Roblar

I also voted 3-4. I want time with my kids & family. I want time to work on the house. I want time for my work (which I like). And I kind of like the excitement that builds up simply because I'm not going to play every day -- usually when I finish 18, I feel like I can't wait to play again, but... if I were about to play again, I think that feeling might fade. I think 3-4 would still leave me really wanting to play again.

In general, I don't mind. But there are occasions when I want to play fast, and then I mind. In those cases, I try to be the first guy off or go at a time when it's not busy. Otherwise, it's usually nicer to be paired with someone.

91. And get this: 41 through 9. Greens were fine - never worse than a 2-putt. ...but the ole H20 got me... (dunked two in a row on 16) Sigh. Can't wait to get out again!

Mornings in the high 30s or low 40s keep everyone away, so I can play fast.

Up to 18 now. Just playing the same courses again and again. Same three states too (family). I have ball marks from seven courses.

100% 100% Get clubs that you feel positive about. Spend as little on them as you can. Invest in some lessons. When I started out, I bought some outdated irons (new & cheap from a discount website) and asked my family to gift me lessons. My swing was so inconsistent that I really don't think it would have mattered what clubs were in my hand. ...Then, I bought a new set of used irons to celebrate my milestones: breaking 100, breaking 90, breaking 80, turning 40... It was fun for me to add the pressure of 'no new clubs unless I can improve my game'. Made every round a bit more exciting too. 🙂

So... I'm not knowledgeable about this, but I believe we can't play with frost because that damages the grass. Why are sub-freezing rounds allowed? Wouldn't the grass be damaged then too? (And for the record, I'm happy to play in the mid-30s, but not when the wind is more than 20mph.)

Maybe we'll cross paths and jog a round some day. 🙂 I've been too busy the past four years, but before that, I used to try to play twice a week: walk on Sat/Sun; jog on Weds/Thurs (teeing off first, at sunrise). I set a goal on my jogging rounds: I wanted to score under 80 in under 90 minutes. It took me a while, but I finally managed it! ...I need to make time for that again!

Got my 4th birdie this afternoon on the 3rd hole. Had a tailwind on a short par 4. Drove it 10 yards short of the green. Knocked it close. Sank the putt. 🙂

That was fun!

I'm in! Three rounds this year, and I've managed three birdies so far, one on 17 which might not happen again all year. I expect that 6, 13, and 18 will be the most difficult to get for me. 6 is a 420yd par 4, a small stream cuts across the fairway about 140 out from the green, 13 is a 200yd par 3, with a wide but shallow green that I rarely hit 18 is a 400yd par 4 that should be easier than it is - visually, water and trees pinch in before the green, but I'm often 160-170 out, so it shouldn't be that difficult ...also been away from TST for a few years, so this seems a good way to get back in!

86. ...but it felt more like a 96 because I just couldn't get the driver working... On the positive side, I played quickly, finished in about 2:15, and I don't think anyone notice me show up late to work.

It really is a short (not much over 6200 yards), walker-friendly course. ...and this is Oklahoma, so it's flat - that helps too. But I think Buckeye nailed it - there's no lollygagging going on here. It's literally, tee-off on 1, walk to the ball, hit the ball, walk to the ball, hit the ball... I've played it a lot and the decisions about clubs/yardage are easy.

18, walking, not rushing = 2:15. (But not pulling pins either.) That said, my course is set up for walking (only one long walk from green to tee --- the clubhouse and practice area intervene between 9 and 10). If I hurry, I can get just under 2:00.

87. Worst round in... six months. :( And the weather was perfect - no excuses except lousy play on my part.

Damn. I thought you were talking about Aussie Rules Football . Carn the Crow !

....I find them creepy - in an over-obsessed-stalker sort of way.

