October 20, 2011
I work at a golf course in the front greeting customers, taking their bags and shinning them up after thier round among other duties. Its a great job and keeps me highly motivated. although i have noticed how some golfers, after they are done, make it a point not to have their clubs wiped down so dont have to feel obligated to tip. I mean, whats $2 dollars anyways? Not all golfers are like this, some want the service done for them as we talk about thier round of golf. But today, I observed at least 6 different groups make a dash for it so they dont have to tip out, not even waiting for up for their partners.I mean what gives? We start them out with everything they need, water ice, cart and most importantly, a good attitude! this just really eats at me when they go out of their way to avoid the help thats is there for them. I bet if I had boobies it would be a different situation.LOL
! so for ALL you golfers who intentionally dont tip, even after great customer service and an awesome golf course to play on, please be considerate, its only a dollar or two. And we always remember who comes back. Just talking outloud and wanted to get other peoples view of this. you can insult this me or whatever you choose to do. just know that I deal with you people alot and its you that looks silly. Me? I simply just smile..because you dont know any better. thanks to the people who can relate to this…:)
Try offering to take the clubs to the car.
I get what you’re saying. It has to be frustrating, especially when courses that offer those services cost a decent penny… that $2 would be chump change in comparison.
That’s one thing that’s missing these days though: consideration for others. You don’t have to be a peace-loving hippy to want to care about others… it should be human nature.
I have worked at a golf course for four years and I was lucky if I got tips. I carried their clubs to their cart, cleaned their carts, cleaned their clubs, drive them to their car. and i might get $5 a day if i was lucky. One day i got 20 because i found this guys wallet but thats it. You have to get use to it. It sucks but it is better than working fast food! lol
Julian, I have actually done both. If it is a relaxing day and I don’t have to hurry back to work or home for dinner, I am very happy to let someone take care of my clubs and bring them to the car. I always have my $2-$5 ready or I have gone as high as $20 once for one those that had “Boobies” as you stated.
However, I have been in a hurry a few times and needed to get on the road. It wasn’t that I didn’t want the service, just didn’t have time. Try this next time, drive or walk up to the car as they put away their clubs and offer to see if they need anything or even take their cart back for them. I know I once tipped a few dollars just for that offer even though nothing was done.
There are those cheap people who are not going to tip for anything. Not just at the golf course but anywhere they go. I have a playing partner like that. It’s not that he is a rude golfer, just a RUDE PERSON in general.
Let me say, thanks for your service on behalf of all golfers, we do appreciate what you do, even if it is not always shown.
I’ll admit it that I truly dislike having my clubs wiped down. I clean them myself after most rounds, much more thoroughly than they are cleaned by having a damp, dirty rag, rubbed on them for two seconds each by someone who wants a few bucks for the effort. It’s totally wrong to assume you can wipe someone’s clubs down, without their consent, and expect to be paid. It’s no different than the homeless guys who run up and clean your car window without asking and expect a dollar or two. If I want my clubs cleaned I will ask, but I rarely have the opportunity because the cleaning usually commences without question. I also don’t pull up to the bag drop.
For me, there is a larger issue, and that is the bloated nature of golf in general. I don’t need a bag drop, a cart attendent, a club wiper, a beverage cart, a pyramid of golfballs, a clean towel, a giant clubhouse, a fancy bar, or any of the rest of it. Golf would do well to blow up all of those institutions and put money into good golf courses, while cutting all the extra crap that only serves to increase the green fee without improving the golf course.
Golf is expensive enough without being required to tip out people who annoy you by doing things you don’t want done, without asking if you would like them done.
I make it a point to not use these services at my home course (which offers them). I don’t need, or want someone wiping my clubs down after a round. I’m very particular about people touching my clubs.
If someone is using your services and not tipping…they’re flat out wrong and for that, apologies are in order. Period. With that being said, I have issue with someone trying to make something that is optional some kind of mandatory toll of sorts.
I don’t need anyone to get ice for me. I go into the snack bar, buy what I need (if I need something else the beverage cart will handle it, and I always tip them very well), and I’m off. I’m a VERY fast player so needing to ice stuff down isn’t really a concern.
Trust me, your gender and/or bust size has nothing to do with it. In my case, most Saturdays I play 36 holes (this time of year it’s not an option), and the kids who think they’re “helping me” aren’t, and frankly, I have grown tired of having to explain to NOT take my clubs off the cart and put them in the out-rack (because I’m going back out ASAP).
