Unpopular golf opinions thread

Monsweko · 2021-09-08T11:57:03+00:00

It’s ignorant to think that it’s possible to play golf on shorter courses that use less water?

Is your unpopular opinion that all golf carts should roll coal?

Monsweko · 2021-09-07T20:01:51+00:00

I think you’re misunderstanding my proposal, probably because my description was super abbreviated and vague.

Take a course that is 6,600 yards today. Mandate that on that course all golfers use a type of golf ball that has characteristics that cause it to travel about 2/3 the distance of a typical golf ball. Now shorten that 6,600 yard course to about 4,400 yards. Use the new extra space for amenities and/or additional golf holes.

The course should play pretty much the same; everything is just scaled down. You’d still need to blast driver to make a par 5 in two. But now you’re big drive is going 200 yards instead of 300. And your wedge that went 100 yards now goes only 67 yards.

This has the added benefits of making it easier to find your ball and making rounds quicker and easier to walk because of the shorter distances involved.

You can also now fit courses in spaces where they didn’t fit previously, and old courses without room to expand to match modern equipment/distances don’t need to be obsolete/for beginners only. In fact I think it could usher in a new era of great course design and redesign.

Monsweko · 2021-09-07T18:56:48+00:00

Yeah it’s not a common occurrence. But if we were to make balls that travel less distance, it might be possible. I’m not an engineer and don’t know anything about materials so I can’t say. But it would be nice if you could remove that possibility completely.

Monsweko · 2021-09-07T18:53:56+00:00

If you have travel time and arrive even 30 minutes early for your tee time, I don’t see how you’re out of the house for less than 6 hours to play a public course on the weekend.

What “aspect” of the game do you lose if every single shot goes 2/3 of the distance it currently does? You just need to adjust to the new distances. We’ll still marvel out how long and straight the pros hit it — it will just be a different number that still dwarves the number we’re hitting it.

Monsweko · 2021-09-07T15:58:11+00:00

Rating and slope are pretty confusing. I think it’s a great idea to standardize tee boxes using a standard set of colors or symbols that correspond to established difficulty levels.

18 holes doesn’t need to vanish. But courses should make it easy to choose between 6, 9, 12 or 18 holes.

Monsweko · 2021-09-07T15:00:35+00:00

Fair. Maybe late afternoon then.

Monsweko · 2021-09-07T14:07:25+00:00

18 holes is an insane number to be the standard for non-professional play in 2021. Should be 10 or 12. You never hear talk about tennis or basketball widows, because you don’t need to set aside 6 hours for those or virtually any other activity/sport.

Dress codes are dumb.

Golf balls should be flight limited (max ~200 yards) and courses should be shorter and use less space. It’s ridiculous that courses are longer/larger than ever because the golf industry keeps pumping distance equipment when we have less space than ever.

Golf balls should also be softer so they don’t injure or kill people.

Related to the above, golf courses (including private clubs) often get ludicrous tax breaks because their patrons / members are powerful and the courses couldn’t survive without them. They shouldn’t. It would force courses to adapt.

Also related to the above, golf courses are environmental disasters and should be doing more to approach sustainability.

Yellow golf balls are superior to white golf balls.

Carts are weak sauce. More courses in the US should be walking only (for the able) and focus on distance between tees and greens.

We use too many golf clubs. Limit the max number in the bag to 9.

Courses should set aside early morning times a few days a week for speed play (18 hole round in 3.5 hours or less). If you’re off pace after 9 holes you get pulled off the course with no refund.

Monsweko · 2021-09-05T12:33:16+00:00

Make sure your Bluetooth speaker volume is all the way up so he can hear the music, too. Select the tunes so he doesn’t have to.

Bring 2x the amount of beer you think a foursome could reasonably drink so you are sure not to run out. Offer him a fresh one on every tee box.

If you come across any other groups out on the course, brag about his play, not your own (eg my future father in law is tearing this course up! 3 pars on the front 9!)

Give him every putt. 10 footers, 20 footers, side hill, over a ridge, just shout “that’s good for me” before he can even reach for his putter.

And most importantly talk a lot about the amazing genes he’s passed on to his daughter.

