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Mr. Mushball

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About Mr. Mushball

  • Birthday 10/15/1975

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Portland, OR

Player Profile

  • Age
    40-49
  • Swing Speed
    91-100 mph
  • Handicap
    42.1
  • Frequency of Play/Practice
    Multiple times per week
  • Player Type
    Weekend Golfer
  • Biggest Strength
    Short Game
  • Biggest Weakness
    Approach
  • Fitted for Clubs
    Yes

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  1. Congratulations to all of the winners! Looking forward to see how the next two battles go. This is tight competition for sure!
  2. Date 03/14/2024 Course Name Heron Lakes Greenback Gross Score 121 Course Handicap 42 Gross Strokes over/under par 49 Net Score to Par 7 Net Score 79 Net Birdies or better Longest Drive SIM Round? Weather has gotten much better and was in the 60s the last round I played. Unfortunately, it was a stinker of a round. The back half of that round was looking up and was hitting bogies and scaring par a few times. However, had to cut it short and didn't play the last three holes. Net double bogey is bad for best ball. I did three rounds this week just to hedge my bets. The middle round is the one I'm posting. The first round was a better overall score, but only managed a couple of net birdies, so am throwing it out. The middle round is what I present to you. My calculation gets us to net par, with only one wasted birdie between myself and @rkj427.
  3. I feel you on this. Only broke 100 once, and it seemed so easy. Like, "I can do this every time, what's so hard about it?". Haven't gotten close in the last 14 months. However, I think I'm coming into a new game and will start hitting sub 100 soon. Can't wait to keep knocking it down.
  4. I'm itching to get out. The weather has finally broke here and we have great weather through the weekend, getting up into the low 70's. I've got a round booked for tomorrow at the home course, and another on Thursday. I may even try to squeeze in a round Friday.
  5. Thanks, I'll probably just avoid that one for submission over the next few weeks. Charbonneau does have an official rating, but it's short and has 0 par 5's. I'll use it for personal challenges for championship play given that I'd have to stuff 38 strokes. I'm actually skeptical of the 2 stroke difference between blue and white on this course, as it's a matter of maybe 10 yards per hole.
  6. @GolfSpy_BEN@Golf2Much, a few questions on rounds accepted for this tournament. I have a few options available to me, however my normal Sunday round at the home course is not due to some kid activities that overlap. I'm now looking at booking rounds during the week. Luckily I get to play hooky whenever I want. Aside from the standard 18 hole round are 9 hole rounds at the same course in the week accepted as they are for standard VCT? Same with executive courses (~64 par)? Just want to know options so I can plan the week accordingly and leave flexibility to get our crushing blows delivered if something comes up.
  7. I had a round scheduled today for the purpose of the solo scramble. Picked a more challenging course than my regular venue just to push myself and see how much better I could do with a second chance. This place is full of bunkers, and has some troublesome water on the back 9. The white tees are also longer and higher rated than the blue tees at Glendoveer East, the harder course at my home club. Got interrupted on the hole 7 green saying the youngest needed to be picked up from daycare. Boo. Finished the 9, but can't post a score with that. Scorecard to follow. I do have a regular round at my home course on Sunday that if the cards are right I'll get a full scramble round in. Not a wasted day though. I agree with @Javs, this is a great drill and has taught me a few things about my game. Even though I came in at 50 for the half, this is clearly better than my previous PR on this particular 9 of 58, and that was when the weather and ground were good in September. The ball wasn't rolling today, so was getting true carry distances. It was cold, low 40's, but sunny so I wasn't cold. No warm up, just a few practice swings before starting. Most balls off the tee were pretty good, though I didn't always take the longest ball. Some were better positioned, or I got a ball that didn't go off as expected and landed on a worse lie, though the second ball here was a help as sometimes my tee shot is fat. Still only 4W as longest from the tee, moved up to a 6-iron for my longest fairway club. Where I feel this exercise really helped me is in the short game. I got up and down a few more times than usual, and my putts dropped to an amazing 15 for the half. Usually it's 20+. I only saved myself from an extra putt with the second ball once. I attribute the improved putting to better ball positioning. I also got to work on targeting a bit more and learned a few things here. Anyway, you can read the card. I like where I ended up with my handicap calculation, not that it matters here. However, I'm pretty confident that I could hit bogey on my home course in a scramble. Like I said before, bogey for me is like par for real.
  8. Well, it's like that down here as well, but nice if the sun comes out. As long as the wind stays under 10mph I keep pretty warm, though I'm layered up. Probably only have a few more years left before this kind of weather is too annoying to get out. Scoring is hard though as things aren't really flying yet and the ground is still soft. That's the PNW for you.
  9. I'm psyched and ready to knock these other posers to the curb. Let's go @rkj427!! Actually, we'll likely be using a good number of your holes. As I am the 38 CH from @Golf2Much's post I haven't been that consistent. On the plus side for our team, when I get things going well I can get a high number of net birdies, which just gives us a huge advantage. Keeping last week's trend going and we'll smash all competitors. Sorry people, trouble's coming.
  10. Ambitious for you to get a round posted within hours of the event being announced! I've got a round booked Thursday on a relatively challenging course for the purpose of this trial. Hopefully the weather holds! I'll play anyway, but more fun in the sun.
  11. Not sure I'll be close to par, but I'm pretty sure I can get close to 90, which is kinda like shooting par for me. Let's see how many "what ifs" I can take out of my game with a second chance (or 90).
  12. Date 03/03/2024 Course Name Glendoveer G&TC West Course Gross Score 113 Course Handicap 38 Gross Strokes over/under par 42 Net Score to Par 4 Net Score 75 Net Birdies or better 9 Longest Drive 202 SIM Round? First round of the season. 42°F and wet. Soggy from a rainy week. Only roll was if you nailed it straight to the short stop. A few notes about this round. Am trying to make a few swing changes and also play a bit more mindfully. As such, I set some limits for myself. The longest club allowed from the tee box was my 4-wood. Initially I wasn't going to even allow that, but after a decent review at the range before the round, I figured it could stay in play. The longest club allowed from the deck was the 7 iron. Everything else was allowed as needed, with a good club selection routine in place. As such, I really only put half of my bag in play, but favored the low end in selection malleability. The goal was to try and get as close to a 100yd average on tee to green shots. Second goal was to hit as close to the flag on green shots. Third was to minimize putting. I seemed to accomplish some of this, but not completely. Baby steps. I still think my strategy worked pretty well, allowing me to shed 5 putts from the last few rounds, and get at least one par. Four bogeys isn't a bad day for me, and only a couple of big blow ups on a few predictable holes. I was surprised by both #4 (that I've birdied a few times) and #15. Not really on the last one as it's usually a tough hole for me with a long climb uphill and then long approach from the top with a downslope green. However, I think it should be lower on the handicap index comparatively. All in all, this will count on my card.
  13. Hmm, seems that there's an error in the ordering on the spreadsheet. Snickerz should be up at #28.
  14. Going to have to get my last round in by April 5th. I leave for Dallas on the 6th to get set up to be in the shadow on the 8th. Just one more thing going on that day.
  15. Date 02/23/2024 Course Name Half Moon Bay Ocean Links Gross Score 139 Course Handicap 46 Gross Strokes over/under par 67 Net Score to Par 21 Net Score 93 Net Birdies or better 1 Longest Drive 186 SIM Round? Great warmup at the range, then couldn't hit a ball to save my life on the course. Hit pretty much all of the trouble, which was mostly trying to cut back from the other fairway. Not much sand, which was good, but certainly had trouble in the short game. Beautiful course, with plenty of ocean views. The only bummer is the clouds rolling in right at sunset.
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