SEASON 2 - WEEK 4 MGS Forum Member Weekly Virtual Championship Tour (VCT)

[richk9holes]

Date	04/26/2023
Course Name	Atlantis GC/Clearbrook GC
Gross Score	86
Course Handicap	11
Gross Strokes over/under par	15
Net Score to Par	4
Net Score	75
Net Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	240

Yesterday played front nine at Ocean County GC @ Atlantis. Tough course, hit the ball well. +1 net with 0 net birdies, just kept it in play all day.

Today I played 9 holes at Clearbrook GC to combine with yesterday. A couple chunks with 7i uncharacteristic of me. No blowup, but a couple double bogeys hurt my score.

[Josh Ross]

Date	04/26/2023
Course Name	Whitepath Golf Course
Gross Score	84
Course Handicap	4
Gross Strokes over/under par	12
Net Score to Par	8
Net Score	80
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	324

Excited to finally be able to participate in this! Had a decent day, basing my handicap off of my pre-injury handicap but definitely not playing at that level right now. Haven't lost my distance but overall dispersion and touch on the short shots just isn't where it normally is. Still fun to go out there and feel like I'm competing!

[Louis "John " Gavazza]

Date	04/26/2023
Course Name	Granite Falls South
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	270

Today was the Sun City Grand Men's Club Pro Am. We had a total of 23 local Pro's from the Phoenix area. I shot an 87 which was okay but I had two triple bogeys and one double bogey. Over I drove the ball well and had a good game. I had two 4 putt greens that didn't help. I was on a team that tie for fifth. Course is in great condition. 

[mikeanthony]

Date	04/25/2023
Course Name	Charleston Municipal Golf Course
Gross Score	87
Course Handicap	17
Gross Strokes over/under par	15
Net Score to Par	-2
Net Score	70
Net Birdies or better	7
Longest Drive	288

Solid round. Only one 3-putt, but 35 putts overall. Simply could not get up and down or make a birdie. 

[snicerz]

Well, at this point I'm starting to get a cabin fever. I seems like we've had more rain in the last week than we've had in the last 5 years. Hopefully, it dries out a bit this weekend.

[Putdit]

Last 90 from the blues NGC Seal Beach. Ca. on I'll say maybe on week punch green, still roll ok, Staff was great!!! 100%

[Javs]

Date	04/27/2023
Course Name	Sun City Golf Club White Wing
Gross Score	74
Course Handicap	2
Gross Strokes over/under par	2
Net Score to Par	0
Net Score	72
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	402

Nicer weather and better day! Long drive was cart path assisted! However, sure love drive, wedge to hit the Par 5 in two!!

[Tijoli]

Date	04/27/2023
Course Name	Cumberland Golf Course Carlisle, PA
Gross Score	0
Course Handicap	0
Gross Strokes over/under par	0
Net Score to Par	0
Net Score	0
Net Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	0

[IndyBonzo]

Date	04/27/2023
Course Name	Rio Secco
Gross Score	86
Course Handicap	14
Gross Strokes over/under par	14
Net Score to Par	0
Net Score	72
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	264

My back was killing me after a tough night of little sleep, and I started +8 after 4.  Yikes.

Went +6 the rest of the way, with 2 legit birdies, and posted a decent score - actually, better than decent for me.

It was a beautiful day in Las Vegas with two good friends.  What a great time.  I wish every day golfing was this much fun.  (it often is!)

[Mikedb26]

Date	04/27/2023
Course Name	John's Island Club West
Gross Score	82
Course Handicap	6
Gross Strokes over/under par	10
Net Score to Par	4
Net Score	76
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	315

Awesome course, tough fast undulating greens and elevation, surprisingly, for Vero Beach.

[RoverRick]

I played 9 holes today. Hit exactly 1 fairway and 1 green. Shot even par and a net -5. Then my partner for this weeks tournament showed up and we played 5 more, but dropped several balls to practice. That was my original intent, to drop several balls around the green and practice, but hit the first chip really close. All the chips were close. 
 

It was windy and wet and cart path only. So some of the missed fairways was because I was aiming for “close to the cart path” vs the fairway. No such excuse for the greens. 
 

Tomorrow is the practice round for the tournament, then a shootout. Saturday is a best ball tournament. Sunday is a Shamble so I can’t enter that round here. 

