Forum: General Golf Talk

Is anybody putting with a belly putter? The tour guys say that it should be banned in tournament play. Do you think it gives the player an advantage? If so, why aren’t we weekend hackers playing with belly putters? :book

Could someone tell me what the club under your name signify? I have gone from putter to lob wedge without doing anything. Does it change with the amount of time you spend on the site? Thanks.

Just got back from a trip in MB. Weather was great, except for a rainout on Friday. We played 6 rounds, Long Bay, Waterway Hills, Legends Moorland, Shaftsbury Glen, Wachesaw East and International Club, the rainout was supposed to be Myrtlewood. The conditions were excellent. It was fairly...

WARNING>>>>>>>>>>>>.The link they provide for field #2 on the Fantasy page goes to a Champions tour event. In case some of you cant locate the field for the Chrysler Classic, here ya go. :-) http://146.145.120.3/default.asp?c=thegolfchannel&page=golf-m/stat/field.htm

Entering into my 4th season of playing golf, I can't help but notice the fact that I've suffered more and more muscle injuries over the past few years than I have my entire life. I've also noticed that problems involving the back, hip, neck, shoulders, etc. are quite common among golfers. ...

On the GolfChannel show the other night, Steve Williams was recounting the 2000 US Open at Peble Beach...His boss, Mr. Woods with half a dozen strokes lead, hit his tee ball into the Pacific Ocean, turned around, and asked Steve to hand him another ball which he drove safely to the right rough......

Man. Mike loves to torture us. He was so close and burned 5 edges yesterday. More pressure on Phil if Mike would have made them and maybe we would have had an amazing finish. Mike showed some good drive yesterday, nice to see again. I was impressed to see how disappointed he was that the ball...

The infamous black Nike One ball will be released to the public at the end of February. Two ball sleeves will be available with the purchase of a dozen Nike One Gold or Black label balls. The quantities will be very limited and you need to ask your favourite golf retailer if they're going to bring...

Good day everyone, I'm planning a week-long golf trip to Phoenix/Scottsdale and I was wondering if any of you have played there before and could provide some inside information on the area. I will be there April 2-10 and looking to play 4 rounds of golf on at least 2 different courses. I...

How's golfing on PEI in February? (is there any?) I'm thinking of taking a golf trip, but don't want the hassle that is assumed when going south...

You hear a lot of guys talking about pros using inferior equipment (Phil once said it about Tiger and Nike, and everybody's said it about Phil and Callaway.) Does it really make that much difference to a pro? I mean, I would think as a pro, you could tweak just about anything to your specs and...

So... we are in to July now, the season is nicely on its way. How low have you gone so far this year? And.. well, how high? Has anyone surprised themsleves by shooting one of those great rounds that you can't repeat? I have been lucky to shoot between 78-84 in every round this year, consistent.....

Greetings ... Time for the annual Pebble Beach Pro-Am ($5.3-million, $954,000-1st) Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III, Jim Furyk, Fred Couples, Fred Funk, David Duval and others tee it up with 2004 winner Vijay Singh. There are also 180 amateurs in the field - the famous and not-so-famous. ...

No this isn't what male spectators end up with after being nailed in the groin by one of Tigers wayward drives.....some of the pros are using them at the FBR open. When I tuned in I saw one and thought I had just imagined it and then I saw another and eventually the comentators revealed that it...

Hi everyone, I'm going to be heading to Myrtle Beach for a family vacation, so my time on the course will be limited to probably 3 days total. Since alot of people on the forum seem to know the area, any recommendations for: A) Courses that should be checked out. Not so worried about cost,...

Okay, I'll be the first to admit that I've only been following the PGA Tour for a few years now, at most 7 years. One thing I've always been puzzled by is the exemptions given to players who win a major tournament. David Duval used to be ranked #1 in the world apparently, but you'd never guess...

I'm heading to San Fran on business in a couple of weeks and I want to squeeze some golf in while I'm there. Can anyone recommend some good courses in the city? I already have a tee time at Harding Park (hosting the world golf championships in OCt.) and I've played Presidio, Lincoln Park and...

You must have heard already, but for those who havent. Steve Williams injured in car racing accident. :confused http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&dv=5713607&select=15326

Latest ad for the Cleveland Launcher driver: http://www.trajectiledysfunction.com/ I guess longer and stronger is what we all want, isn't it?:lol2

Just like the rest of us Alice is a golf nut. http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/OttawaSun/Sports/2005/01/28/912740-sun.html

Other than the obvious (anytime ;) ), I'm a "dew-sweeper". I love being first out of the gate. There's nothing better than that feeling of watching your opening tee shot soar out to the fairway, knowing that you have the whole golf course open in front of you. When I traveled to Scotland in the...

What is the BEST and WORST prize you have ever won in a golf tournament? Best for me would be a Callaway VFT Driver Worst would be a really ugly t-shirt.

Some interesting reading & conclusion-making... Why the Best are the Best By Jaime Diaz Golf World Like the new next-door neighbor who never comes out of the house, ShotLink

You are out playing a round. There is money on the game. You know the people quite well. A fellow competitor points out that YOUVE made a rules violation, but you are 95% sure he is wrong. He gets very heated when you argue with him. You play a provisional, or take 2 scores, whichever works, until...

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...

Has anyone tried this thing? (http://www.qmotions.com/#) It looks pretty nifty if it actually works. Although I don't think the ceilings are high enough in my apartment to actually take a full rip with a driver....

What part of your golf game will you be working on this year? I want to try and improve on my approach shots, hitting more greens and losing a bit more of my over-the-top move that creeps in.

How many of you carry more than 14 clubs in your bag?

Thinking of a trip to Mexico in March. Anyone ever played in Cancun? What are the courses like, what do you recommend, how to get the best deals, etc? Thanks

I kinda dropped out after it's very clear you can't possibly win. I suppose that's normal eh. Hope to get a fresh clean start in January then. Dan, a question if I could or anyone who knows. I've changed email addresses. I've updated my user cp here today but wondering about the pool and...

Hi all, It seems like a good time to try to put together a Myrtle trip to break up this long and painful winter. Since I know that many of you have been before, I thought that I'd gather opinions on ways to book this trip. Here's my scenario: There will be 8 of us (two foursomes) heading...

I am thinking of a holiday in Cuba and was wondering if anybody has played the Varadero golf course, and what was your impression

Hi, I would like to point out that I’m very new to this game and I love it. I’ve only started about a month now. I’ve been to the driving range 6 times hitting 6 buckets. It didn’t click in for me till my 5^th time there and suddenly every cylinders in my body start clicking. I was so...

Which training tool is better? Speed stik or the Momentus Swing trainer?

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

I saw this thread in another forum and thought it would be good reading. If you have any "In your face" stories, let's hear them. :-) Here's one to start things................. About ten yrs ago, we were playing a practice round at Upper Canada for our intersectional matches. The four of us...

I saw this in the paper this morning..............Crowbush Cove GC in PEI hit by tidal surges that are washing away some sand dunes that protected the course along the Atlantic Ocean. The dunes are along the 8th and 16th holes. :(

A little late afternoon golf on December 27th. Played Morgan Creek just outside Vancouver...

All this talk in the Reviews forum on the AJ Reveals the Truth About Golf made me wonder what others think about Golf Infomercials and the bizarre and wacky promises made in an effort to get our 3 payments of $39.99. What is your most/least favourite Golf Infomercial and why? Personally I...

A poster on another forum made a statistical analysis of the various aspects of the Tour pros golf games, as it relates to money earned in 2004. He used a correlation coefficient, probably Spearman's, to discover what part of the game is more important. Following are the headings that he used...