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[iDon]

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USER​	HANDICAP​	MEMBER COURSE​	BEST ROUND​
Bicco​	6.2​	Royal Hobart​	76​
TennisPlayerAndy​	6.4​	Heidelberg​	73​
Tiimmbo​	8.3​	Royal Fremantle​	78​
tigland​	5.7​	13th Beach​	73/44pts​
buttsauce​	9.3​	Leongatha South​	76​
toxic​	10.8​	Howlong​	71​
Planet14​	11.4​	Bacchus Marsh Golf Club​	80​
Livonski​	11.5​	Kingston Heath​	79​
ScrappyCoCo​	12.5*​	-​	75​
ITCHY EYEBALLS​	12.8​	The Dunes​	80​
Pklz​	14​	Romesy GC​	77/48pts​
iDon​	11.6​	Social Golf Australia​	80/44 pts​
Lebbo73​	12.3​	City GC Toowomba​	77​
Sippa​	16.9​	-​	85/43 pts​
Shane Sheridan​	18.5​	Perth Golf Network​	87​
daicos4ever​	23.7​	Lang Lang GC​
juss​	26.8​	-​	91/40 pts​
members section​	33​	-​	-​
BobbyMorri​	33​	Claremont​	97​
Elixuh​	-​	Pacific, Brisbane​	​
peternorth​	15​	NGC, PKCGC​	80​
Nelso​	-​	-​	78​
sideswipe​	-​	Sorrento​	Cups WR​
royboy2​	25.3​	Cohuna GC​
QuietB​	Huntingdale-Cranbourne GC​
Daics1​	18​	Golden Beach GC​

 

[PaddyMcClunkin]

absolutely mate!

i recently played with someone whom was just starting out. young lad, uni. during the round he was pleasant and eager to learn. I explained things like where to leave your buggy, focussing on things other than distance and basic etiquette. the E word came up when others spoke when i was putting which im ok with as i explained i can always pull back and wait. but he said he'd always shut up out of courtesy. this is good

It can be intimidating for newcomers with regards to etiquette and how to act on a golf course. Experienced golfers teaching them the basics without getting upset at common mistakes is a good thing for the game.

 

[PaddyMcClunkin]

Other things like not being ready to putt when it’s your turn, not knowing how far you can hit off the tee, taking fifteen practice swings...the list goes on and on.

It comes down to the personality of the person in my opinion.

 

[peternorth]

It can be intimidating for newcomers with regards to etiquette and how to act on a golf course. Experienced golfers teaching them the basics without getting upset at common mistakes is a good thing for the game.

When I joined Nash many many moons ago it was scary entering comps for the first times. Really was. But then you be yourself and you find a happy place with other members. A national legend told me if he sees his name on the sheet with free spots out my name down. Feels good. So I did. And he was always complimentary and was patient and encouraging. I will remember foreve

 

[PaddyMcClunkin]

When I joined Nash many many moons ago it was scary entering comps for the first times. Really was. But then you be yourself and you find a happy place with other members. A national legend told me if he sees his name on the sheet with free spots out my name down. Feels good. So I did. And he was always complimentary and was patient and encouraging. I will remember foreve

Everyone I've come across at the Nash is just there to have fun playing golf. Certainly doesn't carry the stuffiness that exists elsewhere.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Waiting for the group to get far enough away is a tough one. Best golfers and probably the longest hitters are mostly teeing off first. It is pretty silly if you have someone in your group that only knocks it 150m out there. Junior hit one the other week when I would have sworn the group were far enough down and it sailed over their heads....oops. He was hitting a wedge into a 390m hole and got not much run. Meanwhile the other 3..me included were waiting for our turn. Is playing in turn still a thing?

I hate waiting when they are just in your range...then stuff the shot up anyway.

 

[peternorth]

Everyone I've come across at the Nash is just there to have fun playing golf. Certainly doesn't carry the stuffiness that exists elsewhere.

its a misnomer that we're a bunch of snobs down there. It's an eclectic mix. but sure there's dickheads there. dickhead gonna dickhead.

