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XabbaRus
07-04-07, 11:54 AM
I am going to the company golf day on Sunday. Now I have hit a golf ball but not for a game.

Any advice? I hope to at least get off the tee in reasonable shape.

Heibges
07-04-07, 11:57 AM
Good luck!:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

So you have gone to a driving range, but not played on a course?

The best advice I can give is just stay very relaxed, retain a positive attitude, and have as much fun as possible with the folks you are playing with. Tell jokes to yourself if you have to.

And don't try to swing too hard. Just concentrate on a nice slow smooth swing. Momentum will do all the work.

Try to stay in the fairway. It is much harder to hit the ball out of "the rough" ( the longer grass that may or may not even be mowed)

Take your time putting. As the saying goes, "you drive for the show, but putt for the dough".

geetrue
07-04-07, 12:14 PM
Keep your head down ... is my best advice.

Laugh at your mistakes, but don't waste time.

Remember there is a group of golfers behind you on a busy day.

Leave the turf the same way you found it.

Drink plenty of liquids, but remember those woods are for lost balls, not going to the restroom.

Don't talk about the boss behind his back.

ReallyDedPoet
07-04-07, 12:18 PM
Use your irons off the tees, yeah you will get made fun off, but will probably stay on the fairway and out of trouble.


RDP

Heibges
07-04-07, 12:30 PM
Use your irons off the tees, yeah you will get made fun off, but will probably stay on the fairway and out of trouble.


RDP

Great idea!:up: :up:

You could probably play the whole course with a 5 Iron and a Putter.

ReallyDedPoet
07-04-07, 12:35 PM
Use your irons off the tees, yeah you will get made fun off, but will probably stay on the fairway and out of trouble.


RDP

Great idea!:up: :up:

You could probably play the whole course with a 5 Iron and a Putter.

You could :yep:


RDP

Heibges
07-04-07, 12:40 PM
Also remember

1. Don't drive your golf cart across the green or even too close to the green.

2. Don't put your golfbag down on the green.

3. If you land on the green, and leave an indentation, fix it, or ask someone and they will help you fix it.

4. Replace chunks of grass a.k.a. divots on the fairway.

ReallyDedPoet
07-04-07, 12:51 PM
Also remember

1. Don't drive your golf cart across the green or even too close to the green.

2. Don't put your golfbag down on the green.

3. If you land on the green, and leave an indentation, fix it, or ask someone and they will help you fix it.

4. Replace chunks of grass a.k.a. divots on the fairway.

Nice:up:


RDP

Heibges
07-04-07, 01:06 PM
5. Don't take your shirt off.

6. Be sure to set the break on your golfcart whenever you stop.

BTW: I have two friends who were banned for life from Andersen and Lindsey Golf Courses on Fort Knox for violating...simultaneously many of the rules above...including the rules below.

7. Don't lose control of your golfcart, so that it ends up on the other side of...Radcliffe Blvd (iirc).

8. Don't ram another golfcart with your golfcart.

9. Don't execute tank platoon manuevers on the golfcourse.

10. Don't try to climb over the fence to Gold Depository to retrieve ball.

11. And above all, don't get falling down drunk.:doh:

Iceman
07-04-07, 01:49 PM
Recently went also for first time in ages...I used an Iron off the tee and did fine ...putting take time...chipping was very hard...if the iron keeps you on fairway then you will do good.

I hit farther with the irons than a driver cause of my lack of experience with the driver.

Konovalov
07-04-07, 02:32 PM
Don't take the advice of anyone that you are playing with unless they are a Pro.

Leave the driver in the bag unless you know how to use it.

Basically the lower club number the more skill you need. A 3 iron off the fairway may be difficult while a 5,6,7 iron is far easier.

Lastly, don't take it seriously. Just try and enjoy yourself. Good luck Xabb. :up:

Konovalov
07-04-07, 02:34 PM
Also remember

1. Don't drive your golf cart across the green or even too close to the green.

2. Don't put your golfbag down on the green.

3. If you land on the green, and leave an indentation, fix it, or ask someone and they will help you fix it.

4. Replace chunks of grass a.k.a. divots on the fairway.

Nice:up:


RDP

If only every golfer had those sorts of golfing manners on the course. :damn:

XabbaRus
07-04-07, 02:35 PM
Cheers guys.

I am sure to be of entertainment value.

One thing though is assured. I will get a prize.

Seth8530
07-04-07, 04:17 PM
My uncle once put a firecracker in a toilet at a country club (golf club). And it blew the cermamic toilet up. or so he said. so that can be rule 10:ping:

ReallyDedPoet
07-04-07, 05:17 PM
Also remember

1. Don't drive your golf cart across the green or even too close to the green.

2. Don't put your golfbag down on the green.

3. If you land on the green, and leave an indentation, fix it, or ask someone and they will help you fix it.

4. Replace chunks of grass a.k.a. divots on the fairway.
Nice:up:


RDP
If only every golfer had those sorts of golfing manners on the course. :damn:
Actually I play about 4-6 times a summer with a group of lads, it is basically anything goes golf. Heckling is allowed, actually encouraged :rock:

Of course we respect other golfers, the course, but are hell toward each other.

I don't play this way all the time of, but when I do, it is alot of fun :yep:



RDP

fatty
07-04-07, 05:19 PM
I whacked a ball at a driving range once, it ricocheted off the side walls a few times and hit me in the face. Never again... :damn:

ReallyDedPoet
07-04-07, 05:21 PM
I whacked a ball at a driving range once, it ricocheted off the side walls a few times and hit me in the face. Never again... :damn:
That's not good :oops:


RDP

Skweetis
07-04-07, 07:50 PM
I whacked a ball at a driving range once, it ricocheted off the side walls a few times and hit me in the face. Never again... :damn:

That reminds me of the time I helped my father try to cut a golfball in half in the garage with a compound miter saw using a ripping blade....

Reaves
07-04-07, 08:28 PM
Never hit your ball when someone is in front of you, even at an angle they gravitate towards people.

Don't beat your boss. (That also includes hitting him with a 7 iron after you went from one bunker to another on the other side of the green and he made a smart alec comment.) :stare: ;)

Bring water, golf can take awhile and you're walking the whole time.

fatty
07-04-07, 08:32 PM
I whacked a ball at a driving range once, it ricocheted off the side walls a few times and hit me in the face. Never again... :damn:
That's not good :oops:


RDP

Yes, and would you believe my girlfriend's dad just invited me on a golf trip with him? How am I going to get out of this one? :x

ReallyDedPoet
07-04-07, 08:36 PM
I whacked a ball at a driving range once, it ricocheted off the side walls a few times and hit me in the face. Never again... :damn:
That's not good :oops:


RDP
Yes, and would you believe my girlfriend's dad just invited me on a golf trip with him? How am I going to get out of this one? :x
Wear a hockey mask, maybe give the dad one to :D Hey your in Canada right;)


RDP