He's a great player. The thing that bothers many people about him, and I think I speak for OTW on this as well, is that he's a guy that's as gregarious as it gets when things are going well who turns into a sullen asshole blaming and bitching everyone out the minute something goes awry.

Yep. I will say, I didn't see a lot of his usual antics from him early today.

The guy has won the Masters twice. That doesn't happen by accident. He's a talented player.

Very talented player.

Augusta sets up to a T for his game too.
I don't know that he will necessarily win a bunch if other majors other places,
But he may very well win a few more green jackets

Agree completely.

Hit hits the ball a mile (high and long) can work the ball, and the lack of rough/trouble helps his wildness off the tee.

Wouldn't shock me in the least if he won another, or even two more. But I'd be completely shocked if he won a British or US Open.

Outside of his blowup at his caddie at the Travelers (I think that was it), where do people get the notion he's some sort of angry bird? I watch nearly all these tourneys and I don't see him ever cursing or tossing his club or barking at spectators. If one incident defines him as an asshole, then the the whole tour outside of maybe Aaron Baddely and Kuchar are also with him.

Not much talk about him but Fowler played pretty well this weekend.

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If his Twitter account is any indication, Steve Elkington is a complete jackass. Perhaps he deserved it here.

From the looks of that shot, Bubba needs to hire someone to follow him around the course and piss him off when he has the wedge in hand

That's some sort of big deal? He didn't like the guy moving around when he wa hitting. Bubba is a monster apparently

Was that sarcasm? Yeah don't be moving around while I'm making my play.

Bubba doesn't cuss people out (video evidence)
Bubba doesn't bark at fans (video evidence)
Video of him bitching about an entire tournament setup as well.

The point is that he's an asshole. Great golfer, but an asshole. If PB watches almost all these events, I suggest he pay better attention.

I didn't watch the vids I was just saying don't be moving 'round while I'm playing my shot. Besides that I can see Bubba as a jerk. He did adopt a cute kid though so there is that.

If Tommy Watson could putt he'd be the #1 player in the world. What a ball striker.

Hamas, I want to thank you for the visual of "shaking hands" on the follow through.

I didn't score well Wednesday, but that mostly due to 35 mph winds blowing the ball all over the earth. Again, I'm concentrating on hitting down and I really compressed some 7i and 6i shots. I was getting correct distance and hitting waaaay high.

The wind was so strong on Wednesday and I was on hole 10 at Prairie Highlands. It's a 350 yd Par 4. You have to carry a creek about 210 yards, so I routinely lay up. On Wednesday I hit a 3W inot the teeth of the wind. Hit it right on the screws and it bounced to about 10 yards shy of the creek. Nice and flat. Perfect lie. 140 to the pin and carry a bunker.

Wind was brutal, so I pulled out my 5i and mashed it. It went up, and up. When I hit it, I thought "damn, that's going over the pin, maybe over the green. As I watched it come down it was not only short of the green, but it fell a full 30 yards short landing on the grass area between the bunker on the left side of the green. Chipped on (short). 3 putted. Double bogey. **** you mother nature.

But, I'm seeing + results and I feel better about the grip and my ability to get balls over traps/water/ dead areas.

:thumb:

That basically defines you as a bamf in golf more so than most other yardsticks.
You basically find at least 9 of the top of 10 or so of all time there.Ironic that the best not on that list is Bobby Jones. Don't know of any other major who's similar list would have that many.

The US Open has more of the GOAT on it, but it is also flush with some less than stellar anomalies, like Andy North. Still, there are guys like Jimmy Demaret on Augusta's too.

US Open:

Bobby Jones
Ben Hogan
Tiger Woods
Jack Nicklaus
Walter Hagen
Gene Sarazen
Lee Trevino
Billy Casper

Oh, here's a tip of the day:

I was making really shitty contact with a lot of short shots lately before realizing that I had too much weight on my heels. It makes a difference even on chips and pitches. Get the weight somewhere between the balls of your feet and the top of your arch and you'll make far more consistent contact.

Did you guys see the Euro Tour golfer who was attacked by a swarm of hornets?

He jumped into a lake to avoid them, apparently was stung around 20 times, and still went on to birdie the hole.

Here's the video:

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That guy has balls big enough to cum in a dump truck.

Holy shit.

Hornet stings aren't anything to **** with. Pretty impressive.

Church.

In Orlando today to play at resort. Looks sweet. Hope to break 90. My kid is giving me 8 strokes.

