# \#golf **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/golf/42.md [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) --- ## [Let's rename Mar-a-Lago!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-mar-a-lago/1032634)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-mar-a-lago/1032634 "2026-09-14T22:37:56Z")
In the “what’s in a name?” vein, Heather Cox Richardson suggests that we all rename Mar-A-Lago, and begin exclusively referring to it by its new name. I’ve always liked Mar-a-Lardo, but … Douchebag Manor Corruption Ju… --- ## [PGA and LIV Golf to merge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pga-and-liv-golf-to-merge/985102)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pga-and-liv-golf-to-merge/985102 "2026-09-13T04:44:57Z")
After a year-plus of acrimony, lawsuits, and counter-lawsuits, today the PGA and the DP World Tour announced an agreement to merge with the breakaway LIV Golf League, which is owned and funded by the Saudi government. T… --- ## [The Latest in the Tiger Woods Saga: Another Car Crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-in-the-tiger-woods-saga-another-car-crash/1028825)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-in-the-tiger-woods-saga-another-car-crash/1028825 "2026-09-06T14:53:36Z")
This afternoon, in Jupiter Island, Florida (near his home), Tiger Woods was involved in a traffic incident in which he struck another car, and rolled his SUV. Police indicate that he showed “signs of impairment,” and ar… --- ## [The Open Championship 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-open-championship-2026/1031755)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-open-championship-2026/1031755 "2026-07-20T18:37:35Z")
Everyone’s favorite golfer, Bryson DeChambeau, has been assessed a two shot penalty for trampling down the grass to improve his lie (he was in waist-high, maybe higher, grass). This drops him from one shot back to three … --- ## [US Open Golf 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-golf-2026/1031047)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-golf-2026/1031047 "2026-06-21T19:36:51Z")
I don’t think there is a thread about this. Wyndham Clark is leading the US Open by 4 at the halfway point, sitting at 7 under. Unfortunately he’s one of the villains of golf at the moment. In typical US Open fashion, … --- ## [2026 PGA Championship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-pga-championship/1030104)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-pga-championship/1030104 "2026-05-19T21:30:05Z")
Well, it’s day 2 of the PGA Championship and the Best Golfer in The World is at +10 after eight holes and needs to make up six, maybe seven strokes to par to make the cut. DeChambeau missed the cut at the Masters with a … --- ## [2026 Masters Golf Tournament](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-masters-golf-tournament/1029183)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-masters-golf-tournament/1029183 "2026-04-14T00:10:28Z")
I did not see a thread discussing this. We are in the closing stages of the second round and one of the pre-tournament favorites, Bryson DeChambeau has missed the cut with a spectacular triple bogey on his 36tb hole. A… --- ## [Barron Trump's roles in his family business](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barron-trumps-roles-in-his-family-business/1013983)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barron-trumps-roles-in-his-family-business/1013983 "2026-03-04T05:25:18Z")
Continuing the discussion from \[OMGosh, FFOTUS just announced US to sponsor ethnic cleansing in Gaza\] (OMGosh, FFOTUS just announced US to sponsor ethnic cleansing in Gaza - #144 by Baker): @Baker asked: I thought an… --- ## [Why are my golf clubs in Mosquero, NM?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-golf-clubs-in-mosquero-nm/1025059)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-golf-clubs-in-mosquero-nm/1025059 "2025-11-29T20:33:45Z")
I ordered some golf clubs, which are being shipped to me near Chicago via Fed Ex. They are being built in Scottsdale AZ. So I figured Fed Ex would have a hub at the Phoenix airport, then they would wing to OHare, 20 mi… --- ## [An interesting unit of measurment - the denier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-unit-of-measurment-the-denier/1024674)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-unit-of-measurment-the-denier/1024674 "2025-11-11T21:42:26Z")
I bought something made of 600D cloth and searched to see exactly what that meant. It is the abbreviation for 600 denier fabric, a rather tough outdoor rated cloth. A denier unit means each strand of yarn weighs 1 gram p… --- ## [Why does osteoarthritis pain wax and wane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-osteoarthritis-pain-wax-and-wane/1024458)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-osteoarthritis-pain-wax-and-wane/1024458 "2025-11-08T22:24:41Z")
I’m posting this in GQ, hoping to get responses other than anecdotal. I have pretty severe arthritis in one hip. It varies from completely asymptomatic, to quite painful - causing a pronounced limp and feeling of insta… --- ## [Thoughts on "golfing index" on local paper's weather page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-golfing-index-on-local-papers-weather-page/1023417)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-golfing-index-on-local-papers-weather-page/1023417 "2025-10-10T12:31:40Z")
I live in the Chicago area and golf at least twice a week. We get a paper delivered - the Chicago Tribune. On its weather page, it prints daily golfing and fishing indexes, purportedly describing how good or bad the we… --- ## [Ryder Cup 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryder-cup-2025/1023429)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryder-cup-2025/1023429 "2025-09-29T16:33:16Z")
Through 12 matches, the big names from the US are getting spanked by the Europeans. It’s 8 1/2 to 3 1/2. Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau are a combined 1-5 so far. Saturday afternoon four-balls just getting und… --- ## [In what sports/activities does an amateur's performance vary as much as in golf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-sports-activities-does-an-amateurs-performance-vary-as-much-as-in-golf/1022879)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-sports-activities-does-an-amateurs-performance-vary-as-much-as-in-golf/1022879 "2025-09-09T13:00:18Z")
I golf regularly and am decent, not great. Tho my scores are generally within a certain range, on any given day, I don’t know if I’ll play great or horribly. On any individual shot, I don’t know if I’ll hit an amazing … --- ## [Aretha Franklin played golf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aretha-franklin-played-golf/1022802)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aretha-franklin-played-golf/1022802 "2025-09-08T19:27:22Z")
