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CS Golfers Thread - post your scores here, good or bad

lurker172602 — Sun, 24 May 2015 10:04:27 GMT

me, tazz, youcan, richo(?) Who else?

First up, home club and handicap.

Narooma, 13.3 GA, 16 playing.

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youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit — Sun, 24 May 2015 10:44:14 GMT

OK, thanks lurker.

Confession time..Im not a regular player, I am a beginner.

But,

I am very interested- my eyes d/wont glaze over when you write about it,

and I can watch it on TV without falling asleep..

Im more your CS caddy, if you will have me, on hand for support, shoulder rubs, hauling your equipment (hey richo! no VBs in the cart!)

and I can navigate all back to the 19 hole..

let me know what you think, and I will get out my plus fours and tartan beret.

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lurker172602 — Sun, 24 May 2015 10:52:33 GMT

You're my man youcan. I'm always on the lookout for a good caddy 😀

We were all beginners in the beginning 😄

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youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit — Sun, 24 May 2015 10:54:49 GMT

Thanks lurker- Is it OK if Im a girl caddy?

Or should I wear a disguise??

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lurker172602 — Sun, 24 May 2015 11:00:21 GMT

Oops. Girl caddies are even better

Are your seriously a new golfer? Good for you!

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youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit — Sun, 24 May 2015 11:35:25 GMT

I am.

Seriously.

Im living in Melbourne- sadly, the weather is not always great for golf- within walking distance to the Royal Park course...I often walk quite near the course, and watch the players on the 3rd and 4th holes..

Beautiful game..Thanks for the cheers

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shuveee — Sun, 24 May 2015 12:51:14 GMT

American interloper here. Severe back issues have knocked me out of the game, but I'm still a huge fan.
When last I played my handicap was a 12. At it's lowest (age 18) it was a 4.
Always wished I could have made a golf pilgrimadge to Australia, but it wasn't to be.

Thanks lurker- Is it OK if Im a girl caddy?

Or should I wear a disguise??

Ha 🙂
I spent my last two high school summers working as a caddy. It was very pleasant work.
The second summer I was Rita Hayworth's personal caddy 🙂

She was in her mid 50s at the time. What a lovely, classy lady she was.
Being a teenager of a differnent generation I was aware of her by name but had never seen any of her movies.
After the first time I caddied for her I got home and my father asked me how my day had been. When I mentioned to him that I had caddied for Rita Hayworth he just about had a heart attack lol After seeing the movie "Gilda" a year or so later I understood why 😉

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youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit — Sun, 24 May 2015 12:55:18 GMT

Rita Hayworth?? WOW

Did you drive a golfcart??

Va va voom..! lol

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shuveee — Sun, 24 May 2015 13:13:04 GMT

LOL youcan 😉

No golf cart 🙂 She enjoyed the walking for exercise. And interestingly, she never played with others. Always alone. And only very late in the day on weekdays, when the course was the quietest and least busy. For her golf was a pleasant way to get away from it all. She was always impeccably dressed, and often self depricating about her game in a charming, humorous way. A great lady, to be sure 🙂

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serendipityricho — Sun, 24 May 2015 19:57:24 GMT

Lurker--im just an arm chair golfer---watch it on TV.

Admire the folk that play--must be frustrating at times......................Richo.

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lurker172602 — Sun, 24 May 2015 21:13:19 GMT

That's a nice handicap you had there shuveee. You must have been very handy. Sorry to hear your back is keeping you off the course. My lowest has been 11, and I mean to get back there - maybe next year 😀

How good caddying for Rita Hayworth must have been. Where was that?

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lurker172602 — Sun, 24 May 2015 21:17:22 GMT

Sometimes I feel like I should just be watching too richo LOL

I actually don't watch much golf on TV. I find it a bit boring, as they tend to just focus on one or two players and then only on drives and putts. The Australian coverage is ok but anything from the rest of the world leaves me a bit cold really.

You're right playing the game can be VERY frustrating, but it beats staying at home and doing the housework any day 😃

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serendipityricho — Sun, 24 May 2015 21:31:40 GMT

Hi Lurker--my handicap is----------------im just plain ..lazy.

See if this thread brings out other cs golfers.

My mate Webby travels over to Yarram and plays on Saturdays-loves it.

A good mix of blokes-locals and folk trom the city with holiday houses in the area.

Has lots of stories when i catch up with him on Sundays............................................Richo.

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go-tazz — Sun, 24 May 2015 21:50:18 GMT

Yarrawonga 9.5 GA currently playing of 11 for 18 holes,(lowest was 6 just over a year ago) and play off 2 for

9 holes.

I've been playing for 23 years,(mostly in Portland but moved back here a year and a half ago).