Wiezy gets the win. She's my favorite golfer to watch right now. If she could putt she'd dominate the LPGA Tour. She's an awesome and powerful ball striker as well as lady like and sexy. Classy gal who grinds.

Been working on my game. Went to the course this morning and got a big bucket and my usual cart for 9 holes. I never have a tee time but always get a cart for 9 holes. I'll hit some balls and slip out and play a few holes playing more then one ball. Or hell for $7.50 I'll just drive around and look at shit for couple hours. It's $7.50 and besides I'm using my cart bag these days and I don't want to carry that big ol thing up to the range and back.

Anyways this morning I hit a large bucket and played 2 holes then I came home, ate a salad and then took a nap. Went back later and hit another large bucket and played another 6 holes. I hit about two hundred balls and played 8 holes. That's a good days work for an old guy. Ultimately today's work was positive. I had a point at the end of the day where I was hitting 3 woods and over swinging. Then I tightened it up and smoked the last few.

Tomorrow I'll do some Joey D Golf, treadmill and rest my hands.

My tip of the day is 'Don't over play the break on short putts. Keep it inside the hole!'

I played like GARBAGE yesterday

Need to get back out and correct that shit

You don't sound discouraged and that's awesome. Just remember to play loose.

One of the best practices ever is to stand still and hit crisp pitch after pitch. Crisp, crisp, crisp, crisp, crisp......and so on. A 30 yard pitch is one of the most important shots in golf. The next shot, a putt, is equally important. If you don't make it was a bogey or a birdie lost.

Hadn't played in 2 months and had some great shots yesterday. Best was a 200 yd 5 wood onto an island green. Pretty sweet. Golf is all about remembering your good shots and forgetting the bad ones.

kuchar is ballin today

Of course he is; it's not a major.

ROFL

so true

he was rock solid up until the masters

kuchar just shit the bed with that 3 putt

LMAO

redeemed himself by making the bunker shot on the last hole

I wish they wouldn't even play tournaments the week after majors. It distorts the money list and world rankings because second tier players compete against a bunch of jackasses.

Gonna drop this in here. Think it was an interesting article.

In a Hole, Golf Considers Digging a Wider One
By BILL PENNINGTONAPRIL 18, 2014
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GREENSBORO, Ga. — Golf holes the size of pizzas. Soccer balls on the back nine. A mulligan on every hole.

These are some of the measures — some would say gimmicks — that golf courses across the country have experimented with to stop people from quitting the game.

Golf has always reveled in its standards and rich tradition. But increasingly a victim of its own image and hidebound ways, golf has lost five million players in the last decade, according to the National Golf Foundation, with 20 percent of the existing 25 million golfers apt to quit in the next few years.

People under 35 have especially spurned the game, saying it takes too long to play, is too difficult to learn and has too many tiresome rules.

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Many of golf’s leaders are so convinced the sport is in danger of following the baby boomer generation into the grave that an internal rebellion has led to alternative forms of golf with new equipment, new rules and radical changes to courses. The goal is to alter the game’s reputation in order to recruit lapsed golfers and a younger demographic.

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A 15-inch hole could help beginners and older golfers “score better, play faster and like golf more,” Sergio García said. Credit Paul Abell/Associated Press for Hack Golf
“We’ve got to stop scaring people away from golf by telling them that there is only one way to play the game and it includes these specific guidelines,” said Ted Bishop, the president of the P.G.A. of America, who also owns a large Indiana golf complex. “We’ve got to offer more forms of golf for people to try. We have to do something to get them into the fold, and then maybe they’ll have this idea it’s supposed to be fun.”

Among the unconventional types of golf is an entry-level version in which the holes are 15 inches wide, about four times the width of a standard hole.

A 15-inch-hole event was held here at the Reynolds Plantation resort on Monday. It featured the top professional golfers Sergio García and Justin Rose, the defending United States Open champion.

“A 15-inch hole could help junior golfers, beginning golfers and older golfers score better, play faster and like golf more,” said Mr. García, who shot a six-under-par 30 for nine holes in the exhibition.

Mr. Rose said he was planning to use an expanded hole to reintroduce the game to his 5-year-old son, who rejected the game recently after he had tired of failing at it.

“Lately, I’ve been having a hard time getting him to pick up a club,” Mr. Rose said.