Where I tip and tip well is inside in our grill room. The folks there generally know me. They take care of me, and they get taken care of. The guys in the pro shop who take care of me when I want to go back out for a second round…they get duked. When I need a tee time for client entertainment, they take care of me and I ALWAYS duke them for it (same with the locker guy when he makes sure my guest has a locker).
Plus- I don’t know how to explain this to you, but in a lot of cases during the week, I need to bail as soon as I’m done (during the summer I’ll get a round in at sunup, and then head to the office so I don’t have the time to wait for you guys to mess around so I can tip you for something that I don’t want). I’m the guy who has the bag packed up and ready to go on the 18th tee, so when I putt out I’m from the cart to my car and out of the parking lot in 30-60 seconds. My sunup round, if I can play at my own pace as a single, runs me 90-105 minutes.
this is not a common practice for golf courses where i am. When i go to a course that has the position that you’re in, i do make it a point to not use it. Why? because 1. I’m not lazy, i can clean my own clubs and often keep them clean during the round because dirty clubs don’t play well. and 2. every time someone else puts my bag on a cart or takes it off they do it incorrectly and this has resulted in a few broken bags. The most recent one at a very expensive course in SC last year. The guy refused to admit he broke the spine in my ogio bag by tightening the strap too much. I had to buy a new bag at a premium. Since then, I’m not keen on having people move my equipment. If i’m not quick enough and they take my clubs off and start cleaning them, i tip and politely ask them to remember me and not do it again.
Let me ask you something.. if someone comes in with a brand club and you begin to clean it and scratch the finish accidentally, will you pay for it? What if you strap the bag to the cart and it gives way and the spine breaks or the bag falls? will you pay for that? I think you should not worry about the golfers that elect to not use your service and worry more about the ones that do. Give them good service and you’ll get a tip.
You’ll do well to remember too that people are paying to play the course. Sometimes that’s a pretty hefty fee already and they don’t see paying anyone to do what they’re capable of themselves for free. It’s not a mandatory service so don’t expect people to use it and tip.
I work / play at my golf course so I know what it feels like to not be tipped, but I’m both sides with your topic, A. They are rude crabby people or they really are in a rush and don’t have time or money because they just spent a ton to play 18 holes. B. And I don’t mean to sound like an ass but it’s your job the tips are just a plus and some people feel like they don’t have to tip or shouldn’t no fault to them
October 4, 2011
my uncle says it is, I asked him to show me a rule nobody showed me one and the guy on me team says its a stroke penalty
how can it be proven that it wasnt a practice swing
Adam, practice swings are usually taken away from the ball area. It may be in back of the ball several yards, beside the ball a yard or just to the area away from the lay of the ball. No penalty. However, if it was done while addressing the ball and missed it is a penalty.
Spartawo…
Yes, if you have lined up your clubface behind the ball, as if to hit it, and miss the ball completely then it still counts as a stroke. Practice swings should be taken away from the ball and can be easily depicted from a normal shot.
If you are trying to hit the ball and miss, it is not exactly a penalty but it counts as a stroke.
This is from the USGA rules:
“A “stroke” is the forward movement of the club made with the intention of striking at and moving the ball, but if a player checks his downswing voluntarily before the clubhead reaches the ball he has not made a stroke.”
As for “proving” it, the player should be honest. If a player misses the ball, they should tell the other players and count it as a stroke. If they don’t, and other players question it, the ruling goes against the player who missed.
In other words, say a guy takes a few practice swings away from the ball, then takes his stance at the ball, swings and misses.
A) He says “Oops, I missed. I’m hitting 2 now.” (second shot)
B) He says it was just a practice swing, the other players say fine. He is hitting 1.
Ba) Other players say “no way.” He is hitting 2.
Now he’s
It’s not a penalty, but it counts as a stroke if you intended to hit the ball. As for proving it wasn’t a practice swing, no proof needs to be given. It is entirely up to the honor of the player to inform his playing partner or opponent if it was an attempt to hit the ball or not.
If you intend to hit the ball but miss it completely it is not a penalty, but it counts as a stroke. it’s all about intention.
Definition of Stroke:
“A “stroke” is the forward movement of the club made with the intention of striking at and moving the ball, but if a player checks his downswing voluntarily before the clubhead reaches the ball he has not made a stroke.”
If you change your mind about hitting the ball on your downswing and deliberately miss the ball then it does not count as a stroke.
