anyone going to this ?
July 10th
12 holes , par 3 course in howth?
I may go - will be a great excuse to mishit a few shots and wrap the driver around the heads of a few of these red neck hoors !
;)
Your some Golfer if you need a driver on a Par 3 course :-*
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 16, 2010, 04:57:56 PM
Your some Golfer if you need a driver on a Par 3 course :-*
you misuderstood....I'm not bringing the drivers to hit golf balls !
;) :D
and I am a brutal golfer. I am to golf what english goalkeepers are to shotstopping !
Don't think I can make the Golf but might make pints afterwards.
Forewarned is forearmed lynchbhoy, with machetes ;)
Quote from: Fear ón Srath Bán on June 17, 2010, 01:12:45 AM
Forewarned is forearmed lynchbhoy, with machetes ;)
youll not putt too much with a machete Fear !
(though you will undoubtedly have more success with one than i'll have with a feckin golf club)
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 16, 2010, 04:57:56 PM
Your some Golfer if you need a driver on a Par 3 course :-*
There are 3 of those holes over 200m in length - you shouldn't need a driver, but you'll need to be long enough on your irons to hit those greens especially the ninth (220m).
Quote from: Billys Boots on June 17, 2010, 09:19:43 AM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 16, 2010, 04:57:56 PM
Your some Golfer if you need a driver on a Par 3 course :-*
There are 3 of those holes over 200m in length - you shouldn't need a driver, but you'll need to be long enough on your irons to hit those greens especially the ninth (220m).
220m with an Iron!!! Jaysus ye Longford boys are made of stern stuff, I'd be lucky to hit 200m with my driver :(
Mind you I'd pay to watch Lynchbhoy play golf, going by his 5-a-side skills I wouldn't say he has a gentle touch around the greens..
Quote from: Dinny Breen on June 17, 2010, 10:21:06 AM
Quote from: Billys Boots on June 17, 2010, 09:19:43 AM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 16, 2010, 04:57:56 PM
Your some Golfer if you need a driver on a Par 3 course :-*
There are 3 of those holes over 200m in length - you shouldn't need a driver, but you'll need to be long enough on your irons to hit those greens especially the ninth (220m).
220m with an Iron!!! Jaysus ye Longford boys are made of stern stuff, I'd be lucky to hit 200m with my driver :(
Mind you I'd pay to watch Lynchbhoy play golf, going by his 5-a-side skills I wouldn't say he has a gentle touch around the greens..
Lilys by name, lilys by nature. I thought all rugger lads had big shoulders. ;)
Quote from: Dinny Breen on June 17, 2010, 10:21:06 AM
Quote from: Billys Boots on June 17, 2010, 09:19:43 AM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 16, 2010, 04:57:56 PM
Your some Golfer if you need a driver on a Par 3 course :-*
There are 3 of those holes over 200m in length - you shouldn't need a driver, but you'll need to be long enough on your irons to hit those greens especially the ninth (220m).
220m with an Iron!!! Jaysus ye Longford boys are made of stern stuff, I'd be lucky to hit 200m with my driver :(
Mind you I'd pay to watch Lynchbhoy play golf, going by his 5-a-side skills I wouldn't say he has a gentle touch around the greens..
honestly I actually have 'some' skill in five a side by comparison, I am truely the vinny jones of the golf course - I am that bad. A lad playing his first game of golf beat my score last year !
you are completley correct in your assumption Dinny.
I can get up the fairway handy enough with a couple of drives and long shots, but its near the greens that the tippy, tappy, chippy stuff fecks me up badly.
I just dont do 'short' or 'subtle' !
:(
Quote from: Billys Boots on June 17, 2010, 09:19:43 AM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 16, 2010, 04:57:56 PM
Your some Golfer if you need a driver on a Par 3 course :-*
There are 3 of those holes over 200m in length - you shouldn't need a driver, but you'll need to be long enough on your irons to hit those greens especially the ninth (220m).
A pro would probably hit a 5 wood 210-225 metres (or I guess 2 iron/hybrid equivalent), you'd need to be hitting you irons very good then to reach those greens of the tee :D
Actually most average golfers over estimate their distance with the driver too, I've read quite a few articles which put the average drive for an amateur in round 200-220 metre mark. Might not be a bad idea to throw the driver in the bag ;)
Sorry folks, I don't want to give the impression that I could hit that 220m green with an iron - last time I played a 4 hybrid off the tee and was 10m short. :)
Quote from: thebigfella on June 17, 2010, 11:41:33 AM
Quote from: Billys Boots on June 17, 2010, 09:19:43 AM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 16, 2010, 04:57:56 PM
Your some Golfer if you need a driver on a Par 3 course :-*
There are 3 of those holes over 200m in length - you shouldn't need a driver, but you'll need to be long enough on your irons to hit those greens especially the ninth (220m).
