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I think it's a little of both. I mean they are denying him due to age, and they're not making an exception due to the LIV series IMHO. At the very least his involvement is doing him no favors, especially with the R&A.

Different courses do things different ways. Some courses just pay the pros a salary, some places the pros get a piece of the cart revenue plus an hourly rate or a salary. Some places where the lesson traffic is high, the pros make most of their money giving lessons and the proshops are run mostly by hourly employees. I'm sure there are a number of other scenarios out there as well. At the course where I work our pro is on contract to run the course. It is a city course, so the city gets 100% of the greens fees and then a small percentage of the carts, range, retail, food and beverage. So that means the pro has to make all his money from selling stuff other than the actual golf. A quick search of the internet seems to agree with you that carts do not necessarily make people play any faster. I would tend to agree. Fast golfers play fast, and slow golfers play slow...their cart use is inconsequential. I walk 99% of the time, but I know a cart wouldn't really make me much faster, all things considered.

That would be a deal breaker for me, part of what I love about golf is the walking. Even when I play bad I can still say, "Hey at least I got a little exercise." Seems like a lot of newer courses are not very walker friendly, and much of the time it's for revenue's sake. Courses make a lot of money from those carts. So much so that a lot of places don't even have a walking rate, it's all inclusive. That being said a lot of them will still let you walk, but you're still going to pay for the cart.

I pretty much only play early. I haven't played an afternoon round of golf in years. I prefer the mornings for a lot of reasons: I get finished and have the rest of the day for my family Cooler in the summer Pace of play is much better I am a morning person The idiots show up in the afternoons (at least they do at my course) #5 may only be at my course, but it's pretty bad around here. About 2:00pm the party crowd show up. They get drunk, smash up carts, tear up the golf course, blare their music, etc. The course makes a lot of money off of them so I suppose it's a necessary evil, but It's just not my scene. In the summer I often go out late in the afternoon and play a few holes as practice once the course is close to empty.

They are... "A quick call to the USGA confirmed that very fact. In the last 25 years, the average USGA handicap for a man has improved nearly two full strokes, from 16.3 to 14.4. For women, the improvement is no less impressive, dropping from 29.7 in 1991 to 26.1 in 2016." A closer look at handicap data shows just how much golfers have improv | This is the Loop | Golf Digest A closer look at handicap data shows just how much golfers have improved in recent years

Not really true anymore, the club manufacturers cannot pay them enough to play clubs they don't like. Ryan Palmer: Equipment contracts are not worth the money Outside of Tiger Woods' incredible comeback season, the biggest story in the golf world was the rise of the equipment free agent. Some players choose to sign new equipment contracts while others, like Ryan Palmer... SMH Come on now, you really think a 1970s McGregor blade is as easy to hit as a 2022 Titleist MB? I think you would have a hard time selling that...to anyone. Ping eye 2s are old, but they are still decent irons, much better for the average golfer than 1970 blades thats for sure. I think your 1992 8.5° driver is probably hurting your game both in accuracy and almost certainly in distance. Yes, but adjustable drivers and proper fitting can definitely lessen those hooks and slices. Look you like your older clubs, and that's fine. I know a guy who loves to play hickory shafts, but I don't think he would argue they're just as good as modern clubs. You definitely cannot buy a golf game, but being properly fit with good modern equipment will always be better for your golf game.

