SEASON 2 - WEEK 1 MGS Forum Member Weekly Championship Tour

[Javs]

Date	04/03/2023
Course Name	Sun City Golf Club White Wing
Gross Score	70
Course Handicap	1
Gross Strokes over/under par	-2
Net Score to Par	-3
Net Score	69
Net Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	289

Hit 15 greens in regulation. Made 4 birdies and 1 eagle gross. Made 1 more net birdie on my 1 stroke hole. However, had 2 bogies and 1 double. 1 bogie a three putt. It was a decent day!

[GolfSpy TCB]

1 hour ago, Javs said:

Date	04/03/2023
Course Name	Sun City Golf Club White Wing
Gross Score	70
Course Handicap	1
Gross Strokes over/under par	-2
Net Score to Par	-3
Net Score	69
Net Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	289

Hit 15 greens in regulation. Made 4 birdies and 1 eagle gross. Made 1 more net birdie on my 1 stroke hole. However, had 2 bogies and 1 double. 1 bogie a three putt. It was a decent day!

Wow Javs!!! Great Round!!!

[Javs]

1 minute ago, Golfspy_TCB said:

Wow Javs!!! Great Round!!!

Thank you! One three putt and one hooked drive away from real excellence today! Sometimes the game is easy and sometimes it is like the first day at school. However, days like today make it worth it!

[dback]

Date	04/04/2023
Course Name	The Meadows at GVSU
Gross Score	87
Course Handicap	13
Gross Strokes over/under par	15
Net Score to Par	2
Net Score	74
Net Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	283

[GolfSpy TCB]

3 minutes ago, dback said:

Date	04/04/2023
Course Name	The Meadows at GVSU
Gross Score	87
Course Handicap	13
Gross Strokes over/under par	15
Net Score to Par	2
Net Score	74
Net Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	283

Welcome to the Forum and to the WVCT Dback!  

[snicerz]

Date	04/03/2023
Course Name	Surrey Hills
Gross Score	70
Course Handicap	2
Gross Strokes over/under par	-1
Net Score to Par	-3
Net Score	68
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	330

Crushed it yesterday! By the time I got to the course, the wind died down and the weather was great. Spent some time working on stuff on the range to warm up. Tried my best to heed my coach's advice to leave swing thoughts and stuff I'm working on at the range. Just go out and play my game.

The course was busy and they let us sneak out on the back. I have a habit (superstition?) of not looking at my card/app during the round. Of course I have to look at it if I'm scoring on an physical scorecard but I try to not look at my previous holes.

Well, that went out the window yesterday. I had to have a peek. I knew I was in a good spot and I needed to know. Wooo 2 under!!!! What happens next, I get in my head about I "have" to keep up this rhythm and what do you know, I send my drive far left and high into the wind to leave myself about 250 yds to the green on a par 4. I hit the best 3w I could have but still fell about 5 yds short of the green. Duffed the chip but my putting was able to salvage the single pock mark on my card.

Anyways, none of that matters. I shot my best score ever and accomplished my 2023 goal of breaking par! Now I need to shave just 1 more point off to get that "under 70 badge". 

I know it's been asked before but I feel like gripping a bit. So what are the conditions like at this course these days? Not great. Still rock hard and fast greens. "Fairways" are coming in. I used quoted because our fairways are 95% weeds and all the bermuda grass is dead. Not dormant, dead. So it's patchy weeds that will also die off in a couple weeks when we don't maintain the amount of rain we've had recently. Otherwise, it's a really neat course and fun to play. Challenging but fun. 

Pic of a "fairway" lie on #5 (the “grass” is poa annua):

[fozcycle]

Date	04/04/2023
Course Name	Heritage Isles
Gross Score	91
Course Handicap	9
Gross Strokes over/under par	19
Net Score to Par	10
Net Score	82
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	208

Pretty lousy day of golf but beautiful day otherwise. 38 putts, FIR 8/14 57%, GIR 7/18 39%.

[Javs]

3 hours ago, snicerz said:

Date	04/03/2023
Course Name	Surrey Hills
Gross Score	70
Course Handicap	2
Gross Strokes over/under par	-1
Net Score to Par	-3
Net Score	68
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	330

Crushed it yesterday! By the time I got to the course, the wind died down and the weather was great. Spent some time working on stuff on the range to warm up. Tried my best to heed my coach's advice to leave swing thoughts and stuff I'm working on at the range. Just go out and play my game.

