peasy23 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 I really like these golfing tales. Every golfer has them. Years before I’d had a hole in one I hit the pin at two par 3s in the same round (Dumfries and County GC the 6th and the 14th). Both times the ball stopped within a foot of the hole. I still have the golf balls that I used for the two aces I’ve had and also the golf ball I used in the round of golf where after years of playing I finally made it to single figure handicap. I’ve also holed a full 3 wood shot from about 210 yards on a par 5 in a match. Just to add to the story it was a provisional ball. Tee shot into bunker. Played out of bunker sideways. Hit 3 wood shot which looked as though it might be lost. Hit provisional up towards the green. Found original ball in an awful spot, had a couple of goes at moving it forwards and then conceded the hole. Went up to the green to get my provisional ball to discover it was in the hole for what would have been an amazing par 5. My workmate has had 2 holes in one, and didn't see the ball go in on either of them. The second one, he and his mate thought his ball had gone through the green, and after drawing a blank after a few minutes looking for it, his mate did the old "I'll check the hole just in case." [emoji23] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Never had a hole in one, came close on a few occasions. My auld man who has played off 5-12 for about 50 years has only had one, on a winter green less than 100 yards. Even he only claims it as 'half a hole in one'. I definitely think a lot of it is luck. Anyone watch this guys stuff ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishBhoy Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Looking to join a course at the start of next year, but struggling to find one to commit to. Played the majority of courses in my local area (Renfrewshire) and none have jumped out at me where I would be willing to be a member. A work colleague is a member at Ralston so I’ve played that quite often over the last few years, always enjoy playing it but it’s very expensive. Was a member of the course closest to me for years too but only because I didn’t drive at the time. I could feasibly travel anywhere across Glasgow, and in the other direction as far down as Ayr. Played Irvine Bogside in late summer and that is top of the list at the moment as the course was in excellent condition and looks like they have a good set up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Looking to join a course at the start of next year, but struggling to find one to commit to. Played the majority of courses in my local area (Renfrewshire) and none have jumped out at me where I would be willing to be a member. A work colleague is a member at Ralston so I’ve played that quite often over the last few years, always enjoy playing it but it’s very expensive. Was a member of the course closest to me for years too but only because I didn’t drive at the time. I could feasibly travel anywhere across Glasgow, and in the other direction as far down as Ayr. Played Irvine Bogside in late summer and that is top of the list at the moment as the course was in excellent condition and looks like they have a good set up. I’ve played many times with a pal who is a member at East Renfrewshire and really like it as a course. My mate seems happy as a member there but it’s not something we’ve discussed in any detail. The only other course in that area I’ve played is Cathkin Braes which I also enjoyed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishBhoy Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 11 minutes ago, Distant Doonhamer said: I’ve played many times with a pal who is a member at East Renfrewshire and really like it as a course. My mate seems happy as a member there but it’s not something we’ve discussed in any detail. The only other course in that area I’ve played is Cathkin Braes which I also enjoyed. Cheers for that, will keep it in mind. The plan is for me and my pal to go and play as many courses as we can in the early part of 2021, before picking one to join around April time. Only issue I think we might find around the East Renfrewshire area is that green fees will be higher due to it being a more affluent area. I don’t grudge paying the money if I think the course is worth it, but I find the courses around Glasgow that have got a good name for themselves also have extortionate fees. Obviously too far away for me to join, but you can play both the courses at Monifeith for £520 year round, compared to £1200+ for a parkland course in the Glasgow area. Irvine still the favourite for us. Lovely flat layout, nice links feel about it and 25 minute drive from my house or there’s a train station nearby if playing in a competition or going for a drink after it. Have you played Irvine before? I 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Cheers for that, will keep it in mind. The plan is for me and my pal to go and play as many courses as we can in the early part of 2021, before picking one to join around April time. Only issue I think we might find around the East Renfrewshire area is that green fees will be higher due to it being a more affluent area. I don’t grudge paying the money if I think the course is worth it, but I find the courses around Glasgow that have got a good name for themselves also have extortionate fees. Obviously too far away for me to join, but you can play both the courses at Monifeith for £520 year round, compared to £1200+ for a parkland course in the Glasgow area. Irvine still the favourite for us. Lovely flat layout, nice links feel about it and 25 minute drive from my house or there’s a train station nearby if playing in a competition or going for a drink after it. Have you played Irvine before? I Have never played at Irvine. Sounds good from your description. Good luck finding a place to join. