Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2181830)

Please don't tell me you're comparing #7 at Pebble to any of the 75 yard holes on exec courses here. Please don't. Yes, it is 92 yards downhill, but often into a 40+ mph wind. Even Nicklaus stated he has hit 5 iron to that hole. Additionally, just try to skull a driver into the hole there, rotsa ruck.

Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2181779)

Ever had to use the second pair??

Originally Posted by sowilts (Post 2181720)

USGA approves Hole in one on both Executive and 18 courses. Congratulations to anyone who can play golf at any age and enjoys the sport. One learns many lessons on a golf course. Good sportsmanship is one lesson I have learned. Cheers to the group that celebrated the players Hole in one. That is what the game is all about.

Originally Posted by Laker14 (Post 2181566)

I don't ever play the tips. As a courtesy to the people behind me (that's a joke, son), but never had the game for it. Well, that's not entirely true, in some amateur events I qualified into flights that required it, where it then became evident I was in over my head.
As I approach 70, I'm finding more and more courses are too much from me from the whites. I fear the Greens are just a birthday away.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2181913)

Time for computer golf. And it is better for the environment. And many courses up north are using Electric Carts.

Originally Posted by Laker14 (Post 2181722)

Goody for you. Goody for your club with the green that was longer than 75 yards.

We'll defer to you and your club before we do any celebrating here. We wouldn't want to have any fun or excitement of which your boys at the "Country Club of Really Large Greens" would not approve.

Reminds me of the other day, on #8, Mallory-Virginia. The tee box is close to the pickleball courts. From the courts you could hear whooping, laughing, and human sounds I would associate with happiness, and fun. I commented to my playing partners , "hear that? Hear that laughing, and joking, and general happiness? That's pickleball. Thank goodness we don't go for that nonsense on this side of the fence, where we recognize that our recreation is an exercise in futility, anger, and frustration."

It's good that we honor places like "The Country Club With Really Big Greens" and members thereof to remind us of our plight.

Originally Posted by Laker14 (Post 2181855)

it isn't 75 yards from the tips is it? I remember once watching the old Bing Crosby there, and the pros (old crappy balls and clubs, of course) were hitting woods and long irons into a stiff wind. I can't remember the distance, but probably 185, which of course was like 220 in today's world.

I can't remember who the pro was but he took his club out, and knocked it 50 yards into the ocean. Seems the wind took that particular moment to stop for a rest. The look on that guy's face, and the look he and his caddy shared was priceless.

But, the hole, and your comment, do illustrate that distance isn't everything.


EDIT: it wasn't #7, it was #17.

Originally Posted by Rich Iwaszko (Post 2181896)

75 yards is 75 yards...................

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Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2181920)

I will agree with Golf being an "exercise in futility, anger, and frustration". I would add that it is a waste of too much fertilizer, grass cutting, water evaporation, Co2 production from ICE engine Carts, and how can I forget TIME.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2181920)

I will agree with Golf being an "exercise in futility, anger, and frustration". I would add that it is a waste of too much fertilizer, grass cutting, water evaporation, Co2 production from ICE engine Carts, and how can I forget TIME.

Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2181932)

The true waste is the amount of electricity used to power some people's computer and internet connection. :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Originally Posted by rustyp (Post 2181766)

Yes - been up since 5:30 AM