Another alternative is foot golf, in which players kick a soccer ball from the tee to an oversize hole, counting their kicks. Other changes relax the rules and allow do-over shots, or mulligans, once a hole; teeing up the ball for each shot; and throwing a ball out of a sand bunker once or twice a round.

Still other advocates of change have focused on adapting to the busy schedules of parents and families. In recent years, golf courses have encouraged people to think of golf in six-hole or nine-hole increments. Soon, about 30 golf courses across the country will become test cases for a system of punch-in-punch-out time clocks that assess a fee by the minutes spent playing or practicing rather than by 18- or 9-hole rounds.

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The initiatives are being driven by disparate entities within the game, including the venerable P.G.A. of America, which represents more than 27,000 golf professionals. The organization has created an eclectic, 10-person task force to foster nontraditional pathways to golf. The task force has some golf insiders, but it also includes Arlen Kantarian, who led American tennis’s successful effort to reverse a decline in participation, and the Olympic ski champion Bode Miller, whose sport was revived by better equipment and cultural changes that tempered skiing’s reputation for stodgy elitism.

“Little League baseball is an example of how to introduce someone to a game with different equipment than the sophisticated players use,” Mr. Kantarian said. “We should also be thinking about unconventional golf on school fields or backyards. That might be the best way for kids and beginners to learn anyway.”

Mr. Miller said he wanted to lift the rules governing the use of juiced golf clubs or golf balls.

“A nonconforming club or ball does not corrupt the game,” Mr. Miller said. “Not if it encourages people to try a very intimidating game. That will be beneficial to golf for 50 years.”

Golf still ranks among the nation’s top 10 recreational sports activities, and given its traditions, it is no surprise that not everyone agrees with the burgeoning alternative movement.

“I don’t want to rig the game and cheapen it,” said Curtis Strange, a two-time United States Open champion and an analyst for ESPN. “I don’t like any of that stuff. And it’s not going to happen either. It’s all talk.”

Now pros and hackers alike are under the same umbrella regarding rules of the game and equipment. Proponents of unconventional golf are proposing two games — or 10 or 20. That is something the United States Golf Association, golf’s governing body, has long avoided.

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“We think the charm of the game is a single set of rules,” said Thomas J. O’Toole Jr., the U.S.G.A. president. “But we applaud strategic thinking that brings people to golf. We shouldn’t be narrow-minded.”

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Mr. O’Toole said alternative ideas were “not golf as we know it,” but he said he believed they were a way for people “to embrace the game so they would ultimately come play golf.”

Some golf insiders, like Mark King, the chief executive of
TaylorMade-Adidas Golf, have lost patience with the glacial pace of change. Mr. King’s company created a website, HackGolf.org, to generate ideas about how to make golf more fun for everyone.

“We needed to spark a revolution, and right now we have 1,500 legitimate ideas — everything from ‘Serve free beer’ to practical things that will actually work,” said Mr. King, who is also on the P.G.A. task force. “The next step will be to prototype real-world experiments and see what happens.”

An enthusiastic supporter of the 15-inch hole, Mr. King installed oversize holes at a country club near his company’s Southern California headquarters and found that they reduced the length of an 18-hole round to three and a half hours, about an hour less than typical. Most golfers saw a 10-stroke improvement in their scores.

In the next month, TaylorMade-Adidas Golf will subsidize the installation of 15-inch holes at about 100 golf courses so the results can be assessed. (A special hole-cutting device costs about $250.) The bigger holes might be especially appropriate for corporate and charity golf outings, which often attract novice golfers.

“No one is trying to drive away the many millions of people who play traditional golf,” Mr. King said. “But what harm is there in offering an alternative? In five years I bet that 90 percent of golf facilities are having events with the 15-inch hole.”

The former L.P.G.A. star Dottie Pepper, one of two women on the P.G.A. task force, said she hoped that the coming changes would soften golf’s image enough that it would be more inclusive of women, who are also quitting the game.

“Women feel isolated on the golf course, so we have to encourage them to make it a group thing,” Ms. Pepper said. “Build a social experience. That’s what men do.”

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The budding rebellion also includes changes to gear and equipment. Polara, a nonconforming golf ball engineered to neither slice nor hook, was introduced in 2011 and is sold in 800 retail locations nationwide and online, according to the company’s founder, Dave Felker. The company also helped create the United States Recreational Golf Association, whose rules and ethos represented what Mr. Felker called “regular golfers,” as opposed to those who play competitively.

