StrokerAce Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 We love golf ... no, we REALLY love golf. That being said, how far have you traveled ROUND TRIP for a single round of golf - NOT for a "golf trip", just a single round of golf? I'll give you an example: @Golfspy_CG2 was telling me that he once made a round-trip to Pinehurst in a day for one round of golf. 6 hours each way. Left home at 5:00 am made a 12:00 pm shotgun start. Left at 6:30 pm to drive back got home at 1:00 am. Had to be at an 8:00 am regional meeting with our president. I have another friend who did something similar from RI to NY for Bethpage black. So spies - how far have you gone for a single round? Golfspy_CG2, Rickp and MDGolfHacker 3 Quote Driver- Cobra Aerojet LS Woods- Cobra LTD 3w 15*, 5W 19*, F9 24* Irons- XXIO X (6-A) Wedges- Callaway Jaws Raw (54/58) Putter- Bettinardi BB56 Ball- Maxfli Tour X/Wilson Triad Buggy- Clicgear 4.0 Bag- Callaway Org 14/Fairway C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 I think it was 3 1/2 hours each way to play somewhere in Maryland. It was a spy gathering, I couldn’t say no. Rickp, MDGolfHacker, Kenny B and 2 others 5 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: TM-180 Testing: Backups: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Riding in a car a long way and then playing golf are not compatible for this old body. I will travel to courses within an hour's drive; Yakima, Moses Lake, Walla Walla, Pendleton, to play, but anything longer is an overnight trip. I have driven 2.5 hours to Spokane and played when I got there, but I will stay the night and play again the next day before heading home. BTW, the round after driving 2.5 hours is crap. Sparkey67, Rickp, StrokerAce and 1 other 4 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...
DiscipleofPenick Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Drove about 3 1/2 hours to play EagleSticks in Zanesville, Ohio. One of the top 10 public courses in the state. Also mountain golf is tons of fun. Take Dead Aim StrokerAce 1 Quote Take Dead Aim Driver: PXG 0211 10.5* Fairway: Titleist 917 F3 15* Hybrid: Adams Idea Pro Boxer Gold 18* Irons: MacGregor MT-86 Pro Wedges: Vokey 50/54/58 Putter: SeeMore X2 Costa del Mar Ball: Srixon Z-Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmikecpa Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Left Thursday night on a flight from JFK to San Francisco. Drove Friday morning from San Fran to Pebble Beach. Played golf on Saturday and flew home Saturday night out of San Fran. And not to play but the first time I went to the Masters I flew from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia back to the states and best routing was through LA to Vegas. Spent a few hours in LV and then hopped a red eye to Atlanta to get in before the round started for the day. Monday after the tournament I was on a 7 am flight from ATL to LAX for a meeting then back on a flight to Asia. Second trip to the Masters we flew JFK to Cleveland to have our flights to Atlanta get cancelled. We rented a car and drove straight through the night to Augusta which was around 13.5 hours. Got a few hours of sleep and were on the grounds by 11am. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk StrokerAce, MDGolfHacker, THEZIPR23 and 2 others 5 Quote WITB 2024 Qi10 LS 9* HZRDUS RDX Smoke Blue 60g 6.5 M5 15* Evenflow Black 75g 6.5 Sim Ti 22* HZRDUS Red 75g 6.5 Sim2 Rescue 22* Diamana Thump 100x X Forged CB 5 - PW MMT 105 TX Jaws Raw 50*, 54* & 58* TTDG "OG" Spinner Toulon Madison BGT Fire 34.75" Z Star Diamond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtopherb Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 About 2 hours, but I also stayed overnight. On a single day trip, about 75 minutes. I’m not spending more time in the car than I am on the course. I’m not good enough to spend the time and money to bother. There’s 6-7 courses all within 20 mins of my house. That’s good enough for me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk MDGolfHacker and StrokerAce 2 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...
