OZGolfer's Fun Fact

[andylo]

I have played golf for an year now today. Just thinking how about we post some satistic about ourselves for the last 365 days.

Andy Lo

Hitted: 110,000 balls approx. (Including driving range and golf course.)
Lost: 650 balls approx. (Including 40 Prov1, 5 Prov1x, 13 HX Red and 8 U-tri Tour)
Most Lost: TopFlite XL3000 SuperLong
Been to range: precisely 186 times
Been with: 5 coaches... now stick with Dominac Smiths from UK
Have: 36 clubs at home.... at the moment (10 woods, 18 irons, 6 wedges, 2 putters)
Played: 26 courses (4 are current top 100)
Been into course: 78 times (including those quick 9s)

Please post yours AND DON'T THREAD JACK THIS TIME!!!

[Fishman Dan]

Sorry, i think you'll find that you're alone here A-Ho. I don't record putts per green, let alone putts per lifetime.

I think your obsession is becoming unhealthy.

Threadjack over

[3oneday]

Have played : not often enough
Have hit : too many bad shots
Have lost : less balls than I have won in the ball comp
Have : about the same number of clubs as Aloho, but my numbers are DECREASING
Have : shanked approximately 15 balls through the shed door whilst chipping in the backyard
Have : had bugger all improvement in my game and hope to play better for the next 365 days.
Have : a new putter ready for the weekend

[Fishman Dan]

You forgot;

Drank: (on average) 4 beers after each round
Gambled: $2 on Keno
Called: Wife 2 times after each round explaining why you are unfit to drive home....

[TS]

Hitted: may be 10,000 balls (Including driving range, practice and golf course.)
Lost: 20 balls approx.
Been to range: may be 20 times
Had 1 lesson
Have too many clubs
Played: may be 20 courses
Best score 76
Worst score approx around 105

Andy, you are losing on average 8 balls per game, no wonder you find it hard to break 100 when you have 16 penality shots per game.

[damoocow]

andylo wrote -

Have: 36 clubs at home.... at the moment (10 woods, 18 irons, 6 wedges, 2 putters)

Looking for a 3 or 4 wood - got anything to sell Andylo??

damoocow

[goughy]

Hit how many golf balls??? can't be bothered counting
Lost maybe 20 golf balls, retired more
Been to range maybe driving range maybe 10 times (not including on course facilities)
Been with 1 coach (jaster)
Played 3 courses for a total of 21 x 18 hole rounds
Teed off in near darkness to get to work by 7-7.30 and worked to 6 or later way to often (but if it's the only way to play you do it right)
Have 17 clubs
And I believe that I have never ever played any top 100 course never ever.

Between the range and courses that means you play golf more than 5 days a week. I don't know how you do it andylo. I'm desperate to improve but just cannot get that kind of time to practice. I'm calling you vj from now.

[davidp]

Hit: 3000 balls (maybe?)
Lost: Temper, 30 balls probably more but my ego won't let me admit it.
Driving range: Maybe 10 times
Coaches: 0 officially but every friggin' old codger you play with gives you advice.
Played: 7 courses, 0 at my home club (City - Toowoomba)
Improvement: zero, zilch, nada. In fact have gone backwards.
Clubs: At home: 8 clubs; In transit: 8 clubs, 3 heads, 5 shafts, At clubmakers: 2.

In the end, it's only a game where we hit a ball in a hole, take it out, hit it again, walk after it, hit it again, and again, and again...

A-Lo, I concur with everyone else. You're dangerously obsessed. You're either going to become a very good golfer, or a raving lunatic.

