Golfing

When I was learning the game, it helped me to play nine-hole rounds at some shorter courses (places that were like par-30 or 31). All those par 3s really help you with your chipping and putting, which is where the strokes add up the fastest.

 

Any teaching professional can get rid of your slice in 10 minutes. The lesson is well worth the money.

 

Like many others, my golf days have dwindled to a handful of rounds over one holiday weekend or another. Next up is probably Thanksgiving if the weather holds. I've played four or five times this year. I've shot 78-79 plenty of times, with a couple 77s as my low round. I just can't get the hands off my neck as I stumble down the stretch. I can relate to Chef's round-ending sequence. I've finished with many a double- or triple-bogey to shoot 80. Embarrassing.

If I only I could putt.

And qt, good to hear you're striking the ball better than ever at 48.

 

I have been playing for about 20 years. Started at 16.

 

I did manage my third career hole out a couple weeks back though in that round of 74.

9-iron from 154.

 

Not to start a new thread.....

How many holes-in-one has anyone had on the board?

I have been lucky enough to have one:

July 28, 1999

220 yard par 3

4-iron

Have the ball, scorecard, and tee framed.

 

jr jr the golf course czar
he’ll wager a toonie you won’t shoot par

His mission is to enforce the rules
And punish the golfers who act like tools.

While everyone is having a drink at the bar,
He’s out in the parking lot checking your car.

It’s a beautiful day but jr is vexed
The guy in his foursome is sending a text.

Don’t talk about work, don’t eat in the cart
Go into the bushes if you have to fart.

In your honor I’m taking a leak on the green
Fore!, jr, and God save the queen.

 

July 16, 1993. Gordon Lakes Golf Course, Ft. Gordon, Ga.

No. 13, 153 yards. Was playing a Titlest 4, 100 compression. Hit an 8 iron. Bounced in front of the hole, spun back in. I was 16.

I didn't know it was in at first. Thought maybe it was just hiding behind the stick.

To top it all, I was playing alone until the previous green, when I reached the green in two on an uphill, 240-yard 3-wood on accident, hitting into the group ahead of me. I went up to apologize, they said, play the last six with them.

 

Came extremely close on No. 2 at Lake Powell National. Hit it within two feet. I had no idea until I got to the green and a guy from the group in front of me said "you're really gonna like that." I don't think I've gotten within 10 feet of one since.