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Oh I forgot, I am probably the worst male scorer in our co-ed club, but I have a blast anyway....and if I get lucky I can actually place in the top three (Net score) positions

Check your local golf association and ask for a list of golf clubs in your area. Then you can contact them and ask about their club. Here in So. Ca., there are lots to choose from. Most will allow you to be a quest at one of their events where you can play and meet some of the members. I didn't have any golf buddies and needed to get out and play regularly. Joining a club allowed me to get out more often, and I met some really nice people that I now play with almost on a weekly basis.

Never heard of an anti hdcp either, but I checked my worst 10 of last 20...... Was pretty scary; best 10 differentials of last 20 = 28.8.....worst 10 differentials of last 20 = 40.1

Most dangerous thing on a golf course?.....Me with a driver in hand. Nobody anywhere is safe :)

Had my best career day in golf Saturday at Olivas Links Ca. Only my 6th sub 100 round. Shot an amazing 89!! Prior best was 95 With my course hdcp my net was a 55!! I guess every dog gets a bone

I thought the Sheldon reference was pretty funny...more so than the ball snatcher picture

I don't see real well, so I ask the other players of my weekly foursome to watch where my ball goes for me.... Half the time they miss my shot cause I basically position my feet, adjust club head direction,breathe, let it rip. They joke about how quickly I make a shot......I tell them I have to save time on the tee box to make up for time I have to take in the tall grass looking for the ball!!

^^^ This concept (putting while pin still in place) would save a lot of time around the green. So many times I have been on the green and some 50-80 feet away from hole and had to wait while someone else was still trying to get onto the green. The someone else is usually just a golfer who is having a bit of a tough time on a given hole. Many times, in an effort to speed up play, I have played my lag putt while the pin is in the hole. Yes, I know someone else in the group could pull the pin for this shot, but this action would take away from their putt preparation routine....so was any time saved?? This is one of many rules that could be changed in an attempt too speed up play. Off Topic... Most people seem to think the person not on the green always goes first even if that person is not the furthest from the hole.

saevel25 Well said, especially this part "The real (edited) time killers are poor play, lost golf balls, and waiting around watching everyone else hit when you could be getting ready to hit." It has to be difficult for a player who seldom miss-hits their shots to watch a poor hitting player take 7-12 strokes on a hole; over and over again. But that's not something anyone should complain about until a course posts a rule that says "no poor players allowed"..can you imagine? Best advice to you is to not make any plans immediately after your golf round...maybe that way you will feel less obsessed with a time table. Golfers, just like drivers on the roads need to lighten up about being in a hurry. Life goes by fast enough; you don't need to hurry it along. The players I know of who want to get a fast round in usually do it in the early mornings.. Anything after about 9:00 A.M. is just asking to run into a slow day of golf. And around here (So. Cal.), weekend golf is and always will be very slow. Don't even think about it on holidays!!

golf is a game...treat it that way

I think when I Push, I do not get body around all the way. Next time you hit the ball right of target, check where your body (belly) is pointed. There is a good chance it will be pointed to the right of target...........At least that is what I see when I hit straight shot right of target.

At your level It's nuts for you to buy any ball that costs more than about $.75 As several people have mentioned, the Callaway Warbirds are a good ball at a good price. I think I got some at near $.59 each when on sale

First and only was on a short 373yd par 4 a couple years ago when I was about 60 years old. Hit a horrible driver shot that left me about 195 yds (see told you it was horrible). Hit a 3 wood that hit front of green and rolled right into the hole(pure luck) I promptly triple boogied the next hole (which is more closer to my playing level)

lol Reminds me of a male enhancement commercial of a male golfer named Bob...They said he was sporting wood

In reference to the bold part...This is so true. Imagine my surprise when I won the longest drive at my clubs last outing!! I made a real easy swing....probably between 1/2 and 3/4 swing, just trying to stay in the fairway. By the way, out of the 40 co-ed members in the club, yours truly has the highest hdcp. Good contact was the key!! To the OP..someone mentioned earlier about noting where you score the most strokes and then working on those areas for improvement....this is great advice!! Also, I have found that I score much better if I just hit a "more" controllable club instead of trying to hit a more difficult to control club..( at my level of play, I'm fine with hitting only 150 or so yards at a time) I also play each hole one more stroke than it really is.....that is, if it's a par three, I play it like it's a par four (two strokes to get on, then 2 putts) Believe it or not, my scores have come down using this technique. (still can't shoot a 90 however )...some day It's a great game...hope you enjoy it as much or more than I do

Like many golfers, one day I will swing and get okay results and the next day the swing and results will be totally different...usually horrible!! On my bad days, I have noticed that my body does not come around all the way ( my hips stop moving), and on my follow-through, I wrap around immediately to the left (for a righty) instead of down the line then left As soon as I correct these faults good things happen. On any given bad day of swinging, check those two positions (don't know the proper name for them) early on. Make any changes needed, they see if your swing and results improve. This is what works for me, maybe it will help others as well. All the practice in the world will do no good if you are doing it incorrectly..actually it will do more harm as we get discouraged with ourselves