Some purists may worry that the peaceful, fundamental golf experience will be replaced by hordes in tank tops feverishly speeding around the links, throwing the ball from hole to hole and booting soccer balls through the bunkers.

“That’s the kind of mentality that has held the sport back for 20 years,” said Mr. Bishop, the P.G.A. of America president. “I went to a golf club’s 125th anniversary dinner not long ago, and the overwhelming majority of the people in the room were over 55. We should be asking, ‘On that club’s 150th anniversary, who’s going to attend?’ ”

This would be cool IMO.

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When did the NY Times become Onion Sports throwing some satire in Sergio's direction for his putting?

The Big Break Florida has been pretty good. I love me some hotty golfin' girls

Fiama
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Kylee
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Moving up to Indep. in about a month...actually right up the road from Drumm Farm.

Impressions from anyone who's played it? What's the course like? Rates?

IMO, Stone Canyon is a better course, and you can get times super cheap on GolfNow.

Kylee was just put out by Fiama. That was a tough one for me. Kylee is the perfect golf girl cutie but Fiama has one of the best butts I ever seen swinging a golf club.

Holly Sonders is a golf Goddess.
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Hot as they come on sports TV, but what she's doing with Eric Kuselias is beyond me. He dumped his whole family to tap that. What an asshole.

I am actually glad less people are playing. Makes it easier to get a tee time. You really need to spend a year on the range before you come out and play regularly. Or carry thy ass to the First Tee

Really thinking about buying a golf cart this year. Anyone have any suggestions?

I'm not convinced that a lot of golfers have given up the game. Maybe they got to old and maybe there's so many courses these days that young people don't join the Country Clubs. Why spend $20grand initiation fee to a club when there are good courses to play pretty much everywhere. Golf is just like the NFL and wants to grow the pie. Just like the constant push against slow play. That's about running as many golfers and carts around the course in a days time as possible.

I agree.

I am not seeing it when I go to get a tee time. It's still packed and I get super tired of waiting to take each shot because they let anybody that can convert oxygen into carbon-dioxide play on the course.


PSA:
For ****s sake people...if you've taken your 7th shot and not reached the green...pick that ****er up and either drop it on the green and take two putts or move on to the next hole. One and no more than two practice swings. A round of golf should only last 4 hours and 20 minutes...maybe 20 minutes longer. If it's been 5 hours....you and the people on the course with you are doing it wrong.

Not a bad price if you're in the market

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Twenty bucks cheaper at BudgetGolf. Honestly, I never even go to TGW or GlobalGolf anymore. Their closeouts are always overpriced and you can find used clubs cheaper elsewhere.

I ****ing hate slow golf. I can hit a round in just over 3 hours if the course is empty or there's a big enough gap to the people in front of me and I suck (consistent mid 90's shooter which I could take lower pretty easily if I actually took some lessons as I just started golfing three years ago and have never had a formal lesson).

I'm actually kind of infamous among my friends for yelling at people who analyze their put for 10 minutes before hitting the ball. I've also been known to cuss out foursomes who won't let me play through when I'm by myself or with one other person.

There's nothing worse then playing golf on a beautiful day and having some jackass who can't break 90 running up your ass when there is no group behind them.

It's equally bad having people in front of you who don't know how to get around a golf course and they won't let you play through and it sucks when you're in a group and no one can be ready to play when it's their turn. They wait to check the yardage, the wind and to choose a club after the other players have played. I hate that.

Used to have the same problem. Best remedy? Be the first off the tee every round. My brothers and I play quickly. We get the first tee times and never worry about slow play.

I hate getting up early on the weekend. I'm an afternoon/twilight golfer.

I'm not a jackass about it. If it's a twosome or threesome and they're moving, then I usually just play 2-3 balls per hole (great way to practice). If they're not moving fast or it's a foursome, I get extremely impatient after 3-4 holes. There are several courses in DFW that I refuse to play because the marshals don't enforce etiquette and the clientele is awful.

Also, I never play with more than two others and I only play with people who play ready golf. I've quit playing with a few of my friends because they play so slow.

Dewcutters.

I love having the first tee time of the day. Nothing better.

I also advocate that faster players swing around and apply their handicap to unplayed holes.

Nothing kills the game like slow players.

Just messing around my friend.

So I signed up, joined the GolfWeek Amateur Tour the Ozarks, MO Tour. It's basically a series of 18 hole tournaments held at various courses throughout the Ozarks.

