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Date 07/27/2024 Course Name Maple Run Gross Score 82 Course Rating 71.2 Course Slope 128 Gross Strokes over/under par 10 Birdies or better 5 Longest Drive 245 Sorry @Alan Stewart didn’t really have it today on the back 9. I thought I was keeping the same groove I had recently going after that front and then the wheels came off! 3 lost balls on the back and a 3 putt did me in. Going to try and get back out there again this weekend. @GolfSpy_BEN how long is the competition open for, if you say Sunday night I will apologize in advance for the later number crunching you’ll have to do for me entering a round on Sunday.

Headed out in about an hour! Here we go!

Here we go! Game has been trending nicely so might be trouble in flight III!!!

Date 07/15/2024 Course Name Nags Head Golf Links Gross Score 74 Course Rating 66.7 Course Slope 117 Gross Strokes over/under par 3 Birdies or better 5 Longest Drive 247 Had my lowest career round at this course last year and decided I would go for it again. Ended up besting that round by 1 stroke! Really need to create some comfort with my driver though, did not use it all round and it really could have helped me score a little better if I kept it in play.

Hoping to have myself in enough rounds to get flighted so I can participate!

Date 07/08/2024 Course Name The Salt Pond Gross Score 61 Course Rating 56 Course Slope 91 Gross Strokes over/under par 0 Net Score to Par 0 Birdies or better 8 Longest Drive 218 First round of even par in my life. How much does it count since it was at a par 61 which should really be a par 57, that’s not for me to decide. Was not perfect and certainly has some poor shots but also had some good ones. Had two brilliant 6* irons that led to a birdie and an eagle. See below, hit this shot from 198! Weird game golf can be but gosh do I love it! Also look at this poor tree and the work it has gotten over the years!

Date 07/02/2024 Course Name Maple Run Gross Score 77 Course Handicap 6 Gross Strokes over/under par 5 Net Score to Par -1 Net Score 71 Net Birdies or better Longest Drive A follow up from last week, this might be the weirdest round I've ever had. I played up a tee box because wanted to get more comfortable with scoring. We'll certainly had opportunities, probably the most birdies i have ever had in a round. Speaking of does the birdie every hole at your home course thread still exist? My 3 front 9 bogeys i tried getting cute with wedges shots inside 100 and missed the greens. My double, i s-worded a chip which led to an extreme short sided chip. My double on 10 i got cart path love on my tee ball past a 310 yard hole and was stuck behind a tree. 14 missed the green short from 100 and 15 i was on in 2 and blew a 30 foot eagle putt way past and settled for a 3-putt par. 17 was awful, toe s-worded my driver and 3 putted. As JT said in an interview even if we shoot in the 50s we are golfers we will always find where we could of made up strokes. All in all happy with the positive parts of the round, i mean 4 under through 6 holes is a big step for me.

Date 06/25/2024 Course Name Clustered Spires Gross Score 79 Course Handicap 9 Gross Strokes over/under par 7 Net Score to Par -2 Net Score 70 Net Birdies or better Longest Drive So mad I've missed the first 9 weeks but I am back! Really enjoyed this last year! I went over this in the how'd you play thread but I got up and down 8 of 9 times in this round and had 27 putts which really saved my wildness off the tee.

Had a very strange day of golf yesterday. Played 36 with 18 in the morning at a course that barely reaches 6000 and another in the evening that was playing 6500. My morning round went 3 over on the front with a bad double on a par 3. The back 9 was a mess, took two doubles and a quad. Finished with an 86 for the round, was severely worried about my evening round because that course was tighter and my strokes gained off the tee was -6.4. Off the tee did not improve much finishing the round with -5.7. However, I chipped and putted out of my mind, +1.2 strokes gained chipping, had 9 attempts and got up and down 8 times. The reason I was able to get up and down so much though was my putting, of my 11 putts inside 15 feet I made 9 of them which equated to a +3.1 strokes gained putting. Finished the round with a 79, overall just a day where golf was going to golf.

I feel like the biggest issue I have noticed post covid is that some courses are no longer "filling the sheet". I've noticed many times where you have a 4-some followed by 3 2-somes and it inevitably slows up play. My dad and I play once a week and I've asked people if they'd like to join us and have been turned down multiple times. So it's not only golf courses but others who would just rather play with just there buddy or by themselves instead of joining another group.

Unfortunately have been down and out with sickness for past two weeks. Sweatshirt has come I'm handy wearing around the house though!

Not sure if anyone else has had this issue or it might just be me but last two times I've gone to take the hoodie off I can hear stitches popping. I feel like it's partially due to my oversized head but it's happened more then once so I found it an interesting issue. I've seen no damage though.

Probably going driver regardless of tee. Carry about 235 so unless its playing crazy firm and fast I would expect it to go about 250. Gives me about 195 in from the tips. This is where pin placement is the big thing. I fade the ball so a front right pin would be a no go because right of that pin looks pretty dead. A front left pin my miss would be short in order to give me green to work with or take the right side of the green. Looks like a ridge separates the back portion of the green so an aggressive play there seems warranted because I don't want a difficult long breaking putt.

Wore the hoodie all day today and did a small range session with it. One thing I noticed was I had to keep adjusting it after I would swing or bend over to put my tee in the ground. It gets bunched up or pulls over whenever I do those movements.

Couple of updates. Played a round in the polo the other day. At no point did I notice anything uncomfortable and was impressed how long it remained tucked. Only had to retuck it once. Washed it and something must have been sitting on it because it came out stained with orangish streaks. I preceeded to throw it right back in and second time around no issue. Nothing else in the laundry was effected so I have no idea what happened. Also washed the sweatshirt and boy does that thing get heavy when wet. Made me think that it would not be a great option on a day with a surprise rain storm but unless you're playing tournament golf I don't envision many people will hoof out a rain soaked round that has temperatures that require a hoodie