A no nonsense approach to mini-golf

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My question is should I have taken my mulligan?

you dam hookers, learn to slice the dam ball while your in prison, insert joke here, it wont be mulligan your taking i believe they call him bubba, no really, i believe you are intitled to replay the stroke – 19-3/1 Ball Accidentally Strikes Opponent Standing, ruling, There is no penalty and the player is entitled to replay the stroke — Rule 19-3. but thats just a rule, what you need is a dam good lawyer, blame it on carl the grounds keeper, and never speak of that day ever again, grip it and rip it

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Hitting the driving range for a lesson with a new friend. I don’t want to sound like a dummy, so please help –
Hook
Slice
Mulligan
What do the numbers on the clubs mean?
What is the difference between a wedge and an iron?
What are the different areas of the course called?
How much closer are the ladies’ tees?
Besides length, is there any other difference between mens’ and ladies’ clubs?
Where are you allowed to drive the cart?
Chip shot or chipping?
Lob?

These are great, keep it coming!

*Hook and Slice – A hook and a slice are when you hit the ball and it flies away from you and starts to curve. Hook goes left, and a slice goes right.(for a right hander, left hander is opposite) . It is caused by the club face not being very paralell to the ball when you strike the ball. It is common for a player to have a slice. Good golfers can purposly add slice or hook(draw) to their shots to make it turn when required.

*Mulligan – is when you go to tee off and you completly stuff up the shot. You can call or request from your other players a mulligan. Which means you are allowed to take the shot again with no or minimal penalty. This is a very informal way of playing so don’t try it unless the people you play with will allow it. Some people even allow mulligans off the fairway, you are normally only allow one per hole but this changes sometimes to.

*Iron numbers – The number on the clubs relate to the angle of pitch/loft the club head has. This makes the ball do differnet things. For example a 3 iron may have 20 degrees loft where a 9 iron may have 40 degrees. When you hit the ball with a 3 iron it will leave at a lower trajectory than a 9, and will fly further and roll further when it hits the ground, where as when you hit a 9 it will leave at a higher angle and basically drop at a steeper angle meaning it wont roll as far. A good example is if you land in an area of trees. A player could use a 3 to keep it low and under the branches or a 9 to try and hit over the trees. The shaft lengths get shorter the higher the number. The longer the shaft the faster the club head is moving at contact and the harder you hit the ball, the short the shaft the more control you have of the club.

*Wedges – There are a few different wedges, Pitching (PW), Lob (LB), Approach (AW) and Sand (SW). They are irons but have more loft and are sometime designed a bit different. With these you can add back spin, so when the ball lands it stops on the spot or even rolls backwards if required. A sand wedge is slightly different ainthe club head as it is designed to scoop balls out of the sand.

*Areas – Tee is where you tee off and is the only place on a hole you can use a tee. Green is the putting surface, where you are only allowed to use a putter. Fairway is a mown area between the tee and the green. It is easier to hit off and the ball rolls further on it. Rough is the longer grass off the tee. It stops the ball faster and is harder to hit off especially if you want to add draw/slice. Out of Bounds (OB) is off the hole completly, if your ball goes there you are penalised with 2 shots – a hazard is a water trap or and area that is demed unplayable. you can play your ball from there if you choose or take a drop for one penalty stroke.

*Ladies tees – There is no set distance between the mens and ladies tees. they can even be at the same distance from the hole, but the ladies may be at a better approach angle to the hole. In some cases the ladies tee is behind the mens but they are allowed an extra stroke at that hole.

*ladies Clubs vs mens – Ladies clubs usually have more flex than mens which helps whip the club at the impact of the ball and gives them a bit more power- the disadvantage of this flex is if you have a strong (fast) swing the club head is harder to control so that why they have "Stiff" shafts. Older men usually play with a flex shaft to. More flex also helps you get the ball off the ground. They also have ladies balls that are designed to feel softer when you hit them and are designed for slower glof swings.

*Carts – Some courses allow you to drive a cart anywhere on the hole except on the green and in bunkers, but others only allow them to be driven on tracks/paths, as this saves the fairways- always make sure you are allowed you drive them on fairways before you do.

Best of luck – golf is challenging in a mental and technical way. Just go out and have fun. Just be sensible in relation to respecting the course and others around you and remember the better you get at golf the harder the game gets.

Have added a link to some more terms you might hear.

