I hate golf (replicant, shadd_, etc.)

[mjrpes]

golf has the worst $:fun ratio of any game ever created. I'll never understand why anyone plays it.

ditto. it's the worst game ever. i'd rather spend an afternoon recoiled in a vomitorium.

[tnf]

how far do you guys hit it? I average 285 or so, but can crank it out about 315-325 if I swing 100%

I won a few local long drive contests before my neck surgery with drives of 340 to 350ish.

I would say I'm in that 280-300 average. If I crank it hard and really nut it I'm out there about where you mentioned...315-325. Occasionally there is the fluke, the ball teed high, a bit of wind, and me coming off of a double bogey that will go 335.

[MidnightQ4]

ya i'm about the same tnf. I hit one off an elevated tee about 400 once to win a long drive contest. it was very elevated tho, like 80 feet higher than the fairway. out of the 50 ppl in the thing only 8 kept it in the fairway which was required to win. mine was the longest anyway tho, even though it was straight

[tnf]

ya i'm about the same tnf. I hit one off an elevated tee about 400 once to win a long drive contest. it was very elevated tho, like 80 feet higher than the fairway. out of the 50 ppl in the thing only 8 kept it in the fairway which was required to win. mine was the longest anyway tho, even though it was straight

If I had the chance to play on some of the fairways that the pga tour played on I'd guess some of my monster drives would get another 20 yards of roll...some of the fairways they play on are mowed so tight its almost like greens...and that roll is assuming i'd hit the narrow landing areas they usually go for....
But to be honest, I don't go for the big drives as much as I used to. too many people neglect to realize that they are probably more accurate from 80-100 yards (a distance they can hit a full lob, gap, sand, whatever wedge in from) than they are from 30-50 yards where you are hitting a half or 3/4 wedge shot that requires a lot of touch to get it close.

I hit my 3 wood about 260 off the tee, which sets up nicely for many of the shorter par 4s around here.

[MKJ]

i wonder if your crappy golf is related to your neck problems

After my neck surgery (almost 4 years now - crazy, I still remember talking to people here when I was first thinking I might have to have it...) I had to completely re-learn my swing...and learn how to generate more power through timing and mechanics rather than with just strength and athleticism. the first time I tried to play after surgery (like 6 months later or something), I couldn't make myself hit down into the ball because I was so paranoid about jarring my neck and damaging the fusion.


The main problem I have is with stiffness and knots in the neck - since they put the metal plate in there I have a bit less flexibility in the neck and I've got unnatural stress on the muscles now, which leads to tightness and knots, which can lead to problems in repeating your swing again and again...and I have a bitch of a time with 3 day tournaments.

But all in all, I've actually gone on to play some of my best golf since surgery.

hah i can imagine the phychological barrier. i remember when i sprained my ankle hard during a basketball game i couldnt get myself to jump anymore (after it healed that is ).

i just imagine that the whole process of taking a swing is pretty straneous on the neck and back, so thats why i asked.

[plained]

ok i see now its prolly all yore pills

[tnf]

ok i see now its prolly all yore pills

Nah, I only need a pill on cold days when I really get my neck out of whack. I keep a few on hand in the bag just in case though.

I am a stickler for playing golf clean and sober. Even when I was an alchoholic I never drank when playing golf.

But keep throwing out suggestions.

[tnf]

i wonder if your crappy golf is related to your neck problems

After my neck surgery (almost 4 years now - crazy, I still remember talking to people here when I was first thinking I might have to have it...) I had to completely re-learn my swing...and learn how to generate more power through timing and mechanics rather than with just strength and athleticism. the first time I tried to play after surgery (like 6 months later or something), I couldn't make myself hit down into the ball because I was so paranoid about jarring my neck and damaging the fusion.


The main problem I have is with stiffness and knots in the neck - since they put the metal plate in there I have a bit less flexibility in the neck and I've got unnatural stress on the muscles now, which leads to tightness and knots, which can lead to problems in repeating your swing again and again...and I have a bitch of a time with 3 day tournaments.

But all in all, I've actually gone on to play some of my best golf since surgery.

hah i can imagine the phychological barrier. i remember when i sprained my ankle hard during a basketball game i couldnt get myself to jump anymore (after it healed that is ).

i just imagine that the whole process of taking a swing is pretty straneous on the neck and back, so thats why i asked.

Same here with the ankle. I broke my right leg and sprained my left ankle in high school basketball, both injuries against the same damn school, both caused by the same guy. The ankle was worse...it was my jumping ankle, and from that point on, I was never able to jump off the left foot like I used to. I had to switch to more of a two foot takeoff...sprains suck.

[plained]

ok i see now its prolly all yore pills

Nah, I only need a pill on cold days when I really get my neck out of whack. I keep a few on hand in the bag just in case though.

I am a stickler for playing golf clean and sober. Even when I was an alchoholic I never drank when playing golf.

But keep throwing out suggestions.

i just said that to see if you could see my posts

i figured you was pissed with me and that i may have accidentaly stirred you up recently.

so yea heh i sure you'll get it all worked out.


i myself will always be enamerd with the short game, i just really enjoy sandwedgeing and chipping and putting

[tnf]

I am also enamored with the short game. I spend hours every week during the summer around the practice green, giving myself almost impossible chips, flop shots, etc, to practice for fun. Nothing is better than making a par after being in a situation that people think has you absolutely screwed.

And you have been making an effot to jab at me lately.

[shadd_]

get anything useful outta pelz short game tnf?

[MidnightQ4]

But to be honest, I don't go for the big drives as much as I used to. too many people neglect to realize that they are probably more accurate from 80-100 yards (a distance they can hit a full lob, gap, sand, whatever wedge in from) than they are from 30-50 yards where you are hitting a half or 3/4 wedge shot that requires a lot of touch to get it close.

I hit my 3 wood about 260 off the tee, which sets up nicely for many of the shorter par 4s around here.

Yep I totally agree. In fact when I played two weeks ago I was often too close to the green and had to hit half wedges and was not doing too well at it since I hadn't played in 2 years prior. I was wishing I had just hit a 2 iron off the tee and been 100 yards out instead. But it was a new course and I was just playing for fun and trying to drive some geens on the 4's

[-Replicant-]

now I'm the frustrated one.

i was +2 through hole 6 when suddenly I collapsed and had a +4 for the last 3 holes of the front. blaaaah