Topic: iseekgolf Golf Days / Brisbane golfers?

Try this link Sarg.

Joe Dante – 4 Magic Moves chapter 3 – Golf Grip

You saw my tee shots today. They’re the direct result of this book. Can’t recommend it enough for beginners.

Topic: iseekgolf Golf Days / Brisbane golfers?

Yep, I second the thx to PGriff for organising.

Really impressed with the Redcliffe course.Cheers to my playing partners Andrew and Brett. Was way happy with my round today also – best round I ever had; the course condition probably helped in that department.

Will be at the next one.

Cheers again
Shawn

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See you in the morning

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I agree, but I’ve never played there so I’ll try it once. If it’s rubbish they’ll never see me again, and if it’s brilliant they’ll still probably never see me again – $75 every weekend for golf, only if I was rolling in it.

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Monday’s good for me. I would be interested.

Btw, if anyone’s interested in playing Sunday in a comp, no handicap required but by playing you can get a golflink handicap, at Collonial, $75, with 40 other people, indicate your interest. Unfortunately can’t post the details because it’s not allowed in here; if anyone’s interested I’ll find some way to get you the relevant info.

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They’ve answered all my emails. And yes that email is no good because it bounced on me too. I’ve received all instructions for Sunday and they say they will welcome late entries because of cancellations so all I can think of is that you try again.

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Forget the site link you removed, wiping peoples words away is way more than a fair point. How hard is it leave a ‘this post was edited by an admin’ sentence in your clipboard for a quick ctrl-V paste. What you left in my post has only half its meaning left after the removal of the other paragraph, not to mention the other question I had in the removed paragraph that had nothing to do with the site.

I respect your right to edit whatever you want from your own site but take some care. When you’re trying to communicate something, no matter how prosaic the subject, if half of it gets removed and what your trying to say gets warped as a consequence it doesn’t leave a good feeling.

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I can understand you don’t want commercial interests spamming the forums, I wouldn’t either, it’s just that that site is one of only a few organisations registered to provide handicaps in Queensland to social golfers (ie beginners) by the Australian Golf Union. It took me ages to find them and no wonder.

Were you spammed by one person or many, because of course beginners will talk them up and try and tell others because there’s very few other options to get a handicap outside paying crap loads of money for a club membership.

If you can’t make exceptions fair enough, but you really should look at leaving some indication that a post has been edited. Wiping clean parts of a post like it never existed does not indicate to me that you take editing seriously.

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Uh oh. I just posted a link to what I thought was very useful information for beginner golfers and it was removed? Why? Is there a rule about outside links or are you just trying to make it harder for newbies to get into the game? Can I even mention the link so an admin knows what I’m talking about? Am I in China or Australia?

The post was in the iseekgolf golf days forum, in thread Brisbane Golfers?

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What day you reckon on the Queen’s Birthday long weekend? Sat sun or mon?

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Okay then.

See you all next time perhaps.

Cheers.

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...and then there were two.

oforpar, I still want a round. If you want to pull out post in here and I’ll check the thread in the morning, otherwise, see you at Pine Rivers GC at 9am tomorrow.

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Those of you with kids will hopefully understand, but due to a few things changing here I now will be looking after the 3 kids on Sunday.

Just lock them in a cupboard and throw in a packet of dried biscuits :)

No need to apologize ddasey.

Did you book the 9am tee-off time? Do you need to be there to claim the time? I’m still up for it – I’ll play any course once. The less people the faster our round will be. Let us know what you think Janx and oforpar.

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3. b1_

I should be able to. And my usual question: does Pine Rivers GC have a range I can hit a few balls before-hand, or am I going to have to stop in at Nudgee again?

Back to the drawing board for me, have to get rid of that slice :)

Flat left wrist will cure your slice Janx, that and no bend in your left arm on the backswing. Have a look at the picture of Tiger Woods on the the iseekgolf front page feature story; arm, wrist, back of hand, club face in perfect straight line. In fact look at any pro golfer swing on youtube, they’ve all got a flat left wrist, even those with unusual swings. Flat left wrist = accuracy; conservation of angular momentum (ie club head speed) = power.

Correct grip would also help but I think you’ve got that already.

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Perhaps next time we could also incorporate closest-to-the-pin holes and anything else that adds interest to the day. I play much better when there’s a chance of a free beer.

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Thx for the game guys. Really helpful to be out on the course rather than at the driving range. Also good to be around others so you can swap tips and just generally get your bearings in the game.

106 for me.

My excuses: I’m too used to the synthetic environment of the range. I need to improve hitting it off the deck and dealing with non-perfect lies, so sign me up for the next one.

