He's just being a baby because he didn't hit a good shot...Tiger used to do this too...it used to be very common among younger players and has kindof gone out of style. It had NOTHING to do with an injury.

Weird thing happened today during my golf round.

I was a bit long on a 150 yard par 3 and I am looking for my ball under the tree and I see a snake about 4-5 ft long. I read somewhere that some golf courses have non-poisonous snakes to take care of unwanted guests like rodents etc..

Its a scary thought to think a snake might drop on you from the tree if you are looking for your ball!

What's the best strategy for a Greensome?

Playing one on sunday with my dad. I'm a 12 handicap, he's a 16.

Are there rules for how many tee shots from each you have to take?

Other than that, here are the main strategy points I can think of.

1. Who is better at approach shots? If one is clearly better, you may want to take the tee shot that gives you the best chance at getting it close...so that may mean taking the worse tee shot to let the better player hit into the green.

2. If you're both about equal at approach shots, is one much better but less consistent off the tee? So, if there's a risk/reward hole, you may want the shorter but more consistent person to hit first...if it's in play, then the longer hitter can go for the higher risk shot.

At least 6 teeshots a person I believe.

I'm better at approach shots, drives, basically everything. But still can really **** up.
Thinking my dad should go first, so I can go for it, of play it safe when necessary.

Greensome is traditionally that each player tees out and they choose the best ball to continue play, alternating shots. So if you make a very good drive, your dad will play the second shot.

Strategy in that case is to play a safe shot first by whoever is the safer player on that hole and then let the other player go for a super drive if the first ball is in a good position. When selecting who plays the second shot, don't automatically go for the ball nearest the green, but for who has the highest percentage shot from where the balls are.

Of course there might variations called greensome...........

You do know that you can get relief from a dangerous situation, by dropping within one clublength from the nearest spot that is without the danger, no penalty. All snakes would be considered dangerous.

Don't take any chances.

It would def make sense to combat pests with some species of snakes, some of the more harmless species can even help keep down the population of the venomous ones.

No, it's exactly that. Both tee-off, then alternate shot.

Another question Java, it's easier asking you than grabbing a rulebook

Last round I hit my drive in the forrest. I find my ball, and see there's a dead bird there. And by there I mean, it's bloody head was on one side of my ball. his body on the other, with flies and feathers everywhere.

Relief right?

loose impediment, right? although if it's touching your ball, be careful. perhaps mark your ball, clear and then replace?

I thought I just read in an old Golf Digest quiz that a dead hedgehog wasn't considered a loose impediment and therefore no relief, but a rock the size of those at Stonehenge is (a la Tiger having those guys move that rock in the desert.)

Yes it is a loose impediment. But and this is the tricky part, though loose impediments can be moved, you get a penalty if your ball moves! Which it sounds that it will if you move the bird. I would very much consider taking an unplayable instead, though I get a penalty, the mess I would get myself into hitting the ball and bird, is simply not worth it. I don't wont to bother looking it up, but I would assume you have got a pretty good case for replacing the ball when you drop as a ball in a carcass doesn't sound to be easily recoverable (health risk and all).

Nope, you will have to drop for unplayable if you want to clean your ball. If it had been a moveable obstruction and the ball was on it, you would mark the spot, move the obstruction and then replace (but no cleaning).

Any dead animal is a loose impediment, which you are allowed to move, as long as your ball does not move. It is probably the latter that is the problem. You can move the hedgehog, but firstly your ball will most likely move, secondly you don't really want to move any dead animal, especially one that is partly devoured by flies and maggots.

They have introduced a Lex Tiger on this one (or rather a decision). There will not be any new plagues on rocks that Tiger had a football team to move.

i meant "clear the bird", not "clean the ball". obv you are not allowed to clean the ball. but just to clarify, i am only allowed mark and replace if the ball is ON a dead animal, not laying up against it?

Ok, I misunderstood that part of your post.

A dead animal is a loose impediment. A moveable obstruction is a man made thing.

If there is interference from loose impediments you are allowed to move the impediment as long as the ball does not move. If the ball lies on top of a dead animal you cannot move the dead animal without moving the ball.

