whats santa bringing?

scrubber72

Got a garmin s1 coming my way and some new clothes for the course. Cant wait for the 26th.

Dr.Rieux

Getting nike storm wet weather gear from the girlfriend

dan_ep82

Other half surprised me with my 3 day membership fee and some clothes, I got myself a Garmin S1 and a demo Nike Covert with a Tour model X Stiff Kuro Kage Silver Shaft.

Delighted with all of them

RedFormanFITA

Getting a quadcopter, just arrived on Friday, but have to keep it boxed till tomorrow. Just need the wind and rain to feck off for a month. Got a watch and new camera and the OH is taking me out on Sunday night to a hotel and not letting me out of the room till New Years Day

soundsham

Hopefully the swing he took off me 2yrs ago

DuckSlice

Got a motocaddy electric trolley a week or 2 ago as my Xmas present. And treated myself to a fitting session at forgolf and ordered the driver and 3wood they recommended for me. Won't get them till new year tho

Macker1

Got Santa coming down tonight with an R1 Driver and Golf Buddy WT3. I even have a few bob to call by Halpenny or McGuirks to see if there are any bargins to be had over the Xmas

Its been a good year and can't wait to get going in 2014


Happy Xmas to all

Senecio

I don't think Santa's coming this December. So far in 2013 I've taken on the following.

Clicgear 3.5 trolley
Mits for Clicgear trolley
Bushnell Tour V2
MP-H4 3-iron to replace the hybrid I couldn't hit
Odyssey #5 Damascus LE that I brought back from a business trip to Tokyo
A shag bag and 5 dozen Pro V1 practice balls to fill it
2014 membership in Roganstown

Pretty sure I've used all my Xmas wishes in 2013

Danny dyers double

Was spoiled this year myself as Its also my 30th .

A motercaddy cart bag , Garmin S1 and Adidas Golf shoes and treated myself to a new Driver ( well 2nd hand of adverts )

And with the few quid form my birthday cards i will be joining my local club in the next few days .

Tin_Cup

Spoiled this year also!

New earphones (dog ate last ones, really miss while practicing!)
Orange Whip Trainer (http://www.orangewhiptrainer.com)
New shafts for irons and hybrid

Roll on 2014!

Eaglebridie 32

It's a Bushnell Tour v2 for me from OH. Had planned to test out Friday, but looking at the weather forecast,no,no. (There is a storm brewing), so trying to wrangle a game for tomorrow instead.
Merry Christmas all !

slave1

A fupping Nerf gun!
I give up...

alxmorgan

slave1 wrote: »

A fupping Nerf gun!
I give up...

A solution to slow play perhaps ?

gman127

Got a voucher for here:

http://www.spingolfvision.ie/#

Anyone ever try it out?

Is it any good?
And how does the short game / putting side of it work?

Running Balance

Hope its better than what i asked for, waterproof jacket or a Garmin please..

I pad it is!! That'll be great on course in the rain!!

bigtimecharlie

Santa brought a 3 wheel push trolley ( which I bought myself).

spacecoyote

A Wilson Staff Carry Bag. Part of the get better, get fitter plan for 2014

Dr.Rieux

I got the wet weather gear, and also a McGuirks voucher and a Wilson Prostaff HL driver. Goes with my 3 and 5 wood. This just after I bought an R1. I'll use it to try and get more consistent with the driver.

Dossy

Got a Scotty Cameron GoLo putter, box of Pro V's, some clothes

From the OH i got a Titleist shag bag, Titleist Duffle bag, Scotty Cameron divot repair tool, oh ya i also got some LEGO .... True story

kevgaa

After a year of dropping hints to the OH we are visiting royal county down for valentines, well i am while she visits the spa in the slieve donard

Hopefully the weather will be kind, first time in RCD so what can i expect from the course in feb?

Kev

uberwolf

a visit to foregolf.

On account of a two week old baby, my oh got me a putting mat, a chipping net and a mat for hitting balls from.

Rippeditup

uberwolf wrote: »

a visit to foregolf.

On account of a two week old baby, my oh got me a putting mat, a chipping net and a mat for hitting balls from.

We have a 5 month old baby and golf was non existent for the summer so great timing for the baby

stockdam

kevgaa wrote: »

Hopefully the weather will be kind, first time in RCD so what can i expect from the course in feb?

Kev

If it's dry then you are in for a treat. The fairways drain well so expect very tight lies. Any wind (within reason) just adds to the challenge.

Enjoy.

DuckSlice

uberwolf wrote: »

a visit to foregolf.

On account of a two week old baby, my oh got me a putting mat, a chipping net and a mat for hitting balls from.

when are you heading up to foregolf? i was there before christmas myself, you wont be disappointed.

TrapperChamonix

scrubber72 wrote: »

Got a garmin s1 coming my way and some new clothes for the course. Cant wait for the 26th.

I've always been entirely skeptical about the value of a distance measuring device to someone of my ability (HC14). There are plenty of distance markers on the sprinkler heads and I really only need to have a accurate measure to within 10 yds, so why bother getting one.
Then my son gets one (Garmin S1) for Christmas and I tried it out on Tuesday.
All the things I said above are true but what I hadn't realized is just what a benefit of knowing the distance to the back of the green is. Suddenly I'm not 2nd guessing my club selection, but picking a club that I am confident will not put me over the back of the green and it makes a great difference to my ability to commit to the shot.
I WANT ONE!!!!!

