OT: Golf Thu - Your Best Tip EVER!!!
I don't know if there is anything more universal for a golfer than that they are always trying to improve their game. There is probably higher ratio of game improvement videos to golfers on Youtube than any other sport. So, what is you very favorite golf tip that really worked for you?
Mine is stack and tilt, specifically starting and ending iron shots with your weight on the left feet (for right-handed golfer). It eliminates inconsistency around the weight shift and really promotes downward strike on the ball. My irons shots became much more consistent after I switched to this method (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w73mPEBRX2I).
Please share your tips here.
The more you drink the less you care.
~stop being creeps to the cart girls~
OP said golf tip, not life tip
~stop being creeps to the cart girls~
But...they smile at me and are nice to me. It's obvious they want me, bro.
8.7.3After every encounter with the golf cart girl, look at the faces of all the guys. You will find one believer. To that guy say: "Hey man, I think she really likes you."
That stripper is also really into you...
You mean college student, right?
Don't lose your shit over the following unless you are playing in a real tournament (scrambles with your friends don't count)
-pace of play
-a sunflower shell or cig butt on the fringe of the green
-music on the course
-the brand of your ball.
Most of us will never be on tour so chill out, crack a beer, crank the tunes and enjoy being outside.
I've also been pulling the flagsticks all year and it feels so good. Can't wait for the return of ballwashers. If you live in Ontario and like golf, I pity you right now.
You will never get me to agree about pace of play. There is nothing more frustrating than 5 hour+ rounds. I would much rather go to a driving range than go to a crowded course on a weekend.
Not a big fan of music on the course either. Most people have different taste in music, I don't need to know about yours. Bluetooth earphones are plenty these days, use them.
He did say it feels good to pull out. Take this opinion for what it is.
Agree on pace of play. In theory, we should all relax and enjoy being outside, but the reality is (for me at least) I'm trying to slip a round in among a million other responsibilities. Standing around waiting for a shot is really frustrating.
Yes, hurry the hell up. Lost your ball? Deal with it quickly and hit better next shot! Want to hit a good shot? Standing there for 5 minutes won’t make it better!
Signed, a 20 handicap golfer
The more difficult issue is pace of play within your own group. It's one thing if a guy really sucks and hits it all over the place. But it's different if he is not hustling to get to his ball and hitting again.
But the absolute worst is the weekend hack who thinks he's Dustin Johnson playing in the Masters. This is the guy who stands over his ball and discusses out loud to anyone who cares (no one) about what club he should hit. Or he has to run all the way back to his cart because he wants to hit the 8 and not the 7. Or, most egregiously, he spends 5 minutes walking all the way around his put, mulling the subtle breaks, before ultimately once again jacking it 20 feet past the hole.
/Not that I know anyone like this.
I have yet to see the logic in 10+ handicapper who needs to know the EXACT yardage to the flag. You are just not good/consistent enough for the exact yardage to matter. Just get the distance within 10 yards or so (150 yard marker is plenty good for this) and hit.
Agree on this. I am about a 15 and 143 vs 137 is not functionally relevant for me. What I would suggest though is for people in my skill range to spend a day at a driving range with a Trackman and learn how far you ACTUALLY hit all your clubs.
Agree on pace of play especially if the offending group is a full hole behind pace. I'm a casual golfer and there's nothing more frustrating than having 10 minutes between swings and you lose your groove while the 4-some in front of you lines up their 1 foot puts, or doesn't play ready golf, or takes 2-3 "retry" putts from 15-feet out to see if they can make it.
Re: music, I sometimes bring a speaker, sometimes not, but I try to do my part by volume testing it such that you can only really hear it within a ~10-foot radius of the cart. I much prefer having cart music when pace of play is slow.
I love music on the course. Just, like you said, watch the volume around other groups. Don't be inconsiderate is a good rule of golf and life.
8.7.3Agreed.
Last round of golf I played 4 assholes had their carts loaded with laptops and a hot spot and were working while trying to play. You can imagine the line behind them.
Even if you're a 15 handicap, it should not take 5 hours for 18.
...and before anyone says that's the marshal's fault, fuck that. Don't be an asshole on the course. There's other people there besides you. Be a decent human being.
Also +1 for the music.
If someone wants to rock out, do it with your ear buds. A lot of people actually like to golf to get away from all the electronics.
I just want to say sorry, I know we probably haven't met but I have probably smoked a chili pepper up you ass if you think pace of play doesn't matter.
To everyone whining about hitting into a group, No I don't do it. But, 99% of you who say just relax are the people who refuse to let a group play ahead of you if they are faster players you will just say "these guys need to relax". Golf edicate is non-exsistant now.
Where do you play? Now we will come slow you down out of spite. Better skip a hole rather than getting all pissed, speed racer.
Pace of play ABSOLUTELY matters, but hitting into groups is fucking dumb. Someone does that to me, and we're having words (I know, internet tough guy alert). People have died getting hit by golf balls. My mom got hit by a golf ball when she was a kid and had to have surgery because of it. Don't do that shit.
