How much was your driver? How often do you use your driver a round, verses a putter?Quote:
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How much was your driver? How often do you use your driver a round, verses a putter?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibby Bairn
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£15. 10 years old. 🙂Quote:
Originally Posted by Just_Jimmy
I must just be a skinflint
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Originally Posted by greenlex
seen that.I was playing so couldn’t go they were doing fittings as well would have been interesting what they would recommend to change with the stealth I picked up recently.
How easy / credible is it to get an old putter regripped?
I sacked my old one and paid a few quid for an Odyssey one a couple of years ago but my putting has gone to pieces. The new one feels light and quite hard to control, my old one feels heavy but easier to control.
The old one is a cheap one but it worked for me for years.
Is this a sensible option? Can someone suggest somewhere that would be good for getting this done?
It should be no problem to get your putter regripped, its a simple job that takes minutes to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartie
I would think that most professional shops will have a selection of putter grips in stock and will be able to advise you of the best option . I also know that they do a re-gripping service at the Braids Driving range and at "Cash4Clubs" in Loanhead.
It is quite easy to do yourself, i've done all my clubs at one stage or another. Youtube shows you how to do it, it's not hard at all.:greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Smartie
9 holes played last night teeing of at 6.30 great the midweek golf is back in play!
Kingsbarns next Thursday. Looks like I might need the factor 50. :greengrin
Great course, but ridiculously expensive imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by greenlex
Agree on both counts. We are taking advantage of the early Scottish residents green fee which is 40% in March and April so that’s £150. It goes up to £220 the rest of the year and that’s still a discount!!!! My favourite course I’ve played tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by Golden Bear
My favourite course too - I remember when the Scottish resident fees were around £60 - amazing how much it's shot up in the last 5 or 6 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by greenlex
I actually played Harburn today - hadn't swung a club since last July and had 10 birdie putts (scratch) today! Stupid game at times, it really is :greengrin
Playing Dumbarnie later next month and looking forward to it - another cracking course on the Fife circuit.
Played it about 15 years ago in a freebie through my work. A round, a goodie bag, meal, free bar and a caddie with our four ball. It was a scorching day so all it cost me was £1 for a bottle of water half way round!Quote:
Originally Posted by greenlex
I won a polo shirt, which was stolen off our washing line a few years later!
I totally agree about the quality of the course, Dornoch still my number one, but Kingsbarns runs it close, nothing to do with the great value when I played it!
I’m not surprised as you’ve always been a :bandit:. :greengrin Hope you and the family are well. Should be in your neck of the woods for a Golf in Scotland event early August.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
I am currently at the considering giving the game up stage. Awful. Just bloody awful.
Mixed day for me 92 at Deer Park putting and the bunkers let me down today.
Funnily enough I had the same thoughts after my front 9 yesterday. 50 hits 15 over par!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by greenlex
I had my first birdie of the year today. Holed a 75 yard approach on the 6th at Haddington. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by BroxburnHibee
After shooting up to 23 with the new handicap system ( had a frozen shoulder last year and had a number of nr’s) I won the may medal yesterday. 40 out, 51 back 🤣🤣🤣🤷*♂️🤷*♂️. Thought I’d blown it tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by BroxburnHibee
Well done mate 👍, I played yesterday morning as well and it was absolutely baltic temperatures, hopefully we get some better weather soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by I'm_cabbaged
You guys are mental I shot +31 at polkemmet the other day and had a blast. It can be frustrating sometimes but I'm out having fun in nature.
Played a Texas scramble yesterday think we finished about 30 out of 50 great fun apart from the rain.
This is my first year with a proper handicap 13.7 which seems a bit low.
Sure it will adjust up the way .
Cheers GB, aye the last few weeks have been miserable! Was out till shutting after work on Friday and woke up an hour before tee off, was either sobering up or having nothing to eat that gubbed me 🤣🤣Quote:
Originally Posted by Golden Bear
Greens at ladybank struggling with the cold weather, just came off winter greens on a few holes
Been out on the course with my 14 year old the last couple of weeks. It's took a while but the bug seems to have finally bitten. Really pleased as an older dad that we now have something other than football that we both enjoy. I started playing at 45 and it was a slog trying to get my handicap below 20, he's probably playing that already.
