WEEK 21 - MYGOLFSPY FORUM MEMBER Virtual Weekly Championship Tour

[GolfSpy TCB]

WEEK 21 is Open For Play and Posting!!

Just 7 more weeks to go in Season 1...

I know everyone is getting out to play this week - Looking forward to seeing those scores!!

[fozcycle]

Date	02/13/2023
Course Name	Heritage Isles
Gross Score	80
Course Handicap	9
Gross Strokes over/under par	8
Net Score to Par	-1
Net Score	71
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	203

Follow up round to Friday’s 76……41/39:80 with 2 birdies. Grabbed First Place two days in a row!

[tony@CIC]

Date	02/13/2023
Course Name	Scepter Ibis/Osprey
Gross Score	87
Course Handicap	16
Gross Strokes over/under par	15
Net Score to Par	-1
Net Score	71
Net Birdies or better	1
Longest Drive	214

[Alf. S]

Date	02/14/2023
Course Name	West Lothain Golf Club
Gross Score	71
Course Handicap	5
Gross Strokes over/under par	7
Net Score to Par	2
Net Score	66
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	284

Fine day on the course poor front nine, with stupid shot decisions but was happy with my ball striking coming back. Missed 5 good birdie opportunities for 8 feet and in.

[GolfSpy TCB]

On 2/13/2023 at 1:42 PM, tony@CIC said:

Date	02/13/2023
Course Name	Scepter Ibis/Osprey
Gross Score	87
Course Handicap	16
Gross Strokes over/under par	15
Net Score to Par	-1
Net Score	71
Net Birdies or better	1
Longest Drive	214

Great Playing Tony!!  looks like you had things clicking pretty well today!!

2 hours ago, Alf. S said:

Date	02/14/2023
Course Name	West Lothain Golf Club
Gross Score	71
Course Handicap	5
Gross Strokes over/under par	7
Net Score to Par	2
Net Score	66
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	284

Fine day on the course poor front nine, with stupid shot decisions but was happy with my ball striking coming back. Missed 5 good birdie opportunities for 8 feet and in.

The ol' what could have been round.  I am VERY familiar with those Alf!!

[Mr. Mushball]

Hoping I can squeeze a round in in the next few days...  May have to play hooky on Friday as I'm traveling on Saturday.  I do have a round booked for Week 22 at The Presidio, that should be fun!

 

 

[fozcycle]

Date	02/15/2023
Course Name	Heritage isles
Gross Score	89
Course Handicap	9
Gross Strokes over/under par	17
Net Score to Par	8
Net Score	80
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	260

The wheels fell off today. Putting was impossible with the pin locations. 36 putts….

[GolfSpy TCB]

3 hours ago, Mr. Mushball said:

Hoping I can squeeze a round in in the next few days...  May have to play hooky on Friday as I'm traveling on Saturday.  I do have a round booked for Week 22 at The Presidio, that should be fun!

 

 

Hopefully you will be able to post some cool pics.  Also, that sounds like a good opportunity to post in the course review thread  

https://forum.mygolfspy.com/communitymap/markers/group/2-course-review/

 

 

2 hours ago, fozcycle said:

Date	02/15/2023
Course Name	Heritage isles
Gross Score	89
Course Handicap	9
Gross Strokes over/under par	17
Net Score to Par	8
Net Score	80
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	260

The wheels fell off today. Putting was impossible with the pin locations. 36 putts….

Something tells me you will find your wheels tomorrow Foz!

[tony@CIC]

Date	02/15/2023
Course Name	Renaissance
Gross Score	90
Course Handicap	17
Gross Strokes over/under par	18
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	73
Net Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	216

Our Wednesday group played a 'sister' course today in Sun City Center. I haven't played this course since February of 2022 (and then only once)  so it was basically a new to me course. The front was terrible - just couldn't get in the grove, drives were short and putter felt odd. Ended the front with a 49. Fortunately. I had the aha moment (use your pre-shot routine dummy!) starting out the back and I was ripping the driver an extra 25-35 yds from the front. Ended up with a 41 on the back helped by a birdie on a long par 4 and this shot on a par 5.  

 

[tony@CIC]

2 hours ago, fozcycle said:

Date	02/15/2023
Course Name	Heritage isles
Gross Score	89
Course Handicap	9
Gross Strokes over/under par	17
Net Score to Par	8
Net Score	80
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	260

The wheels fell off today. Putting was impossible with the pin locations. 36 putts….

