Here's a scorecard from Glen Lakes. Let me know if you want to move back from the WHITE tees.
Also, here's the primer post I did last time we played there. It has some tips on a few holes... especially about the hidden OB right on #17.
Keep updating those RSVPs if your status has changed.
Long drive on #9
black please
ReplyDeleteHow early is “arrive early” for the 12 tee time?
ReplyDeleteFor you being in the last group… 11:45 at the latest? Just depends if you want to hit the range or not.
ReplyDeleteWe were discussing a change to the greenie rule. The change being that the greenie could be stolen if someone on the green farther from cup makes the birdy when the closer player only makes par. Ties go to the closer player. Brian thinks this may have been shot down in the past so if so, we would like a reminder as to why this isn’t allowed.
ReplyDeleteGreenies are a known thing throughout all of golf. It’s basically a closet to pin reward. We are paying out for a good shot. Not a long putt. What you are suggesting would not be called a “greenie.”
ReplyDeleteAre we now in the business of changing things just to change things? Are you people bored or something? Haha
Here’s an idea:
ReplyDeleteIf anyone makes a birdie… it cancels out any sandie-pars on the same hole. Birdies are better than pars, after all. And the guy who made birdie wasn’t dumb enough to go into a greenside bunker. So he should get the money.
Also… this should only apply on odd number holes.
On even number holes, if someone makes a birdie and another guy makes a sandie-par… then the sandie is worth double. Because 2 is even.
If the sandie is a sandie-birdie… then whoever has the highest score on the hole gets all the money. Because they probably need the money.
I like Chandler’s new rules. I’ll also say, if the greenie is paying out for a good shot, then why do we need to make the par? Putts after shouldn’t matter.
ReplyDeleteI imagine it's to avoid the scenario where only one guy in the group is on the green... but he's 60 feet from the hole (like if we ever played Streamsong Black).
ReplyDeleteYour "good shot" should be close enough that you don't 3-jack. The spotlight is solely on you. And the added pressure is fun. It's amazing how many people fold under the weight of a potential $3 that rarely gets paid.
It doesn't make sense to lose greenie money to some bozo in your group who accidentally makes a 30 footer.
Then maybe we shouldn’t say it’s to reward a good shot when it can also reward an ok shot and a good lag putt. I think the current rule is about as good as it can be. Even the eagle rule is fine because it rarely happens. Does an albatross get paid the same as an eagle, though?
DeleteJust came up with a great new rule while texting with Faz:
ReplyDeleteIf you miss the Long Drive fairway to the right, you owe $2 to the Long Drive winner. If you miss the fairway to the left, you owe $0.50 to the winner. If you miss the fairway long or short, you owe $0.01 for every yard your next tee shot travels.
If nobody hits the fairway, then the first player to hit their next shot wins the money. So it becomes a race to your ball.
I appreciate the responses. They were perfect and exactly how buchert thought they may have been. A reminder of what the rejection was all that was asked for not a change to current rules. However, JW does make a good point.
ReplyDeleteWhile I'm sure you can find slight variations to "Greenies" throughout the golfing world, they were always just a "closest to pin" contest for each par 3.
ReplyDeleteAt some point back in the day, a golfer (probably Casey's great-great-great-great grandfather) said:
"Blimey, you know... I ought only to shell out five pence if your ball be on the green!"
And then that rule was adopted.
Then a few generations later, someone (probably Casey's great-great grandfather) said:
""I shouldn't owe ya nothin' unless ya make par or better, see?"
And then that rule was adopted.
Where does the madness end?
Also... as the only person here with an Albatross, my vote is it's worth $3.
Definitely not my ancestors. The family goal is to make the shot. hitting it on the green isn’t a great shot (unless you placed a marker somewhere else on the green and landed on that as you intended) It didn’t go in. An appropriate response to hitting the green would be “that was close” or “you’re closer than other people”. When kickers miss a field goal by a foot we don’t say nice shot. When hockey players hit the cross bar we don’t say nice shot. It didn’t go in. You failed. Cynical is our way.
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