Lots of talk and writing about the new grooves rule. These rules have everything to do with making the game more difficult.
In the old world, golf’s rules weren’t meant to make the game difficult. They were designed to keep everyone in line.
Burgess Club Examples:
Rule X: No golfer shall under any pretence whatever give any old balls to the Cadies, if they do, they shall for every such Ball given away forfeit sixpence to the Treasurer.
Rule XII: That no Member of this Society pay the Cadies more than one penny per round.
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We still get treated like this at many, many courses. Time to change golf community…because there are more of us coming.
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Dr Browne, Secretary of the Great Yarmouth Club, adopted the idea, and, with the assent of the club’s golfers, this style of competition was introduced there for use in match play. During one competition Mr CA Wellman (possibly Major Charles Wellman) exclaimed to Dr Browne that, “This player of yours is a regular Bogey man”. This was probably a reference to the eponymous subject of an Edwardian music hall song “Hush! Hush! Hush! Here Comes the Bogey Man”, which was popular at that time. So at Yarmouth and elsewhere the ground score became known as the Bogey score.
A ‘bogle’ was a Scottish goblin as far back as the 16th Century and a Bogey-man was a widely used term for a goblin or devil. Golfers of the time considered they were playing a Mister Bogey when measuring themselves against the bogey score.
In 1892, Colonel Seely-Vidal, the Hon Secretary of the United Services Club at Gosport, also worked out the “Bogey” for his course. The United Club was a services club and all the members had a military rank. They could not measure themselves against a “Mister” Bogey or have him as a member, so ‘he’ was given the honorary rank of Colonel. Thus the term ‘Colonel Bogey’ was born. Bogey competitions are still played at many clubs.
The above text was stolen from here because I didn’t feel like typing.
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Triple Bogey got the red carpet treatment at the Ottawa Hunt Club. Billiard table fairways and moonscape greens. The architecture reminded me of Pointe Du Hoc in Normandy.
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This is what Crusha eats for breakfast… so pay your bills.
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OTTAWA — Errant golf balls that hook and slice their way into people’s yards have officially been declared a “nuisance” by the City of Gatineau.
And golf courses that fail to take precautions against the damage wrought by duffers could be on the hook for minimum fines of $500 for the first offence and $1,000 for subsequent offences. The regulatory change was passed Tuesday by Gatineau council’s preparatory caucus.
“There was a ball (once) that flew over a house and hit a person in the private parts”
The bylaw makes it a “nuisance” for owners, users and operators of golf courses and other outdoor sports facilities to fail to take appropriate measures “to prevent balls or other projectiles from being repeatedly thrown or projected outside of (their) grounds in a manner that could endanger people or property.” Although the regulation does not specify golf balls, the impetus for the move was a longstanding conflict between the Club de Golf Hautes Plaines golf course and residents of nearby streets, especially Rue de la Citadelle, said Claude Millette, councillor for l’Oree du Parc and the driving force behind the regulatory change. “There was a ball (once) that flew over a house and hit a person in the private parts”. There were cars hit by balls,” said Millette. “It’s really dangerous.” Jean Leduc, manager of golf for the Club de Golf Hautes Plaines, agreed that flying golf balls do stray into neighbours’ yards, but blamed the city for the problem.
“The golf club was here, and the city issued construction permits for these houses afterwards,” Leduc said. “Now that it’s a nuisance, they’re washing their hands of the mistake that they made.”
He said the golf course will put up nets and change the layout of some holes to conform to the new regulation. “We don’t have a choice,” he said. “(But) it means very high costs.” Millette said it’s not up to the city to help defray the costs of a privately-owned golf club. To prove the nuisance charge, complainants will have to gather evidence in the form of balls, photos, and a written record to show that the errant projectiles are a recurrent problem. The regulatory change also makes it a nuisance for a person to “willingly throw a ball or other projectile onto a property, without the owner’s consent.”
