Jwat381

I voted the same way. It just starts your hole off on the wrong foot. More likely to miss a putt after that anyway, so I feel like "you're still away" will likely come with the first.

Love that haha. "GPS induced fantasies". I can picture exactly what you're talking about, macho guys damn near getting chubbies over their 310 yard bomb they smashed, but forgetting the 6 they put up on the same hole.

I play as a single all the time. It can be very fun in it's own way. Just play golf, man.

Have they announced the winner yet? If they have, is it me, by any chance??

All these big macho internet long ballers lol

Played Ocean Dunes for the second time this weekend, damn that is a tough track. It was privately owned, but the casino that was built about 10 years ago just recently bought it, so they'll be re-working the course very soon. There's another course in Florence that's a lot nicer, it's just usually outside my budget. The greens at Ocean Dunes are rather rough and slow, but that's not what makes it so tough. It's the layout! The fairways are as narrow as a country back road, the landings are usually blind, especially heading into the green, and there's a plethora of trees, bushes and other jungle items. They advertise their course as something to the effect of "a little piece of Scottland." Not that I've played in Scottland, but I'm pretty sure links fairways don't look like the narrow tunnel you see on your way to meet your maker! Either way, the weather was great and the round was a blast, but it's a pretty tough test of your accuracy.

I played a round with my uncle this weekend, and it was the first round of golf I've ever played that I played a draw the whole day. I lined up on #1 to play a fade (it's my safe shot that I know, even though I've been working on the draw) and I duck hooked it into the bushes. So from #2-#18 I was lining up to play a draw and I found a lot of fairways and out drove my uncle, who has been playing for 25+ years, regularly. It felt so weird to be aiming right of the fairway!

I'm a short hitter, and my best days are all about accuracy, not distance. Distance helps, but accuracy is far more important.

I'm looking forward to it. They sure do know their market.

I don't play many championship level courses that often, but I will say that I agree with Lee on the Tee It Forward idea, and how that makes you feel as a golfer. I usually just play the middle tees in between the tips and the ladies tees, makes me feel not so bad, and I can still enjoy the track for the most part.

Geoff Ogilvy -12 Phil Mickelson -10 Hunter Mahan - 9

I'm going pro tomorrow. I applied online.

I've seen the commercials before, then I saw a few today at my local shop. I'm struggling with hitting down on the ball, so would one of these, say the TS 7i, be a good investment? Or is it just another gimmick? Thanks.

I'm a caster, and while I can get around a golf course with my swing, I absolutely need to eliminate my cast and start getting consistent, solid iron striking. I hurt my wrist a while back trying this (absolutely chunked an 8i straight into the ground), so it's even harder for me to hold that wedge into impact. I'm gonna start doing the wall drills daily until I can get the power I'm capable of creating to the ball. Other than that, just not being able to play enough and the Oregon weather. It'll be pretty sunny, maybe windy or cooler than I'd like, but good enough to play. And on my drive to the course, the clouds will close in and it will start to rain.

I like it haha

The speedster and the slowpoke hacker have both been mentioned thoroughly, well I got stuck between the two a few weeks ago. The muni course in town is right on the U of O campus, so it was a nice day so these 2 jerk off kids thought they'd be cool and go play golf (game can't be that hard, right?) They also got paired with this fruity older guy who was a single. The three of them were unconsciously slow, the two college kids were absolutely terrible at golf. As my luck would have it, the group behind us was a foursome of wannabe pros (one of which was already fuming mad that he couldn't tee off right exactly at his tee time) and all four proceeded to get more drunk and loud each hole while rushing us along and hitting into us. The one dude felt it was necessary to tell us that we were a hole behind. I just pointed at the group in front of us and tried not to get too mad at the guy. It was a bad 9 holes of golf...

Talking to the ball period is kind of ridiculous! It's one thing when you mutter to your own ball, but straight up yelling at a ball to "turn" or "bite" or "sit" or whatever is just stupid. I know golf is a very organic game, but the ball is not alive. If I hit it thin (good chance of that) it's not gonna sit on anything except maybe one of those rocket cars.