Here's the schedule if I choose to play every event.
http://amateurgolftour.net/ozarks_to...s/schedule.asp

4/6/2014
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Bill and Payne Stewart GC

4/27/2014
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Honey Creek Golf Club

5/18/2014
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Carthage Golf Club

6/8/2014

Hidden Valley GC

6/15/2014
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Aberdeen GC

6/22/2014
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Downstream Casino Championship @ Eagle Creek GC

6/29/2014
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The Falls Club

7/13/2014
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Rivercut Golf Club

7/27/2014
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Redfield Country Club

8/16/2014
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Pointe Royale Golf Resort

8/24/2014
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Stonewolf GC

8/31/2014
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Edwin Watts Lake of the Ozarks Open @ Osage National CC

9/14/2014
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Dominos Pizza Championship @ Silo Ridge Country Club

9/28/2014
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Ozarks Golfweek Tour Championship @ Payne Stewart Golf Club


There's some decent courses on that schedule and it's a chance to compete. The points champion gets to go HH SC for a 54 hole National Tournament. Yeah deep down I think I have a chance.

There are tours all over the country with one in Kansas and one in Arkansas that look to have some decent courses on them.
http://amateurgolftour.net/index.htm

Unlike last week, the wind subsided a bit. 10-15 S/SE, with a gust to 20. Last week it was gusting to 35MPH.

Had a little trouble off the tee early which resulted in a 45 on the front. Back nine was better, I was hitting down and squaring up very well. Hit 4 drives that were 240/250 (my max). and had pars on 6 of the last 8 holes for a 40. 85 overall.

Even when the "handshake" results in a blown shot, I don't get down. Because when I put together three or 4 good iron shots on consecutive holes, I can almost feel the change in my awareness and how to keep it going.

Good times....

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I think that's great. The Hamas Handshake :clap: Was the 40 your best 9 ever?

Anyone here use a Superstroke grip on their putter? If so, how much has it benefited you?

Also seeing a trend of putting belly putter grips on regular length putters...interesting...

Yes it was. I had no idea that I came close to breaking 40 on a nine.

That would be a blast.. I hope you do well. I've played a few of those courses and they are pretty fun.

So it's looking like I'll be playing Porto Cima this weekend, Saturday and maybe Sunday. I've only been on it once, so it will be an interesting test

I had a SS Slim on a Ping Senita for a while last year and didn't really care for it. As always, YMMV.

Yep. Currently have a 5.0 Fatso on a Cameron Futura X.

Thinking of extending it 2" to 37" and putting a 3" clevis pin in the butt end, then putting a 17" grip on it to counterbalance it.

Or, you could just work on your putting

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LMAO

Yeah, it does read like my putting sucks, doesn't it?

I'm averaging 31 putts over 11 rounds so far this year, with a low round of 27. Not terrible.

Really nothing wrong with the setup I have now, I just like the counterbalanced feel. Had a Del Mar I counterbalanced last year and loved the feel, but decided I wanted something that fit my SBST stroke better.

That seems awfully low.

I think it is. The 27 is extremely good. Now, that 31 average is probably somewhat artificially low, as my short game is by far the best part of my game. Lot of up-and-downs and/or short one-putts for bogey.

Example: I one-putted four times on the front nine last weekend, but played those 4 holes in 3 over par - including a 25 footer for birdie.

The rest I could have knocked in with a wedge - all were within 18 inches.

That's not "not terrible", that's excellent.

I had one put on my Rosa just to see if it made that particular putter better. Since I can't seem to line up that particular putter worth a darn it didn't seem to make much difference. I also picked up a Taylor Made Spider Mallet It's a little longer then a normal putter but it's not the real long one. I'm having a little trouble with my distance on long putts with it but so far from 10' in it's pretty good. Haven't really used it under any pressure though so we'll see.

Yeah 31 a round is pretty damn good. Sounds like he was doing some pretty good chipping as well though if he a lot of 18" putts.

Got about 2 inches of rain today. Just what the fairways needed around here. And tomorrow it will 80*. I want to play, but need to work on the range.

Prep week next week. Planning my sojourns. Alvamar, Deer Creek, Tiffany Greens, Winterstone.

BC, do you ever travel to Bella Vista? My brothers and I go every year. 21 of us this year. Cheap golf, cheap lodging. Fun times.

What courses do you play in Bella Vista? I'm only 45 minutes from there, but have never played down there. Big Sugar Golf Club in Pea Ridge is a nice course and it's only 20 minutes from Bella Vista.