The OS Golfer's Thread!

[countryboy]

no golf for me for about 2 weeks or so. Fractured bone in my hand.

[Rock Chalk]

Quote: Originally Posted by Koolie G

Also, and maybe this should be it's own topic, but I'd like to know everyone's favorite golf vernacular and sayings. Every golfer knows some of the tried and true ones. For example: When a guy leaves his putt short you ask him if he is wearing his pink panties today. Or asking if his husband plays golf. When the putt touches the whole area of the whole, people say it was an "all-around" good putt. I've got a lot more but wanted to see what you guys say/hear.

When someone leaves a putt just short of the hole, like an inch. We call it a South American putt... It only needs one more revolution.

When someone leaves their putt really short, we say, "Did your dress get in the way?"

When you're on the green in two on a par 5 and say "That'll work, I guess..."

[Jdurg]

It's been far, far too long since I've been out golfing. Approaching two years now. I am an avid golfer, but have had too many injuries the past few years. Early last year, I suffered from back spasms and you can't swing a golf club when you can't turn your upper side. When the back spasms finally settled, I just happened to sleep on my shoulder the wrong way and suffered from shoulder bursitis for a while. By the time that all healed, golf season was over so I didn't really get a chance to golf last year.

This year, I had my calf injury early in the year and then went and broke just about every bone in my foot back in March. As a result, I have not had the opportunity to go golfing because I don't have the strength and endurance in my foot to golf, and walk the course. There is still some instability in my foot and I don't want to push it too far. So it looks like I may not be able to golf this year.

I'm just hoping that the time off will have removed some of the bad habits that I had picked up as I did go and hit the driving range for a short time a few weeks ago. I had to stop when my foot started acting up, but my shots went a lot further and a lot straighter than they ever had before. Still, I'm not the world's greatest golfer. When people ask me "What's your handicap?" I simply respond with "I play as if I am."

[Koolie G]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

no golf for me for about 2 weeks or so. Fractured bone in my hand.

That sucks man. Hope you heal quickly.

Another golf saying that I heard recently was they called the putt a "Monica Lewinsky". That is a putt that is "all lip and no hole".

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Koolie G

That sucks man. Hope you heal quickly. Another golf saying that I heard recently was they called the putt a "Monica Lewinsky". That is a putt that is "all lip and no hole".

thanks man..hopefully it won't be that long, but thats what the doc instructed.

And love the Lewinsky saying....

[Antec]

Played night golf tonight with glow balls. About 35-40 people played. 9 holes, scramble format. It was really fun. The glow balls have really come a long way. They go about 80% of normal distance.

Finished 4 under, should have been 5. Missed an easy putt on the 8th hole, burned the edge a lot.

[wrigleyville33]

Played again today. I lost a ton of strokes as I found the woods a large number of times. I was opening the club head... Anyways I figured it out on the last hole as my hands and hips finally found unity.

[NC State-31 UNC-27]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

no golf for me for about 2 weeks or so. Fractured bone in my hand.

ugh me too. hurt my shoulder playing tennis on wednesday, might need to see the doctor, but I don't have full range of motion back yet and it's quite sore. Bad time for me too, was planning on a couple tournaments in the next month.

[mjb2124]

Yikes, got out today for the first time since I was on vacation after July 4th (played Hickory Heights in Bridgeville, PA). The front 9 was the most miserable 9 I've played in a long time. Driver was all over the place, irons were all over the place, short game was average at best, but my putting was very good which put me at a 51.

The back 9 went better. I got the driver and my irons going, but my putting started to suffer (greens were drying out so they were getting faster and I wasn't adjusting well). I shot a 47 for a 98 total. Not the score I'd like to shoot, but it was fun nonetheless.

The company I work for plays in a softball league and we've been playing a lot recently. I think swinging a softball bat ruined my golf swing. It took 9 holes to find it again and it's still not 100%. Better hit the driving range before my next outing.

[Rock Chalk]

Got out today and still couldn't hit my driver totally straight, gettin better though. My irons were deadly from 160 and closer. I putted pretty well, had 31 putts and shot an 81 at Sand Creek Station. Shot 41 on front and 40 on back. No doubles, had 1 birdie on 18, thought my first birdie would never come. Anyway, still looking to break into the 70s. Only got 3 weeks still school starts up again, so I gotta hit the links a few more times this week.