MD/DC/VA Golfers - Twelve Monkeys Mental Divergence

[baddomes]

Chief - guys with huge dings and bings like you and me stand to benefit most from the ABC technology. In my opinion, that's the best feature of the pants.

[GooseHook]

I must be out of the loop in the fashion world but I would definitely try those ABC pants.

For extra nether regions comfort, 2UNDR and Saxx are absolute musts. Never going back to standard boxer briefs again.

[gsrjc]

Same here. I only wear lucky brand and it has to their higher quality material. The lower quality doesn’t feel good and is not as soft and stretchy.

[gregh729]

I like the old school, stiff, Levis. Nothing better than splitting your lovesack (spelled differently than the furniture for a reason) in half sitting down

[TheCityGame]

I don't normally listen to pods at work, but this is a great tease. . .

 

[dcmidnight]

Saw the Caledonia/True Blue episode last night, couple of great tracks. Unfortunately they are easily 7+ hours from me - and I live south of the DC beltway.

Whiney, poutey Neil is not my favorite character though.

[aiyyer]

Two friends are thinking of signing up for this event at Tobacco Road. I remember somebody on this thread did this last year.https://lieandloft.com/products/home-on-the-range-3

 

[Ocgolfrick]

We have a third entrant into the title of Least Technology Savvy member of the thread- a title currently shared by Kent01Putt and 2MoreTerpzXtreme. Siegel159, who if long standing members recall, once took 8 HOURS to figure out how to post a GIF to GolfWRX, just made his first contribution to the Pinehurst Trip Group Text Thread that we've had going for, oh, 2 months. He said that figuring out how to get on the Group Text thread on his Nokia Flip Phone was exceedingly difficult, and even harder to figure out than installing his Prodigy Internet CD onto his Tandy T800 computer.

[FAbb]

It was a decent episode.

The courses definitely looked like a fun time, for such flat land. It's cool that the courses are legitimately across the road from each other. It's definitely key for a golf trip to be able to play 2 different courses on the same day, without too much rushing or travel.

Neil looked like he couldn't find the planet off the tee. It seemed like he should've lost 9&8.

Big Randy's take on what he liked about the place was a very refreshing contrast to what the others usually have to offer. I also had a good laugh when he had no idea he had just lost the match with Soly on 18, and then let out a child-like "aww, man."

The fanboy showing up to play in a NLU visor, and polo was a real tough look. It was the grown man equivalent of a 13-year-old girl showing up to a Backstreet Boys concert with a t-shirt of the band, and a sign proclaiming her love.

[TheCityGame]

Kostis is KILLING CBS.

 

$550!!!!

Pretty sure we paid like $300 last year, if that. Domes might remember.

 

[gregh729]

Played Caledonia and True Blue on a trip about 15-20 years ago. Caledonia, by far, is my favorite course on "the strand". True Blue is up there as well. Beautiful course, a little further south so it was less crowded and friendly.

[aiyyer]

These guys will camp only if a breakfast buffet and hot tub is included.

[vtnerf]

Playing Heritage in a few weeks, right next to True Blue and Caledonia. Heard great things about all of them down there on Pawley's Island (including Founders Club and Pawley's Plantation.)

[TheCityGame]

Breaskfast is one girl making egg sandwiches for 100 people and the hot tub is the hose from the cart barn.

 

I hvaen't watched the NLU, but it's my understanding that Caledonia and True Blue are both Strantz courses, and that they're great. The Work Jerks used to do a Myrtle trip and they all loved those courses. Those are the guys who first clued me into Tobacco Road (like 15 years ago now).

I was supposed to play one of those and a Doak course called "Heathlands" one year. I was going to meet my parents as they drove up from Florida i March and then the forecast for that weekend for Carolina was tons and tons of rain so I just never went. And, yes, it did rain that whole weekend.

[dcmidnight]

Both courses are far enough South that it would be worth flying to instead. A 7.5 hour drive from my place is probably 8-9 coming back in traffic. No way.The fanboy showing up to play in a NLU visor, and polo was a real tough look. It was the grown man equivalent of a 13-year-old girl showing up to a Backstreet Boys concert with a t-shirt of the band, and a sign proclaiming her love.

I thought the same thing, it was very weird. I was supposed to play one of those and a Doak course called "Heathlands" one year.

Heathlands is actually a pretty decent track, its at the Legends resort. We stayed there a couple times on my formerly annual trip. They actually offer IMO the best stay/play value in Myrtle. When we got a condo there one year the price was next to nothing and included all your food. The range was also lit and open late at night and the best part was your room key fit into a slot on the range ball dispenser so you could just roll up and get free balls anytime. I just cant handle that drive anymore though.

[misplacedtexan83]

Heading down to pinehurst March 6-8 for the weekend. Got invited to play in the TR tourney.

Cant wait.. still my favorite course

[Kent01putt]

True Blue, Caledonia are Strantz courses. First time I played True Blue me and a buddy hooked up with Lou & Skip Holz. True Blue the next year redid most of their greens and some tee boxes because it was to hard to play. Everyone played it as a one an done because it was very difficult. Heritage is my favorite course down there. They can put the flags in some very tough locations. Fairways are fairly wide and provide good angles into the many pin placement. Nice propriety and they offer a breakfast and lunch along with your greens fee last year. $45 GF

[Kent01putt]

Hopefully I will see you guys in PH this year if Eagle can remember to call me. I will be there all week with a different group playing PH 2, Pine Needles, Mid South, Mid Pines, Legency, Talamore and TR on the way in on Monday

[vtnerf]

We are staying at the Legends resort. Heathland first day, with an alternate shot bonus round on Parkland. Moorland second day with Top Golf. Heritage third day, and Oyster Bay on the last as a get away round heading north. Breakfast and Lunch included with each round, and like DC mentioned, staying on-grounds with a lighted range/putting green. Playing Moorland like 20+ years ago, but haven't' seen the others. Slightly stoked.

