MrDC

In this heat? I crawl under the nearest tree and relax, try not to pass out, drink more water, it was like the Sahara out there yesterday. But usually I stand on the tee box and bitch about the slow play, "wtf are they doing up there?" Thankfully I haven't had this issue much in 2016, late tee times are your friend.

Tee ball, tee ball and more tee ball. I set out this year to hit fairways like a machine, and with more than one club, I wanted the tee box to be a point of confidence, not worry.

I can finally say yes, for a while it was iffy because for some reason despite my better play I was not scoring much better, but the hard work has paid off, now I walk onto the tee box with confidence I can put the ball in play, with driver or 3W/H, last year I would hope for the best.

I finally broke through for the second time this year, the big issue besides my game has been the tees I've played from as a beginner, I should have been forward early on but the group I play with are decent and I didn't want to be there alone, so I took my lumps from the regulation tees scoring around 103 for quite a while. It all comes down to the tee ball, I've worked really hard on being smart and consistent from the box and it's finally paying off, I only missed 2 FW yesterday and that gave me a handful of GIR and many near greens, to me it's by far the most important part of the game for anyone trying to break 100.

Relax the grip, it's hard to learn at first, but you'll get it, pain will teach you. Your body will get little pains all around from starting golf, feet, arms, back... you're using muscles and tendons that have never really been pushed before, golf hits unique spots, so just relax the grip and you'll be fine.

I don't buy this notion that she hates golf and can't wait to get out, BS. She's loving life and having a lot of fun, she's just playing a game that befuddles us all, it's really, really hard and only a select few rise to the top, she may be spending too much time being a foodie and not enough time at golf, who knows? I don't think it's a huge crime though, as long as she's happy.

I think there are many events that don't belong in the games, and golf is one of them, so I do agree with Rory, I just don't agree with how he said it, it's degrading to the game and he will regret it.

I don't think people that do this are trying to show off, I like to think they are genuinely just trying to be helpful and offer some advice when they see a swing problem, which is not cool I agree but I wouldn't take it so badly, just say thanks but no thanks in a nice way. It's also probably a common practice of the many instructors trying to get work, can't blame them for that.

Anna, with the Open on the line what were you thinking addressing the ball like that? you know the cameras are on your club like a hawk, it was just foolish, she learned a tough lesson. It was very refreshing to see an adult woman in Brittany Lang win the Open, so tired of the teenagers dominating the women's game, it makes the tour kind of joke IMO, we need more women like Lang winning tournaments.

She should be making a swing coach change, but chances are she doesn't care to be told how to swing at this point, Leadbetter has all but said she doesn't really listen to him much, so I don't think he's the problem. Looking at the women's game these days being so dominated my teenagers she may be thinking it's futile to get too crazy about her swing and just ride out her career, maybe grab another win or two before it's over, but not worry too much and try to overhaul her swing at this point.

$30 to walk the resident public courses, $50-$80 for the nicer public tracks like Bethpage, add $20 to ride which I rarely do but this heat has me thinking about it, this past weekend had the vultures circling my ass out there.

I worked with the Butch Harmon slice fix for driver a lot, which is the closed stance thing, but my problem with it is it can really exaggerate a push when you miss, this mostly happens when fatigue sets in and you don't turn well, so while it does fix a slice the push can be really bad, like gone bad. I like the putter suggestion, I've been struggling really bad on the greens this year and will try a wider stance.

Injury bad enough that I couldn't play, not much else do I really fear.

Just buy a decent stand bag, they never fall over.

Public, I bounce around, I don't think I'd be happy playing the same course all the time. I'll probably play about a dozen different courses this season, all within an hour's drive.

I've pretty much given up adult beverages and golf, which not that long ago would be crazy talk to me, I'm a drinker and being out there having fun demands a cold beer. But I realized not long ago that even just one beer affects my game big time, and I'm no lightweight, mostly the tee ball gets too wild. I'm OK with it though, I'd rather wait until after and drink to a good round than drown my sorrows.

It was hot, but hot is good, hot is golf. I rode 18 on Sunday at a beautiful course on the water, whisper quiet electric carts (hate gas) that actually stopped on their own if you went into a no-no area! gotta back up, very cool although a little annoying, but the course was in great shape so it works. On Monday I walked 27, my legs are toast, and the sun got to me even with sunscreen on, but it was heaven. How about you?

It's not easy because a beginner wants to join in the fun, but a beginner should be very cautious playing on a full course, they must play by unwritten beginner rules, which means pick up after double the par (15-20 shots is not even remotely acceptable) and bad tees shots are picked up and dropped on to the fairway by the others, you simply cannot hold up play for partners or others because you're a beginner, not cool at all. I'm just glad I had the right instruction at first and was told that I can't do it, people that take out beginners are just asking for trouble, glad you had fun though.

I have this problem and it's caused by spinning out the hips too soon, before the weight shift, getting stuck. I don't know why it's only an issue with driver, with irons and woods I slide my hips just fine, but with driver I just unwind from the top too soon and push/slice a lot, it's strange. For me the fix is tempo, think weight shift towards the target before dropping the arms and turning the hips, use the legs, the trail leg should feel the weight going back, and then let it go before the hips turn, keep the elbow at the shirt seam, tempo like a ballet.

They may not make golf better, but I'm OK with all of those ideas.

It's the rush, and some feel they play better under pressure, which may be true. Those feelings you had beating them like rented mules? that's the rush they're looking for, it's bravado. Not for me either, this game has enough emotions, I don't need to add that head to my game.

Not too serious, I do the serious thing at the range, before a round I just want to warm up and get a feel for how the driver is going, maybe some other long clubs, that's what usually makes or breaks me. I also skip the bucket for the putter a lot, I would say most rounds I'd rather hit the practice green over the range.

I agree it's a convenient excuse, I also agree many more will decline, Pro golfers just don't need this, it offers nothing for them, play for your country? who cares? this isn't the 40's, it's not enough for people today, money talks, not a flag. They should just move to amateurs only and maybe have the PGA tour offer some incentive for the medals, those people would want to play, and it would still be fun to watch, everything is good.

So on one hand we have a rule that allowed him to get a free drop out of the very taxing rough, and thus saving par, which he probably would not have done if not for the rule, free stroke. And on the other hand we have a rule that cost him a shot, because the ball moved a mm or two on the green, and that slight ball movement had zero advantage or impact on the putt, taxed one stroke. I don't think the rules really affect the popularity of the game, but if so stuff like this is at the forefront of the confusion.

I just can't listen to Joe Buck with that ridiculous voice, I guess it works for football because the testosterone is flowing but for golf it's just silly, enough with trying to make golf more chesty. The coverage was great, I'm loving FOX for that, the limited commercials, the ProTracer that shows the ball 100' higher than it really is, every camera angle, it's like being there. But I can easily turn the sound off, I just don't need to hear anyone talking about things, they're useless IMO. Holly would be welcomed back to Golf Channel with open arms by this fan, I loved watching her legs in the morning, she's still hot IMO.