Season 2 - Week 3 MGS Forum Member Weekly Virtual Championsip Tour

[IndyBonzo]

Date	04/23/2023
Course Name	River Glen Country Club
Gross Score	85
Course Handicap	13
Gross Strokes over/under par	14
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	72
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	254

[MC3157]

Date	04/23/2023
Course Name	Capitol Hill Legislator
Gross Score	89
Course Handicap	14
Gross Strokes over/under par	17
Net Score to Par	3
Net Score	75
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	0

Day 2 of playing the RTJ trail in Alabama!! We'll be traveling around the courses all week long!

[Kenny B]

Date	04/23/2023
Course Name	Columbia Point GC
Gross Score	81
Course Handicap	6
Gross Strokes over/under par	9
Net Score to Par	3
Net Score	75
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	221

Decent day except for 3 bad holes... all doubles and all involved water!!  But I had a much better ball striking day.  I had nine birdie chances but only made one for a net eagle.

Day started out cool but warmed up quickly; sun was out for awhile, then it got cloudy and the wind started blowing 15-20mph on the back nine... totally switched directions between #10 and #11.  

[PeterHenric]

On 4/22/2023 at 12:20 AM, Mr. Mushball said:

I'm usually at the bottom of the list, but today showed that anything can happen.  It's in you, just waiting to let loose!

Treasure these rounds. They are what keep you going and coming back for more! Well done.

[Golfspy_CG2]

Date	04/22/2023
Course Name	Compass Pointe Golf Course
Gross Score	96
Course Handicap	18
Gross Strokes over/under par	24
Net Score to Par	6
Net Score	78
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	21

Let’s keep it civil and not ask what happened on hole 13.   I’m not exactly sure I still realize what happened. 

[Golfspy_CG2]

Just now, Golfspy_CG2 said:

Date	04/22/2023
Course Name	Compass Pointe Golf Course
Gross Score	96
Course Handicap	18
Gross Strokes over/under par	24
Net Score to Par	6
Net Score	78
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	21

My big thumb got in the way.  
My drive was actually 221  

I’m a short hitter but not that short

[ncwoz]

Date	04/23/2023
Course Name	Kaufman
Gross Score	85
Course Handicap	8
Gross Strokes over/under par	13
Net Score to Par	5
Net Score	77
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	361

Windy day, but always good to get out. Off the tee and approach were solid, couple mistakes and not great play on and around the greens made the score a lot higher than it felt like it was.

[Javs]

Date	04/23/2023
Course Name	Sun City Golf Club White Wing
Gross Score	75
Course Handicap	3
Gross Strokes over/under par	3
Net Score to Par	0
Net Score	72
Net Birdies or better	5
Longest Drive	297

Much better ball striking round today!

[BassMaestro]

Date	04/23/2023
Course Name	Reedsburg Country Club
Gross Score	78
Course Handicap	9
Gross Strokes over/under par	6
Net Score to Par	-3
Net Score	69
Net Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	287

So excited to hit my sub 80 benchmark so early in the season. It was a cold one today and I was very impressed I was able to keep it even par on the last 12 holes.

[RoverRick]

On the bright side, NO BOGEYS today. But there was no bright side. It was rainy and cold and no golf. Watched movies with the wife, so no bogeys and a nice day with the wife. Win-win. 

[Tijoli]

Date	04/23/2023
Course Name	Deer Valley
Gross Score	109
Course Handicap	28
Gross Strokes over/under par	37
Net Score to Par	9
Net Score	81
Net Birdies or better	1
Longest Drive	170

Blew up on the back nine!  Truly was a wonderful, glorious, frustrating, furious way to spend the day!

[invee123]

Date	04/23/2023
Course Name	Buffalo Run GC
Gross Score	85
Course Handicap	15
Gross Strokes over/under par	13
Net Score to Par	-2
Net Score	70
Net Birdies or better	7
Longest Drive	322

Had another great outing, after this round my handicap is dropping to a 14.5. Struggled on the greens because they were COVERED in sand. Very very slow. Tough winter conditions and the course was decently long (6500yds) but I haven’t had issues with distance off the tee recently thankfully. Good luck to everyone in this weeks competition!

[snicerz]

Date	04/23/2023
Course Name	Surrey Hills
Gross Score	76
Course Handicap	-1
Gross Strokes over/under par	5
Net Score to Par	6
Net Score	77
Net Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	285

Had my normal Sunday round today. Wasn't great but wasn't all that bad. Found the sand a couple times and that really didn't help. #11 in particular was a mess. Drive landed in the fairway bunker, topped that and almost went OB over on the other side of the green, had about 50yds for shot #3 which landed where I wanted but just zoomed off the green. I assumed I was finally ready to putt but realized that 3rd shot made it another 10 yds off the front of the green. . . 2 putts starting in the fairways to "save" bogey.