On paper, no reason why not, but I was still surprised to read (Once in a Great City, by David Maraniss) that in 1963 she “…was telling everyone about how she loved to play golf with Ted and travel with him to her new fa… --- ## [In which activities/crafts do people excel without ongoing "coaching"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-activities-crafts-do-people-excel-without-ongoing-coaching/1022576)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2025, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-activities-crafts-do-people-excel-without-ongoing-coaching/1022576 "2025-09-04T06:39:02Z")
In most sports (golf, baseball, etc), even top pros use coaches. My impression is that some top musicians (classical?) continue take lessons, but I’m not sure all do. And I don’t know about on-classical musicians. Sin… --- ## [Putting a golf ball on a rotating green](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-a-golf-ball-on-a-rotating-green/1022495)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-a-golf-ball-on-a-rotating-green/1022495 "2025-09-02T03:11:29Z")
This came up in a movie I watched recently: a golfer was tyring to make a simple putt (3 or so meters) on a perfectly flat, level green. Because reasons, the green was rotating clockwise at a certain number of RPMs (use … --- ## [Thoughts on golf's championship (FedEx Cup)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-golfs-championship-fedex-cup/1022466)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-golfs-championship-fedex-cup/1022466 "2025-08-31T00:02:58Z")
I know how hard it is to get a discussion about golf going around here, but here goes. The PGA Tour just ended its official season with what is called the FedEx Championship. It used to be that the player who won the m… --- ## [Athlete whose life changed the most following one performance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athlete-whose-life-changed-the-most-following-one-performance/1019705)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athlete-whose-life-changed-the-most-following-one-performance/1019705 "2025-08-24T08:02:40Z")
Yesterday, a PGA journeyman JJ Spaun won the US Open. He was not impoverished - with $17 mill in career earnings. But he is 34 years old, with a single prior tour win.. The US Open victory alone was worth over $4 mill… --- ## [Putting glasses read the terrain and plot the correct putt direction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-glasses-read-the-terrain-and-plot-the-correct-putt-direction/1020237)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-glasses-read-the-terrain-and-plot-the-correct-putt-direction/1020237 "2025-06-29T00:28:20Z")
Hey, maybe I can finally make a putt! --- ## [I've been suffering from S.H.I.I. Does anybody have a remedy other that jumping up and down and screaming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115)
**Author:** [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115 "2025-06-06T05:11:50Z")
Once again, I seem to be suffering from S.H.I.I.\* I used to suffer from this years ago. I guess I never realized what was happening, but lately it’s recurred with a vengeance. I was golfing a couple of weeks ago by mys… --- ## [Masters 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masters-2025/1017012)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masters-2025/1017012 "2025-04-16T20:42:33Z")
I dunno if anyone else is watching this, has to be the most INSANE golf tournament in history. Tl;dr Rory McIlroy basically had this won like 4-5 times, but each time he chunks a wedge or yips on a putt, and Justin Rose… --- ## [Troubleshooting an electric UTV cart, anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troubleshooting-an-electric-utv-cart-anyone/1016137)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troubleshooting-an-electric-utv-cart-anyone/1016137 "2025-03-27T12:00:42Z")
Hoping one of you wise folk can help ~ I have an old electric American Sportworks Chuck Wagon, it’s an “offroad”-ish utility cart that I use for farm chores. I love it, but it’s getting tired and doing weird things. I … --- ## [Knee'd! My latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kneed-my-latest/1015833)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kneed-my-latest/1015833 "2025-03-19T23:03:38Z")
No, not baking bread or trying to trick my junior scrabble players, to believe, that kneed is really a word. I didn’t fight off an attacker. A few days ago I woke up on the floor. It was tossy, turny kinda night. I f… --- ## [Another golf quesion about the cup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-golf-quesion-about-the-cup/1010791)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-golf-quesion-about-the-cup/1010791 "2024-11-27T12:25:26Z")
I saw this video clip at a bar so no sound or caption to explain anything. The golfer hits about a 5 foot putt straight into the cup (no flag) and the ball clearly hits bottom center and pops back out onto the green. Wha… --- ## [Scorecard review at end of golf round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scorecard-review-at-end-of-golf-round/1008764)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scorecard-review-at-end-of-golf-round/1008764 "2024-10-14T19:03:51Z")
At the end of a golf round, the group of players in the round (usually 2 or 3 players) typically walk into an office and sit in front of a desk to certify their scores. This is usually only shown when a group containing… --- ## [Watching golf today - some questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-golf-today-some-questions/1008263)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-golf-today-some-questions/1008263 "2024-09-30T07:43:05Z")
I was at a bar so no sound. But from the graphics shown I guess they were playing “who wins each hole” instead of overall score. At one hole, maybe the last one, Kim hits a putt that misses. The other player walks over… --- ## [Kansas teen makes two holes-in-one during same round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-teen-makes-two-holes-in-one-during-same-round/1003996)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-teen-makes-two-holes-in-one-during-same-round/1003996 "2024-07-16T12:55:05Z")
Not bad for a 13-year-old. --- ## [Golf handicap questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-handicap-questions/1003664)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-handicap-questions/1003664 "2024-07-04T06:57:27Z")
I was reading where St Andrews requires a certain handicap to play there and a card must be presented. Who issues and certifies that card? When looking at the layout for local courses I see different length courses … --- ## [Golf in Korea is getting dangerous!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-in-korea-is-getting-dangerous/1003397)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-in-korea-is-getting-dangerous/1003397 "2024-06-27T11:23:07Z")
Wow! (Link below goes to The Korea Times.) Woman dies after being struck by golf ball A woman in her 60s has died after being struck in the head by a golf ball. According to police on Thursday, the woman was fatally … [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/golf/42.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=golf)