GolfChat
#GolfChat is for golfers from all over who want to connect and share their joy for the sport.
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#GolfChat 8.9.2022
Welcome to #GolfChat! Who’s joining us, where are you, did you get out and play this past week, and if you didn’t, what was the highlight of your week? #GolfChat
This Week’s #GolfChat Questions
Q1: @sounder_golf, asked a great question this morning that I felt a lot of #GolfChatters would have some input on. What’s the best opening tee shot in golf that you’ve experienced? You can find out more about Sounder Golf here The Sounder Clubhouse @ The Scores Hotel in St Andrews? #GolfChat
Q2: When your golf swing feels off and you’re playing like you’ve never swung a club before, what is the first fundamental you check on? #GolfChat
Q3: What in your personal golf universe needs to be replaced and what would you replace it with? #GolfChat
Q4: @MikeintheCouv wants to ask you “What upper body muscle group is most important for driving distance”? #GolfChat
Q5: In a Tweet a week ago or so @Bulldog_Golfer used the words pull-y and juju in describing his swing with his irons. Can you think of any words that the golfing world has pulled in and “adjusted”? #GolfChat
Q6: What’s your week in golf look like and what are you excited about? #GolfChat
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#GolfChat 8.2.2022
Welcome to #GolfChat! Who’s joining us, where are you, did you get out and play this past week, and if you didn’t, what was the highlight of your week? #GolfChat
This Week’s #GolfChat Questions
Q1: @GolfsRon tweeted this week that his mantra is “I can putt from there” and we’ve all heard “Putt before you chip, chip before you pitch”. What goes into your decision to putt near, but not on the green or collar? #GolfChat
Q2: It’s now August so we’re deep into the golf season from most of us. How is your game and if it’s not where you want it to be, what are you working on? #GolfChat
Q3: If/when you’re fighting an injury that impacts your golf game do you try to aggressively treat it, rest for a few weeks, or just try to power through and keep play? #GolfChat
Q4: Social media/technology has made talking about golf easier, what is your favorite golf topic to talk about? Stats, golf trips and experiences, equipment, courses, people you play with? #GolfChat
Q5: In some parts of the US kids are getting ready to back to school, if you have kids does back to school mean more or less golf for you? #GolfChat
Q6: What’s your week in golf look like and what are you excited about? #GolfChat
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#GolfChat 7.26.2022
Welcome to #GolfChat! Who’s joining us, where are you, did you get out and play this past week, and if you didn’t, what was the highlight of your week? #GolfChat
This Week’s #GolfChat Questions
Q1: Has all the PGA Tour/DP World Tour/LIV press and back and forth on social media made you pay less attention to pro golf outside of the majors? Personally, I’m done for the most part. I’ll watch highlights, check leaderboards for compelling stories #GolfChat
Q2: Much of the US and last week it was the UK were/are under extreme heat warnings. What are your top tips and tricks for getting in a round of golf in 90-100+ degree weather but staying cool, hydrated, and safe? #GolfChat
Q3: We’re just learning that the Ben Hogan Company, founded by Mr. Hogan himself in 1953, has shut its doors for good this past week. Have any of you owned/played Hogan equipment and if you have, when were you regularly playing them? #GolfChat
Q4: This sign is up at the starting hole @AspenLakesGolf in Sisters, OR. For a non-competitive round with friends or family, how are you adjusting your attitude to just have fun and what happens happens? #GolfChat
Q5: What do you tell people when they ask you if you play golf? What do you tell them if they ask if you’re any good? #GolfChat
Q6: What’s your week in golf look like and what are you excited about? #GolfChat
Sign Off: Time is valuable so thank you for spending some of your time with us tonight on #GolfChat
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2. Retweet the questions to spread the #GolfChat love.
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4. Ask us questions for next week!
