The Sand Trap: for Players, Hackers and Duffers

[tirolski]

Haven't played in 2 weeks .

I threw my back out climbing out a second story window onto a back porch roof to scrape , prime and paint and a few clapboards . Not as flexible at almost 78 now and had to lie on my titanium hip to do it .. STUPID : was an effin cripple for 5-6 days .
Better now but laying low till we get temps in the 60's . Saturday i scraped an an inch of frozen snow off my wife's suv MAY First .......my ass ???

Heal well. Haven’t missed much but the courses sure are pretty. No roll and back to getting dirt on the ball. Sand traps suck now. Playing when it’s not sprinkling works.
Bought a new 4 wheeled Sun Mountain push cart. Gotta keep things moving.
Last year the course opened and closed 4 times while they were trying to figure out what was going on.

 

[Warp daddy]

Thanks , big wheeled push carts are the bomb . I have one but became major chickin shit after open heart surgery 12 yrs ago ( the MI hit me while i was walking the 9 th hole ) so been carting since .

Not because i cant walk but just want the ability to get help FAST if i ever need it again out there .
Its also nice when hunting your ball ? and helps speed up a round .

Enjoy your early season rounds Tski , ️

 

[sig]

Bought a new 4 wheeled Sun Mountain push cart. Gotta keep things moving.

i got an old man cart last year. after carrying my bag forever the cart is awesome, especially bad weather days. when it was raining out i would be juggling a cigar, beer, golf bag and umbrella with two hands. Cart makes my life easier and my lower back feels great

 

[tirolski]

Played white tees yesterday as blues would’ve been more of a grind with no roll and it being chilly. 82 with a double on the shortest par 4 hole on the course. Come on sunshine.

 

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Played white tees yesterday as blues would’ve been more of a grind with no roll and it being chilly. 82 with a double on the shortest par 4 hole on the course. Come on sunshine.

did some get greedy and hit driver off the tee on the shortest hole? i walked 18 Sunday and Tuesday. It is so wet. My legs were toast.

 

[tirolski]

did some get greedy and hit driver off the tee on the shortest hole? i walked 18 Sunday and Tuesday. It is so wet. My legs were toast.

Yup. Put a divot in the tee box trying to draw the driver and (filled it back in with sand&seed) ball barely made it to fairway. Pulled the next shot into a limb and that one though hit well left another 160 yds over a bunch of trees and into the left trap by the smallest green in the county. Lucky to make a double.
Did draw da duffed driver. Shoulda just hit three wood or a hybrid.

 

[Warp daddy]

First times out in 4 weeks : i sucked canal water !!! ?

Drives straight but short with no roll ( boy do miss the gym workouts ) , 2 dreaded doubles, worst score (43 ) on this particular course in years .

Hopefully it improves as we get warmer weather was just 50 and raw today

 

[tirolski]

Yup. We needed this weather back in Mid March early April instead of the heat we had cooking the snow.
No carts allowed yesterday and more folks eating Mother’s Day brunch than playing golf. Back to back birdies kinda made up for a string of bogeys. Golf get’s in the way of the nice walk thru the trees but it throws ya a bone sometimes.

It’s the longest lasting “early” spring I can remember for spring flowers and leaves coming out.

 

[Warp daddy]

Yup. We needed this weather back in Mid March early April instead of the heat we had cooking the snow.
No carts allowed yesterday and more folks eating Mother’s Day brunch than playing golf. Back to back birdies kinda made up for a string of bogeys. Golf get’s in the way of the nice walk thru the trees but it throws ya a bone sometimes.

It’s the longest lasting “early” spring I can remember for spring flowers and leaves coming out.

Yeah BUT to add insult to injury POLLEN SEASON is raging , UGH ,back on my allergy sprays dammit

 

[sig]

played 18 yesterday; league night. the 30 mph winds dried course out. froze my ass off. this weather blows.