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[Nard_S]

42 minutes ago, Double Mocha Man said:

Which brings up another topic... a pet peeve of mine.  Couple of golf guys I know make more 10 - 15 footers than I do.  They always charge the cup ala never up never in.  Except when they go 4-5 feet past the hole and then rake it away and give themselves the putt.  Hell, I'd make a lot more of those putts too, if I didn't have to keep in mind the putt coming back.  Mini rant.

We do 18" or less, for worse than par.  Par or better you finish it.

[Soloman1]

measure and level is easy as making a martini.

 

it’s in utilities. point the dot to somewhere and click, then point at other place and click. voila. any direction or angle.

 

it’s 2024.

[dashanks]

Much more motivation to make the martini.

[mshills]

23 minutes ago, braincramp52 said:

That's bugs the crap out of me too. Dude! That ain't a gimme!

Amen. Unless I say it’s good, it ain’t good. I don’t “forget” to say it, either. 

[Soloman1]

[dashanks]

17 minutes ago, Nard_S said:

We do 18" or less, for worse than par.  Par or better you finish it.

Not a gimme guy but that seems reasonable.  Giving yourself a gimme is BS unless it's sitting on the edge of the cup.   Or maybe not.  Depends on the situation.

[dashanks]

3 minutes ago, Soloman1 said:

I had a buddy who used to say he was 8 15/16ths.  That's really precise.

[Nard_S]

9 minutes ago, dashanks said:

Not a gimme guy but that seems reasonable.  Giving yourself a gimme is BS unless it's sitting on the edge of the cup.   Or maybe not.  Depends on the situation.

One guy will finish everything, one will take 3 feet if it was his choice, me, I brush in shorties except on par or bird, then make it formal. It's our group compromise.

[dashanks]

The old geezer league I'm in requires that you putt everything out.  Probably the best idea.  I know I can miss anything. 

[Nard_S]

1 minute ago, dashanks said:

The old geezer league I'm in requires that you putt everything out.  Probably the best idea.  I know I can miss anything. 

I agree. But for a 1' for bogey? I find I'm better at that range with 1 hand tap anyway. And yeah I missed a 1 footer for bird long while back but for sake's of keep it moving we allow gimme in 1.5' or better, for bogie or more. 

[braincramp52]

39 minutes ago, dashanks said:

The old geezer league I'm in requires that you putt everything out.  Probably the best idea.  I know I can miss anything. 

The old geezer league I'm in is all over the place which drives me nuts. One team you play putts everything out and the next team will give you a two footer.

[Soloman1]

gimmes are given, not taken.

 

i’m generous.

 

i have no qualms if someone wants me to putt something out.

or qualms calling it when they rake one back on their own later.

Edited April 30 by Soloman1

[bscinstnct]

9 minutes ago, Soloman1 said:

gimmes are given, not taken.

 

i’m generous.

 

i have no qualms if someone wants me to putt something out.

or qualms calling it when they rake one back on their own later.

 

If ya played with me and saw me putt

 

Youd be begging me to pick up 

 

🤣

[Nard_S]

Minor rant: I dislike the flag in the cup etiquette. Anything under 15 feet I like flag out, ball rarely drops due north anyway, so I like seeing a cup and where it should fall in. Don't think it helps outside of long range approaches. 

[Soloman1]

don’t forget the coriolis effect.

 

(ya gotta admit my burger looks pretty tasty.)

 

😉

 

Edited April 30 by Soloman1

[Soloman1]

usa data

 

average weight of women (1960) = 140 lbs.

average weight of women (2023) = 171 lbs.

+31 lbs.

 

average weight of men (1960) = 166 lbs.

average weight of men (2023) = 198 lbs.

+28 lbs.

 

women weigh more today than men did in 1960.

 

average height of women (1960) = 63.1"

average height of women (2023) = 63.7"

about +1/2"

 

average height of men (1960) =68.3"

average height of men (2023) = 69.1"

about +3/4"

 

 

Edited April 30 by Soloman1

[dashanks]

9 hours ago, braincramp52 said:

The old geezer league I'm in is all over the place which drives me nuts. One team you play putts everything out and the next team will give you a two footer.

Not us.  No fooling around when there could be upwards of $20 in pro shop credit on the line.🙂

[aenemated]

I adhere to the adage ol Harvey Penick had - why go to all the effort to get the ball in the hole only to not actually knock it in the hole? 

