Topic: Golf Talk / New Forums

Yes will fix the font agreed – thanks for the feedback

New Posts Page is coming – next few days.

What reply options are missing?

The ones where we can mark a number of posts and then hit reply at the end and it contains all of them.

At this point, if I hit “quote” on your post, it automatically sends me into reply mode instead of allowing me to scroll for more posts to quote within my eventual reply. And I am having difficulty quoting whilst retaining whom I’m quoting as part of the text.

And where’s my account? :(

Topic: The Lounge / Compromises in relationships

Not much in the past nine years of marriage. Considering at the start of this month, I went on a week-long golf trip to WA with a couple of mates including a close single female friend, all whilst the missus was 34 weeks pregnant. And no debt was owed upon my return.

Though an impending era of sacrifice is at hand. As those who have gone before me will perhaps say, the becoming a parent brings about a million more compromises and life changes than a wedding ring alone can ever achieve.

Topic: The Lounge / 2-1 ... Just Deleted it ...

I fold!! :)

Topic: Your Favourite Golf Courses / Best greens in Australia

Tithers I haven’t played Meadow Springs for a while, but I must admit your comments surprised me.

They have always been known for hard and fast greens, sounds like you encountered the opposite?

The turf was patchy and sparse, meaning that much of the ground between ball and hole was rolled mud. No greens were grass covered. Plus (and this was true of all six courses we played), the greens were shockingly over watered. Not “wet weather this week” over watered, just plain soft in base firmness. Coming from Victoria, the softness of the greens everywhere was the greatest surprise and let down of the trip. At Meadow Springs, you’d walk after putting and you could still see exactly the two shoe indentations where you’d been standing. As if someone had stood there for hours practice putting.

Topic: Golf Talk / Is CCR a good way to rate a course's strength vs other courses?

Mr D,

An excellent question, and one that confuses a number of club golfers.

Firstly, Do not EVER equate that a rise or fall in CCR relates to the course’s “test” or difficulty. It doesn’t. It is merely a number, derived from how many shots used to play the course, and has no automatic relation to either difficulty or “test”.

For a broad example, if a good golf hole has an easy pin, then the good players can make a birdie, whilst those who make an error may find that par is their best result. If the pin on the same hole is tucked tight in a diabolical spot, good players can make par, whilst those who slip up are more likely to have to settle for bogey. In these two instances, the course has played up to a shot higher, but the “test” on the individual golfers may be the same, the core difficulty and what factors affect it may not have changed, and the course’s ability to identify the better player through positioning and execution may not be any different.

That long winded response, plus the above mentioned point that the day’s format has a large effect on CCRs mean that it is a number, just a number, and bears little relation to either quality or “test”, one of the most misused and misunderstood words in golf.

Topic: ISG Feedback / New ISG Site

One change I hope has taken place to the forum is that now that I’ve posted my problem, somebody in admin will read it within the next few days :)

Topic: Your Favourite Golf Courses / What course should Tithers review next?

Awaiting the completion of this site so I can get busy on the pics, the returning of my identity (I can’t login as my long term self), and then I’ll get started.

I have a bank up of a few places. WA, The Heritage pair, Ranfurlie, Peninsula North, Barwon Heads, Werribee Park, Berwick Montuna, Cowes, Kingston Links and the new 15th tee at Port Fairy.

One course to be reviewed will get a bit of a comprehensive hiding. But it deserves it fully. But most will lead people to continue to call me a puller of punches.

Topic: Your Favourite Golf Courses / Best greens in Australia

Of courses I have played recently so I feel I can comment:

WA

Gold: Meadow Springs
Silver: Bunbury GC
Bronze: Kennedy Bay

All have such a true roll. Kennedy Bays greens can get a little patchy at times, but lovely speed and feel. Meadow Springs and Bunbury firmer, but fast and true.

The greens at Meadow Springs are so poorly turfed by unhealthy grass, it is a major reason I will hopefully never play there ever again.

Topic: Your Favourite Golf Courses / NSW Country Courses

Depending on where you will/can get to, Narrandera, Griffith and Leeton are a very pleasant trio to take in, Narrandera very good. As a threesome, they are better than the Mudgee/Wellington/Dubbo trio by a fair margin.

Between these and those you first mentioned, you aren’t missing any terribly obvious great necessities.

Topic: Your Favourite Golf Courses / Woodlands Vs. Southern Vs. Spring Valley

How is Spring Valley at the moment? That summary was a while ago.

Don’t EVER choose a club based on this silly question.

Conditioning can change day to day, let alone season to season. Choose a course for what it is everyday, not just with all its best makeup on.

Topic: ISG Feedback / New ISG Site

Hello,

Firstly, Why can I not login without using a very old and outdated email address? My correct login doesn’t work, so I am now a new member again using a wrong email address.

Happy to look around for a few days and get used to it. So don’t think I’m swinging negatively at the changes. Just waiting for pics and emoticons to return, as well as my identity.

Topic: Your Favourite Golf Courses / 420 - 440m

G69,

Nice conundrum. The only obviously correct answer if you are building a 420-440m hole is to build a fantastic 420-440m hole. If you achieve this, then you’ll have both a high quality hole that gets complimented and members do eventually accept norms a bit when outsiders and knowledgeable commentators keep reinforcing them, AND you’ll have a good par 5. At any normal club, a hole over 400m is a par 5 or 6 for 95% of the members, including 95% of the most vocal.

If anyone derides it on length alone, you could remind them of RMW’s par 5s, or better still, tell them it is a pity they’ve obviously never enjoyed watching the action at #13 at Augusta. Both of Augusta’s back nine par 5s play shorter yardage for the members than this hole will.