[Jarro]

A-Lo, i don't think i've EVER met anyone as full-on into golf as you

.. just focus that energy into your lessons mate, you'll be on single-figures before you know it

[BrisVegas]

BrisVegas

Hitted: no idea.
Lost: no idea. probably half the ones I hit.
Most Lost: no idea
Been to range: 5 or 6 times
Been with: 1 coach, once at Easter.
Have: 16 clubs at home. I have a spare putter and a 5 wood laying around
Played: no idea
Been into course: no idea, maybe 25-30 times

[Iain]

BrisVegas

Hitted: no idea.
Lost: no idea. probably half the ones I hit.
Most Lost: no idea
Been to range: 5 or 6 times
Been with: 1 coach, once at Easter.
Have: 16 clubs at home. I have a spare putter and a 5 wood laying around
Played: no idea
Been into course: no idea, maybe 25-30 times

Don't really have any idea about anything do you Vegas!!!! :P :P

[Fishman Dan]

Hitted: 110,000 balls approx. (Including driving range and golf course.)

So A-Ho, that's something like a little over 1000 balls every 3 days. Considering you get 100-120 in a full basket at the range, you're hitting 3-baskets a day (or 10 every 3rd day).

How on earth have you come up with this number?!

[Golfgirl]

Geez Andylo, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.... We don't obsess over golf that much in our house, and there are two of us!

But anyway, to answer your questions:

Hit: An awful lot - 5,500 maybe (not including practice)
Lost: An awful lot (maybe 50 odd)
Coach: I live with him - it doesn't help much (hope he doesn't read this!)
Clubs: Technology isn't the answer (but I still have nearly two complete sets.... I think I need a new driver.... )
Played: Many courses - most of them goat tracks, with the odd gem thrown in for good measure. (NSW was the highlight this year)
Collection of Golf books and magazines: rapidly expanding.....

Guess I'm not quite the junkie that I thought I was.....

[TS]

Andy. Sounds you you practice and play golf full time and fit in the odd bits of work in between. The driving range owner must love you. they must give you special discount for the amount of balls you go thru.

[andylo]

$3.50 per 100 balls, hows that sound Tony.

Fishy, in one stage I hit 1000 balls at least per day and it continue for about 2 months until my gf really pissed... and my palm going to fall apart the same time (and ended to go to accupuncher)

[Fishman Dan]

$3.50 per 100 balls, hows that sound Tony.

Fishy, in one stage I hit 1000 balls at least per day and it continue for about 2 months until my gf really pissed... and my palm going to fall apart the same time (and ended to go to accupuncher)

Was the palm problem due to golf or the annoyed girlfriend?

[TS]

$3.50 per 100 balls, hows that sound Tony.

Fishy, in one stage I hit 1000 balls at least per day and it continue for about 2 months until my gf really pissed... and my palm going to fall apart the same time (and ended to go to accupuncher)

Andy. If you are hitting that many ball and not playing to single digit handicap, you are practicing the wrong thing. I suggest you should practicing more with your wedges first, and go to the longer clubs after you mastered the short clubs.

[andylo]

ONLY if when there was a person told me that in that period Tony

[Fishman Dan]

ONLY if when there was a person told me that in that period Tony

A-Ho, i reckon if you trawled back to ISG a year ago, you'd find numerous comments like this..

[Ona]

Hitted: one huge specimen of a man, luckily he was in a wheel-chair
Lost: $$ on godamn everyone :smt091
Most Lost: brain cells
Been to range: twice
Been with: I'll never tell
Have: got to see a pic of Flowergirl
Played: auditioned for lead role in a local production, they said i was too sexy
Been into course: finished one but wasnt really into it

A-Lo imagine if you spent all your record keeping time thinking up ways to get your misses in the mood instead

[Deano]

"Been with: 5 coaches"

In 12 months

What,just one lesson with each? Be interested to hear
the back ground story on this Andy.
You gotta give teachers a chance.....unless they were of
the "bandaid/quick fix" kind.

Deano

[damoocow]

onabreak said:

Played: auditioned for lead role in a local production, they said i was too sexy

details please !- production was ???

damoocow

[Ona]

ok I beleive it was..

The Man That Could - Casanova

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[markTHEblake]

wasnt it the Elephant Man?

[Ona]

blakey no it wasn't and mate I really think you should get over this elephant man infatuation, he never liked being treated as an object