14/1.5 Intent to Strike Ball Ceases During Downswing; Club Not Stopped But Path of Clubhead Altered to Avoid Striking Ball
Q. A player begins his downswing with the intention of striking the ball but decides during the downswing not to strike the ball. The player is unable to stop the club before it reaches the ball, but he is able to swing intentionally over the top of the ball. Is the player deemed to have made a stroke?
A. No. The player is considered to have checked his downswing voluntarily by altering the path of his downswing and missing the ball even though the swing carried the clubhead beyond the ball.
If the player had not successfully checked his downswing (i.e., he had struck the ball), he is considered to have made a stroke.
Any doubt regarding the player’s intent must be resolved against the player.
Y to the E to the S.
golf is a game of character, honor and honesty.
is the one stroke penalty going to change your game if you don’t take it?
is it worth lying for?
October 3, 2011
I want to alphabetize a list by channel names, keeping the channel #’s, please advise, such as:
2 WCBS New York (CBS)
3 WPXN New York (ION)
4 WNBC New York (NBC)
5 WNYW New York (FOX)
6 Univision
7 WABC New York (ABC)
8 New York 1 News
9 My9 New York (MNT-WWOR)
10 WLNY Riverhead (IND)
11 WPIX (11) New York
12 News 12 Brooklyn
13 WNET New York (PBS)
14 MSG Varsity
15 QVC
16 WNJU Linden (Telemundo)
17 TeleFutura
18 HSN
19 WRNN Kingston (IND)
20 WMBC Newton (IND)
21 WLIW Plainview (PBS)
22 NYC Life
23 MSNBC
24 CNBC
25 CNN
26 FOX News Channel
27 Discovery Channel
28 TLC
30 The NET
31 Disney Channel
32 Cartoon Network
33 Nickelodeon
34 TV Land
35 ESPN2
36 ESPN
37 TNT
38 USA Network
39 TBS
40 FX
41 Turner Classic Movies
42 WE tv
43 AMC
44 Bravo
45 Lifetime
46 A&E
47 History
48 Syfy
49 ABC Family
50 Comedy Central
51 E!
52 VH1
53 MTV
54 BET
55 MTV2
56 Spike TV
57 Animal Planet
58 truTV
59 Religious Programming
60 SportsNet New York
61 News 12 Traffic & Weather
62 The Weather Channel
63 Galavisión
64 SoapNet
65 C-SPAN
66 C-SPAN2
67 Brooklyn Community Access TV
68 Brooklyn Community Access TV
69 Brooklyn Community Access TV
70 Brooklyn Community Access TV
71 OTB on NYC TV
72 NYC Drive
73 NYC World
74 NYC Government
75 CUNY on NYC TV
76 GSN
77 CNN Headline News
78 fuse
80 Cablevision Channel Guide
81 Oxygen
82 HBO
83 IFC
84 Showtime
85 Cinemax
86 The Movie Channel
87 MSG
88 MSG Plus
89 YES Network
90 Showtime Too
91 Flix
92 Pay Per View
93 Pay Per View
94 Playboy TV (Adult)
95 Spice Xcess (Adult)
96 Travel Channel
97 Food Network
98 HGTV
99 Speed Channel
100 iO Digital Channel Guide
101 BBC America
102 C-SPAN3
103 EuroNews
104 BBC World News
105 Bloomberg TV
106 FOX Business Network
108 Live Well
109 NBC NY Non-Stop
110 Universal Sports
114 Antenna TV
115 Estrella TV
116 NYS Legislative TV
118 Leased Access
120 The Hub
121 Disney XD
122 Nicktoons Network
123 Nick Jr.
124 TeenNick
125 Boomerang
131 Kids Thirteen
132 WLIW World
133 WLIW Create
134 WTBY (54)
135 EWTN
136 Daystar
137 Telecare
140 ESPN Classic
141 ESPNews
142 FOX Soccer Channel
143 CBS Sports Network
144 ESPNU
145 The Golf Channel
146 VERSUS
148 NBA TV
149 MLB Network
158 National Geographic Wild
160 Bio
161 H2
Fyi: numbers & texts are in one column.
You can use the following event handler to sort as you wish. This assumes the data is in column A and column B is available for temp use.
