This Weekend's Comps

Good luck to all playing in the two comps this weekend, the Golfshake Weekend Cup and the High Handicap Comp.  Hope the weather and the course are kind for all and the golf is good. 

As us engineers have to stick together, I want Tim to win at Patshull and me to win in Tamworth.

Oh so do I Chris, so do I!  However, as an Engineer I don't see the glass as half-full, nor do I see it as half-empty - they should have designed it to be the right size in the first place!

That makes you sound like a Manufacturing Engineer, not a design engineer.  A good design engineer will always listen to what the customer wants then assume they will actually want something better than that for the same price and over design it.  Any self respecting ME will then complain about it and say it can't be made. 

As someone going through their Lean Black Belt, I'm the one who tells you you've designed it wrong, are making it wrong and if you filled up the glass from a different tap you could do it quicker and cheaper with less personnel!

Oi, I'm a designer mate, less of the insults.  Then when you've done your lean analysis we just make vee signs behind you're back and do it how we wanted anyway!

Not when you work for GE mate.  Us black belts have all the power!  And if you don't do as we say, I'm telling teacher!

Talking of design engineers, how's Project 232 (or whatever iteritive number you were on) going?  You know, the putter that was going to put Odessey and Scotty Cameron out of business. 

That's what they said at RR, but we know better!

231 has stalled for a bit, lack of time at the moment but hoping to get a bit of time over the next month

I'd be very interested in being a guinea pig trialist of the new stick when you are ready.  Using an Odessey XG White Hot at the moment

So how did the Weekend Cup go guys?

Darren wasn't there Waynetta, give him a break!  I came 3rd with 64 points - unfortunately only the first day's 33 counted towards the Order of Merit.

Cracking little course and a nice hotel - you could get 4 beers and still have change from £20!

If that's your reason for stopping Wayne I'm surprised you didn't give up years ago! 

A proper lean black belt wouldve work out the most efficient root around the course with as little waste (or MUDA as you call it) as possible. I reckon that playing of 26.7 your reject rate is far too high you must still be a yellow belt.

Oooooo, get you!  Actually I'm a green belt who's doing his black belt.  Lean is also about extracting maximum value add. so by taking three shots instead of two for the same green fees, I'm effectively getting an extra 50% golf.  And I need the practice. 

I like to view it as not being an inefficent way to get around the course, I'm ensuring I get maximum value for money from my green fees!

I've heard you were that way.....

Yellow, with pink?!?!?!  What were you thinking?!?!?!!? 

Chris not that i like talking shop but surely any self respecting lean engineer couldnt bring themself to play the course (or GEMBA) as designed, instead electing to use minimum travel cutting out waste for example tee shot on the 1st followed by approach shot on the 9th then putt out on the 11th. Also you would only be allowed a single ball as excess inventory is out of the question plus you wouldnt be able to change club unless you had implemented SMED Obvioulsy the whole excersize would be pointless because you would have extracted all the variability from the process and know exactly where the ball was going to land and hence your final score making the game meaningless

I like the idea of an FMEA for my game Wayne.

Severity when using the driver 10, occurence of missing the fairway 10, detection of where the bloody hell did the ball go 10