Winter time meant not much golf there,(as the course gets soaked and is unplayable) but it's totally different

here,(I can play lots of golf here and total membership fees are under $300),

You're right playing the game can be VERY frustrating, but it beats staying at home and doing the housework any day 😃

It can be a very frustrating game as you seem to "have" it sorted and then BANG it's gone again,

Or like my current problem which for the last few months has been the back nines,(shooting 37/38's on the

front and blowing out on the back,(38/47 on Saturday).

Played with one of our young guns on Tuesday and he shot a 67 off the stick for 35 Stableford points,(he

plays off +6).

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shuveee — Mon, 25 May 2015 04:12:43 GMT

Thank you lurker. I really do miss playing an awful lot.
An 11 is quite respectable, I think. How often are you able to play/practice?

actually don't watch much golf on TV. I find it a bit boring, as they tend to just focus on one or two players and then only on drives and putts

Good point. It would be good to see more action between the tee and green.

go tazz wrote: It can be a very frustrating game as you seem to "have" it sorted and then BANG it's gone againI

Exactly!

How good caddying for Rita Hayworth must have been. Where was that?

It was at The Riivera Country Club in Los Angeles - home of the PGA's annual L.A. Open tournanment (which is now called the Northern Trust Open). One of the very few places Tiger Woods has never won lol The course is nicknamed "Hogan's Alley" in honor of Ben Hogan's achievements there.
From its inception it was always rather a haven for celebrities. Humphry Bogart, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Howard Hughes and Charlie Chaplin were early members there. Walt Disney was a member, and Jack Warner of Warner Brothers.
It had that same flavor during my time there. Dean Martin, for instance, practically lived at the place lol
In later years O.J. Simpson would turn out to be the club's most notorious member!

The golf course has a feature that, as I undertand it, many Australian courses do as well: apart from its greens its turf is almost entirely made up of kikuyu grass (scientific name Pennisetum clandestinum).
I loved playing on that stuff. The ball sits up so nicely on it 🙂

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shuveee — Mon, 25 May 2015 04:23:30 GMT

The golf course has a feature that, as I undertand it, many Australian courses do as well: apart from its greens its turf is almost entirely made up of kikuyu grass (scientific name Pennisetum clandestinum).

Since 2001, Australian golfers Robert Allenby, Adam Scott and Aaron Badderly have all won the tournament there

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youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit — Mon, 25 May 2015 04:27:55 GMT

@shuveee wrote:
LOL youcan 😉

No golf cart 🙂 She enjoyed the walking for exercise. And interestingly, she never played with others. Always alone. And only very late in the day on weekdays, when the course was the quietest and least busy. For her golf was a pleasant way to get away from it all. She was always impeccably dressed, and often self depricating about her game in a charming, humorous way. A great lady, to be sure 🙂

Im imagining Ms Hayworth played late in the day because the light was so beautiful and shadowy- not too bright...softer..lol..

Its funny, reading your description of her- shes sounds exactly as Ive always imagined- and very intelligent. As my father would have said 'they broke the mold after her'...maybe lurker is a little like her, I might have my work cut out for me, caddying from a different state!!haha

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shuveee — Mon, 25 May 2015 04:53:05 GMT

Yes youcan. Very intelligent as well. Also kind and genuine. Not the least affected.

As my father would have said 'they broke the mold after her'...

Cheers to your father. Well said.
My father was too busy drooling to form a coherent sentence lol

maybe lurker is a little like her, I might have my work cut out for me, caddying from a different state!!haha

yes...lol

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go-tazz — Mon, 25 May 2015 05:52:54 GMT

@shuveee wrote:
The golf course has a feature that, as I undertand it, many Australian courses do as well: apart from its greens its turf is almost entirely made up of kikuyu grass (scientific name Pennisetum clandestinum).

Since 2001, Australian golfers Robert Allenby, Adam Scott and Aaron Badderly have all won the tournament there

Our courses were changed over to Santa Anna Couch about 10 years ago,(it forms a nice carpet type fairway

if it's not cut to short,but has to be de-thatched on a regular basis).

Kikuyu can be very tiring to walk on as it can become like walking on a sponge,(Portland had a couple of

Kikuyu patches and they tended to get out of hand in early Spring).

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lurker172602 — Mon, 25 May 2015 06:04:34 GMT

That's interesting your course being nicknamed Hogans Alley. We have a hole called a Hogans Hole - for a completely different reason. Have you heard of Paul Hogan (aka Crocodile Dundee)?

from our website:

the 3rd – Hogan’s Hole

“Famous internationally Narooma’s 3rd hole is one that must be played at least once in a golfer’s lifetime”

Melville Proud – Executive Officer NSW PGA

Often referred to as Hogan’s Hole (after television personality Paul Hogan shot an advertisement featuring it’s unique setting) the 3rd hole at Narooma is widely regarded as one of the most spectacular holes in golf with players hitting over the ocean to a cliff top green.

Narooma’s 3rd hole is listed in Most Spectacular Holes – from Australia’s Finest Golf Courses by Darius Oliver