#GolfChat 7.12.2022
Welcome to #GolfChat! Who’s joining us, where are you, did you get out and play this past week, and if you didn’t, what was the highlight of your week? #GolfChat
This Week’s #GolfChat Questions
Q1: The most famous course in the world was not able to defend itself against the best players in the world at St Andrews due to dry, hard fairways and no wind. Is St Andrews outdated after 600 years and todays players and equipment or was this Open a 1 off? #GolfChat
Q2: Cameron Smith is the Champion golfer of the year at -20 and set or tied records to do it, and it wasn’t easy. Tied low winning total, lowest back 9 score (30) and 5 birdies in a row to start the back. Was Smith’s win impressive, or was Rory disappointing along with the course? #GolfChat
Q3: Some of the most horrifying images from the 150 Open are from airports in Scotland and England with pictures and videos of club cases stacked in hap-hazard piles and golfers not able to get at them. How scared does this make you to get on an airplane after checking your clubs domestic or international? #GolfChat
Q4: How many of you have traveled internationally to play golf ? If you haven’t has golf Twitter made you want to? #GolfChat
Q5: Last Friday there was an all #GolfChat foursome @Riverside 1925 and we had a blast. How many of you have played with fellow #GolfChatters and if you haven’t, are you trying? #GolfChat
Q6: What’s your week in golf look like and what are you excited about? #GolfChat
Sign Off: Time is valuable so thank you for spending some of your time with us tonight on #GolfChat
Tips for good #GolfChat:
1. Follow @realGolfchat and the hashtag #GolfChat.
2. Retweet the questions to spread the #GolfChat love.
3. Include the hashtag #GolfChat in your answers.
4. Ask us questions for next week!
#GolfChat 6.28.2022
Welcome to #GolfChat! Who’s joining us, where are you, did you get out and play this past week, and if you didn’t, what was the highlight of your week? #GolfChat
This Week’s #GolfChat Questions
Q1: The Travelers gave us a great finish for the 2nd year in a row (8 hole playoff last year). Do some non-major tourneys just feel a little more important than others. If you think so, what sets these apart? Course, host/sponsor, timing in the schedule? #GolfChat
Q2: LIV is back this week in my backyard with newly signed Matt Wolf and 1st time players Patrick Reed, Bryson DeChambeau, and Brooks Koepka? How do you see LIV now that we’ve had time to see it, the players leaving the PGA and the PGA’s plans to counter? #GolfChat
Q3: Summer is now here and golf trips/vacations are under way? Let us know your best packing tips and on course apparel/footwear/accessories strategy? How much does method of travel make in all your planning? #GolfChat
Q4: 1 of my foursome partners this past Sunday fought a slice all day. Come to 15 which has a OB fence to the right and Bruce declared that he wasn’t going right, he did? What are your thoughts when facing trouble and you’re not sure you have a swing for it? #GolfChat
Q5: How much of your golf swing do you understand? The positions, timing, sequence, takeaway, downswing, contact, release, slice, hook, fade, draw (how’d I do that?) there is so much going on is a just a few seconds #GolfChat
Q6: What’s your week in golf look like and what are you excited about? #GolfChat
Sign Off: Time is valuable so thank you for spending some of your time with us tonight on #GolfChat
Tips for good #GolfChat:
1. Follow @realGolfchat and the hashtag #GolfChat.
2. Retweet the questions to spread the #GolfChat love.
3. Include the hashtag #GolfChat in your answers.
4. Ask us questions for next week!
#GolfChat 6.21.2022
Welcome to #GolfChat! Who’s joining us, where are you, did you get out and play this past week? Who’s your pick for this week’s US Open and what’s the winning score? #GolfChat
This Week’s #GolfChat Questions
Q1: The US Open didn’t disappoint with a new major champ, a legendary course holding up to the best players, and conditions that tested the best players w/out being stupid. What was your biggest takeaway or did you just try to enjoy the golf? #GolfChat
Q2: Summer is officially here and for some the weather is going to make play even better, and for others, it means having to battle the heat with early rounds or lots of hydration. Tell how you’re doing with your 2022 golf goals and getting in more or less rounds that you would like? #GolfChat
Q3: Let’s talk golf on TV as 2 topics bring in front and center. Nick Faldo steps down in August and USGA CEO Mike Whan reacted to criticism from golf Twitter of the US Open coverage in several areas. Can TV coverage ever be “fixed” by TV, or will it come down a pay per view streaming to reduce the amount of commercials and set pieces we get now? #GolfChat
Q4: Played twice we strangers this week, 1 group is was quickly obvious Sunday’s guys would be fun with smack talk going on the 1st tee. 2nd group I was guest and it was a lot different as only two of the four knew each other? What signs do you look for when playing with strangers if the round is going to fun or not? #GolfChat
Q5: Knowing what to touch on for #GolfChat is getting tough as we’re seeing historic actions taking place in pro golf, but we’re not pro’s and we care a lot about our game and other #GolfChatters. What ideas, suggestions, or ways forward do you think is best for this group? #GolfChat
Q6: What’s your week in golf look like and what are you excited about? #GolfChat
Sign Off: Time is valuable so thank you for spending some of your time with us tonight on #GolfChat
Tips for good #GolfChat:
1. Follow @realGolfchat and the hashtag #GolfChat.
2. Retweet the questions to spread the #GolfChat love.
3. Include the hashtag #GolfChat in your answers.
4. Ask us questions for next week!
#GolfChat 6.14.2022
Welcome to #GolfChat! Who’s joining us, where are you, did you get out and play this past week? Who’s your pick for this week’s US Open and what’s the winning score? #GolfChat
This Week’s #GolfChat Questions
Q1: LIV was able to get it’s 1st tournament in this past week. Do you think the world of professional golf has been forever altered and if so, is it for the betterment of the game overall, or is it being dragged down into a cesspool? #GolfChat
Q2: Rory McIlroy was able to hold off JT and Tony at the other at the RBC Canadian. Was this the answer the PGA needed in light of the LIV tournament, or was is just a good finish to the PGA’s oldest event? #GolfChat
Q3: The US Open is this week so maybe now the focus can get back to golf and not the sideshow. The Country Club will play about 7,260 yards with tight fairways, lots of rough, trees, wind, and small greens. Perfect for the toughest test in golf. What do you thing the best outcome can be given the current state of golf? #GolfChat
Q4: Lost in all the men’s LIV vs PGA this past week was that Linn Grant won the DP Scandinavian Mixed on Sunday, becoming the first female golfer to win on the DP World Tour by 9 shots. ? #GolfChat
Q5: Do you have more than 1 group of golf buddies? If you do, have ever tried to introduce the different groups and play together? #GolfChat
Q6: What’s your week in golf look like and what are you excited about? #GolfChat
Sign Off: Time is valuable so thank you for spending some of your time with us tonight on #GolfChat
Tips for good #GolfChat:
1. Follow @realGolfchat and the hashtag #GolfChat.
2. Retweet the questions to spread the #GolfChat love.
3. Include the hashtag #GolfChat in your answers.
4. Ask us questions for next week!
#GolfChat 6.7.2022
Welcome to #GolfChat! Who’s joining us, where are you, did you get out and play this past week, and if you didn’t, what was the highlight of your week? #GolfChat
This Week’s #GolfChat Questions
Q1: LIV golf now has a roster of players, a format, a tournament, and they’re ready to go. Give us your thoughts, takes, questions on the new professional golf tour. #GolfChat
Q2: What area of your golf game do you feel you tend to quickly lose your self-confidence in? If I miss a few early putts, it creeps into my little mind for the rest of the round. #GolfChat
Q3: 1 of the Twitter voices I listen to is @LouStagner on golf stats. When you look at any golf stats do you look to see where you think you fit in, or do you consider all players? #GolfChat
Q4: The USGA announced today that all players that have qualified for the 2022 US Open are welcome to play w/out endorsing any single entity or players. Do you think they got this right? #GolfChat
Q5: Playing in a tournament this past weekend I spent a lot of time laughing with playing partners as we went from the lead on Sat to out it on Sunday. Do you laugh or cuss more during a round? #GolfChat
Q6: What’s your week in golf look like and what are you excited about? #GolfChat
Sign Off: Time is valuable so thank you for spending some of your time with us tonight on #GolfChat
Tips for good #GolfChat:
1. Follow @realGolfchat and the hashtag #GolfChat.
2. Retweet the questions to spread the #GolfChat love.
3. Include the hashtag #GolfChat in your answers.
4. Ask us questions for next week!
#GolfChat 5.31.2022
Welcome to #GolfChat! Who’s joining us, where are you, did you get out and play this past week, and if you didn’t, what was the highlight of your week? #GolfChat
This Week’s #GolfChat Questions
Q1: I played yesterday with 2 players that had a match w/in the club. @kvalk09 was the underdog, tied after 18, lost on 1st playoff hole to a birdie out of the sand? The Challenge came down to a playoff (match play), and the LPGA was all match play. Have you ever done match play? #GolfChat
Q2: As we are seeing more daylight hours, are you getting in weekday rounds, either 9 or 18? Maybe more range/practice time? #GolfChat
Q3: How many days in a row can you play or is there no limit or do you have a point of diminishing play? If you normally walk, will you ride in order to get more days/rounds in? #GolfChat
Q4: On Twitter Golf Digest sent a message about upscale golf bags and the bags could upscale our on course look, for $720-$250. Golf is expensive, what areas are you willing to invest your dollars? Equipment, rounds, private club, family or buddies trips? #GolfChat
Q5: Last week it was revealed that the fan holding the $18 Michelob Ultra behind Tiger at the PGA now has his own commercial and merchandize. Given that same opportunity, what brad would hope to representing? #GolfChat
Q6: What’s your week in golf look like and what are you excited about? #GolfChat
Sign Off: Time is valuable so thank you for spending some of your time with us tonight on #GolfChat
Tips for good #GolfChat:
1. Follow @realGolfchat and the hashtag #GolfChat.
2. Retweet the questions to spread the #GolfChat love.
3. Include the hashtag #GolfChat in your answers.
4. Ask us questions for next week!
#GolfChat 5.24.2022
Welcome to #GolfChat! Who’s joining us, where are you, did you get out and play this past week, and if you didn’t, what was the highlight of your week? #GolfChat
This Week’s #GolfChat Questions
Q1: Caddie Jim “Bones” Mackay is credited with helping JT win the PGA this past Sunday with the mental side. We don’t use caddies and most don’t have sports psychologists, so how are you sharpening your mental golf game? #GolfChat
Q2: Mito Pereira, Will Zalatoris, and some others we’re atop the Sunday leaderboard, but did you think any of them would end the tournament there? I was watching the back 9 just waiting for the implosions. Did think JT had it in him, or were you hoping for a new major winnter? #GolfChat
Q3: Tiger Wood’s WD from the PGA Championship after the 3rd round due to pain from playing and walking. Given his position on the leaderboard, do you make the same decision? #GolfChat
Q4: Are you “pro lesson” when it goes bad, or do you a dig it out of the dirt (mat)? Lesson this morning to see what was going wrong and some feels were real, and others were miles off. In-to-out 2.6 degrees and clubface 5 degrees closed and on the toe. Hello hook #GolfChat #GolfChat
Q5: What is your personal top moment on the golf course so far this year? A hole in 1? A pured iron to within a few feet of the cup? A good laugh with buddies? A spectacular sunrise/sunset? #GolfChat
Q6: What’s your week in golf look like and what are you excited about? #GolfChat
Sign Off: Time is valuable so thank you for spending some of your time with us tonight on #GolfChat
Tips for good #GolfChat:
1. Follow @realGolfchat and the hashtag #GolfChat.
2. Retweet the questions to spread the #GolfChat love.
3. Include the hashtag #GolfChat in your answers.
4. Ask us questions for next week!
Ben Grehan
Ben Grehan carries on the illustrious heritage of #GolfChat hosts and brings with him a background of scrappy, non-institutionalized, down-to-earth logic and a passion for golf and good conversation. He is the humble protege of previous host Zeb Welborn, a far more accomplished man: Find out more.