Has ozgolf helped or hindered your golf?

[BrisVegas]

I was thinking back to when I started on ISG and OZG all those years ago. At my first ever ISG game at Emerald Lakes night golf I think I was a 4 hcap. I pretty much went out one shot every year since then, through forum participation and hoing etc. to the point where last year I almost hit a 10 hcap.

I'm back to a 6 now, and I think it's because I've started playing with bicycles and obsessing less about golf.

What's happened to your golf game since you started posting on ozgolf???

[PeteyD]

Mine is marginally better (from total nuffy to half assed nuffy. Almost halved my handicap in that time). At least I have some idea of what I am doing now.

[Eag's]

I have been spinning my wheels since joining Oz Golf, when I joined back in 2004 I was off 15, now off 10.
I play crap in the big days for some reason, but do well in the smaller comps.
Still enjoy getting together with Oz Golfers as often as possible though :)

[Minor_Threat]

My game has definitely improved since joining.

Not sure if it is the forum or not, probably just the fact I got keen again and started playing / practising more!

[sms316]

Not entriely golf related, but just yesterday a person from this forum opened me up to a whole new world where you can do amazing things with a blender.

[Yossarian]

Helped, watching guys that can actually play golf is an amazing help.

[Jarro]

I don't think OzGolf has had a benefit to my game either way ..... i'm basically on the same handicap now as when i first started posting here :roll:

The best thing about OzGolf, to me, is that i now have a lot of different people i can play golf with :)

[henno]

It's helped me lighten my wallet.

[Bruce]

I've halved my handicap in that time. I was just starting out in the game when I joined and happy to break 100. Now I'm trying to find that last shot or 2 to break 80.

I've also got to play with some great people in some great places. It's been 100% benefit for me.

[AndyP]

Helped. I don't know if or how much I would be playing golf without it.

[Toolish]

ISG has helped me a lot. Ozgolf has saved me a bit of coin on purchased.

First started posting on forums I was playing off 9, down to 5 now and playing less than I used to.

[Boonie]

Helped, because the 5-wood I got on here from Rick is my favourite club.

[Moe Norman]

made very little difference I think, although I got a cheap driver from Henno which is great

[solarman]

I love the atmoshere, the avatars, the sledging everything else but the golf talk (because I am so hopeless at it). As for helping my game...more like distancing my missus.

[sms316]

I love the atmoshere, the avatars, the sledging everything else but the golf talk (because I am so hopeless at it). As for helping my game...more like distancing my missus.

How about the email circle blender boy?

[solarman]

How about the email circle blender boy?


That was Tomson making himself a smoothie.

[Dotty]

Knowledge is power, and this place is very knowledgeable. (As opposed to the 'info' provided by OEMs, club and off-course retailers, solely to make a sale.)

Dropped 2 shots, and it takes twice as long to slide out, than pre-OzGolf.
Most importantly, being able to provide helpful and correct information to many fellow club-members, re. rules, new handicap system, equipment, etc. based on OzGolf sourced knowledge.

I also love that OzGolf allows a broad cross-section of opinions, including those that would normally be stifled by over-opinionated and inflexible individuals in real life or one-way traffic of print and electronic media.

And finally, I can 'talk' about golf away from the club, without annoying friends and work-colleagues.

[TourFit]

I'm with Henno on this one...it has hindered my wallet. My golf has always been crap!!!

[Dotty]

I'm with Henno on this one...it has hindered my wallet. My golf has always been crap!!!
Helped my wallet, watching newer-shinier-longer re-appear in the pro-shop under a different username.

[Lucasto23]

Wallet is alot lighter, golf mates increased beyond measure and handicap back to where is should be :) how can you hate OZgolf:smt057

[zacdullard]

It has kept me interested in golf when I got sick of playing it.

[Jarro]

I'm waiting to hear what Perci has to say :-"

[just]

I'm back where I started 4 years ago. I'm beyond help.

[Jarro]

I'm back where I started 4 years ago. I'm beyond help.

Phil Mickelson is your friend Justin 8)

[sms316]

ParMaster is better though.

[dhills2]

Like most of us... helped with golf, hindered with finances. Also started at another forum a few years back... thank puck I found this one aye bro ;)

[Grunt]

Not sure if it has helped or not? Golf wise am better but also worse if that makes any sense.

[virge666]

I wonder what Zig's answer to that question is . . . ;)

Mine has definitley improved - if only for the enthusiasm.

[Jarro]

I wonder what Zig's answer to that question is . . . ;)

Mine has definitley improved - if only for the enthusiasm.

And that's what it's all about really isn't it ?

[markTHEblake]

My handicap has gone out 0.1 since I joined Ozgolf, a disturbing trend.

I have spent maybe $300 on golf gear, and sold about $6000 worth, someone has to come out in front with all the buyers here.

[Eag's]

Bloody tight arse.

[markTHEblake]

Not really, its just that hardly anyone sells decent gear here.

[petethepilot]

Brisvegas,

that time when your handicap went out, did it correspond to raising young kids?
I went out a shot a year for the first 6 years of my daughters life! Mind you golf is more fun and less serious now when I actually get to play.

Pete

[MegaWatty]

The other forum got me back into golf.

I joined Ozgolf off 15. Now of 10.0. I learned a shitload about equipment, courses and ho'ing. I've indulged a little as well.

I used to think it may be harming me, but I just try and avoid advice in swings etc and find myself playing some pretty good golf at the moment.

Now I just need hunt down my childhood 'cap.

[BrisVegas]

Brisvegas,

that time when your handicap went out, did it correspond to raising young kids?
I went out a shot a year for the first 6 years of my daughters life! Mind you golf is more fun and less serious now when I actually get to play.

Pete

Yeah, had a couple of kids in that time. I blamed the kids for the slide, as I stopped practicing. Mind you, I never practiced much even before kids. When I was off 4, I was playing at least one comp round a week and often finding time to hit balls after work etc.. The regular weekly comp game took a backseat for a while. I'm getting back into a routine again now.

I gotta stop the hoing though. Changing putters and wedges all the time is not good for consistency. I reckon I've got my bag bag to where it was in 2007 when I won at Kooralbyn. No need to change the gear, just need to play smarter/better/more often... (disclaimer - I'm still looking for a new driver :wink: )

[LarryLong]

I'm definitely playing more since I started posting on OzGolf. Am I playing better? I'm not sure about that, but more golf has to be a good thing, right?

[Moe Norman]

I'm playing worse, but it has nothing to do with ozgolf.

When I joined the forum, I was off 6. I'm now off 9, but was off 7 prior to the system change.

I had been playing poorly well before then though. I bottomed out at 2.7 in about 2002, when working at Indooroopilly Golf Club and playing 3 times a week. I made a gradual incline to be a pretyty consitent 5 marker in about 2005, then I got married and started working full-time, had first baby in 2006, another one in 2008 and it has snowballed from there.

I pretty much played no golf at all between about 2002 and 2004 though, lost interest and always had injuries. Prior to that I had played weekly at least, and when I was living in NZ and then Ireland I was playing golf at least twice a week and usually on a new course every time.

I now play about 10 times* a year, and if I maintain a single figure hcp I'll be happy. I don't anticipate playing much until the kids are finished high school, which will only see me in my 40's then anyway, which is good. Any time I do have spare these days, I try to play sports I won't be able to play in my 40's, like football!

*Starting to get regular Friday games in my new job though, so that will be nice and should drive up numbers

[goughy]

I live my golfing life through you guys! One day it'll be back in force though. I think they call that period retirement!