Topic: The Lounge / Can of Worms. ..... Quality of Life

Very sorry to hear the news Peg, but good the hear it was peaceful and there is closure of a sad time. Celebrate your dad’s life, there is plenty to celebrate and remember. I sure my wife will be greatly saddened, she respected your father a lot.

Our thoughts are with you.

Best wishes to your family.

Topic: Golf Talk / Handicap adjustment?

You can apply, but you would normally only get a hearing if there were serious medical reasons or extenuating circumstances. You need to apply to your club handicapper, not Golflink. Refer the link below and in particular section 8;

Handicap rules

Topic: Golf Instruction / Leaking distance with short irons- HELP

I don’t think most of Choppers put any serious compression on the ball at the best of times. My vote would be that you/we add loft and hit it very high and short, because we flip it through impact.i.e. hands behind impact rather than leading through impact.

Topic: Golf Instruction / Bradley Hughes Golf Talk-

The story I read was that he made an offhand derogatory comment about one of the player’s wives and she heard it. The groundswell to roll him apparently built from that.

Topic: Golf Equipment / Top Flite Gamer V2 - where to buy?

Penrith Golf Factory has them on special for $14 a Doz at the moment.

Topic: Golf Classifieds / FS: Lefty gems! Titleist, Cameron, Macgregor.

What shafts are in the CBs?

http://www.golflink.com.au/...

http://www.redlandbaygolf.c…

Titleist/nippon NS Pro’s, stiff.

http://www.golflink.com.au/...

105Ts I am presuming then?.

Can you shoot some pics of the CBs and the VIPs to dsaville1401atgmaildotcom when you get a chance.

http://www.golflink.com.au/...

http://www.redlandbaygolf.c…

Pics and details sent Dave…

Brenton, I may have accidentally included you in the email, my apologies for my lack of interweb skillz.

http://www.golflink.com.au/...

Got the pics of the 710s, just waiting for the VIP pics. Thanks

Topic: Golf Classifieds / FS: Lefty gems! Titleist, Cameron, Macgregor.

What shafts are in the CBs?

http://www.golflink.com.au/...

http://www.redlandbaygolf.c…

Titleist/nippon NS Pro’s, stiff.

http://www.golflink.com.au/...

105Ts I am presuming then?.

Can you shoot some pics of the CBs and the VIPs to dsaville1401atgmaildotcom when you get a chance.

Topic: The Lounge / some people just have no idea

They don’t have any traffic in SA, so the Audi driver has probably never had to deal with a truck before.

OldBogey

GolfLink

OlindaGolfClub

Plus they park in the bike lanes with half their car blocking the left lane as well. Just asking for this to happen! ;)

Topic: Golf Classifieds / FS: Lefty gems! Titleist, Cameron, Macgregor.

Ready to offload the tourstage irons yet daves?

In the bag:
TM R11 – AVIXcore black
TM RBZ tour 3
Nike 2 iron
TM 18 degree
Mizuno MP-68 4-PW
Cleveland 50 & Vokey 56 & 60

TM penta

Not yet, but stay tuned. Not happy with the shafts in them. I am probably going to do a reshaft and see how they go first.

Topic: Golf Classifieds / FS: Lefty gems! Titleist, Cameron, Macgregor.

What shafts are in the CBs?

Topic: The Lounge / some people just have no idea

I have seen that happen a few times now, can also happen with Buses. Best one was the entire front end of a Volvo Wagon being ripped off by a Semi when it (The Volvo) tried to duck through the empty space in the left lane everyone else had left next to the Truck. Funny as to watch it unfold!

Topic: Golf Equipment / alignment sticks, who used them

I use one of these;

http://eu.sklz.com/golf-pra...

Topic: The Lounge / WE should Tax gambling - punter pays on each bet!

Gambling is fast becoming our nations biggest social problem

currently they(betting agencies) pay standard business tax

which to them is um sweet FA..

Wrong, wrong, wrong, as usual you haven’t researched your facts, just knee jerked another solution.

There are various taxes on gambling businesses, on top of Federal Income Tax. Turnover Taxes, Player Losses Taxes, Net Profit Taxes and License Fees for starters.

The State governments are addicted to their slice of the gambling pie, and there lies a major part of the problem. NSW alone takes over $1.6bn pa in gambling taxes before the Operators pay any Income Tax.

I am not against further taxes on gambling, but I am not sure it is the solution you think it is. Because it will simply perpetuate the various governments already well established addiction to gambling taxes, and their hesitance to do anything about problem gambling.

Topic: Golf Equipment / Online stores- Dodgy or not?