If I Win I'll choose the DTX Midsize Red grips to start my 2015 golf season with a PURE advantage! 1. Henrik Stenson -10 2. Victor Dubuisson -11 3. Zach Johnson -12

After about ten days of unseasonal snow, my e5's arrived just before a conference took me out of town for a week. You know how some golf balls just look good in your hand? That's how the e5s were. Well, at least as long as I kept their new chunky e5 logo pointed away from me. Still, I couldn't wait to get out and try them on the course. Flash-forward to this week, Spring Break, and I took a sleeve of e5s out for a comparison with the ProV1s that I most often play. I'm about a 12 handicap*. I have inconsistent ball-striking, and all the flaws we're trying to get rid of (I'm an over-the-top-slicer-sweeper). ProV1s have a wonderful way of exaggerating most of these flaws - if you ever want to see a series of line-drive slices, come play with me. The main point: it had been almost a month since my last round, and I was really excited to get out and play ... and to try out the the e5. I showed up at the course before sunrise, and was stoked to see that Tyler was the attendant -- he knows I play quickly and I knew he'd let me out before the tee-times started at sunrise. "Head out as soon as you can see." I followed my usual routine - turn on the GPS, no warm-up, just go to the tee, one practice swing, and ...CRACK! Split the middle - 234. But that was the ProV1. ...CRACK (just ever so slightly more thud-like than the ProV1)! yanked left, flirting with OB, but I found it next to a tree with a clear shot to the fairway, 238 from the tee box. From there, I went on playing two balls per hole -- I teed off with the e5 first every time, and I tried to hit the same shot (not a corrected shot) when I teed off with the ProV1. On the 3rd, the balls ended up 5 feet from each other (ProV1 further) - on most holes though, the e5 was closer to the hole. TEE SHOTS: The e5 lived up to its advertising. The ball flight was notably higher than the ProV1, and although I missed a number of fairways, I wasn't missing with BIG slices (like I do with the ProV1). IRONS: I only hit about six or seven shots really well. Most of them were with the ProV1. On the other hand, I didn't hit any donkeys with the e5. Was this the balls? No - just my inconsistent swing. That said, the e5 felt great the few times I hit it solid, and there were two times I hit the green with both balls, same club, about the same distance out, and both balls ended up about the same distance from where they hit the green. PUTTS: Can't tell you much except that I missed every single putt outside of 4 feet. Honestly, I thought the balls were really similar. The ProV1 has a familiar 'click' that just sounds right to me. The e5 doesn't sound bad - just a bit more... 'thuddy'. OVERALL: The e5 was good. I want to spend a bit more time with it before I write my review (which will be a slight expansion on this), but I really liked it. Of course, I also like the 330RX and the 330S... The ProV1? Good ball, but I mostly play it because my relatives keep on gifting me boxes of them. When I buy balls on my own, I've tended towards Bridgestone and Srixon balls. It's likely that I'll buy some e5s in the future. *Full disclosure on my handicap: my card says I'm a 9.3, but that card is a lying piece of pulverized wood. I'm convinced my course's rating is harder than it should be since the course is really not penal at all. For example, we've got next to no rough on the entire course, only eight bunkers, and lighting keeps on targeting the most strategically placed trees... Oh, and my three lowest rounds are within the next 5 to come off the card. Point is, I'm not a single digit. ...or, technically, I am but I don't have the game of a single-digit player! ;)

1) Handicap: in the single digits. 2) Driving: 6+ fairways per round. 3) Swing: get closer to an in-to-out swing path. 4) Clubs: get fit for clubs. 5) Rounds: more than 50 rounds for the year.

Not at all. By the end of 18, I'm not sure I remember the shots on some holes from the front nine.

Thanks for posting - this has been fun to read. I hope you'll discuss the 'competition' experience too. One of the (many!) problems I have with the game is that I keep forgetting what I *should* know -- especially when I'm eager to perform better. (Put another way, repeated mistakes frustrate me because it seems like I have only myself to blame...)

44 + 42 = 86. No birdies. 34F at tee-off. No one else on the course. 10-15 mph winds. Clear. ...beautiful. Full round walking (not rushing) in 2:16. Too many bogeys, but man did I have fun!

Your friend is right - look at the politics and policies about this. It is going out of fashion!