Grahaman

She can play with my clubs! heehee:)

ehhhhh......what? A famous movie quote applies here: What we have here is a failure to communicate!

I love me some Sara Brown...

Wow! Now that is a big hand grenade!

Cheesesteak with everything on it at Hoagie Haven in Princeton, NJ.....man they are good!

This thread is awesome - I've laughed, I've cried, I've dropped my jaw in horror (especially from the "droppin a deuce" post)! I pulled up to my club 2 years ago for an early morning round to find the cops in the parking lot and the front nine closed. 3 young tools drank to much at a nearby hotel and decided to steal some golf carts and play bumper cars all over the front nine. 3 greens totally destroyed, 3 carts totally destroyed, 4 bunkers shredded and almost every fairway torn up. Damages came in at over $100K. Cops tracked them down and arrested them with felony charges. Not sure what the final outcome was.

Mine is first a tall glass of ice water to re-hydrate, since I walk. Next, I like a tall glass with ice filled with in 1/3rd parts, vanilla vodka, ginger ale, cranberry juice. I'm always looking for new concoctions, what's your favorite post round beverage?

This isn't really specific to country clubs but it is something that I think we should always do no matter where you play: - make sure you have a tool to fix your divots on the greens and use it. A nice touch is to also fix any divots you see that some previous player has not bothered to fix. Golfers who don't fix their divots on the green really get my goat. - most cc carts have a little bottle with seed and sand mixture to fix your fairway gashes. Use it or if you are walking, go pick up the rug and place it back in the slash. - rake the trap when you are done. - tip the cart girl if they have one. Have fun and I agree to spend time putting on the practice green before your round. It will payoff!

Playing in the club ryder cup on a miserable rainy day last fall. I couldn't hold the club and was watching a rather promising start go down the drain. I swung and topped the ball, barely hanging onto the club. In frustration I smacked the side of my golf bag with my club. 3 holes later in need of my 5 iron, I pull it out of the bag and find only half the club in my hand. I proceed to check my 6, 7, 8, 9 iron and all are broken in 2 at mid shaft. My partners laughed their asses off. I was really embarrassed. Bought a nice set of stiff shaft Cleveland CG7's this winter and love them. Playing in SoCal once and teed off on a hole with a pond right in front of the tee. Club flew out of my hands and right into the middle of the pond. Jeez

Yesterday I hit my 2 best shots of the season during the same round:) Par 4 16th 349 yds Narrow fairway slight dogleg right with blocking trees on right side of fairway. I hit a 3 iron off the tee to about 120 yds out. Then grabbed my AW and swung smoothly. The ball landed about 4 feet short and right of the hole, bounced once, rolled a bit and in the hole for an eagle!! Par 4 18th 389 yds Trees hugging left side all the way down fairway on both sides I hit my driver with a fade which grabbed an upper branch and left me with 170 yds in from the middle of the fairway. Swung a smooth 7 iron again with a fade and it hit and stuck 2 ft from the pin. Simple birdie putt, nice 38 for the round on a par 36 back nine.

1. How do you pronounce the capital of Kentucky? Looeeville or Luuuvul? 2. A rooster lays an egg on a peak of a roof, which side does it roll off on? 1. Frankfurt is the capital of Kentucky 2. Neither side, roosters can't lay eggs

I've tried all 3 over the course of my playing career and have settled on interlocking. bwdial: A fan of the Bear like me! Nice!!!

3 iron 220 yds 8 iron 165 yds putter

The rule of thumb that I know is slightly different: For every 10 yards of elevation change you have +/- 10 yds of distance depending on if the elevation change is uphill or downhill. For this case 70 ft =23 yds so you will reduce the length of the hole by 23 yds and then select your club accordingly. This would mean the hole is playing 125 yds which for me would mean grabbing a soft pitching wedge or strong auxiliary wedge. This of course assumes a no wind situation. If you have wind in you face or at your back you will need to take that into consideration. Good Luck and let us know how the hole played for you including club selection.

I agree with an earlier replier, if you hit your long irons better then you should be swinging a 4iron for your 200 yd shot. I can't stand hybrids and the prevailing marketing that they are easier to hit than irons. Hogwash...be a man and swing an iron.

