Your most unpopular Golf opinions?

[MattM97]

On 8/28/2022 at 7:02 PM, TheSphynx said:

Trying to show off with your putter collection is like bragging that you have the best collection of fleshlights

 

Would you like to see my Fleshlight collection instead? 

[PhilsFanDrew]

Practicing putts between 15-20 feet is a waste of time for most amateur golfers.  Putts holed between those distances are going to largely go in accidentally. Time is better spent on short putts inside 8 ft and putts 25+ feet to avoid 3 putting.

Edited August 30, 2022 by PhilsFanDrew

[zer0]

6 minutes ago, PhilsFanDrew said:

Practicing putts between 15-20 feet is a waste of time for most amateur golfers.  Putts holed between those distances are going to largely go in accidentally. Time is better spent on short putts inside 8 ft and putts 25+ feet to avoid 3 putting.

 

why would this be an unpopular opinion?

[PhilsFanDrew]

1 minute ago, zer0 said:

 

why would this be an unpopular opinion?

 

I would think others would contend that putts from 15-20 ft for amateurs don't go in accidentally.  That they hit the right starting line with the putt with the right speed and it was skill not luck.

[MattM97]

1 hour ago, PhilsFanDrew said:

 

I would think others would contend that putts from 15-20 ft for amateurs don't go in accidentally.  That they hit the right starting line with the putt with the right speed and it was skill not luck.

 

Practicing from 15-20ft or beyond on the putting green should be more for speed/lag or at least should be for most people. When I line up from that distance on the course I'm not expecting to make it but I'm expecting to have a tap in putt and you can't get that without practicing from 15-20ft 

[BIG STU]

On 8/26/2022 at 4:19 PM, Motoboss said:

True dat!

Yep I am retired and play most everyday except Sunday--- I am not ashamed of it one bit-- I worked and earned my retirement.

[rd1959]

On 8/28/2022 at 12:39 PM, JackGatling said:

 Barring any extremely loud/abrupt noises, the average player should be able to handle some noise during their swing. Music coming from an adjacent green or someone in your group having a quiet conversation shouldn’t affect the outcome of your shot.

It depends on how loud the music is being played. Some people think EVERYBODY should love their type of music and insist on blasting it so the whole world can hear.

[JackGatling]

4 minutes ago, rd1959 said:

It depends on how loud the music is being played. Some people think EVERYBODY should love their type of music and insist on blasting it so the whole world can hear.

I agree with you, no need for everyone on the course to hear your music. But I’m talking more about using the noise as an excuse for a bad shot. I think part of the game is being able to focus and drown out distractions.

[rd1959]

2 minutes ago, JackGatling said:

I agree with you, no need for everyone on the course to hear your music. But I’m talking more about using the noise as an excuse for a bad shot. I think part of the game is being able to focus and drown out distractions.

I agree, normal everyday noise shouldn't be a distraction. 

[Ferguson]

No food or drink on the turn. 

Just move right to # 10. 

 

No GD hot dog.

No GD coke.

No GD candy bar. 

No stopping. 

 

 

Our club's ninth hole is not near the clubhouse so we don't have to deal with this. 

Thank goodness.  

[PhilsFanDrew]

1 minute ago, Ferguson said:

No food or drink on the turn. 

Just move right to # 10. 

 

No GD hot dog.

No GD coke.

No GD candy bar. 

No stopping. 

 

 

Our club's ninth hole is not near the clubhouse so we don't have to deal with this. 

Thank goodness.  

 

Agreed.  I hate having a backup on 10 because groups run off to get hot dogs and beers.  Really you can't wait until after the round to eat and get a beverage?  Although to be fair some courses don't help matters when they ban you from bringing your own coolers and it's 90+ degrees out and you just want to bring your own bottled water in it and they don't have water coolers stationed throughout the course.   

[Double Mocha Man]

34 minutes ago, PhilsFanDrew said:

Although to be fair some courses don't help matters when they ban you from bringing your own coolers and it's 90+ degrees out and you just want to bring your own bottled water...

