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On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:14:38 -0400, wrote:
On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:01:23 -0700, jps wrote: On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:07:06 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:08:36 -0700, "nom=de=plume" wrote: wrote in message m... On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:00:09 -0700, "nom=de=plume" wrote: Ok... I played golf yesterday afternoon... it's been ages, but I did ok against three guys who play a lot. I scored 64 on the 9 holes and came in third by 1 hit (he lost 3 balls in a small lake on one hole). My best first shot was about 170 yards dead straight (with cheering from the guys) using a #1, and I got 1 par on a par 3. Oh, and the clubs were borrowed. Some kids had a toy sailboat on the pond, so this post is on-topic.  Golf is great if you throw away the score card, only remember your good shots and enjoy the day out in a nice park that lets you drive a cart and hit balls with a stick. Take plenty of ammo and don't waste a lot of time chasing balls that went into the woods. (think dollar store, $10 for 2 dozen) Another tip. Tee up every shot. It makes you look like a pro when you pop that ball up out of the sand with your driver and go 200 yards from a fairway trap. Tiger can't do that. ;-) If anyone complains just tell them to assess the proper number of penalty strokes ... oops you don't have a score card. Gotta keep score... that's what we do! (lawyers) FYI, I didn't lose a single ball. You didn't lose the 3 in the lake, you know right where they are. ;-) I did a classic "Tin Cup" the last time I played. I hit 3 or 4 in the lake from the same tee before I finally got one over. I do play from the blue tees. I paid for the whole course. I am playing it. I get a lot more golfing for my money. Those other guys only get to hit 80 or 90 shots. I hit 150 or more. If I don't like a shot, I tee up another one and hit it. You're the guy that makes the rest of us hail the course marshall... Please tell us what the hell that foursome is doing ahead of us that takes so bleedin' long!!!? We play fast. Not looking for balls and screwing with bad lies more than makes up for hitting another ball. We also play "ready golf" When you get to your ball you hit it. Most of the time when I play, the course is deserted anyway. If you start after lunch in Florida in the summer, everyone else is gone home. When someone does come up behind us, if they don't have anyone behind them, we will loop back behind them, replaying the previous hole. That gets you a 20 hole day. I played on Kiawa on a September afternoon and thought there wasn't enough water in the world to keep my hydrated. Between that and the gator on the 5th hole sitting next to a pond, I thought golf in South Carolina could be bad for your health and certainly your sense of well being. |
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"jps" wrote in message news  On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:14:38 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:01:23 -0700, jps wrote: On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:07:06 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:08:36 -0700, "nom=de=plume" wrote: wrote in message om... On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:00:09 -0700, "nom=de=plume" wrote: Ok... I played golf yesterday afternoon... it's been ages, but I did ok against three guys who play a lot. I scored 64 on the 9 holes and came in third by 1 hit (he lost 3 balls in a small lake on one hole). My best first shot was about 170 yards dead straight (with cheering from the guys) using a #1, and I got 1 par on a par 3. Oh, and the clubs were borrowed. Some kids had a toy sailboat on the pond, so this post is on-topic. Golf is great if you throw away the score card, only remember your good shots and enjoy the day out in a nice park that lets you drive a cart and hit balls with a stick. Take plenty of ammo and don't waste a lot of time chasing balls that went into the woods. (think dollar store, $10 for 2 dozen) Another tip. Tee up every shot. It makes you look like a pro when you pop that ball up out of the sand with your driver and go 200 yards from a fairway trap. Tiger can't do that. ;-) If anyone complains just tell them to assess the proper number of penalty strokes ... oops you don't have a score card. Gotta keep score... that's what we do! (lawyers) FYI, I didn't lose a single ball. You didn't lose the 3 in the lake, you know right where they are. ;-) I did a classic "Tin Cup" the last time I played. I hit 3 or 4 in the lake from the same tee before I finally got one over. I do play from the blue tees. I paid for the whole course. I am playing it. I get a lot more golfing for my money. Those other guys only get to hit 80 or 90 shots. I hit 150 or more. If I don't like a shot, I tee up another one and hit it. You're the guy that makes the rest of us hail the course marshall... Please tell us what the hell that foursome is doing ahead of us that takes so bleedin' long!!!? We play fast. Not looking for balls and screwing with bad lies more than makes up for hitting another ball. We also play "ready golf" When you get to your ball you hit it. Most of the time when I play, the course is deserted anyway. If you start after lunch in Florida in the summer, everyone else is gone home. When someone does come up behind us, if they don't have anyone behind them, we will loop back behind them, replaying the previous hole. That gets you a 20 hole day. I played on Kiawa on a September afternoon and thought there wasn't enough water in the world to keep my hydrated. Between that and the gator on the 5th hole sitting next to a pond, I thought golf in South Carolina could be bad for your health and certainly your sense of well being. When we were playing, one hole had a fox just sitting there next to a pond. I was like... wow... check it out! Then someone pointed out it wasn't moving. Turns out it was a cardboard fox to scare the geese (who were milling around near it) |
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