chspeed
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Found an old thread on this, but nothing recent. When we play in late fall, many areas on the fairways and rough (not to mention the bunkers and woods) on the courses we play are inundated with leaves. These courses generally do a poor job of blowing leaves, and frankly don't give a s***. To speed up play, and lower frustration, our foursome play a "leaf rule." in which any ball deemed by the collective as clearly findable under normal conditions (i.e. in the fairway or rough), gets a free drop. My question is regarding posting these scores. How should they be posted? Should these rounds not post because you didn't play them according to the rules? Should you score the hole as if you didn't really finish it, and put the likely score if you played it properly? This would, IMO, inflate handicaps quite a bit in the fall.
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I think that's from 2019. Was just looking for cheap publicity is my guess.
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Is it possible that OP is confusing gripping the hands tightly and keeping the wrists softer? I find that when I grip a bit too tightly, I really limit my wrist movement. For me, the feeling of locking me wrists with a tight grip can limit my distance (although seems to improve accuracy).
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That doesn't sound right. You can create torque by rotating your body while sitting in an office spinning chair. Your lower body will of course spin in the opposite direction, but I don't think you need the ground to generate rotational force.
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I can see that. I'm not fan of Saudi Arabia (to say the least) nor of LIV golf; Even if it had nothing to do with SA. However I did walk away from this article with a stronger feeling that the outrage over LIV's SA ownership is for most players and others in the PGA, a strawman. Their real concern is what's best for business.
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Good article about LIV in New Yorker. Behind a paywall, but you can get a few free articles. My favorite part of is an analysis of the hypocrisy of the PGA tour itself. As the article states: "A sport that long excluded Blacks, Jews, and women, and with a standard share of avarice and misbehavior, had turned itself into the image of nobility—an ideal advertising vessel." Sure, that's different than Saudi Arabia's reputation, but point taken (at least by me). Will the Saudis and Donald Trump Save Golf—or Wreck It? | The New Yorker High-level defections! Tiger Woods and Jared Kushner! Lawsuits and blacklists! Is the new LIV league a way to reward players, or the vanity...
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Turning Stone Casino Golf Courses
chspeed replied to TheDoctorReal's topic in Golf Courses and Architecture
I saw a few older threads on this, but nothing recent. Anyone have advice for the golf courses there? Heading up this weekend for a buddy trip 6-round jaunt (thursday-sunday). Going to be cold in mornings, so may not get all the rounds in. I'm not a big casino fan, so really just there for the golf. Recommendations on best courses, etc. would be greatly appreciated. -
How Can You Tell If You Can Drop "No Closer to Hole"?
chspeed replied to chspeed's topic in Rules of Golf
Yup, that damned hole. Looks so easy. Can't tell you how many times I've landed on that stupid hill just left of the green. Anyway, you're probably right. But it's hard to tell where you crossed when you're on the tee, and some points (like the one deepest into the hazard) clearly have no drop that isn't closer to the hole. It's also impossible to drop, and even place the ball because the hill leading to the hazard is very steep. Note to self: Bail out right. -
How Can You Tell If You Can Drop "No Closer to Hole"?
chspeed replied to chspeed's topic in Rules of Golf
Yes, that's right. The drawing was an estimate, but the boundary is definitely curved and it's difficult to tell if that point exists or not. It's the 6th hole at Hudson Hills. Here's a flyover photo I found, not sure if it's helpful. As you can see, other than stroke and distance, you don't really have any other options.
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I'm sure this has been covered, but I can't find the answer. We play a par three that looks like this: The area left of the green is steep, and anything that hits there bounces hard into the hazard. Assuming you cross the hazard where I put the X. I've seen players simply drop in front of the X, which would put you closer to the hole then where you crossed. Considering the hazard boundary is curved, it's often hard to know if it's even possible to drop closer to the hole and be only 2 club lengths away. What to do?
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This. Making it a requirement is to allow them to argue that he can expense the costs. However the travel still must be business-related. If he or the PGA is writing off personal trips, that's clearly a no-no. Not that I care.
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I think the better comparison is to that of a President in some parliamentary-type governments. For instance, in Israel, the President is a formal head of state, but has essentially no power. The Prime Minister is the one with political power. Seems like a great time for Canada to heavily scale back on printing money and move to electronic payments like Sweden. Only 6% of transaction there are still in cash (vs. around 11% in US).
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Which Professional Players Have a 1-Plane Swing?
chspeed replied to petrus's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
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This is a very complex topic. There is no doubt that some careers have much higher demand in the past few decades (e.g. technology, health) than others (e.g. academics). Part of this is due to historically low unemployment numbers, low interest rates that drive venture capital, immigration laws, and many other factors. But to tie education to the jobs has become tougher than ever. The majority of people now have multiple careers, a significant number of which studied something completely different than where they ended up. Does going to college affect recruiting? Build up your network? Allow you to switch careers more easily? All great questions that are not only very hard to study, but also constantly changing.
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Hahahaha. "She gets some alone time with him..." Hahahaha
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Ugh. Such a tired argument. The idea that humor has to rely on offensive, stereotypical tropes is just a sign of an old, lazy crank. He can't change, so it's everyone else's fault they they don't find him funny anymore.
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Me neither. But as tweet above said, this is indeed a big loss for PGA and a big victory for LIV. All the other top players recruited are in the afternoon (or twilight) of their careers. He's arguably on his way up (#2) and is among the world's best putters right now.
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Cute, but fake.
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I put "definitely not." However, like most golfers, I don't 100% stick to the rules all the time. For example, since we play on urban public courses, the conditions are simply not fun sometimes. We may: a) Hit a breakfast ball when we tee off at 5AM without a warm-up swing b) Agree to play preferred lies if the course is very muddy or in really lousy shape c) If a bunker is a complete mess, filled with footprints, or beer cans (yes, beer cans), not much sand, etc. we'll give ourselves preferred lies in That said, we follow the vast majority of the rules, like many obsessive golfers do. And since I'm trying, within reason, to get an accurate handicap, I don't consider mine a vanity handicap.
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Sir Charles too. Is he going to play? Or better yet, try to form an NBA version of LIV? 20 games in a season, 6 minute quarters. 8' rims? Of course Charles Barkley says he’d talk to LIV Golf about an ‘opportunity’ | This is the Loop | GolfDigest.com
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I watched the last couple of hours of LIV in the morning and then watched the last couple of hours of the Canadian Open. The timing could not have been better for the PGA Tour. The most popular players in the field make it to the final group while a raging crowd goes bananas vs. a washed-up pro cruising to victory in front of a relatively sparse crowd. And by the way, the shotgun start just detracts from the drama IMO, not enhances it.
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Easy, just let them play from the senior tees.
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Swing looks good!
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Completely agree with this. Look at the success of Coinbase - they're essentially a centralized bank/crypto retailer that makes a big profit on centralizing transactions. Blockchain technology itself can make data immutable and decentralized, but if you're a company that wants to make money in crypto, you're going to centralize something along the supply chain. Regardless of it's inability to provide what it promised, crypto may still take hold and become disruptive and transformative to the entire monetary system and banking. No way to know.
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