themittenstate

Hello all- I am considering joining a course about 15 minutes from my house. I just moved here and none of my friends so far are serious about golf. I work full time so want to play every Saturday/Sunday plus 9 holes after work a few days on the weekends. How is not having a playing partner going to impact my weekend play? I'm sure I will find a group of guys to play with at some point, but as of right now, is it proper etiquette to ask the course to pair me with another group during the weekend? I usually play with large groups of people back home- we often take 3 or 4 tees times and send off 12 or 16 people on the weekends so this has never been a problem before.

This question has probably been asked here before but I couldn't find anything... I hook my 2nd shot into the high rough, taking a divot. Ball is lost. 1. Do I have to drop precisely in my divot? (I'm not saying that the ball has to go in the divot, but let's say I drop it 6 inches to the left of it- it's pretty obvious that this is not where I played my previous shot). 2. May I replace my divot prior to hitting a provisional or my next ball (fourth shot)? My gut tells me that I cannot replace my divot and that I am not able to take a step back before I drop my ball in an effort to avoid landing in my own divot. But I can honestly say that I have never seen a player drop a ball back into his own divot after going OB/lost. Anyone ever seen a player get called for this?

I picked up an old Walter Hagen putter from my grandpa's basement last week, almost identical (mine is more beat up) to this one: http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/viewimage.x/00000000/kwalitee/MVC-1366S.JPG?vvid=16688239&allow;_track_link=1&track;=027d365efd-37e5a&sp;=1&vsid;=1&vgp;=0&vimgs;=MVC-1359S.JPG,MVC-1360S.JPG,MVC-1361S.JPG,MVC-1362S.JPG,MVC-1363S.JPG,MVC-1364S.JPG,MVC-1365S.JPG,MVC-1366S.JPG Shot 79 and 76 the only two times I played with it, which is pretty good considering I am a 7 handicap. I think it must be 40+ years old. I like it because it is all feel.