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Ordered new irons today. Mizuno Pro 245, 5-P. Had a fitting with Mizuno a few weeks ago. Nippon NS Pro Modus3 105 stiff shafts. Golfpride MMC Plus4 grips. 
Going to be a long 3 weeks waiting for them to arrive.

Ordered new irons today. Mizuno Pro 245, 5-P. Had a fitting with Mizuno a few weeks ago. Nippon NS Pro Modus3 105 stiff shafts. Golfpride MMC Plus4 grips. 
Going to be a long 3 weeks waiting for them to arrive.

Ordered new irons today. Mizuno Pro 245, 5-P. Had a fitting with Mizuno a few weeks ago. Nippon NS Pro Modus3 105 stiff shafts. Golfpride MMC Plus4 grips. 
Going to be a long 3 weeks waiting for them to arrive.

Ordered new irons today. Mizuno Pro 245, 5-P. Had a fitting with Mizuno a few weeks ago. Nippon NS Pro Modus3 105 stiff shafts. Golfpride MMC Plus4 grips. 
Going to be a long 3 weeks waiting for them to arrive.

Ordered new irons today. Mizuno Pro 245, 5-P. Had a fitting with Mizuno a few weeks ago. Nippon NS Pro Modus3 105 stiff shafts. Golfpride MMC Plus4 grips. 
Going to be a long 3 weeks waiting for them to arrive.

I’m just hoping to defy my long term form line. If I finish in the top 90% I’ll beat my average 😂

I’m just hoping to defy my long term form line. If I finish in the top 90% I’ll beat my average 😂

I’m just hoping to defy my long term form line. If I finish in the top 90% I’ll beat my average 😂

I’m just hoping to defy my long term form line. If I finish in the top 90% I’ll beat my average 😂

Just the fourth 18 hole round of my life, and I did something I have never done before - ever. I shot two birdies in a round. Even better, I shot two birdies on consecutive holes, the 3rd and 4th at Sunbury. I don't have an official handicap yet, but Shot Scope estimates it at 28. So to be -1 after 4 holes (par - bogey - birdie - birdie) was just incredible. Predictably, the wider array of my golf shot repertoire caught up with me, and I still ended up 28 over for the round, thanks in no small part to scoring 34 for the last five holes.
For a moment, I was living the dream of being a proper golfer. My playing partner chided me for being down on my round, since it was my best ever 18 hole score. But when you have tasted birdie after birdie...

I’ve played a bit of scramble golf so far this season; haven’t had too many opps to play my own ball. I’m in Louisville at my son’s house to work remote (some) and spend a couple days at Valhalla. Got to play Fuzzy Zoeller’s course in Sellersburg, IN yesterday. Covered Bridge. I recommmend it if you’re in the area. Long game was good, short game getting better, even played some decent bunker shots on the back nine. Happy with 90 at this point. 

Congrats to the testing team. Really intrigued to see how the online self fitting compares to the live fitting. I’m assuming that the fitter won’t know what your online fitting results were prior to handing over their results

I’m finding my attitude to poor golf has changed and I’m trying to just enjoy being out there playing regardless of the quality of my game. 
 
The old cliche about your worst day on the course is better than your best day at work is pretty accurate.

I’m finding my attitude to poor golf has changed and I’m trying to just enjoy being out there playing regardless of the quality of my game. 
 
The old cliche about your worst day on the course is better than your best day at work is pretty accurate.

Congrats to the testing team. Really intrigued to see how the online self fitting compares to the live fitting. I’m assuming that the fitter won’t know what your online fitting results were prior to handing over their results

