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WEEK 25 - MYGOLFSPY FORUM MEMBER Virtual Weekly Championship Tour (WVCT)

Tournament Dates: 03/13/2023 - 03/20/2023

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Weekly Championship Tour
Season 1
March 13 through March 20
Pos. Player Course Name Gross Score Course Handicap Gross Strokes over/under par Net Score to Par Net Score
1 Auburn Hills Golf Course 95 28 23 -5 67
2 Key West Golf Club 80 13 10 -3 67
3 Sandridge Golf Club 74 4 2 -2 70
T4 Surrey Hills 72 2 1 -1 70
T4 Columbia Point GC 75 4 3 -1 71
T4 Surrey Hills 70 0 -1 -1 70
T7 Columbia Point GC 76 4 4 0 72
T7 Willow Fork CC 75 3 3 0 72
T9 Columbia Point GC 77 4 5 1 73
T9 Sandridge Golf Club 77 4 5 1 73
11 Key West Golf Club 85 13 15 2 72
T12 Surrey Hills 74 0 3 3 74
T12 Otelfingen 84 9 12 3 75
T12 Willow Fork 78 3 6 3 75
T15 Moody Gardens Golf Course 83 7 11 4 76
T15 Vista Valencia Golf Course 76 11 15 4 65
T15 Columbia Point GC 80 4 8 4 76
T18 Bel Aire GC 72 7 12 5 65
T18 Pumpkin Ridge Ghost Creek 94 18 23 5 76
T18 Glendoveer G&TC West Course 119 36 41 5 83
T21 Heritage Isles 87 9 15 6 78
T21 Surrey Hills 79 2 8 6 77
23 Heritage Isles 91 9 19 10 82
24 Concordia GC 96 13 25 12 83
25 Glendoveer G&TC East Course 128 36 55 19 92
26 Eastmoreland 137 44 65 21 93

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Date 03/19/2023
Course Name Key West Golf Club
Gross Score 85
Course Handicap 13
Gross Strokes over/under par 15
Net Score to Par 2
Net Score 72
Net Birdies or better 5
Longest Drive 210

Saturday's round was my average score:  85.  If I go back over the last 15 years of posted GHIN scores, my annual average score was 85 -1.1/+.5 (when I discount the two years when I broke my neck and had other surgeries:  assignable causes).  

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On several par 4's I was in position to get up and down, but failed to execute.   My playing partner and teammate commented I was "very un-Norm-like".   I've finally adapted to the current borrowed driver, hitting over 70% of the fairways.   Hopefully Ping will work out the specifications from my fitting and send me my new G430 Max driver next week.  I can't wait to put it into play!  
Here's hoping that next week's scores are better than average!

Ping G430 Max driver 10.5 degrees with an Alta Quick45 gram senior shaft
Callaway Epic 3 wood, Project X Evenflow Green 45 gram senior shaft  
Callaway GBB Epic Heavenwood, with a Mitsubishi Diamana 50 gram senior shaft
Ping G 20.5 degree 7 wood, with a stock Alta 65 gram senior shaft
Ping G 26 degree hybrid, stock Alta 65 gram senior shaft
Callaway Paradym X irons, 7-AW with Aldila Ascent Blue 50 graphite shafts
Edison wedges:  50, 55 and 60 degree, KBS Tour Graphite A flex shafts
Putters:  L.A.B. Direct Force 2.1 putter, 34.5" long, 67 degrees lie
 
2022 MGS Tester:  Shot Scope Pro XL+ with H4  
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Date 03/19/2023
Course Name Auburn Hills Golf Course
Gross Score 95
Course Handicap 28
Gross Strokes over/under par 23
Net Score to Par -5
Net Score 67
Net Birdies or better 8
Longest Drive 247

What a round! After a week from one of my worst rounds ever played, I turned it around and played one of the best I've played at one of the toughest courses I've been playing at in town. Was dialed in on my short game and putting (Learned to trust that initial line), slices were still ruthless on the drives but I played them every time except towards the end. Kept it as close to bogey golf as I've ever come to before with only a few breakdowns. Last 4 holes I absolutely fell apart, but not enough to diminish how the first 14 felt. Great day of golf! Hoping to keep this going forward as this seasons only just begun. Gonna ride this high into the night and I'm already itching for my next round!

