The Golf Thread

lol they penalized him. Can we get ride of Mike Davis already?

I think this broad had a handful of Vicodin before taking the podium. Not a good look after that mess

Good for DJ. USGA is a fucking joke.

Ledbetterman10 said:

What'd everyone think of Fox's coverage? I thought it was better than last year but still kinda shitty.

coverage sucked ... only thing good was that shot tracker thingie ... but camerawork was pretty brutal ...

Tiger's out for blood in the broadcast booth today

2 months since I swung a club. Looking at the calendar, it's looking like mid August before I swing again. Glad I bought new clubs 2 Christmas' ago

Jason Day has class.

tiger had ass.

tiger got his at Perkins, with a side of sausage.

Had a horrific lower back injury this past Saturday that ruined my weekend and is making today at work suck big time.

It was actually a week in the making. I went on a golf trip last weekend. Played 27 holes with my friend on Friday, slept on his floor (this was not smart but his couch was even worse), and then played 27 more holes on Saturday in a foursome (so 54 holes in two days after a miserable sleep-on-the-floor night). Wasn't feeling too bad though. Tuesday I had to make a business trip that was a six hour drive to and back and the company car...though nice...for some reason hurts my lower back (gonna use the lumbar support thing from now on). Was starting to feel some pain. But...a trip to the chiropractor along with my usual regimen of half-assed Yoga poses and ice to my back should have me in tip-top shape for this past Saturday's round.

It was a BEAUTIFUL day Saturday at the Conklin Player's Club in New York. You couldn't ask for better weather. And my round couldn't have started better. First hole (actually hole #4 cause everyone with a 2:30 tee time had a shot-gun start because a tournament had just finished up), I had to take an iron off the tee cause it's a big-time dog-leg and I can't shot-shape. Then a hybrid up to about 40 yards from the green. A lovely sand wedge and sunk about a 12-footer for par.

Second hole? More of the same. Great drive right down the middle. Took a long iron into the green that ended up pin-high. Two-putt. Par. Even through two holes.

Hole three....a par 5. Drive hit the fairway. Life is good. Long weekend. Great weather. The two guys I'm playing with are both in the rough. I grab my hybrid for my second shot. Take a half-assed practice swing. It wasn't even a real this-is-how-I-intend-to-swing-the-club-on-this-shot kind of practice swing. Just a half-assed swing like a little leaguer in the on-deck circle would make. And SNAP. My lower back fucking went out like a light. Worst lower-back injury I've ever had (and I've had a few). Didn't even play the next six holes. Just sat in the cart miserable. I did continue playing after that. But couldn't turn my back or even bend to address the ball so I took old man swings (arms only) the rest of the day. Spent the 3rd and 4th of July laying on my parents' floor with ice packs on while family members would bring me hamburgers and whatnot. Fucking sucked...and continues to suck today at work.

That's my golf story from this weekend.

But hey...shot even par! On the drive home, my friend added up the scorecards and was like "I shot a 101, Kyle shot 97, and Steve....you shot an 8."

pjhawks said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Had a horrific lower back injury this past Saturday that ruined my weekend and is making today at work suck big time.

It was actually a week in the making. I went on a golf trip last weekend. Played 27 holes with my friend on Friday, slept on his floor (this was not smart but his couch was even worse), and then played 27 more holes on Saturday in a foursome (so 54 holes in two days after a miserable sleep-on-the-floor night). Wasn't feeling too bad though. Tuesday I had to make a business trip that was a six hour drive to and back and the company car...though nice...for some reason hurts my lower back (gonna use the lumbar support thing from now on). Was starting to feel some pain. But...a trip to the chiropractor along with my usual regimen of half-assed Yoga poses and ice to my back should have me in tip-top shape for this past Saturday's round.

It was a BEAUTIFUL day Saturday at the Conklin Player's Club in New York. You couldn't ask for better weather. And my round couldn't have started better. First hole (actually hole #4 cause everyone with a 2:30 tee time had a shot-gun start because a tournament had just finished up), I had to take an iron off the tee cause it's a big-time dog-leg and I can't shot-shape. Then a hybrid up to about 40 yards from the green. A lovely sand wedge and sunk about a 12-footer for par.

Second hole? More of the same. Great drive right down the middle. Took a long iron into the green that ended up pin-high. Two-putt. Par. Even through two holes.

Hole three....a par 5. Drive hit the fairway. Life is good. Long weekend. Great weather. The two guys I'm playing with are both in the rough. I grab my hybrid for my second shot. Take a half-assed practice swing. It wasn't even a real this-is-how-I-intend-to-swing-the-club-on-this-shot kind of practice swing. Just a half-assed swing like a little leaguer in the on-deck circle would make. And SNAP. My lower back fucking went out like a light. Worst lower-back injury I've ever had (and I've had a few). Didn't even play the next six holes. Just sat in the cart miserable. I did continue playing after that. But couldn't turn my back or even bend to address the ball so I took old man swings (arms only) the rest of the day. Spent the 3rd and 4th of July laying on my parents' floor with ice packs on while family members would bring me hamburgers and whatnot. Fucking sucked...and continues to suck today at work.

That's my golf story from this weekend.

But hey...shot even par! On the drive home, my friend added up the scorecards and was like "I shot a 101, Kyle shot 97, and Steve....you shot an 8."

damn that sucks. back pain is the worst. had bad lower back pain last year around this time and it totally sucked for about a month. nothing was ever comfortable. sleeping sucked, driving sucked, working at desk sucked. was sucking down advils like 8 a day for about 2 weeks. Ended up doing PT and that worked great. I still do the exercises that i got under the PT and has been good ever since.

Working at my desk today is totally sucking.