[GolfSpy TCB]

On 4/26/2023 at 1:17 PM, fozcycle said:

Date	04/26/2023
Course Name	Heritage Isles
Gross Score	84
Course Handicap	9
Gross Strokes over/under par	12
Net Score to Par	3
Net Score	75
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	203

Great weather….mid 60’s to mid 80’s. No penalties today, played an AVX all day. My left shoulder still has pain, but not severe.

I think the AVX is a really good ball!  Definitely notice the lower trajectory, but it is like a bullet off the tee.  

[GolfSpy TCB]

1 hour ago, RoverRick said:

I played 9 holes today. Hit exactly 1 fairway and 1 green. Shot even par and a net -5. Then my partner for this weeks tournament showed up and we played 5 more, but dropped several balls to practice. That was my original intent, to drop several balls around the green and practice, but hit the first chip really close. All the chips were close. 
 

It was windy and wet and cart path only. So some of the missed fairways was because I was aiming for “close to the cart path” vs the fairway. No such excuse for the greens. 
 

Tomorrow is the practice round for the tournament, then a shootout. Saturday is a best ball tournament. Sunday is a Shamble so I can’t enter that round here. 

Well, at least save that 9 to combine with another so you can post it!  Good luck in your tourney... keep us posted how you do!!

[GolfSpy TCB]

On 4/25/2023 at 7:15 PM, RoverRick said:

Date	04/25/2023
Course Name	Sulphur Springs Country Club
Gross Score	73
Course Handicap	10
Gross Strokes over/under par	1
Net Score to Par	-9
Net Score	63
Net Birdies or better	10
Longest Drive	268

I had a Scotty Cameron 1997 Big Sur Broomstick Putter with the 2 piece shaft that kept breaking. I sent it back once, and they replaced shaft, but it was a poor design and soon was messed up again. 10 years ago, I put a shorter thicker shaft on it and modified the lie angle and used it most of the time. Then I decided I wanted a black shaft and ruined it. Last night,  I decided to change it back. 
 

Today, after draining putt after putt in my office, it worked out that I had time so I thought I’d go play a few holes before the rain came. It never came. I took a different driver also. SIM2 9° turned down to. 7° on the Hzrdus Red Smoke RDX shaft. No warm up, just teed it up and gave it a wack. First few holes I hit long high fades. Didn’t hit any greens. Got up and down for pars except the par 3 fourth hole that I lipped out. Through 7 holes I was 3 over gross but just 1 over net. 
I missed the 8th fairway and had to draw a hybrid around the trees but rolled inches from the hole and 10’ passed it but off the green. Putted from off the green, so it counts as a chip vs a putt, but drained it for birdie net eagle. So I finished the front 9 with a 38 net 33. With 11 putts. 
 

Then the irons heated up. Birdies on 10 and 11. Got up and down for par/birdie on 12 and 13. A birdie/eagle on 14. I left my approach short on 15 from 136 yards after hitting a fabulous drive, pitched it roll within inches to 4’ for a par/birdie putt, but missed and made 5/4. Had a birdie putt from 8’ on 16 but, for the first time today, I left it short but just a foot. Up and down for par on 17. Poor drive on 18, lay up and pitch to 8’ on 18, but missed that putt for a bogey/par. 
 

So 9/14 fairways and just 5/18 greens. Wedges were very good, mainly because the grass is very good, finally. Putter was off the charts. 23 putts. (24 if you count the one off the green on 8. However, I putted from off the green 7 other times.) I used the putter 31 times but since I was not on the green, and could have used a wedge or another club, it technically wasn’t a putt. 

Ok, I want to see that putter mod now!!!  So is it standard length or still "broomstick-esque"?.  Awesome round by the way!!  Looks like you are peaking at the right time (I'm not even going to mention the driver turned down to 7*... that sounds like my putter loft. Haha!)

[PeterHenric]

Date	04/28/2023
Course Name	Las Vegas National
Gross Score	100
Course Handicap	26
Gross Strokes over/under par	29
Net Score to Par	3
Net Score	74
Net Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	260

Another tale of 2 9’s.

 Really had a round going and just couldn’t hit a drive on the back 9.

10 over on the front, 19 over on the back  

[tdroma98]

Loved Las Vegas National @PeterHenric.  Used to play Vegas National & Badlands in late 90's around 1998 to 2005, used to make an annual trip to Vegas.  Last time in Vegas, we played Stallion Mountain and Bears Best! Love Vegas Courses!! 