So this type of special fee/tax is common in the industry....I didn't know that as I rarely play any Parks and Recreation tracks. This is what I have found out: Apparently in an attempt to get more people to buy the cards, they do offer a one price card that does not charge more for non-residents: One-year Player Card - $25.00 (Residents, Non-Residents and Seniors pay one fee). Three-year Player Card - $65.00 (Residents, Non-Residents and Seniors pay one fee). It's only a walk up, out of the area, card less player who gets additional charges? SENIOR CARDS - 60 years of age and over; provide a copy of your California Drivers License or other picture identification with your birth date on it. Additional proof may be required. If you are 60 years of age or older, you will receive senior status on your Golf Player Card. By completing the above requirements, you will enjoy the reduced senior rates. It looks like the card can be used on any of the 14 partnered courses (7 - 18 hole, the rest 9 holes tracks) In reference to the bolded section above...I hardly consider paying green fees, sometimes at an increased rate, freeloading off their system. You would be renting a cart, utilizing any snack/restaurant facilities, making purchases in the pro shop if they have one etc...all going to their municipal tax base. The only reason I can see to increase the charge for a person who might live outside a geographical barrier line is if they are attempting to limit course traffic; making it more enjoyable for the locals? I still see no reason to charge a person an additional $25 a year so they can take my greens fees and any other $$ I may drop at their facilities. If they don't want my money, that's fine with me...plenty of other options available.

I must have been living under a rock for the last few years. Thought I might play some golf this holiday season with a friend who lives in the San Fernando Valley (technically in Los Angeles). He said he couldn't make a reservation because he didn't pay the fee (umm, tax) to get a reservation card. He said it would cost $25-$35 dollars to get a card for a year., and there is no reduction of green fees. I told him that was ridiculous, and that he must have been mistaken . A little research and it turns out he was correct. To make advance reservations for starting times (more than 1 day), golfers must purchase a Department of Recreation and Parks Player Card. Also, since I live in LA county, and not LA proper, I would have to pay an added on fee (tax) as well... Way to make an effort to grow the game Los Angeles County Parks & Recreation!! Just wondering if anyone else in other cities have to put up with this nonsense?...end of mini rant!

@retgi: Great feat!! Still waiting for one Because of my handicap, I came in first this month in my golf club...shot a net 62!!

Darn, you beat me to it

I have hit the ball into the water on this hole...but from the whites Beautiful hole!!

This opinion is from a crappy golfer who never learned how to properly execute a golf swing (until recently)...this is only an opinion, so take it for what it's worth Most golfers who get consistently high scores do not know how to swing the club in a proper way. We swing with arms and shoulders, and have absolutely no idea what good timing is. We pick up little bits of information some of which is probably detrimental to us. Sometimes we even take some lessons thinking a few lessons will be the magic cure. But a lot of times these early lessons are more focused on assuming a picture perfect position than how to use the body to start the swing. If you do seek out lessons, make sure you tell the instructor to teach you how to hit the ball properly, then work on making it look good. First set yourself a reasonable goal (maybe score under 105 in x period of time?), If you do not accomplish the goal, ask yourself why not? Access where most of your strokes came from....I'm guessing the reason is probably a whole lot of badly hit shots more so than missed putts!! Get someone who knows the correct way to swing the club and work with them starting out using only partial swings. Do not try full swings until you make good contact the majority of times.(if you can't do it correctly with a small swing you will most likely not get it right with a full swing) Go play a course (short one recommended on a slow day), and do not be ashamed for using half swings for every hit, you are in training!! You will be surprised how far a ball will go with a half swing that is done correctly. Once you play a few times with good success of striking the ball well, your confidence will get stronger. Be reasonable in your expectations..that is, don't let poor scoring bother you, instead concentrate on how well you hit the ball. Once you have mastered striking the ball well with partial swings, go out and work on full swings. Most importantly, do not give in or give up....and of course have as much fun as you can

Thanks for the responses everyone. I'm going to go back out there and use their practice greens for a few hours, even though the course reports that the practice areas are a little slower than the actual greens. They will still be like lightning compared to the 8-9 that I usually play on. By the way Iacas, the course measured the speeds and posted at the clubhouse, so it wasn't just somebodies estimate of the speeds. The quote from Greenskeeper was from one of the major contributors at the site who plays there quite often; so it was just probably his opinion about the downhill speeds.

Here is a quote from Greenskeeper.org regarding the greens early last week on Monday (I played their two days earlier on Saturday) "One word describes the greens here at present time.....quick!!!!. Downhill or downwind speeds were running close to a 13+ on the stimp...uphill or into the wind putts were probably still running around an 11." I assume someone measured them in order to make this statement. Yeah, I had lots of chips onto and either off the green or 20-30 away for the day. The greens are huge in size, so you can be a long way away from the hole. Think I'll try putting on the garage floor thanks Tourspoon for the suggestion. So how do you handle the approach shots when in conditions like these greens? I'm a lousy golfer, so I literally don't get any kind of back spin on my chip shots. Should I just plain plan on hitting onto the fringe and not try to land on the green?

I hear ya on that! The course had the stimps listed for both of their courses...both were a little different; the course we did not play was measured at 11.8 as was their practice green. The practice green for the 12.4 course was closed that day. I don't have the tool to make the measurements on my own.