BaldTexan

White is out of bounds. Red is a lateral water hazard. Yellow is a water hazard. White, red, and yellow striped mean you are lost in the woods or swamp and good luck finding the clubhouse.

I have names for my clubs. Unfortunately it is against the rules to use those names on this forum. Hmmm? Thinking about it some of the names maybe illegal to use in public also.

If you took a push cart onto the tee box at the course I play on there really wouldn't be room to swing a club or anything else.

I don't know if this has been mentioned or not. I think in the late 50s or early 60s was when the USGA changed the rule and made it a two stroke penalty to hit the pin if the ball is on the green. My thought on this is that rarely (if ever) the USGA changed or added rules to make the game easier. Not sure why they did this unless they thought having the pin in made it easier to putt than not Just my worthless .02$ opinion. BTW I only remove the pin when required by the rules.

Why did you leave out ants?

This is interesting since I have seen the same idea stated in another book. What is recommended is say hit a high cut with a driver then wait four or five minutes and hit a low draw with a seven iron. More like you would be doing on the course than hitting thirty wedge shots in row trying to dial in the perfect shot and expecting that one really good shot equals "I got it perfected now" Which I am so guilty of and can attest that that does not work out very well when playing on the course. If you want to know the name of the book pm me and I'll let you know.

Another consideration is physical problems which may keep someone from swinging the golf club as taught by PGA professionals. I have a really bad left hip and through trial and error have found that by moving my right foot into an open stance and keeping my shoulders square allows me to hit into a firm left side. Otherwise my left hip will turn and slide so as it is more like hitting into a left wet noodle side. It is all about how the club impacts the golf ball. That is the one thing I am learning. A person can have a really ugly swing and still get good results.

I use a cart bag as I am unable to physically walk the course. I do regret though every time I'm at the range and the wind blows my bag over. Had to do it again would get a stand bag for that reason.

I really don't keep score anymore, though I may start soon. The reason being I don't follow the rules of golf to the letter and before I play with anyone I let them know that. This lets me enjoy being outside in a pretty park like sitting, not stress over how my round is going and really enjoy when I get a low score on a hole. It is quite different from beating balls on the range and I do get that for some people measuring themselves against par and playing partners, fellow competitors, and/or opponents is part of the enjoyment of the game. It's just when I look at the scorecard and see two or three snowmen on it, the enjoyment of the round goes away like a snowbird in Chicago in the fall. Soon though I am going to keep a score just to see how I do, and after crying in my beer and kicking my truck, breaking my toe and having to lay off golf for a few months, I'll play again not keep score and have fun.

I get that the lower body needs to start the transition. It is difficult for me to start the hips forward while the upper body is moving in another direction. I will work on starting my hips a bit earlier than normal to try and get the continuous swing motion working. No, he wasn't talking about feel. I used the word because a lot of the motion in a golf swing is "feel" instead of real.

What feel do you pros and low handicappers use to transition from the backswing to the forward swing? Without mentioning names the same instructor's posted videos which seemed he suggested two ways to start the downswing which are at odds to each other the way I understand it. In one he talks about dropping the arms first then firing the hips which is to help keep from getting the hands to far behind, and thus stuck, causing a flip motion. In a later video he talks about controlling the length of the backswing with when you start the lower body moving forward. This allows a a continuous motion rather than a pause or trying to control the length of the backswing by restricting the hips and using the postion of the hands to control the length. So which feel do the good, pros and + handicappers use the most to control the length of the backswing. Body position or timing the start of forward motion with the lower body?

How exactly using the rules of golf language and in all equity define a divot hole as well as a water hazard, loose impediment, or immovable obstruction are defined in the rules of golf? How many times has the USGA had to clarify situations concerning those rules? Can you imagine the confusion and arguments about whether a pro's ball in in a divot hole or not? No best let sleeping dogs lie as it were. Just my .02$ worth.

One of the biggest problems I see with this idea is that a lot of people who play golf are not overly intelligent about etiquette. Now if a course were to allow pull carts on the green here's what I foresee happening: Player A driving a cart sees sign "Pull carts allowed on green." Player A reads sign as "Carts on green" Player A happily drives his cart on the green to save time putts his ball and drives off leaving a mess behind. As silly as this may sound, consider some of the things you've seen people do when playing golf and the possibility of this occurring is not as silly as it seems. If I were physically capable of walking with a pull cart I would be all for this except for the very real possibility of seeing someone locking the brakes up while driving up to their golf ball on the freshly watered green.