EyeOfTheTiger311

Can confirm he was at OCC yesterday. My buddy met him and talked to him. Said he came down to film a video with Ted Scott. He is trying to break par with Ted as his caddie.

He said his favorite hole was 11, least favorite was 18 (duh lol)

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Do any of the private clubs ever wave initiation or let it roll on the monthly. Our club always did a waived initiation once a year or every two years when membership needed growth. And our dues are a little over $400 per month and that is with a cart and we don’t have minimum in food/bev/golf shop but we always spend at least $250-$600 a month in club because I’m an idiot and charge it all.

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Pretty sure OCC lets you do an installment plan for initiation, something like 1/4 up front then 1/4 each quarter after that.

I have 2 season tickets in south end zone, but I’ve been selling them to a friend for the last couple of years due to financial constraints. This year I was finally able to afford them again so I’ve been bringing one of my kids to each game. I will tell you that the cost of being at the game has to be a factor to the crowd issues. I have yet to spend less than $200-$300 per game just on 2 people getting a few souvenirs and food and drink. It’s unbelievably expensive to go to the game. The tickets and parking prices are actually not that bad for the season. It’s the food, drink, and merch that is pricing everyone out.

Broke 80 for the first time last year on May 4th. 79 at OCC.

Since then I’ve done it 8 times with a lot of 80-83 scores thrown in.

Shot my personal best on august 3rd this year, a 74 at the Farm. I hit 10 fairways, 9 GIRs, and got up and down 5 times. 2 birdies and 4 bogeys. 28 putts.

Currently a 6.0 index.

Played there last Saturday. The greens are unplayable. It’s a great layout with good scenery, but the greens don’t have much grass on them. Full of poa too. It’s honestly the worst I’ve ever seen

The best guitar solo ever written, hands down. Goose bumps every single time I hear it.

I listened to the first 8 or so tracks and got bored and switched to something else. The first track on the album is awesome. I like Emergence as well. I just find them good in small doses, but I can't just sit there and listen to them. The music gets so boring. I can't get into it.

Don’t sleep on shell landing either…. Great course

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Mike Bender’s coaching really focuses on this. Follow him on IG.

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Bender is one of the best in the biz

Dude whatever you do, please don't play at Vieux Chenes. It is a complete dump. It's the cheapest option in town so it's full of people that don't play golf and its slow AF, not to mention a goat ranch.

The Farm is your best option --- it's a good course and usually not hard to get a tee time.

The Wetlands is a great course too, but it's nearly impossible to get any kind of decent tee time. They block off premium times for "regulars" --- its not advertised but well known. I will call right at 7:00 AM when they open to get a time for a Sunday morning and I always get "sorry earliest we have is 10:30" --- lol really you booked 3.5 hours of tee times in less than 3 minutes? ok

Alice In Chains unplugged is one of the best albums ever made; live or otherwise

Yes see the op

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Grounds passes are worth $0.. may get something for the parking pass

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Actually they are worth $45 at face value… but you’re right, the PGA tour doesn’t need anymore money, all tickets are free now

This one is easy. It happened last year so it's still fresh in my mind

Evangeline Four Ball at OCC last year, second round. My partner and I were around the middle of the pack but we were close to the top 3 in our flight. Everyone was separated by only a few shots.

We come up to #9 (par 3 over water if you've never played it, extremely difficult hole). My partner goes first, comes up short in the water (his shot is the red line). I come up next, hit a pretty good shot but it's tailing right just a little. Lands on the green on the bottom right side, but bounces right and falls into the water. (yellow line)

Now because my partner didn't land on anything, he has to go to the drop zone. I drive up to the green to ask one of the assistant pros (Jason) what the ruling is for mine. He said I can take a drop across the water on the other side directly in line with where it entered. So he takes me to a spot under the trees where there is some grass, watches me drop it, says its' good and it's in play. He stands behind me to watch me hit.

I hit a beautiful little mid flighted lob wedge, it lands on the right side of the green a little above pin high and starts rolling left (blue line). Jason immediately says "you just made it." I'm watching it roll all the way across the green, it drops perfectly against the flagstick and in the hole. There were about 20 competitors from the championship flight that already played eating/drinking at the turn house watching, and everyone started yelling and cheering. I threw my club down and just yelled "LETS frickING GOOOOOO" as loud as I could I see my partner standing by the green just laughing at me.

Saved the par and ended up finishing 2nd in our flight. We were staring at a double bogey or worse, easily.

The adrenaline rush was insane. Never felt so hyped up in my life.

Best: Rage Against the Machine, Voodoo Fest NOLA, 2007. Never been a part of something like that before or since. One of the best nights of my life.

Worst: man I hate to say this... but it was probably Metallica in 2023 at AT&T Stadium. There was a post in this thread earlier that nailed it... they are still awesome and can still play, but the big stadium show sucks. The sound is awful and there is just too much going on. Wish I could see them in a small venue.

Pleasantly Surprised: Cypress Hill, Voodoo Fest 2003. Went to see A Perfect Circle and The White Stripes, and Cypress Hill was one of the earlier acts on that stage. They brought the house down and were a ton of fun.