Forum: General Golf Talk

How does someone love a game so much when it never loves you back. This game consistently drop kicks me in the nuts and I always come back for more. I used to think when ever I played with my friends and competeted against one another, it was a test of who was better, but in truth, it's a means for...

Alrighty then.... I decided to buy this game on a whim, and it's actually pretty fun. But I can't figure out for the life of me how to shape the ball. The manual says I have to change the setup of my shot before hand, but when i get to that window, it only allows me to change my ball position,...

Hi everyone! I'm an Engineering graduate student at Carleton University and i've been playing golf for the past year or so and have loved it. As I've become more and more interested in golf, I've often thought how cool it would be to be the guys behind the scenes who design the golfballs and...

Hiya Folks, Quick question. Are the yardages at Meadows from the tee box to the center of the greens very accurate - especially from the par 4's and 5's? I played a round today there, and although I've been tweakin' with the swing a bit (then again, who doesn't) I found from my yardage left to...

Got on the topic with some people of Halfway house snacks. What is your go to snack / meal at the half way? What are some neat ideas you think golf courses should add. I'm all for a slushie machine!

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/05/24/lunar-boulder-hits-a-hole-in-one/ Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captures an image that proves that someone out there plays the game at a high level.

Hi, I am looking for a three iron set of wishon hybrid irons; 5i, 6/7, 8/9. Please contact me. Thank you.

I see lots of people I golf with and in the forum as well use special wedges, like 52* and 60* etc.. I am trying to better understand how that helps, since I pretty much use an 8 iron from 120 yards in, with goods results mostly, no matter the distance. Is the idea behind these special clubs to...

I starting thinking about this taking and extra club (or less club depending on direction of wind), and how it equates to wind speed. Trying to find some value from this information, I have a few questions that are left unanswered. 1. A:Is there a general rule for taking an extra club, like one...

I have succeeded in the last 3 weeks to play the rules contest, but this week I tried only to receive this error. FrontPage Error. User: please report details to this site's webmaster. Webmaster: please see the server's application event log for more details. Anyone else have...

I notice some people with reach down and rip out some perfectly healthy grass, fling it in the air and observse its journey to the ground. I chuckle inside every time, wondering exactly what they think they are measuring, and how the are reacting to that measurement. Do people seriously gain some...

For the most part it seems that technology has made improvements primarily for golf equipment, better clubs, long flying balls, etc.. but little has been offered on the courses themselves. I want to start this thread for fun to see where people would like to see technology applied to the course...

How odd this year, I am actually walking the course again, and still finding after 18 holes that I am keen for another 9 at least. Sitting at a desk a lot seemed to plaque me the last few years, to the point I had to take a power cart or my calf muscles would not make a full round. The difference...

A comment in another thread left me curious about something. When you place you ball on the tee, are you particular about how it is aligned, ie face up etc... or do you just put it wherever and tee it up. Does seeing a word or logo bother you when you place the ball on the tee? Sometimes...

I am sure many of you remember the times 30+ years ago, going out the golf course as a keen teenager and making a few bucks as a caddy for a neighbour, or anyone interested. Now I wonder if that is even allowed on the golf course anymore, outside of official professional events. Does anyone belong...

I almost never seem to get rained on at the golf course, just good luck I guess. So fairweather warning for Monday to Thursday, because I am golfing all 4 days. :-) I have my brother and another long time golfing friend both on holiday next week, and the old buddy likes only nice courses, so the...

Well I was searching Google looking for course info and found a rather interesting link for Ontario golf, that has a map with little red and green balloons for each course, you may have seen them on other sites. Anyway, it looked so full I chuckled, thinking it looked like there were actually too...

Well I had an experience at Le Sorcier on Thursday that was quite hilarious. I hit my ball over the back right of the green on Hole # 11, so I parked the power cart on the corner, grabbed my club and proceeded to run up to the elevated green to find my ball and chip on. I decided to run right...

As some of you are already aware, I wear hiking sandals, and also golf wearing them (long story foot problem). Well I had found the perfect ones and they had a blowout after a few weeks, so I got a replacement pair free, thinking it was just a defect. It was, a design defect in fact. Second pair...

I keep wishing I had remembered to bring an extra towel golfing so I could stop my eyebrows from drowing my eyeballs, but I always forget. Since I always remember water, I decided to put the towel with the water, in the freezer. I plan to wet if first and put it in a freezer bag, then one of those...

I had the best round of golf today I have ever had in my life. I was striking the ball solid and straight, plus putting well to boot. I shot an even 80 at Cedarhill, from the white tees, 40/40. Highlights I had absolutely ZERO greens that I 3 putt. I also one putted 4 greens to save pars, a...

I am curious to see if I can eliminate bad shots while wearing ear plugs. I find as time goes on I become increasingly frustrated by the distractions of sound, like people talking, cell phones ringing :biting:, mowers, weedwackers, car alarms, crows. It is getting worse, which I thought odd since I...

Hey, some new categories in new Arrange a Game section, I like it. I for one appreciate the separation of the most important category into a separate section, making it stand out better, for all areas. Kudos Dan, it just keeps getting better.

Playing today at the Marshes I was relying heaving on my new found miracle shots with my 3 and 4 iron, since woods from SHORT SHORT fairway grass are much harder to work I find. It is such a delight to finally be able to hit them now higher, longer (longer than before for me anyway) and accurate to...

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...

Jeez, what do you do when you are first on the tee for the hole and as the conversation subsides and you plant the tee in the ground and put the ball on, stand up take you practise swing, then buddy cracks a joke or funny comment. You start you real swing, but the darn comment is stuck in your head...

How many people actually use a 2 iron? I know jonf does and a buddy of mine as well, but that is it. I was wondering if it is really any harder to hit than a 3 iron, which I have managed to hit well this year after some practice, until it broke.

Played at Smugglers Glen today: Gas to drive there and back - $20.00 Green fees and power carts - $73.04 A new Smugglers Glen shirt - $51.24 (ya, I forgot to put on a collar shirt) Watching a 12" putt roll past the hole by 6 ft - priceless :cool

shall stop a golfer from teeing off. :-) Got a flat about 1-1/2 miles from the course this morning. Stopped and looked, a blowout, checked the time and changing it with those new fangled contraptions they give you these days was out of the question if I wanted to make my tee time Balancing...

I noticed most balls do not state the compression, with a standard of 90 being acclaimed by most people I talk too. I find even the websites about golf or selling golf balls do not state the compression in most cases. I am curious if anyone thinks there is any advantage to playing a higher 100...

I have had many less than satisfactory shots and rounds of late, and could not figure out what I was doing wrong. It gelled today, wet fairways had me peeling off the golf shoes and swapping back to the hiking sandals, which blew out yet again and I had fixed for the 2nd time now. As soon as I...