Icehawk

I'll be there on Saturday! My first tournament I will have gone to ever :)

Slice City.

Haven't played a round by myself but so far I always end up alone at the driving range/practice green. I enjoy the comraderie of another player personally and unlike SirMilton have found that having someone to bounce ideas off is quite helpful (I am an amateur car racer). Since moving to FL I have stopped racing now that I have no partner - it was 8hrs of standing around by myself in the heat and making no progress. When I had a partner we could discuss the differnent lines, braking points, etc and elevate each other. Not to say I won't shoot a round solo, just haven't yet.

Anything over about 100yards. Go 8 jillion handicap!

Crandon Golf Course in Key Biscayne (Miami, FL area) - it's CC quality and has been used on the Senior tour a bunch of times. Greens are stupid fast and heavily contoured making for some tough putting. Balls much off the fairway are OOB and lost to the Mangrove or Water Gods. Very scenic with views of Miami across the water and tons of wildlife including huge iguanas. Price is ~$30-60.

I've played worse :D

Pulled from their website. I think they do look at those factors ;)

Poor Matt, I think he was a better player than Kevin or Benoit. All of them really struggled with the slow greens though which surprised me after the first hole or two. Still not digging how they do eliminations and would prefer more time devoted to the shots but still an enjoyable show. Wish they would rerun past seasons or get them on Netflix.

Depends where I go - the local 9 we've been going to recently I have only lost 1-2 in three visits and that's due to rough where the balls sits way down and you just can't see it. Another nearby place is like infinite ball loss :D It has dense Mangrove trees on all sides and water hazards on several holes. One hole I just start by taking the drop... I have no handicap yet, I just started!

I prefer the WS model personally although they don't quite offer the model I'd like (2ball with black stripe). The all plastic insert felt funny to me, very soft - having played a course with PGA-like greens though it might have been handy there.

First season watching it, wish I could find the other seasons somewhere (TGC just has 2min snippets). I like it but I they bulk up the show with a LOT of BS 20sec interviews - let's just see some GOLF! I didn't like the way the elimination went - Anthony may have choked seriously under pressure but I do think he is a better player than a few guys who have almost no points and are safe. Not sure I understand the thinking other than trying to stir stuff up. My votes at this point are the same as everyone else - Hiroshi or James look like the guys to beat.

They don't actually make the club I want, I own an Odyssey White Steel Two Ball but I wish it had markings on the White Hot model (it has a center line painted on it missing on the WS). I keep thinking about doing it myself carefully... Ok, and the dream club would be that club but with a Yes! face on it. And maybe it could magically transform into a long putter when I wanted too? :D

Three, a 50, 56, and 60. I'm a beginner but I hit my wedges pretty good most of the time.

Miami is year round, it's just brutal (but much cheaper) during the summer months though.

The last time I was at my local 9 hole where the average shot is into the next fairway I see a guy hook a shot terribly and hear an "OW!" from behind some trees two fairways over. Heh, I think he hit someone :D When we were leaving I heard the guy talking about it.