DrewDawg said:I'm going to be at the Orange Lake Resort in Orlando in June. They have 2 18-hole courses, and 2 9-hole courses.
Anyone ever played any of them?
My grandparents have a condo at Orange Lake, I've been a million times.DrewDawg said:I'm going to be at the Orange Lake Resort in Orlando in June. They have 2 18-hole courses, and 2 9-hole courses.
Anyone ever played any of them?
Zomp said:Yes, the 18 hole courses are great.
For food, go to some of the Disney resorts for dinner. Jiko, at The Animal Kingdom Lodge, and O'Hana, at the Polynesian, are great. Make reservations like now though,.
terrynever said:My GF refers to SOSH people as my "imaginary friends." So when deathofthebambino invites his imaginary friends to play at his club, how does he introduce them? It's a legit question. :blink:
Koufax said:No, but please post about your experience. I saw that on the map when I was planning my Orlando trip and couldn't understand why I had never heard of it.
Death, when I get sub-20 I'll ask to play at Andover. I live in Boxford and play at Black Swan pretty regularly during the summer. My regular group is often looking for a 4th, since one of the guys works way too hard. If you don't mind playing golf with three lawyers, let me know and I'll ping you if you have an interest in slumming at BS.
Do this. Saguaro is fantastic.Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat said:I'm a big fan of the two courses at We-ko-pa. http://wekopa.com/
I've played them many times and I've always really enjoyed them.
Are you staying downtown?thestardawg said:Guys. Any recommendations for courses within 30 minutes of Chicago? My brother and I are going out there May 19-22 to watch the Cubs on Sunday, and then White Sox-Red Sox the 20th and 21st. We'd like to golf Monday and Tuesday before the games.
Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat said:Are you staying downtown?
EDIT--if you are, you should check out Harborside. Two really good courses, and some cool views of the city.
http://www.harborsideinternational.com/
Okay, well I've played just about every decent public course in the Chicago area. If you're staying in the O'Hare area, you're going to be within 30 minutes of more courses, but obviously, it will be more of a pain getting to the games. If you're staying downtown, Harborside is really good and relatively convenient. If you drive out of the city to golf in the 'burbs, you're probably looking at 45 minutes to an hour, or possibly more depending on the traffic.thestardawg said:
Don't know yet. We have the flights and the game tix, but still working out the golf and hotels.
teddykgb said:Anyone played in Puerto Rico? Heading there for a destination wedding and would love to get out early this season. Staying in San Juan, particularly interested in seeing how people get to and from the courses, probably eyeing the Trump Courses but definitely open to suggestion.
So I've had a few more lessons and hit a few more buckets on the range. Still going to be a lot of work, and there are some "one step back, two steps forward" moments, but overall I can already feel my swing improving. It won't be a wholesale change and I'm not gonna shave 10 strokes off my handicap, but it's nice to see general improvements.The Four Peters said:After one lesson and the one session on my own in a hitting bay...this is going to be a lot of work. Definitely not regretting the decision though.
Edit: I really need to find a place to park though rather than taking the bus. It's turning into a 40 min round trip bus commute for what is realistically an 8 min round trip drive, and I'm the guy who gets onto the bus holding a club or two.
This is an excellent question and one that I echo as I have no idea.cshea said:I'd love to re-establish a handicap (how does one to about doing that?).
Just ask at Fresh Pond about getting your handicap. It usually costs around $50 for the year, you can sign up at just about any course and you can post all of your scores online.cshea said:Yeah, I've really had the urge to go hit balls with the warm temperatures the past two days. I bought a new set of irons over the winter and I'm dying to get out on the course and use them.
I'm hoping to really dive back into the game this season. The past few years I've only made it out a handful of times, and I really want that to change. I moved and currently live and work about 5 minutes away from Fresh Pond in Cambridge. Not the best course, but it is convenient enough that I can squeeze 9 in after work on weekdays. Then find better places to play on the weekends. I'd love to re-establish a handicap (how does one to about doing that?). I figure I'm likely in the 17/18 range. I'd love to get back into it and start improving again.
Thanks. I'm not really looking to play tournaments, I just would like to know my handicap to get a baseline and track my progress. If I do the 9-hole thing (since getting 18 in is pretty much impossible during the work week) can you even post it as an official score?jercra said:Just ask at Fresh Pond about getting your handicap. It usually costs around $50 for the year, you can sign up at just about any course and you can post all of your scores online.
Edit: The above is if you want an official USGA handicap to allow you to play in tournaments or men's/women's clubs events and such. If you just want to know what your handicap is but without it being official then just use OOB golf. They've got some really nice features like tracking your buddies while they play, tracking all of your stats, on course GPS for your phone (iOS and Android), etc. and it's free.
Great idea. I'm signed up as jercra.FL4WL3SS said:It might be kind of fun for everyone to sign up for one of the free apps and we can all track each other's progress, give encouragement and/or humiliate each other/ourselves.
I'll download and sign up and post my username here.jercra said:Great idea. I'm signed up as jercra.
The group is created: www.oobgolf.com/groups/SoSH+GolfPapelbon's Poutine said:I'm jjlachance.
Should someone create a group?
If you use the phone app to put your scores in hole by hole it will even notify your friends that you've started a round and they can track you as you play. Nothing quite like the peanut gallery weighing in on that double you just made.The Four Peters said:FYI the default email settings seem to be to email you your friend's scores. I won't be offended if you uncheck that because I will be unchecking it for you fools.
Guess it didn't go well enough to post in the OOB Golf group?FL4WL3SS said:Looks like I"m going to get my first round of the year in on Saturday. I took a full 2 months off from swinging a club and have not spent a considerable amount of time at the range this winter, which is different from the last few winters where I spent a lot of time working on my swing.
We'll see how it goes.