Fore! Who's playing golf, yo-

So, for the majors, 4 buddies of mine and I make golf picks. 6 rounds. 5 normal picks, then a wild card that is worth double. (from each person) $20 for picking the winner, 10 for top 5, 5 for top 10, 2 for top 20, $1 for a made cut. Here's who I got. I would trade Westwood for Bubba right now with his month off, and again, I don't think he has the mental stamina for this tourney, and word is, he doesn't like the course, but Westwood got taken. I had first pick this time.

So I've got:
Tiger
Bubba
Peter Hansen
Furyk
Padraig
Oosthuizen

Played at a club called Moselem Springs on Monday , George Fazio design built in 1964 .
The course is just fabulous , 18 holes on 250 acres , no houses , no gimmicks , absolutely immaculate conditions .
It was a fun tournament 36 holes first round 2-man best ball , second round Chapman scotch ( both guys tee-off , then you hit your partners ball , then pick the best ball and alternate shots until the ball is holed ) .

AAAAAlmost belongs in the Collection of junk thread...
http://waltersgolf.com/par-mates-caddy-program.asp

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AAAAAlmost belongs in the Collection of junk thread...
http://waltersgolf.com/par-mates-caddy-program.asp

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She can clean my club and balls anytime.

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Originally Posted by MotherFucker

She can clean my club and balls anytime.

http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/...ovich/Kara.jpg

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She can clean her own by the looks of it.

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AAAAAlmost belongs in the Collection of junk thread...
http://waltersgolf.com/par-mates-caddy-program.asp

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pffft...it's in Vegas. $225 + tip can get more than just holding the flagstick.

I'd bet you could convince them to be the 19th hole.

So, as discussed earlier- I'm looking to unload two Saturday U.S. Open grounds passes. It's sold out and we did have to pay a pretty decent service charge (roughly 20% extra) so I'd like to get face value, $125 each. Holler if you're interested.

Played Redtail Mountain in Mountain City, TN today. Decent course with some great views and a couple of quirky holes. Hit 15 greens and shot 75. 4 three putts! LOL 2 of them were virtually impossible to 2 putt. Interesting factoid, I played with the head pro who was the first left-handed American to win on the PGA Tour.

http://www.redtailmountain.com/gallerygolf/

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Originally Posted by Steven S. Dallas

So, as discussed earlier- I'm looking to unload two Saturday U.S. Open grounds passes. It's sold out and we did have to pay a pretty decent service charge (roughly 20% extra) so I'd like to get face value, $125 each. Holler if you're interested.

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Are you going but have extra or not able to make it, hence the sale (apologies if that info is buried in this thread)? If the later, I hope your alternative plans involve The French Laundry and a night of dubious morals at the Fairmont.

Just think bringing a six-week-old will be more trouble than it's worth. And far from any Dionysian pleasures, I'll probably spend the proceeds of any sale on diapers and nipple chafing cream- don't tell my wife and child, though. They can get their own.

Point the AC at the dog crate?

went to the range today and hit 120 balls, probably 30 w/ 56* wedge, 80 with 6 iron and 10 w/ 4 iron and hybrid. all but a few were straight and i didn't top any, though i hit several pretty thin. i am definitely starting to calm down. hitting 60 or so with the 56* on the soccer field twice a day has really helped me slow down my swing and it definitely carried over to the longer clubs. i also did a little pitching and putting for about a half hour before calling it quits because my back couldn't take any more.

i'll be back at the range tomorrow and will get a 45 minute lesson with the irons and another 45 with the putter. i'm playing on friday morning with the guy who got me into the club, so i've decided that regardless of whatever anybody else is doing, i will probably leave my driver in the bag and use the 4 iron or hybrid off the tee since i haven't figured out the driver yet. i'd rather be a little short off the tee but reasonably straight because anything off the fairway at this course is likely lost on several holes.

changed my grip last night late while baked swinging my heavy club. Took it to the chipping green then to the range today and, holy balls it feels good.

I have small hands (big dick though, fuck you), and I went from a interlocking grip 10 years ago to overlapping about 8 years ago. Back to interlocking today and I am happy.

Got out to Buffalo Run last night for a late evening nine with the wife and a buddy of ours. That is one beautiful course; quite possibly the nicest course I've played this season. It's easily up there with Riverdale Dunes. Course conditions were immaculate. Links golf at it's finest and for $1 a hole after 6pm, you can't fuckin' beat it. Seriously thinking about getting a regular weekly evening nine in. So sick.

Got a few pics but nothing spectacular since the light was pretty flat. No cart girls this time. They weren't sending her out just for us; we had the entire front nine to ourselves.