Holy cow - at 260 yds. you must be driving the par 4's. Nice!  

[GolfSpy TCB]

36 minutes ago, tony@CIC said:

Date	02/15/2023
Course Name	Renaissance
Gross Score	90
Course Handicap	17
Gross Strokes over/under par	18
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	73
Net Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	216

Our Wednesday group played a 'sister' course today in Sun City Center. I haven't played this course since February of 2022 (and then only once)  so it was basically a new to me course. The front was terrible - just couldn't get in the grove, drives were short and putter felt odd. Ended the front with a 49. Fortunately. I had the aha moment (use your pre-shot routine dummy!) starting out the back and I was ripping the driver an extra 25-35 yds from the front. Ended up with a 41 on the back helped by a birdie on a long par 4 and this shot on a par 5.  

 

Atta boy Tony... way to bring it back on the back 9.  49/41... Bet you wanted to keep going for another 9 after that!!

[Mr. Mushball]

4 hours ago, fozcycle said:

Date	02/15/2023
Course Name	Heritage isles
Gross Score	89
Course Handicap	9
Gross Strokes over/under par	17
Net Score to Par	8
Net Score	80
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	260

The wheels fell off today. Putting was impossible with the pin locations. 36 putts….

HAHAHA, 36 putts is my good day! 

Find out from the greens keeper what days they change holes and when the next rotation that matches this setup is.  I bet you've got a year before it gets to the tough spot again.

[PeterHenric]

Date	02/15/2023
Course Name	Las Vegas National
Gross Score	107
Course Handicap	23
Gross Strokes over/under par	36
Net Score to Par	13
Net Score	84
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	312

Little windy today, and my score did not reflect how well I felt like I played. I did put a new driver in play and it was working really well for me. The TSi3 at 8° was money.

[fozcycle]

3 hours ago, tony@CIC said:

Holy cow - at 260 yds. you must be driving the par 4's. Nice!  

It was down wind for sure…..

[fozcycle]

1 hour ago, Mr. Mushball said:

HAHAHA, 36 putts is my good day! 

Find out from the greens keeper what days they change holes and when the next rotation that matches this setup is.  I bet you've got a year before it gets to the tough spot again.

Not sure about 5he rotation, but today they were brutal. I hope you are right.

[Alf. S]

Date	02/16/2023
Course Name	West Lothian Golf Course
Gross Score	69
Course Handicap	6
Gross Strokes over/under par	5
Net Score to Par	-1
Net Score	63
Net Birdies or better	5
Longest Drive	290

Not so many stupid decisions today but still frustrating up to 6 h/c then my round has taken me back to 5.

[Golf2Much]

Date	02/16/2023
Course Name	Key West Golf Club
Gross Score	87
Course Handicap	13
Gross Strokes over/under par	17
Net Score to Par	4
Net Score	74
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	192

Given my struggles with my new Ping G425 SFT driver, I decided to go back to an older Anser driver I had until my issues are resolved.  Percentage of fairways hit doubled to 64% which is still lower than I am used to.  All my misses were right as there's no excessive draw bias that I have to deal with.  I did hit three greens in regulation.  I can't believe I left about six putts on the lip today.   The total putts made distance for my first six holes had to be about two feet.   In general, my aim and pace were pretty good meaning that hopefully in the not-too-distant future they will start to drop.  

I've got one more round in me this week, so I'm hoping to step up my chipping game back to normal.   

[tony@CIC]

Date	02/16/2023
Course Name	Scepter Ibis Osprey
Gross Score	88
Course Handicap	16
Gross Strokes over/under par	16
Net Score to Par	0
Net Score	72
Net Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	201

Played 18 right after my wife and I had lessons this morning. Probably not the best time to go out and play - she was working on her irons/hybrids and I on my putting. We made it through the 18 without killing each other 

[GolfSpy TCB]

22 hours ago, Golf2Much said:

Date	02/16/2023
Course Name	Key West Golf Club
Gross Score	87
Course Handicap	13
Gross Strokes over/under par	17
Net Score to Par	4
Net Score	74
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	192

Given my struggles with my new Ping G425 SFT driver, I decided to go back to an older Anser driver I had until my issues are resolved.  Percentage of fairways hit doubled to 64% which is still lower than I am used to.  All my misses were right as there's no excessive draw bias that I have to deal with.  I did hit three greens in regulation.  I can't believe I left about six putts on the lip today.   The total putts made distance for my first six holes had to be about two feet.   In general, my aim and pace were pretty good meaning that hopefully in the not-too-distant future they will start to drop.  

