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  • 28-12-2011 5:47pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 753
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    Any silly traditions or superstitions, either though habit or effort?

    I usually know when I've hit a good iron shot as the club will slide down between my hands, not sure how or why this started. As well, my rain gear has removable lower sleeves and I play with the left one off and the the right one on as I find it impedes my swing too much when the left one is on.

    The only silly superstition I can think of is that on par 3s I look for broken discarded tees to use, only using one of my own as a last resort.

    Am I the only weirdo out there?


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  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 550 Jul3s
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    Any silly traditions or superstitions, either though habit or effort?

    I usually know when I've hit a good iron shot as the club will slide down between my hands, not sure how or why this started. As well, my rain gear has removable lower sleeves and I play with the left one off and the the right one on as I find it impedes my swing too much when the left one is on.

    The only silly superstition I can think of is that on par 3s I look for broken discarded tees to use, only using one of my own as a last resort.

    Am I the only weirdo out there?
    Yes, yes you are the only nutter out there!.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,361 f22
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    Never use yellow tees!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 samdeman
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    i never start a round an hour before sunset. i used to to lose a lot of balls after the fifth or sixth hole when i used to do it. and it became hard to see what iron i was taking out of the bag too. once i couldnt find where i left my bag.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,215 scrubber72
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    I use a dollar coin as a marker with the statue of liberty facing up. Any of the head covers i have on clubs go onto the handle of the umbrella when i use the club. My mark on my golf ball is a bull seeing that i am a Taurus.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 867 thewobbler
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    When I find a Pro V1, I must lose it with my next tee shot.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,082 bigtimecharlie
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    thewobbler wrote: »
    When I find a Pro V1, I must lose it with my next tee shot.

    Completely agree, happens me every time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 468 dines08
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    Not one of my own but a mate of mine can't hit his shot if the head cover falls off the bag. He has to fix it or else he'll hit a bad one. Seems to work too


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,974 whizbang
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    anyone who doesn't is lying... or else cant be ars'd replying

    good iron shot as the club will slide down between my hand

    Denis im tickled by this: is this just a loose grip or is there something else im missing?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,385 ThunderCat
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    thewobbler wrote: »
    When I find a Pro V1, I must lose it with my next tee shot.


    Very true! In my case, if I get to a tee-box and use the ball cleaner, you can be sure that the nice clean ball will end up at the bottom of a pond or out of bounds 20 seconds later.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 606 Tin_Cup
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    I have to put my ball marker in right hand trouser pocket and pitchfork in left.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 753 denishurley
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    whizbang wrote: »
    anyone who doesn't is lying... or else cant be ars'd replying




    Denis im tickled by this: is this just a loose grip or is there something else im missing?

    Sorry, I probably didn't explain this properly - I meant that after my swing when I'm in the finishing position, I'll let the club slide through my hands towards the ground


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,550 Myksyk
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    Don't have one won't have one. I don't like associating form with random variables. However I appreciate that if they get in on you it's hard to dump them. I will actively work against it. If I start thinking "ball has to be number 3" or "have to use that marker" ... I just force myself to change it. I want to take credit for playing well and responsibility for playing crap. I don't want to think its down to the colour of my tee. Having said all that I should say I'm a psychologist and have had a specific interest in the past on the developments of superstitions. Golf would be very susceptible to the development of superstitions as form varies so widely and there are so many opportunities to associate good and bad form with this or that factor.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 579 chalkie 501
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    I used a man utd ball marker for years,it could take me 5 mins to find it in the bottom of the tees pocket but i wouldnt use anything else.
    I lost it recently between the 7th and 8th green on mahonys point,anyone with any information as to its whereabouts please contact the gardai in Killarney:)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,066 Sandwlch
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    Never use white tees. White sticks mean out of bounds.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,645 k.p.h
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    Myksyk wrote: »
    Don't have one won't have one. I don't like associating form with random variables. However I appreciate that if they get in on you it's hard to dump them. I will actively work against it. If I start thinking "ball has to be number 3" or "have to use that marker" ... I just force myself to change it. I want to take credit for playing well and responsibility for playing crap. I don't want to think its down to the colour of my tee. Having said all that I should say I'm a psychologist and have had a specific interest in the past on the developments of superstitions. Golf would be very susceptible to the development of superstitions as form varies so widely and there are so many opportunities to associate good and bad form with this or that factor.

