Mr. Mushball

I like the idea. For my Saturday Tournament I was up two tees from where i normally play (I pick tees based on driving distance). This could be good practice to learn how to score and gain confidence. I may not try this doing the most forward but I could see myself playing up 1 or 2 sets of tees.

I have not done it for this reason but have played shorter tees because the group played from there. Scoring doesn’t always improve just by being shorter.
I have a friend with a sub 5 handicap and close to 300 carry off the tee choose to play from the front tees til he shot par and then moved back and did the same.
It took him 5 or 6 rounds to do it from the forward tees and it was close to 20 rounds from the tee box behind those. 

Date 05/31/2023 Course Name Sun City Golf Club Legacy Hills Gross Score 68 Course Handicap 5 Gross Strokes over/under par -4 Net Score to Par -9 Net Score 63 Net Birdies or better 7 Longest Drive 325 This round was the best of the year and maybe my best ball striking round of all time. Hit fifteen greens in regulation. Had eight lip outs. This round was magical. So, used the Paradym irons (which are now dialed in), SQAIRZ shoes, Red Rooster glove and the OnCore X1 ball. Thank you to all our sponsors! Ha ha

Love the name of the course, Whack Whack that’s awesome 

What, I gotta learn to count?
My participation has been light this season so far, but I think I've got the rounds.  Need more bling for the bag!

You are encouraging me to sign up for the Ghost Creek tournament!

Date 05/28/2023 Course Name Chehalem Glenn Gross Score 102 Course Handicap 23 Gross Strokes over/under par 30 Net Score to Par 7 Net Score 79 Net Birdies or better 6 Longest Drive 279 Started on back nine. Beautiful day. Lovely course. Super slow group ahead of us causing round o be 6 hours. Think Cantly but a worse player. Was +1 through the first five. Then my driver head spun and can no longer screw into the adapter. So had to play the round with no driver the rest of the way. After that was curtains. 37 putts. Left a lot short. 9 overall penalty strokes (5 due to my 4w off the tee). Some lucky breaks (going through trees or lucky bounces) and some terrible ones (flier from a ball in a divot in the middle of the fairway from 100 out, lead to an 8 due to an unplayable and then no room to pitch. Great group of guys to play with. 10 strokes better than my first tournament last year. Also I learned I am capable of some damn good golf. 
 

Edit: proper sg with positional shots updated. 
 

Whelp, little update on the tournament. I messed up my first drive cause of nerves but,  the 3 guys I was paired with were good dudes and could all play well. Gave me lots of good tips, they were generally pretty friendly...ended up using a lot of my drives, and I played well enough not to be a drag.
Ended up 9 under for the round and with the help of my 28 handicap we came in 4th in the final standings.  Pretty good experience, glad I decided to come out and play after all. 

Date 05/28/2023 Course Name Heron Lakes Green back Gross Score 92 Course Handicap 14 Gross Strokes over/under par 20 Net Score to Par 6 Net Score 78 Net Birdies or better 6 Longest Drive 273 I don't think this is a duplicate. I tried posting last night from ph but don't it went through. 
Good day off the tee, but putting and chipping need some work. 
I have 4 rounds coming up this week Wednesday -Saturday. 
273 was with my 4 wood. 

Date 05/27/2023 Course Name Apple Tree Golf Course Gross Score 76 Course Handicap 5 Gross Strokes over/under par 4 Net Score to Par -1 Net Score 71 Net Birdies or better 5 Longest Drive 255 Visiting my family this week.  I was able to sneak out and take advantage of a beautiful day in the Yakima Valley.  Wasn't expecting to be able to play this trip, but glad I was able to run out than play today.  I am a little rusty with my short game, but was striking the ball really well.  A couple of natural birdies on the back nine.  38-38=76.  