The course was busy and they let us sneak out on the back. I have a habit (superstition?) of not looking at my card/app during the round. Of course I have to look at it if I'm scoring on an physical scorecard but I try to not look at my previous holes.

Well, that went out the window yesterday. I had to have a peek. I knew I was in a good spot and I needed to know. Wooo 2 under!!!! What happens next, I get in my head about I "have" to keep up this rhythm and what do you know, I send my drive far left and high into the wind to leave myself about 250 yds to the green on a par 4. I hit the best 3w I could have but still fell about 5 yds short of the green. Duffed the chip but my putting was able to salvage the single pock mark on my card.

Anyways, none of that matters. I shot my best score ever and accomplished my 2023 goal of breaking par! Now I need to shave just 1 more point off to get that "under 70 badge". 

I know it's been asked before but I feel like gripping a bit. So what are the conditions like at this course these days? Not great. Still rock hard and fast greens. "Fairways" are coming in. I used quoted because our fairways are 95% weeds and all the bermuda grass is dead. Not dormant, dead. So it's patchy weeds that will also die off in a couple weeks when we don't maintain the amount of rain we've had recently. Otherwise, it's a really neat course and fun to play. Challenging but fun. 

Pic of a "fairway" lie on #5 (the “grass” is poa annua):

Congratulations on a great round!

[GolfSpy TCB]

4 hours ago, snicerz said:

Date	04/03/2023
Course Name	Surrey Hills
Gross Score	70
Course Handicap	2
Gross Strokes over/under par	-1
Net Score to Par	-3
Net Score	68
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	330

Crushed it yesterday! By the time I got to the course, the wind died down and the weather was great. Spent some time working on stuff on the range to warm up. Tried my best to heed my coach's advice to leave swing thoughts and stuff I'm working on at the range. Just go out and play my game.

The course was busy and they let us sneak out on the back. I have a habit (superstition?) of not looking at my card/app during the round. Of course I have to look at it if I'm scoring on an physical scorecard but I try to not look at my previous holes.

Well, that went out the window yesterday. I had to have a peek. I knew I was in a good spot and I needed to know. Wooo 2 under!!!! What happens next, I get in my head about I "have" to keep up this rhythm and what do you know, I send my drive far left and high into the wind to leave myself about 250 yds to the green on a par 4. I hit the best 3w I could have but still fell about 5 yds short of the green. Duffed the chip but my putting was able to salvage the single pock mark on my card.

Anyways, none of that matters. I shot my best score ever and accomplished my 2023 goal of breaking par! Now I need to shave just 1 more point off to get that "under 70 badge". 

I know it's been asked before but I feel like gripping a bit. So what are the conditions like at this course these days? Not great. Still rock hard and fast greens. "Fairways" are coming in. I used quoted because our fairways are 95% weeds and all the bermuda grass is dead. Not dormant, dead. So it's patchy weeds that will also die off in a couple weeks when we don't maintain the amount of rain we've had recently. Otherwise, it's a really neat course and fun to play. Challenging but fun. 

Pic of a "fairway" lie on #5 (the “grass” is poa annua):

HUGE Congrats Snicerz... Under Par Round!!! That is an achievement for sure!!! 

After seeing your long drive for the day of 330... I leaned in closer to your ball.... 

[snicerz]

12 minutes ago, Golfspy_TCB said:

HUGE Congrats Snicerz... Under Par Round!!! That is an achievement for sure!!! 

After seeing your long drive for the day of 330... I leaned in closer to your ball.... 

I started taking a safe play on #5 recently. From the back tees I'm less tempted since there is no clearing in the trees. On that last round, I wanted to be a bit aggressive and went with the 3W instead of my hybrid. There was just enough wind above the trees that I thought I went long on that tee shot but man did I kill it. Dead straight too! 301 total with a little downhill run. That second shot was an 8i for 226 (again I landed it around 160 or so but it ran down the hill).

Course management has been a big thing for me lately. Especially this hole, taking the "safe" route 9/10 gives you the same if not better result compared to trying to drive it super long to get a chance at being on in 2. Most of the time,  have to lay up anyways. Might as well put myself in a position that I can get aggressive on my 3rd shot and look for birdie.

But yeah, that ball might need to be retired after this round. 

