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I got a great deal on some tickets - FREE! Not sure why that is, but all you have to do is register and print them out. It's just a one hour flight from Saudi.

Every year our club puts on a Ryder Cup style competition. It's just like the actual Ryder Cup - foursomes, four-balls, and singles - but with handicaps factored in. It's the US vs. the ROW. I've played in it for the last 5 years, but it's been going on for about as long as the course has been opened (2005). It's always been competitive until the last two years. Last year the ROW won by a relatively comfortable 5 matches (out of around 100 matches played). This year it was an epic beat-down 62-44! That makes 4 in a row for the ROW. If handicaps are used, shouldn't it be close every time? The only reasons for it to be four in a row for the ROW are: The US team is littered with vanity caps.The ROW team is sandbaggingThe US team is horrible under tournament conditionsThe ROW team is great under tournament conditions.It's probably a combination of those reasons, but I'm getting tired of losing every year! It's all in good fun with the ROW showing a lot of class - more ribbing than trash talk. I liked it better when we were at least competitive. Just as the real US Ryder cup team needs to toughen up, the Rolling Hills Golf Club US team here in Saudi Arabia also needs to play better in tournaments!

Yea, you're probably right. Because then I'd have to endlessly keep removing the offending update to get it to work. Maybe I'll take an Access class and learn about data bases.

If I can't get this update thing figured out I may have to go to that. The unique feature of the Scorcard 2 is that first putt length. All other programs just count puts. And it's easy to enter the round. Takes just a few seconds. I'll search for the problem updates and if that doesn't work just start deleting the latest ones.

These numbers don't add up. 50,000 hours is 40 hours per week (normal work week) for 25 years. Even Vijay thinks this is too much golf!

I'm thinking golfers are still buying the program. I bought it about a year ago, or I know less than 2 years ago. It's the best program out there for golf stats. I have probably 50 rounds in there, so I hate to give up on it now. I have about 20 rounds to enter as well. And like a dope, i didn't write down my license number so that's probably lost.

Well, it's doing that same thing again. I uninstalled all the updates that were giving it problems. It stopped working altogether. I'm done screwing with it. There is no support for it from Cynical either.

So true! One three-Jack (unintended pun) or missed cut and they'd move on to say, Tom Watson, and fill up the talk shows about how over-rated he was/is.

Can you imagine if Jack were just now starting his career? With all the social media and 24 hour news channels... They would speculate about whether he's even human! Can anyone beat him? Will he cure cancer?

The Rory era lasted a little over a year. Then the Speith era lasted about 9 months. The Day era only lasted 2 tournaments. Now it's on to the Ricky era!! Ricky is going to win 20 majors. Anyone can see that. The way he hits driver on the 72nd hole, he's a can't miss to break Jack's record.

Agree if you pick a specific four in a row. Not to put too fine a point on it, but which is harder: Masters-US Open-Open-PGA or Masters-US Open-Open-PGA-Masters and you have to win one Masters.

I tried to add to my post, but timed out. Stupid work call. Anyway: My point, which may have been made earlier, but I didn't see it, is that if you don't win the Masters this year, you can still win it next year. So you have two chances to win the tournament and complete the slam. Same way with the US Open. If you miss in both the Masters and US OPen this year, you can win them the next year and finish it off. 4 in a row starting with the Masters is harder than 4 in a row starting with any of the 4 tournaments.

Opportunities, chances whatever you want to call them. The Tiger slam is easier to achieve than an actual slam.

It's not the same. The Tiger slam or wraparound slam could be 1-2-3-4, or 2-3-4-1, or 3-4-1-2 or 4-1-2-3. IOW 4 chances to achieve it. The real slam can only be 1-2-3-4. One chance.

After a particularly bad shot, I'll say, "My problem is, my swing keeps repeating." If a guy is having an amazing day with his short game, "Up and down like a *****'s knickers." If i make a sand save or recovery for par from a really bad tee shot, "I'm going to play the hole like that from now on!"

I like Elk. He has some great stories and his web sites are good as well. secretgolf.com and secretinthedirt.com In the hierchy of offensive tweets about Michael Sam, on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being death threat/abhorrent and 10 being supportive, I'm guessing his is about a 4. I'm pretty sure Michael Sam wasn't tossing and turning all night over how offensive it was.

Hey, Rudy had a hell of a life! He walked onto the ND team, got that sack against Georgia Tech, and saved middle earth when freakin' Frodo couldn't finish the job and throw that ring into the fires of Mount Doom. That joke is about 2 years too late. Wonder what happened to Travis Robinson?

The sport's greatest con is summed up nicely in that great old Scottish lament, "Just once I would like to play my usual game!" When I hit a great shot, I have to gaurd against thinking, "that's the way I should hit every shot!" Same goes for when I hit a horrible shot. I'm more afraid of getting worse than conning myself into thinking I'm any good. I'm 58 now, and just hope I can keep improving. Lessons, mirror practice, range time and playing a lot have dropped my HI from 26 to around 15 in four years. Now the strokes will come off one at a time though. If I can get to 10-12, I will be happy.

Just to show how golf is witchcraft, Troy Merritt follows that 82 with a 75, then steadies himself with an even par 70. 17 over, DFL. Last week he rolled in every putt he looked at. He's probably wishing there was a cut this week as bad as he's going. Still, he's into the PGA and Masters etc, plus a giant paycheck for winning.

The ultimate candidate would be an illegal immigrant, single mother, lesbian with a degree from one of the boutique women's schools like Vassar or Wellesley. Or Rory. Speith is too Texan.

Isn't honors a rule rather than just etiquette? If it was match play and he didn't have honors, you could make him rehit the shot - no penalty. I guess there is no recourse in stroke play, just 200 years of tradition.

Klund, you're a genius! Worked great! How did you know which updates to uninstall?

Great! Thanks klund. I'll give that a try when I get home.

I was getting the same error message about the virtual machine component. How do i go about removing those three updates that you are showing there?

My best shot this week led to an improbable birdie. I pulled my drive into the trees. It hit solid and bounced back out onto the fairway! Still had 185 uphill into a good breeze. Hit a hybrid right on the screws with a little fade to 7 feet! Made the putt. I know a par after hitting a tree is called a barkie. What is it if you birdie after hitting a tree?!?