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I left a club to join another a bit further away but a better challenge. After about a year, I remarked to one member during a game when he asked me about my golfing history etc., just chewing the fat, what I thought of the club and course. "Great," I said. "I haven't met anyone who I wouldn't want to play with again.". He said, "I could give you some names to avoid!". 😂😂 I have come across a couple now. Still no one I'd pull my name from a pairing but the heart does sink a bit. I hate cheats though. Who's had the guy on the par 5 holes. You know he's had 8 but ask him just to comfirm. He looks back and starts pointing with his finger. 1, 2, 3....(a few mutterings)...... then says 5! That's the one I hate. The ones with memory loss from tee to green.

Never mind Tom Watson, Watch Bryson! The guy's a jitter bag. 🤣

We have a sling Stu, "Revenge is best served cold!"

The above has been very similar in the UK too. As a member of a Golf Club, a handicap is gained by submitting three scorecards whilst playing with a fellow member or in some Clubs, a round with the Captain. Then whilst playing in club competitions your handicap is worked out by the computer after each event. (At my club, not posting your card after a competition round is looked on severely and repeated omissions will result in competition bans. All competitions need to submit their scores for an accurate CSS to be declared.) However, If you are going through a purple patch and wish to have your handicap reduced you can play a social round with a member or guest that has a recognised handicap. This is called a Supplementary Round and in order to be able to post a Supplementary card then one must sign the Supplementary Book in the Pro Shop prior to the round. Failing to post the card after the round though will cause your handicap to go up by 0.1. To be honest, I have never known of a golfer being allowed to post a card after a solo round in the UK. It was definitely against the R&A rules.

That third round was some of the best golf I've seen on TV for some time. Playing on slick greens some of the long putts were amazing. Lovely to see Jordan come alive again. Even my wife stayed up to the end.

Ever since McIlroy shoved a kid in the face as the lad was after an autograph. He didn't even look down. The game is bigger than any player.

In tennis, a player is penalised for damaging equipment or temper tantrums. So should the golfer for damaging the teeing area or green through temper. A couple of weeks ago Lashley slammed his putter onto the green as he was walking off. The commentator remarked that he didn't even repair the mark.

Having replied to this comment nine years ago and a couple of times since then, I have gone on and studied the grips of a number of golfers on the television as they recover from the follow through after hitting the ball. There is definitely evidence that some use some sort of a grip that does not have the left index and left pinky fully interlocked. I mentioned in one of my past posts that Jordan Speith used a form of overlap and I assumed that all fingers on the right hand gripped the club. His left index finger overlapped the right ring finger so much that the left index overshot the top knuckle. That meant he had a weak left hand grip but a strong right hand grip. Some pundits said that attributed to his inaccuracy in his shots. At some point I noticed tha his little finger, or pinky, slightly protruded between his index and second finger. Hardly noticable but it was so. As I mentioned in a past post and having studied other players' grip, it was obvious that not all players not using the Vardon grip and not a full interlock like Tiger actually have a form of Reverse Overlap. Like Brooks Koepka, I have fine tuned the way I grip the club. Right hand on the club first but leaving the pinky pointing straight out. Left hand on allowing the left index to rest on the valley between right ring finger and pinky. Right pinky poking out between the left index and second finger sitting on the fleshy part of the knuckle area. I'm left handed but always gripped a cricket bat as though right handed and held a squash racket in the right hand. By resting the left index on the valley between right pinky and ring finger I find it a comfortable & neutral grip. I also wear two gloves.

Over the years I've tried just about every grip in the book and even some you won't find either. I tried the reverse overlap some 15-20 years ago but like others, I found the right hand little finger was getting crushed, So hence the experimenting. I found Jordan Speith's grip very similar to the Reverse Overlap but the subtle difference is that he pushes the tip of his right little finger between the index finger and the second finger of the left hand and overlaps the second finger of the right hand. Unfortunately, he has fallen out of sorts lately and tends to spray his drives down the fairway finding allsorts of trouble. Well with this layoff I've had the opportunity to revisit this Reverse Overlap and by gripping the club with the right hand first so the grip runs through the base of the finger joints next to the palm and then bring the left hand to the club so that the grip runs through the valley of the fingers when curled and over lap the little and ring finger on the right hand then the little finger is not being put under pressure at all from the knuckle joint of the left hand which was crushing the end of my right little finger. My course opened on Saturday 16/05 and I played my first game in nine weeks. The grip lasted throughout the round without any discomfort at all and the drives we straight and iron shots sweet. I went out again yesterday and beat the Seniors captain and again everything was working well. I might add that I've adopted the Stack & Tilt method but that's another story.

Looking at Jordan Speith's grip he is using a reverse overlap with the left index finger over the right ring finger but lifting the right pinkie out of the way. I have used a similar grip but I actually move the hands fractionally closer overlapping the right ring finger with the left index finger and overlap the left swear finger with the right pinkie. This works very well with people with over active hands.

Reading this thread this morning I got to the end before checking the date of the posts. 2010. :) It's now 2013 and the white belt is still going strong here in the UK. Bought mine from Next, a fashion store over here. Still got two years to go then. ;)

When reverse overlapping overlap your right ring finger not your right pinkie. The last three fingers on your left hand grip the club and move the butt of the club nearer the left hand pinkie to get the feeling of grip there.