 

[peternorth]

Waiting for the group to get far enough away is a tough one. Best golfers and probably the longest hitters are mostly teeing off first. It is pretty silly if you have someone in your group that only knocks it 150m out there. Junior hit one the other week when I would have sworn the group were far enough down and it sailed over their heads....oops. He was hitting a wedge into a 390m hole and got not much run. Meanwhile the other 3..me included were waiting for our turn. Is playing in turn still a thing?

I hate waiting when they are just in your range...then stuff the shot up anyway.

hit when ready. if they in range, shorter hitter goes, or even the lowest marker may go but knock it to a shorter position.

playing in turn is still a thing, but key is i believe player moves to his or her ball even if someone is hitting first. provided it's safe to do so. i.e im on the left, you centre but first up. ill continue my journey left while you get ready to hit.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Yeah i was mainly talking about the tee shots... Do you have to play the lowest scorer first off the tee in your comps?

 

[hawkman]

Waiting for the group to get far enough away is a tough one. Best golfers and probably the longest hitters are mostly teeing off first. It is pretty silly if you have someone in your group that only knocks it 150m out there. Junior hit one the other week when I would have sworn the group were far enough down and it sailed over their heads....oops. He was hitting a wedge into a 390m hole and got not much run. Meanwhile the other 3..me included were waiting for our turn. Is playing in turn still a thing?

I hate waiting when they are just in your range...then stuff the shot up anyway.

I generally hit it 230m off the tee but then a couple of times a round i can really get on to one at 260+. So i would generally wait until they are clear of that range. It looks stupid waiting when you fall well short though

 

[juss]

Carts should only be available to those with a medical certificate. End of story.

They are nothing but a blight on the game.

I'll weigh in on carts too, my thoughts there's generally only a few reasons for carts:

1. Injury/Illness/alternate ability/age - this is the most obvious one, the sport has to try and be inclusive for those with a genuine reason that might not be able to walk the course

2. Extreme weather - if you've booked ahead and you arrive and it's 37 degrees at 2pm in bright sun on a hilly course then walking around for 4 hours may represent a health concern for some and carts are reasonable. The same could be said for significant rain at times.

That's it. The 2 young blokes who want to be lazy and drive around and just sink beers in the cart all afternoon - get the **** off. Or the old corporate dudes who want the prestige of bringing in their own 10k buggy to schmooze when they are perfectly capable of walking, I don't like that either. It's a sport, treat it as such.

/rant.

 

[juss]

Regarding slow play as well, on top of the course not managing groups/bookings (which can occur), it's a lot to do with the person, not necessarily the skill level.

I've seen great golfers who are slow, too many practice swings, don't play ready golf, misuse or overuse of "etiquette" (when your ball is 2m wide of their putt line on the green you don't need to pick up and mark, I've seen groups do this and it adds up, we aren't on the PGA tour, or they might be too focussed on playing in turn and not hitting or moving to their ball or swinging when it's logical to do so even if not absolutely in turn).

I've also seen shit golfers be fast by comparison, they tee up, hit, move to next shot, hit, move to next shot, and it just moves.

Point is there are fast/slow good/bad golfers and I don't think skill level is the determinate to categorise either way. Read the situation, a social round on a Sunday with a mate and a group of 4 behind and ahead probably doesn't give time to looking for your second hand ball in the woods or heading back to the tee to hit again, just have a quick glance and then take a drop near where you might have lost it. When on the green, stay out of people's way but putt logically for a quick resolution, even if not quite in turn. If it's 5pm and you have the course to yourself take as long as you want, hit a second ball if it doesn't impact anyone for all I care. Playing high level club champions putting for the win, sure take your time and read the green from all sides.

The point is to recognize the level and the situation on the day.

 

[peternorth]

Regarding slow play as well, on top of the course not managing groups/bookings (which can occur), it's a lot to do with the person, not necessarily the skill level.

