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I generally like par-3 courses and find it a darn shame that the last of them closed in my area during the pandemic. Part of it may have to do with the fact that I never have been very good with the longer clubs, so the short holes are a bit more my speed. Being able to get in 18 holes in two hours was pretty convenient and, ironically, the lack of crowds made them peaceful places to be. Naturally, that's the same reason they no longer exist around here. The second option sounds like a whole lot of no fun.

As long as "in town" means a drive of less than an hour, I'd probably go. I've never actually been to a pro golf event, so it would be a novelty. Presumably, they'd be playing on a course that I'm not normally allowed to visit, so there would be an interest in just going to see the place. My tolerance for traffic is pretty minimal, so if massive headaches are predicted it would dampen my enthusiasm.

We do a Secret Santa deal with a $50 limit, so never expecting the moon and stars. I got two boxes of these, which are probably good enough for knocking around casually and that's about all I ever do anymore.

I've been getting in at least nine holes most weekends with about 4 18-hole rounds sprinkled in. There were a couple of exceptions where either the weather was bad on my one day available or the round just fell through because of my playing partners' issues. So the longest period of time has probably been two weeks.

Especially with a muni course, I wouldn't expect too much. At least in my limited experience, it was up to my men's association leadership to determine things like GUR or LCP. Old Kittyhawk was a wild and wooly place. There was one year that we were allowed to rake and place in the bunkers. As much to avoid damaging our clubs on the rocks as much as anything else. In the few cases where GUR wasn't already marked by the course, the Association guys would mark it themselves before one of our events. The course never gave them any grief over that. It does seem a bit odd that a club manager would make a suggestion as he did in @reidsou's case. They generally let our guys run their own show.

The messaging from the Steelers before the season was that Wilson was going to be the starter. It shouldn't be that much of a surprise that they'd want to give him a shot once he was ready. Being from Ohio, I root for our old Buckeyes including Fields, despite his current team. He's always been perceived as not quite a good enough passer to make an NFL team a playoff contender. That's why the Bears let him go. I'm not sure how much better Wilson is at this point, but he's got that pedigree as a passer that Fields never has had. They are different style quarterbacks, so if they really do start Wilson, it will be interesting to see how cohesive the offense looks. The NYJ defense isn't exactly a soft one to start with.

It would certainly be a good thing if more people would at least give walking the course a chance, but "great crime" is awfully melodramatic. On the Faxon end, I think he's probably just speculating that these guys might be new to golf. That position when teeing up the ball normally suggests that. It shouldn't be too much of a surprise that newbies would be riders.

I've been to Top Golf a couple of times and both times it was as part of an event. It seemed fine for that purpose. It was food, drinks and a low impact activity as the start of my brother's bachelor party my last visit. There just isn't enough there to warrant repeat business. Couldn't imagine going week after week to Top Golf like we go to our home courses or, for that matter, bowlers to their bowling leagues.

As a hacker, I play a lot of found balls of all sorts. However, when buying I've been generally getting either the Callaway Supersoft or the Wilson Duo Soft. It's probably a coincidence more than anything, but I feel like I've done better with the Callaway product. It's a extra $5 per dozen most of the time, but it's my head now. May be time to ditch the Wilson ball for good.

Dry-weather golfer is probably the most appropriate for me. I will tolerate a little bit of light rain, but as soon as soaking occurs I'm out. Temperature-wise, I'll play in anything from 40 to 95. Significant wind might bump that lower end up 5 or so degrees.

Nope. Miami Shores GC in Troy, Oh wouldn't be considered for a qualifier. Even from the tips, it's only a 68.6/116. Great course for average hackers like me, but not a venue for bigger competitions.

Anytime you are sending teams out to play golf unsupervised you are always going to have these questions. You either have to trust the people playing in the event, not take it too seriously or find a different format.