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Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle, followed by a good bottle of beer.�

Golfers who try to make everything perfect before�
taking the shot rarely make a perfect shot.�

The term ‘mulligan’ is really a contraction of the�
phrase ‘maul it again.’�

A ‘gimme’ can best be defined as an agreement�
between two golfers ..neither of whom can putt very well.�

An interesting thing about golf is that no matter how�
badly you play; it is always possible to get worse.�

Golf’s a hard game to figure. One day you’ll go out�
and slice it and shank it, hit into all the traps and miss�
every green. The next day you go out and for no�
reason at all you really stink.�

If your best shots are the practice swing and the�
‘gimme putt’, you might wish to reconsider this game.�

Golf is the only sport where the most feared opponent is you.�

Golf is like marriage: If you take yourself too�seriously
it won’t work, and both are expensive.�

These were sent to me in an email. I just found them interesting and thought I would share. I can relate to some of them, perhaps some of you can as well.

seems like you discovered a couple of mark Twain’s observations on this Dumb game. you have your next history test Absolutely nailed . very well done. great great post. lot of work . great great job. all you need is mark Twain’s notes. better sports journalists than 99 percent. great post.

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August 1st @ Fernandina Beach Golf Club, presented by First Baptist Church. Pick up brochure and entry form at the church, 1600 S. 8th St, Fernandina Beach, Florida or the Fernandina Beach Golf Club. Wally Armstrong, PGA Tour player will be featured giving golf lessons and providing a day of fun.

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man takes his wife with him and his friends to his golf course for the first time. his wife gets to close when he swings and he takes s chunk out of her head. as she is leaving in the ambulance the driver asked him if he would like to come along? he said that depends, turns to his friends and asked "do i get a mulligan"?
muilligan…you get a" do over "
o.k here it is. he swung his club. that counts as a shot. he used up his this shot by hitting hie wife in the head (bad enough to put her in an ambulance, but if his friends will let him have a Mulligan, (do over) he’ll stay and play rather than go with his WIFE to the hospital.ha ha ha,get it now.

LOL. Loyalty or dedication? LOL.

Good one.

Have a great Sunday!

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1. Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle.
2. “I wish I could play my normal game…just once.”
3. “Golf is harder than baseball. In golf, you have to play your foul balls.”
4. If you find you do not mind playing golf in the rain, the snow, even during a hurricane, here’s a valuable tip: your life is in trouble.
5. Golfers who try to make everything perfect before taking the shot rarely make a perfect shot.
6. The term “mulligan” is really a contraction of the phrase “maul it again.”
7. A “gimmie” can best be defined as an agreement between two golfers… neither of whom can putt very well.
8. An interesting thing about golf is that no matter how badly you play; it is always possible to get worse.
9. Golf’s a hard game to figure. One day you’ll go out and slice it and shank it, hit into all the traps and miss every green. The next day you go out and for no reason at all you really stink.
10. I play in the low 80s. If it’s any hotter than that, I won’t play.
11. If your best shots are the practice swing and the “gimme” Putt, you might wish to reconsider this game.
12. Achieving a certain level of success in golf is only important if you can finally enjoy the level you’ve reached after you’ve really reached it.
13. Golf is the only sport where the most feared opponent is you.
14. Golf is like marriage: If you take yourself too seriously it won’t work and both are Expensive.
15. The best wood in most golfers’ bags is the pencil.
16. To some golfers, the greatest handicap is the ability to add correctly.
17. In golf, some people tend to get confused with all the numbers … they shoot a “six,” yell “fore” and write “five.”
18. Swing easy. Hit hard.
19. If you find yourself pleased that you locate more balls in the rough than you actually have lost, your focus is totally wrong and your personality might not be right for golf… it is also just a matter of time before the IRS investigates your business.
20. Why is it twice as difficult to hit a ball over water than sand?
21. Golf! You hit down to make the ball go up. You swing left and the ball goes right. The lowest score wins. And on top of that, the winner buys the drinks!

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again
Golf is the best way to spoil a good walk

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Never hit your mulligan out of bounds.

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A husband accompanies his wife to the hospital following an accident on the golf course.

Surgeon: I’m afraid the golf ball lodged three inches into her brain has proved fatal. However what intrigued me was how it came about, that there was another golf ball lodged five inches up her a*n*u*s.

Husband: Ahhh that was my Mulligan.
Unless you’re in the know of golf terminology, this might get lost on some.

Funny! Really lmfao! Sounds like he plays like me lol!

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what would it be?

The first thing that comes to mind with this type question is that I would not have gotten married so young, but waited until I had a better idea of who I was and what I wanted in life. In that case I don’t think I would have married the man I did. But if changing that decision means erasing my children…..well, I can’t do it, then.

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