Roody

http://www.golf.com/golf/special/art...681989,00.html I'm proud to say that my hometown, Rochester, NY made #10 on the list: http://www.golf.com/golf/gallery/art...1840-2,00.html Did your city make the list?

As I am the long-time admin of another forum myself, I understand that you have to abide by the rules of the admin, whether you think they're fair or not. Since he is the creator of this place, he gets to set the rules. And in the same vein, it doesn't necessarily mean he has to go by the same rules as you might be used to somewhere else. EB and I had a similar sort of issue in the past. He edited my post, and then PM'ed me to tell me why he did so. I didn't really agree with him, but I accepted his ruling on the issue and moved on. Being the admin of another forum for the past 8 or so years, I understand what it's like to be on the other end of this. You're not always going to agree with the admin's ruling, but if you enjoy the forum enough, you work within the rules so you can continue enjoying it. EB just runs a tight ship around here. I am sure he means well, and what he does he does in an effort to try and head off a problem before it occurs. If he was pissing everyone off, they'd leave the forums and he'd eventually be left to himself and the tumbleweeds. Obviously the majority doesn't think he's all that bad because his forums seem pretty active to me. :)

No holes in one yet, but have been within 2 inches of making one. That was a few years ago. This past summer I got close to making a hole in one three times in one week. The Tuesday of that week, I put it about 2 feet from the hole. Later on Friday, I had my company's tournament, and I won the closest to the pin with a shot that was 23 inches. Then two days later I won my league tournament's closest to the pin with a shot that was 26 inches from the pin. Needless to say, it was a good week for my irons.

In the first 4 or 5 years I played golf, I would go out alone more. I would even go out when then temperature was in the 30's. Heck, other than the temperature I loved winter golf - you've pretty much got the course to yourself, and the ground is so hard you get some wicked roll on your drives. The rates are mad-cheap, it's dead quiet, and with no one else around I could hit two or three balls and get some good practice in. For the past 5-6 years though, I've become much more of a fair-weather golfer, and I tend to not go out by myself as much. It's largely due to the fact that I've increased my pool of available golf buddies. I'm considering joining a club next year, and I think if I do I'll probably be golfing more often by myself.

I've met Paula and had my picture taken with her. I've also been about 3 feet away from Natalie. So I've seen them both in-person and up-close. Natalie is too skinny IMHO. She has great legs, but she has no a$$. And she's got something going on in the chest area that's propping it up. If you've seen her swimsuit pics, you know she doesn't have that big of a chest. Paula is just more natural. I think she will be even prettier when she reaches her late 20's.

Here I am with her earlier this year. I think she's pretty cute.

The chapter that Rick Reilly does about Daly in his book "Who's Your Caddy?" was interesting. Talks about how Daly always felt like he was having to live up to everyone else's expectations, and much of that is what drove him to drinking. He just decided one day that he didn't care what other people thought and I think this is why we haven't seen Daly produce all that much on the PGA Tour - he just doesn't care.

Man, a plus handicap would be incredible. I hope to someday achieve such a feat, but I don't think I have the mental toughness to do it.

I'm surprised you've had a problem with this. So far I've encountered no courses that have had a problem with the mock turtleneck shirts.

Probably about 10 years ago. Friend of mine tees off, the shot literally comes off the club at a 90 degree angle and lands in the cart in the little area where you store your snacks, trash, etc. Another shot, also quite a few years ago. Playing in a threesome. I tee off, go to the left side of the fairway, my other friend tees off goes to the right, and the third guy goes straight down the middle. We all walk up to our balls, which are all pretty much the same distance, just on different sides of the fairway. I'm standing there getting ready to line up my shot and all of a sudden I'm conked in the back of the head by a golf ball. I grab my head and immediately turn towards the other fairway thinking it's another group that hit into me. No one is there. I turn back to our fairway and the guy who hit his shot down the middle is practically falling over from laughter. I yell out "what the f***!?". The guy who hit his shot to the right side of the fairway comes walking over and says "you see my ball go by here?". I said "I think you hit me in the head!". He knew he hit it bad, but had no clue he had come that close to me. I was practically 90 degrees and way off to the left of him, so that must have been one poor shot. Luckily, I was hit on a one-hopper and not straight at my head or I might not be here typing this now.