I just don't think it's acceptable for outside groups, whether it be minority groups or women, to seek exclusionary organizations (Curves, female only schools, etc.) and also work to gain admittance to private organizations that are exclusionary in their own right. Not to assume this specific female CEO is a member of any female only establishments, but they undoubtedly exist, and rightfully so; but it seems like having some cake and eating it too when there are clubs or gyms or schools where men are not allowed, yet it's national news when a woman isn't allowed in a men's club. Furthermore, it's not like this is some average country club we're talking about, with a club championship each summer amongst the locals. This is THE private golf club, created by one of the most recognized and influential figures in the sport's long and illustrious history. It's almost hypocritical that this issue is only relevant because the person seeking membership is a woman. I'd love to be a member of Augusta, and I'm a man, so does that give me the right to say that Augusta discriminates against those without money, and that their membership policies are archaic and unfair? Augusta is very secretive about their members and their membership criteria, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to conclude that in order to become a member of Augusta you must be a) very good at golf b) very rich, and c) very much a man. Sorry, sugah, but you only fit 2/3. I only fit 1/3, and I'm sure there are plenty of men who fit 3/3 who are not members.

Well I can't change my vote, so you're too late haha

Both are incredible. I voted for Phil just because he had a tree in front of him, more distance, and the creek to clear. A few have noted that Bubba's was for the win, but Phil's was midway thru the back 9 of the final round. That's an awfully risky time to be attempting a shot from the pine straw over the creek like that. I'll admit, I thought Phil made the putt, but I guess I was mistaken. Either way, I was blown away by Bubba's big hook. Awesome finish to the Super Bowl of golf haha

I've never hit anything worth noting, but I've almost been hit and seen a guy get hit. I was walking from green to the next tee when I all the sudden hear and eventually see a ball fly just about right over my left shoulder. Didn't bother to yell "Fore!" which was nice. My very first time golfing was with my uncle, and he saw a guy on another fairway who was hunching over as if he'd been hit in the head and in pain. So he took the cart over to offer a ride back to the clubhouse. Turns out the clubhead from his sons club had come off and flew back, hitting him square in the forehead. I guess the gash was pretty deep. Edit: I completely lied that I've never hit anything worth noting. When I was about 13, my uncle gave my brother some old hand me down clubs as a gift, and we went to the park around the corner from the house we were at to hit some golf balls around. None of us there knew how to play, but I was 13 so I thought I did. We were about to leave and everyone was picking up balls, and I lined up to hit my last one. I aimed way to the right, and somehow managed to hit a screaming low hook (still haven't hit one to this day). I watched, with complete horror, as the golf ball flew, with radar-like precision, straight towards my dads... ahem... groin area. The sound of that errant golf ball hitting my dad in the nuts is a sound I'll never forget. Ever. He dropped the ground in pain, and I dropped my club and walked him in distress and embarrassment. My mum is the only one who knows the exact details, but I know it required at least one doctor visit. I'm surprised he's gone golfing with me in the past year that I've fallen in love with the game. I did not mention this in my original response because it's something I like to try and forget about. I love my old man a whole helluva lot, and the thought of hitting him in the most sensitive of spots makes my stomach churn...

That is very frustrating when you have to re-tee the ball a few times to find a spot that feels flat with some good ground to hit off. I'll find a nice patch of grass but then my feet are uneven, or something along those lines. I try to take advantage of the 2-clublengths behind the markers as often as I can when the boxes are really poor.

I haven't had the luxury of playing a large amount of courses at my age yet, but of the ones I have played, I think the greens really are the biggest factor. That being said, my biggest pet peeve is bad fairways. Because I live in Oregon, the courses are more or less wet a good portion of the year, but when you play a course with good quality turf and a better base, it doesn't effect the game so much that you feel like you're hitting out of mud every shot. Layout is very important, obviously, as you can only play so many straight holes with similar distances so many times. Another thing for me is the setting i.e. how far away from busy roads or neighborhoods the course is. I want to feel like I'm in my own little slice of paradise during my time on the course. Ocean Dunes and Emerald Valley are the two courses that I have been fortunate enough to play that epitomize these features. Great layouts and good surfaces in a serene environment. That's golf for me.

Tiger Woods -11 Rory Mcilroy -9 Keegan Bradley -8

Any Par 3 is usually the hardest hole on a course for me, especially a 200 yarder.