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Date: 18 Sep 2006 19:29:25
From: Tom
Subject: Droping blades of grass when windy
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I often see golfers picking up some blades of grass and dropping them
when it is windy. It's obvious to me that this is used to indicate the
wind direction. Can you also use the distance the grass landed from you
to help figure out how much more club to take if hitting into the wind
or how to aim if hitting across the winds path? What about downwind?
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Date: 19 Sep 2006 12:42:59
From: Chris Bellomy
Subject: Re: Droping blades of grass when windy
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Tom <thall91739-nospam@yahoo.com > wrote:
: I often see golfers picking up some blades of grass and dropping them
: when it is windy. It's obvious to me that this is used to indicate the
: wind direction. Can you also use the distance the grass landed from you
: to help figure out how much more club to take if hitting into the wind
: or how to aim if hitting across the winds path? What about downwind?
If it hits the ground, it's not that windy. :)
--
Chris Bellomy
C-List Charter Member
http://clist.org/
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Date: 19 Sep 2006 04:47:27
From: oconnell@slr.orl.lmco.com
Subject: Re: Droping blades of grass when windy
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Tom wrote:
> I often see golfers picking up some blades of grass and dropping them
> when it is windy. It's obvious to me that this is used to indicate the
> wind direction. Can you also use the distance the grass landed from you
> to help figure out how much more club to take if hitting into the wind
> or how to aim if hitting across the winds path? What about downwind?
You can try. There's no doubt I've been surprised some times by
just how "far" the grass blew and took a bit of extra time to judge
the wind speed. But I've never been good at judging the numbers of
club of wind anyway so.....
Probably the more useful information gleened is just how much is
across the shot line and how much is either a hindering or aiding wind.
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 23:14:34
From:
Subject: Re: Droping blades of grass when windy
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>I often see golfers picking up some blades of grass
>and dropping them when it is windy. It's obvious to
>me that this is used to indicate the wind direction.
>Can you also use the distance the grass landed from
>you to help figure out how much more club to
>take if hitting into the wind or how to aim
>if hitting across the winds path? What about downwind?
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useless, just a gimmick, something to do until the real thing kicks in,
they saw someone else do it, and thought it was cool - i e, the real
kings of an ace.
one club more, and drive 5=B0 into the wind will suffice for most
duffers, if s/he can also out guess the gusts.:--)
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 22:25:22
From: David Geesaman
Subject: Re: Droping blades of grass when windy
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Tom wrote:
> I often see golfers picking up some blades of grass and dropping them
> when it is windy. It's obvious to me that this is used to indicate the
> wind direction. Can you also use the distance the grass landed from you
> to help figure out how much more club to take if hitting into the wind
> or how to aim if hitting across the winds path? What about downwind?
If grass blades were perfectly consistent in weight and size, maybe.
More realistically, you can gauge about how horizontally it takes off in
the wind, but going by distance is going to be fishy even in the most
ideal conditions.
Dave
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 12:37:23
From: long&left
Subject: Re: Droping blades of grass when windy
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Tom wrote:
> I often see golfers picking up some blades of grass and dropping them
> when it is windy. It's obvious to me that this is used to indicate the
> wind direction. Can you also use the distance the grass landed from you
> to help figure out how much more club to take if hitting into the wind
> or how to aim if hitting across the winds path? What about downwind?
there was a thread about this in the last 6 months or so. Google for it
to see all of the opinions
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 22:04:18
From: uncle k
Subject: Re: Droping blades of grass when windy
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"long&left" <nospam@diespammers.com > wrote in message
>> ..............
> there was a thread about this in the last 6 months or so. Google for it to
> see all of the opinions
To answer the OP's question, no. But generally, if your hat blows off and
you have to run to catch up with it, well, it's more than one club.
;-{
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 17:06:52
From: long&left
Subject: Re: Droping blades of grass when windy
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uncle k wrote:
> "long&left" <nospam@diespammers.com> wrote in message
>>> ..............
