The blonde Golf thread

[RED-DOG]

Fantastic Kev. What a great relationship you two have.


Mrs Red & I play mini golf too, and any other game we can find. Mostly I can hold my own but when it comes to shooting she always beats me hands down. Rifle, crossbow, longbow, shotgun, paperclip & elastic band... she snots me every time.

I can just about beat her at knife and hatchet throwing but it's a close thing. If it were a fight to the death I think I would be safer running away.

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[Kev B]

Brilliant Tom.

You should really check out Manor house and Ashbury hotel complex. All those ranges plus much more. Also 5 golf courses at the Ashbury.

I've been taking my kids down there for over 20 years doing the archery, pistol and driving ranges plus other stuff.

Bending down for the last 8 years for a long weekend of golf with my eldest and 14 others.

https://www.manorandashburyresorts.co.uk/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=18132156636&gclid=CjwKCAiA4KfLBhB0EiwAUY7GAW9ga6hGvOglaMOBEBVexRTUIZYHWx8Tn7Xm5mbs-iDiH9o0odqqvxoC6zwQAvD_BwE

[tikay]

Do any of you golfers keep "eclectics"?

In my Golf 1.0 period, 30 years ago, they were quite a thing, but I never see mention of them now. Think I'm going to try & do a 2026 Eclectic Card, but I can't really remember how we used to do them, how we kept track etc.

I'm reminded of them by Red-Dog actually. Tom plays off 21, & yet I've seen him Eagle the 470 yard Par 5 16th at Breadsall Moorlands, as well as two other occasions when he had an Eagle Putt on that hole.

That included yesterday, when it was bitter cold ("feels like 23f"), so the ball does not travel so far, with not much run-out on soggy fairways, & yet he had a 12' Eagle putt. I'd not believe it if I had not seen it with my own eyes. On a really good day, I can just about get on that Green in 4....


Actually, I think Tom would love keeping an eclectic.

Anyone got any tips on how to keep track of eclectic scores?

[RED-DOG]

I'm better off not writing that stuff down.

As time passes, I'm much more fabulous in my memory than I am in real life. Give me a couple of months and those two near misses will become 3 more eagles.

[doubleup]

unless there is an app for eclectic scores, a good old spreadsheet would be the way to do it. Maybe wait till you have played a few rounds before starting? Or just mark in the bogeys/pars/birdies/eagles till you were almost there? Be a pretty good target for a high handicapper to get a sub-par eclectic, imo. 

[tikay]

unless there is an app for eclectic scores, a good old spreadsheet would be the way to do it. Maybe wait till you have played a few rounds before starting? Or just mark in the bogeys/pars/birdies/eagles till you were almost there? Be a pretty good target for a high handicapper to get a sub-par eclectic, imo. 

Well that's never going to happen, as I'm so "short" off the tee & approach shots, but if I could shoot an eclectic 80 that'd be quite something, all things considered. It's all relative.

[tikay]

"Or just mark in the bogeys/pars/birdies/eagles till you were almost there?"



Yes, that might be the way to start.

In a sort of anti-climax, I ticked off a hole yesterday, after getting a birdie on a short/easy Par 3 Sixth, somehow managing to hole a 40' putt. Pure fluke, obv, as most 40' putts are, especially at my level, but it counts. Realistically, I'm never going to better that, so I'm up & running.

Just need to find a way to keep track of every hole now. I don't do spreadsheets these days, but it won't be a problem, I have time on my hands.

[doubleup]

I think you might be surprised how low you get. The odd birdie will cancel out the long holes where bogeys are the targets.

Any editable thingy will do to record - just list the holes and the best scores beside them.

[Karabiner]

I think you might be surprised at how low your eclectic score will be Tony, especially considering how frequently you play that moorland course.

Just keep a spare card/eraser at home and mark the good scores in pencil and update every evening unless you find an app.

I'm betting you get very close to par over the year.

[Karabiner]

Snap!

[doubleup]

Snap!

great minds etc 

[tikay]

Thanks chaps. And as Ralph notes, yes, I play that Course so often, I'm bound to fluke a few of them.

I can & have birdied all the Par 3's (previously), and a few short Par 4's too. For longer Par 4's & par 5's, Pars are rare but have happened when the wind & all other variables are in my favour.

It really is surprising the difference winds makes to shot length.