore, Somerset, England, with a 4-over 292

Shot a final-round 6-under 67 to force a playoff at 2009 Irish Women's Open in July before losing on the seventh playoff hole to Lisa Macquire

Chosen to play for the English girls in the annual British "Home" International in Northern Ireland

Also a member of the 2006 English Elite Squad

 

[Owen_Thomas_14]

I play with a junior that plays off scratch and doesnt do anything text book but my god he can scramble from pretty much anywhere. He even got a putter to spin backwards

 

[TRS30]

About 20 years ago I was lucky enough to play a few times with a Walker Cup player who was a member of our club.

I won't name him but a small virtual prize will be given to whoever gets his name from the following.

Holed the putt that won the cup for GB & I in 1989

Lost out to a certain P Mickelson at the last in the singles in 1991 at Portmarnock.

Jim Milligan

 

[Sponge1980]

I didnt actually play with them but I watched Sandy Lyle and Dean Robertson play a match against 2 South Korean pros at my home course. It was organised by Ballantine's whisky who were launching a new type of whisky. The 2 Koreans were good but no where near Lyle. It was an education to watch a 2 time major winner play round your own course.

 

[Iaing]

About 20 years ago I was lucky enough to play a few times with a Walker Cup player who was a member of our club.

I won't name him but a small virtual prize will be given to whoever gets his name from the following.

Holed the putt that won the cup for GB & I in 1989

Lost out to a certain P Mickelson at the last in the singles in 1991 at Portmarnock.

Jim Milligan

Well done.

A smashing player and a really nice guy.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I've told the story of watching Lyle and Faldo play a practice game at Royal Wimbledon and walking each fairway with them and being able to ask them about their game etc. I think both were two of the purest strikers of a ball I've seen even with a balata ball

 

[roccokj]

I've played with a scratch handicapper a couple of times before and it is amazing how many shots he can play! I remember once he hit his drive just short of a ditch with trees behind it. To me it looked like he was going to try to hit a really low shot through a gap in the ditch with hybrid but instead, to my surprise, he purposely (well I think so ) skies the ball over the ditch going about 140yards!

 

[jammydodger]

Plenty of local pros and county players etc (+2 the lowest I think)

David Howell was playing in the group behind us in one pro-am. Had a stiff neck that day trying to watch what he was doing.

 

[JustOne]

Strangely enough the best person I have played with is a lady.

Me too.

And now back to golf.................

 

[Screwback]

Strangely enough the best person I have played with is a lady.

Me too.

And now back to golf.................

Brilliant

 

[RGDave]

I've played with some pros (club, not tour) and plenty of low h'cap golfers, but nobody in the + h'cap category.
It's certainly an ambition of mine to play a game and witness someone break par gross.
Probably the highlight was playing with the scratch winner at my old club quite often in a Sunday 4-ball. He didn't hit it miles which might explain why I was always keen to watch him play his way round the course.

 

[algar5]

I was lucky enough to play at Kingsbarns with an Italian European Tour Professional who was on holiday with her husband. I was treated to a lesson in ball striking and course management as she birdied the first four holes and shot a scratch 70. She kept laying up to her favourite wedge distance of about 100 yards and on all but one occasion pitched to within 6 ft.

 

[thecraw]

Played in the works golf outing a few years ago, and one of the guys i played with was of +2, he was round in 66 ,2 birdies and and eagle the rest pars.He never missed a fairway or a green all day , was a good guy to play with as well not coming over as a chocolate boy.

I play with a 2 and 3 handicapper every week and they don't make many silly mistakes or throw shots away , the best on here i've played with was IM01 at Goswick in a gail, different class.

I'm offended! After my Muckhart materclass and getting a sore back round Dundonald carrying you and you tell me I'm a chopper!

Bloody Dundonian!

 

[Ethan]

I played a round in the US with a Nationwide Tour pro, Robert Garrigus, who got his PGA Tour card a couple of years ago (and lost it last year). He was in the top 3 for driving distance on both Tours and could definitely move the ball out a bit. I have also played one hole with Nick Faldo at a corporate event, and played with Darren Clarke a few times when he was a junior.

 

[USER1999]

We had a kid at my track off plus 5 I think. He just missed out on the Walker Cup, and turned Pro. Had a tour card for a couple of years, but lost it last year. Trying to get it back.

Oddly, my first ever game at my track was on a Friday. I pitched up, saw a 3 ball going out, and thought, I'm a member, I'll ask if I can make up a 4 ball. I figured that might be a mistake when they all pulled 1 irons out on the first. Hmm. Turns out it was Griffo, and of the other two, one was county captain off scratch, and the other was the hacker off 4.

 

[birdieman]

Grantown on Spey 36 hole open 2005 got paired with Duncan Stewart who was still at Jacksonville on a golf scholarship at the time where he was a stellar performer. He was off +4 then, knocked it round in 64/65 (which he really thought wasn't much good, he holds course record of 60!) then forgot to sign his card and was DQ'd.
Since then he has gone pro but is struggling I think - he did play on one Nationwide Tour event and has won a few quid on the Europro tour where he still plays.
Like a lot of good players there isn't anything amazing they do, wasn't monstously long or anything, they just don't hit any poor shots and with 7 iron or shorter are all over every flag. Any putt within 6' goes in....end of. Sickening really.
It did pull my game up a notch as I won section 1 (0-9 hcap). Morning round I went out +3 and back -4 for a one under 69. I beat him on that back 9 and is about the best I've ever scored.

 

[AuburnWarrior]

My Dad! He was my inspiration to play. He's off 19 so not the best player technically but when I was a child he appeared a golfing God. He was like Seve - sort of. He was often in the trees/rough/bunkers - that's where the similarity ends.

I've played with many cat 1 players, some who went on to be pro (non touring).

My most recent outing was with a 2 handicapper round Brockett Hall. His swing was so smooth and his ball striking so good that at times it appeared that he'd missed the ball! I didn't hear the shot but the end result was always excellent.

 

[bernix]

Niki Zitny, played one season on the European Tour and a couple of seasons on the Challange tour. Now he is coach of Austrian top amateurs.
But I admit, he is not nice bloke