Ben Fentress

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Didn't miss a fairway with the driver,  17 greens....31 putts

Solid from a day where I didn't feel like I struck the ball well at all.  But, fortunately, today I was a scramblin man.  5 Up and downs combined with my very mediocre 4/18 GIR scratched out a 41/38 79 for me.  My approach and tee game were wild -- yet not really that far off.  I just got punished severely on every miss and found myself hitting from very odd (new to me) places around the green.  I made it work though and my wedges and putter bailed me out.  28 Putts and 8/15 GIR.  Not too shabby all things considered. 

Game has been in a weird place lately. I leave the course feeling like I didn’t play well but I’m scoring.
shot a PR 85 today and felt like I was grinding all day long. Driver is hooking, iron and approaches has been saving me kind.. and putting is well meh. Feels like I’m a bit par or bust (double bogey) right now. Gotta clean some of that up and I’m staring 79 right in the face!
all that said, there is 95 coming somewhere for sure!

Played 18 at my club yesterday and had an awesome round. Matched my PB after starting bogey bogey. The driver was on fire for me yesterday and I didn’t hit a bad drive all day. It was one of those rounds that didn’t feel fantastic when playing but was just nice and steady.

Played 9 again at Bixby Village and kept a scorecard today. Ended up shooting 7 over, but it was the best round of golf I think I've played in all facets. The Qi10 was on point on the couple of par 4s I could bring it out for, Irons are just really consistent right now and I'm digging it, wedges were really good today (as I wait for the SM10s to arrive) and no 3-putts is a great day. On the 9th hole, I cleared the large bunker that lies in front of the green and on, 30 feet from the pin. This is the hardest green on the course, I left the putt 2 feet short and was so close to my first birdie. It will definitely come soon if I keep playing like this 🙌🏽
 

@jbern in my world the opening hole birdie pretty much guarantees a double is coming soon!  😟. I once started birdie, birdie, then par to keep my hopes up then promptly went double, double!  😖
Good comeback by you with the par birdie par finish!

Enjoyed nine holes yesterday evening with my golf buddy at Country Hills!

Enjoyed nine holes yesterday evening with my golf buddy at Country Hills!

Enjoyed nine holes yesterday evening with my golf buddy at Country Hills!

Enjoyed nine holes yesterday evening with my golf buddy at Country Hills!

Enjoyed nine holes yesterday evening with my golf buddy at Country Hills!

Congratulations!

Enjoyed nine holes yesterday evening with my golf buddy at Country Hills!

Congratulations!

Enjoyed nine holes yesterday evening with my golf buddy at Country Hills!

Enjoyed nine holes yesterday evening with my golf buddy at Country Hills!

Weather was hot and humid and it was CPO due to overnight rains.   Today was also the first day with my new putter.    Took a little getting used to because the ball came off the face pretty hot.   Didn't have any significant one putts but was consistently getting the ball past the hole.  The additional speed also caused a few lip outs.  
Below is the strokes gained comparison against a 0 handicap.  I'm really happy with the short game numbers.  Following the approach laid out by Dan Grieve has really helped that aspect of my game.    Tee shots were better today than they have been recently and while approach shots were the worst from a SG perspective I was pretty happy with my ball striking.  
9 FW,  8 GIR, 31 Putts   38/40:79

 

Have gone back to a blade putter; always felt like I putter better with them.  it is from the current company run by Bruce Sizemore called More  Golf.   I owned one of his models when it was under the name Sizemore.    I also wanted to try a graphite shaft in the putter so I went and got fit to see which worked best.   Installed a Va Composites Baddazz shaft;  it is a putter that won't be considered low key.    

Last minute decision to play instead of just practice.  This because the course was wide open and I could play another 2-ball round as I did last week.  Following last nights storm, the weather was quite a bit cooler and overcast.  While a little humid, not bad at all with the mild breeze.
TP5 vs. AVX, 39/42 and 38/40 respectively.  Pretty average ball striking day with great chips but less than stellar putting... lags in particular.  I muscled several 5+ feet past the hole 🫣.  I did birdie two holes B2B that I don't often birdie and one that I frequently bogey 👍.
I really worked on tempo today and also focused on not swaying.  It can be subtle and you don't think you are... but do 🫤.  I was so happy with my short chipping, I spent another 45 minutes at the practice area reinforcing that swing.  I'm using a "silent metronome" to help with the take-away and return, along with saying "turn-turn" (shoulders) to myself.  Trying to get away from being to army (hey, I like that word/description).

Bought this Himal Golf Cart Bag. I love the size and the amount of storage. My favorite thing is the club separation. Clubs handles no longer get tangled in the bag. Also has a built in cooler.

Bought this Himal Golf Cart Bag. I love the size and the amount of storage. My favorite thing is the club separation. Clubs handles no longer get tangled in the bag. Also has a built in cooler.

Bought this Himal Golf Cart Bag. I love the size and the amount of storage. My favorite thing is the club separation. Clubs handles no longer get tangled in the bag. Also has a built in cooler.

Bought this Himal Golf Cart Bag. I love the size and the amount of storage. My favorite thing is the club separation. Clubs handles no longer get tangled in the bag. Also has a built in cooler.

Bought this Himal Golf Cart Bag. I love the size and the amount of storage. My favorite thing is the club separation. Clubs handles no longer get tangled in the bag. Also has a built in cooler.

Bought this Himal Golf Cart Bag. I love the size and the amount of storage. My favorite thing is the club separation. Clubs handles no longer get tangled in the bag. Also has a built in cooler.