Random Golf Thoughts

I'd have thought a lot of enthusiasts would know their lofts, maybe not each iron exactly but certainly what their 4/5i is and their PW/SW if included in the set. I don't know how you could buy wedges or hybrids/woods without that knowledge really. Its one of those things about golf that makes me laugh where you have 4 golfers on a tee box, one could be using blades with traditional lofts and the other SGIs you'll almost always hear someone ask 'What did you hit?'. I compare myself to regular playing partners because i know for example their lofts are the same and they're typically a club longer than me but without knowing the people you are playing with and their clubs its a bit of pointless question. My 4i is 20d and PW is 45. The lofts are a bit odd in their sequencing in that theres not much between 4-6i, then 7i is 4.5d and from 8i-GW is 5 degrees but it works for me anyway. I have seen game improvement irons with crazy jacked lofts though, PWs closer to 40d but you do read that the launch characteristics of those clubs counteract some of that stronger loft. When i got fit earlier this year there was very little difference in distances between the irons I tried despite differences in lofts.

Nah a 4 degree gap is nothing. Especially if you hit both clubs well. I wouldn't touch a thing there

I see Peter Finch has his Adare Manor video up and in typical west of Ireland fashion its torrential rain 😏 just as well he's not paying the green fee!!

Hold on a minute

bryson now calls clubs by the traditional numbers as opposed to giving them all names??? 😂

edit for anyone who didn’t know

https://www.golfmagic.com/pga-tour/bryson-dechambeau-has-names-each-his-irons-and-wedges

I played it the week after he was there and just watched the above video mentioned.

It looks good on video..but my word in reality it's so much better than it looks in the video. Makes me wonder when you see a truly spectacular course on video/youtube how good they must actually be in real life!

Liked the touch of bringing out multiple towels. Assume that wasn't just for Finch.

Those are 2 very different sets of clubs though to be fair. One is a players/tour type iron and the other is a game improver. You'd find similar differences in all the brands if you compare those types of irons. Titleist T100 is 46d, T300 is 43 and T400 is 38!

Why do lofts matter at all if you know how far you can hit it?

If the course didnt close on Sunday, then the competition should have stood. Players could have played Sunday if they wanted to.

The club should be sending out an email to all members saying that the competition was cancelled and to seek a refund or to simply have their next weekends game of golf for free.

Her 41 points will stand and she will get a nibble on the handicap

Most competitions are sponsored, so if you dont have a huge amount of sponsors, you run them over 2 days rather than a separate sponsor for each day

2 day comps aren't ideal, but they're not all bad. Some people can't play on a Sunday morning. It's nice that they can get to play in the comp too.

It will probably be down to the competitions committee but in our club once a minimum number have entered and paid up the competition results stand regardless. Last Sunday we had our medal and there was as many people that returned a no score as finished. It ended up being won with a net 75 because of the conditions and the result stands, rightfully so. Some people weren't happy but those of us that did play shouldn't be punished because of those that didn't.

Exactly

a competition can be run with as little as 20 people. Prizes don’t have to be cars! Simple €30 pro shop voucher for the winner.

and I don’t buy into the can’t get sponsorship bluff. €5 to enter comp will give a % back for first/ second etc.

My club has the 2 day competition due to numbers with Saturday morning seen as the overflow, I don't see the issue with it. It seems to work well.

The Saturday time slots from 11am onwards are generallly set aside for societies which bring in cash for the club that is needed.