Your most unpopular Golf opinions?

[Nard_S]

On 10/18/2024 at 6:33 PM, david.c.w said:

99% of all golfers and caddies organize clubs in the bag the wrong way.   The best way is shown below.

 

Easy access to all clubs.  The other way the longer clubs are blocking the shorter clubs, both when walking and when on a cart.

 

This is how I do it too.

[Archimedes65]

On 10/18/2024 at 3:33 PM, david.c.w said:

99% of all golfers and caddies organize clubs in the bag the wrong way.   The best way is shown below.

 

Easy access to all clubs.  The other way the longer clubs are blocking the shorter clubs, both when walking and when on a cart.

 

 

Gotta totally disagree with this.  I’ve tried this and discovered that it’s a good way to destroy the shafts on your driver and fairway woods by your iron’s banging into them all day.  You can get to every club easily with your driver and woods in the front of the bag, i.e. near the grab handle., if you just get your lengths organized right.  Also, the way that I and most other folks do it, the wedges lay nicely under the mid irons, rather than just banging into them like they do in the picture above.

 

The mistake I see a lot of people making with smaller carry bags is not downsizing their headcovers.  The reason a lot of people can’t see their irons is because they’ve got lampshades on all their woods.  Get some low profile, non pleated covers if you’re carrying in a small 4 or 6 way bag.

 

Edited October 21, 2024 by Archimedes65

[david.c.w]

9 hours ago, Archimedes65 said:

 

Gotta totally disagree with this.  I’ve tried this and discovered that it’s a good way to destroy the shafts on your driver and fairway woods by your iron’s banging into them all day.  You can get to every club easily with your driver and woods in the front of the bag, i.e. near the grab handle., if you just get your lengths organized right.  Also, the way that I and most other folks do it, the wedges lay nicely under the mid irons, rather than just banging into them like they do in the picture above.

 

The mistake I see a lot of people making with smaller carry bags is not downsizing their headcovers.  The reason a lot of people can’t see their irons is because they’ve got lampshades on all their woods.  Get some low profile, non pleated covers if you’re carrying in a small 4 or 6 way bag.

 

 

I have had this setup for 35 years.  Have walked 500+ rounds.  Never an issue with shafts, and my driver and 3 wood are 5 years old.

 

[GDB67]

I love the president’s cup. 
🗽🤑😈

[Nard_S]

On 10/20/2024 at 11:16 PM, Archimedes65 said:

I’ve tried this and discovered that it’s a good way to destroy the shafts on your driver and fairway woods by your iron’s banging into them all day.

I use a towel to minimize bag chatter. A setup where longer are on bottom creates a wall for towel and protects the shafts too. A perk is towels don’t fall off as much with this, which has always been and issue for me. Mind I’m using beach towels for full snaking, I’m going  augment one with a split and clasping to anchor to handle but I find that when grabbing the most used clubs it is much easier stacking them in reverse of what is deemed normal. 

[Nard_S]

Welp, came across duffers off back tees , playing a round 40 minutes longer than need be yesterday, lol. Guy on toughest part 4 had 300 to green, waited till it cleared to hit  a ball from deep rough all to see it plunk in water 160 yards ahead. Comical it was. I did not let it bother me, and played well considering state of game but geez I have not seen this delusion in decades. The kicker is they were both older men, around 50 age wise. Unbelievable. 

Edited October 22, 2024 by Nard_S

[mshills]

Golfers need to be less judgmental. 
 

Worry about your game, your attire, your diet, your clubs, and how you want to get around the course. I will worry about my affairs. 
 

I am not healthier than you because I ate a banana and a Powerade at the turn and you had a chili dog and a Miller Lite. I am not lazy or a couch potato because I decided not to walk today. You were hungry for a chili dog and a beer. I didn’t want to walk. That is all there is to it, no judgment involved.

[Double Mocha Man]

5 minutes ago, mshills said:

...and you had a chili dog and a Miller Lite.

 

I used to play a certain course with two buds who would call ahead at the turn and order big grilled Polish sausages on a bun.  Scorewise I might have been trailing them at the turn but afterwards, in their lethargic stupors, they were easy pickin's.

