Forum: General Golf Talk

I just heard from Indio and he urges all Ryder Cup members to bring lots of very strong bug spray!!

Fri - Sun right? Anyone have the listings?

Wouldn't it be great if there were a major team event that would take place between the Europeans and The World Team? I for one would like to see players like Ernie Els and Sergio Garcia go head to head in a major match. :bigcheek

Since the Canadian and Aussie golfers are left on the outside looking in, I think Canadian and Aussie players should have a sort of Commonwealth Cup challenge style tourney that same weekend. That would be cool. :cool

Associated Press 4/8/2004 PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Bruce Edwards, the caddie whose struggle with Lou Gehrig's disease inspired longtime boss Tom Watson at last year's U.S. Open, died Thursday. He was 49.

Arnie finishing dead last in his own tournament. The guy is a legend, and I admire him for still being a tremendous ambassador for the game, but I think it's time that maybe he stops playing in anything other than Pro-Ams. Sad to say it... He's one of the reasons I play the game, and I'm only...

Courses that provide divot filling bottles mix seeds with sand. Why do they use sand?

Does anyone know if a sand wedge is available for the right-hand RAM G-Force 16 piece men's set? If so, where can I buy one? S

just got back from a road trip to pinehurst, santee and myrtle beach and it appears just in time as courses here have opened..talk about timing...anyway i have one comment to make re our time at santee...the courses were good...found a couple of good restaurants, but my god is that town...

:confused hey all...going to myrtle beach at the end of the month, but we are aslo playing two courses in santee...lake marion and santee cooper...has anyone played these courses or been in the area...just wondering about restaurants and things to do for a couple of nites. any info would be...

I just wanted to clarify what score I enter when playing to a temporary green. Here's the exact scenario. Hole #3 at King's Forest in Hamilton is normally a par 4, rated #5 on the handicap. There's construction going on so they've turned it into a par 3. So, I hit the temporary green on my...

Although not technically official until tomorrow (I think) I stumbled across Score Golf's 2010 version of the top 100 courses in Canada (Magazine edition comes out Aug 30th). The only Ottawa area course I saw was Eagle Creek at 83, assuming it is the same Eagle Creek. On a surprising note, my...

I was in the clubhouse last night and saw that Score Golf's top 100 Canadian Golf Course List was in it (http://scoregolf.com/rankings/top100/top-100-golf-courses-in-canada-2008.cfm). I looked through the list and realized that I have played 12:book: - The Links at Crowbush - Rocky Crest Golf...

From the Darwin awards (warning nasty)

Does anyone keep their shot stats (yes that is a redundant ?). I would like some advice on good programs that keep fairways,greens,putts etc. thanks in advance Gord

This probably isn't impressive to most of you but today at the Maplewood G&CC in Irishtown, NB, I shot my best ever round of 92 (45 & 47.) There are still room for some vast improvements in my game but I only get to play a maximum of once a week. I've been watching all of Rickard Strongerts...

Royal Ottawa came in at 64!! Any other surprises on the list for anyone?? http://scoregolf.com/the100/2014-top-100-ranking/

ScoreGolf Top 100 Courses in Canada http://www.scoregolf.com/rankings/top100/top-100-golf-courses-in-canada-2006.cfm Which are your favourites that you have played and why? Do you think there is a course that you have played which is not on the list, but should be and why?

Here are Scoregolf's top 100-rated golf courses in Canada for 2006: http://www.scoregolf.com/rankings/to...anada-2006.cfm The top 10 courses are as follows: 1. The National Golf Club of Canada Woodbridge , ON | Tom Fazio - George Fazio | 1975 ...

So a lot of us are getting out this weekend in the valley. Just for fun, anybody want to post what they think they will shoot for the first game of the year. I think I will play in the 90's for my first game at Presscott. Anybody else?

Does anyone know the cutoff for entering scores to calculate your handicap, meaning, if I'm a 12 handicapper, can I accept triples when entering my scores. Please provide a breakdown of what handicaps can accept what scores on holes. (this was hard to put in words for some reason).

Bit of an odd question, but how do you break down your golf game? For me, I base each nine holes on 45. Pretty simple (9x5=45). So I basically try to play under 5s. For instance my scorecard could be as follows: 3 5 6 4 3 5 4 4 4 So based on the above I played my first nine holes...