My fiance is taking up the game this summer and is struggling from 75 yds and in. She was using a PW and SW to try and get on with multiple mis hits and chunks. She was losing her patience for the game. I bought her a 42 deg Cleveland Niblick and she loves it. She can now swing with confidence around the green and the club pops the ball up for her for nice pitch and run approaches. Her confidence is back. I HIGHLY recommend this club for all beginners to help you facilitate your game around the green. Once you get more accomplished then move to the LW or AW for around the green. Cleveland also offers this in a 37 deg. Good luck

I've been playing the Taylormade Penta's this year and love them. Great distance and a nice soft feel around the green.

I already posted to this thread but my round on Sunday brought up some new ones...... I am walking alone early and get behind a 4some. An old man and wife and I am assuming their son and his wife. # 1, they weren't playing ready golf. They drove to each ball and sat there and watched each other hit every ball. #2 They see me waiting at the box for them on 6 straight holes and never once wave me through, finally on #18 they ask if I want to play through......uhhhhh, no thanks, its the last hole! #3 The old woman and young woman can't hit the ball more than 15 yds at a time, they must have swung the club 20 times on each hole, after 10 swings pick up and move on for crying out loud. The worst part was both of them would eventually get to the green and then putt the ball 4-5 times to get it close to the hole and then pick the ball up when it was within 3 feet. Are you kidding me, at least give me the satisfaction of seeing your abused ball go in the stinking cup!! #4 I hate when people who can't play insist on going out early morning Saturday or Sunday. They bog up the hole course for the serious golfers who can't play during the week. Please wait for the afternoon to play your turtle golf. I find old ladies particularly like to go out Sat/Sun morning in some sort of post feminism display of their rights. I don't care if you are man/woman or goat, if you can't play stay off the course on the weekend mornings.

- People who leave their cart or bag on the front of the green then have to walk back to pick it up before walking off the back of the green to the next hole. - People who don't fix their divots on the green. Get a divot tool and learn how to use it. The smartest course starter I ever saw was at the Ramstein AFB course in Germany. You had to show him that you had a divot tool in your pocket before he would let you tee off. If you didn't have one, he sent you to the pro shop to buy one. - People who talk while you are in mid swing. - People who don't yell fore.

- Being on the course at dawn with no one else on the course - Being on the course at dusk with no one else on the course - Hitting a iron to exactly the spot I wanted to place it - Being on a par 5 in 2 - 19th hole reliving the round whether it was a good one or bad one - Watching a newbie hit a good shot and seeing them get bit by the golf bug - A good out from the sand - Spinning a lob wedge - Not losing a ball during a round

I was playing on my home course Sat from the blues. Stepped up to a par 3 167 and launched a perfect 8 iron that detonated 1 foot from the pin and then spun back and right about 3 feet. I had 3 partners watching and the course was full. I am glad it didn't go in, no way did I want to buy the house drinks for the day. By the way, I 3 putted for a bogey....what a deflating experience.

I choose to walk except when forced to ride in best ball tourneys. It is a great way to stay in shape!! Last year I bought a push cart because the pull carts you rent at courses where bothering my wrist and shoulder. I felt using a pull cart placed too much constant strain on my wrist and shoulder and it was an unnatural position for them. Since using a push cart for 2 seasons I have had no issues with discomfort. I looked at the clicgear and sun mountain carts and chose the sun mountain due to ease of pushing. The sun mountain seemed lighter to me, had less bulky wheels which allow it to move through the rough easier and folded and unfolded very quickly. Do a comparison search on the net for more detailed information and also try pushing the some models around and fold and unfold them to find your personal preference.

I was playing with my dad. He is teeing off and hit a low screamer that hits the ladies tee box market flush and comes straight back at his head at equal velocity. He put is hand up and caught the ball cleanly just before it rocked his face! A round ball hitting a round object and coming straight back to its starting point. I laughed my ass off!!!!

Last season I took my driver out of my bag and played with only a 3 wood off the tee in place of the driver. I dropped my handicap from a 17.6 to a 9.4. I didnt want to fight my driver all season and only wanted to work on grooving my swing. This season it is back in my bag along with new irons and a new swing path. So far pretty good results. My handicap has gone down from a 9.4 to a 9.0. Best decision I ever made was to let go of my ego and the big drive mentality.

Based upon your reply, I can imagine you are one of the unwashed, jean shorts, wifebeater t shirt, and a cooler of beer types who roam the course flaunting your good ole boy attitude no matter who it disrupts. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. If a club has insurance to handle these type of situations, then the pro shoudl have "protected" the members and sent the offended party to the club business manager.