perseveringgolfer Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 There are loads of things I can think of like the integrity, friendships, fair play, challenge, scenery etc etc but I'm referring to the things that dont get mentioned that much. I'll start......... When I see a tour pro having some practice swings on the fairway, in front of vast crowds and millions on TV, they manage to gently brush the turf with every swing Even without that pressure I reckon most of us will miss the turf repeatedly, or take a few embarrassing divots! try it. Big money, cksurfdude, GolfSpy MPR and 1 other 4 Quote Driver Awaiting NEW Driver (after 10 yrs) 4 Wood Callaway Big Bertha Steelhead plus 4+ Callaway shaft in 'Firm' flex Hybrid Titleist 910H 19* Diamana ahina 'flower' shaft in 'S' Irons Mizuno MP18SC 4-PW N.S Pro Modus3 Tour 105 in 'S' Wedges Callaway Mack Daddy forged in black 50* and 54* KBS Tour in 'R' Putter 'YES' Tracy 11 C groove 34.5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtopherb Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 The ability to immediately brush off a bad shot (or two or three) and focus on what's coming up next. A lot of people I golf with, including myself, don't possess that ability. The few times I've played with someone who has it was definitely noticeable. perseveringgolfer, Brian A, MDGolfHacker and 4 others 7 Quote In my carry bag: ST-X 10.5* Kai'li Blue R Flex ST-Z 15* Kai/li Blue R Flex ST-Z 4h Linq Blue R Flex Launcher 5h Launcher CBX 6i-PW CBX 54* & 58* Huntington Beach #10 e12 Contact CURRENTLY TESTING - Mizuno Long Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sixcat Posted September 6, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2019 Witnessing anyone repair ball marks, replace divots and generally leave the course as they found it! pulledabill, silver & black, PlaidJacket and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy MPR Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Watching pros (or other highly skilled players) hitting checking short game shots. I'm like a little kid watching his uncle do "magic" tricks: somehow, every single time I see it, I'm surprised and astonished and delighted all over again. I see the ball come toward the hole and I'm thinking of my own ball: "oh, that's going way past the hole--WHOA! that just stopped!!!!!" perseveringgolfer, silver & black, PlaidJacket and 5 others 7 1 Quote TS3 9.5°, Tensei Blue CBX T3 15°, Project X HZRDUS Black Epic Super Hybrid 18°, Aerotech Steel Fiber FC HYB S C722 21°, Ventus Blue 8S CBX Iron-Wood 25°, Project X HZRDUS Black 6.0 639 CB, Aldila NV 95 Graphite, 6–PW CBX 48° T22 54° and 60° EAS 4.0, Garsen G-Pro grip TP5x and Tour Response Full WITB with pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 10 minutes ago, GolfSpy MPR said: Watching pros (or other highly skilled players) hitting checking short game shots. I'm like a little kid watching his uncle do "magic" tricks: somehow, every single time I see it, I'm surprised and astonished and delighted all over again. I see the ball come toward the hole and I'm thinking of my own ball: "oh, that's going way past the hole--WHOA! that just stopped!!!!!" It's hilarious when I hit a shot like that with randoms I get paired up with - it always elicits quite the reaction GolfSpy MPR, MDGolfHacker and golfertrb 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GolfSpy BOS Posted September 6, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2019 When the pros take the time to say hi to the kids and make lifelong fans for the game:That’s Bill Haas in 2017 at TPC Boston handing my son and my friends son some Oreos from the players tent. Needless to say they were rooting for him that day. My son got a range ball as well that day. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk MattF, sirchunksalot, cnosil and 13 others 13 3 Quote Epic Max LS 10.5 - Motore X F3 6X | Speedzone 5-wood - Ventus Blue 8S | TSi3 20* Hybrid - KBS Proto 85S SMS Pro 4-PW - Steelfiber i110S | MG3 Raw Black 50.09, 54.11, 58.11 - DG TI S200 ER2B | Pro V1x | NX9 Slope | Jones Trouper R | CaddyLite EZ v8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony@CIC Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 1. Taking the time to sign hats, etc for the kids. 2. Ability to handle the pressure of crowds close to you while you hit a great shot. 3. The pro that makes the putt Sunday on 18 that could make the difference between 1st and 2nd (and $500,000) 4. The ability to ignore the jerks on the sidelines that yell baba............ or anything else. ncwoz, perseveringgolfer, cnosil and 2 others 5 Quote Left Hand orientation SIM 2 D Max with Fujikura Air Speeder Shaft Cobra Radspeed 3W/RIptide Shaft 410 Hybrids 22*, 26* Cobra Speed Zone 6-GP/Recoil ESX 460 F3 Shafts SM7 54* Wedge Glide 3.0 60* Wedge O Works putter V3 NX9-HD - 4 Wheel EZGO TXT 48v cart - too many shoes to list and so many to buy And BAG Boy Golf Balls: Vice Pro Plus 2020 Official Tester Beginning Driver Speed - 78 2019 Official Tester 410 Driver 2018 Official Tester C300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaidJacket Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 For me it's been getting paired on the first tee with someone who you might think at first glance, "oh boy... this is going to be interesting" as in; has this guy ever played before? Don't make that mistake. Clothes don't make the man in this game. Can't tell you how many times I've met this guy only to watch him effortlessly maneuver the ball around the course and card even par. Also... for you guys that enjoy a "friendly" wager. Don't gamble with strangers. golfertrb, silver & black, MDGolfHacker and 3 others 6 Quote My Sun Mountain bag currently includes: 771CSI 5i - PW and PFC Micro Tour-c 52°, 56°, 60 wedges EXS 10.5*, 929-HS FW4 16.5* Willimette w/GolfPride Contour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kenny B Posted September 6, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2019 41 minutes ago, PlaidJacket said: For me it's been getting paired on the first tee with someone who you might think at first glance, "oh boy... this is going to be interesting" as in; has this guy ever played before? Don't make that mistake. Clothes don't make the man in this game. Can't tell you how many times I've met this guy only