Most likely you're getting strokes on the par 5s. Get a par (drive, layup, GIR + 2 putts) and force him to get birdie to win the hole. You're bigger difficulty will be on longer par 4s and 3s. A few of those long par 4s, you should be getting strokes, so bogies will be okay. His length will be beneficial on the par 4s that you don't get a shot if they allow him to hit 3-4 clubs less than you into the green. All easier said than done... good luck!

There is a reason handicaps exist. Outside of extreme outliers in distance, which this isn't, there is nothing about playing a different set of tees that change the match. Just play golf.

Completely agree. I learned this best from Tommy Angelo's book.

Make sure you look at your index for that particular set of tees to get the appropriate strokes.

What is the EV of being a member of a local public/private course. I have a course really close to my house that has pretty good member rates, (i only play when i sneak on lol). like $110 a month unlimited balls and playing for the first year. Costs a little more after the promo period. I would love to do this but only if i can have some equity in this. Would there be a good a chance i could win some prizes from their tournaments and side action? I've never gotten a handicap but i play at a single digit level.

How in the world is anybody supposed to know if you have any LOL equity by joining a course?

I'd also bet that based on this post alone with the various questions and poker terminology applied to golf that you are not a single digit handicapper.

BO

ntnBO, all that poker terminology? You mean the 2 times that he said "Equity"?

What a hilarious exchange!

wat. its not even like i consider a single digit any good. imo you are only good at golf if you finish in the top 50 of a major golf tour.

I guess the EV would be:

Usual monthly spend on golf - dues = EV

Anyone played golf near gulf shores Alabama? What's the best bang for my buck course within a half hour from the beach? Craft farms/peninsula/kiva dunes/rock creek worth it?

Ended up pushing my match. Got to the course 7 minutes before tee time. First swing of the year was my tee shot on #1. Couldn't hit my driver all day. Couldn't get any elevation, and was hitting a bunch of hooks. Irons and woods were money. Was 3 up with 3 to play, and lost my tee shot on the next 3 holes. 2 range sessions and I should be good.

I guess there's a first for everything. This past Sunday we had a twosome booked at a local course, but when we woke up in the morning the wind was custing up to 55km/h (25-30mph?) and it was absolutely freezing outside. Me and a buddy made the decision to bail on the round, but I had a mental lapse and didn't bother to call the course. They called me back a few hours later and told me they still had my credit card on file from a booking last year and they were charging me for a no-show. I called them up and explained what happened and the guy gave me some bull**** story about having a full tee-sheet and how he could have sold those two spots in a heartbeat.

I know it's within his full right to do what he did, but it's still a pretty shady thing to do. He did offer us a raincheque because I returned his call, so we're still getting full value for the money he's charging.

Courses should not be able to charge you. What if there is an accident? A friend bails, an injury, there are a million reasons why it would be perfectly acceptable to cancel the tee time. What if you wake up with a stomach bug? It's a bad policy.

Yea I agree they shouldn't charge you for canceling, sounds like he didn't cancel though.. just didn't show up. In which case you should be responsible for something.

I don't really see this as shady at all. A lot of courses if you no-show during prime weekend tee times will charge you and will not give you a rain check either. Their official policy probably makes no mention of a raincheck so they didn't even have to do that.

It's not really a bull**** story he gave you...I was an assistant years ago at a public course and it was very common to turn people away both over the phone and in person on weekends because we were completely full. Even calling an hour before your time there is a good chance someone would call or show up looking to play last minute and they could sell the time.

That said, most courses won't charge you if you do call them and say you had a last minute cancellation due to an emergency or something, but not calling at all was your big mistake.

These no-show policies really are a necessary evil for the golf courses, otherwise you would have people just calling up and reserving times just in case they can get a group together or something, and half the time not bothering to cancel.

Is it possible to post scorecards from tournaments in this thread? I want to show something hilarious that would fit very well with the story I would like to tell. Thanks

Doesn't a merchant need authorization to charge a card? You used your card there at some point in the past but that doesn't mean they can charge it in the future whenever they feel like it. And why the **** are they keeping credit card numbers on file unless you are signing up for some kind of membership to be billed on a recurring basis? I'm sure that their IT systems and security are top notch..... I understand cancellation policies and everything but does this comply with the credit card company's terms of service?

Yeah unless you gave them your number at the time of reservation that seems pretty ridiculous to me. They can't just keep your number on file and charge it when they want to.

Steve Yellin's post to Golf Sports Science-

Golf is a brutal sport. Absolutely brutal. But therein lies the allure and the challenge. One shot, one hole and it can be all over. Unlike other sports like tennis, where you can play miserably for two hours, be down 0-6, 0-5 and then all of a sudden find the magic and come back and win, you are never afforded that luxury in golf. Therefore the execution of every shot becomes paramountly important. If that is the case, then the dynamics of how to execute a well-struck shot is one of the the key element in every round. I see golfers hitting hundreds and hundreds of balls every day. Most of them are very well struck and going in the intended direction. But they only get one shot out there on the course. Hitting thousands of ball in practice can be useful, but they are not afforded anything close to that luxury on the course. The dynamics of what has to occur in order to hit that one shot correctly should be examined, as much, if not more, than the dynamics of a mechanically sound golf swing. Just my opinion.

Need help:

I'm having a huge issue with my irons when teeing off on par 3's. Usually end up being hit thin. Any suggestions? I don't tee it up high at all I push the tee all the way into the ground. Should I tee it up higher?

Do you normally hit your regular iron shots thin too or just when you tee it up?

No I pure my irons, only when I put it on a tee do I have an issue. For the life of me I can't find a solution.

Uhhhhhhh, don't use a tee?

Does anyone actually not use a tee on Par 3's?