Author Topic: Golf 2015 (Read 11205 times)

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #25:** February 06, 2015, 08:57:55 AM »

Quote from: mitlen on February 05, 2015, 08:07:48 PM

I hope not but it didn't look good. Lots of TV analysis goin' on. Lots of folks are blaming the swing he's trying. As ya get older, ya can't swing like ya used to, ya know?

back surgery is a crapshoot- there is a chance you get back to 100%, but more than knee/elbow/ankle... surgery, there is a very decent chance you get anything from a little better to worse

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #26:** February 06, 2015, 09:27:05 AM »

Quote from: mitlen on February 05, 2015, 08:34:28 PM

It ain't about not being good or I would have quit a long time ago. I enjoy the walk.

I believe the saying goes "Golf is a good walk spoiled."

mitlen · « **Reply #27:** February 06, 2015, 11:11:49 AM »

Quote from: Lintyfresh85 on February 06, 2015, 09:27:05 AM

I believe the saying goes "Golf is a good walk spoiled."

That was a Feinstein book as well. The way I play, it only spoils the walk if I take it too seriously. Golf is like motorcycling .... in the moment all the other crap life throws at ya floats away.

mitlen · « **Reply #28:** February 13, 2015, 05:24:42 PM »

Playing the AT & T pro-am out on the peninsula. They were followin' Gary Mule Deer around. He'd stop and tell a joke. Some of his stuff is pretty funny.

tomterp · « **Reply #29:** February 13, 2015, 09:00:52 PM »

Quote from: mitlen on February 13, 2015, 02:21:20 PM

I'm not good by any means but often times, the well kept manicured courses are "easier" than the public courses. Along with the frozen winter or sun baked summer fairways of public courses come greens that are awful. Sand traps that have the consistency of cement. Many of us spend more time around the green than getting to the green so bad greens show up in the total score. Some of the well kept courses are more forgiving as well. They want you to keep paying $175 or more for a round of golf. They don't wanna piss you off. Public courses can be the Walmart of golf.

I'll never forget playing Twin Lakes one time when it was about 50% frozen. We hit up towards the green at #9. My cousin went to look for his ball on the slope just right of the green, and was having trouble finding it. I went to help, and after a minute or two noticed about 200 balls out on the ice on the frozen lake. I pointed, and said "maybe it's out there". He dismissed that comment with disgust, and said he would drop a ball where he thought it should be, maybe 20 feet from the green.

Well, he dropped it, and it began to trickle, roll, and finally got up a head of steam as it made it to the lake and shot across as if fired from a cannon, coming to rest as ball # 201 in a sea of balls.

Sheepishly, he admitted I that I may have been correct in my previous assertion.

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mitlen · « **Reply #30:** February 13, 2015, 09:04:20 PM »

mitlen · « **Reply #31:** February 13, 2015, 09:06:46 PM »

Quote from: tomterp on February 13, 2015, 09:00:52 PM

I'll never forget playing Twin Lakes one time when it was about 50% frozen. We hit up towards the green at #9. My cousin went to look for his ball on the slope just right of the green, and was having trouble finding it. I went to help, and after a minute or two noticed about 200 balls out on the ice on the frozen lake. I pointed, and said "maybe it's out there". He dismissed that comment with disgust, and said he would drop a ball where he thought it should be, maybe 20 feet from the green.

Well, he dropped it, and it began to trickle, roll, and finally got up a head of steam as it made it to the lake and shot across as if fired from a cannon, coming to rest as ball # 201 in a sea of balls.

Sheepishly, he admitted I that I may have been correct in my previous assertion.

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There are several holes on the public course we play that have a creek running through them. In the summer there's little chance of clearing the creek. In the winter, the ball hits the ice and scoots toward the hole.

tomterp · « **Reply #32:** February 13, 2015, 09:11:51 PM »

Quote from: mitlen on February 13, 2015, 09:04:20 PM

mitlen · « **Reply #33:** February 15, 2015, 05:24:52 PM »

Sittin' here watchin' the AT & T and WUSA crops the picture to show the weather. It's been 20 with windchill to 5 for the last 30 minutes. Who cares Channel 9? I'm in the house to watch golf at Pebble Beach and you're givin' me a weather advisory croppin' a beautiful scene. Bunch of knuckleheads .... Thank you. That is all.

mitlen · « **Reply #34:** March 02, 2015, 05:34:52 PM »

Nice win by Paddington ...