Last round of pennant (interclub matchplay) Belfor the final. My team needed at least a half to get through, but were playing the top team who were undefeated through the other rounds. Played at Anglesea GC, famous for the kangaroos that live on the course and renowned locally as one of the steepest courses around.
I had seen some of the course before, but had never played it. Started solidly and managed to capatalise on some mistakes by my opponent. Some very good short game play didn’t hurt either. 2 up after 7 before some very solid golf by my opponent saw us go through the turn tied.
He started the back 9 with a birdie and we both played solid golf for the next few holes. A very rough green may have hurt me on the 15th where a 3 putt cost me a chance to win the hole. My first putt spent more time in the air than rolling and finished well short. My longish second putt lipped out. My opponent then chipped in for birdie leaving me with an extremely difficult chip from the rough to get a half. Played it almost perfectly but finished 6 inches from the hole. Played another great chip on the 17 but missed the 5 foot putt that broke about 15inches after allowing a touch more. Lost 2 and 1 to a very solid player. Considering he plays off 2 and I’m off 7 I was pretty happy to push him as far a I did. Unfortunately the team lost and we missed the final on matches one throughout the season.
Very pleased with my short game and putting. Now it’s back to playing normal golf. I love matchplay, and really look forward to pennant season. Hopefully next year no health problems and I can play more matches.

Last round of pennant (interclub matchplay) Belfor the final. My team needed at least a half to get through, but were playing the top team who were undefeated through the other rounds. Played at Anglesea GC, famous for the kangaroos that live on the course and renowned locally as one of the steepest courses around.
I had seen some of the course before, but had never played it. Started solidly and managed to capatalise on some mistakes by my opponent. Some very good short game play didn’t hurt either. 2 up after 7 before some very solid golf by my opponent saw us go through the turn tied.
He started the back 9 with a birdie and we both played solid golf for the next few holes. A very rough green may have hurt me on the 15th where a 3 putt cost me a chance to win the hole. My first putt spent more time in the air than rolling and finished well short. My longish second putt lipped out. My opponent then chipped in for birdie leaving me with an extremely difficult chip from the rough to get a half. Played it almost perfectly but finished 6 inches from the hole. Played another great chip on the 17 but missed the 5 foot putt that broke about 15inches after allowing a touch more. Lost 2 and 1 to a very solid player. Considering he plays off 2 and I’m off 7 I was pretty happy to push him as far a I did. Unfortunately the team lost and we missed the final on matches one throughout the season.
Very pleased with my short game and putting. Now it’s back to playing normal golf. I love matchplay, and really look forward to pennant season. Hopefully next year no health problems and I can play more matches.

Played a tournament yesterday (of course there was a down pour the night before 2in of rain) surprisingly one of the course was still playable (soaked but playable) the other back 9 was still under water.

I have to say that my game for the first time in a long time, I had all 4 parts of my game working at the same time. (Driving, Irons, Chipping, Putting) usually the later 2 are always consistent but the Irons are hit or miss at times.

Solid front 9, even with a lazy bogey on the 9th hole, and then I lost the rhythm a bit on the back 9, really unnecessary bogey on 10th. Completely had a brain fart on 12th, I tried to hit the perfect shot, instead of just hitting the shot and let it land on the green, (3 shots later) a really dumb Triple.  
But battle the back, I was getting tired ( a lot of walking in wet grounds wears you out.)

But I hit all the fairways but 2 and reach all of the Par 5 in regulation. Both FWR and GIR where a huge improvement.
  




Strokes gain was an improvement.

@MattF, @DiscipleofPenick, @Mr_Theoo and I met at Deer Ridge Golf Course about halfway between Cleveland and Columbus. In my opinion, this is a hidden gem that I had never heard of until we started talking about playing there. It's kind of in the middle of nowhere. The elevation changes are really dramatic, making club selection tricky, even with Arccos giving us a "plays like" distance. There are a couple "gimicky" holes on the front, but in general, I really liked the course. The visuals were very deceptive, but I assume that had a lot to do with the number of uphill, downhill, and blind shots. The greens were also pretty tricky, so there were plenty of 3-putts from us. Below is a picture from the 8th tee - Arccos said it was ~150 feet down to the fairway. The pic doesn't really do it justice.
As far as the play, I started out really well with 3 straight pars (including the #1 handicap hole), then settled into what was more typical golf for me. Driver was not great most of the day - I think I was getting too steep and there were too many flares. Approach was its typical level of OK-ness with some really good shots and some tragic. I ended up with an 87 (my course HC from the tees we played was a 12). I want to play the course again - now that we've seen it and have a better idea of the visual tricks, I think we could do better, or at least would be able to pick better targets.