[Bucky CC]

Date	04/27/2023
Course Name	Western Lakes GC
Gross Score	77
Course Handicap	3
Gross Strokes over/under par	5
Net Score to Par	2
Net Score	74
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	288

Only one real birdie on the round but no doubles or three putts.

[snicerz]

Looking forward to getting to play for once this week! I already know it's going to be bad. Work has had me up for 2 days straight now and all the things feel terrible. I need sunshine and a nap!!

[Caddie1966]

Date	04/27/2023
Course Name	Denton Country Club
Gross Score	79
Course Handicap	10
Gross Strokes over/under par	8
Net Score to Par	-2
Net Score	69
Net Birdies or better	5
Longest Drive	281

Cold day for North Tx this late in April as temps were high 50s and wind was 15 and gusty out of the north.  Normally we are pushing 80s this time of year.  

Played well.  Drove the ball very well when I kept it in the fairway: 10/14.  Had 2 tee shots that forced me to pitch out and 2 where I hit the green with low punch shots from the trees on the left, one of which resulted in birdie. I got up and down for par on two of the par threes and lipped out two chips on par 4s that saved par. Lost strokes on 2 of the 3 holes I hit it in the bunker. 

Putted better.  29 putts including two three putt greens. Switched to my Ping blade from my Odyssey exo7 and made 4 in the 8-12 foot range.  Blasted an uphill 25 footer 10 feet past on 9 for a 3 putt  bogey  and missed a 3 footer on 18 for another 3 putt bogey.  Save for those two greens I putted very well.

 

 

[jaz29]

Date	04/27/2023
Course Name	Bay Pointe GC
Gross Score	99
Course Handicap	10
Gross Strokes over/under par	29
Net Score to Par	19
Net Score	89
Net Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	0

[RoverRick]

12 hours ago, Golfspy_TCB said:

Ok, I want to see that putter mod now!!!  So is it standard length or still "broomstick-esque"?.  Awesome round by the way!!  Looks like you are peaking at the right time (I'm not even going to mention the driver turned down to 7*... that sounds like my putter loft. Haha!)

I will not go into my complete putting history. Instinct Putting was a thread in 2012 I wrote all about that and the link is below. 

https://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/6196-instinct-putting/#comment-61054

This is about the mods to this putter. The original Scotty Cameron Big Sur Broomstick was a standard shaft .370 OD  and had a splice in the middle to make it the correct length of 48-ish inches. They put a heavy head that was moved by applying force to the other end of the shaft and put the weakest part in the middle. Not sound engineering. I returned it when this broke, and it was repaired, and then it did it again. I found a shaft for something which had a bend in it, but there was a point after the bend that I could cut  the shaft and use it. I don’t remember the length. 

At some point in time, I decided to cut this down to regular length and milled it out a little to change the lie angle  This made it feel extremely heavy, but I actually putted very well with it. I’ve been told by “professionals” that it would ruin my putting, etc. However, the goal is to get the ball in the hole, so they can kiss….. back to the mods  

I played this at 33.5”, and there were times I putted well with it, and times I didn’t. I bought a Evnroll ER5B last year because I wanted all black clubs.  Truth be told, this is an excellent putter, and I can use it now, except I prefer a different alignment aid. But in January, I developed  twist in my putting stoke and had trouble reading the putts  

January Mod. Along with all my cubs I was using at the time. Basically some shaft changes in the driver and 3 wood, and had my Ping G425 7&9 woods instead of the SIM2 3&4 Rescues. 

At that point in time, I had decided I need to investigate the ArmLock Putting Style and Aim Point Putting. I bought a ArmLock putting grip that converted Mid and long putters to armlock. I also added some heat shrink tubing to an already extremely heavy putter because I wanted it all black. But because it had a heavy head and grip, it was surprisingly well balanced.
 

ArmLock putting was not for me. I do use AimPoint to get an idea, but mainly use the Instinct Putting in the thread. 

 

Most of the current mods have to do with weighting. The black shaft is gone. Now it is chrome, it is 38.5” and has a SuperStoke WristLock grip. Why? Because that’s the grip I had. I play this about 33.5-34”. My hands never touch the top black portion, but I have a graphite extension with a  steel weight glued into the end. It is pictured next to a Studio Style Newport 1.5 35” with standard BestGrip Gridiron grip. 
 