A pro would probably hit a 5 wood 210-225 metres (or I guess 2 iron/hybrid equivalent), you'd need to be hitting you irons very good then to reach those greens of the tee :D
Actually most average golfers over estimate their distance with the driver too, I've read quite a few articles which put the average drive for an amateur in round 200-220 metre mark. Might not be a bad idea to throw the driver in the bag ;)
Another way at looking at it is, most ordinary golfers are very eratic with their driver and I doubt to many of us could get a ball hit with a driver to stop on a green, therefore using something like a hybrid or a 3 iron as I would while it might not get you on the green it should at least get you within 40mts of it unless you are a very very short hitter, leaving you with a short chip on the green and maybe getting a par or a 4 which wouldn't be bad, use your driver and you could be way over on another fairway or in trees.
I reckon I would actually hit my 3 iron 220 to be honest.
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 17, 2010, 12:37:33 PM
Quote from: thebigfella on June 17, 2010, 11:41:33 AM
Quote from: Billys Boots on June 17, 2010, 09:19:43 AM
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 16, 2010, 04:57:56 PM
Your some Golfer if you need a driver on a Par 3 course :-*
There are 3 of those holes over 200m in length - you shouldn't need a driver, but you'll need to be long enough on your irons to hit those greens especially the ninth (220m).
A pro would probably hit a 5 wood 210-225 metres (or I guess 2 iron/hybrid equivalent), you'd need to be hitting you irons very good then to reach those greens of the tee :D
Actually most average golfers over estimate their distance with the driver too, I've read quite a few articles which put the average drive for an amateur in round 200-220 metre mark. Might not be a bad idea to throw the driver in the bag ;)
Another way at looking at it is, most ordinary golfers are very eratic with their driver and I doubt to many of us could get a ball hit with a driver to stop on a green, therefore using something like a hybrid or a 3 iron as I would while it might not get you on the green it should at least get you within 40mts of it unless you are a very very short hitter, leaving you with a short chip on the green and maybe getting a par or a 4 which wouldn't be bad, use your driver and you could be way over on another fairway or in trees.
Or easier again 2 Pitching Wedge if it's a 220 par 4 we are talking about? The above was on the assumption the 220 metre 9th is par 3, as the 1st post in the thread stated it was the Par 3 short course being played. Getting on in one with an iron for an average hitter would be tough enough.
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 17, 2010, 12:37:33 PM
I reckon I would actually hit my 3 iron 220 to be honest.
Average or could hit but losing accuracy? As your talking aound 240 yards, thats serious club head spead to be generating but also controlling it too.
I know I could easily average around 205-210m accurately, with the right ball too, using my 3 hybrid (I also get more distance on the hybrid than 3 iron) but would have no problems hitting 220+. Pointless though hitting it 220+ as I lose the control and accuracy I want by using the 3 in the first place.
No not average as that would be serious distance for average 3iron, but I would be able hit it that far with a 3 iron on a good day, for instance last weekend I hit a 200mtr par 3 with a 4 iron, personally I find it easier control my long irons than a hybrid, I have great confidence using my irons off the tee..
well maybe you chaps might like to go ahead and prove these club hitting theories on the par three course along with some of the other lads on here !
are also invited to join me in 'tyrone clubbing' club tyrone during and afterwards !
;)
I would play only I wouldn't give a Tyrone Club or Club Tyrone whatever it's called the steam off my piss...
Quote from: lynchbhoy on June 17, 2010, 02:51:29 PM
well maybe you chaps might like to go ahead and prove these club hitting theories on the par three course along with some of the other lads on here !
are also invited to join me in 'tyrone clubbing' club tyrone during and afterwards !
;)
Well I did last night, hit 3 out of 4 a possible par 5's (averaging 470 metres) in 2 shots ;) Nothing worse though than 3 putting after hitting a par 5 green in 2 >:(
QuoteNothing worse though than 3 putting after hitting a par 5 green in 2
Four-putting?? :P
Quote from: Billys Boots on June 17, 2010, 03:45:11 PM
QuoteNothing worse though than 3 putting after hitting a par 5 green in 2
Four-putting?? :P
I'd give up if I had a 4 putt now. I think the pro I do coaching sessions with too would break the putter over my back :-[
Quote from: hardstation on June 16, 2010, 11:54:30 PM
Quote from: Zapatista on June 16, 2010, 11:46:15 PM
Don't think I can make the Golf but might make pints afterwards.
Likely story. Go to the excuse thread, if you can find it.
I posted a very witty reply to this, somewhere.
Quote from: thebigfella on June 17, 2010, 04:15:37 PM
Quote from: Billys Boots on June 17, 2010, 03:45:11 PM
QuoteNothing worse though than 3 putting after hitting a par 5 green in 2
Four-putting?? :P
I'd give up if I had a 4 putt now. I think the pro I do coaching sessions with too would break the putter over my back :-[
Dustin Johnson did it yesterday