 

There's such satisfaction from that sound. I even do it bumming around the practice green. 

[mshills]

28 minutes ago, aenemated said:

I adhere to the adage ol Harvey Penick had - why go to all the effort to get the ball in the hole only to not actually knock it in the hole? 

 

There's such satisfaction from that sound. I even do it bumming around the practice green. 

💯 this.

[bladehunter]

28 minutes ago, aenemated said:

I adhere to the adage ol Harvey Penick had - why go to all the effort to get the ball in the hole only to not actually knock it in the hole? 

 

There's such satisfaction from that sound. I even do it bumming around the practice green. 

Me too. I have ticked  a few off who’ve given me 18 inch putts that I tap in anyway.  🤣. 

[braincramp52]

6 hours ago, Soloman1 said:

usa data

 

average weight of women (1960) = 140 lbs.

average weight of women (2023) = 171 lbs.

+31 lbs.

 

average weight of men (1960) = 166 lbs.

average weight of men (2023) = 198 lbs.

+28 lbs.

 

women weigh more today than men did in 1960.

 

average height of women (1960) = 63.1"

average height of women (2023) = 63.7"

about +1/2"

 

average height of men (1960) =68.3"

average height of men (2023) = 69.1"

about +3/4"

 

 

Is there any data out there on common sense between 1960 to 2023?😅

[braincramp52]

40 minutes ago, aenemated said:

I adhere to the adage ol Harvey Penick had - why go to all the effort to get the ball in the hole only to not actually knock it in the hole? 

 

There's such satisfaction from that sound. I even do it bumming around the practice green. 

So true. In fact, I'm gonna make some of those old boys head explode and I'm going to refuse to accept gimme's in our matches.

[braincramp52]

I seem to have killed the "rangefinder on the green" thread.😂

[mshills]

4 minutes ago, braincramp52 said:

So true. In fact, I'm gonna make some of those old boys head explode and I'm going to refuse to accept gimme's in our matches.

The only time I would not hole out is in a 4 ball match if my putt was conceded because putting it might help my partners read. In that situation I cannot putt.
 

I’ve been playing golf since the early 1990s and have never had this happen but I have seen it as a caddie.  

[mshills]

1 hour ago, aenemated said:

I adhere to the adage ol Harvey Penick had - why go to all the effort to get the ball in the hole only to not actually knock it in the hole? 

 

There's such satisfaction from that sound. I even do it bumming around the practice green. 

 

In stroke play I’ll often say “hey fellas when we get to the green,  make me putt everything. I really need the practice so I’m not going to take a gimmie, cool?”

 

You’d think I was speaking Mongolian by the reaction.

Then it never fails, hit a nice bunker shot on let’s say, hole #3 to 2’ and some knucklehead knocks it away before I’m even out of the bunker. Don’t do that man, come on!

[dashanks]

27 minutes ago, braincramp52 said:

Is there any data out there on common sense between 1960 to 2023?😅

Inversely proportional to the weight stats, I'm sure.

[bscinstnct]

 

[Nard_S]

 I play with a guy, who shoots over 100, if he counted all his mulligans? It's 135, easy. On Sunday morning, I'm a foot away, I slap it in, concede his putt  and move on 

[BIG STU]

3 hours ago, aenemated said:

I adhere to the adage ol Harvey Penick had - why go to all the effort to get the ball in the hole only to not actually knock it in the hole? 

 

There's such satisfaction from that sound. I even do it bumming around the practice green. 

In our league play and the small money game we putt everything out. The only exception is if someone has taken their max on handicap.

I was on the putting green last week and even there I putt everything out. Had a tourist golfer ask me why I did that. I basically told him in our games you putt everything out. I told him it also pertained to keeping an honest handicap. He just shrugged and moved on. In the shootouts you are supposed to putt everything out few do. In the groups I play in 99% of the time I do the putt outs which is good practice for me in the league and small money game

Edited April 30 by BIG STU

[iceman1118]

A guy I play with at least once a week is notorious for giving every player regardless of age, skill, handicap, race, height, weight  etc every 4 footer over the course of 18 holes. He is just too generous. I also believe in putting out. Its part of the game. Every time he tries to give me a putt I always say thanks but no thanks and finish the hole. Keeps my handicap honest. Plus those knee knockers matter in tournament play. Drives me nuts when he just whacks my ball back to me and tells me Im good before I can mark my ball.