vo-man

Just plain dumb IMHO and probably initiated by a photographer.

Honestly, it's not the sticks. Spend your money on some good lessons and lots of practice.

It's about time. On another note related to this story: I heard on NPR yesterday that the initiation fee there is only $30 grand. That sure seems cheap considering the facility it is. Comparable country clubs in our area have a $100k to $150K initiation fee.

What is unbelievable is that this thread has gone as far as it has.

It's a challenging game that I continually try to improve at. But I can easily let it fall by the wayside as other, more important things demand my attention. I'm not a pro and no one is paying me to play the game or display their logos so I keep it in perspective. I play when I can and prefer decent weather. For me that's a couple of times a month during the good weather months.

My favorite two are Bob Hope's Confessions of a Hooker - My Life Long Love Affair with Golf and the book about Titanic Thompson's golf hustling career - The Unsinkable Titanic Thompson according to Bob Hope, the only reason he got into acting and the entertainment business was to support his golf habit.

I buy balls on line via Amazon. Also bought a driver and a putter on line, but only after I knew which ones I was going to purchase.

Nothing right now.....too hot to play. Come fall though, my fall garden will suffer.

I recently won a couple of passes to a local, very exclusive, high dollar course in a tournament. So I invited a friend to share the experience. The entire course was like a series of post card photos...just incredible and beautiful. However, the cart path markers were all worn down so badly it was next to impossible to get yardages without my rangefinder. This course uses paint stripes on the cart path, all of which were barely visible. You'd think, considering the price of a green fee there, that they'd buy some paint. Other than that the place was fantastic.

"it's good for business".. ..interesting you bring that up. The guy I sold my old set of irons to keeps a full bag & set of clubs in his office but has never actually played the game. When clients come in he talks golf but it's all talk. I took him out on the course once but he spent the entire round sitting in the cart talking on his cell phone to his clients saying things like, "yeah I'm out here on the golf course today". A total ass.

We had an altercation like that a few weeks ago, not involving me or my playing partner, but it was with the group ahead of us. The police came out and gave one of the guys a citation for assault and escorted him off the course. In our state a verbal attack like the one you described is considered assault. Sometimes idiots need to be reminded that their day on t he course could end up being a weekend in the county jail.

I normally have a dozen on the golf supplies shelf in my garage, a dozen or so in my bag, what's left from a dozen in my car trunk, minus what I may have lost on the course (I'm usually good for a loss of 2-3 per round) and a batch of maybe 3 dozen shag balls for the back yard.

same here...but I lay mine out on the counter in our laundry room so the grips can dry.

no - it was back in '69

"Why do you think they call it Golf? Because F***! was already taken."

I usually pick it up for the owner who, in 100% of the times I've picked up a left behind club, comes back down the cart path asking golfers if they've come across a lost club...same thing for head covers. Never had to leave one with the clubhouse yet.

Get a golf travel bag. You don't need a heavy duty expensive one, Just get one that will contain your entire rig without letting anything spill or slip out.

Craziest for me, if you can call it crazy, was a 3 club scramble. Players got to pick 3 clubs from their bag to play the 18 holes. I went with a driver, 7 iron and wedge and used the driver off the tee and as a putter.

along with all the usual golf stuff I keep a rangefinder and a flask of Crown Royal.

We don't need bigger holes.....Just make the greens all level!

My brother in Law says this on almost every hole........ "A Pitch & a Putt for Par" I look forward to the day when he starts hitting GIR.

whites, always

How many putters do you have? I'm currently at 3. One has been with me for over 25 years.

Sounds like it's time for a tune up lesson with a pro. My long game went south on me a few years back and after a lot of frustration I took a couple of lessons and ironed out the problem. It's always good to have someone else, who actually knows how to analyze your swing, get you back on track.

This past Sat.... it hit 107 here.