MD/DC/VA Golfers - This One Goes to Eleven

gregh729 · Aug 30, 2005

dcmidnight wrote:

 
Last time I was talked into playing LP... 
 
Tex: No seriously, I heard LP is in great shape. 
Me: No. It was hot garbage last time I played. 
Tex: Seriously, it will be fine. 
Me: Eh, OK. 
 
(sees the way the tee boxes and fairways look) 
 
Me: F you Tex, what a waste of... 
 
(watches MTN launch his driver and get it stuck in a tree on the first tee) 
 
Me: Nevermind, awesome day!!

GolfWRX · Jan 1, 2005

thechief16 · Aug 21, 2009

I have to admit, I got a little tingly this morning when Soly dropped a "Trust Fund Tron" in the Mike Davis NLU pod.

Go_Time · Jun 3, 2010

Go_Time wrote:

 
Going to play Waverly Woods tomorrow or Blue Mash either around 0700....then maybe again with Tex in the afternoon. Who wants in for the AM? Haven't bought yet so let me know.

Open to playing places other than Mash or Waverly, I suppose. Prices there are good though for weekday mornings.

bayrat88 · Mar 19, 2014

TheCityGame wrote:

 

bayrat88 wrote:

 
Anyone playing this afternoon? My plan to Mattaponi on my way to Richmond fell through as they have an outing this afternoon. 

I was going to practice today, but I'll go out at Turf if you want. Let me know. Unless you want to hit LP with Tex. I don't care. Like I said, I was going to practice. 
 
Also -- that offer is extended to 2 more people, if Bay wants to play. 
 
I don't know exactly when yet. My plan is to get home around 2 day, walk the dog (30 minutes?) then drive to the course (30 minutes). For an eta of 3. Any of those times could be bumped 10 minutes in one direction or the other.

I'm in, also very flexible on time, takes me 25 minutes to get there so I need that much advance notice. I will get dressed and put the clubs in the car now.

TheCityGame · Feb 24, 2011

bayrat88 wrote:

 

TheCityGame wrote:

 

bayrat88 wrote:

 
Anyone playing this afternoon? My plan to Mattaponi on my way to Richmond fell through as they have an outing this afternoon. 

I was going to practice today, but I'll go out at Turf if you want. Let me know. Unless you want to hit LP with Tex. I don't care. Like I said, I was going to practice. 
 
Also -- that offer is extended to 2 more people, if Bay wants to play. 
 
I don't know exactly when yet. My plan is to get home around 2 day, walk the dog (30 minutes?) then drive to the course (30 minutes). For an eta of 3. Any of those times could be bumped 10 minutes in one direction or the other. 

 
 
I'm in, also very flexible on time, takes me 25 minutes to get there so I need that much advance notice. I will get dressed and put the clubs in the car now.

OK. I should get there by 3 pretty easily, but you just never know.

TheCityGame · Feb 24, 2011

Tiger Woods named his dinghy Karen.

GolfWRX · Jan 1, 2005

HighBoomingDraws · Dec 29, 2016

I’ll be working until mid to late afternoon so no round for me most likely. I absolutely want to play my own ball at Turf Valley soon though! Have only played 6 hour scrambles at Hialeah thus far.

ceejay81 · Jan 30, 2018

Tiger rolling into the event

SullGolf · Oct 1, 2012

TheCityGame · Feb 24, 2011

Q. What do you think of the USGA decision to go to a two-hole playoff to decide? 
JORDAN SPIETH: It's the first I've heard of that being an option. 
 
Q. Really? 
JORDAN SPIETH: It's still 18 holes, right? 
 
THE MODERATOR: No, it's two. 
 
JORDAN SPIETH: Oh, it is two? I didn't even know. What do I think of it? 
 
THE MODERATOR: Two on Sunday. 
 
JORDAN SPIETH: Two on Sunday. Either way, I mean, I guess strategy changes a little from an entire round, but I honestly had no idea that it even changed. I was even looking at a weather forecast for Monday, thinking, you know, what's it look like if you happen to work your way into a playoff? So shows you what I know. 
 
THE MODERATOR: Spend the day in the city instead.

Go_Time · Jun 3, 2010

Are we sure that the Solstice special guest won't get scared away after playing the first round with City?

GolfWRX · Jan 1, 2005

dcmidnight · Aug 24, 2006

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This is a good first swing 
 
==== 
 
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Go_Time wrote:

 
Are we sure that the Solstice special guest won't get scared away after playing the first round with City?

TBD

TheCityGame · Feb 24, 2011

Go_Time wrote:

 
Are we sure that the Solstice special guest won't get scared away after playing the first round with City?

Were you? 
 
Out at Waverly, Go_Time told he was US Navy. 
 
I suggested calling him Battleship. Awesome, right?

Then, PQ decided it was better to call him Rihanna.

