SEASON 2 - WEEK 26 MYGOLFSPY FORUM MEMBER WEEKLY VIRTUAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR (VCT)

[GolfSpy_APH]

SEASON 2 - WEEK 26

VIRTUAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR

IS NOW OPEN FOR SCORING!!!

Picture of the Week from last week's VCT Thread:

Credit to: Week 26 Photo @rkj427 

And remember.....

Use this week's VCT thread to enter your Round 4 Match Play Scores (use the custom field to designate the score)

Enter your scores, post your card, click on the custom field.  We'll take it from there!

Also if you haven't already check out the main site article about the VCT and be sure to leave a comment on the main site please! Helps us gain some traction with HQ 

https://mygolfspy.com/news-opinion/mygolfspy-virtual-championship-tour/

Tell us your experience, get the word out so we can make this even bigger and potentially bring more new and exciting things to the VCT!

 

[USMCSnyper]

Date	09/25/2023
Course Name	Northern Pines
Gross Score	86
Course Handicap	14
Gross Strokes over/under par	15
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	72
Net Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	205
VCT Match Play	Designate Week 4 Match Play Round

 Sorry guys!

[Thisway84]

Date	09/25/2023
Course Name	Dretzka Park Golf Course
Gross Score	80
Course Handicap	8
Gross Strokes over/under par	8
Net Score to Par	0
Net Score	72
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	271
VCT Match Play

Thrilled with how I played! Fall verticut top dressing season has started in Wisconsin... Every green gave me something different. Fresh dew, clumps of grass the whole way to the hole, sandy and freshly watered, half clumps half dew. I will take this score any day considering the adventure the greens posed.

[MrBandit]

Date	09/25/2023
Course Name	Firewheel Champions/Masters
Gross Score	87
Course Handicap	7
Gross Strokes over/under par	15
Net Score to Par	8
Net Score	80
Net Birdies or better	1
Longest Drive	253
VCT Match Play

[Cfhandyman]

Date	09/25/2023
Course Name	TPC Toronto - Heathlands course
Gross Score	75
Course Handicap	5
Gross Strokes over/under par	4
Net Score to Par	-1
Net Score	70
Net Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	244
VCT Match Play

Overall, good round. Short game and putting saved me again. 

[OMcStinky]

Date	09/26/2023
Course Name	Fox Hollow Golf Club
Gross Score	101
Course Handicap	27
Gross Strokes over/under par	31
Net Score to Par	4
Net Score	74
Net Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	255
VCT Match Play

[BNewton51]

Date	09/27/2023
Course Name	Royal Manchester
Gross Score	74
Course Handicap	3
Gross Strokes over/under par	2
Net Score to Par	-1
Net Score	71
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	278
VCT Match Play

[PeterHenric]

Date	09/27/2023
Course Name	Siena
Gross Score	91
Course Handicap	18
Gross Strokes over/under par	19
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	73
Net Birdies or better	7
Longest Drive	280
VCT Match Play

Most pars I’ve ever had in a round. So I got that going for me, which is nice.

[fozcycle]

Date	09/25/2023
Course Name	Golden Bear Golf Club at Indigp Run
Gross Score	87
Course Handicap	15
Gross Strokes over/under par	15
Net Score to Par	0
Net Score	72
Net Birdies or better	7
Longest Drive	194
VCT Match Play

Really enjoyed this round at Hilton Head Island.

[jaz29]

Date	09/26/2023
Course Name	Barton Hills CC
Gross Score	83
Course Handicap	11
Gross Strokes over/under par	12
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	72
Net Birdies or better	5
Longest Drive	0
VCT Match Play	Designate Week 4 Match Play Round

[jaz29]

[Javs]

Date	09/27/2023
Course Name	Sun City Golf Club Cowan Creek
Gross Score	70
Course Handicap	1
Gross Strokes over/under par	-2
Net Score to Par	-3
Net Score	69
Net Birdies or better	5
Longest Drive	320
VCT Match Play	Designate Week 4 Match Play Round

Blue tees and handicap of 1. Back was hurting so played old man golf. Hit a lot of half shots. Struggled to get it into the barn. However, managed to do just enough to shoot 2 under for a net 69! I am very happy! 

[BrightFairways]

[GolfSpy_APH]

Date	09/28/2023
Course Name	Otelfingen - Gelb
Gross Score	75
Course Handicap	7
Gross Strokes over/under par	3
Net Score to Par	-4
Net Score	68
Net Birdies or better	7
Longest Drive	282
VCT Match Play	Designate Week 4 Match Play Round

Apologies as this is going to be a long post, but wow this was a round!

Let me set the stage for a second to begin. Yesterday I played a warm up round. I kept score just in case weather went sideways, but yesterday we were fog locked. And by fog locked I mean couldn't see past 100 yards until 14th hole? Truthfully it wasnt that much fun as it was so hard to tell where the ball was going and it took my biggest weapon out of my hands... driver. 