 

Choose not to follow that stupid rule.  What, is the DOJ going to raid your golf cart???

[Double Mocha Man]

43 minutes ago, Ferguson said:

No food or drink on the turn. 

Just move right to # 10. 

 

No GD hot dog.

No GD coke.

No GD candy bar. 

No stopping. 

 

What?!  No fatty, cholesterol-laden, nap-inducing Polish Dog at the turn?

[PhilsFanDrew]

Just now, Double Mocha Man said:

 

Choose not to follow that stupid rule.  What, is the DOJ going to raid your golf cart???

True.  You can even buy these on Amazon to be more discreet. https://www.amazon.com/Premium-Golf-Cooler-Bag-Stay-Cold/dp/B09TKY25ZP/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=golf+beer+sleeve&qid=1661884650&sprefix=golf+beer+%2Caps%2C71&sr=8-6

[golfortennis]

1 hour ago, JackGatling said:

I agree with you, no need for everyone on the course to hear your music. But I’m talking more about using the noise as an excuse for a bad shot. I think part of the game is being able to focus and drown out distractions.

 

I think the issue, for me, anyway, is that I try to super vigilant about not causing distractions for other players, and what I've found bugs me is not the noise, it's is the discourteousness of the other player.  I'll say it's music, but really it's the fact the guy is a jackwagon that gets on my nerves.

[JackGatling]

50 minutes ago, Double Mocha Man said:

 

Choose not to follow that stupid rule.  What, is the DOJ going to raid your golf cart???

Yeah, I always bring my own water and have never been confronted. However, I usually play at more rural, less formal courses.

[JackGatling]

10 minutes ago, golfortennis said:

 

I think the issue, for me, anyway, is that I try to super vigilant about not causing distractions for other players, and what I've found bugs me is not the noise, it's is the discourteousness of the other player.  I'll say it's music, but really it's the fact the guy is a jackwagon that gets on my nerves.

I’m not disagreeing that ideally most people would be respectful and follow the silent (pun intended) rules of the game. My point is that those kinds of things are out of our control for the most part, and it shouldn’t affect performance.

[Double Mocha Man]

35 minutes ago, JackGatling said:

Yeah, I always bring my own water and have never been confronted. However, I usually play at more rural, less formal courses.

 

I always bring my personal favorite Italian vineyard labeling... in an opaque canister and I call it my Italian Sports Drink.  Never been confronted.   I played in a tournament yesterday with the Assistant Pro and the Course Superintendent.  One was toting a sleeve of beers and the other a margarita in a canister.  A Mexican Sports Drink.

[BIG STU]

1 hour ago, Double Mocha Man said:

 

Choose not to follow that stupid rule.  What, is the DOJ going to raid your golf cart???

If someone wants to be technical they can have theit health care provider write a letter saying they need to have water available right then and there. That comes then under several FEDERAL health care acts. In fact our course encourages it and gives out free bottled water

[golfortennis]

49 minutes ago, JackGatling said:

Yeah, I always bring my own water and have never been confronted. However, I usually play at more rural, less formal courses.

 

I don't think water is the issue.  It's alcohol.  Have to assume it's the same in every state or province that outside alcohol could put the course's liquor license in jeopardy.  That is the issue.

[Ferguson]

I like when they do green aerification and throw a ton of sand on the putting surfaces.  

 

 

 

 

 Just kidding. 

 

 

[Motoboss]

3 minutes ago, golfortennis said:

 

I don't think water is the issue.  It's alcohol.  Have to assume it's the same in every state or province that outside alcohol could put the course's liquor license in jeopardy.  That is the issue.

In Indiana it’s a State law, alcohol must be purchased on the premises and none to be brought to the course.

 

Yet I’ve never have seen it enforced.

 

Being diabetic I bring sugar free Gatorade and water all the time as to not be forced to buy sugary drinks. Never has been a problem at any course.