I've got one more round in me this week, so I'm hoping to step up my chipping game back to normal.   

When you get that driver spot in your bag worked out G2M...LOOK OUT!!!

[GolfSpy TCB]

21 hours ago, tony@CIC said:

Date	02/16/2023
Course Name	Scepter Ibis Osprey
Gross Score	88
Course Handicap	16
Gross Strokes over/under par	16
Net Score to Par	0
Net Score	72
Net Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	201

Played 18 right after my wife and I had lessons this morning. Probably not the best time to go out and play - she was working on her irons/hybrids and I on my putting. We made it through the 18 without killing each other 

You shot your handicap right after lessons... and the "other" distractions... haha.  Not too shabby Tony   How did your wife play??

[fozcycle]

Date	02/17/2023
Course Name	Heritage Isles
Gross Score	86
Course Handicap	9
Gross Strokes over/under par	14
Net Score to Par	5
Net Score	77
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	213

Absolutely beautiful weather today, Sunny with 62* - 85*.  Driver and wedges were not working today….

[GolfSpy TCB]

Tony and Foz keeping this week's leaderboard alive!!! Hope the members give you guys some competition through the weekend  

[daviddvm]

Date	02/16/2023
Course Name	Timber Creek (Pines/Creekside)
Gross Score	80
Course Handicap	6
Gross Strokes over/under par	9
Net Score to Par	3
Net Score	74
Net Birdies or better	5
Longest Drive	232

Soggy course, CPO and I didn't drive the ball well most of the day. My putter saved me often.

[tony@CIC]

1 hour ago, Golfspy_TCB said:

  How did your wife play??

It wasn't pretty - she shot a +3 over her hcp.  Next time (after a lesson) we'll take 2 separate carts. 

[Peaksy68]

Date	02/18/2023
Course Name	Curlewis GC
Gross Score	80
Course Handicap	9
Gross Strokes over/under par	10
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	71
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	0

First round in a couple of weeks after a 2 week holiday. Really struggled on the greens which were significantly quicker than my last few rounds. Consistently well past the hole before over adjusting . Didn’t capitalise on a stretch of better than average ball striking, highlight was flushing driver and 3 wood to 15 feet on a par 5, lowlight was the 3 putt par that followed

[Mr. Mushball]

Date	02/17/2023
Course Name	Charbonneau Golf Club Green/Yellow
Gross Score	111
Course Handicap	35
Gross Strokes over/under par	49
Net Score to Par	14
Net Score	76
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	187

Not my best showing.  The front 9 sucked hard.  Couldn't get ANYTHING to work.  Everything seemed to be ok at the range, but then put the ball on grass and it's all leaning back and throwing the arms.   Most strikes were either fat or thin, by a lot.  Maybe even with the putter.   I had one hole where I topped the ball with my hybrid to have it go two yards THREE TIMES.  Then, another where I avoided the water on a par 3 with my second shot, but took four chips to get it up hill onto the green, all of about 3 yards away.  Throw in tough hole positions and not being able to adjust for the green speed and it became a disaster.

Got myself turned right side up on the back 9.  Played just under my handicap for that half.   Some redemption for the day.  I did lose three balls and hit two houses.  One went into the water.  I usually lose balls on this course, it eats them, but I don't think I've annoyed as many homeowners before as I did today.

Also, I only pulled out the driver once, and confirmed it was a mistake.  My longest "drive" was with my 4 wood, and it layed up just a yard from the green.  I then screwed it up with a thinned chip into a bunker, out, then three putt on a par 3.   I was pretty happy with how I was hitting my 4 wood and 22° hybrid overall today and was able to correct most of the slicing issues on the second half.
 

FYI, TheGrint has the course as Yellow/Green, but it was Green/Yellow today, so flip-flop each half when reading the scorecard.  Most courses I play white tees, but this course is short and the blue tees are only 5-10 yards back, so just play blue.