Last round of pennant (interclub matchplay) Belfor the final. My team needed at least a half to get through, but were playing the top team who were undefeated through the other rounds. Played at Anglesea GC, famous for the kangaroos that live on the course and renowned locally as one of the steepest courses around.
I had seen some of the course before, but had never played it. Started solidly and managed to capatalise on some mistakes by my opponent. Some very good short game play didn’t hurt either. 2 up after 7 before some very solid golf by my opponent saw us go through the turn tied.
He started the back 9 with a birdie and we both played solid golf for the next few holes. A very rough green may have hurt me on the 15th where a 3 putt cost me a chance to win the hole. My first putt spent more time in the air than rolling and finished well short. My longish second putt lipped out. My opponent then chipped in for birdie leaving me with an extremely difficult chip from the rough to get a half. Played it almost perfectly but finished 6 inches from the hole. Played another great chip on the 17 but missed the 5 foot putt that broke about 15inches after allowing a touch more. Lost 2 and 1 to a very solid player. Considering he plays off 2 and I’m off 7 I was pretty happy to push him as far a I did. Unfortunately the team lost and we missed the final on matches one throughout the season.
Very pleased with my short game and putting. Now it’s back to playing normal golf. I love matchplay, and really look forward to pennant season. Hopefully next year no health problems and I can play more matches.

Last round of pennant (interclub matchplay) Belfor the final. My team needed at least a half to get through, but were playing the top team who were undefeated through the other rounds. Played at Anglesea GC, famous for the kangaroos that live on the course and renowned locally as one of the steepest courses around.
I had seen some of the course before, but had never played it. Started solidly and managed to capatalise on some mistakes by my opponent. Some very good short game play didn’t hurt either. 2 up after 7 before some very solid golf by my opponent saw us go through the turn tied.
He started the back 9 with a birdie and we both played solid golf for the next few holes. A very rough green may have hurt me on the 15th where a 3 putt cost me a chance to win the hole. My first putt spent more time in the air than rolling and finished well short. My longish second putt lipped out. My opponent then chipped in for birdie leaving me with an extremely difficult chip from the rough to get a half. Played it almost perfectly but finished 6 inches from the hole. Played another great chip on the 17 but missed the 5 foot putt that broke about 15inches after allowing a touch more. Lost 2 and 1 to a very solid player. Considering he plays off 2 and I’m off 7 I was pretty happy to push him as far a I did. Unfortunately the team lost and we missed the final on matches one throughout the season.
Very pleased with my short game and putting. Now it’s back to playing normal golf. I love matchplay, and really look forward to pennant season. Hopefully next year no health problems and I can play more matches.

Last round of pennant (interclub matchplay) Belfor the final. My team needed at least a half to get through, but were playing the top team who were undefeated through the other rounds. Played at Anglesea GC, famous for the kangaroos that live on the course and renowned locally as one of the steepest courses around.
I had seen some of the course before, but had never played it. Started solidly and managed to capatalise on some mistakes by my opponent. Some very good short game play didn’t hurt either. 2 up after 7 before some very solid golf by my opponent saw us go through the turn tied.
He started the back 9 with a birdie and we both played solid golf for the next few holes. A very rough green may have hurt me on the 15th where a 3 putt cost me a chance to win the hole. My first putt spent more time in the air than rolling and finished well short. My longish second putt lipped out. My opponent then chipped in for birdie leaving me with an extremely difficult chip from the rough to get a half. Played it almost perfectly but finished 6 inches from the hole. Played another great chip on the 17 but missed the 5 foot putt that broke about 15inches after allowing a touch more. Lost 2 and 1 to a very solid player. Considering he plays off 2 and I’m off 7 I was pretty happy to push him as far a I did. Unfortunately the team lost and we missed the final on matches one throughout the season.
Very pleased with my short game and putting. Now it’s back to playing normal golf. I love matchplay, and really look forward to pennant season. Hopefully next year no health problems and I can play more matches.

