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15 handicapper: [checking app] "So let's see. I've got 155 yds to the pin and it's 7 paces off the back [checks app again] and the green slopes right to left...Hmmm"
Me: "It's 150 yd shot. Drop the puck, buddy."
We're forgetting how to play golf and nobody cares.
Me: "It's 150 yd shot. Drop the puck, buddy."
We're forgetting how to play golf and nobody cares.
And for the "is it so wrong that someone tries to play their best?" crowd, you've missed the forest for the trees and, you too, are uninformed.
@MDvorsak & I worked at a club together and there was a member who would laser the pin from 35 yds or 42 yds...I was like "huh?" but he had a *system* where he'd hit a "20% 9-iron" from like 26 yards....He was the slowest player at the club.
And to all of these dialed in technophiles: if you're "off" by 10 yds. you have a 30 foot birdie putt.
Close enough is good.
Optimization is bad.
Close enough is good.
Optimization is bad.
Same 15 handicapper: "Well, it's 241 from here to the pin, but what is it to cover the front bunker. Hmmm. Let's see..."
Me: "Asshole, The 'cover' is everything you've got. Every morsel of energy and skill in your body. And that, sadly, isn't enough. Hit the ball, please."
Me: "Asshole, The 'cover' is everything you've got. Every morsel of energy and skill in your body. And that, sadly, isn't enough. Hit the ball, please."
Same 15 handicapper: "It's 192 yards, which is right between my 4 hybrid and 7 wood, but it's playing more like 195 in this cold air. Hmmm. What to do."
Me: (it's 62 degrees outside.) "Jesus Christ."
Me: (it's 62 degrees outside.) "Jesus Christ."
Same 15 handicapper: "Got fit for this custom shaft to get spin down & smash factor up, but something's just off today."
Me: "I dunno. Maybe it's because you're outside, playing in actual conditions and not swinging repeatedly w/ the same club into a net with no consequences."
Me: "I dunno. Maybe it's because you're outside, playing in actual conditions and not swinging repeatedly w/ the same club into a net with no consequences."
15 handicapper: "Well, That's 34 putts, 58% of fairways and 48% of greens. Do you keep stats?"
Me: "Yeah. You lost $5 on the front, we pushed the back and I won the overall for $10. So my "stats" say you owe $15."
Me: "Yeah. You lost $5 on the front, we pushed the back and I won the overall for $10. So my "stats" say you owe $15."
15 handicapper: "I'm kinda stuck between the Prov1 or the ProV1x."
Me: "Oh, word? Go on. Tell me all about it."
Me: "Oh, word? Go on. Tell me all about it."
15 handicapper: "So I was watching videos of Dustin Johnson and I'm trying to get my weight mo--"
Me: "Your complete lack of any athletic ability and a 5'8" 225 lb frame notwithstanding, what do you think the main difference is between you and Dustin Johnson?"
Me: "Your complete lack of any athletic ability and a 5'8" 225 lb frame notwithstanding, what do you think the main difference is between you and Dustin Johnson?"
15 handicapper (2 beers deep): "My goal is to get to single digit. Then I'll get new irons because I've had these for 15 months already. Need more feel and workability."
Me: "Feel? You know, I'm sure your fitter told you this, but the ball is the club for half a millisecond."
Me: "Feel? You know, I'm sure your fitter told you this, but the ball is the club for half a millisecond."
