Grrrrrrr

[extremeld]

ok

i have to confess i have recently become addicted to golf forums (better than working just)

but my blood pressure is increasing because i keep reading rubbish -

Please Please Please - if you dont know what you are talking about or cannot play golf (20 plus handicappers) do not feel compelled to write stuff that you reckon might kinda possilby be true and pass it of as fact or offer golf advice (you cant play why should anyone listen)

sentences that begin - i am studying are not allowed!!! (if i was in charge)
actually the above line applies to anything a student says!

sentences beginning - i have studied (not at school) are acceptable.

so much rubbish - also argueing on the internet - what a pastime

rant over - (please no advice) blood pressure is fine now

[Jeepthrills]

ok

Although I do agree with you on some of your points that too much is passed on as fact when it is incorrect, I disagree with you about the 20 handicap rule. There are plenty of people out there that know a ton about the game but for various reasons can't get it to work for them. Maybe they don't have the time to play enough or practice. I consider myself to be pretty knowledgeable about golf but based on this I am a few bad rounds from not being able to comment on the game. Just my opinion, certainly not fact.

[extremeld]

its credibility -

if you cant play how can you advise others how to play? - and by you i mean bad golfers not YOU specifically

dont do as i do, do as i say!


it winds me up, really does 1 comment in particular - grrrr

[choran]

its credibility -

i agree with ya on if you cant play dont advise others how to play (which is why i dont give advice

haha)...just curious though, what is the one comment

[Jeepthrills]

its credibility -

I don't take it personally, but I also know that I can help a bad golfer become a better golfer by giving them a few tips. I am not one of those guys that follows every shot someone takes with "You know, if you just..." But if I see a glaring issue I will try to show them something easy. Example: My best friend was addressing every iron shot with the ball too far forward in his stance and his hands behind the ball. He was topping everything. I moved the ball back a few inches and his hands forward and he immediately improved his contact. I'm not Butch Harmon but I could see what he was doing wrong and I fixed it. Same goes on line. I am not going to tell a 2 handicap how to play but if a 30 is asking for advice that I feel good about I don't mind offering my help.

[extremeld]

internet wiseass disagreeing with perfectly good advice on how to hit a golf ball further - question was asked and answered.

person just totally wrong - probably hits it 180 and started line with i am studying - i dont care if you are studying!!!!! i can hit the ball 350 all day long!


grrrr


blood pressure rising - call it a day

[Jeepthrills]

Fair enough. You just have to take it with a grain of salt. It's usually pretty easy to see through BS.

[extremeld]

like i said i have recently started using these forums way too much. the amount of rubbish passed on is crazy - and people lap it up. if you have 2000 posts you automatically know what you are talking about!

NO

if you have 2000 posts you should go outside and swing a golf club!

maybe you should get a free 10000 piece jigsaw when you reach 2000 posts that says in BIG WRITING - GO OUTSIDE!

K

[Norm66]

Are you new to the internet in general or just golf forums? The whole net is full of people blathering on about stuff they don't understand, passing beliefs off as facts etc. Nothing to get worked up about just on a golf forum IMHO. Take a deep breath, pop a blood pressure pill and don't have a heart-attack over what someone on the 'net says. It's just not worth it.

[JaY_B]

ok

Foolish post, everyone, regardless of handicap or education has the right to voice an opinion, especially when that opinion is asked for in the form of a thread on this forum. Part of me feels 'get over yourself' I have not seen you make contributions on this forum that are any more worthwhile or credible than that of a 20 handicapper.

[JaY_B]

ok

Re: What is your average Driver yardage?

Oh how I love irony seems to me you have made ANOTHER argument here that lacks credibility

[geezer]

If you don't like it, or if it threatens your health (blood pressure). You know where the (virtual) door is.

Seriously, if you can't bear to sift through rubbish all day long, then don't bother.

[BASHERBAKER69]

hi

Ive studied Dave Pelz's short game Bible and would like to pass on some advice....

How's the blood pressure now?!..lol

bb

[powerfade]

internet wiseass disagreeing with perfectly good advice on how to hit a golf ball further - question was asked and answered.

350 all day long??? Puh-leeze...What rubbish!

[JaY_B]

350 all day long??? Puh-leeze...What rubbish!

Too give him his due, I do believe he competes in long drive competitions.

Although his constant remarks about me concerning my education "i dont care if you are studying!!!!!" is getting tiring, the fact I know more than him seems to be one of his pet peeves

[powerfade]

Too give him his due, I do believe he competes in long drive competitions.

Yeah, the whole thread is funny. I was just stirring the pot.

Just because someone doesn't want advice from a higher handicapper or someone who's "studying" the game, doesn't mean they should all stop posting. This is all about reading and writing opinions, advice (both solicited and unsolitcited), and being entertained IMO. We shouldn't take these things too seriously. Does he keep those long drives in the fairways? Does he need help with that?

[sacm3bill]

Here's another way of making the point others have made: Someone could be an excellent sand player but be a 30 handicapper for a multitude of other reasons (can't drive, can't putt, no course managament, home course is difficult, etc...) The original poster would have us ignoring anything such a person has to say about bunker play.

Handicaps don't tell the whole story.

[powerfade]

internet wiseass disagreeing with perfectly good advice on how to hit a golf ball further - question was asked and answered.

Which thread/post was this? I'd like to check it out.