Topic: Golf Talk / The Open

niklas fasth will win

Topic: Golf Equipment / Most durable premium balls?

srixon all the way.

the “trispeed” is great if you like the titlest nxt – hits long, very-very durable and only $40 a box.

the “z-ur” is good, but a bit too much spin for us higher handicappers

Topic: Golf Talk / Is Brett Ogle The Worst TV Commentator?

he’s alright, give him a break.

sure he’s got his own shtick, and it’s painful about half the time, but i’m just happy when i see live golf on tv i don’t really care who’s talking

Topic: Golf Talk / The Best Golf Magazine

yep, the bunker babes rule

Topic: Golf Equipment / Club fitters

will they fit brand name gear or stuff like HG etc

Topic: Ask Golf Guru - Golf Instruction / Straight Back, Bum Out

yep, the spine bend was from leaning over…

by straightening up, it also allows my head to get out of the way, it felt sometimes like i was too close to the ball and hence hit it fat

core strength exercises! might stay up late and by an “ab-ersize” or “crunch-magic-machine”...lol

Topic: Ask Golf Guru - Golf Instruction / Straight Back, Bum Out

When I look at snaps of professional’s alignment in golf mags and instructional websites, they all have a straight back (no hunch at the shoulders) and their bums are sticking out a bit.

i thought i was pretty straight, but i caught a reflection of my stance in the glass at the range yesterday and found i was slightly hunched and my butt was tucked in as if i was just standing normally.

so i straighted up and stuck out my arse and hit the ball much straighter, making more pure contact and not hitting it fat…

the problem was, standing like this was much more physically draining than my usual set-up. obviously it will take some time to get used to it, but is that what I should be aiming for?

the reason i ask, is that I was always told that comfort and relaxation are paramount and anything that doesn’t feel right is unlikely to help in the longer term.

advise, comments appreciated…

wedge.

Topic: Your Favourite Golf Courses / Moonah Links Open Course

open course is long and a bit same-ish throughout. the par 3’s are nothing to write home about IMO. the 18th is an amazing hole however.

legends course is great fun however, i actually think it got the better piece of land, but it’s tucked into the forest more, which means they couldn’t clear it for spectactors etc as the open course was designed to host the australian open

Topic: Golf Talk / Tiger is a daddy!

$1000 bucks says she was induced prior to the open next month

Topic: Your Favourite Golf Courses / 13th Beach

the beach course is spectacular – have great memories of the first hole too

Topic: Golf Talk / Tiger is a daddy!

haha, a girl!

Topic: The Lounge / Deadwood

san francisco cocksucker!

Topic: Golf Talk / US Open Bets

did all my dough, in every way shape & form.

i backed, layed, top-5’d, top-10’d, 2 balled, 3 balled…lost the lot

back to short selling swiss francs

Topic: Golf Talk / well done angel

i thought cabrerra was great to watch all weekend.

his huge drives, swift clumsy wedge shots and steely putting stroke added a bit of colour to what is usually pretty routine watching.

good on him for smoking on course and on prime time USA tv and also for not trying to speak english (which they would of definitely pushed him to do at the ceremony).

the back 9 looked amazing on tv, the front, not so much.

bring on carnoustie for the highlight of my golfing year.

Topic: Golf Talk / us open

yeah, the HD was spectacular…then it switched to the shitty other espn covereage for latinos

Topic: Golf Talk / us open

some of the least interesting golf i’ve ever watched…

Topic: Golf Talk / US Open Bets

watch immelman

Topic: Golf Talk / Who is the number one golfer at the moment?

john daly’s 4th wife

Topic: Golf Talk / US Open Bets

charles howell III – first round leader @ 150

sergio – win @ 36 padraig – win @ 32

immelman – top 5 @ 17 stricker – top 5 @ 17

Topic: Golf Equipment / Mizuno mx-23 vs mx-25

i’m thinking about the mx-25’s…can get them for about $880 new from USA

but there are quite a few mx-23’s around…good quality used for about $500 delivered.

is the mx-25 that much of an improvement?

Topic: The Lounge / Betfair.com

anyone use betfair for online punting?

i just joined us this week to punt on the us open.

the whole bet/lay concept is neat and i think it offers a level of flexibility for golf in particular as the odds can really evolve over the weekend.

Topic: The Lounge / Deadwood

there are only 3 seasons…but yeah, it’s awesome. seen every episode.

Topic: Golf Talk / Adam Scott...

all between the ears…

it kills me to say it, but badds appears to have a better mental game at the moment.

Topic: Golf Equipment / Putters - what the hell is going on?

i’m about to buy a 2-ball…for years i pretended i was a purist and wouldn’t play with anything larger than an anser.

the 2-ball has a great feel.

Topic: Golf Talk / shots into the wind

i did it once at barnbougle into the howling wind of the very short par 3 7’th…

landed it flush on the green by playing a gentle 7 iron off my back foot. the hole is only 110m or so.

haven’t been able to do anything nearly as sexy since.