>> there was a thread about this in the last 6 months or so. Google for it to
>> see all of the opinions
>
> To answer the OP's question, no. But generally, if your hat blows off and
> you have to run to catch up with it, well, it's more than one club.
>
> ;-{
>
>
you've obviously not played golf in Arroyo Grande. When your hat blows
off here you DON'T catch it. But I agree that it's usually more than a
one club wind so bring yer knock down shots
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Date: 19 Sep 2006 07:45:22
From: uncle k
Subject: Re: Droping blades of grass when windy
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"long&left" <nospam@diespammers.com > wrote in message
>> ..... But generally, if your hat blows off and you have to run to catch
>> up with it, well, it's more than one club.
> you've obviously not played golf in Arroyo Grande. When your hat blows off
> here you DON'T catch it.....
No, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express... Bite your tongue. Sandpiper.
Problem: 160 yd par 3; one palisade above sea level; 50 MPH wind,
quartering into face from left. Solution: Full 3-iron, aimed out over the
ocean, somewhere in the general direction of the Philippines. Result:
Record-breaking sideways carp (I never thought it was coming back), lands
10' left of pin, rolls to 10' right of pin. Another green hit, ho hum.
Missed the bird, FTR.
Nah, better yet, La Purisima, where your f-ing golf cart might blow (or
roll) away.... AND you can't catch it.
;-{
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Date: 19 Sep 2006 13:42:30
From: David
Subject: Re: Droping blades of grass when windy
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:45:22 GMT, "uncle k" <no_spam@all.com > wrote:
>
>"long&left" <nospam@diespammers.com> wrote in message
>
>
>>> ..... But generally, if your hat blows off and you have to run to catch
>>> up with it, well, it's more than one club.
>
>> you've obviously not played golf in Arroyo Grande. When your hat blows off
>> here you DON'T catch it.....
>
>No, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express... Bite your tongue. Sandpiper.
>Problem: 160 yd par 3; one palisade above sea level; 50 MPH wind,
>quartering into face from left. Solution: Full 3-iron, aimed out over the
>ocean, somewhere in the general direction of the Philippines. Result:
>Record-breaking sideways carp (I never thought it was coming back), lands
>10' left of pin, rolls to 10' right of pin. Another green hit, ho hum.
>Missed the bird, FTR.
I played a scramble one day in Florida and the winds were easily
50mph sustained. On a very short par 3 (110 yards), I tried to hit a
knock down 6 iron directly in to the wind that ballooned in to the air
and just made the front fringe. I hit driver-driver on a par four
that was less than 400 yards and just got the ball on to the green. On
the good side, I smoothed a 4 iron around 285 yards downwind :-)
This was on a new nine that they built at Rolling Hills CC (Caddy
Shack fame) and is completely open to the elements. Things got better
when we played the next nine in tree-lined fairways and had a
windbreak.
David
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Date: 19 Sep 2006 03:35:19
From: long&left
Subject: Re: Droping blades of grass when windy
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uncle k wrote:
> "long&left" <nospam@diespammers.com> wrote in message
>
>
>>> ..... But generally, if your hat blows off and you have to run to catch
>>> up with it, well, it's more than one club.
>
>> you've obviously not played golf in Arroyo Grande. When your hat blows off
>> here you DON'T catch it.....
>
> No, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express... Bite your tongue. Sandpiper.
> Problem: 160 yd par 3; one palisade above sea level; 50 MPH wind,
> quartering into face from left. Solution: Full 3-iron, aimed out over the
> ocean, somewhere in the general direction of the Philippines. Result:
> Record-breaking sideways carp (I never thought it was coming back), lands
> 10' left of pin, rolls to 10' right of pin. Another green hit, ho hum.
> Missed the bird, FTR.
>
> Nah, better yet, La Purisima, where your f-ing golf cart might blow (or
> roll) away.... AND you can't catch it.
>
> ;-{
>
>
>
the wind down there is just our left overs...
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