Talking about serious golf.... Jesus just finished up a round in a 4 ball. 1 of the guys was banging his clubs about. Throwing/Hitting his bag as well. On the 9th he actually threw his driver backwards off the tee nearly hitting the other 2 playing with me. I'm not sure how long I can play with this guy now, Shame he is a nice guy around his mid 30's but acts like a child. It actually becomes quite uncomfortable at times and off putting.

He's also actually ****ing himself in terms of score. He is a 20 Handicapper and quite literally makes his scores up in the sense he is posting a lot better than he actually scores.


I remember playing with a guy who wasn't as bad as this but one time I was stood right behind him on his tee shot. He hit a bad shot, threw his iron backwards and hit me in the shin. I grabbed the club and threw it in a small stream. He actually got mad that I threw his club I assume because it was his new Nike irons.

Its almost 40 degrees in the sun here today. Worked a 10 hour shift hustling on my feet except for the hour worth of breaks. The only thing stopping me from teeing it up is that I ran out of clean clothes today. So I'm doing laundry so this doesnt happen again.

Can't tell if Aussie and Celsius or American and Fahrenheit

Massachusetts living born and raised.

Oddly I can't find any articles confirming, but according to Twitter the Guinness record for number of holes played in one week, 2000, has just been broken. Here are the "pre" stories:

https://fundraise.rmhc.org.au/micks-charity-challenge

https://www.todaysgolfer.co.uk/news-...yed-in-a-week/

I've got a slight personal interest in this since the previous record was held by Geno Bonnalie, Joel Dahmen's caddie, who did it in 2011 at the course that I grew up on, Lewiston Golf & Country Club in Idaho. It's mostly fun to watch since I knew the course so well, but here's video of Geno's feat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3HU...l=GenoBonnalie

I didn't have too much interaction with Geno since he was 4-5 years behind me (and I didn't play high school golf my senior year). Joel was 6 years behind me so I didn't see him play at all. If you follow Geno on twitter (which you should) you know he's quite the character, and a good golfer. He holds the course record at LGCC (I think a 61?), and his best round during the marathon was a 64. Dahmen's played that course a ton and still goes back, but Geno has the record.

5-6 years ago I was playing in a two-man tournament with my dad, and Geno was playing with a friend of mine. Naturally they made the sole survivor, but unfortunately it wasn't for a few hours after Geno and my friend got done playing, i.e., there was plenty of time for drinks. Geno somehow misplaced his clubs, and had to use my friend's. The punchline: my friend has dwarfism (and he's good, 3 handicap I believe). It was a chapman, and they were eliminated on the first hole. I don't think Geno even made it to the green.

Last day of work for me in calendar year 2021. Looking to up that 141 rounds posted to GHIN. so far. Oddly enough I have stopped posting 9 hole scores for no real reason over the past 2 months.

Also hitting the gym 3 days a week. My body is soundly rejecting that thought though. Back has been stiff for a week and woke up with a stiff net this morning.

I got 12

16, my no's

Hole in one (nope, have hit the pin twice in the same round before)
Win club champ (unless win junior club champ counts)
Break 70 (exactly 70 around 6-8 times)
All 18 greens (I think I have hit 17 before)

16 also, my missing ones

Hole in one (NOPE fml)
Albatross (missed by a couple inches dead on line short once)
Break 70 (career low 71)
All 18 greens (I think, I'm not sure about this one)

Shoot under par
Hole in one
Albatross
Single Figures (I'm exactly a 10 )
Win club champs
Break 70 (Closes I've been is 77 on a proper course, broke it round my local with a 69 but I won't count that just because it super easy)
Bogey free round (Not sure about this again round my local, I haven't done this recently but maybe 10 years ago I may have)
All 18 greens

I got 9

get a handicap
break 80
eagle
join a golf club
break 100
no double bogeys
birdie
drive a par 4
no lost balls

19, still missing an albatross.

18 greens is probably the toughest on that list.

18 for me

15 for me (presuming "single figures" is single digit handicap?)

My "don't haves":

Shoot under par
Albatross
Win club champs (like ScottC, presuming junior club champ doesn't count....won a nailbiter against Craig C. circa 1995)
Break 70
Hit all 18 greens

Do you guys use a tee on short par 3s? With 6 iron or longer I think using a tee is best for consistent distance, but lately I find myself placing my ball on the ground with 7 iron through wedge. The logic is that I've never trained to hit these clubs with the ball on a tee, compared with 100% of such practice hitting off turf. My 6 iron through 3 wood are used much more often off the tee, which has served as on the job training; longer clubs can take a normal swing that bottoms out at ground level; the bottom of my swing is closer to the bottom of the ball with longer clubs, while the shorter clubs produce better flight when I take more divot. I think this makes sense geometrically.

I always use a tee on Par 3s. I think it can't hurt to have a perfect lie. I may be wrong but I don't know of any pros that hit off the turf on par 3s.

Some golfers (Justin Thomas at times comes to mind) like to use the "turf tee" where they kick up a bit of grass by hitting the ground with the club and then putting the ball on the raised up grass. Supposedly it helps with a lower ball flight and better distance control?

https://golf.com/instruction/approac...turf-tee-golf/

I'm with Revots, though - always tee up my par-3 shots to help with consistent strike.


Bob - worth practicing some if you're uncomfortable with it; when you practice or warm up, hit a few irons teed up and note differences in ball flight, trajectory, distance, etc.

I will very occasionally not use a tee when trying to flight a short iron (usually to keep it low) but yeah, use a tee 98% of the time.

I don't use a tee except for driver. Even when hitting a 3 wood off of the tee I use the "turf tee" ala Laura Davies. It's a mental thing for me.

I tee it up when I can for everything. With the shorter clubs the tee is basically just above the earth.

With the Driver I tee it up a bit higher than most people I play with. I don't use a castle tee but if I was to use one I'd use the Orange tee. With it being high I can predict my short shape a lot better. The pink tee I can get a lot of variance again, I think the Pink tee is fairly standard for most golfers. I'll change my tee height for woods though depending on how I want the shot to go. For example a tee down hybrid can got like 180-200 (Depending on strike) for me. Where I can choose to tee it up and have it come in a lot higher but this will only go around 170ish.

When offered a perfect lie, take it. Without question.

You don’t have to tee it up high, you can even have it at ground level, but it’s always going to be easier to control off a tee.

There are a handful of tour pros who use the earth tee. You are not them. Use the peg.

You're obviously much more knowledgeable about the game than I am, but I don't think this is universally true. I'm sure a lot of it's mental with me, but there also has to be something about my swing that makes hitting off a tee with an iron very difficult. There's a par 3 at my home course that varies between 115-130. From that range in the fairway I'm very consistent, but when I tee up on that par 3, my shots are all over the place. I've practiced on the range, and just can't get it for whatever reason. Another probable factor is my preferred flight from those distances is a bit lower than most golfers; my control is better.

Well then. I was not expecting so many replies. Thanks for the feedback.

I've got 18.

get a handicap
break 80
eagle
break 100
no doubles
under for 9
birdie
no lost
back to back birdies

that's 9