[snicerz]

Date	04/23/2023
Course Name	Surry Hills
Gross Score	75
Course Handicap	0
Gross Strokes over/under par	4
Net Score to Par	4
Net Score	75
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	296

After my regular Sunday round, I ran into a friend and decided to play a few extra holes with him. Well, that turned in to 18 more holes really fast 

So, round 2. . .

Started the round tired. Finished the round reaaalllly tired. It was kind of like sprinting a 5k after just finishing a marathon. You know, for fun.

Really, it wasn't all that bad. I was still hitting the ball pretty good. Putts started getting sloppy then everything just went out the window by the end.

#17

Topped the drive, pulled my 2nd shot, duffed the chip, 2 putt for bogey.

#18

Slice, slice, good pitch shot, 1 putt for a miracle birdie.

#3 was probably the best scrambling I've done in a while though. #1 handicap for the course. Just a stupid hole layout. No clue what I did or was trying to do with my tee shot. The ball made it a grand total of 38yds with a 4H. Blasted a 3W to make up some ground and hopefully not go OB or one of the many trees in front of me. Easy 8i that ran forever down the hill, hooked a PW around the trees. I didn't mark the putt or pin location but I was maybe 15 feet across the hill slightly below the pin. Hard putt to make but somehow I drained it. I'll take a free par though, not complaining.

 

My uhh "long drive" for this round was actually with my 3W  I guess I marked it as Driver on my app but yeah it was a 3 Wood. It was a good shot though. I was being aggressive and it worked out. Was maybe 10yds short of the creek.

[Eddy Dragonetti]

Date	04/23/2023
Course Name	Glendoveer East
Gross Score	100
Course Handicap	24
Gross Strokes over/under par	27
Net Score to Par	3
Net Score	76
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	173

[Bohnson]

@snicerz I feel your pain on tired golf! My wheels feel off a little bit on my Saturday round. I went 4, 5, 6 (all bogeys) on 13, 14, and 15. I chubbed a chip on 13, had 4 shots inside of 45 yards on 14, and on 15 I greenside in two on a par five and tried to get cute on a flop shot instead of taking my medicine and thinned it into the bunker and walked away with another bogey. Lol golf is a marathon mentally and physically. Cheers to the pros who make it look so easy! 

I like your pictures, what app is that? 

[snicerz]

4 hours ago, Bohnson said:

@snicerz I feel your pain on tired golf! My wheels feel off a little bit on my Saturday round. I went 4, 5, 6 (all bogeys) on 13, 14, and 15. I chubbed a chip on 13, had 4 shots inside of 45 yards on 14, and on 15 I greenside in two on a par five and tried to get cute on a flop shot instead of taking my medicine and thinned it into the bunker and walked away with another bogey. Lol golf is a marathon mentally and physically. Cheers to the pros who make it look so easy! 

I like your pictures, what app is that? 

https://golfpadgps.com/

lol they need to make me an affiliate or something
I'm always getting asked about it

It's a pretty good app though. The free version is great. If you want more everything, the paid version is worth it imo

For real though, the link is going in my signature 

[Spikehammer]

Date	04/19/2023
Course Name	Table Mountain Golf Club
Gross Score	87
Course Handicap	8
Gross Strokes over/under par	15
Net Score to Par	7
Net Score	79
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	0

[Mr. Mushball]

Date	04/23/2023
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	197

Today did not work out as well as Friday's round.  The conditions were about the same, but it fell apart after the turn.  Somehow lost connection to my core and started leaning back.  I couldn't correct it until the last hole and by that time my card was far more than wrecked.  Still wound up with a couple of pars and twice as many bogeys, which is still a good showing for how I've been playing recently.

 

 

[Mr. Mushball]

12 hours ago, Eddy Dragonetti said:

Date	04/23/2023
Course Name	Glendoveer East
Gross Score	100
Course Handicap	24
Gross Strokes over/under par	27
Net Score to Par	3
Net Score	76
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	173

I'll attest this round!  He shot way better than I did and found quite a few of the fairways.  Almost into summer shape!

 

[Sinbin]

Date 04/23/2023

Course Name Purple Sage Golf Course

Gross Score 92

Course Handicap 20

Gross Strokes over/under par 21

Net Score to Par 1

Net Score 72

Net Birdies or better 4

Longest Drive 280

 

Not sure how to do the fancy score card and formatting lol. Happy to take advice. Pretty ugly round....cold and steady rain for first 9 holes, punched and soggy greens. Driver was on, all irons missing left a bit (think swing was hampered by my jacket and not rotating fully), as usual major frustration was chipping. Lose so many damn strokes to chipping/duffing/skulling. Bane of my life lol. I can swing 110 mph and hit the center easy, but im decrepit inside 10 yards and 20mph swing. And career? worst 6% GIR so I had to chip a lot.