8.7.3
Hitting into groups reminds me of one of my favorite golf stories: Several years ago I was playing in a charity scramble. Manny Legace, the Red Wings' former back-up goalie, was in the foursome behind us. On one fairway, we were sizing up our next shot when a drive from that foursome rolled up about 20-plus feet away. We thought nothing of it until Manny came flying up in his cart, wide-eyed and full of apologies for hitting into us. He hadn't even come close, and once we assured him that he hadn't beaned us with his Titleist, he posed for a couple of pictures, signed some autographs, and wished us a good round.
Helluva nice guy, but he obviously had the same mindset: NEVER hit into another group. You just don't take the chance.
every time someone has hit into me I walked up to their ball and fired it into the woods/pond.
I decide on the fly if I'm going to pick it up or bury it by stepping on it. I like picking it up because I like to see how the guy is going to rationalize how he asks for it back. Most don't.
Yep. Have done that too.
It's two sides of the same coin ... seeing him rationalize "that guy just smoked my perfect drive into the pond ...."
I was golfing with my cousin once and a slow group in front of us had us held up. Then, these asswipes behind us hit into us. My cousin ran over their balls with his cart. Went and got the cart and drove it right back out onto the fairway and ran them over. Then waited for them to tee off behind us at the next hole, drove back and did it again, just because.
That's why God gave you two spleens, smart guy! (Wait, he didn't?)
My one and only hole in one. Next hole some fucker hits into us (we had no place to go either with people in front of us). Went from great moment to pissed.
Didn't see which one specifically did it but that foursome did not get free drinks when I finished.
Golf edicate is non-exsistant now.
Yes, it disappeared along with the ability to spell.
I’m sorry, but this is the worst golf advice I have ever seen and I could not disagree more. All of this seems very self indulgent and disrespectful to me. Just because you are not going to play on the tour means you have to ruin others’ experiences. And just because you don’t mind blaring music and cigarette butts and slow play means that you should impose that on others. Wear ear buds if you want. Take an ash tray in your cart. And buy your own course so you can enjoy a six hour round with your bros if that seems fun to you. Thanks for reading.
No. I am not going to make my day less enjoyable to increase your enjoyment. Your take seems very self indulgent and disrespectful to me. Do it your way is the only way. Screw that. I am out there to enjoy myself. I don't pay attention to anyone else on the course. You can easily not pay attention to me. You're in public, the expectation that other people do things they way you want it done is massively narcissistic and self-centered.
I turn down the music when I'm real close to other groups, but I don't turn it off. Ear buds bother me. I have never been able to wear them.
I have been golfing for 25 years and you're the first person I have ever heard mention an ashtray in a cart. I'll occasionally have a cigar but if I see a cig butt on the fringe, you know what I do? Not get bent out of shape. Then I flick it into the rough with a club like a normal person.
You do realize that expecting everyone else's enjoyment to be less so that your enjoyment is increased is pretty much the definition for narcissism, right?
Yes, I do. That's literally my exact point. You just said exactly what I said. It's also why I was arguing against slblue.
Slblue: “Wear ear buds if you want. Take an ash tray in your cart.” He’s asking me to enjoy my round less so he can enjoy his more. He, by your definition, is being narcissistic.
Me: “I turn down the music when I'm real close to other groups, but I don't turn it off. Ear buds bother me. I have never been able to wear them.” I respect that others don’t want to hear my music so I turn it down because I can’t wear ear buds. I understand adults smoke so I don’t whine about cigar and cig butts and deal with it like an adult.
You and slblue are the ones wanting others to change how other people go about their golf round to make your round more enjoyable to you. By your own definition, and mine, you are the narcissists in this.
Wanting others to do things by your standards is narcissistic. I am not advocating for that. I'm advocating for people to do whatever they want. Want to smoke? Fine. Want to not smoke? Fine. Want to listen to music? Fine. Want to not listen to music? Fine. Just be respectful of those around you when you get close to them.
I mean, I couldn’t imagine being bothered due to hearing music, seeing a cigarette butt, or cigar stub. It's golf .... on a public course. You don't like those things? Well, as slblue said, “buy your own course” and ban music and smoking.
Or people can be considerate and act as if they are not the only people on the course. Be sure your music is only heard by your group, (turning down music is acceptable IMO) pick up after themselves (smokers, drinkers, et cetera), and let faster players play through. It is not hard.
Yes. That's exactly what I am saying. You just repeated my point.
Instead of trying to make it so everyone plays by your rules (NO SMOKING and NO MUSIC) just be respectful of everyone around you.
It's pretty simple. Follow the golf course rules. If they want you to finish in 4 and 1/2 hours, you should try your best to do so. If they allow music on the course and it gets to loud, I'm sure a ranger will come tell you to turn it down. Just like you're asked to fix ball marks and rake the traps, you should pick up after yourself and not leave trash on the course. Last but not least, have fun. Any day golfing is better than a day working.
