Distant Doonhamer Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 25 minutes ago, 8MileBU said: 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. As things stand if the weather improves we can play golf on Scottish courses. Two people from up to two households. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 On 31/12/2020 at 19:46, IrishBhoy said: 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. Years (maybe decades!) since I played them but Lochwinnoch an interesting course; Beith - the original 9 is great fun but the new 9 basically a field; the Ranfurly’s in Bridge of Weir probably fit your bill but I expect may now be a touch on the expensive side. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 9 minutes ago, Distant Doonhamer said: As things stand if the weather improves we can play golf on Scottish courses. Two people from up to two households. Yes I know but in England, Wales and Ireland it’s illegal and makes no sense in the most farcical of fashions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 1 minute ago, 8MileBU said: Yes I know but in England, Wales and Ireland it’s illegal and makes no sense in the most farcical of fashions. Fair enough. I just assumed as you replied quoting Lichtie 23 that you were referring to Scotland. He's in Scotland (I think). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, Distant Doonhamer said: Fair enough. I just assumed as you replied quoting Lichtie 23 that you were referring to Scotland. He's in Scotland (I think). Nah just because of the mention of courses being closed and having been amused by the golf chat in the commons today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Is that weather related (rather than Covid). If weather many areas look a good bit milder from next week.Weather. The courses I play in Angus (mates are members) are covered in thick ice which will eventually melt and leave the course saturated. I’m a member of a course in Fife (only 25 miles from my front door in Arbroath) but I obviously can’t play there just now due to travel restrictions. Best I can do the now is head to the Forfar driving range and smash range balls into the nights sky. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 @Mark Connolly @Day of the Lords @doulikefish @Distant Doonhamer @John Lambies Doos @alta-pete @Honest_Man#1 @J_Stewart @peasy23 @Mr Hahn @dirty dingus @die hard doonhamer @quickoverayard @Carnoustie Young Guvnor @expatowner @KnightswoodBear Tagging you if you've posted on this thread in the last couple of months. Get your fantasy golf teams in please. Got 5 entries so far, so would be nice to make double figures, I'll accept entries up until Friday, on the thread or via pm. Takes 5 minutes, 1 from each pool, 1 from each list and then another 4 to make 12 in total. Everything is on page 338, for rules, scoring, prizes etc. 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 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Get involved lads. Should be a good laugh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 By close of play tomorrow... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 The more entries there are, the less chance there is of me finishing last, so hopefully a few more will come on board. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expatowner Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 We have been touring New Zealand for the last 6 months, and have played 117 rounds of golf on 105 courses, which works out at roughly 4½ rounds per week. The cost of each round is usually around the $25-$35 mark. Word of thanks - Most / many of the courses do not have even one full-time greenkeeper with the members volunteering to look after bits of the course. They all do a fantastic job. We also count our blessings in being able to travel and golf freely when many people around the world are so badly impacted by Covid and the restrictions. Both of our handicaps have clicked up a notch since we set out last July, but that’s to be expected playing new courses every other day. The maps show you (in black) where we have been: North Island – We tackled Northlands first, then over to The Coromandel, around Hamilton, across to Taranaki, then down the west coast to Wellington. South Island –from Picton we came down the west coast through Tasman, Buller, Grey, Westland, Queenstown Lakes and Southland. There wasn’t an awful lot of courses taking this route, but the scenery is too good to miss. North Island South Island Our plan is to take the next 6 months, to cover many of the west coast courses first on the South Island and then the North Island, finishing back in Auckland around June. Highlights and one ‘lowlight’: The quirkiest course award encountered so far is currently a tie between Rangatira and Roxburgh. Rangatira is set out on a number of descending levels and, after completing the 18th, you catch a ‘ski lift’ to get back up to the clubhouse level. Roxburgh has sculpted around various outcrops of rock sticking up along the fairways and close to the greens, sounds a bit intimidating but they add to, rather than detract from, enjoying the course. Roxburgh is a fairly short course so placement of our tee shots was important. Rangatira ski lift Roxburgh rock