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 I really like these golfing tales. Every golfer has them. Years before I’d had a hole in one I hit the pin at two par 3s in the same round (Dumfries and County GC the 6th and the 14th). Both times the ball stopped within a foot of the hole. I still have the golf balls that I used for the two aces I’ve had and also the golf ball I used in the round of golf where after years of playing I finally made it to single figure handicap. I’ve also holed a full 3 wood shot from about 210 yards on a par 5 in a match. Just to add to the story it was a provisional ball. Tee shot into bunker. Played out of bunker sideways. Hit 3 wood shot which looked as though it might be lost. Hit provisional up towards the green. Found original ball in an awful spot, had a couple of goes at moving it forwards and then conceded the hole. Went up to the green to get my provisional ball to discover it was in the hole for what would have been an amazing par 5. I have the balls I used for my second and third holes in one. The first one I didn't think to stick it back in the bag, teed it up on the 3rd and hit an almight carve OB. Fucking raging [emoji23] I kept the wedge I'd used for them for years. I chucked it out a few years back when I snapped it during a comedy headsgone and it wasn't worth the cost of reshafting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickoverayard Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Wife has managed to wangle me 2 4 balls at gleneagles next year so hopefully we can get it played! I’m at a lad from bowling to get me a game at Muirfield and Royal Liverpool he’s a green keeper at Gullane and his dad is head at Royal Liverpool so fingers crossed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lichtie23 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 As Iv said before I refuse to play on winter greens so by the looks of it I won’t be back out on the course for a week at least 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 On 09/12/2020 at 20:38, Henderson to deliver ..... said: **Pick your team here** I've supplied current WGR, 2020 PGA tour money list finish (season ending Sept 2020) and 2020 Road to Dubai position (finishes this week) where possible. *remember, 1 from each pool, 1 from each list, then any 4 from the lists* *closing date is 6th January 2021* Pool A. The big dogs. 11 majors and $240 million career earnings between them. Golf's long hitting, big swinging alpha males. Reveal hidden contents WGR PGA RTD Johnson 1 3 Rahm 2 2 20 Thomas 3 1 McIlroy 4 8 17 DeChambeau 5 6 Koepka 12 81 Pool B. The young guns. Someone once said 'you won't win anything with kids'. They were wrong. These are best golfers under 25 in the world. Reveal hidden contents WGR PGA RTD Morikawa 7 4 3 Wolff 14 32 Hovland 15 41 113 Im 20 9 15 Scheffler 31 22 Niemann 43 19 Pool C. Team America, f**k yeah. These guys like Chevy's, Cheeseburgers and Chipping in from the Rough. Reveal hidden contents WGR PGA RTD Simpson 6 5 Schauffele 8 11 Cantlay 9 36 98 Reed 11 10 1 Berger 13 7 Kisner 25 31 Pool D. For Queen and Country. Amazingly, England have 8 players in the world's top 50, comfortably more than any nation outside of the US. Tally ho chaps. Reveal hidden contents WGR PGA RTD Hatton 10 13 9 Fleetwood 16 88 2 Fitzpatrick 22 37 16 Casey 24 44 12 Rose 33 93 96 Westwood 47 4 Pool E. All the President's (cup) men. 6 golfers from 4 continents. The best of the rest of the world. Reveal hidden contents WGR PGA RTD Scott 17 30 37 Matsuyama 19 12 Oosthuizen 21 66 8 Ancer 23 20 50 Smith 27 27 Leishman 28 17 Pool F. We may have voted for Brexit, but these guys wont hold it against us. Team Europe, classy as ever ladies and gentlemen. Reveal hidden contents WGR PGA RTD Lowry 32 112 35 Perez 37 6 Wiesberger 40 54 Garcia 44 124 82 Stenson 58 203 187 MacIntyre 59 22 PGA Tour list. A varied selection of up and comers, nearly men, steady eddies and fading superstars. Reveal hidden contents PGA WGR Todd 14 46 English 15 29 Griffin 16 61 Finau 18 18 Munoz 21 56 Na 23 39 Palmer 24 30 Streelman 25 51 Horschel 26 41 Champ 28 71 An 29 72 Woodland 33 36 Woods 38 38 Hughes 39 50 Day 42 42 Watson 53 45 Kuchar 55 34 Frittelli 57 68 Kokrak 59 26 Mickelson 60 67 Henley 73 60 Spieth 78 78 Poulter 87 48 Fowler 97 52 Lewis 101 74 Z Johnson 113 97 McDowell 115 77 Willett 130 65 Knox 137 220 Laird 183 89 European Tour list. Don't let the world rankings fool you. These guys travel the world trying to earn a decent living. Remember in this game, a win in Florida isn't worth any more than a win in whatever Asian/Middle East/African backwater is hosting the weekly European Tour event. Reveal hidden contents RTD WGR Bezuidenhout 5 35 Rai 7 81 Herbert 10 69 Sullivan 11 66 R Hojgaard 13 82 Van Rooyen 14 53 Valimaki 18 85 Detry 19 87 Paratore 21 144 Horsfield 23 99 Rozner 24 129 Campillo 25 111 Kaymer 27 86 Otaegui 28 158 Catlin 30 96 Stone 33 207 Wallace 34 49 Coetzee 36 93 Green 42 188 Pieters 45 83 Grace 51 136 Warren 52 233 Arnaus 57 143 Kinhult 62 124 Donaldson 63 183 Pepperell 64 125 Syme 67 234 Forrest 68 319 Jamieson 69 237 Higgo 71 103 Luiten 72 157 Li 78 160 Cabrera Bello 89 95 F Molinari 249 100 On 09/12/2020 at 20:38, Henderson to deliver ..... said: **Welcome to the 1st Annual P&B Fantasy Golf League** - Pick a squad of 12 golfers from 100 of the world's best and earn enough points to be crowned as p&b's official golfing expert. - Season starts 7th January and concludes with the Road to Dubai World Championship.