The Big Sur probably weighs 1.5-2 times that of the Newport but because of the weighting it feels lighter swing weight. The mass of the head means less swing and the ball holds its line. Mishits are not an issue, unless I hit the ground. 
 

I could probably do a complete thread or section on what I modified each week. I also took 2 heads and 4 shafts to the launch monitor Monday and including the settings on the driver I had 24 variations of what driver I will use in the tournament. Regripping my wedges now.

[Randall Robbins]

Date	04/28/2023
Course Name	Bent Creek
Gross Score	0
Course Handicap	4
Gross Strokes over/under par	-2
Net Score to Par	-6
Net Score	-4
Net Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	235

Ok, it was a good week!  New handicaps come out in a couple of days, and then I'll be down to a 3 - better enjoy it whi!e  I can - also, this is 3rd time this year to shoot my age!

[Randall Robbins]

Oops screwed up the score part, should be a 69, if someone can fix that.  What a dumb a**

[fozcycle]

Date	04/28/2023
Course Name	Heritage Isles
Gross Score	95
Course Handicap	9
Gross Strokes over/under par	23
Net Score to Par	14
Net Score	86
Net Birdies or better	1
Longest Drive	213

My worst round this year! FIR 8/14 57%; GIR 3/18 17%; Putts 32.

weather was overcast with 65* - 82*.

I was “looking up” all day. Probably due to the left shoulder injury (muscles) caused me to bend my left knee too much on the backswing. This caused me to lift up my head and top the ball.  I’ll analyze my round and go after it again on Monday.

[cdewispelare]

Date	04/27/2023
Course Name	Tara Hills Golf Club
Gross Score	82
Course Handicap	10
Gross Strokes over/under par	12
Net Score to Par	2
Net Score	72
Net Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	310

Great conditions, very "meh" round for me.  Playing partner shot a 73 though.

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

Date	04/28/2023
Course Name	Maplegate 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	7
Longest Drive	284

My best round on approach and wedges. Darts with wedges and fantastic iron play led to my MOST ever birdies in a round...and 3 of them consecutive.

Not good off the tee and only had two decent drives but made the most of them both at 284.

[RoverRick]

Date	04/28/2023
Course Name	Sulphur Springs Country Club
Gross Score	87
Course Handicap	10
Gross Strokes over/under par	15
Net Score to Par	5
Net Score	77
Net Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	250

That was ugly. After 2 weeks of lights out putting 13 putts ON THE FIRST 5 HOLES!  Then I chipped in on 6 for a net eagle, and net birdies on 2 and 8. I shot 47 on the front 9. In spite of a birdie and 2 pars. 19 putts on the front, which doesn’t sound bad until you consider that 3 holes had a total of 2 putts. 
 

Shot a 40 on the back. Had some good holes and finally figured out that if I don’t pound the ball 8’ passed the hole it was better. 

[vandyland]

Date	04/29/2023
Course Name	Wailea Old Blue Course
Gross Score	82
Course Handicap	7
Gross Strokes over/under par	11
Net Score to Par	4
Net Score	75
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	277

Pretty nice day out there. Couldn’t figure out the greens and had about 5 3 putts. Can’t beat the views though…

 

[EasyPutter]

Date	04/29/2023
Course Name	Elma Meadows Golf Course
Gross Score	88
Course Handicap	23
Gross Strokes over/under par	18
Net Score to Par	-5
Net Score	65
Net Birdies or better	10
Longest Drive	175

Best round this year and probably most of last year.  Weather was lower 50s and rain, all playing partners bailed due to inclement weather so nobody to see my 4 pars on the front 9, and my birdie, birdie, par on holes 14-16 on the back 9 and my SwingU app recalculation of handicap that dropped 2 points this week to 23  Also nobody to see how well I was hitting PW between 100 to 60 yards approach shots onto green or fringe and overall hitting better than I remember.  And I thought Monday's round of 96 was going to be this week's entry 

[Javs]

1 hour ago, vandyland said:

Date	04/29/2023
Course Name	Wailea Old Blue Course
Gross Score	82
Course Handicap	7
Gross Strokes over/under par	11
Net Score to Par	4
Net Score	75
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	277

Pretty nice day out there. Couldn’t figure out the greens and had about 5 3 putts. Can’t beat the views though…

 

Great pictures and views!!