Edit: Just to clarify a ball has only moved if it comes to rest in a different lie. If you while removing a twig make the ball jiggle a little but it still end up in the same lie, that will be ok.

If there is interference from a moveable obstruction you are allowed to remove the obstruction, even if the ball would move, and if needed replace the ball. (if the ball is on top of the obstruction, you would need to mark the ball, remove it, remove the obstruction, and then place the ball).

I thought poor old Venturi was going to have a stroke in the eighteenth tower that day.


P.S. What is your biggest pet peave on the golf course ?

Mine is when my buddies say nice shot ( they actually mean it ) when I hit anything that goes up in the air regardless of where it is headed , or leave a chip 5 feet above the hole. I know they mean well and should appreciate their attempted encouragement but it still tilts me nonetheless.

Help guys, I left my 3 wood on the course yesterday and it hasn't shown up at the pro shop yet, I'm playing 36 tomorrow at a course where I have to have a 3 wood in the bag. There's a Golfsmith store in the area but I'll pretty much have to buy one blind with a few shots into the net.

My old 3 wood was a Cobra SS 14*, the rest of my bag is an original R7 9.5*, cobra 17* Hybrid and Mizuno MP60. I play to a 9 currently, but have been as low as 1.x in the not too ancient past. Ny ballflight is a relative low draw, and my misses tend to be hooks rather than pushes.

Any recommendations?

I mean, there's bout a million choices. I'd check out their used section, as most places will let you return used clubs within 30 days for store credit. So if you don't like it you can try something else.

I've been spending a bit of time on the practice green recently and have come to realize there is a mental block somewhere that I don't understand.

I find it easier to chip off of the green that it is to chip onto it. What I mean is when i'm clearing my balls off the green i make a conscious effort not to hit the ground and I make a solid chip. Maybe because there is no grass behind the ball its easier this way but I find it really frustrating.

Can anyone relate?

Regarding the Tiger boulder in the desert, the rule was altered a few years ago stating that the golfer is the only one allowed to move the loose impediment/boulder. No help allowed. Of course with Tiger's workout regimen.....

BO

Man that sucks that nobody was honest enough to turn it in. I know a guy who has like three or four irons that he found on the course and just kept. What a friggn A-hole. He is too cheap to spend money on a decent set of clubs. He is such a jerk that when leaving 18 on a course with bag attendents/ club washers he just zips right by even though he used to do that job himself. Man the guy tilts me. Why I even associate with the jerk is beyond me. Sorry for the rant but it is just tilt city when I think about it.

Some people are just scumbags.

One person in my former club did quite a few wagers for beers, but usually when he won he got a nice big beer from the tap, but when he lost, he tried to get away with a can of cheap german beer. Almost worse than welching.

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Hi All,
Is anyone here a member of TPC Las Vegas? I played it today (thought it was beautiful), and I have a few quick questions.

Thanks!

arright I got a Q:

i'm lookin to buy a really cheap set of clubs.

would the technology of newer clubs be better than that of some Tommy Armour 845s? On ebay it looks like I could get a 4-PW for about $100. And there are several options: 845s, Cobra CXI, old Pings, and newer clubs like Nickent, Maxfli, etc...

Would a 2-5yo club always be better than an older 10-20yo club?

TBH I'm a noob golfer, but I hate offset clubs, and high bounce angles (I think old clubs have less of this).

nothing wrong with old pings, 845s, etc. imo

I seem to be making contact a lot on the toe, or in that direction away from the sweet spot, particularly with my irons. But the ball is going right, left, all over the place.

Hell, on one hole today I hit the #4 on the iron face at the top of the toe, missing the grooves completely. Not sure I've ever done that before, let alone on the tee.

I am spraying my driver a lot too, either not coming around on it, and cutting it off the fairway, or pulling it straight left 20 or so yards from my target. I've never had the problem of pulled shots before, ever (my natural swing is a high soft fade, and a cut with my irons), so I have no clue what to do.

Any suggestions on drills for better contact?