[Kings North - Lockwood Folly]

On 2/7/2023 at 11:31 AM, Stuka44 said:

What a coincidence, I was just getting ready to post something about Lockwood Folly.  In April I'm going with a group of 20.  Lockwood is a new addition for courses.  Be the first time most of us are playing it, and it is on the last day. So our " handicapped championship" (there is no monetary prize only your name on the cup) will come down to Lockwood.  I've been trying to look at it on Google Earth.  Is it as narrow as it seems?  And I have plotted (based on google earth) several holes where it seems to me(that for me) less than driver off the tee would be wise.  Any further information on it would be great.    I'm kind of afraid that this course loosely resembles River Hills CC down there, and I watered 7 balls at River Hills, and mentally collapsed.  I want to be prepared in case I find myself in contention.

Did you play Lockwood Folly? How was it?

[The Good Morning Thread]

22 hours ago, Rickp said:

Last night he found 16 dozen balls.  He’ll clean and sell.  Some will stay in the “circle of friends”.  

My brother gave me these and he has four more.

[Water bottles for Rovic/Clicgear push carts]

2 hours ago, Prodigal Duffer said:

Interesting. Do you use the bladder straw to drink, or do you also carry a bottle?

I use the straw. It's at the top of the bladder and I run it out of the pocket and loop it out of the bag carry handle. It stays in place and is always ready.

[Water bottles for Rovic/Clicgear push carts]

I walk in Georgia heat and humidity, and I use an 3L Osprey water bladder I keep in the big pocket of my golf bag. I use it year around, but when it gets hot, I fill a gallon jug with water and keep it in the fridge overnight, then the morning I play I fill the bladder with ice and when I get to the course I fill the bladder with the cool water. The rest of the year I just fill the bladder with ice and water the day I play.

The bladder, besides providing water, also serves other uses. I keep my snacks next to it and it keeps them from melting, and I carry a cooling towel in the summer and the towel stays nice and cool next to the bladder of ice.

[Random Thread]

I was on a par 3 today and hit to a slight depression on the right-hand side of an elevated green. I couldn’t see the bottom of the depression, so I couldn’t see the ball. I get to the green and the ball had rolled off and into a bunker, one of my least favorite places to be.

I let out a big groan pulled out my sand wedge. I hit the ball out of the bunker better than I expected, cleared the bunker and the top lip of the green. Then when I get up to the green I can’t see the ball and thought it rolled all the way across to the other side. I walk past the cup and there it is in the cup.

So, I had my best bunker shot ever, the first time I’ve ever hit from a bunker to the cup and the first time I’ve ever made a birdie from a bunker, and I didn’t get to see to since I was lower than the bunker and the green. I was ecstatic nonetheless.

[Hobbies Outside of Golf]

Woodturning.

A bottle stopper I made from colored pencils.

[Random Thread]

I was the first one out on the course today and my cart and I made fresh tracks. There is a lot of water on the course and being the first one out and being the only thing edible the gnats and the mosquitos bugged me (no pun intended) quite a bit.

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My Grey and the cats protecting the bed.

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14 hours ago, GaDawg said:

Sorry my friend, but the Coons will never have a great team.

You may be correct.

I used to think the Falcons were pathetic because of the Smith family and I was glad when they sold the team to Blank. It seemed initially Blank was determined to build a winning team. Then he built the unneeded and unnecessary stadium and he, sadly, seems to have lost all interest in the Falcons.

Although I can still hope.

[NFL thread! What are you thinking?]

15 hours ago, CFreddie said:

Any other Falcons fans here? I’m biased but LOVE how this team has been constructed over the last few seasons with AS / TF at the helm. 

Really love the Calais Campbell signing - could be a great presence for the young guys this season.  Here’s hoping we make a splash and grab Carter or Anderson to complete this defensive rebuild!

Yeah, I'm a Falcons fan. Hopefully Campbell is a good fit.

And this year for the first time in awhile that have salary money they can spend. The draft should be interesting.

[Random Thread]

On 3/28/2023 at 7:50 AM, Lee Stanek said:

Playing Solo.  I wanted to get your thoughts on playing by yourself?  Do you like it?  Do you do it out of necessity?  Do you think its weird?  Years ago I used to get up early and be the first one out on Tewksbury CC before the place even opened.  I mean like I would pay after my round.  I was by myself and could walk the 9 holes in about 60-75 min.  I loved it!  Do any of you do anything like that?

I don't think it's weird. I play the majority of rounds by myself. I can play at my own pace., Although, sometimes I wish there was someone to see the shot I made, but most of the time I'm glad there wasn't a witness.