outcrops A special mention goes to Ngaruawahia near Hamilton, everywhere you looked things were neat and tidy – fairways, greens, bunkers, practice area, clubhouse, not one discarded beer bottle to be seen anywhere! A delight to play from start to finish. To my shame, I am currently winning the bad behaviour award for the furthest thrown club for my effort on the 5th at Manawatu (at least twice as far as my ball travelled) Mornington in Wellington, requires lungs of steel and legs like a cart horse, to cope with all the ups and downs that it throws you. Not one for the faint hearted! Most sheep on the course award is currently a tie between Taihape and Buckley. Wainuiomata picks up a special award just for its second hole - only 154m, but there’s one HUGE tree that’s VERY difficult to go over and still get to the green and it seems to fill most of the tight “fairway” and causes trouble for players as they try to play beneath. Goldendowns golf course has an option to play New Zealands longest par 5 hole at 659m, I chickened out and played the 505m option. Best par 3 is the big drop 12th at Taihape (133m), with trouble right and left, which reminded me of the old 17th hole at my home course in Kinghorn, Scotland. Taihape 12thhole Best par 4 – pick any one of many dog-leg holes at Waitomo. Waitomo dog-leg Best par 5 is the 13th at Wellsford with its humongous drop away. The most intimidating first tee award goes, hands down, to Te Marua - where a huge, straight drive is required just to get across the river. Te Marua first hole tee to landing area Nearest the pin was my shot that landed a foot away and stayed within two feet of the pin on the 13th hole (124m) at Kerikeri. Nearest the pin Anyway that’s all from us, for now. Happy New Year and play good golf everybody! List of Courses played North Island– 88 courses, 99 rounds Muriwai, South Head, Tapora, Northern Wairoa(x2), Kaitai(x2), Houhora(x2), Carrington, Whangaroa, Okaihau, Waitangi, Kerikeri, Kaihoke, Whangarei(x2), Waipu, Mangawhai, Wellsford, Maramarua, Hauraki(x2), Thames, Coromandel, Matarangi, Whitiangi, Purangi, Tairua, The Lakes, Whangamata, Waihi, Fairview, Summerhill, Omokoroa, Mt Maunganui, Matamata, Te Aroha, Watton, Paeroa, Waikere, Huntly, Riverside, Hukanui, Cambridge, Ngaruawahia(x2), Raglan(x2), Horsham, Te Awamutu, Otorohanga, Tirau, Putaruru, Tokoroa, Mangakino, Taumarunui, Urenui, Kaitake, Opunake, Manaia, Hawera, Fitzroy, Westown(x2), Inglewood, Stratford, Eltham, Ohakune, Taihape, Rangatira, Castlecliff, Wanganui, Marton, Orlando, Manawatu, Palmerston North, Fielding, Foxton, Otaki, Buckley, Levin, Waikanae, Paraparaumu, Kapiti, Titahi, Ohariu, Karori(x2), Judgeford(x2), Hutt Valley, Trentham, Te Marua, Manor Park, Boulcotts Farm, Wainuiomata(x2), Mornington. South Island– 17 courses, 18 rounds Waahi Taakaro, Greenacres, Nelson(x2), Takaka, Motueka, Totaradale, Golden Downs, Murchison, Westport, Reefton, Hokitika, Hawea, Cromwell, Alexandra, Roxburgh, Waikaka, 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 8 hours ago, expatowner said: We have been touring New Zealand for the last 6 months, and have played 117 rounds of golf on 105 courses, which works out at roughly 4½ rounds per week. The cost of each round is usually around the $25-$35 mark. Word of thanks - Most / many of the courses do not have even one full-time greenkeeper with the members volunteering to look after bits of the course. They all do a fantastic job. We also count our blessings in being able to travel and golf freely when many people around the world are so badly impacted by Covid and the restrictions. Both of our handicaps have clicked up a notch since we set out last July, but that’s to be expected playing new courses every other day. The maps show you (in black) where we have been: North Island – We tackled Northlands first, then over to The Coromandel, around Hamilton, across to Taranaki, then down the west coast to Wellington. South Island –from Picton we came down the west coast through Tasman, Buller, Grey, Westland, Queenstown Lakes and Southland. There wasn’t an awful lot of courses taking this route, but the scenery is too good to miss. North Island South Island Our plan is to take the next 6 months, to cover many of the west coast courses first on the South Island and then the North Island, finishing back in Auckland around June. Highlights and one ‘lowlight’: The quirkiest course award encountered so far is currently a tie between Rangatira and Roxburgh. Rangatira is set out on a number of descending levels and, after completing the 18th, you catch a ‘ski lift’ to get back up to the clubhouse level. Roxburgh has sculpted around various outcrops of rock sticking up along the fairways and close to the greens, sounds a bit intimidating but they add to, rather than detract from, enjoying the course. Roxburgh is a fairly short course so placement of our tee shots was important. Rangatira ski lift Roxburgh rock outcrops A special mention goes to Ngaruawahia near Hamilton, everywhere you looked things were neat and tidy – fairways, greens, bunkers, practice area, clubhouse, not one discarded beer bottle to be seen anywhere! A delight to play from start to finish. To my shame, I am currently winning the bad behaviour award for the