Driver: King Radspeed
3 Wood: Mizuno JPX 
Hybrid: 19* Taylormade SLDR
5 Wood: King Cobra Offset SS Hyper Steel
4-PW: Nike Covert VrS with Aldila VS Proto shafts
Putter: Wilson Buckingham

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11 hours ago, Golfspy_TCB said:

Congratulations Kenny!!! How many times have to shot your age?  Knowing your game... MANY.  what an asweome achievement!!

I’m not really sure; I could look it up on our old scorecards but I would say probably 7-8 times over the past 22 months.  I had a couple of times after I turned 74, and maybe 6 more times when I turned 75.  I hope to have many more when I turn 76 in May.

We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.”

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Date 03/19/2023
Course Name Columbia Point GC
Gross Score 80
Course Handicap 4
Gross Strokes over/under par 8
Net Score to Par 4
Net Score 76
Net Birdies or better 3
Longest Drive 210

Not that good of a day.  Weather turned again; chilly and breezy and my hands got cold.  Shot 41/39.  I manage to make a birdie on #2 after an opening hole bogey, but then it was a day of scrambling.  Only 6 GIR today.  Ugh!

We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.”

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Date 03/19/2023
Course Name Pumpkin Ridge Ghost Creek
Gross Score 94
Course Handicap 18
Gross Strokes over/under par 23
Net Score to Par 5
Net Score 76
Net Birdies or better 6
Longest Drive 234

1st real round of the year and since my back locked up on me in January. 

Played ok, but had major issues hitting driver and ended up leaving it in the bag on the back 11 holes. 

Hit my irons decent with a couple fatty’s in there but over all pleased and about what I expected. 

Sub 70 949 D 9* HZRUDS 60G 6.5 smoke RDX shaft. 

Sub 70 949X 4 wood ALDILA ABV 65-S shaft

Sub 70 699 Pro 4-AW 

Sub 70 3 utility 19*

Callaway 56 and 58 wedge. 

OG White Hot #1 putter

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Date 03/19/2023
Course Name Willow Fork
Gross Score 78
Course Handicap 3
Gross Strokes over/under par 6
Net Score to Par 3
Net Score 75
Net Birdies or better 2
Longest Drive 255

After a bit of a time off... and after my low expectations round last Friday... I started "thinking" again... which resulted in highlighting my rusty short game.  Amazing how fast you lose your touch around the greens when you haven't played in a bit.  But all in all a pretty satisfying round.  Hit my driver well, hit my irons well... still loving my new iron set... REALLY good on mishits (sadly I am keenly aware of this after the last round.. haha).  

 

  • Titleist TSR3 9* (A2 setting) Driver - Graphite Design Tour AD UB-5 R1
  • Titleist TSR2+ 3 Wood - Graphite Design Tour AD UB-5 R1
  • Srixon ZX 5W
  • Callaway Paradym 4-PW
  • Titleist Vokey SM9 50-08, 54-10 & 58-08
  • Scotty Cameron Super Select Newport 2.5
  • 2023 Titleist ProV1
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Date 03/19/2023
Course Name Glendoveer G&TC West Course
Gross Score 119
Course Handicap 36
Gross Strokes over/under par 41
Net Score to Par 5
Net Score 83
Net Birdies or better 2
Longest Drive 199

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Added my rounds in reverse chronological order.  It was a series of progression, towards the better!  Strangely, my last round didn't get me much other than a better score.  Nothing spectacular stood out as far as net birdies goes, but had a lot of good things happen in the round.

I wound up joining another single and had a great time playing with him.  He gave me  a great observation that should straighten my driver out quite a bit.  Was hitting a lot of good draws and didn't duff it nearly as much as I usually do.  Had a couple of holes where things fell apart a bit, but otherwise was happy with how the round went.  Dropping 20 strokes from the beginning of the week is nice.

Also, pace of play was quick.  We wound up finishing at 3:30, mostly because the group in front of us on the back nine was playing slow.  The first half we wrapped in 1:09, took a bit of a break to grab some brewskies and took a leisurely 2:15 on the back 9.

Driver - PXG GEN5 0311FX 9°+1° flat - ProjectX Cypher 40 5.5 trimmed to 44"
Wood - PXG GEN5 0311FX 4-wood flat - ProjectX Cypher 50 5.5 
Hybrid - PXG 0211 22° flat - ProjectX Cypher 50 5.5  and Adams Idea 5HY - 39" Fubuki z60 Hy Flex-R shaft
Irons - 5-PW Callaway Rouge ST Max w / ProjectX Tour Flighted 105 steel shafts
Wedges - Kirkland Signature G/S/L
Putter - Kirkland Signature KS1   Wilson Brass Tech BT-2 with Garsen ULTIMATE grip

Balls - Titelist Pro V1 (PROTO 388) and Pro V1x (PROTO 348 test balls from current '22 ball test.