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By the way, I’ve been reading this free online book:

4 Magic Moves To Winning Golf by Joe Dante

It’s good. Published in the 50’s but comparing the books contents to Tiger Woods swing it matches up. Apart from the early wrist break it’s all pretty standard. It definitely helped this noob nail down some basics like stance, ball position at address, grip, and, of course, the swing and how it works. After 1 week with my new improved swing I’m confident I can completely embarrass myself tomorrow, yeah! pumps fist in air.

If anyone wants to change their swing before tomorrow you’re welcome to check out the link.

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I’ll be there. 10.45am tomorrow Caboolture Golf Club. If there’s no place to hit some shots before-hand I’ll have stop off at nudgee on my way through.

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The list of people wanting to play grows:

JMCS

janx
located: west end
plays: birkdale course
avail: weekends

sarg:
located: narangba
plays: caboulture, one mile
avail: wouldn’t mind playing during the week

ddasey
located:
member: pine rivers
avail: prefers thurs fri until june 1

b1_
located: fortitude valley
plays: where they let him in
avail: all week for next few weeks

Timarnold2452
located: ashgrove
plays:
avail: weekends

PGriff
located: Narangba
member: caboolture
avail:

GlenW
located: goldcoast

bradjfowler
located: narangba
plays:
avail: weekend

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...and I shouldn’t be saying dude if I’m 35 should I :).

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No worries was looking at your list and I want to play bribie at some stage.

Might be another day for us in the future, though that would be a killer trip for Janx :-)

Bribie should probably be up in the top five but I won’t move it until I’ve played it. That list is just net opinions. Take them with a grain of salt. For me they’re just a guide; I won’t judge anything until I’ve played it.

Next weekend may be a bit far ahead to play a game of golf with complete strangers? :) At the moment I’m free next weekend but if there was one thing I would cancel on it would be a golf game with unknowns if something came up. Maybe finalize mid next week?.

Who knows that club the most? Does it get busy on the weekend? How busy? It’ll just take someone to set a suitable time and everyone else can then jump on board.

Btw, if this matters, I’m male 35 Architectural Drafter, cyclist dude.

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Yeah, sorry, if Pine Rivers has been decided it’s $20 Sun-Fri, Sat $? (can’t hurt to dump my research in this thread).

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(Just had third child – beautiful little girl).

Congratulations! Hope she’s doing well.

I’m easy on the venue and the time so I’ll let you guys sort that out – could be a conundrum there :). I’ve only ever played the back nine at Pacific. My knowledge of Brisbane courses is almost nonexistent – been in Brisbane just a few years, from Adelaide originally.

It would be nice to go somewhere where there’s a practice area but not essential – I can always stop in at a driving range on the way, I definitely need to practice before tho :). I’d prefer paying the usual $30 for 18 but could go higher, probably not as high as $100+ tho.

I’ve been doing some research on the net recently on Brisbane courses and these are the standouts apparently:

Brookwater
$135 too expensive but it’s the best in Brisbane by far.
Located Brookwater, 24km SW of city

North Lakes
$80
Located Mango Hill, 27km N of city

Indooroopilly (west course better than east course)
$60 ($35 if booked on the net). Driving Range avail. I think?
Located Indooroopily, 6km SW of city

Brisbane
cost ?
Located Yeerongpilly, 7km SW of city

Wynnum
$28
Located Wynnum, 14km E of city

Pacific
$40 sat-sun, $30 Tues-fri, $22.50 Mon. Driving Range avail.
Located Carindale, 10km SE of city
Descr: A little tight and twisty, more up and down holes than flat. Challenging.

Keperra
$40 Sun, $35 Mon-fri, can only play 9 holes sat after 3pm $20.
Located Arana Hills, 10km NW of city

Windaroo
$33
Located Windaroo, 34km SE of city, exit 34 Pacific Freeway

Some other notables:

Nudgee
$35 nth course, $30 Sth course. Driving Range avail.
Located Nudgee, 12km NE of city off Gateway motorway

Gailes
$33 sat-sun, $27.50 Tues-Fri, $22 Mon
Located Wacol, 18km SW of city

Redcliffe
$30 sat-sun, $25 mon-fri
Located Clontarf, 24km NE of city, up Gateway highway and over to redcliffe

Bribie
$30
Located 46km NE of city

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I am fairly new to golf, but very keen, and am looking to play on a regular basis in and around Brisbane.
Anyone interested?

That describes me also. I’d be interested in joining you. I live in the Valley. I have plenty of spare time atm, at least for the next few weeks.