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Would you believe of all the frggin things, I have toe injury. It started hurting a bit when I had 4 holes to go. By the time I reached the final hole, I was using my club as a cane. I wasn't going to quit because I had a pretty good round going and got a par on the very tough last hole.
When I took off my shoe my big toe was swollen and discolored. I can't remember doing anything but hitting my shoe with my club to get the sand out, which I've done hundreds of times.
Today it hurts like hell when I walk and is still swollen. Put ice on it and soaked it with Epson salt. What stupid way to lose playing time.
 
ParanoidPatriot said:
Would you believe of all the frggin things, I have toe injury. It started hurting a bit when I had 4 holes to go. By the time I reached the final hole, I was using my club as a cane. I wasn't going to quit because I had a pretty good round going and got a par on the very tough last hole.
When I took off my shoe my big toe was swollen and discolored. I can't remember doing anything but hitting my shoe with my club to get the sand out, which I've done hundreds of times.
Today it hurts like hell when I walk and is still swollen. Put ice on it and soaked it with Epson salt. What stupid way to lose playing time.
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I don't think it's stupid at all and might have zero to do with hitting your shoe with the club. I bought a brush that has copper bristles on one side and nylon on the other and
attaches with a spring cord to the outside of my bag. I assumed I would lose it, but have had it for about 7 years now and it gets the crap out of the grooves and off the clubhead without taking
any chances. Pretty useful tool. Maybe you just have a case of turf toe brought on by spikes with soles that are too soft and a stiffer after-market insole in your shoes might help take
some of the pressure off the toe. I have about a half dozen pairs of those things due to chronic foot issues and almost always have them on. They help me quite a bit, but
they aren't cheap. I wouldn't think of walking a golf course without a sport insole with extra arch support and a good one is worth dropping 40 bucks on to me.

Golf season is too short to spend part of it on IR. Good luck.
 
Hawg73 said:
I don't think it's stupid at all and might have zero to do with hitting your shoe with the club. I bought a brush that has copper bristles on one side and nylon on the other and
attaches with a spring cord to the outside of my bag. I assumed I would lose it, but have had it for about 7 years now and it gets the crap out of the grooves and off the clubhead without taking
any chances. Pretty useful tool. Maybe you just have a case of turf toe brought on by spikes with soles that are too soft and a stiffer after-market insole in your shoes might help take
some of the pressure off the toe. I have about a half dozen pairs of those things due to chronic foot issues and almost always have them on. They help me quite a bit, but
they aren't cheap. I wouldn't think of walking a golf course without a sport insole with extra arch support and a good one is worth dropping 40 bucks on to me.

Golf season is too short to spend part of it on IR. Good luck.
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Thanks Hawg,
I was just frustrated. It is surprising that your big toe injury can make you lame, just as much as a sprain, or a pulled calf or hamstring.
I'm going to give it another day. Then I might try it with an old pair of golf shoes that are wider due to years of use. I just bought a brand new pair of New Balance shoes that I've worn only 5 or 6 times and are not totally broken in. They are the most comfortable shoes that I've ever worn, but like all new shoes, need to be broken in.
 
I thought this was going to be the weekend but no luck. We played a four man scramble on Saturday and I was on fire. Sunday afternoon stroke play. I decided that I wasn't going to add up my score because I didn't want to know how close or far away I was to shooting my best round ever. The front 9 was going really well but the beer got the best of me on the back. 48 55 for a 103. 😢
 
Alk said:
I thought this was going to be the weekend but no luck. We played a four man scramble on Saturday and I was on fire. Sunday afternoon stroke play. I decided that I wasn't going to add up my score because I didn't want to know how close or far away I was to shooting my best round ever. The front 9 was going really well but the beer got the best of me on the back. 48 55 for a 103. 😢
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Yes, it was the beer.
Sometimes it's the wind, sometimes it's the angle of the sun, a tree branch moved, the grass in the rough is too high, the grass on the fairway is too low, the glove, and almost always the putter just didn't line up properly. :D
 
I've been looking into turf toe injuries playing golf. What I've found out is that they are common.
When you think of your golf swing. As you follow through, your back foot naturally rises, and at the end of the swing, the foot is up with the toe down. This leads to bending of the big toe, and if the swing is a little off, would put a strain on the the toe.
Anyway, I've use 2 treatments. First I soaked the toe in warm water with Epson salt. Then a few hours later, I use an ice pack. Kept alternating that treatment during the day. After a couple of days the swelling went down and I felt good enough to play 9 holes yesterday. It's not 100%, but it's better and I can play though the pain level that it's at right now.
 
I played 18 today for the first time since injuring my big toe. I shot a 91 but it seemed worse than that. Had my toe taped and I didn't feel any pain during the round.
This is good news as I'm on a team next week for a charity scramble. Didn’t want to tell my teammates that I couldn't play 18 so they would have to find another player.
 
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