I've seen great golfers who are slow, too many practice swings, don't play ready golf, misuse or overuse of "etiquette" (when your ball is 2m wide of their putt line on the green you don't need to pick up and mark, I've seen groups do this and it adds up, we aren't on the PGA tour, or they might be too focussed on playing in turn and not hitting or moving to their ball or swinging when it's logical to do so even if not absolutely in turn).

I've also seen sh*t golfers be fast by comparison, they tee up, hit, move to next shot, hit, move to next shot, and it just moves.

Point is there are fast/slow good/bad golfers and I don't think skill level is the determinate to categorise either way. Read the situation, a social round on a Sunday with a mate and a group of 4 behind and ahead probably doesn't give time to looking for your second hand ball in the woods or heading back to the tee to hit again, just have a quick glance and then take a drop near where you might have lost it. When on the green, stay out of people's way but putt logically for a quick resolution, even if not quite in turn. If it's 5pm and you have the course to yourself take as long as you want, hit a second ball if it doesn't impact anyone for all I care. Playing high level club champions putting for the win, sure take your time and read the green from all sides.

The point is to recognize the level and the situation on the day.

all logical. is all to do with the person. skill level or hc is irrelevant. play provisional balls if you think its gone. etc.

 

[peternorth]

Yeah i was mainly talking about the tee shots... Do you have to play the lowest scorer first off the tee in your comps?

nope. ready golf!! theres no rule about the lowest marker teeing off first.

although played a bit of matchplay, that's different.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

I suppose it all boils down to, within reason, it doesn't really matter what you do if you are keeping up with the group in front.

 

[toxic]

Waiting for the group to get far enough away is a tough one. Best golfers and probably the longest hitters are mostly teeing off first. It is pretty silly if you have someone in your group that only knocks it 150m out there. Junior hit one the other week when I would have sworn the group were far enough down and it sailed over their heads....oops. He was hitting a wedge into a 390m hole and got not much run. Meanwhile the other 3..me included were waiting for our turn. Is playing in turn still a thing?

I hate waiting when they are just in your range...then stuff the shot up anyway.

Never play in turn- EVER

Shortest hitter to longest

Ready golf

 

[peternorth]

Never play in turn- EVER

Shortest hitter to longest

Ready golf

off the tee? Or in play?

 

[peternorth]

At the end of the day, play, have fun, try your best.

 

[juss]

At the end of the day, play, have fun, try your best.

I was playing at Spring Park once with my wife, a course member had to join us because timesheets were busy.

It was a Sunday arvo twilight round, we were still relative beginners at this stage, we played within the rules generally but at that point if we made mistakes on the tee or got stuck in bunkers we would pick up and drop etc. We had our own "house rules" to get through the round. And who cares right? We play by ourselves and it literally didn't effect anyone else.

Anyway, this bloke who joins me starts berating me because I'd tee'd up a foot ahead of the markers to find a better lie. Mind you I'm still shooting 120+ at this stage, I'm not trying to cheat my way to a better score by moving a foot closer to the hole, and my scores had no relevance to his game, I wasn't there to vs him. After about 60 seconds of him telling me off, I quietly just smiled to him to look after his own score and not worry about ours, we were there to learn/play golf for fun against each other, not compete with match play rules against a member.

There's one thing to push things along for speed of play, there's another thing to enforce rules for the sake of it. I don't care how/what people do on the course within reason on their round that they've paid for. It's a game for fun and is intimidating for beginners without those sorts of guys.

 

[Lebbo73]

sh*t golfers with poor etiquette cause slow rounds, not carts.

So much this

 

[Lebbo73]

I'll weigh in on carts too, my thoughts there's generally only a few reasons for carts:

1. Injury/Illness/alternate ability/age - this is the most obvious one, the sport has to try and be inclusive for those with a genuine reason that might not be able to walk the course

2. Extreme weather - if you've booked ahead and you arrive and it's 37 degrees at 2pm in bright sun on a hilly course then walking around for 4 hours may represent a health concern for some and carts are reasonable. The same could be said for significant rain at times.