[dcmidnight]

This is an awesome setup, really love the way they run their packages there.

[baddomes]

Home on the Range 2 was $350 for the exact same itinerary.

 

So what were the other Patrick Reed incidents?

[ceejay81]

The Kostis pod was fantastic. I listened to that on the way in this morning. I liked the episode from last night, too. The courses looked awesome and I'm a big Strantz fan. Would have preferred if they did each course separately, but whatevs. Neil appears to have a fantastic swing but I feel like I have more of a sense where my ball is going than he does. DJ's game gets better and better the more I see him.

Pinehurst cannot come quickly enough! It's looking to be way dryer than last year's trip, thankfully. Just about a week to go until the festivities begin. I have not hit a putt on a smooth green in many, many months, so I am looking forward to that.

[vtnerf]

Reed would put a wood down behind the ball in the rough. Then pull an iron and put it down behind the ball. Then a wedge. And at the end, he'd hit a wood...after he improved the lie and tamped down the grass behind the ball enough to make a clean path to it. Kostis said something about an incident where the ball was ankle deep when Reed walked up to it, but by the end of his "contemplation" he could read Callaway on the ball from the tower since he'd improved it so much.

[TheCityGame]

Mostly laying irons down in the rough behind the ball until the grass was matted enough to hit a wood off. Or a couple times doing it near a green with a wedge or 2 before his lie was clean enough. Saw him do it in Hartford. Somewhere else.

Had no other stories about anyone modern except Reed. Said guys like that never think anyone is watching.

He also said it in the context of "I was working at CBS, so I couldn't be a part of a story. I could report if a rule violation happened, but I couldn't report a violation."

Mostly he made the point that CBS paid so much for rights for golf that their only obligation is to make money and therefore make sponsors happy, not viewers. He got in trouble after a rookie won his first tournament for not saying, "you just won 500 fed ex cup points." They told him he had to say that, so the next time he interviewed a winner, he intentionally didn't say it. LOL.

He articulated something quite well that I always think when people complain about golf coverage. . .in all other sports, there's only ONE BALL. In golf, there's a bunch of balls in the air. Like people complain about seeing shots on tape and people complain about not seeing enough shots. Those two things are incompatible. (some of this is me paraphrasing, but I liked the one ball thing)

It was good.

[dsc123]

The Kostis comments are on the front page, now. http://www.golfwrx.com/594534/peter-kostis-ive-seen-patrick-reed-improve-his-lie-four-times/?utm_source=Front&utm_medium=Featured_Center_Top&utm_campaign=GolfWRX_OnSite&utm_content=main

 

Highlights, which others have described above:“He put four or five clubs behind the ball, kind of faking whether he’s going to hit this shot or hit that shot. By the time he was done, he hit a frickin’ 3-wood out of there. When I saw it, it was a sand-wedge lay-up originally.”“We could never call a penalty on a player, but we could comment if a penalty was called on a player. That’s the difference. I couldn’t say anything. I can’t be the story. Now I’m done, I don’t really care.”“He hit it over the green and did the same thing. He put three or four clubs behind the ball. It was really a treacherous shot. Nobody had gotten close all day long from over there. By the time he was done, I could read ‘Callaway’ on the golf ball from my tower.”

[tungstenplug]

I really enjoyed listening as well. Kostis unfiltered

Edited February 26, 2023 by tungstenplug

[TheCityGame]

How long until Reed sends Kostis a cease and desist letter?

Or actually sues him for deformation of character. <-- I don't even know if that's a thing in real life or just the movies.

[dcmidnight]

I love Kostis but hate this story. Smacks of piling on and wanting to keep his name in the news. People who hate Reed already hate Reed - this isn't going to change anyone's mind.Mostly laying irons down in the rough behind the ball until the grass was matted enough to hit a wood off. Or a couple times doing it near a green with a wedge or 2 before his lie was clean enough. Saw him do it in Hartford. Somewhere else.Had no other stories about anyone modern except Reed. Said guys like that never think anyone is watching.

Clearly he hates Reed, I get it. But two things come to mind. 1 - the idea that over 30 years he - conveniently - only ever had a bad story to tell about Reed defies belief. 2 - also defies belief that he simply could not do anything about it. Woah is me, I cared so much about my job I cared more about that then the integrity of the game. Impossible for me to think that if he really cared as much as he claims, that he could not have pulled an official aside off the record and said hey, check the tape on X green. Heck guys got penalties because a random dude called in off the phone, you dont think Kostis could bring some weight off the record?

Also - I feel like we see the "pat the grass down" move at least a dozen times a year in events. No one can think Reed is the only guy that does it right?

[vtnerf]

What Keopka said is way worse than what Kostis said.

[thechief16]

I anyone surprised that Patrick Reed has been observed cheating previously?

I'm much more interested to hear Kostis admit that neither the network nor the tour "give a rats ass about the quality of the telecast." They just want the broadcasters to be cheerleaders for the tour. Maybe that shouldn't be much of a surprise, because if that is the prevailing view, it certainly shows.