[Wooley12]

6 hours ago, Nard_S said:

Welp, came across duffers off back tees , playing a round 40 minutes longer than need be yesterday, lol. Guy on toughest part 4 had 300 to green, waited till it cleared to hit  a ball from deep rough all to see it plunk in water 160 yards ahead. Comical it was. I did not let it bother me, and played well considering state of game but geez I have not seen this delusion in decades. The kicker is they were both older men, around 50 age wise. Unbelievable. 

I had to play behind a 4some like that who were in the league ahead of mine. They were in their 30's. Played from the tips and couldn't drive it 200. They were in the  mob though, so no one said a thing. 

Edited October 23, 2024 by Wooley12

[Double Mocha Man]

3 minutes ago, Wooley12 said:

I had to play behind a 4some like that who were in the league ahead of mine. They were in their 30's. Played from the tips and couldn't drive it 200. They were in the  mob though, so no one said a thing. 

 

... and that's why you're still here today...

[Wooley12]

I said something to one on the putting green once about the weather. Dirt eye. So only once. The A team and the B team were killing each other off at the time and those guys just wanted to relax. 

[b.mattay]

1.) Walking is often faster than carting, dependent on course layout. 

2.) Collared shirts on the golf course need to go the way of the dodo bird. 

3.) Rakes should be kept 3-5 feet outside the bunker

4.) Continuous putting (e.g. putt until you hole out) should be a thing (*I'm not totally sold on this but like it for the most part*)

 

Edited October 23, 2024 by b.mattay

[Double Mocha Man]

2 minutes ago, b.mattay said:

1.) Walking is often faster than carting, dependent on course layout. 

2.) Collared shirts on the golf course need to go the way of the dodo bird. 

3.) Rakes should be kept 3-5 feet outside the bunker

4.) Continuous putting (e.g. putt until you hole out) should be a thing (*I'm not totally sold on this but like it for the most part*)

 

 

3.) So your ball can ricochet off the rake and into the bunker?

 

4.) Unless you end up taking your stance in somebody's line.

[b.mattay]

4 minutes ago, Double Mocha Man said:

 

3.) So your ball can ricochet off the rake and into the bunker?

 

4.) Unless you end up taking your stance in somebody's line.

3.) That outcome is IMO infinitely preferable to the possibility of the ball wedging between the rake and the lip or the bad lies you get from people tossing the rake back in the bunker. 

4.) Even so, I wouldn't mind it, I don't think spike marks are really a problem anymore. 

[bcjim]

Probably said this already but since it's that season,  frost delays should be eradicated. Either stop taking tee times before 9 and allow walkons if no frost or tell people with frosty tee times that their round is canceled and they can go home.  If I make a tee time at noon, I should get to play at noon. Why should I be inconvenienced because you made a tee time when there was foreseeable frost?

[mshills]

7 hours ago, b.mattay said:

3.) That outcome is IMO infinitely preferable to the possibility of the ball wedging between the rake and the lip or the bad lies you get from people tossing the rake back in the bunker. 

4.) Even so, I wouldn't mind it, I don't think spike marks are really a problem anymore. 

Re: 4.), continuous putting is great, it’s standard procedure in our groups unless it’s a match play day. 
 

Re: 3.), our super asks us to put the rakes in the bunkers. 🧐

[bcjim]

In practice, I prefer them in the bunker just so don't have to look all over for it. Or have to walk clear around or through it to get the rake.  But we leave them out at our place generally, as directed by staff.

 

I think they're less intrusive in the bunker too. A rake out of the bunker is more likely,  imo, to deflect a ball in, or stop a ball such that you're standing in and the ball is out. If the ball and rake interact in the bunker, just move the rake and hit.  Likely the ball won't move.  

[Double Mocha Man]

1 hour ago, mshills said:

Re: 4.), continuous putting is great, it’s standard procedure in our groups unless it’s a match play day. 
 

Re: 3.), our super asks us to put the rakes in the bunkers. 🧐

 

4.) Hell, I'd just settle for nobody marking their ball, aligning their logo, remarking their ball, realigning their logo, remarking their ball, realigning their logo. I can still out-putt them. 

[bcjim]

21 minutes ago, Double Mocha Man said:

 

4.) Hell, I'd just settle for nobody marking their ball, aligning their logo, remarking their ball, realigning their logo, remarking their ball, realigning their logo. I can still out-putt them. 

Absolutely.  They do all that pointless stuff but often don't bother to look at the putt from the other side.  Nuts.

  

I don't lift it unless asked or if it's clearly dirty.

