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Hawg73 said:
I have a good friend who joined my Monday Golf league last year and but he was rusty at golf and played poorly. This year
he moved to NH to be closer to his sons and grandkid but decided to make the drive anyways and he got in better shape
and played respectably. He won 130 bucks over the season and was psyched.

Yesterday he texts me with some news. He went out on his Birthday with one of his sons and got a hole in one (140 yards)!

FWIW, I looked it up and the odds of scoring a hole in one on a par 3 are 12,500 to 1.

This led me to recall the greatest story on the topic I've ever heard and it is worth a retell.

A member at a Long Island course was playing in a member/guest tournament. He's on the par 3 17th when he collapses due to cardiac arrest. He
fell over like a sack of potatoes and was out and not breathing. His partners attempted to give him CPR while others went to find a defibrillator, but
nothing was working after a long, heroic effort. They tried to accept that their friend was dead. Finally the cavalry arrives and after a couple of jolts
with the defib the guy starts breathing again and it's off to the hospital.

So, a year later he has rehabbed and decides to play again for the first time since the incident. He's got a brand-new set of clubs which
he'd never even practiced with. It was a shotgun start and his team drew, you guessed it, 17.

So, this guy was pretty popular and a lot of people came over to cheer him on. They were all giving him a good-natured razzing and.....boom....he
puts it in the hole and the crowd goes crazy.

True story.
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If the Hollywood script writers tried to come up with a fictional story, they wouldn't be able to come close to the real event.
 
I need to start golfing again. I was an avid player for a long time and when I practiced and played a lot I was a respectable 10 with occasional flashes of brilliance.
That all changed in 2018 when I herniated a disc while of all things pull starting a chain saw.
The pain from it was profound and disabling. It took 6 months to recover and even today I’ve had an occasional tweak that makes me very nervous.
I have not swung a club since then although my doc says I can and should. I’ve been afraid of screwing myself again and I probably need to get over it.

Never have had a hole in one but did score a double eagle once, with a freaking 5 wood 200 yards out. My reward was getting gang tackled and piled on by the 3 guys I was with. Good times.
 
patswin said:
I need to start golfing again. I was an avid player for a long time and when I practiced and played a lot I was a respectable 10 with occasional flashes of brilliance.
That all changed in 2018 when I herniated a disc while of all things pull starting a chain saw.
The pain from it was profound and disabling. It took 6 months to recover and even today I’ve had an occasional tweak that makes me very nervous.
I have not swung a club since then although my doc says I can and should. I’ve been afraid of screwing myself again and I probably need to get over it.

Never have had a hole in one but did score a double eagle once, with a freaking 5 wood 200 yards out. My reward was getting gang tackled and piled on by the 3 guys I was with. Good times.
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Maybe start off just using irons and see how that goes. I've had back problems for years. Swing the club is not the problem, forgetting to bend with the legs to pick up balls is a problem.
 
I love to play match. It makes the mental aspect of golf equal to the physical aspect. For us more "experienced" players this levels the playing field a bit.

 
patswin said:
I need to start golfing again. I was an avid player for a long time and when I practiced and played a lot I was a respectable 10 with occasional flashes of brilliance.
That all changed in 2018 when I herniated a disc while of all things pull starting a chain saw.
The pain from it was profound and disabling. It took 6 months to recover and even today I’ve had an occasional tweak that makes me very nervous.
I have not swung a club since then although my doc says I can and should. I’ve been afraid of screwing myself again and I probably need to get over it.

Never have had a hole in one but did score a double eagle once, with a freaking 5 wood 200 yards out. My reward was getting gang tackled and piled on by the 3 guys I was with. Good times.
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I have played with several people with back problems that have a cup like thingy on the end of the putter to pickup balls. It's actually is pretty neat. I've thought of getting one when I tweak my back, then I forget about it when it feels better.

I've learned that back issues are different with different people. I know a guy who says he quit golf because of his back issues, yet he's an avid pickleball player. I would think that pickleball would be worse for the back.
 
