Jacob10

The game of golf truly mirrors our lives!

One minute you are on top of the world and then boom .....lol

Golf is a funny game, it’s truly amazing how quick it can come (or go)!

Sorry to hear that , we are starting up out match play event next weekend and I am having to give 10 strokes to start with , if I could fine tune my irons before then I’ll feel very confident in a victory in my first match . The tee ball is fantastic , putter and chipping have really come around with the Bermuda growing in . I’m excited to start out with confidence and a great feeling . 
 
One of my playing partners won the whole match event last  year and we typically feed off one another .

Thank you for this weeks photos @Subdiver1 @Vegan_Golfer_PNW @Syks7 @StrokerAce @sirchunksalot @Rob Person @rkj427 and @BallsLeon
Keep em coming folks!

Played an executive 9 as my first outing of the year and shot 7 over, with 4 three putts. I know what I need to work on.

I feel your pain on the short game and that's where I'm trying to focus my practice, even though it's more fun to bash a bucket of balls. I almost always play better when I walk, I have a better feel for where I am on the course and the wind than when I'm in a cart.

Got out for my first full 18 of the season this weekend, shot a 107. Still working on consistently shooting below 100.
It's largely my short game that's killing me. Multiple chip shots because the first one went over the green, had a number of 3-putts.
I'm trying to walk more rounds this season. I feel like I can keep my head in it better that way, but I was getting pretty wiped by the end of the round. I expect that to get better as a get better conditioned.

Played 15 holes after work yesterday and was striking the ball very well off the tee and on approaches after I started dropping my hands a little bit when I addressed the ball. The problem was that I couldn't putt, started off with 4 3-putts in a row!!! I would take a good line, hit the back of the cup (or just miss), and keep rolling 10 feet past the hole and follow that up by coming up short on the come backer.
Also finding as that I'm getting my game together I'm hitting my short irons about 10-15 yards longer than usual which caused a couple of problems on approaches. I've been taking an extra club to make sure I have enough distance while I'm choking down and shortening my swing which results in me flushing those shots and overshooting greens. When I take the "right" club I tend to overswing, mishit, and otherwise make a mess of it. Still, I count airmailing a green with a pure shot a "good" miss that I'm willing to live with.
Supposed to be 72 and sunny when I get done with work today. I should practice chipping/putting, but I may have to get another 9. 

Had one of those days. I had three 3-putts due to lipping out 2’ putts. So frustrating especially after I was +1.5 SG putting on Sunday. Approach game was great and hit some decent drives. Also hit 45% of my GIR. Should have been a little higher but i fatted a GW on 3 and mishit a 7i on 7.

Had 3 rounds since last update.
I don't remember too much of Thursday's 48. Other than it wasn't particularly good after the first few holes. 
Saturday. I was aiming for keeping my score under 95, so was hoping to be in at 47. I was already +12 so that was not looking likely after 8. On 9, I hit a good tee shot to the middle of the fairway, pulled a 9 iron (full club heavy) and hit a low draw/hook that landed on the front edge of the fringe, rolled toward the pin, hit it solidly, backed up and went back in.  Shot 46 and 48 from the blues, so mission accomplished but 2 strokes were saved no that fluke eagle.
Sunday's round was more my style. 47 on the front and 42 on the back. My short game was firing on all cylinders with multiple 5 foot 1 putts. A slight takeaway tweak gave me the confidence to start hitting them close and the putter was warm enough to keep making them.

After yesterday's despair, I bounced back today in a big way.  My swing felt like it was back into some level of normalcy.  It took me a bit to get going, but I did have 10 pars and a birdie.  Hopefully a sign of more to come.
I did a bit of yoga earlier today which I think really helped loosen me up a bit in my shoulders and hips.  I might have to mix that in more regularly. 

I can maybe help with that. What are you willing to pay?

What a difference a week makes. Second week of league I was better by 6 strokes. I only missed 2 fairways. Wedge play and putter finally showed up in a good way. I hope this is a sign of good things to come this summer. 

