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About Divot Master

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    Sultan of Swing
  • Birthday 07/01/1955

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    Erie PA

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  1. TST Central Ohio Outing August 19-20, 2017!

    Divot Master replied to georgep's topic in Member Outings & Meetups

    Sorry, I am not able to attend this time due to prior family and social commitments. Courses look like fun. Hope everyone has a good time and the weather cooperates.

  2. Web.com LECOM Health Challenge

    Divot Master replied to David in FL's topic in Tour Talk

    I've played the Peek'n Peak Upper course at least 50 times over the years, conditions this week are the best I've ever seen them. The course is much hillier than it looks on tv. The 12th and 13th holes are a ski slope in the winter.

  3. Favorite alchoholic beverages

    Divot Master replied to stealthhwk's topic in The Grill Room

    Ditto on the Smithwicks. When I was driving around Ireland on vacation, I chose my dinner pub each day based on whether they had a Smithwicks light in the window. Never a bad meal.
  4. Looks like they are out of stock again already online.

  5. Anyone noticing more stores that are credit card only?

    Divot Master replied to nevets88's topic in The Grill Room

    I agree with that and apparently wasn't clear. In a routine retail transaction, the goods and payment are exchanged simultaneously and no debt is created. In a restaurant situation however, once the food is prepared and served to me, my obligation to pay is a form of debt, and if I do not wish to pay by check or credit card, the establishment must accept my cash as a payment against my debt. OTOH, all the restaurant needs to do is post signage about not accepting cash, and then they have every right to refuse my cash order.

  6. Anyone noticing more stores that are credit card only?

    Divot Master replied to nevets88's topic in The Grill Room

    Look at our currency, it says "this note is legal tender for all debts, public and private." So if I go to a restaurant, order and consume food, and am then presented with the bill, by law they must accept cash as a payment option. The way airlines and such get away with it is by requiring a credit card before they accept my order.

  7. Ian Poulter Watch

    Divot Master replied to mvmac's topic in Tour Talk

    Looks like the Poultergeist will need a 66 or 67 just to make the cut.
  8. How about we permit the use of the measuring devices, and enforce the 45 second shot clock?

  9. 2017 Valero Texas Open

    Divot Master replied to boogielicious's topic in Tour Talk

    Anyone besides me miss the course they used to play this tournament on, the one with the roller coaster behind the 6th hole? I played there once and thought the course was a lot of fun.

  10. Ian Poulter Watch

    Divot Master replied to mvmac's topic in Tour Talk

    Would need about a top 30 finish?

  11. Modernized Rules Discussion: Areas of the Course

    Divot Master replied to iacas's topic in Rules of Golf

    That is the problem with the unofficial rule, players take their drop all the way out to the edge of the fairway and are guaranteed an opportunity for a good third shot. With actual red stakes along the tree trunk line and legal drops only a clublength in, overhanging limbs, long grass, etc. mean your third shot will often be no more than a punch back to the fairway.

  12. Modernized Rules Discussion: Areas of the Course

    Divot Master replied to iacas's topic in Rules of Golf

    It will be about a 1.5 shot penalty, the drop plus a crapshoot whether you will have stance, swing, and line for a good next shot. Having actual red markers will better control where people can drop from.

  13. Modernized Rules Discussion: Taking Relief

    Divot Master replied to iacas's topic in Rules of Golf

    Another place a standard 20 inch distance could be useful is as a reasonable limit for gimmees in recreational play and scrambles.

  14. Modernized Rules Discussion: Taking Relief

    Divot Master replied to iacas's topic in Rules of Golf

    More likely that the official distances are 2 meters and 1/2 meter, and the 80 and 20 inches are just reasonable approximations. In one of the demos on the Golf Channel this morning, a guy had a driver with tape marks at 20 and 40 inches from the grip end. Would make these new rules pretty simple to carry out.

  15. When does the PGA Tour season start for you?

    Divot Master replied to bkuehn1952's topic in Tour Talk

    Whichever is the first tournament of the year to include a majority of last year's top 30 players.