[GolfSpy TCB]

3 minutes ago, snicerz said:

I started taking a safe play on #5 recently. From the back tees I'm less tempted since there is no clearing in the trees. On that last round, I wanted to be a bit aggressive and went with the 3W instead of my hybrid. There was just enough wind above the trees that I thought I went long on that tee shot but man did I kill it. Dead straight too! 301 total with a little downhill run. That second shot was an 8i for 226 (again I landed it around 160 or so but it ran down the hill).

Course management has been a big thing for me lately. Especially this hole, taking the "safe" route 9/10 gives you the same if not better result compared to trying to drive it super long to get a chance at being on in 2. Most of the time,  have to lay up anyways. Might as well put myself in a position that I can get aggressive on my 3rd shot and look for birdie.

But yeah, that ball might need to be retired after this round. 

I'm going back to the drawing board... course management = sub par round.... 

 

[IndyBonzo]

Date	04/04/2023
Course Name	Brookshire Country Club
Gross Score	87
Course Handicap	12
Gross Strokes over/under par	15
Net Score to Par	3
Net Score	75
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	265

[Golf2Much]

Date	04/04/2023
Course Name	Key West Golf Club
Gross Score	82
Course Handicap	13
Gross Strokes over/under par	12
Net Score to Par	-1
Net Score	69
Net Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	213

First round of season 2 was a good, but very strange.  

Our hole 8 sort of sums up the day.  It's a 146 yard par 3 over mangroves with bunkers in front and behind a narrow green.  I miss hit my tee shot into the mangroves.  I took the penalty, dropped in the designated drop zone and proceeded to chip the ball in for a par.  I chipped in on another par three as well.  On nine, I actually ricocheted a long putt off another ball that wasn't anywhere near my line 10 ft into the hole.  No greens in regulations, but only 24 putts (two holes with zero putts) and seven ups and downs.  I did however double bogey the hardest AND the easiest holes!  My long drive was 213 yards.  Of course Shot Scope doesn't know it was cart path aided!

Welcome to season 2!

[Siamese Moose]

Date	04/03/2023
Course Name	Circling Hills
Gross Score	76
Course Handicap	5
Gross Strokes over/under par	5
Net Score to Par	0
Net Score	71
Net Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	240

Good putting round, but the highlight was an 18" putt for 14 skins on the last hole.

[GolfSpy TCB]

Only Tuesday and we already have 10 rounds posted????  Maybe I set the 40 goal too low!!!  

[Kenny B]

1 hour ago, Golfspy_TCB said:

Only Tuesday and we already have 10 rounds posted????  Maybe I set the 40 goal too low!!!  

I hoping to get 3 rounds in this week, but the course conditions still suck for good scores.

[Caddie1966]

Date	04/04/2023
Course Name	Denton Country Club
Gross Score	80
Course Handicap	11
Gross Strokes over/under par	9
Net Score to Par	-2
Net Score	69
Net Birdies or better	7
Longest Drive	285

[Caddie1966]

Oops.  1st time posting for the forum and hit submit before I edited.  Gross should be +9 and net should be -2.  Don’t know how to fix this.  Any suggestions?

[Caddie1966]

1 hour ago, Golfspy_TCB said:

Only Tuesday and we already have 10 rounds posted????  Maybe I set the 40 goal too low!!!  

I submitted incorrectly. I hit submit before I edited.  Score shows me -13 for gross which should be +9.  I don’t know how to fix this. Can you help?
 

[GolfSpy TCB]

16 minutes ago, Caddie1966 said:

I submitted incorrectly. I hit submit before I edited.  Score shows me -13 for gross which should be +9.  I don’t know how to fix this. Can you help?
 

Just want to be sure I have your score correct. 

Denton Country Club is a Par 71.  You shot 91 Gross.  Your course handicap is 11.  So Your net score is 80, which is 9 strokes over par.  

Is that your score?  (I feel like a magician pulling your card from the deck... is THIS your card???)  haha.  

 

[ZackS]

1 hour ago, Caddie1966 said:

Date	04/04/2023
Course Name	Denton Country Club
Gross Score	91
Course Handicap	11
Gross Strokes over/under par	20
Net Score to Par	9
Net Score	80
Net Birdies or better	7
Longest Drive	285

Hey that’s in my neck of the woods!

[Caddie1966]

1 hour ago, Golfspy_TCB said:

Just want to be sure I have your score correct. 