Yep, not for the faint of heart. Its on my bucket list. Golf channel has it on this morning. Would love to go if i could get over my fear of flying and my if my wife would let me go.LOL.

Was looking at a unusual scotty in a ebay auction, I wondered how high the current bidder would go? Best way to tell that is look in their history of recent purchase, if they bought a scotty item, did they have to/were willing to go high? Think I may have come across someone to top every...

if 4 scratch golfers play together is there a way to guess what they should score? What if they are 4x2hcps? 4x8hcps? Is there a way to ball park what a scramble group of 2 or 4 would shoot? Should shoot?

Let's say a golfer can shoot par (whatever the rating is) from the whites, but not from the blues or tips because they are better with their shorter irons than the longer irons/woods. Is this person still considered a scratch golfer? Thanks.

I just noticed that it says " scratch player" under my little icon on this site.Just so there is no confusion i am not, and never have been, and prob.will never be a scratch player.I have been known to scratch myself when playing but thats as far as it goes.LOL:)

Just wondering if anyone has ever seen this. I noticed "scuffs" not scratches on the top of my driver and the only place it's been is in and out of the headcover. These could probably be buffed out like you would do with car paint, and they aren't scratches as I said before, but small scuffs. I...

Not sure how successfull other's seasons were, but I'd have to consider mine a success. 1) Got the index to the lowest ever (currently at 3.7) 2) Was part of the winning side of the battle of OG vs TGN 3) Made my club's Intersectional team for the first time ever and acutally won a match and...

:party Its been pretty quiet around here since the snow fell. Anyway, just stopped by to wish everyone a Merry Christmas

None for a million years, now two in a row. Same hole, but this time it was an honest "on in two make the putt" eagle :). Of course the hole is 470 and was downwind (5th at Champlain), so basically just a long par 4. I tried to tag it off the tee, lost it in the clouds and was sure it went...

Hi Everyone. :) Hello and greetings from Australia, my name is Bob and I am Scottish and I am new to the Ottawa Golf Site and i wonder if anyone might be able to help me.I am currently collecting and Documenting the History of golf tournaments being played on Ice and in the Snow. The Dutch are...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl_Nny8TwNM i can't stop laughing, this is to funny! where did this happen, did he lose by one stroke?

https://rpgolf.wordpress.com/2022/09/21/ottawa-senators-charity-open-signals-new-era-for-senators-community-foundation-loch-march-golf-and-country-club-hosts-major-event/:)

Can someone send me an e-mail to see if I emptied all my in-boxes. Having problems doing it. Thanks

As I am now in my 50th year which ends in June of next year I am wondering why there are so many differences in the 'Senior' age depending on where one plays. The Pro's who theoretically would be in better physical shape than your average amatuer have 50 as the Golden Age. Golf Quebec/Blue...

jvincent mentioned the "September Blahs" in another thread. What is it with this time of year? Seems to happen to me every year as the season winds down. This year June was my best month with 4 sub-80 rounds (no mulligans, all putts finished, played as-it-lies ;) ) September ... 6...

dbleber: Does anybody else out there agree with Sergio? He was obviously fed up with good players making great plays and the media still won't shut up about Tiger Woods. Even when Tiger does poorly he gets all the attention and most of the media coverage. There is no doubt to anybody that...

We moved the forum server today and we are now running on the new system. Performance looks to be much better and all is working :-) On the downside we seem to have corrupted some of the images in the database, so please re-up your avatars if they are busted. Sorry for any inconvenience....

Anyone know if Manufacturers will send original shaft bands out by mail? Looking for a shaft band for a Taylormade rac wedge.

I have a Taylor Made Burner driver. 10.5 Loft with a regular shaft. I am thinking of putting in a Senior's flex shaft. Has anyone had any experience with doing this and would it work okay?

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Do you believe that a golf shaft can lag? I honestly do not think so. Take a look at the following pic and see how the shaft behaves.

So, I'm pretty sure I've got the whole "shaft spec" thing sussed out, but I'm still a little cloudy on Torque. I know that it is a measurement of the shaft's ability to resist twisting. What I'm wondering is when would one need more torque vs. less torque? My driver swing speed is in the...