Date 05/26/2023 Course Name Coyote Hills Gross Score 91 Course Handicap 25 Gross Strokes over/under par 21 Net Score to Par -4 Net Score 66 Net Birdies or better 6 Longest Drive 280 The double bogey on 18 really stung if I could have got a par to break 90. Ugh.

Happy belated birthday Kenny!

Heading out tomorrow for Scotland. Packed up my bags last night. Of course the hope was always to bring the Garsen Ultimate with me. Please realize I have been working on my game for months. Been working on strength and fitness for months. Been at the practice greens putting and chipping 4 or 5 days a week. I'm hoping to play peak golf on this trip, and if that meant pausing the grip test for a week and resuming when I got home, then so be it. But definitely happy to announce that the Ultimate is coming with me. 

I started feeling really comfortable with the Ultimate during my second practice session. The first, I was using the same grip and hand placement as I did with my Golf Pride Pro Only. I found pretty quickly with the Garsen that I needed to have my trail end just slightly more under the grip. I quickly got used to this and found it pins the trail elbow to the body a bit better. I've dabbled with the DJ pre putt routine before, but found that I don't really have to with the Garsen Ultimate. My routine has sped up some as well. Once I step into the putt, I'm pretty quick to fire away. Definitely feel comfortable. Hopefully that translates to some great putts at the home of golf!
 

 

Well ... after yesterday's afternoon 9-hole round in League, I'm convinced.  Something about this grip exudes confidence in my hands.  13 putts!  Including 5 one-putts in a row ... holes 2 thru 6.  Not one 3-putt & my lag putting was great.  The aeration holes have finally filled, so the greens roll that much smoother.  (I hate aerated greens BTW ..., but that's for another thread)  I got there early just so I could practice putting before the round.  Practiced lag putts to the fringe, the ladder drill, the clock drill.  All of it helped for sure.  It's too bad the rest of my game took a sh*t cause I only hit 4 GIR's.  Couldn't get off the tee to save my life, all except the first hole.  Hitting irons fat, leaving it short, etc.  It's a good thing I have a good short game.  Sandy par save to a foot, another chip from the fringe to a foot, plus an awesome flop shot over a bunker to about 8 feet & made the putt.  It was funny ... one of the guys in my group watched me hit the flop & said "if I tried that I would blade it across the green & kneecap someone."  LOL 😉  I said "it just takes practice & confidence that you can pull it off when called upon."  
Back to the grip.  The slight oversize to it keeps my grip light.  This has always been a problem I have ... choking the damn thing to death.  For whatever reason, I have no idea.  But this has prevented me from doing that.  My hands sit comfortably on it & I just feel the putter head go back & thru. (I'll try & get Mrs. Nut to take a pic of my grip)  
The only negative thing I've seen so far is just a cosmetic or manufacturing issue.  At the top of the grip, it seems as though the tack part of the grip 'stops' at the top end before the beginning of the cap.  (It won't make sense until I post a pic but.)  If I grip it right at the top, where the plastic part of the cap sits in the top of my palm or wrist, it hits it & I can feel it jabbing into my hand.  Like a hard plastic corner piece sitting against the palm.  Maybe that was done purposefully, so that you don't choke it to death.  LOL  Cause if I did, it would hurt that much more.  
Needless to say, I'm loving the grip so far.  At least my putting is getting better.  Now I just need to concentrate on my ball striking.  See ... I told you I needed to test the irons as well!  LMAO! 🤣

I waited as long as I could.... We have been sitting on 99 rounds posted for S2-W7 since yesterday morning... I was hoping for that one last round to move us into the big 1-0-0.. but alas, we will close down this week's competition with a record breaking 99!  
Let Me Repeat - 9 9 !
Just AWESOME participation from the membership!  
 