Was checking out this place,

http://www.auprogolfshop.com

The site is registered in Malaysia, looks pretty pro and its not on any of the web lists, but it seems the websites pop up so quickly that the online list of fake websites is out of date after a month or so anyway.

Selling Mizzy MP64’s for sub 400 bucks with no shipping, and also no extra cost for a shaft upgrade…

S’pose if it’s too good to be true….but its such a shame, just got back from the range trialing these out. Phwoar …they have the nicest sweet spot.

Fake as, the prices alone tell you that.But there are also plenty of Red Flags and tell tales if you look closely.

Topic: Golf Equipment / Repainting/retouching numbers on irons

An alternative to Acetone are the Non Acetone Nail Polish Removers. Cheap as chips as well, and you can buy it at your local supermarket too. I use Cotton balls wetted with the above to do the clean up.

Topic: Golf Talk / Brookwater

How far is it from Brisbane?? near Beaudesert?

8T INAROW.

Not really, not nearly that far out. It isn’t far from Gailes.

https://maps.google.com.au/...;safe=off&ie=UTF-8&q=brookwater+golf&fb=1&gl=au&hq=golf&hnear=0×6b914ba469f0d2d7:0×502a35af3dedb50,Brookwater+QLD&cid=0,0,8752120369185044592&ei=jidCUeKLNs-NiAfYwICoDA&ved=0CJoBEPwSMAA

Topic: Golf Classifieds / World Best shaft Matrix TP7HD shafts $1000.00 3/5 wood

Sounds like Brad is just very, very slack. At least I hope so for your sake BITS.

Topic: Golf Talk / WGC Cadillac to answer many questions

There is no cut in the WGC, so the only way he won’t make the weekend is if he gets DQ’d or withdraws again.

Topic: Golf Talk / Is this a flaw in the handicapping system?

What is flawed is the SS rating given to the Par-3 by your Club. At +1, I doubt that they will take much notice of you. Distance into a green has an accuracy component that Club’s tend to over look when setting SS ratings.

The man who hits at the ball rather than through it has no sense of rhythm.
Secrets of the Master – The Best of Bobby Jones

As Raz has said, the problem is not the system. It is the way your scores have been entered incorrectly into Golflink by the Queanbeyan club. Showing as Par 70, rating 72, yet they are entering your scores as if the rating is only is 70.

Topic: Golf Talk / Ewan Porter changing directions again

The Ewan fixation is interesting. He seems to “own” a few on here.

Topic: Golf Talk / Bye, bye anchoring ban?

My understanding was that it was still considered a stroke because the butt end moved with the arm, i.e. doesn’t stay anchored to a spot.

Topic: Golf Equipment / Radar clubhead speed monitors

Hi Daves

The device is simply called ‘Swing speed Radar’. Don’t know the name of the manufacturer. It is about the size of an ipad. It’s described as a ‘Microwave doppler radar speed monitor’. Some models will also measure swing tempo. The price in the USA is around $100. The device uses the same technology to measure clubhead speed as do the vastly more expensive Trackman or Flight Scope devices – but does not provide other measurements, such as clubface angles, angles of attack, launch angles, trajectory, etc.

One would reasonably expect that these devices are available for purchase in Oz. I prefer to spend my money at home , rather than overseas, so, if you, or anyone else has any info, please post.
Cheers

OK, one of these;

http://www.sportssensors.co...

I have one with the Tempo Timer option. I bought mine 2nd hand, so not sure if they are available new here. I haven’t seen them in any store here in my travels.

Another option is a Zelocity Pure Contact;

http://www.zelocity.com/gol...

About twice the price, but gives you Swing speed plus estimated distance (carry or total as selected).

Also, as others have posted, the Swingbyte, plus similar devices like the 3Bay Swing Analyser will give you a swing speed reading that is reasonably accurate, along with a lot of other swing data and graphics. So they might be a better value buy, depending what you are after. Both are around the $200 mark.

Topic: Golf Equipment / Radar clubhead speed monitors

Which brand/model are you talking about vetgolfer?

Topic: Golf Equipment / Sun Mountain bags

Picked up a hybrid bag today at GCO at a good price.
Its a gr8 bag.. love the size and well made.
I was also interested in the Cally razor stand bag but when compared
to the sun mountain, the hybrid bag wins hands down..
And yes it seems the rumour’s of Under Par are true..Sadly !!

Not according to the MD of Under Par via email today. Under Par are very much still in business and distributing Sun Mountain and now also Clicgear.

Topic: Golf Talk / Dustin Johnson's new support base

Her name is Pauline…Names are important!!

They are, shame you got her’s wrong!.