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Date: 15 Sep 2006 14:39:45
From: warren montgomery
Subject: Blind bogeys
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No, not the country club betting event, but what happens when you play golf
in zero visibility fog. I love playing early in the AM, but September is a
tough month here. Lengthening nights and plenty of left over humidity mean
foggy mornings. I teed off early this morning and it was foggy but not
terrible. I could see at least far enough to see my targets and watch the
ball, but by the 3rd hole I couldn't see a flagstick 50 yards away. Too far
from the clubhouse to quit I played on, relying on my knowledge of the
course to aim and my impression of the contact to figure out where it went.
Playing 4 more holes in dense fog I didn't lose a ball in that stretch
(better, unfortunately, than I did in the part of the round where I could
actually see it). In that stretch of holes I made 2 pars and 3 bogeys.
I've heard you really can play golf blind if you have someone to line you
up, and I guess I believe it. Sometimes not being able to see the pond in
front of the green or the trees I too often wind up tangled up in seemed to
make the shot easier -- like the driving range, just take a smooth swing and
put it in play. Even not knowing where the pins were wasn't really a
problem -- forced me just to hit at the center of the green (which I could
usually determine from my knowledge of the hole) and usually wound up with a
result at least as good as my normal. Maybe my next round I'll bring some
eyeshades so I can play blind again :-)
--
Warren Montgomery (wamontgomery@att.net)
http://home.att.net/~wamontgomery
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 19:37:58
From: Henry
Subject: Re: Blind bogeys
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warren montgomery wrote:
> No, not the country club betting event, but what happens when you play golf
> in zero visibility fog.
Just one less thing to worry about. Walk down the middle, say it must
be around here somewhere, drop a ball (in the interest of time), yell
fore and continue ;-)
Henry
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Date: 17 Sep 2006 05:26:32
From: greenkeeper
Subject: Re: Blind bogeys
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In message <9x%Og.8534$v%4.6733@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net >, uncle
k <no_spam@all.com > writes
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>"greenkeeper" <greenkeeper@xxxalancampbell.demon.co.uk> wrote in >
>> Did you hit anybody?
>
>How would you know, unless you tripped over them?
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>;-{
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>
You would hear the screams!!
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alan
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Date: 16 Sep 2006 23:41:57
From: Bear
Subject: Re: Blind bogeys
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On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:39:45 -0500, "warren montgomery"
<wamontgomery@worldnet.att.net > wrote:
>No, not the country club betting event, but what happens when you play golf
>in zero visibility fog. I love playing early in the AM, but September is a
>tough month here. Lengthening nights and plenty of left over humidity mean
>foggy mornings. I teed off early this morning and it was foggy but not
>terrible. I could see at least far enough to see my targets and watch the
>ball, but by the 3rd hole I couldn't see a flagstick 50 yards away. Too far
>from the clubhouse to quit I played on, relying on my knowledge of the
>course to aim and my impression of the contact to figure out where it went.
>Playing 4 more holes in dense fog I didn't lose a ball in that stretch
>(better, unfortunately, than I did in the part of the round where I could
>actually see it). In that stretch of holes I made 2 pars and 3 bogeys.
>I've heard you really can play golf blind if you have someone to line you
>up, and I guess I believe it. Sometimes not being able to see the pond in
>front of the green or the trees I too often wind up tangled up in seemed to
>make the shot easier -- like the driving range, just take a smooth swing and
>put it in play. Even not knowing where the pins were wasn't really a
>problem -- forced me just to hit at the center of the green (which I could
>usually determine from my knowledge of the hole) and usually wound up with a
>result at least as good as my normal. Maybe my next round I'll bring some
>eyeshades so I can play blind again :-)
Played one autumn morning or well started the round in fog so thick
that you could not see more than 10 to 15 yards. We thought that we
would be safe on the course cause no sane person would head out into
the soup. Well while searching for my second shot I heard the thud of
a ball landing close, real close. Headed back to the clubhouse and
waited for the fog to lift.
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 15:48:48
From: pete z
Subject: Re: Blind bogeys
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warren montgomery wrote:
> No, not the country club betting event, but what happens when you play golf
> in zero visibility fog. I love playing early in the AM, but September is a
> tough month here. Lengthening nights and plenty of left over humidity mean
> foggy mornings. I teed off early this morning and it was foggy but not
> terrible. I could see at least far enough to see my targets and watch the
> ball, but by the 3rd hole I couldn't see a flagstick 50 yards away. Too far
> from the clubhouse to quit I played on, relying on my knowledge of the
> course to aim and my impression of the contact to figure out where it went.
> Playing 4 more holes in dense fog I didn't lose a ball in that stretch
> (better, unfortunately, than I did in the part of the round where I could
> actually see it). In that stretch of holes I made 2 pars and 3 bogeys.
> I've heard you really can play golf blind if you have someone to line you
> up, and I guess I believe it. Sometimes not being able to see the pond in
> front of the green or the trees I too often wind up tangled up in seemed to
> make the shot easier -- like the driving range, just take a smooth swing and
> put it in play. Even not knowing where the pins were wasn't really a
> problem -- forced me just to hit at the center of the green (which I could
> usually determine from my knowledge of the hole) and usually wound up with a
> result at least as good as my normal. Maybe my next round I'll bring some
> eyeshades so I can play blind again :-)
> --
> Warren Montgomery (wamontgomery@att.net)
> http://home.att.net/~wamontgomery
My brother and I played the Whirlpool Golf Club, above Niagara Falls
years ago.