It's been a remarkable slow start for me this year, but I finally cracked through with my first two birdies of the year over the weekend. Ironically they were the 18th at Community (Hills) GC Saturday and then No. 1 at Miami Shores on Sunday. Don't ask about the rest of them. For the purposes of the chart, I'll just use Miami Shores. Most of the golf I play any more is there and normally the front nine only.

Nah. He's teed off. Kind of wish I were somewhere I could watch it.

Crazy thing for sure. It's still real early to jump to conclusions. The charge list looks pretty intimidating and the 2nd-degree assault charge especially so. It wouldn't surprise me if some of these charges are dropped once the dust settles. Still, Darlington's description does make it sound like Scheffler is going to have some issues going forward.

One that comes to mind ... #2 Jasper Hills GC, par 3 Naturally this one was to save par. Hit two awful shots to find myself on the very front of this fairly large size green. The hole was in the back, left corner with a decent amount of right to left break. I'd only be guessing what the actual distance was, but it was easily over 50 feet. There was so much bend on the back end of the putt that it just seemed really unlikely until the last few seconds when it broke back to the hole, hit the stick dead center and dropped.

Guess I always figured awarding both gross and net kept more people in the hunt and made the overall event more entertaining for more people. At least in our case, we weren't talking about a lot of money either way, so why not give a few more people a shot at a prize?

If you don't embarrass yourself a bit, you aren't doing it right.

If these guys play 20 times a year for 30 years, it's hard to imagine the 16 won't get the 3 at least a few times. For one thing, you'd assume the 16 will improve at least somewhat if he sticks with the game. There is good odds in that time frame, the 3 will slump and as others have said, everyone has good days and bad days. The endearing thing is the assumption that you and your buddy will play regularly for the next 30 years. Life happens. People have kids, move away or simply hang em up. I guess I've been playing for roughly 13 years or so and the people I've played with changed over time. Ironically, life events should make it possible to play more often with the guy that got me started on this silly game all those years ago. I've had to move back home to take care of my mom and he's changed careers and has weekends off for the first time in a decade. I've managed to get the better of him a couple of times in the past when the big man's huge drive kept turning sharply right and mine, for once, did not.

Almost never. I can think of exactly once. Playing as a single on a glacially-slow day, I joined up with the three-some in front of me. One of the guys was one hell of a player but a high-strung sort and the group immediately in front of us wasn't helping. We were on a short par four and waiting on them while they were lollygagging in the fairway about 200 yards out. Guy launches one 300-plus yards over their heads. I'm sure they didn't see it, but they probably heard it. Maybe the guy was sure enough in his abilities that he wasn't really going to put them in danger, but it shook me up a bit to watch that.

Sure, it means smaller groups are going to have to wait a bit, but anyone with any sense should know that before they get to the tee box. If it's just you and your buddy, the parking lot ought to tell you the story. To me, the worst is when you have a sudden pace change in the middle of the round. My old, ranger-less, starter-less, home course used to have yahoos start off the back no matter how busy the course was. Nobody was there to stop them. That 1:30 front nine gets followed by a 3:00 back nine. Kind of wondered how many of those idiots even paid to start with. That's not something that would happen at my new home course. Consistency is nearly as important as sheer time. With a bit of maturity, I've found that I can adjust myself to the pace if I know what to expect.

In the order asked: 1. The procedure is to send $75 cash to a particular PO Box in Troy, OH (don't have it off hand) with a stamped, self-addressed envelope. We'll send you back an Ohio Pass good for one month from the date of issuance. 2. No particular shots are required. Just be mindful of what water sources you drink from. Some are better than others. 3. We make use of the entire road. It's the "I was here first" theory of driving. Hope you have a nice visit.

No pants huh? Well you could just try a layer or two of pantyhose. Don't get to hung up on masculinity, even some football players of note make use.

About the only real solace I can take from the whole thing is that at least it wasn't another SEC or Clemson national championship and It shows on a level that Ohio State wasn't that far off the mark. They gave TTUN a game. The Blue Boys are going to be very loud this year.