The wife wasn't upset at all. The first question out of her mouth was "why was my dad wearing jeans?" and then she rolled her eyes. I told her that "I probably should have left with him - and if we had rode together I would have HAD to leave with him and this wouldn't be an issue". She just told me that she sees my side of the story, and not to lose sleep over it. As for the father-in-law, I talked to him on the phone shortly after the round. He was ready to send them a nasty email, but then I told him about the free golf. That got him to re-think his idea to send the nasty-gram. He then mentioned that "if it were you, I would have left the course with you" which of course made me feel like crap. I apologized to him, but then made quick mention that my approach is that I dress in appropriate golf attire no matter the quality of the course. He said "well that's you, us old guys do this all the time" and then he proceeeded to rattle off 5 golf courses he's played in jeans at. I just shrugged and said "but those are other courses, this is a semi-private course" I slept on it, and the next morning I gave him another call and told him I apologized for not leaving with him, that I had no excuse for it, and that I wasn't thinking properly. Even though I don't agree with what he did, the important theme of the day should have been that we got out to play golf together. We should have tried to find another course in the area that would have let us on. He merely told me that he hadn't even thought twice about it. He also mentioned that he shouldn't have worn the jeans, so he ended up apologizing to me for that. So all is good. I think we're gonna use the free round this coming weekend. I'm gonna make sure he wears Dockers even though that course changed the rule because of him. Better to be safe than sorry.

Shaun Micheel's clutch approach shot to three inches on the 72nd hole of the 2003 PGA Championship. He had Chad Campbell on his tail, and that approach shot sealed the deal. I remember the roar of the crowd was deafening. I sat there on the 18th grand stand since 6:00 am that morning, and it was worth every minute I waited.

I played Eagle Vale a couple weeks ago, but I don't care to play it all that much. I think it's a very uninteresting course, and not worth the $45 they are charging nowadays. However, my instructor is out of there, so I go there for my lessons. As for the Shadows, I tend to play those more. I play in a league at Greystone, I like Shadow Cake, err I mean Shadow Lake because it's a nice little confidence builder. And Shadow Pines, that's a good challenge. What about yourself? Where do you normally play?

I am on that mailing list as well. I sold my email soul to them last year when they gave out a free round to people who signed up for their list. But they send so many emails that it's gotten to a point where I don't read them much anymore. Most of their email offers don't interest me - "spend $40 for a round of golf and get a free cheesburger at the Yankee Grill" or whatever their restaurant is called. But the deal you talked about sounds pretty good. Even without the hybrid thrown in. As for where on the east side, I'm in Fairport. A stone's throw from you - what a small world

It's Brookwoods CC, formerly known as Ontario CC. Brockport you say? I haven't played there this year, probably because it's a little bit of a hike for me being on the east side. I played it three times last year. They finish the renovations on that 18th hole yet?

This was one of those days where instead of meeting up and riding over together, the location of the course made it more sensible for us to drive separately and just meet there. Funny thing is, I met him in the parking lot and we walked in together, but I never once paid attention to what he was wearing. Too early in the morning I guess. Agreed on all accounts. I can't argue with someone who I feel is in their right. The rules were posted on a sign right behind the pro shop counter. There's nothing to argue. I agree, I feel as if I goofed. I should have left with him, but not because he was in the right, because he would have done the same for me if the roles had been reversed. Conversely though, he put me into a tough situation that I should not have been put in the first place. So while he could be mad at me for not leaving with him, I also have a right to be angry that he even showed up and introduced the controversy to begin with. Like you guys said, it's not hard to throw on a pair of Dockers.

LOL. Only thing is, he's not blood. Yeah, I'm sure I lost some points with him, but oh well. I'm still his favorite son-in-law (he often jokes how I'm his favorite, especially since I'm his only son-in-law). Agreed. I tried to call him to get him to come back, but not only was he pissed about the whole incident, he also had his truck not running very well either (turns out it was his alternator). So even if he was able to check his pride at the door, I'm not sure he could have even gotten back to the course :) Good news is they gave me a card for the free golf for two, and I talked him into coming with me for free next weekend before he sent them a nasty email through their website. Also agreed. Like I said, I always err on the side of caution and dress in golf attire for every course I go to. Even the crappy ones. For a guy who plays as much as I do, I think it's necessary to have a decent amount of golf-related clothing in my closet. I think today's standards for golf attire are a lot more relaxed than they used to be. We should be happy that we don't have to dress the way they used to. Therefore IMHO I don't think it's too much to ask to not wear jeans.

Don't be envious, I'd gladly trade. There's nothing worse than teeing off in cold weather with no warmup (because I was screwing around with jumping his car, etc). Plus I've got extra layers of clothing on, and it totally screws with my swing. I just don't feel right when I'm cold and all bundled up. Yeah, I probably should have. One thing I didn't mention was that he called me about an hour before the round and asked "are you gonna go? It's only 44 degrees out, it's awful cold". When I told him I was still going to go and that it would warm up, he said "ohhh, alright, I guess I will get all bundled up and go" - I don't think he really wanted to play to begin with. Also, it's hard to have packed up my stuff and left because I personally didn't agree with him. It's a dress code for a reason. He's played there before with me, granted it was in warmer weather so he wore khaki shorts at that time. But he should have known, at least I think. And the pro-shop guy was only doing his job.

