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Author Topic: Are you a Golfer? Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-10-2007 10:30 PM                       Do any Film-Tech'ers play the greatest game? Ever had any interest beyond putt-putt? While on a sojourn to Kentucky last month, my father and brothers took me to their home club and I played my very first round of golf! I was terrible, but I must admit I am hooked. Ever since then, I've been trying to learn as much as I can about the game, the players, and the fundamental skills. Thank goodness for The Golf Channel! I'm watching (or TIVO-ing) a lot of the instructional programs. Beth Daniel is good. I'd occasionally watched golf on broadcast television over the years, but never imagined I would ever actually get out there and do it. It sure is a lot of fun - and a heck of a lot harder than it looks! There are so many variables. It's very challenging. So what are some of your golfing experiences? How long have you played? How'd you get started? Who are your favorite players? What are your choice equipment picks? Check me out... my swing is awful! But I sure had fun.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 12-10-2007 11:14 PM                        Videogame golf kicks ass. Real golf, not so much.  |  IP: Logged Scott McGuire Film Handler Posts: 94 From: Elmira, NY/United States Registered: Oct 2007 posted 12-10-2007 11:36 PM                     I play alot of golf. And now being in the theatre biz and working nights i hope to play alot more. The golf channel is great but i would recomend spending a few bucks and taking a few private lessons from a pro. I think i paid 90 bucks for 3 30 min lessons here. Also if i am looking at your grip on the club right your hands are in the wrong position to grip the club. If you are right handed your left had should be on top and right on the bottom. If you are left handed get left haded clubs, turn around, and use the same grip. Edit: Alot of my golf expeinces involve alot of drinking if played on weekends. Also as i said about lessons, spend your money on them not equipment yet  |  IP: Logged Bob Koch Expert Film Handler Posts: 183 From: williams ca Registered: Nov 2001 posted 12-11-2007 12:50 PM                     Tim; I thank the guy that put me on the booze more,than the one that first took me to the golf course.  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 12-11-2007 07:28 PM                     When you shop for clubs, check out the thrift (second hand) stores. These stores almost always have lots of golf clubs, a lot of individual clubs as well as sets complete with bags. My sister bought a mega hundred dollar set for $35. Everybody I know who plays says it is the most frustrating thing they have ever attempted.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 12-11-2007 08:43 PM                     Playing golf during the winter months can be tons of fun, esp, when seeing the ball take a nasty bounce on the frozen ground from a crushing line drive hit from the teebox..and using tripod tees, or even anything that can get the ball high enough for a good 11 degree driver face. Forget about sinking the putt since the cups are froze over with ice.. Yet, I'm an "iron man." Using a No.'1' Driver Iron seems to work better for me than using woods on the teebox. Also, what can really bite is when you teach your kids the game and they show you up real bad after one season. Case in point: showed my daughter, who was 12 at the time, the game - the holds, approaches, swings and followthroughs, putting and what have you, and from on til she graduated from high school, she placed in our town's sponsored Youth Golf tournaments, 80's and 90's for 18 holes in 4person best ball...and I'm still a hacker of sorts.. It was back in the early 80's that our theatre boss taught me the game and I was hooked from then on since he was almost pro and took me out many times on the range, then finally on the courses.....and caddied for him on his tournament. Tim, as you prob noticed, that being out there in the cold and wild swinging that club playing "pasture pool", was the best experience you've ever had - being that you completely forgot about the world around you - it's noises, complications and headaches and just totally enjoyed the game...plus the exersize does wonders as well when you walk that 3.5miles doing 18 holes. I do much better in bowling though .. having a 186 avg.. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 12-11-2007 09:55 PM                  Sorry Timmy, but to me, playing or watching golf is on *par* with watching paint dry.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-11-2007 10:54 PM                        Strangely, the women in my family almost all play golf, but most of the men don't, except one of my brothers-in-law. My former business partner (the same bro-in-law) tried to get me interested in it, but somebody had to stay and run the theatre while the other went out and played golf, so I never learned.  |  IP: Logged Shane Cooper Expert Film Handler Posts: 232 From: Little Rock, Arkansas Registered: Jun 2004 posted 12-11-2007 11:29 PM                     I play regularly and its one of the reasons I am glad that I moved to Little Rock. I can play for the majority of the year! It is one of the most enjoyable, frustrating and rewarding things I have ever done.