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I played a course last weekend. I had to play behind two retired ladies (I was playing by myself). I waited for them on every hole, until the 11th when they decided to have lunch and let me play through (they were 4 holes behind)... Anyways, apart from not letting me play through, they completely disrespected the course! If one of them would hit a bad shot, she would slam her club into the ground and then throw the club at her cart or down the fairway. I saw her throw clubs on at least 10 different occasions... I sometimes think that a golf etiquette test should be required before a person is allowed to go out onto a course. I mean, I had to take a golf rules/etiquette test to play Junior golf, why should older people have leave to be so disrespectful of the course!?

Were you being serious in this post? So, on a 110 degree day, you would refuse someone who is wearing shorts? Wow. . . . I mean. . . . wow.

William Willett, in part because he disliked having his golf rounds cut short by dark, conceived Daylight Saving Time. "The prominent English builder and outdoorsman William Willett conceived DST in 1905 during one of his pre-breakfast horseback rides, when he observed with dismay how many Londoners slept through the best part of a summer day. An avid golfer, he also disliked cutting short his round at dusk. His solution was to advance the clock during the summer months, a proposal he published two years later.[19] He lobbied unsuccessfully for the proposal until his death in 1915;" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time

Take the guy who hit your car to court if he refuses to compensate you. He doesn't have insurance, but he's still got to pay for your property damage. Just because he doesn't have an insurance company backing him, he still might have other assets that he can compensate you with (he has a car, make him sell it and pay you...) Also, sorry about your iPhone. My upstairs neighbors had a party last December (the night before my Corporations final...i'm a law student). They had the same thing happen. People started showing up that they didn't know, they had stuff stolen. Worst, I had my two bicycles stolen out of the garage. They tried to argue with me that it wasn't their fault that my bikes got stolen. They gave up on that when I got up to get some of my law books...

Wow... So, I voted that I think a dress code is a good idea for a golf course. When I voted this way, I had a reasonable dress code in mind (e.g. Please wear a shirt at all times, please wear shoes at all times, please wear pants or shorts at all times). A dress code like the one I just suggested, I think, would benefit the game. I really don't want to go to the course to be paired up with a guy who takes his shirt off on the second hole... But you want to go so far as require "decent grooming." Not only do you want to dictate what I cannot wear, but also dictate whether I shave or not, or if I decide to grow my hair out (not that I would, I'm making this argument for those who do grow their hair out). What exactly is decent grooming anyways? Does that mean that a man cannot have hair longer than 3", or that ladies must have hair longer than their shoulders? If I wake up and run to the course without taking a shower, will that get me barred from playing a round until I take a dip in the lake? My brother went to a high school where they required "decent grooming." It meant that no one there could have any facial hair. Would you go so far as to suggest the same. No one with a two-day growth or a full beard can play the same course with you because heaven forbid you have to look at his facial hair? Decent grooming is a hogwash argument. Why not start telling me that I can only wear blue shirts on M,W,F,Sa and Green shirts on T,R,Sun? I mean, if you're going to tell me how to groom myself, you might as well tell me what colors to wear too... Like I said, I am fine with a reasonable dress code (such as, no shirt, no shoes, no pants/shorts, no playing), but when people start suggesting that grooming comes into play is where I draw the line.

Either of you ever listen to the HP books on tape? Jim Dale is an amazing reader and won a few awards for his work on the series...

Turkey, cranberry, sprouts, cucumbers, lettuce on wheat. This makes for one sleepy afternoon in the office.......

$4.45 for the regular stuff. Was up to $4.75 two weeks ago... San francisco....wheeeee~!

Fat Tire Chimay (Red and Blue) Blue Moon Spaten Optimator Samuel Smith Winter Welcome Ale Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout

I don't drink during a round, unless its a very social event. My firm had a golf tourney this summer, free beer and booze on the course. I had a couple of beers and a JD, played a little worse than normal, but we still won. Other than than, like a few posters before me, I have enough fun playing golf as it is, so I don't feel tempted at all to get a beer on the course. Golf is hard enough as it is, why get drunk and lose my motor skills?

