Most exciting thing you've done in Thailand

[Lacessit]

18 minutes ago, bignok said:

I shot 76 age 14 on a former Qld open course. Norman and Langer played there.

 

Not bad for a kid.

The world is full of 14 yo kids who can shoot 76 or better. How many of them go on to become champions at varying levels is an entirely different question.

[stoner]

Just now, bignok said:

Ok pay me 10,000 baht first. 

 

sure. seems pretty cheap.

[KhunLA]

28 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said:

 

Dude, you're not supposed to give a serious response to a troll post 🤦

Better than the next 5 pages of handbags & pissing contest about golfing

 

[bignok]

3 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

The world is full of 14 yo kids who can shoot 76 or better. How many of them go on to become champions at varying levels is an entirely different question.

True. I think body structure matters. Some are made for sport some not. Most good golfers are short to average. Ian Woosnam hit the ball miles was short. Langer was short. Baker Finch was tall but was a gun putter before choking later. The 6 foot 6 guys tend to lack a good short game but hit it miles. All the top players I saw had very quick wrists thru the ball. Tiger's height would be the maximum youd want.

[Lacessit]

10 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Better than the next 5 pages of handbags & pissing contest about golfing

 

Even as a golfer,  IMO this is priceless.

[bignok]

1 minute ago, Lacessit said:

Even as a golfer,  IMO this is priceless.

Why is golf 18 holes?

[Lacessit]

Just now, bignok said:

Why is golf 18 holes?

Legend says it's the number of nips one can get out of a bottle of whisky. By the time the round is finished, most golfers don't care what their score is.

[bignok]

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Legend says it's the number of nips one can get out of a bottle of whisky. By the time the round is finished, most golfers don't care what their score is.

Whisky is 750ml. Might have been less back then

 

[scubascuba3]

7 minutes ago, bignok said:

Why is golf 18 holes?

it was as many as 22 originally, changed over time

[bignok]

My favourite golfing memory is watching a guy throw his clubs one by one into a dam and walking off.  

[roo860]

Night skydive when visiting Zephyrhills Skydiving Centre in Florida, 14,000ft, cars formed a circle with the headlights on so we could spot the LZ, pretty exciting. 

[chickenslegs]

Not my own experience but ...

Years ago someone posted on Thaivisa that he and his mate got a mototaxi each from one side of Pattaya to the other. As the taxis set off his mate shouted "first one there gets 1,000 baht"

Still makes me laugh years later.

[bignok]

47 minutes ago, stoner said:

 

i'll know after 1 swing if you can golf or not. go to bkk. i'll even pay for the ticket. 

Whats the best course in Thailand?

[stoner]

2 minutes ago, bignok said:

Whats the best course in Thailand?

 

kind of subjective. alpine just north of bkk is among the best here. 

[oxo1947]

Making my first Million...................................(Baht)...............................

[sipi]

I took my son for a game of golf. On the second hole there was a tree about 40 feet high half-day down the fairway. I told my son "When I was your age, I could hit a golf ball over the to pop of this tree from the tee off. My son tried 4 times, and every time the ball hit the tree and fell to the ground.

He said "Dad, I don't believe that you could clear this tree from the tee off. No-one can do it"

I said "When I was your age, the tree was only 2 feet high"

 

[sipi]

Another time playing golf with my mates, and a funeral procession drove by on the way to the cemetery.

I stopped playing, took my hat off, bowed my head and put my hand on my heart until the funeral procession had passed. Then continued playing.

One of my mates said "That's the most respectful thing I've ever seen".

I replied "She was a lovely wife".

[stoner]

keeping with the topic. most exciting thing would be the foresome or meeting the former secretary to the king. really cool guy. 

[proton]

Concerts, been to 9 since last Sunday the 18th, two different Wats

Nice ramwong dancers mali for dance 20 baht!

Edited November 28, 2023 by proton

[Lacessit]

32 minutes ago, stoner said:

keeping with the topic. most exciting thing would be the foresome or meeting the former secretary to the king. really cool guy. 

Two of my golfing highlights - playing the Old Course at St. Andrews, and Pine Valley in the USA.Special memories.

Edited November 28, 2023 by Lacessit

[sidjameson]

1 hour ago, proton said:

Concerts, been to 9 since last Sunday the 18th, two different Wats

Nice ramwong dancers mali for dance 20 baht!

Sounds interesting. What part of Thailand? How does one go about finding such a concert?

[bignok]

1 hour ago, sidjameson said:

Sounds interesting. What part of Thailand? How does one go about finding such a concert?

Small concert. 10 people there.

[sambum]

Paid my first "bar fine"! 

Edited November 28, 2023 by sambum

[sambum]

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Two of my golfing highlights - playing the Old Course at St. Andrews, and Pine Valley in the USA.Special memories.

 

Keeping with the topic?

[proton]

28 minutes ago, bignok said:

Small concert. 10 people there.

You would only know that if you were there, must have missed you. About 300 there in pop up beer garden. If you were there you would have known pic taken against the side of the area.

Edited November 28, 2023 by proton

[Lacessit]

11 minutes ago, sambum said:

 

Keeping with the topic?

Get a life.

[proton]

2 hours ago, sidjameson said:

Sounds interesting. What part of Thailand? How does one go about finding such a concert?

Keep a lookout for signs along the road and near wats, ramwong is a bit rarer than other types of concerts. This was in Samut Prakan

 

Very large troupe not seen often, ladders up to stage to go and dance with them

 

 

 

Edited November 28, 2023 by proton

[StreetCowboy]

5 hours ago, bignok said:

Whisky is 750ml. Might have been less back then

 

Scottish measures are bigger

[thaibeachlovers]

I had so many that I couldn't possibly pick one over the rest.

[thaibeachlovers]

12 hours ago, sipi said:

Seeing the "Bridge over the river Kwai" and taking the train to Nam Tok for the first time 40 years ago. It was like being in the real life movie.

I did the 5 * hotel with included light and sound show on the bridge. The 5 * hotel was a big disappointment, but the show was pretty good.