2nd shot into the par 4 first (thanks to a certain 50 degree and a few tips from some weird guy):

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Pictures don't do this par 3 justice. Just a beautiful golf hole:

http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/...h/100_3836.jpg


Started getting dark out there but we played on. Three pairs of eyes can follow a ball in even the flattest light.

http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/...h/100_3846.jpg


Little Longs action.

http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/...h/100_3849.jpg


Sprinklers came on at the seventh but only on the greens so we kept playing.

http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/...h/100_3863.jpg


On the eighth the head pro came through to make sure we didn't steal the cart. After watching my buddy and I stripe our tee shots, he didn't say shit, he just drove back to the clubhouse. Thanks for letting us finish Mr. Head Pro! The following is a very happy MotherFucker who parred the last hole in the sprinklers. What a great fuckin' time! Finished at 8:51p.

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^^^^^^ fucking awesome.........

that looks like a "successories" poster with the line PRIORITIES on it...

Meh, looks like a controlled burn.

maybe it is flatlander#2's house and he went ahead and told the FD to "let it burn"???

I wonder if his putt burned the edge ?

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Meh, looks like a controlled burn in L.A., I'd play through too.

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I fixed it for ya...fucking brilliant!

I want to get out somewhere new next Monday or Tuesday but have to keep it cheap so was thinking of a Denver city course. Maybe Willis Case.

Anyone down?

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nice.....

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I want to get out somewhere new next Monday or Tuesday but have to keep it cheap so was thinking of a Denver city course. Maybe Willis Case.

Anyone down?

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Give me another shot at City Park? In for wherever though.

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Give me another shot at City Park? In for wherever though.

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I'd be down for CP. Make a tee time and let me know when we're playing. I'm good anytime early next week.

So I posted this TR on a different forum and a couple dickbags are talking about how they have a "no house" rule where they won't play any course where homes or condos are along the holes.

Tell me this isn't something most golfers do. That would eliminate some pretty sick courses.

Uhh wouldn't that eliminate like every course?

I've run into this a couple times. Or at least where someone says, specifically about Indian Peaks, "Man, when I pulled up to this course surrounded by houses I thought it wasn't going to be any good, but that place is awesome!"
The reasoning behind this is that often times courses that are built as a part of a housing development are frequently there JUST to raise the value of the homes surrounding it, and the design of the course is an afterthought. However, many courses that start this way end up getting remodeled, redone, or actually are good courses in the first place. But this is where the hesitation to play these courses comes from.

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I've run into this a couple times. Or at least where someone says, specifically about Indian Peaks, "Man, when I pulled up to this course surrounded by houses I thought it wasn't going to be any good, but that place is awesome!"
The reasoning behind this is that often times courses that are built as a part of a housing development are frequently there JUST to raise the value of the homes surrounding it, and the design of the course is an afterthought. However, many courses that start this way end up getting remodeled, redone, or actually are good courses in the first place. But this is where the hesitation to play these courses comes from.

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This is the reasoning, with courses in a housing development often the best land for the course is taken up by the housing, so they throw the course on whatever land is unsuitable for housing. And then there is the idea that when you are surrounded by houses the setting becomes less majestic. The perfect example of this is Murphy Creek, the front nine has no houses on it and I find it to be much more visually appealing than the second nine which is pretty much completely surrounded by houses on most holes. It doesn't stop me from playing there, Murphy Creek and CommonGround are where I play 95% of the time in Denver, but I do think it takes the course down a notch or so.

Gota agree , playing golf thru a housing development sucks .
I live on a golf course that is built thru a housing development .

you know why it's not snowboarding? because i won't stop to take pictures when i snowboard.

arrayanes country club, one of the most exclusive in ecuador.

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there are a lot of unique and beautiful things about this course, not the least of which is the sky (at roughly 9000 fasl)

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narrow fairways, frequently with steep drop-off into ravines of one sort or another
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speaking of steep drop-offs, this is the view from the tee box at 15. roughly 200 yards to clear the enormous ravine, which you can't really appreciate in this picture
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said ravine from the bridge across it
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i left my driver in the bag for all but two tee shots because i haven't practiced with it and have little confidence in it. i sliced this tee shot and cleared the ravine by a yard. one of the caddies i met at the scramble last week said they send caddies down into the ravine to recover balls.
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my favorite tree on the course
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the sun beats down you like the fires of hell. the shade under my favorite tree is peculiar and wonderful
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sand traps and bunkers aren't quite the same as at home
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a few other miscellaneous shots
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^Looks tremendous.

Wow Spook, best golf TR yet. Ecuador is badass. I have some old friends in Nicaragua.

Great tree shots too.

Nice pics Spook.

rad photos!!!

that ravine looks like it means bizness, and the tree looks like the one from lion king!!!

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rad photos!!!

that ravine looks like it means bizness, and the tree looks like the one from lion king!!!

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the tree is dead center in the middle of the fairway, with water to the left and out of bounds to the right.

Beautiful, Spook. Great TR.

Wife and I are getting out to Hyland today. Trying to nudge her into playing Blue instead of South. She's hitting the ball so well I feel safe bringing her on a weekend round now but she gets how fucking pissed people get waiting for slow players and is still scared to play a big boy course on a Sat or Sun.

If she plays topless , all is forgiven .

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If she plays topless , all is forgiven .

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Typically, although we'll need pics to determine if that's the case here.