Fortunately, I saw the writing on the wall and got into the golf business as a side job more than 25 years ago so I really haven't paid full retail on golf equipment...ever. It's a good thing too as I do like new things. I don't typically change irons all that much, maybe every 5 years, but I change drivers and wedges at least every other year. Everything is more expensive these days, why would golf clubs be any different? You get what you pay for. Some of this I can agree with, some...not so much. First, the irons of today are better without a doubt. Now at 38 I imagine you see eye 2s and 845s as "old". To me thats the beginning of the modern age of clubs. Prior to those all there was were blades that were extremely hard to hit. Even the first ping eye irons weren't exactly easy to hit. So no... there's not exactly a chasm between eye2s and irons today, but there is a huge difference between irons today and older blades (Thank you Karsten Solheim). As far as the older blades being better than modern blades, that's just ridiculous. I played blades for years, those 1970 butter knives had a sweet spot half the size of a dime, modern blades are much easier to hit without having to give up any of the workability. If that wasn't true the pros would all still be hitting McGregors. Second, there is also a big difference between Persimmon and Metalwoods, but there is also a huge difference between the first metalwoods and the metalwoods of today. The difference in driver technology in just the last 20 years is night and day. The first Big Bertha Driver was 190cc, now many 3 woods are bigger than that. 20 or 25 years ago driver heads were 250cc-300cc now they are 460cc. It's a lot easier to hit a modern driver than a 250cc Burner Bubble I guarantee you that. Additionally, the invention of the hybrid has been a great advance in the world of golf. Most players, even the best in the world, have traded in their long irons for a hybrid. Gone are the days of the 2 and 3 iron because hybrids are just a LOT easier to hit. Finally, I think it's a little short sighted to dismiss all new equipment as gimmicky. Year to year you might not see huge breakthroughs, but If you're playing clubs that are 10+ years old, you can probably gain some forgiveness with an upgrade.

My point exactly. Perhaps I'm strange that smeared sharpie marks on my ball really don't bother me. Thats the only part that does bother me about sharpies, it's when that mark remains as a glaring reminder of exactly how far from the center of the club I hit that last shot! Not contentious, I was truly wondering why sharpies were not doing the trick. you may want to give these a try... Golfdotz - Markings | Mark Your Golf Ball in Style Mark and identify your golf balls easier than ever before with Golfdotz durable designs! We offer a huge variety of golf ball markings that conform to USGA and R&A rules and look great on your ball.

Let me get this straight, marking your ball is for identification purposes only...correct? I put a dot and my initials on my golf ball with a sharpie. I've done that same mark for a number of years now. I play a new ball for one competitive round, then I throw it in the bag as a practice ball/ provisional etc.They stay in the bag for 1 or 2 practice rounds then they get demoted to the shag bag. While in the shag bag I chip and putt with those balls for years before I throw them away as they begin to yellow and I replace them with "newer" old balls. What I am getting at is this...all those balls I throw away after: one 18 hole competitive round and, one or two practice rounds and, several years of short game practice I can STILL identify as mine because I can still see that original mark from years before. So I must ask.. what in the heck are you doing to your golf ball that you need more permanent ink than that?

What bothers me a little here is that sets a bad precedent. Every person that lives 200 yards up the right side of a fairway is going to see this and think they can cash in. How many more golf courses are going to get sued because of these two idiots winning this absurd amount of money. This whole thing is ridiculous, you bought a house on a golf course for crying out loud. It's like buying a house on a beach in Florida then getting bent out of shape when a hurricane shows up. You knew the risks!

It's more about being able to position my cart while playing more than anything else. For example being able to move the cart around greens, tee boxes, etc. Not having to walk back and get my cart on the wrong side of the green would be very helpful. Not to mention I am not getting any younger and the course where I play does have its fair share of elevation changes. It would be nice to not have to push my cart up those hills.

I am thinking about getting an electric motorized pushcart. Actually, what I want is a Alphard V2 to convert my ClicGear 8.0 to a motorized pushcart. Does anyone have one? Are they worth it ($800)? I am in pretty good shape, and I don't really need it because of fatigue or anything its more to get my cart in position on tees and greens and truly because it looks like a cool toy. I walk 90% of my rounds probably 100 walking rounds a year at least. So.. thoughts? Suggestions? Thanks in advance.