 

[Golf2Much]

Date	02/18/2023
Course Name	Key West Golf Club
Gross Score	82
Course Handicap	14
Gross Strokes over/under par	12
Net Score to Par	-2
Net Score	68
Net Birdies or better	5
Longest Drive	186

I finally put together two good nine holes today.  I changed to an old Ping Anser driver and I hit more fairways today.  It was nice hitting a few more fairways and being on the right side rough!  No more big-time hooks!  The difference between other of my noneventful rounds was better chipping and putting.  Fourteen one putt greens today and only two greens in regulation just illustrates a great day of chipping and putting.  

Just as I was notified that I was on a soft cap for my relatively poor play the last few weeks, I have a good day!  

My former operations manager used to say "one is an accident, twice is a coincidence and three times is a trend."  What we had here to day was an accident! 

[GolfSpy TCB]

7 hours ago, Peaksy68 said:

Date	02/18/2023
Course Name	Curlewis GC
Gross Score	80
Course Handicap	9
Gross Strokes over/under par	10
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	71
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	0

First round in a couple of weeks after a 2 week holiday. Really struggled on the greens which were significantly quicker than my last few rounds. Consistently well past the hole before over adjusting . Didn’t capitalise on a stretch of better than average ball striking, highlight was flushing driver and 3 wood to 15 feet on a par 5, lowlight was the 3 putt par that followed

Welcome back to the competition Peaksy!  Man, you came out firing after some time off!  shot your handicap after a few weeks off.  great playing!!

[GolfSpy TCB]

7 hours ago, Mr. Mushball said:

Date	02/17/2023
Course Name	Charbonneau Golf Club Green/Yellow
Gross Score	111
Course Handicap	35
Gross Strokes over/under par	49
Net Score to Par	14
Net Score	76
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	187

Not my best showing.  The front 9 sucked hard.  Couldn't get ANYTHING to work.  Everything seemed to be ok at the range, but then put the ball on grass and it's all leaning back and throwing the arms.   Most strikes were either fat or thin, by a lot.  Maybe even with the putter.   I had one hole where I topped the ball with my hybrid to have it go two yards THREE TIMES.  Then, another where I avoided the water on a par 3 with my second shot, but took four chips to get it up hill onto the green, all of about 3 yards away.  Throw in tough hole positions and not being able to adjust for the green speed and it became a disaster.

Got myself turned right side up on the back 9.  Played just under my handicap for that half.   Some redemption for the day.  I did lose three balls and hit two houses.  One went into the water.  I usually lose balls on this course, it eats them, but I don't think I've annoyed as many homeowners before as I did today.

Also, I only pulled out the driver once, and confirmed it was a mistake.  My longest "drive" was with my 4 wood, and it layed up just a yard from the green.  I then screwed it up with a thinned chip into a bunker, out, then three putt on a par 3.   I was pretty happy with how I was hitting my 4 wood and 22° hybrid overall today and was able to correct most of the slicing issues on the second half.
 

FYI, TheGrint has the course as Yellow/Green, but it was Green/Yellow today, so flip-flop each half when reading the scorecard.  Most courses I play white tees, but this course is short and the blue tees are only 5-10 yards back, so just play blue.

 

Something about that course... I have never played Charbonneau well  .  You will be ready to light it up on your next round Mr. M!

[GolfSpy TCB]

13 minutes ago, Golf2Much said:

Date	02/18/2023
Course Name	Key West Golf Club
Gross Score	82
Course Handicap	14
Gross Strokes over/under par	12
Net Score to Par	-2
Net Score	68
Net Birdies or better	5
Longest Drive	186

I finally put together two good nine holes today.  I changed to an old Ping Anser driver and I hit more fairways today.  It was nice hitting a few more fairways and being on the right side rough!  No more big-time hooks!  The difference between other of my noneventful rounds was better chipping and putting.  Fourteen one putt greens today and only two greens in regulation just illustrates a great day of chipping and putting.  

Just as I was notified that I was on a soft cap for my relatively poor play the last few weeks, I have a good day!  

My former operations manager used to say "one is an accident, twice is a coincidence and three times is a trend."  What we had here to day was an accident! 

I know better than it being an "Accident" G2M.  Good playing!  So what is your forward path in the driver slot?  Are you still working on a version of the G425, or moving elsewhere?