Madam OUT, WTF?

Still in for 1-4 and I can share accommodation with anyone. @madam do you want payment ASAP or what’s the go?

Looking forward to playing golf and not having to bring goggles and flippers…

Goldy wrote:

I find myself in the uncomfortable position of agreeing with OB on a few of these points. Given that I play (or did play) every week with a group of low single-digit players, my view is the following:

1. They don’t take enough club
I do enjoy the “this is my 220m club” call. I did that with my 3h. I once hit it 213m. It became my 213m club.
I think this one is fair. But can equally apply to low handicappers…but I do think is more prevalent in high handicappers.

2. They don’t know their miss
Also fair…mostly in that there are so many options. Having said that…I know my miss is an filthy armsy-pull left…but hey…I try not to limit myself.

3. They overthink shots
Hmmm…agree with OB. especially in the putting area. The amount of time and analysis that some of the lower handicap guys put into the putts is frightening. Possibly that’s why they are lower…but I digress…

4. They get too angry after bad shots
Again…uncomfortably…agreeing with Mr Not my Pants. Choppers know they are choppers, and generally speaking accept that they are on the handicap they are on for a reason. With Mouldy being an obvious exception. I have seen some of the best club chucks of my life since playing with the low handicappers.

5. They never play for bogey
Yeah…I call bullshit on this one. Most high handicappers rejoice in bogey. Most low handicappers think the round is fucked as soon as they drop a shot.

Now…off to have a shower.

1. They once did a survey at a Swedish golf club and I can’t remember the exact number but it was something like 98% of approach shots were well short, not even landing on the green. Being a “low marker” myself it never ceases to amaze me when most people hit their approach shots 15-20 meters short when they are less than 100 meters from the green.

2. Most high markers slice their tee shots, I don’t think there could be much debate about that. And they never seem to learn to tee it up on the right hand side and aim down the left. I normally hit a fade with my driver and I always tee it up on the right…

3. Please just stop with the plumb bobbing. It is literally the most pointless and annoying thing anyone can do on a putting green.

4. Getting too angry. I would probably say that it’s not so much the high handicappers, rather it’s the 10-15 hcp:ers that think every shot they hit should be perfect.

5. This is very much a high handicapper thing. If I had a $ for every time I’ve watched a high handicapper attempt a completely ridiculous hero shot that I would never dream of attempting I would be a rich man by now.

Drought, fire, flooding, Covid. Just missing a good old earthquake to round things off here in NSW.