I am fat as well. 6' 230lbs. I've had an office job all summer, so that didn't help. I just got some dumbbells for home, so I've been doing those and crunches for the past week or so. Also, will be getting 2 hours of biking in each day (commute to school and back) starting later in August when law school kicks up again. Want to get down to 180-190 and fit in the suit I bought at the start of law school again... Need to cut out the bad meals and plan my eating schedule better to have small meals throughout the day...

I would assume water because water expands as it freezes. If you freeze a gallon of water it will be more than a gallon of ice.

What's the difference between beer nuts and deer nuts? Beer nuts are $3.49, deer nuts are under a buck.

I actually enjoy playing in the rain.

San Francisco is pricey. The driving range down in San Bruno might be a bit cheaper than going to Harding for a lesson, although I'm not sure. It might also be cheaper across in East Bay. I am in agreement with most people here though, solo lessons are much better than group lessons.

60*: 85-90 56*: 105-110 PW: 130 (this is why i need a gap wedge - 20 yard gap between my SW and my PW!!!) 9i:145 8i:155 7i:165-70 6i:180 5i:195-200 4i:210-215 3i:225-240 (240 is off a tee) 3w:250-260 D:285-310

Hmm, this is both good and bad news. Good news that I might be able to get them cheaper, bad news is that if I miss the window, I'm going to have to pay an arm and a leg to get 'em. Oh man, I'm daydreaming at work of seeing chromed, new irons sitting in my bag... CPHoya - I see you've played Chalk Mountain. You play any other courses on the Central Coast of Cali? I went to Cal Poly, SLO. Played a ton at Dairy Creek, Morro Bay and Chalk Mountain. #13 at Chalk Mountain was always fun, go go Cardiac Hill. Loved walking up that hill...haha. I think I liked the par 5, #15 more though.

I currently play MacGregor VIP V-Foil 1025CMs (blade w-7, somewhat progressive cavity 6-3). I was at the range last night with a group and I got to hit my friend's new Mizuno MP-32s... and I fell in love. I was getting my MacGregor 7-Iron into a net about 170 yards out, and landing in the front portion of the net. I try out the MP-32 7-Iron, and I hit it into the back of the net (probably about 5-8 yards further) on a very easy swing, and it felt so sweet and pure. Who else plays the MP-32s? In my short time hitting them last night, they felt like butter. How similar are they to the MP-33s, or other Mizuno blades? Anyone have a new/slightly used set they don't play anymore......

I have only marked with a 1976 Bicentennial quarter since I started playing golf, some 15 years ago.

I am actually lucky enough to play courses that have the sprinkler heads marked, so I rarely have to pace off 50 yards at a time. I can see that a GPS would be much faster. I wish he had one. He really played around a lot with his rangefinder. It was getting quite annoying.

I have always used the course markings. Sunday marked the first time I ever played with someone who had a laser range finder. My paces and course markings were never more that 1 yard away from what his fancy piece of equipment told him, and my pacing was faster. He used the thing on EVERY shot, except chips and putts. I mean, if I know a shot is 130 yards, that makes a difference for me because it tells me what club to pull. But when its only 30 yards, that's more feel than anything else.... He slowed down our group quite a bit...

I used to do it while waiting for my parents to pick me up from jr. tourneys. Now I do it all the time. I stopped counting at some point. I can normally just go as long as I want to.

If there we no rakes, this would not make it fair to all players. The earlier in the day you went out, the less chance you have of landing in someone's footprint...

It depends. If I get an early tee-time, I can play in about 3 hours. If the tee-time is in the middle of the day, i'm looking at 5+ hours. This is at Harding Park where it takes 3 hours to play the 9 hole executive course

Ahha! Thanks! =)