Official Golf Thread

[Mark from Plano]

Going out to the Colonial today to watch golf, drink beer and ogle women. [JulieAndrews]These are a few of my favorite things [/JulieAndrews].

 

[edinatlanta]

1:52 tee time today. 45% off and it includes a cart. Of course it is a municipal course in a not-great part of town but still.

 

[Piobaire]

Golf lesson today. Will start talking about clubs.

 

[leftover_salmon]

90 today. 42 on the back. Pretty pleased with myself, considering I'm a 17-handicapper who breaks 90 maybe 1/10 rounds (my course is pretty difficult). That's 54 holes in 28 hours. Tomorrow will be a day off.

 

[Piobaire]

Well, got fitted for clubs today and they're having a big sale, so Mrs. Piob and I got a set of Adams, a7OS. Driver, 3 and 5 fairway, 4, 5, 6 hybrid, 7 and 8 hybrid iron, 9, P and S iron and putter. Basically, a complete set in graphite. I seriously thought about the Ping G15, but we basically paid about the same for two complete sets of Adams as I would have paid for a complete set of Pings. Given the stage we are at in this game, I thought what was basically a 2 for 1 was the move to make.

 

[leftover_salmon]

460cc. Huuuuuuuuuuuge.

 

[bdeuce22]

nice clubs. they've been making for 460cc drivers for a few years now. that is now the max a driver can be.

 

[edinatlanta]

So my front 9 was decent except for two straight shots, two straight water hazards on the first. Basically hit par or +1 on the rest. Then the back 9 were just awful. Stopped keeping score, was well over 100.

As an aside, my cart died on the 9th, a couple of stray dogs wandered around the 11th with us, and it poured down rain on the 18th. My 19th hole is, as always, exceptional.

 

[dganderson]

Which course did you play? I'm assuming it's in Atlanta based on your name.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by bdeuce22

nice clubs. they've been making for 460cc drivers for a few years now. that is now the max a driver can be.

Thanks. Took the 7 to the range, so Mrs. Piob and I could give the new ones a swing. She did far better with these and hit a few seriously good balls. I did okay to far worse. Figured out the problem; this shaft is about 2" longer than the old 7 iron I had been practicing with. Adjusted and finished off fine.

Will maybe take out the five iron (hybrid) and the nine iron tomorrow.

 

[coolpapa]

Driving from Louisiana to SF next week. Thinking of stopping along the way a few times to play some golf. Will likely be on US 40 much of the way and thinking of playing Kaa-Po Ridge in Sandia Park, NM, then Pebble Beach, or one of the courses around Pebble. Anybody played Kaa-Po before? I played Pebble a few years ago, but want to play again. Would appreciate any other suggestions along the way.

 

[AlarmGuy79]

8:30 tee time at Heron Bay in Coral Springs, FL tommorrow. Just getting back into the swing of things and I as well struggle. Fortunately I'm very confident in my sand game and there is limited water at Heron Bay.

This is a great thread btw.

 

[edinatlanta]

Originally Posted by dganderson

Which course did you play? I'm assuming it's in Atlanta based on your name.

Brown's Mill. Not too bad actually.

 

[Piobaire]

Trying to decide if we should go hit a local "executive" course. I d/l'ed their score card and not a hole over 185 yards. Probably just go hit a bucket with Mrs. Piob though.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

Trying to decide if we should go hit a local "executive" course. I d/l'ed their score card and not a hole over 185 yards. Probably just go hit a bucket with Mrs. Piob though.

Par three courses can be fun. Don't even bother bringing your 460 cc driver though.