ParanoidPatriot said:
I have played with several people with back problems that have a cup like thingy on the end of the putter to pickup balls. It's actually is pretty neat.
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I use to see those amongst the seniors at the club. I can't remember seeing one at a public course. Has to do with greater frequency of play at a private club I bet. That said, if you add that kind of weight to the tip of the shaft get the lead tape out and keep adding it on the head until you get the swing weight back to normal. Those cups are light but on the end of a shaft they make a big difference in feel and control. They are awesome for bad backs.
 
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patswin said:
you guys are inspiring me. I'm going to visit the range and just bring an iron with me and hit a bucket of balls and see what happens.
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Awesome. An entire bucket out of the gate is a LOT. Take your time. Do not work up a sweat. Watch the pros when they hit balls. Everything is slow and very purposeful/thoughtful.

I have a funky elbow. If I jump in and hit even easy shots without really warming up that arm I am done in 12-15 balls max.

Go slow!
 
Came back from playing a round this morning. Had lunch and did a couple of other things. Then I mention to my wife that I may start watching the doc on Netflix about the Florida football program.

She asked me why I wasn't going to watch the golf. It's Thursday and the Tour Championship starts today and I totally forgot about it. :rolleyes:

Edit: Looks like Scotties -10 starting advantage has vanished. He is now -9 on the last hole of the day. Several others are leading at -10.
 
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Came back from playing a round this morning. Had lunch and did a couple of other things. Then I mention to my wife that I may start watching the doc on Netflix about the Florida football program.

She asked me why I wasn't going to watch the golf. It's Thursday and the Tour Championship starts today and I totally forgot about it. :rolleyes:

Edit: Looks like Scotties -10 starting advantage has vanished. He is now -9 on the last hole of the day. Several others are leading at -10.
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I'm an idiot. Once again I am watching it really delayed (by hours) and I wonder in here to boof myself. What a stupid I am!
 
Well I did go after work and hit balls. I took a 7 iron because if I took a longer club I’d be tempted to hit it long. LOL. In any event no injury but predictably I hit only a few well. Patience. I’ll have to work my way into shape at the range for a while.
 
ParanoidPatriot said:
Came back from playing a round this morning. Had lunch and did a couple of other things. Then I mention to my wife that I may start watching the doc on Netflix about the Florida football program.

She asked me why I wasn't going to watch the golf. It's Thursday and the Tour Championship starts today and I totally forgot about it. :rolleyes:

Edit: Looks like Scotties -10 starting advantage has vanished. He is now -9 on the last hole of the day. Several others are leading at -10.
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delayed or not.... if you don't know what happened it's "live enough"

Morikawa with a big round as well as Keegan Bradley. Hovland -2 under to join them at -10.
can Morikawa (or Bradley) stay that hot or was this their best round and they slip back. who knows. looks hot down there.
 
Patriots44 said:
delayed or not.... if you don't know what happened it's "live enough"

Morikawa with a big round as well as Keegan Bradley. Hovland -2 under to join them at -10.
can Morikawa (or Bradley) stay that hot or was this their best round and they slip back. who knows. looks hot down there.
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When they give the top seed -10 to start, it looks like it's an insurmountable advantage. But it doesn't work out that way usually.
Anyone in the top 10-15 has a chance to win it all with a hot 4 days.
 
patswin said:
you guys are inspiring me. I'm going to visit the range and just bring an iron with me and hit a bucket of balls and see what happens.
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I’m fused s1 to l3 I still play. Sometimes I feel it the next day, like this morning lol, but if you stretch before and slow your swing it’s doable. As most have said go slow and enjoy.

~Dee~.
 
good action at the 2nd round of the players.
Morikawa at 16 under (tied with Hovland) after starting the tourney at -1. crazy.
lets see who can keep up this great golf.
Rory has a back injury and doesn't look like he can hang.
Rahm got hot with the putter for a few holes there and is like 4 back.
 
ParanoidPatriot said:
Hovland appears to be on verge of running away with this. Everyone elsr is either treading water or dropping.
Maybe it's Hovlands orange pants.
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I need to finally break down and buy a pair of those pants. It’s been a really cool summer here in Michigan.
 
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