Tweaky

TrapperChamonix wrote: »

I've always been entirely skeptical about the value of a distance measuring device to someone of my ability (HC14). There are plenty of distance markers on the sprinkler heads and I really only need to have a accurate measure to within 10 yds, so why bother getting one.
Then my son gets one (Garmin S1) for Christmas and I tried it out on Tuesday.
All the things I said above are true but what I hadn't realized is just what a benefit of knowing the distance to the back of the green is. Suddenly I'm not 2nd guessing my club selection, but picking a club that I am confident will not put me over the back of the green and it makes a great difference to my ability to commit to the shot.
I WANT ONE!!!!!

Price reduced to € 103 in McGuirks and Halpennys - Go On treat yourself

Rippeditup

TrapperChamonix wrote: »

I've always been entirely skeptical about the value of a distance measuring device to someone of my ability (HC14). There are plenty of distance markers on the sprinkler heads and I really only need to have a accurate measure to within 10 yds, so why bother getting one.
Then my son gets one (Garmin S1) for Christmas and I tried it out on Tuesday.
All the things I said above are true but what I hadn't realized is just what a benefit of knowing the distance to the back of the green is. Suddenly I'm not 2nd guessing my club selection, but picking a club that I am confident will not put me over the back of the green and it makes a great difference to my ability to commit to the shot.
I WANT ONE!!!!!

I was the same until I tried one and you just realise how hard it is to judge the right distances. It makes you really see how far it is to the back of greens when compared to markers to the front.

Great deals available at the moment in McGuirks it has to be said

Roebourne9

Just noticed garmin s1 and golf buddy wt3 mentioned, its other halfs birthday soon and was thinking of getting him one as surprise, I had thought about the s1 as hes an occasional golfer but then brother in law had me swaying towards s3, I rang mcguirks to get some info and guy there had me thinking the wt3 would be way to go. Any advice??

PARlance

Roebourne9 wrote: »

Just noticed garmin s1 and golf buddy wt3 mentioned, its other halfs birthday soon and was thinking of getting him one as surprise, I had thought about the s1 as hes an occasional golfer but then brother in law had me swaying towards s3, I rang mcguirks to get some info and guy there had me thinking the wt3 would be way to go. Any advice??

I have the S1 and would recommend it.
If the OH is an occasional golfer then I wouldn't spend any more than the 100 or so that the S1 is at present.

There's very little difference in functionality between S1 & S3. Not enough to justify the price difference anyway.

mike12

Rippeditup wrote: »

I was the same until I tried one and you just realise how hard it is to judge the right distances. It makes you really see how far it is to the back of greens when compared to markers to the front.

Great deals available at the moment in McGuirks it has to be said

If you play on a course like ours where some greens are around 30 yards long nearly 3 clubs then the laser is much better.
Bought one of these.
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Putting-Fork-Pro-putting-training-aid-gets-you-ready-to-play-in-2-minute-/181297582169?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a362d9059#ht_1203wt_1170

PARlance

mike12 wrote: »

If you play on a course like ours where some greens are around 30 yards long nearly 3 clubs then the laser is much better.]

The laser is obviously more accurate but the S1 gives front, middle and back distances.
Played with a guy with a laser last weekend and my "guess" based on the watch was within yards of the laser.
Certainly good enough for me.

However I would say a low HC'er would benefit from the laser more.

BoardsMember

Anyone see any good offers still available. Looking for a distance measuring device. Dont think I could cope with a laser, would just end up putting me off I think. Thinking of the Garmin S1 for €139 in McGuirks.

PARlance

BoardsMember wrote: »

Anyone see any good offers still available. Looking for a distance measuring device. Dont think I could cope with a laser, would just end up putting me off I think. Thinking of the Garmin S1 for €139 in McGuirks.

No offers but if they had it down at €105 before, you probably could get them down to that again. Or keep an eye out for any 20% sales that they seem to have regularly enough.

Tweaky

BoardsMember wrote: »

Anyone see any good offers still available. Looking for a distance measuring device. Dont think I could cope with a laser, would just end up putting me off I think. Thinking of the Garmin S1 for €139 in McGuirks.

Still € 103.50 in Halpenny Golf - Grab one before they put their price back up.S1 GPS

Tweaky

Tweaky wrote: »

Still € 103.50 in Halpenny Golf - Grab one before they put their price back up.S1 GPS

Must have seen my post !!! Price gone back up to €139

BoardsMember

I'll have to wait for the next sale, their site was timing out all yesterday so couldn't get the purchase through

RedFormanFITA

A Samsung WB250F camera. Nice.:D

spacecoyote

RedFormanFITA wrote: »

A Samsung WB250F camera. Nice.:D

Well I'm sure that will let you make a few nice contributions to the golf photos thread, not sure how much it will add to your game though?

RedFormanFITA

I thought this was a 'what's santa bringing' thread, if you go back to page 1 it has all sorts of items on it. When did it change into a golf only thread?

PARlance

RedFormanFITA wrote: »

I thought this was a 'what's santa bringing' thread, if you go back to page 1 it has all sorts of items on it. When did it change into a golf only thread?

When it was created in the Golf Forum...
First page is all golf related bar your post and someone that got a Nerf gun...

RedFormanFITA

Better book myself an appointment with SpecSavers, lol.