to watch him effortlessly maneuver the ball around the course and card even par. Also... for you guys that enjoy a "friendly" wager. Don't gamble with strangers. Case in point... When my wife and I (before we were married) went on our first out-of-town golf trip to Spokane, we checked in at Qualchan GC and the pro said that the rest of our 4-some was on the putting green. There were only 2 older Asian guys there, both less than 5'7" tall walking the very hilly course, and one had about a 2" lift in one shoe. We were riding!! We thought "This is going to be a very looooong day!" On the first hole we laughed so hard and completely enjoyed the round. One of the guys, Deems Tsutakawa, is a jazz pianist in Seattle; the other was his uncle. We have played golf with Deems about every year since 2004. While in Seattle playing with him, he told us that he had just gotten his minister's license as a tax break. He said he was performing a wedding ceremony later in the year (not the music). We said if that went OK, would he come perform our wedding the next spring. He did on the 1st tee of our golf course, and we continue to play with him and his family/friends; a few weeks ago in Seattle. Life-long friends!! http://deemsmusic.com MattF, MDGolfHacker, perseveringgolfer and 9 others 10 2 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankster Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Bubba Watson...To be able to send a ball over the heads of the crowd and know where it’s going... Name someone else that can do that.—————Playing my golf?Sticking approach shots inside 10’ is pretty darn impressive. cksurfdude, GolfSpy MPR, MDGolfHacker and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cksurfdude Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 7 hours ago, perseveringgolfer said: When I see a tour pro having some practice swings on the fairway, in front of vast crowds and millions on TV, they manage to gently brush the turf with every swing Agreed! I also find that impressive, especially when they all do it so seemingly effortlessly...! 7 hours ago, perseveringgolfer said: Even without that pressure I reckon most of us will miss the turf repeatedly, or take a few embarrassing divots! try it. Nope. I can't .. repeatedly .. do it. Work-in-progress! But anyway, in addition to all the good things mentioned above by others one of the things that impresses me most about the game of golf is, well, the game itself ... as exemplified by Jack Nicklaus' famous quote about it being "the unwinnable game"; eg. we're on an endless quest for "better". Nicklaus also said: "Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself." fixyurdivot, tony@CIC, Just another lefty and 3 others 6 Quote WITB of an "aspiring" play-ah ... Driver...Callaway Paradym (Aldila Ascent PL Blue 40/A) 5W...Callaway Great Big Bertha (MCA Kai'Li Red 50/R) 7W...Tour Edge Exotics EXS (Tensei CK Blue 50/R) 4H...Callaway Epic Super Hybrid (Recoil ZT9 F3) 5H...Callaway Big Bertha ('19) (Recoil 460 ESX F3) 6i-GW...Sub 70 699 V2 (Recoil 660 F3) 54°, 60°...Cleveland CBX2, CBX 60 (Rotex graphite) Putter...EvnRoll ER5 or MLA Tour XDream (P2 Reflex grips) ...all in a Datrek bag on an MGI Zip Navigator electric cart. Ball often, not always, MaxFli Tour. Forum Member tester for the Paradym X driver (2023) Forum Member tester for the ExPutt Putting Simulator (2020) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 9 hours ago, Shankster said: Bubba Watson... To be able to send a ball over the heads of the crowd and know where it’s going... Name someone else that can do that. ————— Playing my golf? Sticking approach shots inside 10’ is pretty darn impressive. I saw John Daly hit driver over the heads of the crowd during an exhibition at Peter Jacobson's Fred Meyer Challenge event in Portland, OR, although honestly... I can't say whether or not John knew where it was going. lol tony@CIC, Big money, Shankster and 3 others 5 1 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big money Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 I went to the BMW in Chicago a few years back. And we followed the last group the whole front 9. After they were making the turn we decided to sit by the green for while after they left. Was amazing looking back down the front 9 side how empty and serene the course was. Almost like no one even played their all day. The beauty of an empty course always gets me TwoCoatsOfWax, fixyurdivot, cksurfdude and 1 other 4 Quote Keep it in the short stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Watching a pro hitting balls on the driving range especially when they practice wedges. Effortless looking swings with consistent distance and ball flight. whenever the LPGA comes to my area I always spend a few hours at the range just watching. TwoCoatsOfWax, cksurfdude and fixyurdivot 3 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W, TM-180 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deauxrite Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 I get to the golf course very early on Sunday (I work there). What impresses me most is watching the grounds crew raking, mowing and getting the course ready for the Sunday morning golfers. It is very serene at 0500 (or earlier in the summer) when these guys arrive to work their magic. cksurfdude, perseveringgolfer and fixyurdivot 3 Quote M2 Driver Fujikura Regular Flex Mizuno 921 Tour Irons-- Titleist Wedges A new Sik Armlock putter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixyurdivot Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 On 9/6/2019 at 5:16 AM, sixcat said: Witnessing anyone repair ball marks +1... but it's not like a pet peeve of mine or anything . I would say the touring pro's games in general. They are, simply stated, playing at a level of both skill and consistency that astounds me. Even the healthy handful of scratch golfers I know, when asked how they might fair amongst this populous, just chuckle. deauxrite, tony@CIC and perseveringgolfer 3 Quote G410 Plus, 9 Degree Driver G400 SFT, 16 Degree 3w G400 SFT, 19 Degree 5w ZX5 Irons 4-AW Glide 2.0 56 Degree SW (removed from double secret probation ) ER5v Putter (Official Review) AI-One Milled Seven T CH (Official Review) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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