    Good post, I often wondered whats the difference between a pre-shot routine and a pre-shot superstition. Because my pre-shot routine generally is just a combination of things I have done previously before good shots. I suppose anything that makes you feel comfortable and get in the zone is a good thing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,370 GreeBo
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    only real quirk is my slow backswing...u can spot me from miles away apparently :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 stockdam
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    I don't have any superstitions or quirks.......well apart from occasionally throwing my club 100 yards in the air when I mi**** a shot.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 619 sweetswing
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    f22 wrote: »
    Never use yellow tees!

    I'm the same with yellow tees, don't know where I got it from ! I use red tees when I'm going full throttle , and blue ,when Im trying to find the fairway !


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 910 Jagera
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    I have to empty my pockets - CANNOT play with wallet/keys/etc in there.

    I do pretty much the same stretching before the first tee off - with the accompanying groaning chorus.

    When I fix my divot on the green I always look up hoping to get a small round of applause for a job well done.

    Club placement in the bag is important. Woods up in the high slot, then working down to the putter.

    At the driving range I feel everyone is watching me. Yet I know no-one is watching me.

    I never use the ball cleaners at a golf club because sometimes they put detergent in them and it takes the sheen off the ball. Prefer to use a towel .

    I ALWAYS keep my tee behind my ear. I ALWAYS forget at the 18th and drive home with it still there.

    None of these are obsessive traits though, it's just the way I organise myself. I'm fairly liberal when it comes to getting up and belting the ball down the fairway (which fairway it lands on is another story)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 753 denishurley
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    When I was playing the other day I realised another one that I subconsciously do - at the 18th I take my tees and spare balls and anything else out of my pocket and put them back in my bag along with my glove before going onto the green. Obviously keep the pitchmark repairer though


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 393 BillyBoy
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    Jagera wrote: »
    When I fix my divot on the green I always look up hoping to get a small round of applause for a job well done.

    Well people tend not to appreciate taking divots on the greens.... ;)

    Pitch marks however are different (guilty of looking around if I get some spin myself :))


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 910 Jagera
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    BillyBoy wrote: »
    Well people tend not to appreciate taking divots on the greens.... ;)
    I've always known them as divots, as well as pitch marks.

    But now I'm picturing myself taking a nice lump out with a pitching wedge.:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 393 BillyBoy
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    Jagera wrote: »
    I've always known them as divots, as well as pitch marks.

    But now I'm picturing myself taking a nice lump out with a pitching wedge.:D

    Ah I know what you meant mate, only winding you up, had the same image myself of you taking a massive divot on a green! :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,645 k.p.h
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    One of the latter greens at the home course is relatively adjacent to the lay up area of the first Par 5, I say relatively adjacent but I mean 30 yards right! Needless to say i'v been on it a few times whilst playing the Par 5.

    On this particular day I decided to play a high ballooning slice recovery onto it as the fairway was too convenient and I like the challenge(Not really). As I trundle along up to the green the 3 ball that was actually playing the hole all hit lovely shots in and they were all dancing.

    I arrived to the green a few yards in front of the lads so they give me the wave, I graciously accept and hurry to my ball and quickly drop off to the side and pull my gap wedge from my bag. It was at this stage I realized their was 5 people watching me and another couple on the opposite fairway that could actually be watching me, I didn't panic though. Because that high ballooning slice was my favorite method of moving the ball I had played this shot many times before.

    Que a couple of swanky practice swing, one look to the green, followed by a confident waggle.... WACK ... Oh God, that didn't feel right. As I look up and see my ball dribble across the green...I could hear the gasps from the other players .. gutted .. As my heart sank out of the corner of my eye I see the biggest lump of **** ever doing somersaults over the green .. huh .. PLOP ..

    And their it was proudly sitting exactly between one of the lads immaculate approach shots and the pin. The realization that it was not even a divot didn't take long to hit me, it was more like a sod of turf, about 12" long and 3" deep. I swore i could have seen it steaming as if a farmer came along with a shovel full of dung and landed it right in that exact spot.

    That was the lowest point of my golfing career, I know divots and greens are not meant to be mentioned together but on that day they became one, as I hung my head and attempted to clean the mess up I swear I cried a little..


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