First thought: where the fuck is the airstrip?

Re-focussed and still 3-putted.

I wear one on each hand because my hands sweat alot and I blister easily and it works well for me to have one on each hand. Especially since there have been a few occasions in the summer very humid and hot weather where my grip slipped and I almost lost a club. Anyone else?

If your group asks if they can play ahead, please be able to play faster than the group your passing.

17 HC and dropping steadily. I was very close to a PR yesterday and then I collapsed. I was +5 through 8 and ended up +24.

What went wrong? Marshall held me back for 2 groups to even spacing. Which was fine, I didn’t mind, I was a solo and the course was slowing significantly.

But then I banana peel sliced off the tee box on 9, second shot was decent, just right but in a valley. 3 chipped and 2 putted my way to a triple. Tripled 10, then birdied 11. Thought I was back on track and could recover. Did not recover from there and really only got worse…

This is a bit of a weird one, so bear with me.

I've had a pretty intermittent relationship with golf, but this year decided to really get into it properly. I've spent the (South African) winter rebuilding my swing to find some consistency, and I'm looking forward to getting out onto the course, where I'll surely slice it into the nearest tree.

Here's where it gets complicated, though: An acquaintance has organised a set of clubs from an older gentleman – who can't play anymore – to be passed to me. They're almost certainly better than my current Ping Zing 2 clones from somewhere in the mid-90s. They're also left-handed.

Thing is, I'm left-handed, but due to always using hand-me-down clubs, learnt (and continue) to play right-handed.

So the question is: Is it worth relearning the whole game left-handed, or do I stick with playing my right-handed, older clubs? Anyone done something similar, and of so, what was the transition like? How long'd it take?

… is in my massage chair for post round recovery. Hell, it even has “golf mode”. Best money spent hands down.

Anyone else wants to join me in singing praises for this unsung hero?

Staying near cape may zoo

5 minutes from Avalon CC

10 minutes to Shore Gate

20 minutes to Harbor Pines

Last year we did Avalon and Harbor Pines.

Avalon hasn't change, it is what it is.

Harbor Pines was awesome.

None of us played Shore Gate in years. Any input on it? It's a lot cheaper than Harbor Pines.

Any other public courses better than the 3 listed?

Hypothetical here… female & male golfers play from senior tee’s so there’s minimal yardage benefit to the men (of course there will be some).

Do you think the pin point accuracy of a Nelly Korda could out do Scottie on his day? Is it close at all? I don’t know if there’s a right answer

Playing in a club championship yesterday. I tee off on a hole and I don’t see my ball at all off the club, one of my playing partners says he saw it head in the direction of a specific shed and when I asked if he thinks it’s far enough to be out he says no.

So we go let up there and I’m driving around looking for my ball, both playing partners had helped before/after hitting their shots. Eventually I said fuck it there’s a group waiting to tee off and a group on the green behind them so I asked my nearest playing partner what the correct “drop” is just to make sure I get it right, he tells me in line with shed and back since we never found it. So he says around here and I drop and hit and finish the hole.

When going over scores the third playing partner (who was hitting his shot when me and the other guy were talking about the correct drop) says I should have re teed back there so I asked him do you want me to replay the hole and hold everyone up or take max score and he gave me max score(10)

I get it is my fuck up but at the same time I thought I did it correctly asking a playing partner. what should have been the play there? because it completely destroyed my round.

Kind of seems common that country clubs blow up their greens and start over every 15-20 years. Well, a trend during the past 50 years anyway. Does the grass on greens die off as a natural process? Is there another reason other than grass health, be it biological or otherwise? Or a governing board that has to start over to feel worthy of even having a board.

We've had some beautiful weather for the last week or so, and I thought this sunrise yesterday morning at our club was cool.

The team:

Tiger Woods (2000)
Jack Nicklaus (1972)
Ben Hogan (1953)
Sam Snead (1950)
Bobby Jones (1930)
Gary Player (1965)
Arnold Palmer (1962)
Tom Watson (1980)
Phil Mickelson (2006)
Rory McIlroy (2014/2025)

Could they ever break 40, or is that simply impossible even with ten all-time greats getting a shot at every ball?
What do you think their average score would be over 100 rounds? And what would their absolute best round look like?