*(date tbc / approx mid November) Picking your 12 man squad. -there are 6 pools of 6 players. You may only pick 1 from each pool. -there is a PGA Tour list and a European Tour list. You must pick 1 from each list. -your 4 remaining picks can be any combination from the 2 Tour lists. (ex. 3 pga + 1 euro, 0 pga + 4 euro etc) -There will be 3 transfer windows, with unlimited transfers. Scoring points. -All regular PGA and European Tour events score the same. - a 1.5x multiplier for bigger events like WGC's and the Rolex Series. 2x multiplier for the 4 Major championships. Plus other bonuses. - 1st - 50 points 2nd- 30 points 3rd- 20 points 4th- 16 points 5th- 12 points 6-10th- 8 points 11-20th- 4 points Nice and simple stuff, teams to be in for 6th January, either on the thread or via PM. The more the merrier, if you've posted on this thread in the last 6 months and haven't entered a team by New Year, I'll be tagging you in multiple posts until you enter. * more picks and scoring info here. Reveal hidden contents -There will be 3 transfer windows. 4th-8th April (week before Masters) 19th-22nd July (week after the Open) 6th -13th Sept (week after Tour Championship) -If there's anyone you want to pick who isn't on the Tour lists, I will add them during the 1st transfer window. -Any ties will receive full points. Example, if 10 golfers tie for third, they will all receive the full 20 points, next place would then be 13th and would get the appropriate points for that position. -If you manage to have the winner on both tours in the same week, then it's a 50 point bonus. -Having 1st and 2nd in the same tournament will also land a 50 point bonus. -Full list of extra point events will be up before the big tee off. I'm waiting on the European Tour confirming their 2021 schedule. -Any disputes, the Competition Director's decision is final. With the European Tour Schedule finally released today, I can confirm the 16 bonus point events for this years fantasy golf league. Reveal hidden contents Reveal hidden contents - Prizes* -For the overall title following the competition ending DP World Tour Championship on Nov 21st. 1st place = £20 (4x£5) to place on any golf market on Skybet. 2nd place = £10 (2x£5) 3rd place = £5 -Mini Leagues. There will be two imaginatively titled mini leagues over the year. -The Road to Augusta. Whoever scores the most points between the competition start on Thurday January 7th until Sunday April 3rd, will win £10 (2x£5) to place on any Skybet Masters golf market. -The Race to Whistling Straits. Whoever scores the most points between Thursday 8th April (the masters) and Sunday 19th September (klm dutch open) will win £10 (2x£5) to place on any Skybet Ryder Cup golf market. * Reveal hidden contents Reveal hidden contents I think that's pretty much it. Just down to you guys picking your teams. Hopefully get a decent number. I'll add all this to the original post and repost it all again in a couple of weeks. Remember to get your fantasy golf picks in lads. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 New lockdown measures mean golf can still be played but by a max group size of two from a maximum of two households.https://scottishgolf.org/covid-19-update-4-january-2021/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 New lockdown measures mean golf can still be played but by a max group size of two from a maximum of two households.https://scottishgolf.org/covid-19-update-4-january-2021/Not that big a problem for me at this time of year, quite often zip round a quick 18 holes on my own through the winter. If the tees are forward and a lot of winter greens on I can get round in just over 2 hours.Few moans on the club's Facebook page as they cancelled all bookings from tomorrow onwards, don't really see what else they could do with 3 and 4 ball bookings. Would be even more uproar if they just scrubbed one or two names. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Sounds like courses in England are going to close. My club will likely limit us all to 9 holes for the next while to allow reasonable access for the biggest number. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickoverayard Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 What’s boiling my piss is our club is taking golf now bookings when I can’t get on because of it!!! Bad craic like 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 What’s boiling my piss is our club is taking golf now bookings when I can’t get on because of it!!! Bad craic like That is horseshit tbf. We are members and guests only. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickoverayard Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 That is horseshit tbf. We are members and guests only.I know I’m just in the door but I’d have thought member should be priority even max of 2 rounds a week 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 I don’t think il be back out on a course until February. Courses in my area are all closed and don’t look like opening soon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, lichtie23 said: I don’t think il be back out on a course until February. Courses in my area are all closed and don’t look like opening soon Is that weather related (rather than Covid). If weather many areas look a good bit milder from next week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, lichtie23 said: I don’t think il be back out on a course until February. Courses in my area are all closed and don’t look like opening soon Sir Graham Brady asking in the Commons today why two people from the same household can walk across a golf course but it’s illegal for them to play golf on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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