Got out after work last night for a quick 18 at The Links At Gettysburg.  Always a tough course for me if I’m not controlling my tee shots well (my tendency is a snap hook on misses), but this round something from my months of off-season work finally started to click.  My best performance in fairways hit and GIR for a round this calendar year, putting was better than 33 putts looked - I hit more greens than usual aiming for centers instead of pins, which left some harder and longer first putts.
Choking up on my Driver, 3-wood about 1” made all the difference in the world for control - I found myself picking lines and hitting to them.  And instead of losing yardage I gained it (probably from better ball-striking).  Has anyone here tried cutting down their driver shaft to improve dispersion and not seen a loss of distance?
One water-ball, but salvaged bogey with a tight gap wedge to a back pin and one putt.  Sand save on 18 for par… everything was just clicking.
Unlike other decent scores last year where I felt like I didn’t play as well as the score reflected (I have a pretty good short game that can pull a rabbit out of a hat when I get in trouble +1.4 SG short game and +0.6. SG putting compared to a scratch golfer), I had a lot of good looks at birdie with putts that burned the cup, a chip that lipped out, and 3 that were dead on line but 6-12” short as the sun started to go down and the greens got shaggier.  They must’ve aerated a few weeks ago, but it’s obvious they haven’t recovered yet - lots of aeration holes causing jumps and bumps, and a surprising amount of dead spots on the greens - overall a little rough - that had they been rolling more smoothly I MIGHT have converted a couple more.
Overall, compared to my round Saturday, this was SO much better and a lot more fun.  If I can gain a little speed this spring and build on yesterday’s control and touch, I think I can qualify for the PA Senior Amateur this summer.  

Starting to golf semi-regularly here in Central NY. Why cant I chip like I did when I grew up with an artificial turf green in my backyard with ~40-60 yard shots around the yard? I need to get back to playing like a kid again, at least around the greens...

Rough night in league last night, although we were officially rained out and the results didn't count, many of us chose to play anyway. After the rain stopped, it turned into a pretty nice evening for golf. Driver was back to behaving pretty well as there was only one tee ball that I could not fire at the green. Ironically, it was well struck but would not fade against the wind as much as I'd hoped. Approach game was god-awful, but I also didn't have much luck with it either. Twice I pulled approaches that rocketed off the cart path leaving me in jail well beyond the green and, of course, both holes have big false fronts that caused more issues trying to hold the greens from well behind with the greens sloping away. 1 birdie, 2 pars, 2 bogies, 3 doubles, and a triple. I doubled both par 5's. I don't know if that has ever happened before and I hope it never happens again. Total was +10 (46). I don't feel like that score really reflects how I was playing, but I guess the score doesn't lie.
BTW, I forgot to mention it after Sunday's round. I had mentioned to @DiscipleofPenick on the first tee that the ball I was playing had been in play for 47 holes, which I believe is a new record for me. I promptly lost it on the first shot (technically, I didn't actually lose it. I launched it into the range and could not retrieve it).

Yesterday's round of golf was a true roller coaster of emotions. From the moment I stepped onto the course, it seemed like I was riding the bogey train with no stops in sight. By the time I reached the turn, I was already 9 over par after the front nine. It wasn't looking promising.
But then something shifted. A buddy of mine, perhaps sensing my frustration, proposed a money game on the back nine, he must of thought I'd be easy money. Little did he know, that was exactly the spark I needed. 
Suddenly, birdies started flying in. One after another, before I knew it, I was sitting at 3 under par for the back nine. Everything was clicking, and I was in the zone.
Of course, golf being the unpredictable game that it is, there had to be some drama. A brutal lip out on the 17th hole threatened to derail my comeback, but I managed to salvage a par on the final hole to finish the back nine at 2 under par and most extra cash in my pocket. 

Played the worst round I have in three years. Shot a 104 at my home course, which has really tight fairways. Irons and approach shots were good but I just could not get off the tee box. I was in the trees so often I thought I was camping. Hit the range yesterday to try and get my swing back in tune so hopefully I will be back on track tomorrow.

well, 1st. interclub match is in the books
Olympic View against Royal Colwood senior scratch league
Royal Colwood 4 points Olympic View 2 points
I lost my match 2-1... wasn't fireing on all cylinders but my opponent wasn't either so a bit of a pillow match 
Play Victoria Golf Club at Olympic View next Thursday so looking for a better outcome..

I can maybe help with that. What are you willing to pay?

I can maybe help with that. What are you willing to pay?

Golf, like life, has a way of humbling us real quick.

Was able to get 9 in on Friday afternoon, first time playing in 2 weeks. This was the second time playing since I cracked the shaft on my driver, so I skirted around with my 3-wood off the tee, mostly into a stiff wind. I usually get paired with older folks, but I got to play with a couple of younger guys, I'm 35, and I was keeping up with their drivers off most tees, 250+. This is the main reason I haven't taken the time to test other drivers since I don't need one from the back tees at my home course. Would it make some of the holes easier, especially into the wind? Yes, but it also forces me into fuller shots with longer irons, which I could use the work.
On to the round. As you could imagine, I was a little rusty and tight from not having played and being sent straight to the tee before my time, and I bogey the first 2 holes, with not much good to speak of. After loosening up, I played 3-6 even with some good shots. I missed a par save on 7 after a duffed tee shot with a long iron. I doubled 8 after pulling my 3-wood into a penalty area, which has been my miss since my driver broke. I narrowly missed a birdie on 9 for a 41 with 15 putts. Not bad, not good but thankful to be able to play.