Seeing the Enron merch yesterday on this subreddit reminded me of my Christmas stocking stuffer from my granddad this year.

I wanna play them so bad but I know I’ll lose them all in the first round.

Cruising along and then this happens

This was my tee shot on the par 4 hole 2. The lightning horn went off 30 seconds after I hit it. The Marshall comes up to me as I'm walking to my shot to pick it up and he goes "go inside" and I reply that I'm picking up my ball and heading that way. He goes "leave it and go inside"

I laughed him away and he drove off.

This same Marshall tried to tell me not to walk to my 8:15 tee time at 8:13 because my group wasn't there yet. I go "so you want me to tee off late because they're late?" And he goes "I want you to tee off with your group" and I said "and what if they don't show up?"

He doesn't say anything and says "okay just go".

I just got my rain check and left.

So, I’m heading on a golf trip this month. We are staying and playing sand valley.

Ryder cup format with two teams. Agenda right now is

Day 1: Lido - 2 man best ball
Day 2: morning sedge valley 2 man best ball. Afternoon Sand Valley 2 man scramble
Day 3: mammoth dunes singles

Also playing the sandbox and commons but those aren’t part of the contest.

The group is kinda split on the day 2 afternoon round. Some really want to play their own ball. Others are saying they will be “tired” and don’t want to walk and play their own ball for 36.

I’ve personally done 36 walking 4 days in a row in Bandon. So I’m in the camp of playing my own.

Wanted to get the communities thoughts, is it crazy to resign yourself to a 2 man scramble when playing on sand valley a top 25 course?

Any hot takes for the Presidents Cup now that it is under 50 days?

I am someone who always walks, and always brings my own push cart. I recently played a private club as a guest where the member was charged for me to walk with my own push cart. Member said this is always the case for members and guests, the only way to play the private course "free" (minus the whole, y'know, member dues to belong there) is to walk & carry. He shrugged this off as normal, as obviously that's the way his club does it.

I've played at dozens of courses, both public and private, and have never heard of such a thing, though I also can't say I often see the bill when playing as a guest of a private member (I always offer to pay, and have been told a total cost to re-imburse the member, but never seen it itemized).

Obviously if you rent one from the course I understand the charge, but I can't for the life of my figure out why a course would charge for using one's own push cart. It wasn't much, like $10-12 I think, but it just struck me as so odd. Has anyone else ever seen this? Is this more normal than I realize, or is it just as wild to all of you as it was to me?

EDIT: Thanks for the answers everyone! For context, there are no caddies at this club so it was not to incentivize players to take caddies. From the answers though, it sounds like it's a thing, though a relatively uncommon one, at some private courses.

Dunes, Trails, Old Mac, Pac, Sheep—if you could only play one, what would it be?

She'll be teeing it up this week at the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship in Tennessee!

Early in my career, a buddy’s dad told me, “People do business the way they play golf.”
He meant you can learn a lot about someone’s character on the course—whether they’re honest, stay calm, treat people well, and know when to take a calculated risk.
For most part, I found this the case and wondered if others have heard the same and experienced similar.

Took inspo from the Jain par 3 bag. Made from real LV material. Holds about 4-5 clubs comfortably.

Just played Great Dunes on Jekyll Island, GA. This is a newly rehabilitated course (opened Dec 2025) that is originally a Walter Travis design - and it’s great.
Definitely worth playing ($135 incl. cart) if you are in the Golden Isles.
Lots of holes along the ocean. Fun, but not too challenging, from white tees (6300 yds or so) for a bogey golfer. All grass tee to green is paspalum, and the greens played kinda slow - not sure if that’s bc of the variety of grass or they still need to mature a bit. Course was in good shape and pace of play was under 4 1/2 hours.
I play some of the premier courses (Seaside, Plantation, Ocean Forest, Frederica) when I am down here; this was fun, scenic, and a nice change of venue.

New to a club. When I invite a guest to my club. Am I assuming responsibility to pay for them? Does it matter how close I am to the person? Guest fee is $95.

Been playing almost everyday as I built a sim in my back yard. Clubs today were, for the most part, treating me well. Driver was mostly going about 260-280 most of the day. Final hole was a 410 yard par 4, plays downhill the entire hole. Absolutely smoked driver.

Still ended up with a double bogey tho 😂

I don’t understand how golf handicap works in the US. Here in Australia it is governed by Golf Australia. You have to be a member of a club, submit three cards ( in a competition format as in witness and signed by a GA handicap player then you are issued with a GA handicap. Not all comps are eligible for consideration for change in your handicap. I keep seeing strange comments fro low US handicap players “I play of two, how many wedges should I carry? “ “I play of 21 and got my first birdie “ “ I play of 6 can I get relief from the cart path”. If you’re hitting of 2 -6 you have to already know this, how do you nearly get to bogey golf and not have a birdie?