Copy the following event handler to the clipboard:
Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeDoubleClick(ByVal Target As Range, Cancel As Boolean)
Dim i, LastRow
LastRow = Application.Cells. SpecialCells(xlCellTypeLastCell).Row
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For i = 1 To LastRow
For j = 1 To Len(Cells(i, “A”))
If Not IsNumeric(Mid(Cells(i, “A”), j, 1)) Then
Cells(i, “B”).Value = Right(Cells(i, “A”), Len(Cells(i, “A”)) - j)
GoTo here
End If
Next
here:
Next
Columns(”A:B”).Select
Selection.Sort Key1:=Range(”B1″), Order1:=xlAscending, Header:=xlGuess, _
OrderCustom:=1, MatchCase:=False, Orientation:=xlTopToBottom, _
DataOption1:=xlSortNormal
Columns(”B:B”).ClearContents
Range(”A1″).Select
End Sub
Select the worksheet containing the data and right click the sheet tab.
Select ‘View Code’.
Paste the event handler into the editing area to the right.
Close the VBE and return to the worksheet.
Double click any cell to sort the data. If additional data is added, just double click any cell again.
Will this do:
46A&E
49ABC Family
43AMC
57Animal Planet
114Antenna TV
101BBC America
104BBC World News
54BET
160Bio
105Bloomberg TV
125Boomerang
44Bravo
67Brooklyn Community Access TV
68Brooklyn Community Access TV
69Brooklyn Community Access TV
70Brooklyn Community Access TV
80Cablevision Channel Guide
32Cartoon Network
143CBS Sports Network
85Cinemax
24CNBC
25CNN
77CNN Headline News
50Comedy Central
65C-SPAN
66C-SPAN2
102C-SPAN3
75CUNY on NYC TV
136Daystar
27Discovery Channel
31Disney Channel
121Disney XD
51E!
36ESPN
140ESPN Classic
35ESPN2
141ESPNews
144ESPNU
115Estrella TV
103EuroNews
135EWTN
91Flix
97Food Network
106FOX Business Network
26FOX News Channel
142FOX Soccer Channel
78fuse
40FX
63Galavisión
76GSN
161H2
82HBO
98HGTV
47History
18HSN
83IFC
100iO Digital Channel Guide
131Kids Thirteen
118Leased Access
45Lifetime
108Live Well
149MLB Network
87MSG
88MSG Plus
14MSG Varsity
23MSNBC
53MTV
55MTV2
9My9 New York (MNT-WWOR)
158National Geographic Wild
148NBA TV
109NBC NY Non-Stop
8New York 1 News
12News 12 Brooklyn
61News 12 Traffic & Weather
123Nick Jr.
33Nickelodeon
122Nicktoons Network
72NYC Drive
74NYC Government
22NYC Life
73NYC World
116NYS Legislative TV
71OTB on NYC TV
81Oxygen
92Pay Per View
93Pay Per View
94Playboy TV (Adult)
15QVC
59Religious Programming
84Showtime
90Showtime Too
64SoapNet
99Speed Channel
95Spice Xcess (Adult)
56Spike TV
60SportsNet New York
48Syfy
39TBS
124TeenNick
137Telecare
17TeleFutura
145The Golf Channel
120The Hub
86The Movie Channel
30The NET
62The Weather Channel
28TLC
37TNT
96Travel Channel
58truTV
41Turner Classic Movies
34TV Land
110Universal Sports
6Univision
38USA Network
146VERSUS
52VH1
7WABC New York (ABC)
2WCBS New York (CBS)
42WE tv
133WLIW Create
21WLIW Plainview (PBS)
132WLIW World
10WLNY Riverhead (IND)
20WMBC Newton (IND)
4WNBC New York (NBC)
13WNET New York (PBS)
16WNJU Linden (Telemundo)
5WNYW New York (FOX)
11WPIX (11) New York
3WPXN New York (ION)
19WRNN Kingston (IND)
134WTBY (54)
89YES Network
September 10, 2011
If your foursome is playing a $5 Nassau bet, two players against the other two players, and you are tied after 9 holes, do you carry the front bet over to the back? If you don’t is this ruling written anywhere?
September 5, 2011
i am looking to find dvd,s on how to make money from pro-sports betting, ie golf, football, tennis, snooker, darts, etc.
can anyone help, instructional dvds, on basically how to bet like the pros, on these sports
Only about 1% of the people who bet on sports do so profitably. You are not one of them, nor will you ever be. There is no “easy” money out there for you, and as long as you think there is, you are going to be a TARGET for scammers.
