Before I finally spat the dummy with the ridiculous game, I ended up using a Mizuno hybrid fairway wood thingy off the tee, which was more forgiving. Traded the distance for it not arcing off into the rough/oob and improved my scores and blood pressure a bit.
Perv !
There is a lot of forgiveness in modern clubs Rob.
Manufacturers have hit the wall on distance while staying within the rules.
So they are all designing and selling forgivenness.
How the players of yesteryear even hit the clubs they did is astonishing
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Played at Deal on Saturday. Lovely it was.
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Wonder what their handicap is:
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Merkans with rifles?
Good in the irons, not so good in the woods…
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Maurice Flitcroft to be immortalised in film biopic, The Phantom of the Open.
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Everyone has bad rounds but I played last week with a chap who scored 120 and lost 10 balls in the round.
After his initiation into celebrity golf, Flitcroft briefly became a C-list celebrity and had various golf trophies (usually those celebrating poor play or egregious mishaps) named after him; he also had the distinction of having the “Maurice Gerald Flitcroft Member-Guest Tournament” named after him by the 1988 Blythefield Country Club in [Grand Rapids]. Buddy Whitten, Blythefield’s head pro stated that, “It started as a lark, but most people can’t break 90 so they relate more to Maurice than they would to a touring pro.” By the time of the 22nd Maurice G. Flitcroft Member-Guest Tournament, which was held in May 2000, the club had featured a green with two holes that even the most errant of approaches were potentially rewarded. If this wasn’t enough another green had a 12-inch (300 mm) cup.
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Remember playing in kendal with winter bucket cups in the 70s.
Because there’s nothing much else on, I’m vaguely watching the Solheim cup.
Noticed that the uniforms consist of short skirts or tight shorts, mostly short tight shorts too, as it happens. Not a single player is wearing long trousers.
Compared to the men’s golf I’ve seen recently where not a single player wore shorts (or indeed skirts…) I’m wondering what’s going on. Is there an option of long trousers in their uniforms? Or indeed the option of tight, short shorts and short skirts in the Ryder Cup?
They are mainly wearing skorts.
Ok, that sounds probable, but, still, an awful lot of flesh on show, and figure hugging attire, compared to the men’s game? Not that I’m complaining, just wondering if there’s an option for the women to cover up, and if so what pressure is put on them not to?
No real difference to what they wear on the LPGA.
You see plenty of skin tight cullottes etc.
They are also playing in summer conditions, it was 28 C in Toledo.
Anyhow if you are getting in to the area of telling women what they can and can’t wear I will leave you to it 
Living in a house full of women I thought you would know better!
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No, the opposite really, was more wondering if the governing body set the dress code to sex up the tv coverage.
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I’ve thought that myself. There doesn’t seem to have been any Norwegian Beach Volleyball moments yet though.
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I can guarantee they wouldn’t be playing golf in clothes that weren’t comfortable and fit for purpose.
Now you’re skirting around the issue.
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I asked a couple of women golfers what they thought.
They thought it quite hilarious that a bunch of middle aged fat blokes were expressing rightious indignation on their behalf and said that the clothing worn by the teams in the SC was way down the list of issues that are important to women in golf.
In most golf clubs the only equality women see is that they are expected to pay the same subs as the men.
In everything else they are maginalised, patronised or ignored.
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