[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Actually, to be technical, the distance doesn't matter. A "chip" is defined as a short shot that rolls >50% of the distance: a "pitch" travels >50% in the air.

So, when a duffer drives the ball off the tee and it only rolls 10 feet in front of the tee box, it is a chip. But, when a pro hits a 300 yard drive, it is a pitch?

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by asianthree

That’s funny because look at how many on par 3 executives hit a driver from the green tees. Doesn’t mean they hit it well, but it is the go to club for many in TV. Ya know bigger head must be easier to hit.

My, dad never used a driver, scratch golfer for many years. As a kid he played every morning before and after school. He didn’t own a driver so never had one in his bag.

I never saw your dad play, but I'd bet money that if he could keep the driver in play, with accuracy, he'd have been happy to use it. He went with something else, shorter, straighter, and more easily controlled, not because the driver was too easy to hit.
For many years I played on a tight, tree lined course that punished severely the wayward tee shot. I played to a low single digit handicap (never quite a scratch), hitting 3 wood off tees because I couldn't keep the driver in the short grass. There were maybe a half-dozen players (one a two-time NY State Amateur Champion and former Walker Cup player) with legitimate chances to win the Club Championship. Sadly, I was not among them. Every one of them was in that class because they could hit the driver and control it. I could chip and putt with them, but they were hitting two clubs( or more) less into every green.

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

As would so called "holes in one" on a 55 yard hole with a driver dead topped

The very first ace I ever witnessed (not mine, sadly) was a topped shot from an elevated tee, 155 yards, downhill all the way. It was autumn in Columbus, OH, and the ground was covered with leaves, the sun low and glaring, and we couldn't see the ball but we could see the leaves jumping in the wake of this scorching worm-burner. Eventually the white orb appeared greenside, and found its way to the cup.
Like they say, "no pictures, just numbers."

[MrChip72]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Exactly why they need more executives and less glorified mini golf. Try walking onto an executive this time of the year and finding an open spot.

On days that I'm not golfing, I practice pitching/chipping everyday beside either P&P or executive courses. Usually mid afternoon. I would say the past couple weeks that almost a third of the groups teeing off only have 3 golfers which is a walk-on spot that could've been used. It seems like most people saying it's hard to walk-on don't try it much, or at least not on many different executive courses. Some are easier than others.

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by MrChip72

On days that I'm not golfing, I practice pitching/chipping everyday beside either P&P or executive courses. Usually mid afternoon. I would say the past couple weeks that almost a third of the groups teeing off only have 3 golfers which is a walk-on spot that could've been used. It seems like most people saying it's hard to walk-on don't try it much, or at least not on many different executive courses. Some are easier than others.

It has been my experience that the people who complain that the executive courses are "impossible to get on" are trying to be too picky about the course, the time, or both, and often they are trying to get times for several groups of players, and they want to play 5 times a week like that.

In other words, their expectations are unrealistic.

[JGibson]

Soon they will offer for a nominal fee a priority executive course membership.

Jan/Feb is go out as a single months and meet new people.

[charmed59]

Just looking at tomorrow, for two people between 8am and 1pm there are 46 tee times open on the pitch and putts. There is one tee time open on any executive (lowlands).

I like the pitch and putts. Unfortunately, neither my husband nor my father can walk that far. Our older golfers with stamina problems or mobility issues can’t play those. When you look around at the number of golfers with the course access passes you realize why those courses that aren’t accessible have more availability.