You don’t need DVD’s you need exceptional knowledge (or at least better knowledge than the bookmaker) of the sporting event. All you need to do is estimate the odds of the outcomes of an event, if the bookmaker is offering a higher price than you have estimated the odds to be you bet. Its called a value bet. If your predictions are correct long term you will win. Some people may never explicitly make calculations, but any successful gambler will at least have a feeling or inclination that an outcome is overpriced.
If your plan is to do it like a job, or professionally, You need to look into sports arbitrage betting. Its when you bet at multiple sportsbooks, no matter what the game, (same bets win/loss so they cancel out) then you make a small percent on the difference of odds between the sportsbooks
September 3, 2011
Hi, I went golfing the other day and some of the players were giving the starter money. What for? Is it a tip, a bet or something
It’s trying to buy your way into a better tee time. I’d complain to management and say “I thought I made a tee time for a reason…should I be bringing extra money to give to your starter to bribe him or what?”
I agree with the above answer, but I’d also be the next person to give him money. At private courses it is like tipping the matre d to get a better table. then you hav a connection at the club for the next thing you need.
Ryder, don’t be hasty you may want to play that course again and getting the starter angry at you will put you and your friends in a bad way. Find out from the club management if tipping is allowed for starting time, no names or accusations. Play it safe.
Spartawo…
August 12, 2011
You know-it’s Bush’s fault. Look at the mess I inherited. I bet the public will choose candidates like Romney or Pawlenty, who are more likely to solve America’s problems than waste a full term in office playing victim and playing golf!
Are you under the impression that Obama did NOT inherit a Bush created mess?
Around which planet do you orbit?
If someone burns down a house and the family loeses everything; and years later they remember an important items that’s gone forever, doesn’t mean they should stop blaming the arsonist.
Thanks for the two points.
The economy is so bad that even CNN reported it just a few minutes ago. Wonders never cease.
If Obama wanted respect and credibility he would have taken ownership of America’s problems a long time ago. He’s not doing himself any favors by continually pointing the finger at Bush.
It almost does not matter. In an election year with the POTUS running unopposed in the primaries all of the excitement will be around the Republicans. The result will be that most liberals will vote in the Republican primary. The winning candidate may be to the left of Obama.
No, the American people are tired of him and his failed policies. Obama now owns the mess we are in. The mess Obama inherited was a result of policy decisions made during the Clinton years not the Bush years in spite of what the liberals have been told to say by the marxist propaganda machine.
August 11, 2011
My buddy and I have a bet to see who’s right
August 7, 2011
Im a begginer and i wanted to know which clubs would be the bet to use on small courses. Thanks!
A 3wood a sevon an four iron and a putter
Putter, chipper, wedges..
Depending on the distances, yOu should probably bring a 5 iron, pitching or sand wedge and a putter.
don’t use a driver, hit the green and don’t 3 putt
Bring a putter, seven iron and a wedge.
Chris
http://www.teewrite.com - Home of the pencil golf tee
Depends on how far you drive and the length of the hole. If it’s a par 3 you’re generally looking to hit on or close enough to the green from the tee.
5 Iron, 7 Iron, 9 Iron, Sand Wedge, Putter.
The same clubs you would use on a full course, but from 150 yards and closer. So I would take a 7iron, a PW, SW and putter
August 5, 2011
Hello I’m currently looking to replace my t-reg mk4 golf (which has been pretty unreliable) I was thinking of either a Toyota celica (7th gen 140bhp model) or a Hyundai coupe (the 2.0SE) My budget is only about £2000-£2500 so I was wondering what people think is a better bet. I would really like something reliable and I know Toyota’s have legendary reliably (however all their other cars are so boring) but for my budget I would have to get an older higher mileage model than with the Hyundai coupe. Also the insurance on the Hyundai is lower which would save me about £200 over the year. What do people think would be a better choice and how do the two cars compare in regards to how they drive and what they’re like to live with?
Any help would be really appreciated and thanks in advance.
I’m mainly interested in how the cars are mechanically. And what they’re like to drive.
both really girly cars, but judging from your user name you are a girl…soo its got to be the celica.
best answer 
Get the Celica, it will be reliable and if you ever want to sell it, you could get a little money for it. Hyundais are very cheaply made and will not be reliable in the future.
Both suck but the Hyundai sucks less so get that.
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Celica 2001 gt
It’s depends on your age and where you live as well, type of car, etc. I would shop insurance coverage online and get quotes from various insurance companies. Try a reputable site like:
http://www.getaffordableinsurance.net
