renniw52: The matches were totally hysterical and priceless. The jokes, digs, comments, nice shot (when the ball went in the drink or OOB), were all meant in jest and taken so. If you had 6 friends green and started a game, you had one in a matter of seconds.
Rich - we have all that and more mate. Time to join a CC and find the love!
We have plenty of tough comps - running a Major in UEL mode at the moment and the scorwes are hysterical - but loads are having a go. But the organised comps are just 1 tiny part of it. We have a Friday Night Beer Club (which extends to Saturday night) where sober or not (not usually in my case) we all get together and play alt shot matches all night - sometimes with irons only for extra laughs. In these matches you will meet Alice and Butch and many other names which are probably best not printed here. The craic - and camaraderie - is what makes this game special for many of us. Yes, we have a few that can shoot in the 50's - but not every round! We have different winners of the organised comps all the time - and a 'Boss' who writes the best match reports ever lol.
In fact, we also have a Sunday Ladies League - dress up in your best dress, slap a bit of make up on and rip it from the ladies tees! You will have to adopt a ladies name for the day though.
I had had enough of this game 18 months ago - bored out my mind. Then I joined the CC and I have to say my virtual golf life changed forever. We're organising a Real golf event too - at The Belfry. Really looking forward to meeting up with the numerous friends I have made - will be a great laugh.
We also have plenty of guys from USA / Canada etc so time zones don't seem to present any problems.
I'm sure a good CC will fill the void - whether ours or another. Good luck squirrel man! And remember, don't stand too close to the ball after you've hit it. :)