[Double Mocha Man]

2 minutes ago, bcjim said:

Absolutely.  They do all that pointless stuff but often don't bother to look at the putt from the other side.  Nuts.

  

I don't lift it unless asked or if it's clearly dirty.

 

Same here, about marking. I think they once saw it on TV. You know how we golfers are, we copy all that crap. Now excuse me while I go practice my AimPoint. 

[mshills]

Use a line around the ball on the practice green, not during play. It is tedious, can be slow, and makes my stoke get too mechanical. 
 

AimPoint, if you know what you are doing, is not slow. 

[jda]

Long said that the putting line takes away from learning or seeing the spacial awareness needed to be a good putter.  Plus, most of the folks who I see using one are not standing directly over the ball anyway, so what good does it do them if they are off ten degrees at address.

[betarhoalphadelta]

On 10/18/2024 at 3:33 PM, david.c.w said:

99% of all golfers and caddies organize clubs in the bag the wrong way.   The best way is shown below.

 

Easy access to all clubs.  The other way the longer clubs are blocking the shorter clubs, both when walking and when on a cart.

 

 

If you do it this way, by law you should be forced to make your irons wear headcovers. 

 

C'mon, man, it's just sun protection. The other way they get a nice cover of shade from the woods. This way they're in direct sun.

 

I wouldn't want to have to report your to the USGA for golf club cruelty. 

Edited October 24, 2024 by betarhoalphadelta

[Nard_S]

Don’t care for adjustable adaptors. They don’t feel as accurate as the bonded. Next metal dialed in will be epoxied forever. 

Edited October 24, 2024 by Nard_S

[Golfbit2X]

I think that all able-bodied adults should walk instead of riding golf carts. Using manual or electric push carts is acceptable.

 

There may be exceptions if weather becomes a significant factor like temperatures over 90°F or higher or if the course is not suited for walking like mountain courses with significant elevation changes.

Edited October 30, 2024 by Golfbit2X

[Golfbit2X]

On 10/23/2024 at 7:47 AM, mshills said:

Re: 4.), continuous putting is great, it’s standard procedure in our groups unless it’s a match play day. 
 

Re: 3.), our super asks us to put the rakes in the bunkers. 🧐

I've tried the continuous putting approach recently during one of my league tournaments and apparently one guy in our flight thought it wasn't right and got really pissed.

 

He thought I was playing out of turn but my tournament director took my side and actually encouraged finishing putts as long as it is within 4 feet or less. 

 

That guy had been playing a lot more tournaments than me but still had no clue about continuous putting. 

 

[mshills]

5 minutes ago, Golfbit2X said:

I've tried the continuous putting approach recently during one of my league tournaments and apparently one guy in our flight thought it wasn't right and got really pissed.

 

He thought I was playing out of turn but my tournament director took my side and actually encouraged finishing putts as long as it is within 4 feet or less. 

 

That guy had been playing a lot more tournaments than me but still had no clue about continuous putting. 

 

 

Continuous putting is impolite in an organized stroke play event, hence my unpopular opinion that it should be a regular thing in stroke play.

 

I prefer match play anyhow, don’t try continuous putting there.

[Double Mocha Man]

2 minutes ago, mshills said:

 

Continuous putting is impolite in an organized stroke play event, hence my unpopular opinion that it should be a regular thing in stroke play.

 

I prefer match play anyhow, don’t try continuous putting there.

 

I think continuous putting is fine, it helps to speed up the game, but one should never step in another's line. Then you mark and pick up the ball, and wait.

 

And yes, in match play your putt can be recalled if you putt out of turn.

[mshills]

Just now, Double Mocha Man said:

 

I think continuous putting is fine, it helps to speed up the game, but one should never step in another's line. Then you mark and pick up the ball, and wait.

 

And yes, in match play your putt can be recalled if you putt out of turn.

I sometimes cause unintentionally continuous putting….still away after Putt #1.  LOL

[Golfbit2X]

3 hours ago, Double Mocha Man said:

 

I think continuous putting is fine, it helps to speed up the game, but one should never step in another's line. Then you mark and pick up the ball, and wait.

 

And yes, in match play your putt can be recalled if you putt out of turn.

I agree and I don't continue putting if I might be stepping on another golfer's line. 

 

I also announce before hand that I'd be putting out as a courtesy to the other golfers in my flight.