That's it. The 2 young blokes who want to be lazy and drive around and just sink beers in the cart all afternoon - get the fu** off. Or the old corporate dudes who want the prestige of bringing in their own 10k buggy to schmooze when they are perfectly capable of walking, I don't like that either. It's a sport, treat it as such.

/rant.

I can’t agree with this post at all. Golf needs to be inclusive. If someone wants to cart it, who am I to say that they can’t use a cart. My preference is to walk but on a Saturday in comp with my usual group of 4 who prefer to cart I’m happy to cart as well.
The only prerequisite on whether someone wants to play golf should be golfing etiquette which strongly recommends being quiet during someone’s shot and making sure that your group gets around in four hours max.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

When did "ready" golf become a thing? I had a ten year break from the game and started back up about 3 years ago. Did it become a bit of a mantra trying to quicken things up a bit around the private clubs? Before that it was strictly you earned the "honour". And it was something that your playing partners would give you shit about if you pinched their right. Haven't heard of it before. Of course we sometimes hit out of turn if things were real slow. (We never hold up the course...we are super quick and normally are up the clackers of the group that is in front).

 

[matt_897]

The only prerequisite on whether someone wants to play golf should be golfing etiquette which strongly recommends being quiet during someone’s shot and making sure that your group gets around in four hours max.

I second this.

 

[toxic]

off the tee? Or in play?

Off the tee yes

Ready golf EVERYWHERE else

Just keep moving

Get to your ball early, prepare and hit

Rinse repeat

 

[Lebbo73]

When did "ready" golf become a thing? I had a ten year break from the game and started back up about 3 years ago. Did it become a bit of a mantra trying to quicken things up a bit around the private clubs? Before that it was strictly you earned the "honour". And it was something that your playing partners would give you sh*t about if you pinched their right. Haven't heard of it before. Of course we sometimes hit out of turn if things were real slow. (We never hold up the course...we are super quick and normally are up the clackers of the group that is in front).

We play birdie boy has the honours at the next tee. Otherwise, I nearly always go last by choice and one particular bloke in our group always goes first as he rushes the tee. He also will push in and hit or putt first no matter where he is.

 

[peternorth]

I was playing at Spring Park once with my wife, a course member had to join us because timesheets were busy.

It was a Sunday arvo twilight round, we were still relative beginners at this stage, we played within the rules generally but at that point if we made mistakes on the tee or got stuck in bunkers we would pick up and drop etc. We had our own "house rules" to get through the round. And who cares right? We play by ourselves and it literally didn't effect anyone else.

Anyway, this bloke who joins me starts berating me because I'd tee'd up a foot ahead of the markers to find a better lie. Mind you I'm still shooting 120+ at this stage, I'm not trying to cheat my way to a better score by moving a foot closer to the hole, and my scores had no relevance to his game, I wasn't there to vs him. After about 60 seconds of him telling me off, I quietly just smiled to him to look after his own score and not worry about ours, we were there to learn/play golf for fun against each other, not compete with match play rules against a member.

There's one thing to push things along for speed of play, there's another thing to enforce rules for the sake of it. I don't care how/what people do on the course within reason on their round that they've paid for. It's a game for fun and is intimidating for beginners without those sorts of guys.

how he didnt understand your position as a beginner says more about him. what a knob.

I can’t agree with this post at all. Golf needs to be inclusive. If someone wants to cart it, who am I to say that they can’t use a cart. My preference is to walk but on a Saturday in comp with my usual group of 4 who prefer to cart I’m happy to cart as well.
The only prerequisite on whether someone wants to play golf should be golfing etiquette which strongly recommends being quiet during someone’s shot and making sure that your group gets around in four hours max.

thing is, many would say ettiquette, time constraint (though not set in stone) and golf rules are things that prevent people from playing. other things that cause outrage are:

- shirts tucked in
- caps in clubhouse/pro shop
- quiet during someones swing
- cant have music on the course
- cant talk on the phone on course or in clubhouse

so many things