Middler Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 A little over a 220 miles round trip for me. I’ve done some golf trips that were much further, but the OP said one day out and back trips. I drove 162 miles round trip Friday to play. MDGolfHacker and StrokerAce 2 Quote Titleist TSR2 11° HZRDUS Red CB 50 6.0 w Lamkin UTx Midsize Titleist TSR2 16.5º HZRDUS Red 60 CB 6.0 & TSR2 21º HZRDUS Black 4G 70 6.0 w Lamkin UTx Midsize Mizuno JPX923 HMP 4-GW, T22 54.12WS, T22 58.04DC w Lamkin ST+2 Hybrid Midsize Evnroll EV5.3 Maxfli Tour & ProV1 Ping Pioneer - MGI Zip Navigator AT Payntr X 002 LE, Ecco Biom C4, FJ DryJoys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMookie Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Early in Covid, Mississippi courses were open, but Louisiana’s weren’t, so I drove 115 miles each way to Eagle Ridge Golf Course. It’s in the middle of nowhere, so it was a 2 hr drive each way. golfingbrock and StrokerAce 2 Quote Driver: Ping G430 Max 9*, Ping Tour 70X Fairway: Ping G425 15*, Ping Tour 70X Hybrid: Ping G425 22*, Ping Tour 80X Irons: Ping i230 4-GW, TT DG X100 Wedges: SMS 50D/54V/58DModus 130 stiff, +1” Putter: EAS 1.0 Ball: Titleist 2023 AVX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom the Golf Nut Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 I have some winners on my list. Drove from TN to Bethpage got out of the car played 18 on the Black course and headed back the next morning. 12 hours driving 5 hours playing. 8 hours of sleep 12 hours driving. I assume flying counts too. Biggest out and back was from TN to Vegas played a round in a charity tournment and came back the next day. I think I played Desert Pines. TN to Colorado for an out and back one day tournment. I won that one! Played The Ridge. TN to Kansas City out and back twice. Two charity events. Played Falcon Lakes and Dubbs Dred. I was supposed to do that again this October but who knows with this Covid thing! MDGolfHacker and StrokerAce 2 Quote Driver, TSi 1 S Flex 3 wood, Aerojet Max UST Helium Nanocore R Flex 5 wood, Aerojet Max UST Helium Nanocore R Flex 7 Wood, Aerojet Max UST Helium Nanocore R Flex 5 Hybrid King Tec MMT R Flex Irons, Tour UST Recoil 95 R Flex (6 - Gap) Wedges, Snakebite KBS Hi- Rev2.0 54* & 60* Agera 35" Ultralight 14-way Cart Bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballplayer002003 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 We had a 3:00 tee time to play Bethpage Black, if you have ever tried to get a tee time you know all the hoops you have to go through to play there (especially if you are out of state). Left Delaware at 6 am. Met a few buddies that were playing with me who were from Baltimore. Arrived at Bethpage about 11:30 only to find a sign on the door that said they were closed for the day due to rain that had passed through over two hours prior. A phone call from them would have been nice. From there we went over to Trump National Ferry Point (beautiful course) but that was another hour away. Played it and drove home. That was a LONG day! More time in the car than on the course. StrokerAce, HardcoreLooper, Golfspy_CG2 and 4 others 7 Quote Driver: Epic Flash Sub Zero Hzdrs Smoke x flex 70g 3 Wood: 917 w/ Diamana Whiteboard stiff 5 Wood : Epic Flash 18* Hzdrs Smoke stiff 4 Hybrid: TSi3 Hzdrs Smoke X flex Irons: 5-7 Apex forged 19 w/ Modus 120 X 9-A Apex Pro 19 w/ Modus 120 X Wedges: MD5 52&56 Jaws Dynamic Gold wedge flex Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom 5.5 34" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxEntropy Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 I got a call from a friend one day that he was meeting up with another friend in southern Illinois, so I jumped in my car, drove ~540 miles. Played 18 holes the next day. When we finished, we drove ~105 miles to my friend's place for the night, then I woke up and drove 500 miles home. My wife thought I was insane, but