SEASON 2 - WEEK 14 MGS Forum Member Weekly Virtual Championship Tour (VCT)

[daviddvm]

Date	07/06/2023
Course Name	Galveston Country Club
Gross Score	86
Course Handicap	7
Gross Strokes over/under par	14
Net Score to Par	7
Net Score	79
Net Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	229

Enjoyed the day in spite of my poor play! I'll play better next week

[DoubleBogeyDad]

Date	07/08/2023
Course Name	Ridges at Sand Creek
Gross Score	89
Course Handicap	14
Gross Strokes over/under par	17
Net Score to Par	3
Net Score	75
Net Birdies or better	5
Longest Drive	309

Today was a mixed bag. Struck the ball well enough to shoot in the low 80s, short game and putting was abysmal. 

On the plus side, the MT86 OS irons finally clicked and holy buckets, they felt good.

Hit a couple nice drives, longest coming in at 309. Back nine called for lots of irons off the tee so the average was down, but put myself in good positions just couldn't finish.

[vandyland]

Date	07/08/2023
Course Name	Hillwood Country Club
Gross Score	72
Course Handicap	4
Gross Strokes over/under par	0
Net Score to Par	-4
Net Score	68
Net Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	292

Best round in months, just had everything going. Going to monte’s class next week!

[MC3157]

Date	07/08/2023
Course Name	Pelican Point G & CC : Preserve to Hatchett Creek
Gross Score	85
Course Handicap	13
Gross Strokes over/under par	13
Net Score to Par	0
Net Score	72
Net Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	0

Started the day with 2 double bogeys and a triple bogey within the first 4 holes. Then got settled down to score only 6 over for the next 14 holes. So recovered somewhat. There are better days ahead!!

[GolfSpy_BNG]

Date	07/08/2023
Course Name	Hillside Golf Course
Gross Score	74
Course Handicap	0
Gross Strokes over/under par	2
Net Score to Par	2
Net Score	74
Net Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	312

[Golf2Much]

Date	07/08/2023
Course Name	Key West Golf Club
Gross Score	81
Course Handicap	14
Gross Strokes over/under par	11
Net Score to Par	-3
Net Score	67
Net Birdies or better	5
Longest Drive	201

I had my best round in a long time.  It could have been in the upper 70's as I lipped out on at least three or four putts.  

My chipping was spot on today with six up and downs.  My short game yielded over five strokes.  I had only 28 putts and almost half of them were one putts.  I hit two-thirds of my fairways including a 201 yard "massive" cart-path-aided drive on number 7.  

My head of operations used to say "once is an accident, twice is a coincidence and three times is a trend!"  What we had today was an accident!  Let's hope that next week it's more of a coincidence.

[Caddie1966]

Date	07/08/2023
Course Name	Denton Country Club
Gross Score	80
Course Handicap	10
Gross Strokes over/under par	9
Net Score to Par	-1
Net Score	70
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	292

37/43.  Best I say little about this back 9.

[GolfSpy_BEN]

Date	07/08/2023
Course Name	Majestic Springs
Gross Score	76
Course Handicap	4
Gross Strokes over/under par	5
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	72
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	259

39/37 +5 76

While the score is middle of the pack for me this season, this round is significant and satisfying because early on it was apparent that my driver decided not to show up for today’s round. By the 11th hole, I had enough. On the 12th, I used my playing partners and from the 13th on I hit my 3 wood off the tee (more about that in the Callaway Paradym TD unofficial testing thread). My long drive of the day was a 3 wood on 16 that I hit 259. On a day that I didn’t have my fastball, I still managed to put together an OK round. Like I said, satisfying.

[Alan Scalzi]

Date	07/08/2023
Course Name	Excelsior Springs
Gross Score	93
Course Handicap	20
Gross Strokes over/under par	21
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	73
Net Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	0

[Wel-Done]

Date	07/03/2023
Course Name	Berkeley Country Club
Gross Score	80
Course Handicap	16
Gross Strokes over/under par	8
Net Score to Par	-8
Net Score	64
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	305

A lifetime best round from a last minute invite and walking with a push cart. Everything just clicked that day even though I had zero warm up time and no intention of actually shooting low. If I can even come close to this again in 2023 I'll be amazed . In all fairness this course is incredibly forgiving with gentle doglegs, wide fairways and fairly large greens. I hit one ball OB on 17 which cost me breaking 80 but also had an errant 4 iron slice take a substantial member bounce off a tree, back onto the fairway on the very same hole (par 5 that is very accessible in 2). I followed this performance up with a 96 on a neighboring course I've played three times now lol. My key take away was that any given day can be your best. I'll be chasing this score for a while, wish me luck. Also my first and likely best round I'll ever post on the VGT. 

[HeathS16]

Date	07/08/2023
Course Name	Twin Hills Golf and Country Club
Gross Score	75
Course Handicap	9
Gross Strokes over/under par	3
Net Score to Par	-6
Net Score	66
Net Birdies or better	7
Longest Drive	321

Best round of my life.  Shot +3 with a double and a sloppy 3 putt on the card. 

[Mike T C]

Date	07/08/2023
Course Name	Links at Redstone Patriot Course
Gross Score	81
Course Handicap	10
Gross Strokes over/under par	9
Net Score to Par	-1
Net Score	71
Net Birdies or better	1
Longest Drive	277

Great front with a 3 over 39, followed by a few disappointing holes on the back, to include a double where I couldn't stop hitting trees. Overall though, a great round for me!

