Forum: General Golf Talk

Inspired by the discussion in the Rules forum and that cheezy Titleist commercial, how do you mark your ball? I use a blue sharpie and cover up the numbers on my ball with a big blue dot. Not only does this help identify my ball, but it's a great indicator of how well (or not) I have hit the...

played anderson links today. anyone know how to do this? Nice course, lots of fun holes and the greens were in great shape and rolling beautifully.

My wife and I played Rosehill in Hilton Head this afternoon with two older gentlemen---had a great time. The foursome (father and 4 sons) in front of us were asked to speed up their play as they were holding up the whole course. When we arrived back at the club house after our game they were...

Im curious. Which club is THAT club, the one you either love to hit, or know you'll hit a winner. Some of you low handicappers will say any club I'm sure, but the high guys know theres one they love...and probably one they hate... So, do you grab the 5 iron every time you need a safe 180...

Today's test flight. I had some vibration problems but the results are promising.

What do you wear on your dome while you golf?

Seeing as the season is coming to an end, when do you hang em up this time of year? Do you play to the bitter end, only letting snow visibility prevent you from playing more? If you happen upon a fabulous round right about now, do you retire at your peak, aka Michael Jordan style? If...

Congrats to Denis on his 66 at Hautes Plaines today. Denis has figured out the secret to golf... swing like you don't give a **** http://golf.ubersense.com/video/view/yN5Sresm

A hypothetical golf course opens in Ottawa - it is a good design, all bent grass, memberships and green fess are very affordable - BUT - the course does not allow women - would you join/play the course?

With the recent spirited discussion on etiquette, I though I would point out these two related articles in the October issue of Golf Digest about an etiquette "incident" with Michelle Wie at the LPGA US Open: http://www.golfdigest.com/features/index.ssf?/features/gd200310diaz.html ...

If you were to strike the ball better with a shaft that reads Amateur flex on it would you buy it or does it have to read "stiff" on the label. It seems to me that a lot of people go for stiff shafts mostly for ego reasons while they would be much better off with a softer flex shaft. Opinions?

What is the highest score you have seen someone card on any given hole. My brother seems to like to punish himself, or write down the real score because I don't keep a handicapp as he says, and carded a 13 the other day. That is not the worst though, back at Dome Hill when I was a member he carded...

Do you carry 4 wedges? Do you usually use all four? Which one do you use the most?

Formerly known as The Saint, Chris St. Michael has volunteered to help us with the moderating here. Thanks Chris and welcome to the Mod Squad! :thumbsup

Seeing as how the season is winding down, I was wondering what your biggest golf accomplishment was this year? It could've been a big match play win, you won your club championship, you scored a personal best. Let's hear them. For me, I have two: 1) Making the Intersectional team at my...

So which do you prefer and why? Personally I prefer Match Play in a tournament setting because I am not quite good enough to compete with the scratch golfers in stroke play but, I feel I have a little more of a chance in a match. Now if my goal is to just go out and play with my buddies or try to...

http://www.ottawagolf.com/stonebridge/tour/holeW08.htm How would you play this hole? 1. what club off the tee 2. IF you put the ball where you wanted it, what would you do? 3. Assuming you did what you thought you would.. what would you do next? Me for example... I would pull out...

1. Shake hands with a tour pro. 2. Play the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland. 3. Play Pebble Beach. 4. Lower your handicap at least five strokes in one year. 5. Make a hole-in-one (or at least witness one). 6. Make at least three birdies in a row. 7. Play at least 54 holes in one...

At first I thought it was a fluke occurance, but it happened again today. No need to name the course because it's not their fault. The first time it happened was about a month ago. We were stuck behind a tournament at a 7 hour pace. Every hole after the 2nd, we would be the second group waiting...

Who has heard of the CGTF (Canadian Golf Teachers Federation) and/or the WGTF (World Golf Teachers Federation)?

If I know the person, or if he/she is recommended by someone I know and trust, I have no problem with it.

This is sort of Golf related so I posted it here......please feel free to move it if it should be moved. I got myself a nice little "tan" today. I was wondering what everyone uses for suntan lotion while playing golf. Obviously I want something that won't make my hands greasy.....its been my...

So I head out for a rare afternoon round. Get to the course, go through a few quick stretches (already quite warmed up from a day of hard labour :)) step up and proceed to pound my opening drive to about 15 ft short of the first green (295 yd). Grab LW and almost hole out the chip for eagle, make...

Question for mods. Why do most of you use the invisible mode? Do you get paid or compensated for your services? Do you sneak into other members inboxes?