MGS Forum Member Virtual Championship Tour
Season 2 - Week 7
FINAL RESULTS
 
Low Net Score


Double Digits are the way of the competition this week and our Low Net Score this week had as much pressure as the back nine at the PGA Championship. 
Two rounds posted at Net 9 Under (-9) were bested by this week's winner.
With a Gross 69 (that's right... 3 under par GROSS), posting a net TEN UNDER PAR (-10) playing at Sun City Golf Club - Legacy Hills... 
Please join me in Congratulating@Javs for this outstanding round of golf!
Javs will be sporting the MGS Forum Member VCT Black Jacket Badge for this next week.  Great Playing Javs!!
 
 
Most Net Birdies or Better


This week, we have a runaway winner for the Most Net Birdies or Better... 
@RoverRick posted 12 in his round of Gross 81 / Net 71 at Sulphur Springs, and his profile will display the Birdie Badge this week.  That is A LOT of Birdies (maybe an Eagle or two in that round??) 
 
 
Longest Drive


This is just SILLY LONG..  I mean come on... I don't even know what a drive like this could look like... But Boy Would I LOVE To!!!
@Preeway BOMBED a 377 yard drive during his round at Indian Wells, besting drives of 340, 339, and a myriad of 300+ yard drives across the membership.  
 
Again, Great Week of Competition.  Thanks Everyone.  
Now let's see you all in Week 8
I'm calling out the GolfSpy Forum Staff this week... 
@GolfSpy_APH @GolfSpy BOS @GolfSpy SAM @GolfSpy_BNG @Golfspy_CG2 @GolfSpy MPR
Watch for the Competition within the Competition 😉 

Date 05/26/2023 Course Name Bent Creek GC Gross Score 69 Course Handicap 3 Gross Strokes over/under par -2 Net Score to Par -5 Net Score 66 Net Birdies or better 5 Longest Drive 220 Wow!  Played 10 holes in the rain, but able to get through with rain gear handy - especially my Red Rooster rain gloves, which have to be the best ones I've ever had!
 

Date 05/26/2023 Course Name Sand Canyon Country Club Gross Score 83 Course Handicap 16 Gross Strokes over/under par 11 Net Score to Par -5 Net Score 67 Net Birdies or better 9 Longest Drive 308 Crazy, crazy good ball-striking day. No 3-putts. 2nd lowest round ever. 
Was a VERY nice day to play hooky. 😉

Shoot, out of town this weekend.  Haven't played Chehalem Glenn yet but seems like a nice course.  OGA members get a discount, so it's on my bucket list for the summer.  I'll have to sign up for Pumpkin Ridge.

I found the same thing yesterday, but I had a push cart.  Turns out the handles on the ClipGear 4.0 is perfect for holding a plastic pint cup.
What tournaments are you look at joining?  I've only found a few in the area and most of them are not for my handicap range.

My swing practice has been helping my overall contact.  I'm better able to shallow the club and hit baby draws.  This is starting to show off in the stats.  From my last round around a par 27.  The driver was up a 40' hill.  Ignore the 5 iron, I used it once and was a miss hit.  Otherwise, I am liking this graph.

My swing practice has been helping my overall contact.  I'm better able to shallow the club and hit baby draws.  This is starting to show off in the stats.  From my last round around a par 27.  The driver was up a 40' hill.  Ignore the 5 iron, I used it once and was a miss hit.  Otherwise, I am liking this graph.

Today's practice is to practice my followthrough.  Keep wrist bowed through whole swing, hands following path line and raising hands in follow through.  

Shoot, out of town this weekend.  Haven't played Chehalem Glenn yet but seems like a nice course.  OGA members get a discount, so it's on my bucket list for the summer.  I'll have to sign up for Pumpkin Ridge.

I found the same thing yesterday, but I had a push cart.  Turns out the handles on the ClipGear 4.0 is perfect for holding a plastic pint cup.
What tournaments are you look at joining?  I've only found a few in the area and most of them are not for my handicap range.

Shoot, out of town this weekend.  Haven't played Chehalem Glenn yet but seems like a nice course.  OGA members get a discount, so it's on my bucket list for the summer.  I'll have to sign up for Pumpkin Ridge.