Last round of pennant (interclub matchplay) Belfor the final. My team needed at least a half to get through, but were playing the top team who were undefeated through the other rounds. Played at Anglesea GC, famous for the kangaroos that live on the course and renowned locally as one of the steepest courses around.
I had seen some of the course before, but had never played it. Started solidly and managed to capatalise on some mistakes by my opponent. Some very good short game play didn’t hurt either. 2 up after 7 before some very solid golf by my opponent saw us go through the turn tied.
He started the back 9 with a birdie and we both played solid golf for the next few holes. A very rough green may have hurt me on the 15th where a 3 putt cost me a chance to win the hole. My first putt spent more time in the air than rolling and finished well short. My longish second putt lipped out. My opponent then chipped in for birdie leaving me with an extremely difficult chip from the rough to get a half. Played it almost perfectly but finished 6 inches from the hole. Played another great chip on the 17 but missed the 5 foot putt that broke about 15inches after allowing a touch more. Lost 2 and 1 to a very solid player. Considering he plays off 2 and I’m off 7 I was pretty happy to push him as far a I did. Unfortunately the team lost and we missed the final on matches one throughout the season.
Very pleased with my short game and putting. Now it’s back to playing normal golf. I love matchplay, and really look forward to pennant season. Hopefully next year no health problems and I can play more matches.

Last round of pennant (interclub matchplay) Belfor the final. My team needed at least a half to get through, but were playing the top team who were undefeated through the other rounds. Played at Anglesea GC, famous for the kangaroos that live on the course and renowned locally as one of the steepest courses around.
I had seen some of the course before, but had never played it. Started solidly and managed to capatalise on some mistakes by my opponent. Some very good short game play didn’t hurt either. 2 up after 7 before some very solid golf by my opponent saw us go through the turn tied.
He started the back 9 with a birdie and we both played solid golf for the next few holes. A very rough green may have hurt me on the 15th where a 3 putt cost me a chance to win the hole. My first putt spent more time in the air than rolling and finished well short. My longish second putt lipped out. My opponent then chipped in for birdie leaving me with an extremely difficult chip from the rough to get a half. Played it almost perfectly but finished 6 inches from the hole. Played another great chip on the 17 but missed the 5 foot putt that broke about 15inches after allowing a touch more. Lost 2 and 1 to a very solid player. Considering he plays off 2 and I’m off 7 I was pretty happy to push him as far a I did. Unfortunately the team lost and we missed the final on matches one throughout the season.
Very pleased with my short game and putting. Now it’s back to playing normal golf. I love matchplay, and really look forward to pennant season. Hopefully next year no health problems and I can play more matches.

Last round of pennant (interclub matchplay) Belfor the final. My team needed at least a half to get through, but were playing the top team who were undefeated through the other rounds. Played at Anglesea GC, famous for the kangaroos that live on the course and renowned locally as one of the steepest courses around.
I had seen some of the course before, but had never played it. Started solidly and managed to capatalise on some mistakes by my opponent. Some very good short game play didn’t hurt either. 2 up after 7 before some very solid golf by my opponent saw us go through the turn tied.
He started the back 9 with a birdie and we both played solid golf for the next few holes. A very rough green may have hurt me on the 15th where a 3 putt cost me a chance to win the hole. My first putt spent more time in the air than rolling and finished well short. My longish second putt lipped out. My opponent then chipped in for birdie leaving me with an extremely difficult chip from the rough to get a half. Played it almost perfectly but finished 6 inches from the hole. Played another great chip on the 17 but missed the 5 foot putt that broke about 15inches after allowing a touch more. Lost 2 and 1 to a very solid player. Considering he plays off 2 and I’m off 7 I was pretty happy to push him as far a I did. Unfortunately the team lost and we missed the final on matches one throughout the season.
Very pleased with my short game and putting. Now it’s back to playing normal golf. I love matchplay, and really look forward to pennant season. Hopefully next year no health problems and I can play more matches.