I don't see those guys very often. MDGolfHacker, Golfspy_CG2, Rickp and 1 other 4 Quote Driver: Epic Speed 9* (set -1) MMT 70X 3W: Tour B JGR Recoil 760ES 3H, 4H: Tour B JGR 19*, 23* Recoil 780ES 4-AW: Tour B JGR HF2 Modus3 Tour 105 SW: RTX Zipcore Black Satin 54* LW: TAIII Black 58* Putter: Scottsdale TR Senita Bag: BigMax Dri Active Lite Ball: TP5x or AVX (yellow) Pushcart: BigMax iQ+ Testing Complete, Final Review Posted: Sub70 TAIII Forged Wedges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixyurdivot Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Old Works in Anaconda, MT is just short of 2 hours drive each way. That's about my limit these days. When we lived in WA, I made a couple of one day trips to Port Ludlow and that was close to 3 hours each way. MDGolfHacker 1 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 (Evnroll ER5v Official Review) AI-One Milled Seven T CH (Currently Under Product Test) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfspy_CG2 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 On 8/7/2020 at 1:06 PM, GolfSpy Stroker said: We love golf ... no, we REALLY love golf. That being said, how far have you traveled ROUND TRIP for a single round of golf - NOT for a "golf trip", just a single round of golf? I'll give you an example: @Golfspy_CG2 was telling me that he once made a round-trip to Pinehurst in a day for one round of golf. 6 hours each way. Left home at 5:00 am made a 12:00 pm shotgun start. Left at 6:30 pm to drive back got home at 1:00 am. Had to be at an 8:00 am regional meeting with our president. I have another friend who did something similar from RI to NY for Bethpage black. So spies - how far have you gone for a single round? Well to be fair, it was PINEHURST ballplayer002003, cnosil, HardcoreLooper and 2 others 4 1 Quote G430 Max 10K TSiR1 15.0 Aldlia Ascent 60g TSR2 18.0 PX Aldila Ascent 6og TSi1 20 Aldila Ascent Shafts R T350 5-GW SteelFiber I80 SM10 48F/54M and58K S159 48S/52S/56W/60B Select 5.5 Flowback 35" ProV1 Play number 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfingbrock Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Last year I had 3 pretty good travels for 1 round of golf. I left Ft Worth at 3:30 a.m. and then teed it up in Austin at Barton Creek at 9 a.m., back the same night. (I don't recommend this, as I was stiff and tired most of the round). Another day I left after work, stayed the night in Houston, then played Memorial Park right after it opened, then back the next day. Both of those were around 4 hours each way. My longest trip was 27 holes at Sweetens Cove disguised as a family vacation. We took a road trip from Ft Worth to Virginia, also stopping in Tennessee and North Carolina, totalling about 50 hours in the car for the week. Some trips are family trips where you just happen to golf, but for this one, my main objective was getting to Sweetens, then building a fun family trip around it. Golfspy_CG2, HardcoreLooper and StrokerAce 3 Quote Driver: Honma TR20 440 8.5° w/ Vizard FP-7X SHAFT - REVIEW POSTED 3 Wood: Adams TightLies Titanium 3+ - Shaft Bassara E55 x5ct Hybrid: Taylormade RBZ 2. 16.5°- Stock Shaft- Stiff Irons: SUB70 639 CB 4-PW w/ Nippon Modus 120 X-STIFF Wedges: GW: SUB70 Raw 48° Mizuno Mp series 52 SW: Cleveland RTX 2.0 56° LW: Mizuno JPX 900 60° Putter: Odyssey White Ice Sabertooth- Superstroke Slim 3.0 grip Bag: Taylormade FlexTech Lifestyle Carry bag- Houndstooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGolfHacker Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 about 3 1/2 hours...from Maryland to some courses in Williamsburg, VA.. that was pre-kids. Now it's more like 30 minutes is the limit with limited warm up time if any...lol MDGolfHacker cnosil, StrokerAce and HardcoreLooper 2 1 Quote TSssWhat's In This Lefty's Bag? Driver: TSR2 11° Project X HZRDUS Black 4G 60g 5.5 Flex Fairway Woods: F8 3W Project X Even Flow Blue 75g shaft Fairway Woods: