Choosing clubs.

[HILLY 9]

We played a 5 ball at Kheow last week and I have to admit to having had some major problems including actually connecting with the ball and my caddy had noticed but said very little. The round started off well with a par on the first so following that it was all pretty disheartening. Thanks to doggie however we did win some Baht off Pieman. LOL.

 

By the 13th I was loosing interest completely and on the next par three I took my bloody driver to try and reach the 160 yard green. The ball went sky-wards and after bringing down a passing 747 it reappearing from the clouds and landed 50 yards before the green.

 

The next hole was going well and I had a 20 yard chip to the green. It was then that my caddy gave her suggestion for the choice of club.

 

" I think you need your pitching wood for this shot", she said.

 

Classic.

 

Are well, five weeks left to get my game together so its off to Harold's driving range again and to collect my clubs which have, by now, been fully customised. Not the driver though as my caddy is still trying to unbend it from around her pretty little neck.

Edited September 28, 2005 by HILLY

[Pieman 0]

It was a classic from your caddie although I also liked Derek's comment.......

 

His caddie, who was utterly useless, had done nothing but stuff her face all day and as she ordred yet another sandwich/can of coke his line of "It's like being out with one of the 3 fucking bears" had us all rolling about. Guess you had to be there.....

 

Keeping the same caddie tomorrow Hilly ?

 

Cheers

Pie

 

P.S. Don't forget yer wallet.

[duece 0]

Too funny

Glad to see you practicing team.

 

One of the good ones a caddy came out with when we were playing was on a longish par 3 about 190 yards. My partner (not Hilly) was having a bad day he asked “which club” to which the caddy gave him a three wood. While the guy was lining up, the caddy went to the cart and grabbed his seven iron out of his bag before he shot. As she walked passed me she said “for next shot” The guy hit and as the ball rolled along the ground for 50 yards she gave him the 7 iron before it even stopped. She turned to me and said “See caddy good”

Priceless.

 

 

Cheers

Duece

[Pieman 0]

As she walked passed me she said “for next shot” The guy hit and as the ball rolled along the ground for 50 yards she gave him the 7 iron before it even stopped. She turned to me and said “See caddy good”

Priceless.

Pure class.

 

Cheers

Pie

[AtlantaJoe 2]

Good one Hilly.

 

Not to hijack, but it reminded me of a joke:

A young couple were playing golf one day and had just teed off on a par four. The man hit a decent drive. His young bride sliced one off into a nearby cow pasture. After finding several balls that were not hers, the young man found a ball underneath a cow- directly between her back legs. Unable to get the cow to move, he lifted the cow's tail and said "It looks like yours Honey".

The divorce is pending.

[Dungheap 243]

Reminds me of classic caddy moment over here.

 

We were playing about 2 hours away from Tokyo in a place called Gumma (famous for the ugliest women in Japan!) and we had the worst caddy -- big fat cow with a nose like a cane toad, abusive and took delight in sending us up the wrong fairway to the next green. After the ninth we'd had enough and asked for a trade-in. Starter said there were no others left but if we could "pilot" the remote controll cart we could go it alone.

 

"No worries mate" and off we go.

 

We appointed our equivalent of "Village" as pilot and all seems well as we stride up the 10th. Get to the green, chip, putt, and putt a bit more before holing out and walking to the next tee.

 

"Were's the cart Village?"

 

"Aghhh..."

 

"Did you stop it?"

 

"Er..."

 

"Shit!"

 

We eventually tracked the fucking thing down 100 yards away the green on the Par-4 13th.

 

Two shot penalty on Village and drop your daks for your next shot please.

[Eneukman 1]

Nothing to do with caddies, but similar kinds of shots from the days when I played golf.

 

Driving off from the par 3 7th (170 or so yards all uphill from the front tee), I hit a low slice onto the beach where my ball bounced a few times before ending up back on the fairway 50 yards from the tee.

 

A short par 3 on the Eden at St. Andrews. A lovely hook Henry Cooper would have been proud off

 

Playing the Jubilee at St. Andrews. There was a very strong left to right wind. Gorse bushes and plenty of rough down the right hand side. So confident was I of my ability to hook the ball that I was aiming right down the edge of the gorse and even with the left to right wind I was still able to put the ball out of bounds on the left.

 

And these were the good shots.

 

Alan

[moby69 6]

As you say lot's of caddie moments one of my Favorites was.........

 

Lamb Chabang playing a 4 ball in which one of the lads was having a bad day, was heard to mutter "which line" to his caddie, the reply was OB left, Nam right, straght OK, a big smile then she walked of the tee box.

 

The player was a bit miffed & asked where she was going? with a big smile she looked back and said "you have no balls left, me get more"

 

Be nice

 

Moby69

Edited October 24, 2005 by moby69

[doghaus 4]

Hilly

 

While we are on the subject of your repertoire of great shots, I recall a recent tee shot at Khao Kheow. Hilly set up on the tee and swungs through the ball with a mighty whack. He drove the tee about 20 yards straight down the fairway but the ball took a vertical path about 1 foot in the air and then dropped back exactly where it had started. You couldn't do that again if you tried.

 

And on the subject of Khao Kheow caddies, I was having a particularly bad day and was playing the 18th. My caddy had been patient all the way round but she spoke no English. When my second at the 18th went straight left and into the lake, she informed me of the destiny of the ball as "Fucking Water again"!

 

Doggie

[HILLY 9]

doghaus Posted: Oct 25 2005, 02:29 PM 

Hilly

While we are on the subject of your repertoire of great shots, I recall a recent tee shot at Khao Kheow. Hilly set up on the tee and swungs through the ball with a mighty whack. He drove the tee about 20 yards straight down the fairway but the ball took a vertical path about 1 foot in the air and then dropped back exactly where it had started. You couldn't do that again if you tried.

 

But I did.

 

Ask Lobing or Lobert as the very next week I did manage to take out the Tee again without even hitting the ball which remained exactly where the tee had previously been.

 

How I do this I really do not know as there is not enough room to get the club under the ball without moving it.

 

However I just bought a new weapon and there is not a tee ever made that will get the ball high enough to allow this to ever happen again.

[Eneukman 1]

I once got hit by a ball hit by my playing partner. This should really have been impossible as for that to happen the ball had to travel at right angles to the intended direction. Happen it did though.

 

And as with many of us lesser mortals, I have managed to finish up BEHIND the tee with my tee shot. Very easy really. Hit the ball off the toe of the club. Ball hits tee box marker and rebounds backwards.

 

Never managed to hit the tee and leave the ball where it was though.

 

Alan