furthest thrown club for my effort on the 5th at Manawatu (at least twice as far as my ball travelled) Mornington in Wellington, requires lungs of steel and legs like a cart horse, to cope with all the ups and downs that it throws you. Not one for the faint hearted! Most sheep on the course award is currently a tie between Taihape and Buckley. Wainuiomata picks up a special award just for its second hole - only 154m, but there’s one HUGE tree that’s VERY difficult to go over and still get to the green and it seems to fill most of the tight “fairway” and causes trouble for players as they try to play beneath. Goldendowns golf course has an option to play New Zealands longest par 5 hole at 659m, I chickened out and played the 505m option. Best par 3 is the big drop 12th at Taihape (133m), with trouble right and left, which reminded me of the old 17th hole at my home course in Kinghorn, Scotland. Taihape 12thhole Best par 4 – pick any one of many dog-leg holes at Waitomo. Waitomo dog-leg Best par 5 is the 13th at Wellsford with its humongous drop away. The most intimidating first tee award goes, hands down, to Te Marua - where a huge, straight drive is required just to get across the river. Te Marua first hole tee to landing area Nearest the pin was my shot that landed a foot away and stayed within two feet of the pin on the 13th hole (124m) at Kerikeri. Nearest the pin Anyway that’s all from us, for now. Happy New Year and play good golf everybody! List of Courses played North Island– 88 courses, 99 rounds Muriwai, South Head, Tapora, Northern Wairoa(x2), Kaitai(x2), Houhora(x2), Carrington, Whangaroa, Okaihau, Waitangi, Kerikeri, Kaihoke, Whangarei(x2), Waipu, Mangawhai, Wellsford, Maramarua, Hauraki(x2), Thames, Coromandel, Matarangi, Whitiangi, Purangi, Tairua, The Lakes, Whangamata, Waihi, Fairview, Summerhill, Omokoroa, Mt Maunganui, Matamata, Te Aroha, Watton, Paeroa, Waikere, Huntly, Riverside, Hukanui, Cambridge, Ngaruawahia(x2), Raglan(x2), Horsham, Te Awamutu, Otorohanga, Tirau, Putaruru, Tokoroa, Mangakino, Taumarunui, Urenui, Kaitake, Opunake, Manaia, Hawera, Fitzroy, Westown(x2), Inglewood, Stratford, Eltham, Ohakune, Taihape, Rangatira, Castlecliff, Wanganui, Marton, Orlando, Manawatu, Palmerston North, Fielding, Foxton, Otaki, Buckley, Levin, Waikanae, Paraparaumu, Kapiti, Titahi, Ohariu, Karori(x2), Judgeford(x2), Hutt Valley, Trentham, Te Marua, Manor Park, Boulcotts Farm, Wainuiomata(x2), Mornington. South Island– 17 courses, 18 rounds Waahi Taakaro, Greenacres, Nelson(x2), Takaka, Motueka, Totaradale, Golden Downs, Murchison, Westport, Reefton, Hokitika, Hawea, Cromwell, Alexandra, Roxburgh, Waikaka, What a fantastic adventure. Not at all jealous 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickoverayard Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 The wife’s brother sent this while he was out golfing .... a reason I’ll never be on the course in Australia [emoji1037] [emoji216] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 @Henderson to deliver ..... DeChambeau, Morikawa, Reed, Fleetwood, Oosthuizen, MacIntyre, Woods, Pepperell, Na, Champ, Watson, Mickelson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 21 hours ago, quickoverayard said: The wife’s brother sent this while he was out golfing .... a reason I’ll never be on the course in Australia Aye - you get some wildlife out there right enough... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickoverayard Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Aye - you get some wildlife out there right enough... Where about was that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Rockingham GC, just south of Perth, WA about 10 years ago. It was a quick 10 day trip in January to see a pal who had moved over a year or so before. A bit of a blur, the principal memory was that the mozzies coming off the roos' were fkn deadly! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishBhoy Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 On 06/01/2021 at 18:16, alta-pete said: Years (maybe decades!) since I played them but Lochwinnoch an interesting course; Beith - the original 9 is great fun but the new 9 basically a field; the Ranfurly’s in Bridge of Weir probably fit your bill but I expect may now be a touch on the expensive side. Played Lochwinnoch a couple of times and heard good things about Ranfurly Castle, will try and play that in the next few months. Lochwinnoch is an acquired taste I think, I know people that love the course but I find it a bit of a slog. Very hilly course and you need to be confident playing shots with the ball either well above or well below your feet. The majority of the fairways lie on a camber as well, and you could skelp a lovely drive down the middle that ends up taking a bad bounce in to the rough. I don’t hit too many straight drives, so when even my good ones are finding the rough it’s tough to take. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erih Shtrep Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 @Henderson to deliver ..... Can I enter? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 An unusual bout of awareness from Bryson.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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