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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Siam" data-cid="592268" data-time="1467004170">
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<p>Just so you know JK, they do that to avoid the sun and sunburn. Not for a health reason but for a status reason. If you're black you're poor and obviously work outside, ergo you mustn't be rich and being rich is THE most sort after status in Thailand/Asia.</p>
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<p>Whitening creams and other bullshit products is a multi billion dollar industry.</p>
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<p>A great day out, the golf in Thailand eh? Starts with locker rooms and from then on you're treated like a pro</p>
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<p>Cheers for that. Thought was sun related. Started well before the locker rooms. Drive in to the baggage unload area (3 lanes wide) and pop the boot for the guys to get the clubs out of and set up your cart for you!</p> -
<p>Golfing in Asia is fucking awesome, apart from one very small thing. Speed. </p>
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<p>Chinese & Korean golfers think 5 hours for a round is normal. And that's using karts.</p>
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<p>I played with 3 of the Korean U19 team one time in a tournament, they werent exactly quick, but then when you hit it 240 down the middle, then onto the green more times than not, it makes for a decent time, but if they werent on the fairway, they were slow...but I also know whne they are out practising on the course, they hit a ball in the rough, they dont even go get it, so was always a good way to stock up and get a few new Pro V's (cos these guys were mostly good, short off the tee but damn straight) except the girls ones as they usually drew red hearts on them! :)</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="592272" data-time="1467005658">
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<p>I said TO USE the baseball grip! </p>
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<p>Grip and set up, everything else is just hit it, give him to omuch stuff to think about and it'll ruin him.</p>
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<p>Ah yeah you did, think that was a typo......</p> -
<p>havent heard alot about this course, knew it was being built, but otherwise, seems they are true to thier policy of privacy...</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11675923'>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11675923</a></p>
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<strong>It is invite only, <u>has a six-figure membership fee and a strict 'no assholes' policy.</u> Michael Donaldson takes a look around Tara Iti, which is destined to become New Zealand's premiere golfing paradise.</strong></blockquote>
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<p>Incredible!</p>
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<p><strong>I need our horses to win more group 1's!!!!</strong></p>
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<p>and as long as you pass on tips for these wins, we could have a TSF day</p>
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Bought a new Ping driver & 3 rescue hybrid.
Shot 87 yesterday, with 7 pars. Previous records were 92 and 4 pars.
New tools, new man!
Although the old rage is still there ... I played Hoebridge whcih is near my house - it's not the most difficult course, but has it's good and bad holes. Toughest one for me as always been the number 1 stroke hole, a 442 yard (yesterday length) dead straight par 4. Anyway, new driver and one of the best shots of my life got me about 5 yards out for the birdie putt.
I of course, walked off with a 5.
Par 5th 9th, 535 yard dog log. Sweet drive, sweet rescue, sweet pitch - maybe 3 yard out birdie putt. I walked off with a FUCKING SEVEN. 4 putted the bastard. AND .. was playing with my old man who played utter dogshit and hacked his way down the hole. Halved the hole.
I fucking HATE golf. I mean LOVE golf!!!
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@MajorRage The good thing about missing those putts is that if you hadn't, you'd be starting to think about a pro golf career!
I obviously need a new driver - I'm surprised I hadn't thought of that before!
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@Chris-B new driver always goes well when trying it out, then you buy it...
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@taniwharugby Major Rage's game will be a shambles for at least two years now, because he has "expectations" of his superb new driver!
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The course i played in China last week was quite frankly fucking ridiculous.
Championship level course, rated in the top 10 in the Country apparently. Designed by Greg Norman (and his branding was everywhere). So of course fucking hard and fucking long.
Nearly every hole had an elevated tee box. And those that didn't had an elevated green (dropping one on the green on a par 3 that was long and uphill was one of my proudest moments in golf). Most tee boxes had an expanse of garden in front of them, probably water as well. The only benefit was i didn't hit it long enough to bring the fairway bunkers in to it.
Fairways were narrow, and none were next to another, so you either hit it or you lost your ball. Add in how uneven the fucking thing was, so that even if you hit said fairway, it was a pretty decent bet your ball was above or below your feet. Just utterly unfair for a player of my calibre.
Don't get me wrong, it was amazing, but also soul destroying. Throw in rental clubs that were waaay too short, and the results were predictable. I hit 105, and lost 9 balls. My partner plays every week, and usually scores in the 70s hit 97, and was waaay more frustrated than me.
Best hole you teed off from the top of what felt like a mountain. Clear 150m of garden and land on a narrow fairway. Fall had to be 50m. 2nd shot was a long iron uphill to an elevated green, around to the right. Hit it left? lost ball in a forest. Hit it right? down the hill to the clubhouse. Also lost ball. I was happy to take my 6.
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@mariner4life Which course was it?
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this fucking joint
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looks like there is a 2nd course that is easier! So why the fuck did we play the hard one?
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Don't think I've played that. Zhuhai courses on the whole are bloody awful. They've all contracted a big name to design them and they are unforgiving, and on the whole, not a a lot of fun. The worst one is Orient golf. I think it was about the 12th where my playing partner said to me
"let me guess ... right in the water, left in the shit .... again"
As much as I loved the caddies, carts, and cans approach to golf in China, I much prefer playing it pretty much so everywhere else in the world.
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My caddie was awesome. She couldn't speak a word of English, but she had a laugh, and read every putt. If i put the ball where she told me, it was always on line, then it was all about me fucking up the speed....
Zhuhai Lakewood Golf Club | Greg Norman Golf Course Design