Random Golf Thoughts

John Murphy ? Has had a very good college career. Made the final group of Dunhill.. had other decent performances, he's only 23 so got a bit of time compared to most of the lads in that article

Folks, I put in an application to join my local club about two weeks ago along with proposer and seconder letters, they said they would process it and get back to me for payment and with GUI number etc. I rang them again today to see what the story was and they said they had to wait until the monthly meeting which won't be until next week or the week after to propose and get the application approved. Is this normal procedure in clubs to take this long to get applications processed? I have my sub fee ready to pay and I'm looking out the window at a gorgeous evening here and raring to play some golf but a bit annoyed to have to wait probably 3 or 4 weeks since applying before I can get started.

Cheers dan_ep82, I'll give them a call in the morning and see can I get a few holes in over the weekend when the timesheet is quiet.

Poor old Dylan

hits this amazing shot and makes a par, but then gets awarded a penalty for his stance hitting the ball out of the tree.

I was playing at the weekend and my playing partner asked if my green marker was a coin. Any reason he asked this?

Thought it was a strange one alright.

Maybe he was just a bit greedy and fancied robbing it 🤔

Was it a poker chip? Not sure how anyone could think something green was a coin but... if it was a poker chip, it may have been a passive aggressive dig at using such a big marker... Some people aren't fans of them.

Infairness they must be a pain to use, would always have to move them because if you hit them you're screwed haha

Must say they do annoy me and not much annoys me on the golf course. If I think my ball will come within 6 inches of one of those things I'll get them to move it.

So as said above it must be annoying for anyone using one to be constantly moving it.

Something I was thinking of the other day was the relationship between playing well and scoring well.

What do you think of the relationship between the two? I usually dismiss people saying they're playing well but not scoring. Golf is the game where you really do have an actual measure of how well you're playing - your scores and your handicap. But at the same time, there's truth to it when someone says they're playing well but just not scoring and I certainly go by it myself.

I constantly come in with terrible scores but think back through the round and reconcile it with myself that I wasn't too far off having a decent score. When you take out the 5 3 putts, duffed chips, lost ball that I thought was on the fairway.... suddenly my 27 point round was more like a 37 point round which I'd have shot had I been concentrating which I would have had I been playing a bit better / more often.

But while I scoff at myself, I do believe there's truth to it. If I've no score, I'm far more likely to three putt or duff a chip. As hard as I try, I just can't get the same level of focus. And there are periods where you're really nailing the irons - long, straight, the desired flight. But just misjudging them or the wind and not capitalising on your good strikes. As opposed to the times where you're not making good contact with anything. But your misses are all short and not leaving you in trouble, so you're still putting bogies on the card and getting up and down for a few pars.

What do ye reckon? If you're playing better than you're scoring over a decent period of time, are you in fact just not playing well?

Ah, I misread your post. I thought your green marker was green... Could be just a case of him trying to strike up a conversation / being genuinely inquisitive about the coin seeing that it wasn't a euro coin.

I came across a bag of old punt coins that I use as markers occasionally and get the odd comment out of curiousity.

Thoughts on 'non refundable' green fees?

Good golf course - 25% of Green Fee deposit paid well in advance and rest of green fee taken ahead of round this weekend (fair enough)

1 of the 2 players now has a positive covid result. Course are sticking to their TCs and Cs of non-refundable. Round was not an offer etc and was full price

Spoke to the club (Doonbeg)

Frustratingly they won’t refund the deposits. I think it’s quite unfair but they’re sticking to their TCs and Cs.

She mentioned no other tee times available since it’s such short notice but I can blatantly see there’s a heap of space around the tee time (4pm on Saturday) so it’s not like I’m screwing over potential punters who wanted that slot