I was at Newbattle yesterday. Theirs were really poor. GUR patches on a few and I rarely had a putt that didn’t need to skirt with or go over a divot sized patch of sand.Quote:
Originally Posted by FifeHibs
Just a word of warning I played Ratho Park last week and their greens were shockingQuote:
Originally Posted by greenlex
I am playing in a Men's Seniors Open (over 55s 🙂) on Thursday at Auchterarder. Tee time 2.16pm. My playing partner now can't make it. All two balls. Is anyone available to play? Entry fee has already been paid so a freebie if you fancy it. Just message me directly if you want to take up the slot ⛳👍
Great course which I'm sure you'll really enjoy. I'm already committed to a game at Dunbar on Thursday otherwise I'd have been delighted to take the offer up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibby Bairn
Hurt my back putting the bloody car seats down 3 weeks ago, £150 later at the chiropractor, and i'm having a go tomorrow at getting back.
I have a few big matches coming up later this month at Old links and Lancaster, cant afford to be rusty, but i'm still a little sore but my back has ached for years it will never be 100%.
At Dunbar on Monday GB. Looking forward to it. :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Golden Bear
You'll enjoy it I'm sure. The course is in great nick, just pray that the dreaded sea haar stays away!Quote:
Originally Posted by greenlex
Thought it was you a couple of groups behind me. Very slow round but agree on the greens, weren't great at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by greenlex
Never saw you. I was obviously concentrating. :greengrin Well up until just after the 12th.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibs90
Off to Killermont tomorrow to play my laddies newest gaff. Looking forward to it.
Leven links was a decent knock tonight. Greens very good
I don’t think I’m going over the top here but I reckon Killermonts greens are possibly the best inland surface I’ve ever putted on in 40+ years of playing. Some clubhouse too. 10 million gets you a lot of class.
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Originally Posted by greenlex
Am I right in saying that Killermont is the same course as Glasgow Golf Club? If so, I reckon I played it about 20 years ago and at the time I reckon it was one of the best inland courses I've ever played.
It is indeed GB. The Glasgow Golf Club own Killermont and their links attachment is Glasgow Gailes. Killermont isn’t overly long and a couple of quirky holes but a fine test for an old geezer. My laddies a lucky boy to be a member there. He had to do a three year apprenticeship at the Gailes before being invited for “full” membership of both. I think it helps he’s a more than decent golfer. Ideal as he lives in Milngavie about 10 mins from Killermont. Greens were quite magnificent. Oh aye and I saw the resident parakeet on the wing flying down the 11th hole. Bit of a shock seeing a green flying object out the corner of your eye over your tee shot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Golden Bear
I can't match the parakeet but I did hear my first cuckoo of the year today. 😄Quote:
Originally Posted by greenlex
Avoid Kirkcaldy at all costs. Shame really as I like it as a test but not only are the greens an absolute mess the whole course isn’t far behind. They had a bloody cheek charging £17 for their open today. Add in an absolute shambles of tee booking it was a poor all round day. I say shambles as after booking it through the Scottish golf app as that is what they use I got an e mail on Friday night saying an administrator had cancelled my morning time and put me in at 13.30. Phoned yesterday to ask WTF was going on and the pro didn’t know but confirmed my original tine was available and put me back there.
I asked about a twos sweep and the starter didn’t know if there was one. There were no cards but a paper copy. I think you were meant to use the Scottish golf app but couldn’t find the competition on it despite booking it through the app.
The whole club seems to be very mismanaged and shambolic and you can add the Scottish golf app to that too. A fife order of merit open with about 50 players eventually teeing it up.
The food was decent. :greengrin
Scottish Golf App is not good. Should all be very simple and straightforward but they've managed to add in all sorts of unnecessary complexity.
Noted re Kirkcaldy.
I don’t think the old app was great (compared to BRS) but it worked for me and don’t understand why the need for change. If it needed changed they should just gave adopted the BRS system. Years of near flawless experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibby Bairn
Yep the previous app had its issues but they've somehow made it worse!
Played 4 days in a row.(Deer Park)
Fairly steady all low 90’s got a lesson this week as I feel
my old habits when driving are creeping back in.
That seems to be a unanimous opinion. I wonder what the development costs amounted to ?Quote:
Originally Posted by BroxburnHibee
34 points round Dunbar today. Hit it great. Five three putts killed a really good score.
I played today and had a dose of the shermans. It's definitely the worst shot in golf and plays havoc with your confidence. The bowling green beckons soon!
Played in an away day at a nice little course called Garstang, finished 2nd last year with 39 points, finished way down the pack today with 23 points off my 7.9.
What made it worse was i drove so well, never out of position all the way round. The first hole i was 47 yards from the pin after my drive, and came off with a 6 for nowt.
It never got much better from there. :greengrin
I'm blaming the bad back :wink:, one more game on Friday at my home course, then Old Links on Monday in the league, hopefully in better form. :pray:
Royal Musselburgh in decent nick tonight.