Martin Potvin, press attaché to Gatineau Mayor Marc Bureau, said that kids playing catch, street football or other ball games are not targeted by the regulation. But Millette said the regulation could capture people playing baseball, tennis or practising their golf drives in city parks, if the balls repeatedly land on neighbours’ property.
“If there’s a ball that hits a house, the question is: is it in a voluntary and repetitive manner?” Millette said. “If it’s just one football, thrown by accident, that’s not it.”
Stolen from the Ottawa Citizen
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Social experiments with Triple Bogey… Results coming soon.
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Lunch was originally intended as a vehicle in which working classes could escape their job and purchase alcoholic beverages.
The boys in Operation Medusa didn't like the spinach dip...
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Magen VeLo Yera’e….Defender that shall not be seen
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“Well the world turns
and a hungry little boy with a runny nose
plays in the street as the cold wind blows
In the ghetto” – Elvis Presley
I recently played a game on the city’s main municipal course, and let me tell you, it’s a ghetto course. When I use the term “ghetto” I mean ghetto. Typical of something run by government. When you drive pass the projects in your own city, you usually notice how shitty the dwellings look. Usually boxy looking brown brick houses with one small window and the front door always has battering ram marks because of the occupants choice of employment.
Well this golf course was just like that. The shell craters bunkers are half filled with sand, half filled with gravel. Nothing better than chipping a few rocks along with your ball. The best part is, no one removes these rocks off the greens. The ghetto breeds complacency. The grass around the cup is always half an inch longer than the rest of the green, making it look like Agent Orange is the preferred method of grass maintenance.
Crack rock on the course...
Ghetto courses always attract the slow and course marshals are too drunk to notice the 5′somes of old ladies taking their sweet time. The backup at the tee boxes creates small pockets of angry shitty golfers who proceed to play holes where ever they want. This can make the game a little confusing because there’s always someone different in front of you and in back of you.
Another gift that comes with playing ghetto courses is the masses of well dressed, well equipped hackers. Those who pose. It’s amazing how much people spend on their equipment and clothes to create the illusion of professionalism. These fucks hacks always wait for the people to clear the green on a par 4 before teeing off. They then proceed to hit it 70 yards, 6 times before getting on the green. Fuck you look good hitting the ball 126 times. These hacks are usually the guys who tell everyone they hit in the 90′s. These are the guys the golf industry make their millions on. Ghetto rich. Drive a Porsche, but live at home.
Example: At the 13 hole a group of these guys decided to sneak up to the hole in front of us. We hadn’t seen them the whole round so I asked them “Where the fuck did you guys come from”? since I don’t take it very lightly when someone slows up my game. They responded with “I was going to ask you the same question”. The Jedi mind trick worked and I got confused for a second. Then I realized they weren’t smart enough to snake us and they were just playing the wrong hole. Dude… that’s why they number the holes. And of course both dudes power drove their balls (hack posers always use the biggest, baddest drivers like it’s an extension of their dicks) into the woods. We allowed them to proceed and followed them for two more holes. At the 16th hole they teed up and once again power drove onto the other fairway. Best part about it, they tee’d off the wrong way. How embarrassing. You have a set of Cobra’s, Nike everything, visor and GPS range finding system and you still can’t figure out which direction to hit the ball. Get the fuck off the course and stick to your driving ranges where I know you practice and practice your long fuckin’ drives so you can boast about your long fuckin’ drives.
Mr. Hooper...finding his balls
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*WARNING: DO NOT STEAL the rightful property of Triple Bogey™ and its members. DO NOT COPY ITS CONTENTS or the appropriate punishment shall be carried out by Bonecrusha with blessings from the Supreme Council. DO NOT BOTHER phoning the authorities as we have members within their ranks and this will only make you a target for our Agents of Change. Triple Bogey™ has been given the authority to serve these actions and execute sentences under the: KNUCKLERS LEGAL ACT (Part 1336). Section 33; of the Grand Knights Templar Of The Course penal code
