FOAK: Golf

But just think what you could do if you could use a driver!

Tony

 

It's a pleasant way of spending some time away from work - restful until
it becomes frustrating - and that's where it gets interesting as it
becomes a challenge to improve!

Mate has offered me a used set of clubs FOC so must be worth a try.

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jeremy
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Been lurking there for a couple of days and, my word, there's posts
about rule interpretation such as rule 25-1c(iii) and if the ball is
lying in 'casual water' - I never realised there were that many rules


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jeremy
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Now this makes complete sense.

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jeremy
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Cheers for the offer, a mate has offered me some FOC so looks like I'm
sorted initially - going to take a look and see how i get on with them.

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jeremy
['75 RD250A ] | ['02 Fazer 600 in blue]
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My parents are both keen players and my mother once lost a team competition
because the opponents dug up some obscure rule that her team had breached by
making a change to their team less than 10 minutes before the tee-off time.


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The speccy Geordie twat.

 

yeah, one of the local clubs does do this.

Plus the pro shop have said I can 'test drive' some clubs on the driving
range there so I'll do this.

Not sure I'll ever be any good at the game though. But intend to give it
a good try.

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jeremy
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Yep figured as much.

I understand this.

I guess I've got a lot to learn but just one question - not familiar
with the terms cavity-back and blade - assume cavity back is a thicker
appearance but with an open back - yes?

I'm thinking about lessons....

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jeremy
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Still, bit harsh of them to blame it all on your mother.

 

Humph

I've tried loads - just never found one I could just pick up and hit every
time.

 

But lots and lots of people do it - you only need to take a wander down you
local club and watch people teeing off to see it.

 

Yup - cavity are also usually bigger than blades. WHen you look in the shop
you'll see the difference straight away.

IF you hit them, you'll notice it even more so in the way they feel.

Practice practice practice...

 

If they have been laying around for a while, check the (rubber?) grips
are not perished. Doesn't cost a lot to get them regripped.

 

It's a stick. It has a lump on one end [1]. You use it to hit a little
white ball. Then you go for drinks. Why not cut out the tedious middle
section and go straight for the booze? YKIMS. Alternatively, have the
drinks first, then play golf. The entertainment value for both players
and spectators is increased manyfold, and it adds an element of danger
to the game (which it sorely needs, other than the risk of being struck
by lightning). Also, given the general belief that the game is Scottish
in origin, this is far more likely the intention of its creator.

[1] Which end is debatable.

 

Applies to a few people that have / do post here also.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

I dunno. What ever happened to good old-fashioned skill, using ordinary
clubs?

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FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

Most players seem to have enough non-skill to more than compensate for
any apparent , oversold advantage offered by the equipment.

 

Drinking while playing is the best compromise. The Golf Soc I play with
annually has a 'drinkers handicap' Texas Scramble competition, which
we've won 4 out of the last 4 years. Saturday's drink of choice was a
bottle of Captain Morgan each with a few cans in there to make carrying
the bags more of an ordeal. With the weather on Saturday the rum was
much appreciated actually and as you say a few comedy moments on the
later holes as it took effect.

I didn't appreciate being driven into a bunker in a buggy though, far
too real life "Jackass" for my liking.