2 months and im a 9.6 handicap?

[watty]

QFT

Wow, this is a bigger lie than the original post in this thread.

How on earth do some of you believe this stuff when you read it?

[tulefog]

I played once with an 89 year old former bowler who was golfing for his first time. He had to keep one hand on his walker, but he would swing the club with the other hand and hit 325+ yard drives right down the middle of the fairway. (I am not sure if it was a rule violation for him to be up there with his walker. Personally, I think it gave him an unfair aiming advantage.) Anyway, when he would putt, he would put on one of those bowling wrist devices and hook that ball right into the 1-3 pocket for a birdie almost every time. Anyway, when we were done, we added up his score and it was 300 (Oops, I mean 12 under par.)

[Chas]

I know it is hard to believe... I dont think I would believe it myself if I hadnt seen it with my own two eyes.

Were the greens embedded in Crop Circles perhaps?

I'm sorry but if one is going to make such a claim, one would do well to produce reasonably convincing corroborating evidence. Otherwise one is going to be met with profound skepticism to say the least. Gotta love threads like this though - most entertaining. This one gets more and more like a certain Monty Python skit every minute. Anyone know which one? A little birdie tells me tulefog knows.

[bjw181]

Show me the swing video...now.

This was my reaction... http://www.laughters.org/wp-content/...02/cutedog.jpg

[bjw181]

Were the greens embedded in Crop Circles perhaps?

^^^^

I laughed

[Shank]

Personally I don't believe anyone when they tell me their handicap. I assume the number told to me is the best ever score the person ever achieved. With higher handicappers I assume its their best score with some mulligans thrown in for good measure.

[mhodar13]

If you are good you're good. But some people just have to work harder for it.

Preach it brother, preach it. Couldn't be closer to the truth.

[ddalet]

Were the greens embedded in Crop Circles perhaps?

I don't have evidence,and I do have a sense of humor and am a skeptic myself. This happened almost 15 years ago so the details are hazy. Hell I don't even remember the name of the course except that it was near farmington, ct. And the two under was in 9.

I guess I should've known better than to post a seemingly unbelievable comment. I expected to be doubted. That doesn't make it any less true though. Sorry if this offended a few of you people that work to make use of the little talent you have, like me. I have seen many things in golf, including two unreal hole in ones... straight from a highlight reel. One of the rocks on the shore of a lagoon, and another off a lateral tree. Shots that I would have fathomed impossible.

[Zeph]

A hole in one like that is possible with a fair amount of luck. There is no way to play 2 under par for the first time in your life with luck.

[ddalet]

A hole in one like that is possible with a fair amount of luck. There is no way to play 2 under par for the first time in your life with luck.

Wasn't luck. he was a natural, that's all there is to it. I remember he lef the his shots within a flagstick to half a flagstick and then would miss the 3 foot birdie putts.d

[Shorty]

I don't have evidence,and I do have a sense of humor and am a skeptic myself. This happened almost 15 years ago so the details are hazy. Hell I don't even remember the name of the course except that it was near farmington, ct. And the two under was in 9.

Complete garbage.

It's totally possible to believe the hole in one stories, because they relate to luck, but to shoot under par even on a par three course, first time round is not possible. I would love to see how these "naturals" (who have all played hockey or baseball, as if that means anything) cope when they short side themselves with a bunker between them and the hole or have to play out of rough near the green. As for the 9.6 after a couple of months, well that just shows the ridiculous nature of DIY handicaps. I want to see one of these players post a link to a legitimate national golf union (or equivalent) site where these scores are posted in competition with a marker. You'll never see it. I guarantee it.

[shades9323]

I don't have evidence,and I do have a sense of humor and am a skeptic myself. This happened almost 15 years ago so the details are hazy. Hell I don't even remember the name of the course except that it was near farmington, ct. And the two under was in 9.

It is ok to name drop. Who was the hockey player?

[TN94z]

To me, the hockey player story just shows that most people have no idea what it really takes to shoot 2 under. It is the same way when you hear people say, "Oh I usually hit my drives 290-300." They have no clue what a 300 yard drive looks like or what it takes to get it there. It's not that they are lying, it is that they truly believe they do it because they have never checked the yardage.

There are MANY, MANY, MANY gifted athletes out there that play hockey, basketball, baseball, football even GOLF!!!! They are not going to go out and shoot 2 under in their first round ever swinging a golf club....I don't care if it was 9 holes!

[iWALK18]

You do realize that hockey players hit the puck fat with every shot... doesn't exactly translate well to golf.

[Iowa Hawkeye]

You do realize that hockey players hit the puck fat with every shot... doesn't exactly translate well to golf.

This guy begs to differ:

[shades9323]

This guy begs to differ:

So would 5 out of the top 10 players in the american century celebrity golf championship at lake tahoe.

[trog2233]

I've play hockey my whole life and i just started golfing 4 years ago. I was a 25 handicap when i first started. This story is a bunch of BS

[Yukari]

Wow, this is a bigger lie than the original post in this thread.

I agree. This is a pure horse SH!T