Your thoughts required - monthly forum poll time...

[JezzE]

Hello all,
Hope you're all bracing yourself for good old winter golf given the drastic drop in temperature down south today. Winter golf forms the basis for one of our questions this month, the other focusing on so-called lesser tours either side of the Atlantic.
As ever, many thanks for your help

 

[viscount17]

went for the first two;
the putt you can do nothing about - it is what it is
much the same for the drive. the bunker - isn't that when you play it as a chip?

don't have Sky yet so no chance to follow any - might get it to stave off the withdrawal symptoms.

 

[John_Findlay]

I went for the cold drive. I'm getting old and now really hate playing in bone chilling temperatures. I'm happy playing anything in winter so long as I avoid that.

I also went for the LPGA. Admittedly that's for the tanned legs rather than the golf though. That reminds me. I'm due an eye test next week.

 

[Alex1975]

wow a right mix of results

 

[The_LHC]

the bunker - isn't that when you play it as a chip?

Yeah I LOVE those shots, put the SW away, get the low bounce lob wedge out and skim the ball off the surface, comes out fizzing! I have to aim further left of the hole than normal because I know second bounce the ball is going to turn 90 degrees right, one of the most fun shots I play!

Just make sure you keep everything else still though, otherwise you're skulling it miles across the other side of the green!

 

[fundy]

definitely the pitch off a tight bare lie, seem to be getting a few of them already

as for the tours, I prob follow the Europro more than any of those offered, partly due to the coverage it gets on sky and partly as know a couple of the players on it

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Went for the bare lie on damp ground. The stuff of nightmares for my fragile mental state and current short game

 

[The_LHC]

Went for the bare lie on damp ground. The stuff of nightmares for my fragile mental state and current short game

yeah nice bit of soggy mush under the ball so you have to clean the club face after every practice swing! that's why God invented links though...

 

[Deleted member 1147]

I went for the putts and lob shots.

I already lack confidence on shortish putts, the greens being poor make that even worse.

In summer I love playing my lob wedge off tight lies and getting that 2nd bounce bite. Try it in winter and you end up doing a Mahan.

As for the tours I only really look at the Euro seniors as I see how DJ Russell is doing. He was club pro @ Kedleston when I was junior captain and he looked after the juniors really well. So it's nice to see him doing well.

 

[fundy]

Went for the bare lie on damp ground. The stuff of nightmares for my fragile mental state and current short game

sounds far too familiar

 

[Bunkers]

Went for the putting...can't stand bumpy, soft, sandy, spiked and pitch marked greens. Don't even start me on winter greens....

Follow the Tartan tour (Scottish PGA) as my mate plays on it. Makes it more interesting if you know the players personally to follow their progress.

Ray

 

[jammydodger]

2.5 footer on a manky temp green and dont follow the minor tours at all any time of the year

 

[Tiger]

At the moment its the bunker for me, though I am starting to try that chipping technique and next time I'm in a sandtrap it may well come out of the bag. If it wasn't that it would be the bare lie, cue a big FAT!

 

[full_throttle]

bunker shot for me, hate them in the dry....

no sky tv so don't watch any tours that are not on terrestial tv

 

[HRC99]

The poll missed the thinned long iron off a frozen fairway on a bitterly cold day that leaves your arm reverberating.

That's my least favourite!

 

[AliB]

Voted for first two but basically anything involving mud. Hate the stuff on clothes trolley shoes etc. Links? Bring it on!

AliB

 

[SwingSlow]

Interesting range of views. Bunker shot personally - just know it's not going to go well and the wet sand is nightmare to get off shoes and the club and the ball and the towel and your face when the wind blows it all back at you and you try to use the towel which just puts more on, but it is cheaper than a chemical peel, so keeps your skin young looking and silky smooth (did I say that out loud?).

Seniors Tour - recognise the names of the players, thinking they're the same age as me and I should be able to play like and that and one day I might actually play the courses as well without taking out a second mortgage for the green fees.

 

[brendy]

I have no fears of bunkers whatsoever, I find them fun to be honest. I do hate sandy, tined greens, they really are a lottery.

 

[Split_Fairway]

the worst is when you have a bunker shot and end up thinning the ball off the planet because you just cant get the club through the sand. the only two events i get to see every year are the masters and the open "grumble, damn BBC"

 

[Losttheplot]

I like to follow tue EuroPro tour, I think there's a great standard of up and coming golfers and it's great to see players progress through.
It was great to watch Eduardo Molinari come through the challenge tour the way he did and take the same form into the European tour.