Denton Country Club is a Par 71.  You shot 91 Gross.  Your course handicap is 11.  So Your net score is 80, which is 9 strokes over par.  

Is that your score?  (I feel like a magician pulling your card from the deck... is THIS your card???)  haha.  

 

Par is 71.  My score was 80.  Course HC 11. Gross over was +9.   Net to par -2.  Net score 69.  Net birdies 7.  Long drive 285.  I fat fingered the whole thing and hit submit without paying attention.  My apologies.

[Caddie1966]

33 minutes ago, ZackS said:

Hey that’s in my neck of the woods!

 

33 minutes ago, ZackS said:

Hey that’s in my neck of the woods!

Yes it is.  I’m near Bridlewood but play at DCC.

[GolfSpy TCB]

7 minutes ago, Caddie1966 said:

Par is 71.  My score was 80.  Course HC 11. Gross over was +9.   Net to par -2.  Net score 69.  Net birdies 7.  Long drive 285.  I fat fingered the whole thing and hit submit without paying attention.  My apologies.

I guess I'm no magician. haha.  Take a look at your score above, is that correct now?  I misunderstood when you said you were +9... I thought you meant net. 

[DudeWheresMyPar]

On 4/3/2023 at 4:02 PM, climberboy2000 said:

I so want to play...but the snow melts one day and it's back the next.  Our Men's association had our opening social last Wednesday, but at this rate we won't be playing for another couple weeks.  Our course is up on the bench and still under snow! And it's snowing right now again. 

New picture from today...and I only live a block from the course.  Looking forward to the Icebreaker tournament in July 

 

I'm In Utah too, we are getting 2 feet of snow, I live on the benches in SL Valley and its so deep, I can't even practice my swings! lol

[Contron]

Date	04/05/2023
Course Name	MacDonald
Gross Score	98
Course Handicap	23
Gross Strokes over/under par	26
Net Score to Par	3
Net Score	75
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	200

Girlfriend had lessons again so was able to get in a Back 9 to round off my Front 9 earlier. I tee'd off in front of her ladies lesson group and absolutely topped it and hit the water 40 yards in front of the box... Tee'd off again and ended up barely getting it over the water, I mentally settled in for a rough round, but then I grabbed my 3 wood and once again it told my driver to sit back and watch and it launched an absolutely rocket up to the fringe on the green! After that the round went great! The drives were abysmal but putting was on fire, irons were healthy, hit the green side bunkers a couple times but didn't even slow me down. What got me were the Par 3's. The wind was absolutely ripping and both Par 3s were facing into the 18 mph winds with 30 mph gusts (Woohoo Kansas). I just flat out couldn't reach the green, and then I would be clawing my way onto it, double bogey'd both of them sadly. Then just fell apart on hole 18, no idea what happened, drive was decent but everything was falling short. Wasn't the way I wanted to end but sometimes it just happens. Still felt like a great round overall!

[climberboy2000]

3 hours ago, DudeWheresMyPar said:

I'm In Utah too, we are getting 2 feet of snow, I live on the benches in SL Valley and its so deep, I can't even practice my swings! lol

A week ago I could see the grass on my front lawn...tonight it's looks like mid-winter again.  Over 2 feet deep.  Could probably build a snow cave since i can't golf.  Our Men's sent out sign ups for our first tournament, the IceMaker, which is supposed to happen in 2 1/2 weeks...guess we'll see. 

[Caddie1966]

11 hours ago, Golfspy_TCB said:

I guess I'm no magician. haha.  Take a look at your score above, is that correct now?  I misunderstood when you said you were +9... I thought you meant net. 

Thanks.  The posting is correct now.  Sorry for the misadventure. I will ensure all future postings are correct before I hit submit.

[GolfSpy TCB]

29 minutes ago, Caddie1966 said:

Thanks.  The posting is correct now.  Sorry for the misadventure. I will ensure all future postings are correct before I hit submit.

No problem at all. Glad we got it right... and By The Way.... NICE ROUND!!!

[GolfSpy TCB]

16 hours ago, Siamese Moose said:

Date	04/03/2023
Course Name	Circling Hills
Gross Score	76
Course Handicap	5
Gross Strokes over/under par	5
Net Score to Par	0
Net Score	71
Net Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	240

Good putting round, but the highlight was an 18" putt for 14 skins on the last hole.

Ok, I HAVE to know more about the 14 skins!!!  That must have been a competitive group!!