Such a small world! Hope all is well with y’all!
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Hey! We make up 4% (according to Soly on the Brad Faxon pod)
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Ha. I laughed at that while listening Tuesday.
As the kids say these days, I hope she sees this bro!
You’re like if the Fox News comment section had an out of wedlock child with an eyeroll .gif. Just do something else with your time. I recommend studying the flash card your therapist says means happiness since you clearly are incapable of just relaxing and understanding lighthearted nonsense, which, by the way, is the entire point of The Refuge.
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NLU ladies, I need your help. My wife has wanted to learn to play golf for a long time, but it just never worked out. The last time we were serious about getting clubs and lessons was right before we started having kids. Now that the kids are 6 and 8 and getting interested in golf, she has started asking about learning again. I need help deciding what to get her, both in type and style. She has given me strict instructions that she doesn’t want anything that looks like it’s for an old women. Specifically bags, what is in style for someone in their early 30s? @Sarah, @imsocrabby, or any others, any suggestions?
Good for your wife! I know a lot of women who started playing because their children wanted to learn. I’d look on eBay or Amazon for used clubs, something like Ping g LE irons and hybrids. Once she’s more experienced, she can buy a new set of clubs. The Ping Hoofer stand bags are great because you can carry, use push cart or driving cart. They come in many colors and styles. Best of luck!
I started with a starter set of Cleveland’s (Blooms) that served me well for ~7 years. I know some of my friends have a Taylor made set they all seem to like. I’ve mentioned before I play with a group of 30 something professional women Thursday evenings. Lots of beginners but we play fast and pick up if appropriate. Some of us will play our own ball and keep score while others might play a modified beat ball (using someone else’s drive etc). We have fun and gossip and focus on having cute outfits but we also are mindful of fast play and try to get better. (Also despite what Sketchers would have you believe, even though some of the participants are pretty good looking I think getting paired up with the group would be a good time because we’re fun and funny and talk shit. And no one wears their hair down while playing. Rant over)
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Oh man that commercial is soooooo bad.
Hoofer bags are great. Wish I would’ve kept mine from the late 90s…it’s a classic.
If you strike out on eBay route, I would ask your pro shop if they have any demo sets or bags from last season they might be looking to offload. It’d be a good way to get something decent/new for a deal. Especially if they might be making room for new stuff for the spring.
@Sarah After reading your comments in the Worst Golf Holes thread, I was curious what total distance on average you play from and what you think an ideal distance would be?
Any NLU Ladies are more than welcome to answer, too
I pretty much always play the most forward tees which I’ve found can be anywhere between 4900 to 5500. I find 5100-5200 to be pretty good sweet spot. Would likely mean I’m hitting lots of different clubs into greens and have lots of chances at greens in regulation
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Ladies - I’d like my wife to get into golf but not sure how to get her interested in anything other than TopGolf and margaritas
What ways would work for y’all getting interested in the game from your significant other
Around 6000 is normally a good challenge for me. This is usually the second most forward tees or a combo of the middle tees. There’s always a few holes that are pretty tough…a par 3 that’s a 3 wood or hybrid that’s quite a bit harder than the forward tees or a par 4 that’s driver then a long iron, but makes it extra rewarding to par or birdie. Now I’m thinking of the few like this at my club which will for sure be the toughest to knock off for the birdie challenge.
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Has she expressed interest in playing? If not, probably best not to force it or it most likely won’t catch on with her.
If she’s wanting to take it up, I would start small…go to the range for a bit or have her ride along for a few holes. Turn it into a date night and have her choose a spot for dinner afterwards.
Also not sure if you have kids, but my husband and I try to get a sitter a Saturday or two a month and go play during the day and grab lunch before or after. It’s the best break from the daily routine with the kids and we actually catch up with each other without being interrupted by our very demanding toddlers.
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First, buy her a couple of lessons with a PGA professional to teach her the fundamentals. Then find a 9-hole group she could play with. She’ll have fun and make friends – and learn more about the game. Men don’t seem to have a problem just showing up at a golf course and playing with anyone whom they’re paired with. Totally different for women: too intimidating. So finding a group of women to play with is key. And of course, you can play together – just don’t tell her what to do on the course unless she asks.
At my club, the professional started a Sunday afternoon 9-hole scramble aimed at women beginning to play. He recruited some of the more experienced golfers to play as their partners so we could help them learn the etiquette, show them how to hit some shots, and move the round along. It was a lot of fun, and we got a half-dozen new women golfers.
Another thought is the Executive Women’s Golf Association – not just for executives. When I lived in South Florida, in the summer they held a weekly evening clinic to teach basics, etiquette, play a few holes, etc., and to meet other women who played golf.
This works for men too: My husband was a competitive tennis and squash player and I wanted to play golf. He had never played golf. When he showed an interest, I got him a few lessons and we were off!
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Checking in here to see if these clubs are worth buying? I’m a true beginner… still haven’t graduated from hitting foam balls in my back yard with my OLD garage sale clubs. I realize these aren’t top of the line or anything… I want to get newer, lighter clubs but I’m not ready to pull the trigger on anything too fancy until I get some more experience. Are these worth it or would I just be throwing my money down the drain?
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So, i bought my wife a starter set similar to this from Callaway mid summer in 2018. It was a green set of Solaire clubs. She had never played before.
Yesterday, She shot 50 on the front nine out at Wild Horse with me, taking no mulligans and holing every putt. We upgraded her driver late last year and it helped quite a bit. But i really think youll be fine with these for awhile.
On a related note, my dad went to get fit for a PXG wedge yesterday and wound up buying my wife a set of PXG 0211 irons 5-W. So now my birthday gift of a new hybrid looks pretty wimpy. lol
But, she will have replaced every club in her starter set except for the 5H within 2 years.
Moral of the story, a set like this is definitely good enough to see if you can catch the golf bug.
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If you hang around this group enough, within a year you’ll have a set of miuras, a mackenzie and some woke headcovers (sort of joking)
I’m sure this will be fine for a starter set. My start set, which I am still replacing, was all beater off the rack clubs
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This is a great story. Congratulations to your wife—on her round and new clubs!
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I think that set is sufficient and absolutely not throwing money down the drain. I will say that if you do get hooked and keep playing you will likely end up wanting to change them out as others had hinted at previously. Great tester set…but if the bug sticks…these clubs likely will not.
If you have the stomach for going the used ebay marketplace route these are proven winners:
(but doesn’t include bag…man How do they do it for that price? )
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