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 12-12-2007 01:23 AM                     yes, it's like night and day between watching golf (which is horribly boring) and actually playing the game (which make one think on how to place his next shot or putting to the cup).  |  IP: Logged Pravin Ratnam Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 844 From: Atlanta, GA,USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 12-12-2007 01:31 AM                     I like to play and watch sports. But I cant stand golf. I have a lot more fun in a batting cage hitting baseballs instead of golfing away. And golf on TV... oh god.  |  IP: Logged Tim Rectanus Film Handler Posts: 51 From: Raleigh, NC, USA Registered: Jul 2005 posted 12-12-2007 08:41 AM                        I love it and play as often as I can which most of the year means once a week or so, vacation weeks that number jumps up to around 4 or 5. Being in North Carolina means that we can play year round and still be able to feel your hands, plus there are golf courses aplenty. And it is unseasonably warm right now, 75-80 today, so that is an added bonus. Tim, Scott is right on, spend a couple bucks to get a lesson from a local Pro (there is still time to ask for it for Christmas if you want). The grip is the first thing you need to learn, everything stems from your grip, and a bad one can really mess the learning curve up and eventually frustrate the hell out of you. I can't actually tell by the pic if you are playing left or right handed, if you swung and missed the ball or are going to miss the ball in a moment. The clubhead looks Righty but with oversized clubs the way they are, it can be hard to tell. If you are going to buy clubs, your local sports store will have "beginner set" that will normally contain everything you need for about $150-$300. Those are great b/c you don't have to worry about individual items and the performance is going to be good enough that you couldn't tell a difference right now. After you play a while (a year or two depending on frequency) and figure out that you like it, and get better, you can upgrade then. If you go the used/thrist store/pawn shop route for clubs, remember that the older the clubs the harder they are to hit. Blades (irons where the backs have a similar shape as the face of the club) are impossible for beginners, and most average golfers, because of their very small sweet spots. Cavity backs are the way to go b/c they offer more forgiveness on off-center hits. A few things every beginner should hear. 1. Learn the basic rules and ettiquete and probably most importantly 2. Play quickly. You will eventually play with someone you don't know and who is probably better than you and you need to keep it moving. I don't care how bad you are if you keep it moving. Don't stand over the ball for a long time on each shot, you probably aren't going to hit it where you want anyway so just get on with it. We were all there at one point so if the person you are playing with doesn't take kindly to you not playing well, then tell them to, well I better not. But Slow play (taking a lot of time per shot, not hitting a lot of shots) is is really frustrating for the other people in the group (ask Rory Sabatini for those that watch golf). Golf on TV is much better once you know what is going on and the players involved. Although I am not a big fan of the tv coverage now any way, b/c I am tired of seeing every shot Tiger hits (good, bad, or average) at the expense of seeing what everyone else in the field is doing. Good luck and welcome to club!  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 12-12-2007 10:36 AM                     quote: Pravin Ratnam I like to play and watch sports. But I cant stand golf. Maybe because golf is a game, not a sport?  |  IP: Logged Mark DeLettera Film Handler Posts: 54 From: Venice, Florida Registered: Aug 1999 posted 12-12-2007 12:10 PM                     Since retiring from Kodak in April '04, I say I get out to the Links just a tad..... about 1-3 times a week, 52 weeks a year! Got 95 rounds in last year. It's been great living where I have 7 regulation golf courses within a 6 mile radius. Post-Kodak life has been very GOOD!  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-12-2007 02:46 PM                       Way to go, Mark... excellent! It's cool there are a few golfers here, I don't believe the subject has come up much on the forum. Thanks for all the tips. Scott and Tim... you have good eyes. My grip is completely wrong, and my brothers tried all afternoon to get me to correct it, but it just felt right this way - and I couldn't hit anything the other way. I will fix it now, though, and learn the right way as I was just getting acquainted with everything that day. Mike... you can still start, guy. I'm really loving it. Bill, I'll definitely look to the thrift shops for bargains, thanks! Monte, I hear that most of the pros started by playing golf as children, so for your daughter to really take off with it is not surprising. That's the way of the world, I suppose. Phil... you silly. Don't count yourself out, though, you might actually like it once you get out there and start playing. I never thought I would, either - and my family had been trying to get me to go with them for 2 or 3 years. Joe, what golf videogames do you like? I've been looking at some of those, too. I found a fun Flash golf game online. Shane...  |  IP: Logged

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