[Ty_Webb]

3 hours ago, MattM97 said:

 

Practicing from 15-20ft or beyond on the putting green should be more for speed/lag or at least should be for most people. When I line up from that distance on the course I'm not expecting to make it but I'm expecting to have a tap in putt and you can't get that without practicing from 15-20ft 

 

There are two kinds of putts. Ones where line is most important - typically I'd think this is sub 12 feet, and ones where speed is most important - 25 feet plus. If you practise your speed from 30 feet and your line from 8 feet, you're going to wind up pretty solid from 15-20 feet anyway, but if you practise from 15-20 feet then you're only helping your 15-20 foot results, not your 8 footers and not your 30 footers.

 

Another way to think of it is if you plot "putts to hole out" by distance and have a line for good putters and bad putters, the gap between them will be bigger at 8 feet and at 30 feet than it will at 15 feet. 15 feet is short enough you shouldn't three putt, but long enough that it's hard to one putt, so really hard to differentiate yourself there. Poor putters three putt a lot from 30 feet and miss a lot of 8 footers. Good putters don't three putt and make about half their 8 footers.

[DLeightonReid]

Another opinion of mine:

All the major golf club manufacturers make great clubs.  Buy what fits you or simply what you like the look of; whether it is Ping, Callaway, Taylormade, Srixon, Mizuno, PXG, Titleist, Cleveland, Tour Edge, etc.  

Edited August 30, 2022 by DLeightonReid

[Double Mocha Man]

21 minutes ago, BIG STU said:

If someone wants to be technical they can have their health care provider write a letter saying they need to have water available right then and there.

 

My health care provider wrote me a letter saying I needed to have my favorite brand of pinot grigio on the course or I get all pissy.

[golfortennis]

13 minutes ago, Motoboss said:

In Indiana it’s a State law, alcohol must be purchased on the premises and none to be brought to the course.

 

Yet I’ve never have seen it enforced.

 

Being diabetic I bring sugar free Gatorade and water all the time as to not be forced to buy sugary drinks. Never has been a problem at any course.

 

Enforcement can be lax.  Problem is you get that one bureaucrat looking to make a name for themselves, or someone with an axe to grind, and now all of a sudden a big source of revenue is gone.  So they at least have to post it in their rules.

[DLeightonReid]

 15 minutes ago, Motoboss said:

In Indiana it’s a State law, alcohol must be purchased on the premises and none to be brought to the course.

 

 

 

Same Liquor Control law applies here in Missouri.  Our course has a posted sign that all beverages must be purchased at the Pro Shop.  It would be too hard to monitor if people bring their own coolers.  Plus, the Pro Shop wants and needs the sales.  

[Warrior42111]

18 minutes ago, golfortennis said:

 

Enforcement can be lax.  Problem is you get that one bureaucrat looking to make a name for themselves, or someone with an axe to grind, and now all of a sudden a big source of revenue is gone.  So they at least have to post it in their rules.

It's a big CYA situation.

 

Some douchecanoe drinks to much not from the bar (since they're not suppose to be over served). The signage pretty much protects the course as it shows negligence on the person breaking the rule and not the staff/ course if someone wanted to pull their Liquor License 

[bcjim]

44 minutes ago, golfortennis said:

 

I don't think water is the issue.  It's alcohol.  Have to assume it's the same in every state or province that outside alcohol could put the course's liquor license in jeopardy.  That is the issue.

It's not about jeopardizing their license,  it's protection of their exclusive ability to sell overpriced beers.

[Double Mocha Man]

12 minutes ago, Warrior42111 said:

The signage pretty much protects the course as it shows negligence on the person breaking the rule and not the staff/ course if someone wanted to pull their Liquor License 

 

I think the course looks the other way.  Or doesn't look at all.  I agree... it seems like a CYA thing.

 

 

 

Edited August 30, 2022 by Double Mocha Man