Mathguy · « **Reply #35:** March 05, 2015, 08:22:57 PM »

Here is an interesting, but sad article on Golf - will be in the Post tomorrow
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/05/why-america-fell-out-of-love-with-golf/?tid=sm_fb

mitlen · « **Reply #36:** March 05, 2015, 08:50:56 PM »

Quote from: Mathguy on March 05, 2015, 08:22:57 PM

Here is an interesting, but sad article on Golf - will be in the Post tomorrow
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/05/why-america-fell-out-of-love-with-golf/?tid=sm_fb

Like Nicklaus said, it's about disposable income as well. Even on a public course, you can easily spend $2000 playing golf once a week over the course of a year ... and that's without a cart. I also think younger folks don't have the attention span to play golf. Even a three hour round wouldn't suffice. Some of the same things are occurring in the motorcycle business. There's not a lot of disposable income and people are too caught up in other things to simply ride ... or play golf.

mitlen · « **Reply #37:** March 06, 2015, 02:46:55 PM »

McIlroy just threw a club in the lake at Doral.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #38:** March 06, 2015, 06:13:46 PM »

Quote from: mitlen on March 06, 2015, 02:46:55 PM

McIlroy just threw a club in the lake at Doral.

He seems to have been watching tapes of Tiger.

mitlen · « **Reply #39:** March 06, 2015, 06:17:58 PM »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on March 06, 2015, 06:13:46 PM

He seems to have been watching tapes of Tiger.

I watched it live on the Golf Channel. It was jaw dropping. I don't recall seeing a pro throw a club like that. He gave it a good heave.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #40:** March 06, 2015, 06:22:06 PM »

Quote from: mitlen on March 06, 2015, 06:17:58 PM

I watched it live on the Golf Channel. It was jaw dropping. I don't recall seeing a pro throw a club like that. He gave it a good heave.

I would throw mine but clubs are too expensive!

mitlen · « **Reply #41:** March 06, 2015, 06:23:52 PM »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on March 06, 2015, 06:22:06 PM

I would throw mine but clubs are too expensive!

Guy I knew while I was working threw his whole damn bag into a lake.

The announcers had quite a time with it. Laughing about how everyone either has or wanted to toss their clubs in a lake.

mitlen · « **Reply #42:** March 08, 2015, 05:59:02 PM »

Crazy final round goin' on at Doral.

BTW A SCUBA diver retrieved the 3 iron McIlroy tossed into the lake. Trump "presented" to him. They said the club will probably be displayed in the clubhouse.

mitlen · « **Reply #43:** March 08, 2015, 06:12:36 PM »

Johnny Miller is such a stick in the mud.

Mathguy · « **Reply #44:** March 09, 2015, 03:08:37 AM »

My golf pull cart snapped in half today on the middle of the 12th hole. This cart was a heavy duty steel device, so this surprised me. But I owned it for 27 years.

Quote from: Natsinpwc on March 06, 2015, 06:22:06 PM

I would throw mine but clubs are too expensive!

tomterp · « **Reply #45:** March 18, 2015, 08:31:11 AM »

Quote from: mitlen on March 06, 2015, 06:17:58 PM

I watched it live on the Golf Channel. It was jaw dropping. I don't recall seeing a pro throw a club like that. He gave it a good heave.

My dad is not prone to excessive emotion but when he came back to playing golf from having ankle replacement surgery, his game had really declined (and he had just turned 80) and in frustration over a bad shot he threw a club, first time he's ever done that to my knowledge. Given his lack of practice (at throwing clubs), he held on a bit too long and the momentum of the club swung him around and he fell hard, right on his ass. My brother and I went running over to find out if he was alright. "Dad, did you hurt anything?" "Just my pride", he replied.

mitlen · « **Reply #46:** April 03, 2015, 04:04:57 PM »

Tiger's doin' the Masters. Not really surprising to me. Gotta play majors to have a chance to win 'em.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #47:** April 03, 2015, 09:30:05 PM »

Quote from: mitlen on April 03, 2015, 04:04:57 PM

Tiger's doin' the Masters. Not really surprising to me. Gotta play majors to have a chance to win 'em.

The TV folks will be thrilled--ratings will be better.

mitlen · « **Reply #48:** April 04, 2015, 08:37:42 AM »

Going golfing today. Should be real interesting. Twenty MPH winds with gusts to 30. Wait a minute, it may help. BTW if I see any of you who go to the game today blowing around on Monday, I'll tether ya in the bullpen and start a "The Windblown WNFF members from April 4 Thread".

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #49:** April 04, 2015, 09:14:54 PM »

Quote from: mitlen on April 04, 2015, 08:37:42 AM

Going golfing today. Should be real interesting. Twenty MPH winds with gusts to 30. Wait a minute, it may help. BTW if I see any of you who go to the game today blowing around on Monday, I'll tether ya in the bullpen and start a "The Windblown WNFF members from April 4 Thread".

I survived; put rocks in my pockets.