1. Routine - something you do before every shot (good or bad) 2. Something you do because you feel you will not play well if you don't (not the same as routine.. something that actually shouldn't make a dif if you do or don't do) 3. Lucky ball marker? Lucky tee? Lucky ball??? ME?? 1....

Do you feel insulted when someone offers you what you think is a low ball offer. I personally don't as it's part of negotiating but in talking to some folks some people feel insulted. All you got to do is say no or come back with a counter offer. What thinks you?

Inspired by a thread on the GEA, I'm thinking of doing a Red Tee Challenge one of these days. For those not familiar with the concept, the idea is that you move all the way up to the red tee's and try to shoot a crazy low score. This of course only works if you don't already play the red tees. ...

Here's my story & I'm not going to name the golf course :P On hole# 12, the green was under renovation so they moved the hole onto the fairway. Yes, meaning your putting on the fairway grass :grumpy: Should the manager or the person on the counter advise to the clients that one of their...

Well my wife is back at it again with her picking. I thought after finishing 2nd overall last year she might be happy. She's got Phil, Kenny Perry, Haas & Triplett (all in the top 6). I guess I should be happy I was ahead for the 1st two weeks :shake Do any of you guys get beat regularily by...

We were playing medows yesterday and on the first tee my friend shanked his drive. He pulls out another ball and hits one right down the middle. I went to grab his first ball out of the water but it was sitting right on the edge so I picked it up for him. WHen I picked it up I could tell the...

This is going to be a bit of a vent, just to warn you in the beginning! For all of us who buy clubs via Ebay and have them shipped or if you are new to this here is some info: Shipping clubs thru Canada Post will be around $20 bucks. They charge $7.50 just because of the size of the box,...

who on the forum has the longest drive? post and be honest lol.:-)

Anyone else really tired of hearing yahoos on tv shout this at every shot. Some idiot yelled it at one of Tiger's tee shots on a par 5 in one of his recent events. Enough already. :thumbsdow :rolleyes

Is there anybody that you just love to play golf with, they don't have to be good or bad just fun. I have a few people that I really enjoy their company and some of them are really good golfers, enough to make me play my "A" game to beat them. There's Mike Lacey with his beautiful fluid swing, Andy...

I know I got an email stating that the tix were delayed, but I was wondering if anyone has received their tickets yet? As soon as I do, I'll be putting two tickets for the Saturday up for sale (face value)... turns out I can't make it down that weekend :(

There have been so many advances in modern golf. What's your pick for the biggest? :)

Present from my husband, among many other presents. We are heading for North Carolina on Dec. 27th. Staying and golfing at "The Whispering Pines"!!:-) :-) Had finally accepted the fact that I would not be golfing anymore outdoor golf for 2007, and then he booked the trip, what a sweetheart. ...

41 on the front nine, 34 on the back nine.:wallbash:wallbash:wallbash

I am with Rogers and I must say the picture quality on TGC's PGA coverage is awful. It often looks like an over-compressed mpg like on youtube, blotchy washes of same colours and chunky pixelated masses all over. Thank goodness this weekend will be on CBS-HD but with all weekday coverage and...

I think I know why they call it Manderley "on the green". I played on Sunday morning, just before 7. I figured we'd have a nice pace. When we got to the third hole......who was "on the green"???......the kid cutting them. I couldn't believe it. We were held up for 7-8 minutes. So we...

A few years ago pace of play on this region's public courses was a big topic in Flagstick Magazine. I've found a lot of the public courses in this region are guilty of slow play again, and not doing much to manage it, except Glen Mar which has the most active marshalling I've seen anywhere. I...

I had an interesting discussion yesterday about honour in golf. For the sake of this discussion, we'll assume that a couple of bucks are on the line. Not a lot, just pocket change to spice things up in an otherwse friendly game. It was put forth that it is dishonourable to "call" a fellow...

What are some of your thoughts about having a couple of beers in your bags? Im not talking about a case or getting stupid,but simply "a couple" I sometimes see others hiding beers from groundscrew as if they are breaking some sort of rule? Is there a no booze policy at courses(except from the...

If you are not aware, a Blog is a "web-log" or personal journal / diary. Users could each have thier own Blog where they could keep a golf diary or anything they'd like. Other users could then comment on blog entries. Do you folks think that would be something you'd be interested in?

Anybody else here besides Geoff getting new golf gear from santa this x-mas? I hope santa brings me a new bag!:-)

Anyone see it on the Golf channel? I thought it was really good. It clarified a few points for me on one of my favourite books. Lovely to see Hogan's actual swing detailed like that. A keeper.