Jump to content
TESTERS WANTED! ×

artful_golfer

 
  • Posts

    382
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by artful_golfer

  1. I've been known to dance around my cart to a really good song.
  2. I had not considered this. Thanks for a different perspective. If faced with this in the future, I will remember your thoughts . . . but still try to be my nonconfrontational self.
  3. Thanks. I understand and fully support guy golf and male camaraderie. And I have always encouraged my husband and son to play with their guy groups and would never try to join them. I also understand ladies golf and how different the dynamics are with a ladies group. We both need our groups and friends to be with. But this was tournament golf with mixed overall teams. To be fair, the dynamics would probably have been quite different if we had been in a foursome.
  4. Thanks for your reponse. I didn't post this in the women's forum because I felt like it's not a women's only topic and I really wanted feedback from my men spy friends. I think the Women's Forum will allow men to react to a topic but not comment. The guy I was playing with was not directly rude or ugly to me. It was more that it was obvious he was not happy with the playing situation. And I felt like it was best to tread lightly and hope to prove I could handle this. I was very fortunate that it was one of my better playing days.
  5. Convincing men it's ok to play with women. This post turned out longer than anticipated but I think it's important and would like feedback on it. Often men don't seem to think women are worthy to compete against. I've experienced my fair share of a couple of men letting a group of ladies know they are not welcome on the course. I played in a club team tournament this past weekend that is setup much like Ryder Cup with all match play. Difference is we include men and women. Often men play against the men and women vs women but we are starting to see a few men vs women in this tournament. Usually this tournament is foursomes but we had two extra players the 2nd day. Luck of the draw had me playing in the twosome against a man I knew casually but had never played with before. He had a lower handicap but only 2 strokes. At first you could tell he was quite bothered - both verbally (complaining to the pro) and physically (demeanor, facial expressions, etc). My husband followed us the first 4 holes and later said it was easy to tell he was upset. I had decided to be "sort of" quiet but super positive/complimentary (he really did have an awesome long drive) and just play my best game. I won the first hole, then we tied the next two holes. By that time, his demeanor was still stiff but loosened just a little and more as we played. I won the front nine 2-up with 1 to play giving my team a point. Then came a huge change. He wanted to go ahead an play the 9th hole just for the heck of it (which I also won). By the time we took a restroom/water break and got to the 10th tee box he was completely different. I think he had realized that I actually was a worthy and fun competitor. He chatted for 10 minutes on the tee box and then we continued to chat and laugh throughout the back nine. He won the back nine so we split the points, which I was semi glad about. After the round, I thanked him for playing and told him I enjoyed the round. He thanked me for forcing him up his game, which he absolutely did starting with number 14. Then he suggested we tell those setting up our weekly weekend groupings to mix it up more with men vs ladies (without it being couples) so everyone could get to know each other better. I was surprised but delighted. I have won a new friend and been accepted as a fun, worthy competitor. Wish I didn't have to prove it. Or do men have to prove it also?
  6. Hey ladies. I posted something in the Random Thread forum about my LGA Flamingo Ladies Invitational. I think you will also be interested in it because it's a tournament by and for ladies. If I copied it correctly, this is a link:
  7. This past Friday-Saturday (May 19-20) our course was full of flamingos and an overload of pink! I want to toot our horn a little. My LGA hosted our 9th annual Flamingo Ladies Invitational. It was our most successful yet with 80 players (40 teams) from 17 cities and raised more money than ever. (Note - in earlier years we had a cart decorating contests - that's where my profile photo was snapped) Getting us together is kind of like herding cats and we sound like an entire town of cackling hens, but we manage to hold still for a tournament group photo every year. Lots of pink and we seem to prefer white caps. We have a blast, laugh, eat, laugh, play golf, laugh, raise $ for our causes, laugh, sip Bloody Mary's for breakfast and laugh some more. This year the Crossroads Guardians of Hope brought out their pink firetruck. This organization supports cancer patients. The firetruck is covered with signatures and messages for and from cancer patients. We had the opportunity to add to the writings. This photo is my Flamingo Planning committee (plus a couple of extras) with the firetruck named Debbie. And me in the driver's seat. From the tournament profits, each year we donate to our 3 local high school girls golf teams. Those teams and their coaches volunteer during our tournament. They meet players at their vehicles, pickup their bags and make sure they are strapped onto the correct golf carts ready to play. This is a photo of those awesome students and two of the coaches this year. This last photo of me and my playing partner in our cart before tee off. Thanks fellow spies for putting up with my long post!
  8. One lady at my golf course insists on always driving, no matter who the other person is in the cart or even if it is that person's private cart.
