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I'm thinking it's time for TL to be floating on a raft in the pool with a tall whiskey sour in hand.

97* beats my record hot round this summer by 4 degrees. Props sir for getting 18 in. Still looking green on the course for Texas in July. Most of us in this group hit when we play a mixed bag of shots, some semi poor, some acceptable, and some damn good ones. Congrats TL on hitting some shots today that were in the "best of the year" category! 🏌️‍♂️

Pete's story made me chuckle. Around 1 PM on Saturday I checked in 3 guests of a member. I'd say these guests were in their late 20's. I noticed two of them had a smart speaker hanging on their golf bags. I didn't say anything about them to them because I don't like to start any guests day at BFCC off with what I feel is a negative comment and that includes reminding guests that it's hat's off anywhere in the clubhouse. I feel that stuff is the policing job for the H Pro or one of his 6 assistants. I'm pretty sure the member who was hosting those guys told them about BFCC 's strict rule of no phone calls or music being played on the golf course. The use of your phone while playing is fine for checking emails, texting, or taking photos but your phone must be on silent. Anyway back to the smart speakers hanging on the younger dudes bags...my mind went right too....grab my radio and...Copy golf staff....I've got the Hutchman guests bags coming around and 2 bags have smart speakers so heads up. I'm well aware that many of today's under 35 year old males who play regularly are all about playing music and drinking plenty of alcohol during their rounds and that it's a far more popular way to play these days compared to when I was that age decades ago. I suspect many municipal courses will be or already are more lenient/tolerant of music on the course. I get it, I've witnessed the movement yes, but I won't play with anyone who insists on playing music while they golf. It takes away from my round and also distracts me. When playing 18 holes I want to listen to the sounds of the game and the sounds of being outdoors. I've played the game for coming up on 50 years and have always cherished the old school "it's a gentleman's game" attitude because that's the way it's been during my golfing time and the way I want my remaining years of golf to continue to be. Is it really that tough to be mannerly and polite for 4 1/2 hours? I've had to tell a couple of my playing partners to turn their phone on silent please because twice this season they received a call with a loud ring right in my backswing. End of LP rant....he leaves the podium and then returns.... And one more thing, keep your shirt tucked in.

You got it. You and the other's in the Top 4 or 5 spots in the standings showed nice consistent point totals for all 5 tournaments. It isn't easy to do but you guys made it look like it was.

Better you than me P3P. Oh Hell No to loud cranking music on a golf course and even more so having it take place in a CC's tournament. I see you were understanding but that had to be a big distraction for you that took you out of your proper mindset for competition. I am surprised your club allowed music being blared at that volume on the course. Add in golfers being super silly because of their overindulgence of today's marijuana (which is so much stronger than old school weed) and I wouldn't have made it to the turn. Seriously I would have bolted. We are all different, but I feel there is a time and place for that sort of cutting loose and it isn't on a golf course especially a private club.

Another strong showing DLR. Congrats.

@NJBigFish22 @Bob Cat Whoops. It's too early in the morning for me to do math correctly I guess. I missed the fact that he had points for 6 players. Thanks for the correction B Fish.

Let me say thanks for jumping in mid season and joining our Majors Picks contest @Bob Cat. Please join us the first week of September if you're interested for our weekly NFL Picks contest. That contest will be in its own thread and not part of the Lounge like this one was. Consider yourself invited sir.

Not at all. Congrats Mitchell. Might you join us for our NFL Picks contest?

Points for the boys Parker JT Rory Koepka Fleetwood Hatton =22 DMan Rory Scottie Bryson Fleetwood Aberg =80 touch Rahm Rory Lowry Day Xander =27

I'm going to tell the club historian that a guest from Washington state came up to me and pointed out the error. Let's see how long it takes before a correct one is up. And if the historian asks what he might I do for the guest that noticed the misspelling to show his appreciation I'll suggest he sends you a package of ivy seeds.

Good eye. They forgot the double t's.

Can't play Links golf aye? From +7 on Thursday to -9 at the end of the tournament. 🔥 Props to Bryson.

Yes indeed Bob Cat. I remember back to when I was a kid and Chris was the voice of the Professional Bowlers Tour on ABC.

@DLeightonReid Were you there? That was quite the line up.

@mshills Look Tiger alumnus, a guest just gave me a package of Clemon candy and man they are good.

I have played two courses that had power lines cross the fairway just ahead of the tee box. One was in Henderson, Nevada (the southeastern suburb of Vegas) and the other is in Black Mountain, NC. I have hit the power line at both courses and I agree with another post that the sound that's made when a drive hits the line is rather unique. The sound is hard to describe but it sounds like you have hit something pulled taunt and it the sound carries for a few extra moments. We always played that if you hit it you got a free do over tee shot.