 

[2023: Want To Be a MGS Forum Tester? Read Here!]

I would love to be a tester for the Callaway Paradym X irons

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7 hours ago, yungkory said:

Ditched the IONIQ5 and got myself a Tesla. Wife was having too much fun.

I picked up a gray M3 last Tuesday. I wanted a 3 and I wasn’t sure if my BatCaddy would fit in the back, so when I went for the test drive I took it with me to test fit. It did fit, easily.

 

This is the first drive to the course with BatCaddy and clubs,

7 hours ago, yungkory said:

Ditched the IONIQ5 and got myself a Tesla. Wife was having too much fun.

I picked up a gray M3 last Tuesday. I wanted a 3 and I wasn’t sure if my BatCaddy would fit in the back, so when I went for the test drive I took it with me to test fit. It did fit, easily.

 

This is the first drive to the course with BatCaddy and clubs,

[Whats your best joke?]

Two similarly dressed blondes walk into a tanning salon and the receptionist asked, “are you sisters?” One blonde giggles and said “no, we aren’t even Catholic.”

 

[The Good Morning Thread]

20 hours ago, Subdiver1 said:

And now I carry one of those frickin' pens in my bag whenever I play. 

 

I keep three in my bag and I have started carrying one again when I go out of the house since Spring is here and plants are blooming and flying stinging man-killers are out.

[Does anyone walk anymore?]

I have a BatCaddy and there are two courses I play and I walk 2-3 times a week. The BatCaddy makes it a lot easier.

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22 hours ago, charles M Mecca said:

This ball won the first Liv tournament. It comes 3 and 4 peace.

Was that an intended pun? :>)

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I would like to see Kirkland tested.

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11 hours ago, GaDawg said:

Yes Sir.....

That's the location I visit. Unfortunately, it's about the only place to shop for golf supplies in the area. Academy's golf section is pitiful.  

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On 2/12/2023 at 11:33 AM, GaDawg said:

You and I most likely shop at the same Dick's since we live very close to each other.

Is the the Dick's on the Oconee Connector?

[Super Bowl LVII - Who you got?]

Eagles.

We will go to my daughter's and watch it there, the first half anyway.

[The Good Morning Thread]

2 hours ago, EasyPutter said:

Mornings are my go time, have been since those loving Drill Sergeants chearfully woke us gently with garbage can lids banging the can.

I still remember when I first heard that racket. At Ft. Jackson, SC in '71.

[Kings North - Lockwood Folly]

5 hours ago, stuka44 said:

We will probably play white 6100, so not that much different.  I'm glad to hear it didn't seem that narrow.  Google earth can be deceiving sometimes.  I hope I find it more open than I am imagining.

I play two courses on a regular basis and they have pretty wide fairways and didn't look at this one and think it was narrow.

[Kings North - Lockwood Folly]

4 hours ago, stuka44 said:

What a coincidence, I was just getting ready to post something about Lockwood Folly.  In April I'm going with a group of 20.  Lockwood is a new addition for courses.  Be the first time most of us are playing it, and it is on the last day. So our " handicapped championship" (there is no monetary prize only your name on the cup) will come down to Lockwood.  I've been trying to look at it on Google Earth.  Is it as narrow as it seems?  And I have plotted (based on google earth) several holes where it seems to me(that for me) less than driver off the tee would be wise.  Any further information on it would be great.    I'm kind of afraid that this course loosely resembles River Hills CC down there, and I watered 7 balls at River Hills, and mentally collapsed.  I want to be prepared in case I find myself in contention.

Actually, I hit from the orange tees and not the gold.

[Kings North - Lockwood Folly]

52 minutes ago, vandyland said:

Also, #8 looks completely insane. Water left and completely blocked out right.

 

 

Landing area before that large right tree is ONLY 37 yds wide and I imagine if you are behind that tree you are completely cooked/blocked out/insert word here for "in a tough spot". If you want to try to fly the tree or get past it, the landing area between the right trees and the water is 30 yds wide. I honestly don't really know what the play is here. If you layup you probably want to lay well back of the right tree so you can get over it (that tree is 220 from the white and orange tees and 270 from the tips). So you layup with a long iron and then have like 160-170 into the hole or try to blow it over the tree and risk missing right and being blocked or hitting it into the water. This hole looks like a nightmare. 

 

That's where I went in  the water off the tee, but because I had a hard hook. i usually slice. I don't remember any fairway or hole being that narrow. Are these recent pictures?