"The Little Extras" that you find on a golf course....

« **on:** April 16, 2009, 09:34:44 PM »

I thought these sprinkler heads were quite funny, I have never seen anything like this on a course before...has anyone else something similar in their golf travels?

« **Reply #1 on:** April 16, 2009, 09:39:22 PM »

We've got one on our course that says "Just Hit It."

« **Reply #2 on:** April 16, 2009, 09:58:04 PM »

At Kapalua Plantation on the par 5, I think hole 5, from about 240 out the sprinkler says "Oh just go for it". Cracked me up and pissed me off as it was challenging my manhood and I knew I just did not have the nerve to go for that green hanging on the edge with my 3 wood.

« **Reply #3 on:** April 16, 2009, 10:03:44 PM »

« **Reply #4 on:** April 16, 2009, 10:07:19 PM »

Crag Burn GC (NY) Hole #2
"No Way"

« **Reply #5 on:** April 16, 2009, 10:10:10 PM »

I've seen "Not in your dreams." Architecturally speaking, I chortled.

« **Reply #6 on:** April 16, 2009, 10:16:36 PM »

Summit Golf Club in Toronto has a few of those on Par 5s (at least I think it was Summit) - hilarious

"Dreamer" is my favorite.

« **Reply #7 on:** April 16, 2009, 10:24:00 PM »

Quote from: Ronald Montesano on April 16, 2009, 10:10:10 PM

I've seen "Not in your dreams." Architecturally speaking, I chortled.

Architecturally speaking, I couldn't even muster a titter on the many occasions I've been subjected to this tomfoolery. Had you guffawed, I would be aghast. A chortle seems like a middle of the road reaction....a Doak 3 or 4 at best.

Joe

« **Reply #8 on:** April 16, 2009, 10:31:05 PM »

I know its been mentioned in other threads, but the plaque on the 17th tee at Cypress Point was a great extra that was unexpected

« **Reply #9 on:** April 16, 2009, 11:28:03 PM »

Isn't there also a "DREAM" sprinkler head on the 18th at Kapalua?

« **Reply #10 on:** April 17, 2009, 12:25:05 AM »

At my local club, there is one labeled, "TOO FAR 4 YOU", and another that reads, "TIGER MAYBE".

« **Reply #11 on:** April 17, 2009, 08:42:08 AM »

I have seen one that says 'club up'...it was about 200-250 yards or so out.

« **Reply #12 on:** April 17, 2009, 08:56:40 AM »

I hate these.

I found one on a par-5 while in a tournament a few years back. I responded with a big FU.

For 90% of golfers a disk that reads "just go for it" from about 250 yards out may be cute and funny. But if that disk is the difference between a 2-iron or a 3-wood approach, it isn't funny.

If Melvyn ever comes over from never neverland I could see him replacing sprinkler heads with ones saying "You are not playing real golf."

« **Reply #13 on:** April 17, 2009, 10:21:41 AM »

Pasatiempo's par 5 13th hole used to have a "No Way" sprinkler head. I think it's gone now.

« **Reply #14 on:** April 17, 2009, 10:33:10 AM »

Quote from: Pat Craig on April 17, 2009, 08:56:40 AM

I hate these.

I found one on a par-5 while in a tournament a few years back. I responded with a big FU.

For 90% of golfers a disk that reads "just go for it" from about 250 yards out may be cute and funny. But if that disk is the difference between a 2-iron or a 3-wood approach, it isn't funny.

If Melvyn ever comes over from never neverland I could see him replacing sprinkler heads with ones saying "You are not playing real golf."

I agree however I've never seen one of these "gag" sprinkler heads inside 250, but I'm sure it happens on lots of courses.

« **Reply #15 on:** April 17, 2009, 11:17:28 AM »

I hate them because sometimes I want a yardage from 300, to properly choose a layup club - if I am in that zone, and it's an important round, I sometimes have to waste time walking toward the green to find the first labeled head and then pace it back.

How about this unsightly extra

« **Reply #16 on:** April 17, 2009, 11:19:41 AM »

There's a course I used to play, can't remember which one, that has every sprinkler labeled with a yardage. Just sitting there with a straight face saying "343" or whatever it is. For some reason that cracks me more than "Just Hit It" or similar. I see "407" and think "Darn it, I've been right in between clubs all day!".

« **Reply #17 on:** April 17, 2009, 11:21:54 AM »

i actually played a college tournament a few years back at a course that had one about 285 out on a par 5. i hit a 3 wood on the green, then took a sharpie out and put "prob" next to the no on the "no way"

« **Reply #18 on:** April 17, 2009, 11:54:32 AM »

By no means a mere sprinker head, but a great caddy (maybe the best caddy I ever had in my life) that I had at Pinehurst Number 2, when I asked him if 3w would be too much, just said, "Wear it out." I ripped it, and and I think he kind of held his breath as it settled, softer than I might have guessed, in front of the green. Only afterward, did I crack up at what a great thing that was for him to say.

« **Reply #19 on:** April 17, 2009, 12:59:54 PM »

My favorite was spotted well off in the rough between two holes and is mounted on top of an old abandoned grow in head.
It reads:
JICYFU
178

« **Reply #20 on:** April 17, 2009, 01:00:13 PM »

Quote from: Chuck Brown on April 17, 2009, 11:54:32 AM

By no means a mere sprinker head, but a great caddy (maybe the best caddy I ever had in my life) that I had at Pinehurst Number 2, when I asked him if 3w would be too much, just said, "Wear it out." I ripped it, and and I think he kind of held his breath as it settled, softer than I might have guessed, in front of the green. Only afterward, did I crack up at what a great thing that was for him to say.

I used to say "Lets Rock" and hand the player their 3-wood.

« **Reply #21 on:** April 17, 2009, 08:57:44 PM »

Or soon, they can all say, get with technology and GPS it!

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