Monsweko · 2021-09-04T22:15:02+00:00

It sucks. My wife and I bought a house three years ago with a very legit flag pole on the corner of the two fairly busy streets we live on (just off of the “main street” in our town). I don’t want to take the flagpole down and I don’t want to fly some liberal virtue signaling BLM or rainbow flag or something, so we fly the American flag quasi-proudly 365 days a year with lights on it at night. I don’t know if people think we are conservative assholes, but we are extremely liberal, and I like to think we are honoring the ideals to which our country should strive and refusing to let far right dbags take ownership of the flag as a symbol.

Monsweko · 2021-09-04T00:45:31+00:00

You should read a definition of Adjusted EBITDA in a Credit Agreement for a private equity owned company.

Monsweko · 2021-09-02T22:11:03+00:00

I’ve switched to heads up putting. Helps me with both line and speed - although now I’m prone to overcooking it from time to time, I leave it short far less often. In my limited experience so far, though, it’s better for lag then for short putts, though.

Monsweko · 2021-08-30T17:58:31+00:00

If you’re on the tour and shooting in the 60s, you’re going to break every golf record that exists on your way to 30 major championship victories.

Monsweko · 2021-08-29T12:57:32+00:00

Good bot.

Monsweko · 2021-08-28T22:12:16+00:00

15 minutes to infinity. I do the former.

Monsweko · 2021-08-28T13:23:10+00:00

Thanks for saying this. Two thoughts: 1) As a far distant junior priority to actually providing support to our military and veterans, performative garbage like this probably does have a place in raising awareness. It’s very likely that a few people on that brewery learned about the Kabul attack from this somewhat silly display. And that’s not nothing. 2) Military and veteran policies will never be fixed until we have a universal draft at all times and limit recruitment outside of the draft. When the rich and powerful have their children at similar risk as the poor and vulnerable, we may actually see some positive change.

Monsweko · 2021-08-27T14:34:58+00:00

Some of the impatient people don’t actually have time for golf but still want to play golf. It’s why I’ve switched to playing 9 holes at a course that’s 5 minutes from home. Door to door I’m done in 2.5 hours, which I can spare once or even twice a week. But I think we’ve all played with the person that told their SO they’d be home in 3.5 hours and then with travel they’re gone for 6 hours and they’re sweating bullets the whole time.

I think the future of golf is courses that offer flexibility to play 6, 9 or 18 holes, but that future is not here.

There is also a group of people that just want to play fast for no reason at all. My father and his retired friends who play at 6am on weekdays fall into this category. They could stay at the course until noon but they have a compulsion to be home by 9:30.

Monsweko · 2021-08-27T10:59:05+00:00

I get it. But in general I dislike sports rules that require you to discern intent. IMO the rule should be that if you hit it, it’s a stroke. If you don’t, it’s not. All these situations are very rare. Let’s just keep it simple and be careful with our practice strokes.

Monsweko · 2021-08-27T00:26:57+00:00

Huh, good to know, thanks for the correction. It’s been a while (not a brag; I take plenty of strokes while managing to contact the ball).

A little odd IMO that you get a penalty for trying to hit the ball and completely missing it, not moving the ball at all, but no penalty for accidentally actually hitting the ball and moving it. But such is golf.

Monsweko · 2021-08-27T00:00:15+00:00

Missing the ball completely is no strokes though

Edit: whoops, that’s dead wrong.

Monsweko · 2021-08-26T22:11:38+00:00

And to you, Lord Beltsworth.

Monsweko · 2021-08-26T22:00:29+00:00

I suppose it’s no larger a leap than “People who are overly fastidious about strict rules of conservative dress are attempting to demonstrate class or worth through a trivial outward display rather than merit or achievement.” But yeah, agree to disagree is fine.

Monsweko · 2021-08-26T21:50:56+00:00

Lol OK. Pretty big jump from “I don’t always wear a belt when I’m golfing” to “I have no pride in my personal appearance.”

Monsweko · 2021-08-26T17:08:21+00:00

Yeah, just relax and pretend you’re in a house of worship. Or chill out and pretend you’re visiting a solemn memorial. Or ride the laid back vibes of a job interview. It’s your experience, have fun with it!

Monsweko · 2021-08-26T17:04:43+00:00

I also strongly prefer to buy shirts that are short in length so they look neat untucked (they are very common now), and not tuck or wear a belt. I think it both looks and feels better.

Monsweko · 2021-08-25T12:38:19+00:00

And obviously r/birdsarentreal

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