I'm extra hungry this morning for some reason. I've already had breakfast and then a donut and now the cook in the men's grill made me a fried chicken breast with sauteed onions on a biscuit. I requested the onions because I've had a hankering for them for a couple of days.

It's my last shift of the week and I'm happy for that. This afternoon there is a couples only tournament.

No there are no overhead power lines at the Creek Sam. It was an incredible hook up with other boomers who like me have loved the game for many decades. 🙂 Thanks amigo.

Round #44 of 2025 Crooked Creek Senior tees 5820 67.0/113 84* and humid with a 10 mph breeze I had committed to play Wed. afternoon where I work with a couple of caddies. After being rained out after 7 holes on Tues and having a few other recent rounds effected by thunderstorms between 3 and 4 PM I wanted my Wednesday round to have a solid chance that I would be done before storm time so I dropped out of the game at BFCC. Early Wed morning I called Crooked Creek and asked what they had available between 8:30 and 10:30 for a single? 10:20? Yeah I'll take that. Even though the word Muni is not in the name of the course Crooked Creek is considered the Hendersonville Municipal. You can wear jeans. You don't have to tuck your shirt in. The course is filled daily with retired men (some very old and some very slow) and many are just playing 9 holes. There is no effort made to Marshall the pace of play ever. The Creek is the flattest course that I play and it is also the easiest course that I play. Fairways were in healthy condition and the greens were on the slow side and soft due to all the day after day afternoon rain we've had for weeks. CC is all bermuda grass. No warm up. No practice putts. Just a 5 minute stretch session before my round. I drove up to the first tee where 10 or so golfers were lined up. I raised my voice and said, "single here, the shop told me I was to join the Xxxxx twosome." The only woman out of the 10 golfers called out, "that's us." Hello, nice to meet you I'm Lawrence. The lady had a husband she was playing with and they were from Charleston. They had a gig every July and August running a B & B in Hendersonville. They wintered in central Florida. This retired couple played a crap ton of golf in all three places during the year. We were behind a foursome that had two players that took an average of 7 shots to get to the green. It was painfully slow right out of the gate. I knew there would be no place to go....this was Crooked Creek, the home of old duffers. After only 3 holes I was admiring Mrs. J's swing, excellent putting touch, and overall game. The gal was a talker so she and I had some decent early conversation. She told me she had played since she was 5 and her mother was a serious player for decades and that her entire family played golf. Mrs J also told me she and her husband had worked hard with the goal of retiring early to travel and play a bunch of golf. She said they accomplished what they had sought out to do and were now golfing plenty in the 3 different states they call home every year. The husband was a decent player but the lady of the house was a good bit better. She was also a hoot. I called out early in the round that the foursome in front of us had no business waiting to hit towards the green when they were 180 yards out when half of them couldn't hit it straight 130 yards. Her reply was "well those geezers are following the three blind mice in the group ahead of them so where are we going?" Mrs J complimented me often on my straight fairway finding drives and the one time I said thank you, but they don't go very far, I've been a career short knocker, her comeback was, let me tell you something my mother always used to say, The longest drive matters not if you FuX'th up the second shot. I howled. How did I do during my round that took 5 hours under blue skies with passing puffy clouds to play? With generous width fairways and soft greens the course was playing kind. Two pars on the first two holes. A birdie on the short Par 5 third hole. Pars on 4-8 and then a sloppy muffed chip on 9 caused a bogey. Even on the front. I had a string of pars going on the back until I started getting tired from the slow pace of play and being in the hot sun, I made bogeys on 5 of the last 6 holes. I finished with a 77 and that also was the same score that Mrs J from Charleston shot. I could play with that lady a bunch. She had a great personality and a great all around game. I said to her after the round. If I may ask Mrs J where did you grow up up north because I know you are not a Carolina girl. The lady had confidence, was really funny, and had balls. I ruled out New England and NY/NJ because she didn't have the vibe needed to be from those places but I knew it was from some semi scrappy area up north. "Lawrence I grew up in a small town between Pittsburgh and Erie. After 40 years there I wanted a change and moved to Charleston and met my husband." Aww so that's it I said, you're a Pennsylvania girl. My round at Crooked Creek was special because of the couple that I got randomly paired up with. My game ball goes to my golf cart. When I walked up to the fleet the cart that was next in line to go out was #18. I bet my cart knew that I would end up playing with a nice couple up from Charleston. The round might have taken 5 hours but I never felt a drop of rain or heard a rumble of thunder. ⚡

1505. Wasn't 1500 just a thing? Popular joint. No complaints.

Right on.

Golf saved Alice Cooper from a downward spiral with drug abuse. I have always admired my Detroit brother. Young me loved "billion dollar babies" and "school's out". He picked Phoenix to call home many years ago. Smart move for a golf addict.