RH player shooting ~112 in Portland, Oregon.  New to the game and improving every week!

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Date 03/17/2023
Course Name Glendoveer G&TC East Course
Gross Score 128
Course Handicap 36
Gross Strokes over/under par 55
Net Score to Par 19
Net Score 92
Net Birdies or better 8
Longest Drive 216

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This had the potential of being a decent round, but I had a couple of disaster holes that ruined it.  Mostly poor putting and getting stuck in the sand.  I royally screwed up on #4, as I had to option to pull the ball out of the bunker due to it being a lake, but took an extra swing at it anyway.  Not that it would have saved the hole.  Also, they've done something different at Glendoveer that makes the greens much tougher.  They roll forever and have a bit of break that they never had before.  Turning a birdie putt on #3 into a 6 (it was really 5 putts, entered the score wrong.  Had hit it onto the green to 7 ft) was a total bummer.  #11 could have been ok, but 4 sand shots and 4 putts is an instant snowman, no approach needed!

I did learn from the greens and did better on yesterday's round.

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Driver - PXG GEN5 0311FX 9°+1° flat - ProjectX Cypher 40 5.5 trimmed to 44"
Wood - PXG GEN5 0311FX 4-wood flat - ProjectX Cypher 50 5.5 
Hybrid - PXG 0211 22° flat - ProjectX Cypher 50 5.5  and Adams Idea 5HY - 39" Fubuki z60 Hy Flex-R shaft
Irons - 5-PW Callaway Rouge ST Max w / ProjectX Tour Flighted 105 steel shafts
Wedges - Kirkland Signature G/S/L
Putter - Kirkland Signature KS1   Wilson Brass Tech BT-2 with Garsen ULTIMATE grip

Balls - Titelist Pro V1 (PROTO 388) and Pro V1x (PROTO 348 test balls from current '22 ball test.

RH player shooting ~112 in Portland, Oregon.  New to the game and improving every week!

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Date 03/16/2023
Course Name Eastmoreland
Gross Score 137
Course Handicap 44
Gross Strokes over/under par 65
Net Score to Par 21
Net Score 93
Net Birdies or better 4
Longest Drive 197

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This round reminds me of the Hall & Oates hit "Ball-Eater!".  🎶 'O-o here she comes, watch out boy she'll chew you up!' 🎶 🕺

I think I lost 7 balls, including two of my prized and beloved 348 Protos.  The first one was on hole one second shot.  Hit a 4 wood, bounced off the cart path on the right of the green and slammed into the blackberries along the fence line.  No hope of finding it.   Then it was at a rate of one per hole for the next two holes.  The last four I lost on the back 9  on 16 and 17, which both have some serious water in play.  

Still a natural bird on #5 after a mishit was enough to keep me coming back.  It inspired the Friday round in order to get revenge.

Driver - PXG GEN5 0311FX 9°+1° flat - ProjectX Cypher 40 5.5 trimmed to 44"
Wood - PXG GEN5 0311FX 4-wood flat - ProjectX Cypher 50 5.5 
Hybrid - PXG 0211 22° flat - ProjectX Cypher 50 5.5  and Adams Idea 5HY - 39" Fubuki z60 Hy Flex-R shaft
Irons - 5-PW Callaway Rouge ST Max w / ProjectX Tour Flighted 105 steel shafts
Wedges - Kirkland Signature G/S/L
Putter - Kirkland Signature KS1   Wilson Brass Tech BT-2 with Garsen ULTIMATE grip

Balls - Titelist Pro V1 (PROTO 388) and Pro V1x (PROTO 348 test balls from current '22 ball test.

RH player shooting ~112 in Portland, Oregon.  New to the game and improving every week!

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17 minutes ago, Mr. Mushball said:
Date 03/17/2023
Course Name Glendoveer G&TC East Course
Gross Score 128
Course Handicap 36
Gross Strokes over/under par 55
Net Score to Par 19
Net Score 92
Net Birdies or better 8
Longest Drive 216

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This had the potential of being a decent round, but I had a couple of disaster holes that ruined it.  Mostly poor putting and getting stuck in the sand.  I royally screwed up on #4, as I had to option to pull the ball out of the bunker due to it being a lake, but took an extra swing at it anyway.  Not that it would have saved the hole.  Also, they've done something different at Glendoveer that makes the greens much tougher.  They roll forever and have a bit of break that they never had before.  Turning a birdie putt on #3 into a 6 (it was really 5 putts, entered the score wrong.  Had hit it onto the green to 7 ft) was a total bummer.  #11 could have been ok, but 4 sand shots and 4 putts is an instant snowman, no approach needed!