Ladybank getting in good nick again
Good stuff. We will need to get that game.Quote:
Originally Posted by FifeHibs
I'll join you if possibleQuote:
Originally Posted by greenlex
16th green is still awful eh. Going to be a long time till it’s back to actually playable.Quote:
Originally Posted by greenlex
Pin was front so didn’t see much if it from a playing sense. Thought it was slower but put it down to bring me being old and late in the game. ������Quote:
Originally Posted by Brightside
Yeah mate drop me a dm with your number. I tried to reply to your message but can’t off my phone for some reason. I’m usually free from 4 Fridays it’s £20 sign onQuote:
Originally Posted by greenlex
Crail in very good condition
Has anyone played Dalmahoy recently? Not played it in about 15 years
Played the Castle course at St Andrews today. Interesting! 5 hour round but at least the weather was great. Main achievement was finishing with the same ball I started with. Played close to my handicap - with an 8 on the card! - 3 putted 3 greens on the trot in the front 9 without putting badly. They were 20, 25 and finally 40 yards!
Enjoyed the challenge but not sure I'll be back.
Not a fan of the castle greens, crazy puttingQuote:
Originally Posted by ACLeith
I had the unfortunate experience of playing the course in its early years and I vowed I'd never go back. The contouring of the greens was utterly ridiculous and I didn't like the long grassy mounds which were to be found in the middle of some of the fairways. I've heard that the contouring has been softened since the early years but its not a course I would hurry back to. However - the mid round pies were absolutely excellent so I suppose that was one redeeming feature.Quote:
Originally Posted by FifeHibs
I wouldn't have liked to play it in a high wind! The fairways were excellent, never had a bad lie. Some of the Greens were just plain silly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Golden Bear
I very much played within myself, often taking one club less to keep the ball in play, which paid dividends.
I agree GB about the mid round system to order food, what a great idea!
Leven fairway burnt to a crisp already, greens quick but good. Still too much folk round the course each day though
It’s getting back to decent nick, drainage work was done over the winterQuote:
Originally Posted by Brightside
Played the first round of the club champ knock outs this morning. He won the 15th and 16th for the 3&2 victory.
This guy was supposedly an 18 index (I'm 17.4 at present and was the lowest index in the 'C' class knock outs) and he was roughly about 5 over thru 14 holes. 18 index aye okay then . Decided to look at his scores on the Scottish Golf app after. Discovered he's only submitted 5 cards since 2022 and 3 of them this year. There is no way in hell that he was an 18 index, I'd have said anywhere in the 8-11 range based on what I seen today. Maybe if he actually submitted cards his index would be where it should be and he would've been playing in the B class event instead.
Thing is, it's not like I played badly and just lost cos I had a shocker. I played very well. The holes I won, I literally had to play perfectly. This guy was just far too good of a player for me. And I get it, even the worst golfer on the planet can have a day here and there and shoot the lights out but this just felt differently. I can take losing to someone in and around my index no problem but I can't take losing to someone who should never be that index in the first place because they only submit 3 cards a year.
Just pure nonsense really.
He's a bandit, 19 handicappers cant do what he did. I'd be having a talk with the club. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibs90
I've asked for clarity on how many submitted cards you need to have within the year to be able to qualify for the knockouts. 5 cards submitted in a year, what's the point :rolleyes: I know other clubs have rules in place where you need to have played in X amount of medals that year or submitted X amount of scorecards to be able to qualify.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackpoolhibs
Ive just gone up to 8.3, and i'd be over the moon to play as well as him. I think to get a proper handicap, you should put in a card every week, but thats just me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibs90
Golf courses are full of bandits who put a card in once in a blue moon, something needs done about it.:agree:
I could be wrong, but under WHS I don't think that there are any requirements for a player to return a set number of scores each season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibs90
I'm not sure what it was like in the old system but this one... IMO you should definitely need to be entering a score at least once a month to keep your handicap unless you have a legit reason not to.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackpoolhibs
My main gripe is with the club in this instance, whether this person has intentionally sandbagged or not is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Someone who's only submitted a few cards over the space of a year shouldn't be able to qualify for club majors in particular club championships. I've heard of other places that require members have played X amount of comps that year for example to be eligible to qualify. Not having a minimum requirement in place leaves these things open to sandbagging and cheaters.
I'm sure some people would disagree with that and that's fine but the rules at my club certainly need to be tighter.