There are lots of guys like that. The last time my buddy and I played in our club's best-ball tournament we got paired with two guys who were supposedly a 1 and a 3 handicap. My buddy and I are both scratch and we beat them by 20+ strokes at least. The 1 handicap shot 90 and the 3 shot like 86 and that was being nice as they each had several holes they didn't finish and we just put down a double. All in all, I am doubtful the single digit would have broken 100 had he been in a stroke play event. Additionally, neither of them knew the rules, we had to call them on stuff the whole round. They bumped it in the rough several times that we saw, but by that time they were so far out of it we just stopped caring. The worst part about the whole thing was they both kept saying, "I don't know what's wrong with me today, I just can't hit the ball." I took one look at their setup and swing and knew there was no way either of them were even even close to their listed handicaps. Strangely enough we never saw either of them again.

I know a few guys like that. Their partner makes a birdie and all of a sudden they can't make a 2 footer! It's a bad look for Tyrrell, he's coming off like a whiner. Yes, that course is penal, but good shots are rewarded. My guess is his version of a good shot and Augusta National's version of a good shot are not the same. Scotty didn't seem to have much of an issue...well at least not until the 72nd hole. 😜

There's Clicgear and then there's the rest. Personally I have the 4 wheeled 8.0, but I previously had the 3.5 and it's just a good. I gave the 3.5 to my father and he has used it since. Every guy in my group uses Clicgear, some weekends we have 8-9 of them out there. The proshop where I work sells them like hotcakes. I have never had someone have an issue with one. Heck, I've never even heard of someone having a problem with one. Best cart there is, hands down.

I would play what you have for now. If you really get into it and enjoy it now that you have more time, you might then want to look at an upgrade. I find technology moves faster in the driver/ fairway wood world than in the iron world, so in the 20+ years since those x-14s came out its more likely you'll find the biggest difference is between the driver in that bag and a modern driver. Drivers that were around in that time frame are likely 300cc or 350cc, much smaller that the 460cc heads we have today. If that's the case the first thing you might want to replace are your woods. You may also want to look at tossing those long irons and replacing them with a hybrid or two. A lot has changed in 15 years.

You might need to talk to someone and work through this white belt issue.

As a father of 3 fantastic female athletes... I don't let passing comments offend me. It's rare that a you get razzed by a non offensive comment. 🙄

At least he sounds like he's rooting for your ball...my group rarely says anything except if you screw up. Leaving a putt short normally is greeted with a barrage of "Here kitty, kitty, kitty" or even worse "add the two stroke penalty for anchoring...in your vagina."

I called it...was even close on the score until he melted down on #18.

Having read several articles on the matter, I think it was just Chevron put in big bucks and doesn't want it to be in California. I mean oil companies and California aren't exactly the best of friends. If you increase the purse by 60% to $5 million you can have the tournament any damn place you want. Strange thing is, Chevron's headquarters are actually in California. 🤔

Winn grips are garbage, hard to put on and you can't blow them off. In fact if you leave them on too long you have to scrape them off with a razor blade. +1 on the do it yourself. No one, but me, has put on one of my grips in 20 years.

They are only $6.99 on the Golf Pride website https://store.golfpride.com/store/grips/prod611075/tour-wrap-2g but yes working at a golf course has its perks, I get them at cost which is about $4 a grip

The course where I work uses masking tape and rubber cement to install grips. Works just as well as double sided tape and solvent, and its actually a lot less messy. You just remove the old tape, tape it back up using masking tape and then brush on liberal amounts of rubber cement on the shaft and slide the grip on. They are dry and ready to use in 5-10 minutes. This method also makes it easier to blow off old grips instead of having to cut them off. I've thought about trying Pure Grips, but they are too damn expensive, I mean $13 a grip is almost 3 times as much as I pay for my golf Pride Tour Wraps.

The brand I prefer is Adidas, but I have Nike, Puma, Greg Norman, and Oakley. They are all made from the same types of fabrics, but the Adidas are really nice. I get most of my stuff from TGW. When they have flash sales, you can find some great deals. Also, as @imsys0042 said earlier, arm sleeves are great in the hotter months.