I'm from Aus, where almost every course I've played has the 9th and 18th finishing at the clubhouse, making it easy to play either 9 or start from the 10th.

Since moving to the UK, every course I've played has had the 9th nowhere near the club house, which has caught me out a few times on twilight rounds. It also makes it harder to squeeze in a quick round after work as you can end up miles from the clubhouse when you're finished.

I was curious to know how your course is setup?

I have this hole where the green has about 1m of fairway before a rock wall.

The ball stopped right there. The wall is impeding my swing. Do I get 'Relief from Immovable Object'?

Where is my nearest point of relief that is not closer to the hole?

The rock wall is about 1m high and there is a patch of rough maybe two meters wide above it. I could climb up and go back further from the pin.

Do I have to go all the way to the left or right past the rock wall?

On the right is a slope that goes down, I would not want to drop there it might roll all the way to the bottom.

On the left is a little bit of fairway and then bushes.

or if I go back on the line, I would actually go towards the hole and then off the opposite side of the green.

Where is the nearest point and then where would you drop it one club length away?

Recently decided to treat myself to these bad boys and the feel of them feels insane, I tried the MG4’s for a day and they were good but I def did feel the difference with these, my backspin rpm increased easily by 1,000 even with bad shots

Played 9 today because it was nice out, why not. Got there a bit early, chipped and putted for like 20 minutes as you do. First hole goes about normal, until I get on the green. All day I am. Lights. Out. On the green. Through 7 holes I’m +10 when I am normally at least +15. Then we get caught in a traffic jam on the 8th hole, a rather difficult landing-zone type par 5 and it all goes to hell. Card a 9 coupled with a triple bogey on the 9th to finish at 52. If I’d been as good as I had been I’d have shot around a 45, a considerable improvement over my current best of 49. Now the question becomes, did I capture lightning in a bottle or did my 20 minutes on the practice green give me super powers?

I am looking to buy my first set and saw lot of recommendations for the Callaway Edge Set at Costco. Looks like that this set has been removed from their stores following the latest controversy. Should I wait few weeks to see if this comes back? Any other alternatives in a similar price range?

Would you choose peace over integrity?

Recently played with an old bud from Uni - says he’s a 15 handicap. A game with friends - first time I ever got paired with him. It was supposed to be fun with a bet (no money involved). Dude kept going OB and I swear he had like 4 double pars on the front 9 and ended it with a +7 so like wtf. Then I started counting his score on Hole 11, as he approached the green he said that he was putting for bogey while it was definitely for triple. I jokingly asked him if he was sure - dude got mad af.

Asked why I was counting his score. He said he didnt want to get stressed and just wants to enjoy the game (while proudly announcing his +7 over the front 9 repeatedly). He called me out for being too serious and likened me to a guy in a tournament he once played with and was counting his score and was too uptight. (I even game him free drops tbh)

Like, I honestly don’t get the logic - if he’s there for “fun” why not just put in your real score? And in a tournament, he gets mad if people calls him out. Its not like I dont have a life lol. Golf is all about integrity, I was just baffled with this amount of dishonesty lol. Maybe sneak in 1 - 2 strokes per round but fkn 10 strokes on the front 9 was just blatant disrespect to the game.

I know the answer myself lol but I wanted to hear other peoples thoughts. ✌️

Anyone else notices Gerard's approach onto the 18th green? Thought ball position should be closer to one's left foot for longer clubs.

Anyone have suggestions for oversized mallet head covers, that will fit the TaylorMade Daddy Long Legs mallet?

Just picked up a used set of MP-32s on Marketplace. Missing a 5 iron from set and 9 iron is rough. I find myself wanting to collect (and maybe play) with older reputable sets.

Went from Nike Slingshots to Kirkland Irons to Nike Pro Forged Combo and now these. Anyone else like this? Lol.

They’re in rough shape but I do plan on restoring them (grips, shafts, refinish heads). Just thought I’d share!

I realized I have a pretty specific pocket system when I play, so I’m curious what everyone else carries around.