Edited April 25, 2023 by Sinbin

[snicerz]

2 hours ago, Sinbin said:

Date 04/23/2023

Course Name Purple Sage Golf Course

Gross Score 92

Course Handicap 20

Gross Strokes over/under par 21

Net Score to Par 1

Net Score 72

Net Birdies or better 4

Longest Drive 280

 

Not sure how to do the fancy score card and formatting lol. Happy to take advice. Pretty ugly round....cold and steady rain for first 9 holes, punched and soggy greens. Driver was on, all irons missing left a bit (think swing was hampered by my jacket and not rotating fully), as usual major frustration was chipping. Lose so many damn strokes to chipping/duffing/skulling. Bane of my life lol. I can swing 110 mph and hit the center easy, but im decrepit inside 10 yards and 20mph swing. And career? worst 6% GIR so I had to chip a lot.

You want to use the Post Score button. It looks like you missed the cutoff for Week 3 though and the button has been disabled for this thread. 
Use the week 4 thread 

 

[GolfSpy TCB]

8 hours ago, snicerz said:

You want to use the Post Score button. It looks like you missed the cutoff for Week 3 though and the button has been disabled for this thread. 
Use the week 4 thread 

 

Thanks for the assist @snicerz 

@Sinbin let me know if you have an questions posting your score in the current week (linked above by Snicerz).  

[GolfSpy TCB]

I mean... What can I say?  73 scores posted this week.  You guys are setting weekly records ever week in Season 2.  Not only were there 73 rounds posted, but 49 individual members posted scores this week!!!  (Not that there is anything wrong with posting multiple scores every week... in fact I encourage it  ). 

 

Dare I use the big number?  Is it even POSSIBLE?  One Zero Zero?  I think it is .  My only question is.... 

Will it happen in Week 4????  I have faith in you guys... Let's see it!!

 

In the meantime... let's wade through the field of scores    !!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present the TOP 11 Scores of the week:

Happens to be all of the scores above were posted as Net Under Par rounds. 

 

Season 2 / Week 3 Winners:

 

Low Net Score:

With a net score of 66 and more net birdies or better than I have fingers to count... playing at Glendoveer East (which I can attest is a TOUGH 18)...

@Mr. Mushball is this week's Low Net Score and Black Jacket Badge Recipient!

Congratulations MM!!  Stellar Round!!

 

Most Net Birdies of Better

As much as I would love to award MM with a second badge this week (12???  What!!!) I'm sure he won't mind spreading the joy across the members and  spread we will... 2nd place with 8 Birdies is also @Mr. Mushball... so we move to 7 and award this week's Birdie Badge to: 5 different members

 

@Jodrell @RoverRick @invee123 @Lglasenapp and @LinksgolfFever

Enjoy your badges everyone!!  

 

Longest Drive

Moving on to our final award, but certainly not the least EXPLOSIVE!!!  This is where I start wondering if I should have take up Bowling as a youngster...Here comes the Thunder...

This is intimidating:

Drives over 300 yards THIS WEEK:

322

314

304

306

338

329

334

338

302

324

But our longest drive this week stuck it's tongue out at those drives at it flew by to a total distance of:

361 Yards. 

I have no words. 

@ncwoz drove the ball a total of 361 YARDS!

It must be nice to have to CHIP BACK to the green on a par 4 .

Nice Drive NCWOZ!!!!! and Congrats for winning the Long Drive Badge this week.  

 

And thanks to ALL THE PARTICIPATING MEMBERS of the MGS Member Virtual Championship Tour!!

(Stay tuned for a special announcement later this week for participants of "The Tour").

 

 

 

 

 

[Bohnson]

Congrats everyone! 361 

[ncwoz]

11 minutes ago, Bohnson said:

Congrats everyone! 361 

Downwind, downhill and a friendly hardpan bounce all definitely helped But you won't find me complaining!

[RoverRick]

361? He beat me by 40 yards and I had a 30mph wind and bounced off the concrete 20 times.

[Bohnson]

@ncwozstill a bomb!! I have a couple downhill holes at my home track that if you get the right wind and firm conditions it can roll out. Need to move to Colorado! Is there an altitude adjustment to the long drive competition?! 

[RoverRick]

3 minutes ago, Bohnson said:

@ncwozstill a bomb!! I have a couple downhill holes at my home track that if you get the right wind and firm conditions it can roll out. Need to move to Colorado! Is there an altitude adjustment to the long drive competition?! 

Ironically, it was perhaps my poorest contact of the day that got extremely lucky. I was on 18 and hit it hard, but off the heal. Never got over 10’ high, barely carried the lake, hit the cart path a couple or 10 times, crossed the number 1 tee box, bounced off the construction fence, went down the number 1 cart path. Bounced off the curb around the putting green and rolled back in bounds. Bomb? More like a cannonball.