The Golf Thread

[Shady Slim]

in light of the masters i played a round with some mates today and thankfully won

but ffs i have a great long game and can go deep on the drive but my short game is severely lacking, especially putting which i'm offensively bad at... how do we all hold our clubs here (correct answer is interlocking grip btw but feel free to have the wrong opinion)

 

[Burgey]

Overlapping.

 

[King Pietersen]

Overlap here too.

40 points in the weekly stableford at the weekend (non-qualifier though unfortunately) and came 7th. Playing some good stuff ATM. Shot 80 the other week and starting to consistently put in some good scores. Hoping that with a week of golf in Spain planned at the end of the month I'll start the season in good form and get a nice early handicap cut to help me push towards single figures this season.

 

[Smudge]

Good yarn from a Kiwi journo who was lucky enough to have his named pulled out in the media draw to play Augusta on the Monday.

A golfer's dream: What it's like to play Augusta - Sport - NZ Herald News

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Interlocking grip.
My biggest love of golf is that you can't blame anyone else for being a crap player. Well, that and getting to the bar at the end, whether good or bad, beers still taste good.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Yup, I reckon that's why a lot of other professional sports people enjoy golf and really respect golf pros. There's a lot fewer variables than other sports, because it's a stationary ball. It's just so mental that we all have a soft spot for people who can maintain success regularly.

 

[Anil]

another back surgery for woods that should do it for this year...

 

[King Pietersen]

Tiger

 

[social]

Cameron Smith part of winning team to record his first victory on PGA tour

Very good young player who quietly gets the job done

 

[social]

Yup, I reckon that's why a lot of other professional sports people enjoy golf and really respect golf pros. There's a lot fewer variables than other sports, because it's a stationary ball. It's just so mental that we all have a soft spot for people who can maintain success regularly.

You're right when it comes to the stationary ball but there are lots of variables when it comes to the course (no two are the same) and weather conditions (can literally change the nature of a course within minutes).

On the mental side of things, one of my favourite anecdotes is about a guy who hit the best shot I have ever had the pleasure to see close up

This unknown pro was playing in a pro-am before the Oz Open one year at the Australian and hit a mid-iron about 200 metres out of thick rough around a tree, over a lake & bunker to about a foot with no green to work with

Unfortunately, that same guy had a chronic case of the yips and retired shortly thereafter

I always found it mind-boggling that a guy who was capable of that shot was also so shot mentally on the greens that a 2 putt was a result for him

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Cameron Smith part of winning team to record his first victory on PGA tour

Very good young player who quietly gets the job done

Hell yeah, another Queenslander getting the job done lol

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Tiger Woods has been arrested for drink driving. Presumably this refers to a motoring offence.

 

[vcs]

He should have used a driver there.

He's had a rough time of it recently, his career has gone completely off-course. Hope he gets back to par soon.

 

[Pratters]

Watched the tournament on Sunday. Jon Rahm was so good. Such a talent. Looking forward to the memorial day tournament. Nine out of the top twelve players will be playing.

 

[King Pietersen]

Bad reaction to prescription medication apparently.....

 

[marc71178]

Better then the cat stuck under the floorboard I guess?

 

[King Pietersen]

Played in a medal on Saturday, played pretty poor, missed buffer by 1, the 9 on 17 didn't help. Played with lad who's off +1 and currently plays College Golf in America, was fantastic watching him, plays a completely different game to most of us amateurs. Our 2nd hole is a pretty long uphill Par 5 off the whites, he hit a massive high bomb draw which left an 8 iron 2nd shot into the green, ridiculous. Then on the 16th he drove the par 4 green with a 3 wood. His ball flight was a joy to watch, and the noise off the clubface was like nothing I'd heard before. Was great fun.

 

[Anil]

Anyone following the US Open?

 

[Burgey]

Just heard the scores this morning. Good to see the Leish up there. Been a lot of pre-tourney angst about the course, then Fowler goes and shoots seven under in the first round.

Anyway, Leishmann's kind of track really. Hits it straighter than most.

 

[social]

Unless they play out of their skin tomorrow, there are some big names basically out of it already - Day, McIlroy, Willet, Walker, etc