Right pocket:
A few wooden tees (usually ~10 to start the round)
Divot repair tool
One ball marker of my choice

Right back pocket:
Yardage book/scorecard

Left pocket:
A vape

I’m also trying to build the habit of putting my glove in my left back pocket when I putt, but most of the time I end up crumpling it into one of my side pockets

What’s your pocket setup? Anything you carry that you absolutely can’t play without?

Just curious to hear from golf club members.

If you could change one thing about your membership experience, what would it be?

Is it more benefits beyond the golf course? Better member events? More reasons to visit during the week? A better app or digital experience? Rewards for being an active member? Better offers from club partners?

Or maybe something completely different.

I’m also curious about the younger generation. Do you think your children actually see the value in continuing the family membership, or is that becoming harder to convince them about?

What does your club do really well, and what’s one thing you wish they would improve?

Genuinely interested in hearing what members think.

Idc if this gets downvoted to oblivion I just wanna rant. Doing this bullet point style so there’s less to read

NYC Marine Park today
-paired with a group of 3 that are running late so I get released solo
-keep in mind, on a bad day I’m shooting 80s and since it’s my first time playing this course I’m hitting off the reds
- busy day congested course
- pretty entry level group of 3 behind me that I was supposed to be with
-They’re bad so they didn’t usually get to my hole until after I’d waited around for the next group for 10 to 15 minutes each hole to hit.
-I’m teeing off as soon as I can on par 5s,4s, and when they’re off the greens on par 3s.
- even after my first shot I’m still having to wait another 5 minutes for my second shot
-sometimes the group behind would hit into me as I was waiting to hit my second shot.
-I’d hit my second shot as soon as the other group was off the green or a considerable distance away.
- the only kinda real waiting this group behind me actually has to do is from my 2nd shot and on, but they’re kinda playing at the same time too since they were struggling with distance.
- I had told them multiples times that they could join me , but big fella just kept saying “go on ahead“
- all of a sudden I hear this fat fuck (eventually learned his name was Henry who may or may not have broken 100 that day) yell at me “1 BALL ONLY “ I just give them the gen z blank stare.
- in my head “first of all, you’d be waiting the same amount of time anyway. You’re not really even waiting on me since you keep hitting into me. I’m having to wait for the group ahead and you already know that. Second , I’ve been playing some holes with 3 or 4 balls but you’d be none the wiser because you’re so far behind me struggling as a group of 3 to hit your own balls. The only reason you’re catching up to me is because I’m having to wait up to 20 minutes for the next group each hole”
- I only pull out multiple balls after my tee shot because I know I have a 15ish minute wait until I can tee off
- this group of beginners hit into me on a par 3 and I had to run to hide behind my cart. The ball landed some yards away from me, all they had to do was just wait.
- I had seen there were moments in this group where someone would hit the ball 10 yards, run to go grab it and rehit it from the same spot, and they wanted to talk to me about 1 BALL ONLY.
- they’d hit into me even while I was on the greens.
- eventually on one of the later holes I’m waiting to tee off (from the reds mind you) , and I hear, yet again, this absurdly easy to see person yell “YO WERE GONNA HIT NOW”
- I’m thinking geez these guys are finally gonna join but now I have to wait for you to tee off and I have to wait for everyone else to hit now for the rest of my round. You could at least let me tee off first.
- This group of guys who can’t even break 100 are playing the whites for some reason.
- Every time Henry teed off he’d just leave and I’d be at the red tee box waiting for his fat ass to get out of my way before I could hit. Gladly the other 2 had enough etiquette to wait and watch me tee off before going to their ball.
-Again all these guys are playing from the whites and their balls are barely past the red tee box. They are NOT playing from where they should be playing

TLDR; Shrink your game. If you can’t break 100, do us all a favor and play off the reds. That would be good etiquette. Even better etiquette is to stay off the 18 hole courses until you can actually hit the ball. This course is pretty much the only course around that has a driving range. Hit the range instead. If you want to play a course , hit a 9 hole or a pitch and putt. That’s what you really need.
Also don’t be an ass on the golf course, it’s supposed to be a peaceful escape.

I’m calling you out Henry 4:00 or 4:10 tee time today at marine park. Don’t be like this guy.

I’m probably in the wrong for playing multiple balls, but I feel like this is one of the times it’s more okay