The starter said we had to go off, even though you could not see 30
feet in front
of you. Luckily, most of the holes on the front nine are bordered by
trees, hardly any
rough, similar to Augusta. After 7, he was 2 under, and I was one
under. Then the
fog lifted. :-) He shot 76, I shot 79. A sparkling 36-43. It's
amazing how well you can
hit the ball when you can't see the hazards, etc. Kind of like hitting
into Lake Erie
from the 3rd green at my club. I've never missed yet.:-) Oh, if you
ever get up that way,
Whirlpool is a great public course, along with the two at the Legends
of Niagara.
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 13:18:10
From: dugjustdug
Subject: Re: Blind bogeys
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warren montgomery wrote:
<snip >
By many people's estimation, sight is the most important of the senses.
Granted, you weren't totally blind in that early part of the round,
but, I have to wonder if the removal of all of that visual input had
something to do with your consistency. You just trust the swing you
think you need to hit, and, off you go!
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Date: 16 Sep 2006 23:13:20
From: uncle k
Subject: Re: Blind bogeys
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"dugjustdug" <prestigerealty@yvn.com > wrote in message
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> By many people's estimation, sight is the most important of the senses.
> Granted, you weren't totally blind in that early part of the round,
> but, I have to wonder if the removal of all of that visual input had
> something to do with your consistency. You just trust the swing you
> think you need to hit, and, off you go!
"'How do you think he does it?"
"I don't know!"
What makes him so good?"
"He ain't got no distractions
Can't hear those buzzers and bells,
Don't see lights a flashin'
Plays by sense of smell."
;-{
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 20:56:13
From: greenkeeper
Subject: Re: Blind bogeys
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In message <er-dnWbBa_QcnJbYnZ2dnUVZ_tmdnZ2d@comcast.com >, warren
montgomery <wamontgomery@worldnet.att.net > writes
>No, not the country club betting event, but what happens when you play golf
>in zero visibility fog. I love playing early in the AM, but September is a
>tough month here. Lengthening nights and plenty of left over humidity mean
>foggy mornings. I teed off early this morning and it was foggy but not
>terrible. I could see at least far enough to see my targets and watch the
>ball, but by the 3rd hole I couldn't see a flagstick 50 yards away. Too far
>from the clubhouse to quit I played on, relying on my knowledge of the
>course to aim and my impression of the contact to figure out where it went.
>Playing 4 more holes in dense fog I didn't lose a ball in that stretch
>(better, unfortunately, than I did in the part of the round where I could
>actually see it). In that stretch of holes I made 2 pars and 3 bogeys.
>I've heard you really can play golf blind if you have someone to line you
>up, and I guess I believe it. Sometimes not being able to see the pond in
>front of the green or the trees I too often wind up tangled up in seemed to
>make the shot easier -- like the driving range, just take a smooth swing and
>put it in play. Even not knowing where the pins were wasn't really a
>problem -- forced me just to hit at the center of the green (which I could
>usually determine from my knowledge of the hole) and usually wound up with a
>result at least as good as my normal. Maybe my next round I'll bring some
>eyeshades so I can play blind again :-)
Did you hit anybody?
--
alan
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Date: 16 Sep 2006 23:12:05
From: uncle k
Subject: Re: Blind bogeys
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"greenkeeper" <greenkeeper@xxxalancampbell.demon.co.uk > wrote in >
> Did you hit anybody?
How would you know, unless you tripped over them?
;-{
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Date: 17 Sep 2006 17:09:17
From: warren montgomery
Subject: Re: Blind bogeys
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> "greenkeeper" <greenkeeper@xxxalancampbell.demon.co.uk> wrote in >
>> Did you hit anybody?
>
> How would you know, unless you tripped over them?
>
I usually go off first, so the only people I can hit are the maintenance
staff. Usually I can hear the mowers even if I can't see them. The only
close call I had Friday in the fot was on number 5, when I was hitting at a
green 200 yards away across a river. I knew there was a mower on the far
side, and from the sound thought it was the older guy driving the tractor
mowing the rough. I waited until I saw him, then hit a perfect shot, but as
I got up there noticed there was a mower on the green (not something I
expected since the green mower usually does the front 9 in order and I was
ahead of him, but the mower is too big for the bridge on 5 and he has to
take the bridge on a busy road adjacent to the hole, and I guess in the fog
didn't want to try dodging the cars and took adifferent order). No problem,
I came up short.
The irony of the day was that in the evening I played in the monthly couples
outing -- a goofy golf event where you play a 9 hole shotgun scramble with
goofy rules. Given the time of year it was a challenge to finish 9 holes
starting at 5:45. We finished the day on the 3rd hole, where I was first
fogged in in the morning, playing so long after sunset we only found 2 of 4
shots at the green, but managed an up and down for a par. (The mile long
ride back to the clubhouse in the dark was interesting. I could find the
bridge I had to cross by following the cart path but the first and second
holes have no path and it was tough to miss the tees and bunkers.
--
Warren Montgomery (wamontgomery@att.net)
http://home.att.net/~wamontgomery
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 01:25:08
From: Howard Brazee
Subject: Re: Blind bogeys
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I've occasionally played in either fog or dark where I hit the ball
and went up to look for it. I was surprised on how many balls I
found. But one still has to hit more fairways than I do for this to
be enjoyable.
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