I did learn from the greens and did better on yesterday's round.

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Driver - PXG GEN5 0311FX 9°+1° flat - ProjectX Cypher 40 5.5 trimmed to 44"
Wood - PXG GEN5 0311FX 4-wood flat - ProjectX Cypher 50 5.5 
Hybrid - PXG 0211 22° flat - ProjectX Cypher 50 5.5  and Adams Idea 5HY - 39" Fubuki z60 Hy Flex-R shaft
Irons - 5-PW Callaway Rouge ST Max w / ProjectX Tour Flighted 105 steel shafts
Wedges - Kirkland Signature G/S/L
Putter - Kirkland Signature KS1   Wilson Brass Tech BT-2 with Garsen ULTIMATE grip

Balls - Titelist Pro V1 (PROTO 388) and Pro V1x (PROTO 348 test balls from current '22 ball test.

RH player shooting ~112 in Portland, Oregon.  New to the game and improving every week!

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I give up trying to fix my posts.  The editor widget is misbehaving so badly, it's posting all of the same regurgitated data no matter what I do.  

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Driver - PXG GEN5 0311FX 9°+1° flat - ProjectX Cypher 40 5.5 trimmed to 44"
Wood - PXG GEN5 0311FX 4-wood flat - ProjectX Cypher 50 5.5 
Hybrid - PXG 0211 22° flat - ProjectX Cypher 50 5.5  and Adams Idea 5HY - 39" Fubuki z60 Hy Flex-R shaft
Irons - 5-PW Callaway Rouge ST Max w / ProjectX Tour Flighted 105 steel shafts
Wedges - Kirkland Signature G/S/L
Putter - Kirkland Signature KS1   Wilson Brass Tech BT-2 with Garsen ULTIMATE grip

Balls - Titelist Pro V1 (PROTO 388) and Pro V1x (PROTO 348 test balls from current '22 ball test.

RH player shooting ~112 in Portland, Oregon.  New to the game and improving every week!

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MYGOLFSPY FORUM MEMBER WEEKLY VIRTUAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR

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WEEK 25 FINAL RESULTS

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Awesome showing of scores posted this week!!!  Thanks to EVERYONE who played rounds and posted your scores in Week 25!!  26 individual scores posted this week!!

My apologies for being a little late with the results for Week 25, but I'm glad I waited to post, giving several of the weekend scores time to be added to the Leaderboard.  I think, going forward, probably a good idea to allow Monday as "posting day" and publish the results on Tuesday for the previous week. 

 

Week 25 Winners

Low Net Score

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@Connorn2 Shot LIGHTS OUT this week with a Net 67 (-5) score at Auburn Hills!  GREAT PLAYING CONNOR! and Congratulations on "wearing" the MGS Forum Member Black Jacket badge for the week.  Close behind was @Golf2Much with his Net -3 round - I'm sure we will continue to see him on the top of the leaderboard for weeks to come.

 

Most Birdies or Better

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Tied for the Most Birdies or Better this week was @Connorn2 and @Mr. Mushball - each posting 8 net birdies or better.  Because this week's low score badge is going to @Connorn2 - @Mr. Mushball is this week's proud owner of the Birdie Badge for is round at Glendoveer East (tough course I might add). 

 

Longest Drive

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337.   'nuff said. 

Congratulations again (and again, and again) to @snicerz for claiming this week's longest drive.  ok, I'll repeat it one more time.   3 - 3 - 7.   Wow.

 

Hope everyone is having a blast out on the course and posting scores for our Virtual Tourney competition here on the Forum.  I'm having a blase watching all the scores come in and reading all about your ups and downs (literally 😉 ).  See you all in Week 26!

 

 

  • Titleist TSR3 9* (A2 setting) Driver - Graphite Design Tour AD UB-5 R1
  • Titleist TSR2+ 3 Wood - Graphite Design Tour AD UB-5 R1
  • Srixon ZX 5W
  • Callaway Paradym 4-PW
  • Titleist Vokey SM9 50-08, 54-10 & 58-08
  • Scotty Cameron Super Select Newport 2.5
  • 2023 Titleist ProV1
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