Where in the Scottish golf app can you look at someone’s scores over a period of time without them accepting a friend request?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibs90
I just search for them and if you tap them you can see their scores. Maybe mine is bugged or something because I can see anyone’s when I search. Edit: works for home club only.Quote:
Originally Posted by greenlex
Hmmmm. Not happening on mine. I can find clubs and players but it doesn’t show playing records. Not even home players. It’s a ***** system anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibs90
Edit. Updated the app and can now see home players records. Cheers.
That was amazing
Roxburghe yesterday. Decent front nine but the back nine is tough so predictably buckled.
Great course though.
I'm playing there on Thursday and really looking forward to it. 👍Quote:
Originally Posted by patch1875
I've got an outing to West Linton this Friday.
Weather forecast is looking good and I can't wait.
Just wished I'd been playing more, the little I have been playing has been absolutely dreadful. I have been playing some tough tracks for a player of my limited ability though.
Only shining light is that I got that putter I referred to a few pages back re-gripped and the tatty old thing is so much better than my recent, fancy addition that it's unbelievable.
Auchterarder today for the first time. Lovely.
Certainly is, that's another one of my favourites. It's not too long but has an interesting layout within a fantastic setting.Quote:
Originally Posted by greenlex
Watch oot for the monster midges up there.😳Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartie
Played it earlier in the year.. Highly recommend a buggy :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by patch1875
Scotscraig today. Fair to say there’s nothing much green about it.
Was that in the Golf In Scotland stableford?Quote:
Originally Posted by greenlex
Definitely! We played it last autumn but had a nightmare with the buggy’s getting stuck due to the soft ground. Decided to walk this time but will definitely go buggy again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibs90
Yes it was. Well run events. First time at them last year. Great value for money.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibby Bairn
As an aside I played Auchterarder on Monday in a National Club Golfer top 100 tour event that was part of a Perthshire swing. £60 for coffee and bacon roll 1 stableford round off the white tees followed by dinner. Decent value too., throw in a stableford win and a £250 Taylor made voucher even better. I’d do that again.
Played in the GIS events last year at Scotscraig, Longniddry, Ladybank and Dundonald. This year is Downfield, Duddingston, Longniddry and Turnberry RTB. Really enjoy them and great value way to play excellent courses.Quote:
Originally Posted by greenlex
Agreed. I was Ladybank, Broomieknowe Longniddry and Dundonald. Last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibby Bairn
It’s Scotscraig, Blairgowrie, Lanark and Dundonald this year. Stevie and Gary do a great job. Gary a big Hibby too.
I played in them last year too. It's great value for money to play some top courses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibby Bairn
I played Largs, Carrick, Downfield, Panmure and Castle Stuart all for £300!!!
Couldn't manage it this year but will definitely be back.
I really enjoyed The Roxbughe today. The course was in pristine condition in preparation for a Stephen Gallacher Foundation event over the next 3 days.
We teed off in a three at 9.15am and were round in 3 hours 25 mins - not bad in a stifling heat for 3 "getting aulder " guys.
My golf was a mixed bag - 1 over to the turn but I had a bunker disaster and hit a couple of shermans in the back nine so I think I'll end now.
😆
Down there for the seniors next month. Hope my game arrives in time. Don’t you be mentioning Sherman’s again Fella.Quote:
Originally Posted by Golden Bear
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Originally Posted by greenlex
OK then
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Lundin links in very good condition. Crisp fairways but great greens
Playing a few opens next few weeks.
Haddington, Lanark, Carnwath and Niddry Castle
Played Muirfield last night. The 13th hole par 3 is possibly my favourite par 3 in the whole world. So difficult into a wee east breeze. Fabulous.
I’m at Haddington tomorrow too.Quote:
Originally Posted by BroxburnHibee
Loch Lomond, anyone had the pleasure?
Walked it “inside the ropes” as it were when my laddie played the Faldo series back in the day but never played it. Going back a goodly number of years but minted. Enjoy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibs90
Oh I'm no playing sadly.Quote:
Originally Posted by greenlex
Trying to get round as many of the top 100 as possible in the next few years, it seems Loch Lomond would kill that accomplishment stone dead stuck at 99.
Pity. It’s on my bucket list too but sadly I think it’s not going to happen either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibs90
Yes, I've been lucky enough to play it twice under the Scottish Golf Scheme which at the time offered each member course the chance to ballot their members and allow them the chance of a fourball over Loch Lomond. The green fees were discounted to a very acceptable rate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibs90
My verdict? - it was without a doubt the best inland course I've ever played and ever likely to play.
It's a pity that it's now so difficult to access for the everyday golfer.