I started golfing at 15 with a neighbor. The very first thing he taught me was golf etiquette and how to improve pace of play. You should always prepare for your shot while your playing partners are hitting. Play ready golf. Always put your wedges / bag /cart in the direction of the next hole so that when you hole out, you're walking toward the next hole.
exactly my point. some group 2 holes ahead of me doesn't like music? too bad. it's allowed on all courses I play. when i get close to any group (30-40 yards) I turn it way down so you can't hear it unless you're within 10 feet of the cart, but that's just being respectful.
Pace of play is a huge deal tho. One slow groups makes things less enjoyable for dozens of people/groups behind. I've had it where slow afternoon groups kept those behind them from finishing before dark.
But they are not the same thing. If people play quiet and don't litter, it bothers no one and vast majority of the people are happy. You are advocating for the joy of the few over joy of many which is why it is selfish. Following your logic, I should be able to litter anywhere everywhere and put graffiti on any storefront I want since it makes me happy and who cares what you think, don't harsh on me.
I don't know how you do not get how narcissistic and selfish your point of view is.
I don't know how you do not get how narcissistic and selfish your point of view is.
Because you've completely misconstrued my point and mutated it into something I never said or hinted at ... just because you disagree with it.
You are advocating for the joy of the few over joy of many which is why it is selfish. Following your logic, I should be able to litter anywhere everywhere and put graffiti on any storefront I want since it makes me happy and who cares what you think, don't harsh on me.
I am literally not doing that whatsoever, and never did do that. I am advocating for "to each their own" as long as you're being cognizant and respectful of those around you, and to the course itself.
I never said it's ok to smash the greens with your club taking massive chunks out of it, or to randomly chop down trees, or to kick over ball washers, etc. That, in my mind, is the golf equivalent of "litter anywhere everywhere and put graffiti on any storefront I want since it makes me happy and who cares what you think."
The fact you disagree with my opinion so much that you'd equate my opinion (listening to music on a golf course is ok, and every course I play allows it, as long as you're respectful about it when you're approaching another group ) with criminal activity (graffiti, destruction of private property) says way more about you and your narcissistic views of golf than it does me.
Geese on the other hand as sworn (but respected) enemies.
Hard disagree on pace of play but for the exact same reason you gave. None of us are playing on tour so just play ready golf and get up there and hit a shot.
There's a special place in hell for people that hit into the next group on purpose though. That shit is incredibly dangerous.
Music on the course should be banned.
Music on the course? Hard pass on that. If your tunes can be heard by anybody but your immediate playing group, that's pretty inconsiderate. There's a lot of grey area between being the serious, wanna be pro who shows up dressed like Payne Stewart and the frat-party on grass you seem to be describing. A lot of folks take to the course to chill out, like you mention. Personally, I like being outside and hearing birds chirping or the wind rustling leaves and not Lynyrd Skynyrd blaring and bros crushing brewskis.
A proper round of golf should be completed in 3:30. We don’t care if you suck, but we do care if you’re slow. Ready golf, take a few clubs and your range finder to your ball, don’t hit 2-3 more “practice” shots after a duff/missed putt, enough with the plumb bob, if you can’t find a ball after a cursory look, hit another one as a lateral and move on.
Your mom doesn’t work at the course, if you have a disgusting habit, clean up after yourself and don’t leave shit that’s been in your gross mouth for others to see or pick up for you.
We go to the course to get away from electronics so put away your speakers, your phones, your tablets and focus on nature and the game (also helps with pace of play and concentration).
If the hacks played economical vice or Kirkland balls, which are good, maybe they wouldn’t take an extra 20 mins each hole looking for a lost ball.
Flagsticks stay in and actually statistically help rather than hurt you (and help with pace of play and the whole germ transmission thing).
Get one end of your golf towel wet and you’ll never miss the ball washer. If you don’t have a golf towel, bring a hand towel from home.
Sounds like you really need to spend your time on a pontoon boat, not a golf course.
Signed, every real golfer, everywhere!
Could not agree more on pace of play; if you suck, suck quickly. I don't care if you're a 20 or a stick, if you take 5 hours, I'll never play with you again. On the speaker, as long as other groups can't hear you, have at it. When I walk a midweek round, I never listen to music, but on a Saturday afternoon, I prefer it.
if you suck, suck quickly.
I swear, this thread is a just series of straight lines looking for a comedian.
Lol at everyone assuming I'm the one slowing people up. I don't. I was directing it at people who either let any of those things ruin their round or feel the need to scream (or type angrily) about it on the internet. My point is there are ways to get around or cope with all the things I listed.
Dude, a little self awareness please. Other golfers shouldn’t have to cope with those who lack etiquette.
I, an Ontarian, accept your pity
I had been working with a new pro all winter. My swing and distance control were starting to get something like dialed and then this fat asshole does a thing. Im sure I'll still be better but it could have been great