  9. I have tried to recruit new MGS members since I first joined. Some men have joined but if any women have joined they are just lurking and so don't know about them.
  10. Hey ladies. I wasn't sure where to post this in the new ladies forum, but hope this will do. Ideas for fun times with other lady golfers (and non-golfers). As president of our LGA I wanted to beef up membership and encourage more participation and excitement about being a member. So I formed some new committees. One is a social committee tasked with coming up with 4 socials during the year that have nothing to do with golf. We have 3 new members this year that don't play golf and I told them we would plan activities we would all have fun doing together. We are all loving the social aspect. A couple of nights ago was our 2nd social of the year. We had a Cornhole Social and crowned a team the Cornhole Queens. We had a BLAST playing on the clubhouse patio lawn and for some of us, we learned how to play Cornhole for the first time. Only about 1/2 of our members participated but some brought guests and I think I may have recruited a new member. This was easy to plan at no cost to our club (cash bar) and the only snacks were some pretzels. See our photo below (and note two hilarious male golfers behind our heads who photo bombed us). Being one of the shorties, that's me down in front, to the left of the flag cornhole board, in the navy dress holding a glass of wine. Just look at those happy faces.
  11. That's unfortunate, but I suggest that you still make it a positive, big deal for those who participated. They deserve the same special treatment as if there were 600 participants. Maybe a special awards dinner, PR within your hospital system and out in the community. Write a press release for the news with a photo of the winner (you don't need to say how many employees participated). The fact is you do have participants and you are helping them, you are their cheerleader. Embrace what you do have and let your community know.
  12. I read these! All of it. Yes it took me more than one sitting but I thought it was quite interesting. Thanks for the links.
  13. Purchase a PuttOut Pressure Trainer then move it wherever your wish.
  14. Hope you Spy ladies watch LPGA tournaments on TV and support them in person when you can. You'll learn a lot. This Chevron Championship was great in person. What an exciting playoff finish and then watching winner Lilia Vu choose to carry on the tradition and jump in that cold lake on a cold day! The crowd cheered her on and loved it. The course was in awesome shape. One new thing I learned with this tournament is a better way to rake a bunker. I watched a Caddie rake it by pushing the rake away from him. He made the smoothest feathered strokes that left the sand perfect. My husband and I were mesmerized watching his care, like watching an artist.
  15. Ours ate the green beans on the bush. I would find half of a been left.
  16. This may help spur your ball pocket idea. I've also used ribbon to create a little pocket for my ball marker (on the other side of the skirt). You could expand this using a stretchy material to hold a ball. My skirt ball marker pockets were before a started wearing an anklet for my ball markers. I hated that the hat clips for ball markers could leave a rust mark on my cap bill. I purchased several anklets available on golf sites that always broke after several wearings because they are made with fishing line. So I went to my jeweler and had him make this one for me custom sized for my ankle. While I'm already bending over to pick up or put down my ball, my anklet is always right there.
  17. No need to wait for a testing to share. I'll give you some ideas about what I do that might help you. Shoes, gloves and shirt styles - Instead of a repeat, I refer you to what I posted in my initial intro on Call for Ladies. Things to carry stuff if you don't have pockets. Some skorts are now adding a pocket on one leg of the undershorts but it makes you have a strange bulge. Many of my skorts don't have a pockets. Sometimes I hand sew a ribbon on to the top portion of my skort to make 2 loops for tees. Like this. Easy fix and works great. I also have one of these. This is my very old, used and hugely loved golf ball/tee pouch. It stays hooked on my bag. The zippered pocket on top will also hold a few balls. I like it because it's small and sturdy. There are several styles available on Amazon, but I've never found another one exactly like it. I absolutely hate a dirty ball. I had a little pouch hanging on my bag and I would get the inside damp before a round. I could put a ball inside to clean it. But someone took it one day while on the range. When I get to the green, I go prepared to clean my ball. I tuck the corner of a small towel into the top of my waistband to clean my ball on the green. I went to Harbor Freight and bought a package of their microfiber towels used for cleaning. Several bright colors are in the pack and they are about the size of a wash cloth. I don't spit on my balls but I do spit on my cloth to clean my ball. When on the green, I'm not about to have my playing partners wait while I go back to my cart for a wet towel and I'm not putting with a dirty ball. You could always keep the towel damp but I don't want to have a wet towel hanging on me. I have a few golf skirts that aren't skorts. I wear volley ball shorts under them. The legs are tight enough to hold a golf ball or tee. There have been a number of great posts on MGS about snack ideas, training aids, gloves, etc. that are not women specific. Just do a search for those threads and more. I never put sunscreen on my forehead because I don't want it running down into and burning my eyes. But with a hat on I find I only need sunscreen on my face up to my eyes.