So I wake up at 6:30 this morning in order to get ready for a 7:57 tee time I have with my father-in-law at one of our semi-private courses in the area. It's only about 44 degrees, and it's still a little wet from yesterday's rains. Anyways, I head out and get there about a half hour before tee time. My father-in-law pulls in at about the same time. He gets out, and is already cranky about the cold and wet, I just tell him that's supposed to get up to 66 degrees today, hang in there. We get to the pro-shop. This is a semi-private club that up until this past year was 100% private. They had some financial troubles and had to open it up to the public. Anyways, I hand the guy my card to pay for my round, and he swipes it and then looks at my father-in-law and says "you can't wear jeans here, it's against club rules". I actually kinda froze, because I was half-expecting a profanity laced argument to break out. My father-in-law is a good guy and all, but he has the occasional temper issues. Suprisingly, he restrained himself well. No swearing, but he tried to argue it saying "what's the big deal?". Other than the jeans, he had a collared shirt, golf windbreaker, nice golf hat. The guy at the pro-shop wouldn't budge. So my father-in-law says "fine, I guess you don't need my money" and proceeds to leave. Hindsight is 20/20, and I look back on it and part of me thinks I should have left with him. Not because I think he was right, but because he's family (by marriage). However, I didn't leave, the guy had already charged my credit card, and I wanted to play golf. Also, I don't think you should be wearing jeans to a golf course, especially one that is semi-private. Technically, he's hurting no one, but the rules are the rules. It gets better. I walked out to the parking lot and said "sorry about all that, yadda yadda", and he goes to start his truck. Truck wouldn't start. So I had to jump his truck for him. He goes on his way, and I go back and as I'm walking back I hear the pro-shop guy talking to the head pro about it. I keep walking to my cart, and then a couple minutes later the pro-shop guy comes over. "I know this is gonna sound bad, but we decided that the rule is a little silly, especially at this time of year, so we just changed it. Can you give your partner a call and see if he can come back? We'll let him play for free because we feel bad about this". I called my father-in-law's cell. He answers, and apparently his truck stopped on him again along the way home. So now he's even more grumpy. After listening to him talk about the truck for a minute or two, I tell him about the offer. His answer was "well you can tell them to go F themselves, he could have just let me go through the first time without this hassle". So I tell the guy "no, he's not gonna come back", leaving the colorful part of his comments out of it. A couple minutes later the guy comes over and hands me a card for two free rounds of golf with cart, telling me once again how he felt bad about it, and he hopes we'll come back again. Now, I've always been in the frame of mind that no matter what kind of course I am going to play, I ALWAYS dress in appropriate golf attire. I never dress in jeans, it doesn't matter if I was going to play Pebble Beach or the P.O.S. 9-hole course down the street. I was torn at what to do. One part of me wanted to say to my father-in-law "why the hell are you wearing jeans??!! What is so hard about throwing on a pair of Dockers? It's not a hard rule to follow". The other part of me wanted to say to the pro-shop guy "what's the difference? It's not like he's dressed like a total slob. In the grand scheme of things he's not hurting anyone". Instead I pretty much just stood there, quiet, not really knowing what to say. It's not the first time my father-in-law has gotten a little cranky with pro-shop staff. I don't know. I talked to my father-in-law afterwards and he said that if I was the one in jeans, he would have stood up for me and left with me. My wife's not home from shopping yet, but something tells me I'm gonna be in trouble

More gimmick events. Like maybe a team match where the top 3 golfers in the world have to each be paired with an amateur of 10 handicap or higher. Then do alternate shot. Let's see how they handle that :)

Tiger's gonna own him like he owned Sabbatini a few weeks ago when they were paired together.

Two words: Golf Gods :) The past 2 or 3 rounds I've played I seem to be experiencing that. I don't think I am tired, so I am not sure if I can blame in on fatigue. I think I'm merely losing focus. Sometimes when I play a good first nine I tend to relax a little too much on the back. My guess is mental fatigue is your problem.

I find I play better when paired with strangers. I don't know why. I think I thrive on it for some odd reason.

I have yet to taste my first eagle. I'd say over the 12 years I've been playing now, I've had about maybe 7 or 8 eagle opportunities. I had one of those opportunities earlier this year, got on the green of a par 5 in 2 shots, but the putt missed by a few inches. Oh well. I think it'd be cool if my first eagle were also a hole in one.

I played 9 holes by myself after work a couple weeks ago. I got stuck behind the tail end of a league, and they wouldn't let me play through. I was fine with that, because I used the time to practice flop shots while I waited on the tees, and I practiced some sand shots and putting after I finished on each green. The only thing I don't like about playing by myself is if I shoot really well, or if I finally get that hole in one I've been seeking, I won't have any witnesses to my success. But other than that, playing by yourself can be relaxing. I prefer to play with others though.