Hybrid: TSR2 18° Graphite Design Tour AD DI-85 Shaft Irons: 2021 T200's 4-GW AMT RED shafts Regular Flex Wedge: Tour Satin RTX 4 Wedges in 52° and 56° 2 Dot Putter: Gray Matter TDP 2.2 32.75" Bag: Three 5 Ball: PRO V1 / Z*Star RangeFinder: In search of new range finder Social Media: Facebook: MD Golfhacker Twitter: @mdgolfhacker Instagram: mdgolfhacker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carfig Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 4 1/2 to Torrey Pines. Actually have done that several times since I moved to Vegas. Quote Irons: Mizuno MP53 Stiff/standard Hybrid: 4I Driver: Ping G25 9 degree, stiff Wedges: 52, 56, 60 Select Roundback 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEZIPR23 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 I drove 480 miles round trip to play with @PMookie. It was worth it. PMookie 1 Quote Stealth 2+ 9 (Diamana PD 60 S 45") Stealth 2+ 15 (Diamana PD 70 S 43") G425 19 (Raijin 2.0 85x) G425 22 (Raijin 2.0 85x) ZX7 5-9 (KBS C Taper S) Vokey SM9 45 10 F (KBS 610) Vokey SM9 49 08 F (KBS 610) Vokey SM9 55 08 M (KBS 610) Vokey SM9 59 04 T (KBS 610) Spider GT Splitback 34" ProV1 #23 Twitter @THEZIPR23 "One thing Golf has taught me, is that my muscles have no memory." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deauxrite Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Just 180 miles yesterday round trip to play at Tucson National. The 1230 tee time made for a long day by the time we got home. It was worth the drive. StrokerAce 1 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...
deauxrite Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 On 8/13/2020 at 8:09 PM, fixyurdivot said: Old Works in Anaconda, MT is just short of 2 hours drive each way. That's about my limit these days. When we lived in WA, I made a couple of one day trips to Port Ludlow and that was close to 3 hours each way. On 8/13/2020 at 8:09 PM, fixyurdivot said: Old Works in Anaconda, MT is just short of 2 hours drive each way. That's about my limit these days. When we lived in WA, I made a couple of one day trips to Port Ludlow and that was close to 3 hours each way. One of my favorite golf courses in the world..I would drive a long way to play at the Old Works again!! fixyurdivot 1 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...
Siamese Moose Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 12 hours from Cincinnati to Atlantic City to play in "The Greg". If you are an expat of GEA, you know the tournament is in memory of Greg Milanowitz (sp?), who was murdered on 9/11. This year the tournament is on 10/24, and I'll drive only 10 hours each way. Fortunately, it's incredibly convenient that my mother in law lives close, so I get to visit and have a free room. My wife has yet to decide if she wants to spend 20 hours in the car to spend 24 hours with her mother. For me it's a no brainer. I'm driving 10 hours each way for one round of golf. Quote Moose, my cat, is Siamese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfish! Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 If we are talking what was the farthest I travelled and played golf, I was on a business trip in Germany and managed to get a round in. If we are talking just to play golf, the first courses to open up after covid lock down here in socal were in thousand oaks so i drove 160 miles round trip just for a round of golf Quote Driver : SIM2 Max 9* MC Kuro Kago Silver 60 Stiff Woods : GS53 3 Wood 14* Mitsubish Tensei Blue 73g Regular Hybrids: 949X Project X HZRDUS RDX Black Irons : 699 Pro Black 5-AW 1* flat KBS Tour V 90 Stiff Shafts Wedges : 52, 56, 60 Putter : Spider Red Bag : lightweight cart bag | Dry Series Bag Ball : TP5 PIX (2019) | ProV1x (2021) Rangefinder : ULT-X Pushcart : M5 GPS DHC Electric Push Cart SoCal, USA Right handed HDCP 16.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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