  18. I play in groups but have never thought of them a leagues. Tuesday Night Lights - 9 holes (sometimes all par 3's) during warm months, March or April - October. Foursomes, never know who you're going to play with, plus skins (if no one wins $ adds to the next week). $15 to play Saturday and Sunday group play - loosely formed group of men and women. 12-35+ players. $10 to play and format varies but the constant is if you get a chip-in you receive $1 from everyone playing. 3-5 in a group, everyone is welcome and players have become great friends. LGA monthly tournaments ($20) and play days ($5). Game changes with each event. We earn points determined by how well we play throughout the year using our handicap net scores. I won player of the year for 2022 and I'm far, far away from being the best player. If you are not part of a LGA I encourage you to get attached to one a.s.a.p. If your course does not have one, then find another lady or two and be the beginning of a new one. Taking the initiative to get involved is more than just finding other ladies to play golf with. Creates new friendships and social supporters.
  19. Love the photos. Keep including them! Women post different types of photos than men, not better or worse, just different. I have already settled on a ball that seems to fit me but will follow you because I support more female participation on MyGolfSpy . . . and who knows, I might be enticed to try a another ball.
  20. When I visited Red Rooster, the site wouldn't allow me to view anything unless I first signed up with my email. Any way around that. I'm not willing to do that just to research if this might be a viable glove for me.
  21. Hello ladies. I've been playing for almost 9 years, started when I was 60. I've been a part of My Golf Spy for several years and been a happy tester four times. Thank you My Golf Spy! I'm looking forward to trying out this new forum for women only. I use to be very active on My Golf Spy but not as often now. I'm not a fan of some changes that were made a couple of years ago in how the site is organized and navigated. I find it difficult to find some of the past threads I enjoyed with the guys. I get it that as MyGolfSpy grows changes need to be made to make it easier to manage. But I find that now it doesn't seem like as many spies follow or comment on the test reviews which I think are so very important. The guys on My Golf Spy have always been very welcoming and supportive and became treasured spy friends. I particularly find technical and how to play posts by @chisag and @downlowkey helpful. I follow "Women Who Golf" on Facebook and like reading posts of women who golf like me - not the best but have a lot of fun out there with friends. I play year round, in the cold and in the heat. I love to walk and have 2 push carts, one with an Alphard remote setup. When the weather is bad or when in a tournament I ride. During the winter I usually play only once a week. In the warmer months I play 2-4 times a week. I love practice play more than playing a round. We live at the golf course so I'm able to go out a play a few holes in the evening or just putt or chip. I'm president of a very active LGA and participate in a golf group that has a game every Sat and Sun. I didn't start playing until my family was grown up and everyone including my husband was through school. At the beginning I had trouble deciding whether to go with right or left handed clubs. I ended up with a right handed set but putted left. Then I was talked into switching to right handed putting. I can do it but I putt better left handed. I don't have a favorite brand of golf clothes. I don't like clothes shopping but my husband does, so I usually wear whatever he brings home even though sometimes I must alter the fit a little. He's pretty good at it. I have more golf clothes than I'll ever need but just last week he chose two more skorts. I like long sleeve solar shirts because it's one less place I need to lather on sunscreen. Often when not too windy, I wear a wider brim hat rather than a golf/baseball type cap. I wear gloves on both hands. I told the pro who first taught me that my guys have calluses from golf and giving up my soft hands was deal breaker on whether I play. He said wear a pair and I would never have a callus. It's been true. I don't have a favorite glove brand but in the warmer months I like to wear the half finger type with a mesh back. I've tried out many different golf shoes. And some that aren't specified for golf but work great. My current warm weather choice is suede ECCO trail sandals I found at Dillards. Made for hiking but have a great grip that has never slipped. Makes for an interesting tan pattern on my feet. I plan to get a second pair in another color this year. For cold weather I currently wear a Cole Hans pair (yes they have golf shoes!) and they are very cute with a leopard print that wraps around the heal. I have a major gripe with some of the spikeless shoes that are great on grass but very slippery on cement, tile, etc. I've had friends end up with broken bones from those soles and I've hit hard a few times. Going to the restroom mid round should not be a hazard. That's all for now. I post in spurts. But who knows, I hope this new forum thread will I get me re-hooked on MyGolfSpy! Happy
  22. Congrats guys. I'm looking forward to following this test and reviews!
×
×
  • Create New...