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Paul

I have seen a sign advising players to shout "FOUR" on wayward shots. I think it is only golf clubs who have problems with English. I get irritated with the ridiculous "through the green" phrase.

I didnt realise the world Champs had started. Somebody mentioned that you are a strong county player. Are Brendan and Geeker in that category too?

Yes the Times had 3 trebles and almost a fourth. I have never seen more than One.

ChriseE

Yes, nonsense. When I was young, it was the inward and outward halves. I still use these phrases.

Paul

Interesting that you mention Tuesday's puzzle. Last night, I was told by a fellow solver, who had seen a blog, that the puzzle contained several words in the clues and answers that gave a message, something like:

Cheltenham Solvers Club meet second Tuesday every month at Old Courthouse twelve to two.

The setter attends and drinks trebles, gins I think, hence the number of trebles in the puzzle.

Very clever!

jigjag

Well, well! Hidden messages in The Times crossword. I have always admired its abstinence from themes and tricks. However, this one was harmless as so few would realise what was going on.

jigjag and Chris

Golf: I mostly hear front nine and back nine. The Wilmslow GC must have decided on their own tiebreaker by considering the front nine if there is a tie on the back nine. The normal rule is to look at the last nine holes, then the last six, last three, last one. Would have to look up what happens after that.

As for 'through the green' (=anywhere except on a green), I think any game is entitled to its jargon. However, one does tire of the spoken clichés to be heard during most rounds: 'I won't have that one back' (after a good shot), 'that's a worker' (to excuse a shot which unintentionally runs along the ground), 'that's a Barnes Wallis' (describing a shot which hits a pond but skims successfully up the far bank), 'never up never in' (bemoaning a putt short of the hole) etc., etc..

PaulH
I'm afraid you are rather missing the point! If two golfers are tied after 18 holes and are also tied on the back 9, they will also necessarily be tied on the front nine!

Indeed, chrise@614. You said, 'Think about it' and I didn't!

euphemism time!
The Starship test flight is now over, after experiencing what engineers have called a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" during ascent.

Shock horror! Two mistakes in one part of a question on Round Britain Quiz today.
Explain why these pairings might lead to a good contest: a Midlands town and a pheasant, an orthodontic device and the sap of an oriental tree, and an insect and a source of light and heat?
The second part is supposed to give BRIDGE and RUBBER, but a bridge isn't an orthodontic device, and rubber trees (although stolen and planted in the Orient) are native to Brazil.

A football journalist this morning likened the relegation battle in the Premiership to 'survival of the fittest'
By 'fittest' Darwin meant 'most apt'
not the strongest - a common mistake!

Paul

Yes it was nice to see Tal in the TImes today -first clue I solved

Chrise and Tyke

Congrats on your time travels!