After a couple missed putts, it was being demoted to "Dinghy".

SullGolf · Oct 1, 2012

Yesterday we had a situation that ticked all of the thread war boxes: 
-Controversial rules decisions 
-Making fun of City 
-Questionable integrity 
-Environmental areas at Northwest 
 
I'm not even sure I should post about it, because it probably won't live up to the hype I just created for it.

thechief16 · Aug 21, 2009

Just bring it. Those are 4 of my favorite things.

TheCityGame · Feb 24, 2011

Please tell me someone played a ball on the edge of long grass completely capable of being played as a normal shot.

GolfWRX · Jan 1, 2005

ceejay81 · Jan 30, 2018

It's funny, before my group teed off at Northwest for the Honeypot, our group asked the starter about playing out of the long grass. He basically said if you can find it, go play it, and was confused as to why we were asking. He had no idea about the scorecard reference until we told him. 
 
I still think if you find your ball in an area where it's okay to be walking (not environmentally sensitive area) in long grass that it's okay to play.

FAbb · Mar 29, 2011

I had an idea what the ruling was, but wasn't sure. A Google search seems to confirm what I thought. In any case, we agreed to waive the rules in the scenario, and **** ourselves all to golf he!l by doing so.

misplacedtexan83 · Apr 4, 2013

Whoa.. 
 
I guess we can do that but not make decisions about gur bunkers. 
 
#teamsully

Ocgolfrick · May 6, 2013

^{Anybody else see that Eagle1997 Dreamgirl Ariana Grande got engaged to ...Pete Davidson?????}

FAbb · Mar 29, 2011

We were taking pity on Sully. He was losing at the time. 
 
Also not a tourney, so there was no field in need of protection from our negligent behavior. 
 
Sully probably just shouldn't have hit it where he did. That'd have been the best solution.

GolfWRX · Jan 1, 2005

ceejay81 · Jan 30, 2018

FAbb wrote:

 
Also not a tourney, so there was no field in need of protection from our negligent behavior.

Jimmy Walker approved your negligent behavior.

bayrat88 · Mar 19, 2014

Higher powers are working against me golfing today it seems... Option #2 at risk

misplacedtexan83 · Apr 4, 2013

FAbb wrote:

We were taking pity on Sully. He was losing at the time. 
 
Also not a tourney, so there was no field in need of protection from our negligent behavior. 
 
Sully probably just shouldn't have hit it where he did. That'd have been the best solution.

Hard to argue with these points.

FAbb · Mar 29, 2011

Final baseball score: 
 
FAbb - 53 
DC - 51 
Sully - 40 
 
Looks like ole Sully was willing to throw a meaningless game in the name of summer solstice handicap prep. 
 
I'd say they were taking mercy on me, but they made me putt a few kick-ins, probably in hopes that I'd be rusty enough to miss them.

SullGolf · Oct 1, 2012

-Sully is a sandbagger 
-FAbb stunk 
-FAbb beat Sully 
 
I have encountered a WRX Paradox and don't know how to proceed.

GolfWRX · Jan 1, 2005

Go_Time · Jun 3, 2010

SullGolf wrote:

 
-Sully is a sandbagger 
-FAbb stunk 
-FAbb beat Sully 
 
I have encountered a WRX Paradox and don't know how to proceed.

Im sure youll play better tomorrow morning

FAbb · Mar 29, 2011

It happened on new hole 2. 
 
Sully hit his tee shot right at what appears to be the corner of the tall grass from the tee. We walk up and find there's actually a cut out beyond the corner on the line his ball was traveling, then more tall grass, then rough. I drove up a ways on his line and didn't find anything. Sully dropped where we saw it cross, but then found his original ball as he played up the hole. Here's a picture.

I'm actually not sure what ball Sully played the hole out with at that point, but given we didn't look super hard for his original, and how hard it was to find balls in the rough yesterday anyway, DC and I agreed we were fine with Sully playing his original ball with no penalty. 
 
I believe the correct ruling is that he'd actually have to play the ball he dropped and put in play, with an additional 2 stroke penalty. 
 
If they didn't have the dumb nebulous local rule about unmown areas, it wouldn't have been a problem. Sully would have played a provisional off the tee, and eventually been able to play his original once he got to it, with no penalty.

baddomes · Jan 13, 2014

Sick drive, Sull

GolfWRX · Jan 1, 2005

SullGolf · Oct 1, 2012

I played the dropped ball, then I found the original outside the hazard. I played the dropped ball out. I just wasnt sure if I incurred an additonal penalty for playing the wrong ball or an incorrect drop. 
 
For shiggles, I did hit a 2nd shot on my original ball, which then probably triggers another penalty.

baddomes wrote:

 
Sick drive, Sull

FAbb said my tee action was 1000 times better than earlier this year.

MD/DC/VA Golfers - This One Goes to Eleven

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