 

[GTI07]

Date	07/06/2023
Course Name	Camp Aguinaldo Golf Club
Gross Score	102
Course Handicap	25
Gross Strokes over/under par	34
Net Score to Par	9
Net Score	77
Net Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	233

[Vegan_Golfer_PNW]

Quick question @GolfSpy TCB  can we have a midseason roll up here if possible? Standings, score charts to see how folks are trending, same with longest drive and net birdies etc…. Just a thought, sounds like a lot of work. 

[tmerick]

Date	07/07/2023
Course Name	Gopher Hills Golf Course
Gross Score	77
Course Handicap	6
Gross Strokes over/under par	5
Net Score to Par	-1
Net Score	71
Net Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	299

50%+ on both fairway and green in regulation!

[Pinetree]

Date	07/09/2023
Course Name	Sandridge Golf Club Lakes Course
Gross Score	73
Course Handicap	5
Gross Strokes over/under par	1
Net Score to Par	-4
Net Score	68
Net Birdies or better	7
Longest Drive	233

[chupac78]

Date	07/09/2023
Course Name	Wildwood Golf Course
Gross Score	82
Course Handicap	11
Gross Strokes over/under par	10
Net Score to Par	-1
Net Score	71
Net Birdies or better	1
Longest Drive	274

[BKervin]

Date	07/07/2023
Course Name	Pennhills
Gross Score	109
Course Handicap	32
Gross Strokes over/under par	37
Net Score to Par	5
Net Score	77
Net Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	147

[GolfSpy TCB]

Date	07/09/2023
Course Name	Willow Fork CC
Gross Score	78
Course Handicap	4
Gross Strokes over/under par	6
Net Score to Par	2
Net Score	74
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	258

Tough day of ball striking, and putting on recently aerated greens, but made some nice saves to keep me coming back for more.  

[J7Hawkins]

Date	07/08/2023
Course Name	Stillwater Country Club
Gross Score	83
Course Handicap	15
Gross Strokes over/under par	13
Net Score to Par	-2
Net Score	68
Net Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	315

Not too much to speak of here... I didn't strike the ball consistently and didn't have a ton of distance off the tee. I blame the 100+ degree heat! lol

[USMCSnyper]

Date	07/06/2023
Course Name	Northern Pines
Gross Score	85
Course Handicap	18
Gross Strokes over/under par	14
Net Score to Par	-4
Net Score	67
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	220

[USMCSnyper]

Date	07/07/2023
Course Name	Westvale
Gross Score	73
Course Handicap	0
Gross Strokes over/under par	2
Net Score to Par	2
Net Score	73
Net Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	215

[USMCSnyper]

Date	07/09/2023
Course Name	Northern Pines
Gross Score	84
Course Handicap	17
Gross Strokes over/under par	13
Net Score to Par	-4
Net Score	67
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	210

[No3Putts]

Date	07/08/2023
Course Name	Stones River Country Club
Gross Score	83
Course Handicap	11
Gross Strokes over/under par	12
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	72
Net Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	0

[No3Putts]

Date	07/04/2023
Course Name	Stones River Country Club
Gross Score	82
Course Handicap	11
Gross Strokes over/under par	11
Net Score to Par	0
Net Score	71
Net Birdies or better	7
Longest Drive	0

[DisVet1]

Date	07/05/2023
Course Name	Marquette Park
Gross Score	114
Course Handicap	23
Gross Strokes over/under par	42
Net Score to Par	19
Net Score	91
Net Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	230

An very bad day, a lot of mishits, 3&4 putts, under a soaked course, but that was NOT why, I just played like another day, another opportunity to get my game back in the right direction, as these last several months have been a nightmare!

[rapa7846]

Date	07/07/2023
Course Name	Knollwood Country Club
Gross Score	89
Course Handicap	5
Gross Strokes over/under par	1
Net Score to Par	-4
Net Score	84
Net Birdies or better	1
Longest Drive	288

Got invited out to play at a private golf course -- Knollwood Country Club. 

It was a great experience -- not so great on scoring 

The course condition was great: Thick rough, nicely cut fairways and 1st cuts. 

The host told us the greens were slower than usual because the majority of the members don't like to see brown greens but for me? it rolled great.

The greens are very very tricky -- so deceptive to the eyes.

 

 

[rapa7846]

Date	07/08/2023
Course Name	The Architect Golf Club
Gross Score	75
Course Handicap	5
Gross Strokes over/under par	1
Net Score to Par	-4
Net Score	70
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	321

This is one of my favorite courses to play in New Jersey Public. 

It's built by 18 different famous golf architects -- every hole is unique. 

Didn't drive the ball very well -- fairways were hit decently, but all kinda spinny and lost distance.  Finally some good ones on Hole 16 and 18. 

Hole 17 for me is the Hardest. Long Par 3. Bunkers front and back and greens - depending on the hole location can only be 20 yards front to back. 

Never scored a par on 17.. 

This is hole 17.  around 185 from the gold tees, 200 yards from the Black tees. 

What you see on the right side is a 'fairway' -- not the green.

 

 

[Alf. S]

Date	07/08/2023
Course Name	West Lothian Golf Club
Gross Score	77
Course Handicap	10
Gross Strokes over/under par	6
Net Score to Par	-4
Net Score	67
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	270

Club Championship weekend shot 77 with 36 putts. The greens had been mowed and ironed to be at least 1 more on the stint than when I played on Thursday. I'm a dead weight putter and the balls would look on line but as soon as they slowed swung away from the hole. 

2nd round today shot 83 with again 36 putts I usually average 28. Grr

 

[RoverRick]

I just played one round for record this week. Didn’t play in yesterday’s silly tournament. And this morning I got dressed, grabbed my clubs, and it started pouring rain for the next 4 hours. Cooking dinner for the wife instead.