Golf Anyone?

[Gregg]

I was just curious if we had any golfers in here?

I don't watch a lot of it on tv, but I really like to play it. Time, work, and expense keeps me from playing a lot. When I do get to play it, I really enjoy it. Last year was the most I have played in the last 9 or 10 years. I think it was about 7 or 8 rounds. I am hoping to double that this year. I average 92-98. Should go down if I can get the extra rounds in.

[Grinch]

I play as often as I can, usually shoot in the mid 90's, fairly consistent, rarely 100, unfortunately never broke 90, lost count of how many 90/91's I've had. As I plan on retiring at the end of the year, I have lots of time to use before then, so golfing I will go!

[revo]

I used to golf every weekend, and even got to be pretty good. But then I got married and had kids, and I went from playing once a week to a couple of times a season. And when that happens, you go from "pretty good" to "pretty bad" really quick, and that gets really frustrating. Now I only play a couple of times a year, if that.

[griswold]

I've played since I was 12. I was really good as a 16-18 yr old....I was the #1 man on my high school golf team and average 37.5 for 9 holes in competition.

I played in a number of local junior tournaments and placed in the top 10 quite a bit.

Then college, alcohol, women and softball ruined my golf game!

I still love playing and if I break 45 for 9 holes that's good day for me.

[heyelander]

I use to play with my grandfather back in the day and with the weather being so beautiful here I think I'd like to take it up again. I was just asking a realtor here about what was the par-3 in the area where a new golfer could start out without pissing off all the other players

[Judge Jude]

"The Curious Golf Case of Benjamin .... no, Judge Jude"

I also was on my high school varsity golf team, avging 42 per 9 holes back then.
shot a 78 when I was 16 yrs old - my career best, and never broke 80 again.

got steadily worse by a few strokes per year, so got used to high 80s then low 90s then mid 90s then high 90s then didn't break 100 that often then rarely played then could shoot as high as 120 with legit rules.

even with a 190-yard hole-in-one a day after my 35th birthday, I needed to get up and down on the 18th hole that day for a par-saving 89.

haven't played at all now in a couple of years. If I returned, I'd get the first lessons of my life and just start from scratch. My "golf IQ" would still be very good, so might be interesting if I ever learned a real swing!

I was breaking 90 using only 4 clubs - driver, 5-wood, 7-iron and putter - shortly after college when my irons game disappeared on me. I could hit the 5-wood from about 225 down to 135, and let the 7-iron take me home from there. It kind of bugged my friends, lol. and a lefty to boot....

[MrFurious]

I used to play pretty regularly. We used to go after work and walk as many holes as we could before light ran out. I lost quite a bit of weight that summer (very hot weather that year). I think I ended up with 40 rounds for the year. I got to be a decent golfer at that point, but times have changed. My three boys are involved in so many things now I don't get to play often enough, but, I have the day off Monday and will be playing with my old partner. We are going to try to get in two rounds...not likely, but 27 is possible. It's supposed to be nice and sunny tomorrow, high in the mid 70's...just about perfect golf weather.

[Mithrandir]

I love to golf. Was in a league for about 7 years. League sort of folded two years ago and i have only been out once (9 holes) the last two years. I may try to join another league this year.

My game was getting better and i was playing the best i ever had when the league disbanded. I shot 36 the last 9 holes in the playoffs that year (2011). And shot a 75 in the season ending tournament.

I am pretty good at all parts of the game, but not excellent at any part of the game. I am not a long hitter, but stay out of trouble.

On a scale from 1-10 for weekend and league golfers:

Driving: Not long but very accurate. (8)
Fairway woods: pretty good (7)
Fairway irons: weakest part of game (6)
Chipping and Pitching: a strong part of my game (8.5)
Putting: I went from pretty bad to pretty good by shortening the length i took the putter back. (8)
Sand : Pretty good (9)

[revo]

My scores fluctuate dramatically from a best of 88 to well above 100. I played 9 for the first time in a long while and shot a 54, which I was actually pretty happy with.

I have a consistent 300-ish yard drive, which is nice to impress your buddies, but doesn't really mean shit when my short game is so terrible. Essentially I am really good at driving and putting and mediocre to bad at everything else.

I attended a Short Game School at Chelsea Piers, which was an intensive 8-week class just on <100 yds. It all paid off one day when I was playing with a client during a work-held tourney, and he exclaimed to me "damn, you have the best short game I've ever seen!" I also won closest to the pin that day. Unfortunately, my short game powers only lasted that season.

I also used to tee off with a 3-iron, but bought a few drivers on a used club site and went to the range for a few weeks a few years back, until I was able to also hit 300-yd bombs with ease. But whenever I pull them out now, I get 7 or 8 "where the hell did that ball go?" for every "damn, that was a blast" tee-off.

[Judge Jude]

For anybody that has a kid they want to get into golf, see if there's a pitch-and-putt course near you.
My buddies and I used to play constantly all summer ($2 for 18 holes!), with the distances from 40 to 120 yards.
Thing was, every single hole you had to learn how to handle the same sort of short game you often had on a real course.

So by the time we were 12 or 13 and went to that real course, we all were excellent short game players and that never really left us.

[Fresno Bob]

golf is a tool of the elite

[the heat]

Been golfing almost 40 years. Watch majors on TV & not much more.

Was OK as a junior golfer. Played a couple years of high school golf, got a job & played less during high school after that. Early 20s played more hoops & golf was a once a month thing for a bit.

The last 15 year I've played once a week plus a golf trip thrown in every so often.
Been on golf trips to Pinehurst, Myrtle Beach, St George Utah, Mesquite NV, Scottsdale, Denver among others.
Handicap between 4-7 for quite a while. shoot 74-84
No hole-in-one.
Best score = 69 at my local par 72 county course.

[chancellor]

I played in San Fran at the city course last time I was out there with some dude and we puffed about 37 joints in 9 holes. I think I shot about a 150.

Stoner golf...now that's a concept I've never heard of!

[revo]

Stoner golf...now that's a concept I've never heard of!

I played in a company outing in '00 -- I'd say half the field was baked. Theguy I played with was awesome and he toked up every other hole.

[TranaGreg]

I'm a hacker, get out maybe 5 times a year ... breaking 100 is a good day.

however, me & 15 guys that I used to work with have been getting together every May for a long weekend of golf, staying in a house just off the 10th tee. yes, there is an awful lot of baking going on ...