Move forward to today... or more specifically last night. I think I slept for 3 hours, maybe 4 if you count rocking the little one to sleep in her chair and dozing in and out of sleep. Alarm went off at 5am with tee time being at 8am. It is Thursday so range isn't open till 9 and I had to work before going to the course. Out the door by 5:40 with clubs packed, work done by 7:15 off to the course and fight through some traffic before arriving at 7:40 for tee off. I was paired up with someone I had never played with before and he actually asked if it was okay if he could play with me. He is a 33 handicap and saw mine at 6.9 (more on that in a second), he was a bit nervous and I told him to not be as we are just here to have some fun and enjoy what ended up being perfect conditions. 

So the 6.9 - I have been playing off an 10 most the whole season. My official handicap according to the Swiss system was an 8.9, however this was based off my Canadian handicap record from 4 years ago. My app and so on which I have been using has had me at a 9.9-11.8 this season. However I played my first tournament last week (Stableford) the scores were input and when I booked I saw my handicap dropped 2 full points down to a 6.9. Do I believe it? Well in the interest of being the most possibly fair for the playoffs this is what we are going to go with. I don't know how it dropped, but it did. 

Next quickly, the course is going through a ton of renovations and there are a ton of bunkers being redone and are GUR, I did not thankfully hit into any of them. However the tee boxes are mixed because they are redoing a bunch of those as well. Again for the purposes of this the difference between course handicap from Yellow and White is a 7 and 10, for this I am going to take a 7 as the majority of the tee boxes were yellow. Only seems fair. 

Now onto this beauty and what could have been of a round (Yes you will get a hole by hole)

Hole 1: Yellow Tee box - Took 3 wood and stripped it down the middle. Roland the gentleman I played with asked why 3 wood not driver and I explained that the trees I normally aim towards with driver puts me in a lot of trouble, where 3 wood leaves me at worst 135 yards out and avoids any tree issues. Nice tee shot, slightly toey approach, but safely on the green and what was a theme a slight misread which lead to an easy 2 putt par. 

Hole 2: White Tees - Not a ton of difference between white and yellow, but ripped a drive... right into the bunker. It rolled up close enough to the lip that I had to take a wedge, play out and hope to get up and down from 70 yards. Spoiler it didnt... wasn't far off and had a 12 foot putt which just fell as it neared the hole. Another easy 2 putt, but for bogey. 

Hole 3: Yellow Tee Box: Drive of the day, maybe? Right down the middle and was left with 220 to the green. Played 5 iron and had a chip with a good angle which left me 4 feet straight for birdie. Putt made and first birdie on the card!

Hole 4: White: Been a nemesis for me as there is hazard all right hand side. I play a draw which seems to be a magnet for that hazard. Pin was at the front and stripped a 7 iron with a tiny draw, landed in front of the flag... hit the flag and rolled back to the pitch mark. Yes, devastating. Put what I thought was a perfect putt on and burned the edge for a par. Ugh. 

Hole 5: Yellow - Tee shot driver when into my bunker like I always do, its a par 5 so not the end of the world. 6 iron out and unfortunately over draw to the right hand side blocking my vision to the green. I hit a wonderful 9 iron to 15 ish feet over some trees to the middle of the green and once again another 2 putt par. 

Hole 6: Yellow: Back into the sun and hit the most toey shot I have ever hit. Neither of us saw the ball, but felt like it was okay. Hit a provisional and put that one in the perfect position. Thankfully as we walked up we found my first left semi. Caught a PW fat and ended up in the front bunker. Made the up and down and was my first real adversity of the round. 

Hole 7: White: Another fantastic drive, but into right semi. Had 150ish in and took 9 iron. Now as I was about to swing I thought maybe I should grab the 8 to clear the front bunker for sure and go right at the pin, but maybe if I just go after the 9 and draw a little I will be right of the bunker and use the slope a bit... that is what happened. Maybe caught a little thin, but worked. Middle of the green and again great pace and just off a bit on the read which mean a 2 putt par. 

Hole 8: White: Hardest hole on the course, but also my favorite. Took my 3 wood smashed down the middle to 140 yards to the green. Pin was tucked back right and once again had my trusty 9 iron which was flushed and hit to 4 feet. Made the straight birdie  Thats 2! 

Hole 9: White; Double crossed myself on a fade and hit into the bunker, hit a decent bunker shot given how crummy the bunker was and didnt make the putt. Oh well move on with a bogey and even par after 9. 

Hole 10: Yellow; Back into the sun and thinned a 5 iron so hard... lol it was terrible. Ended up being 180 yards to the green and flushed my 6 iron into the sun. Felt amazing, a little right but neither of us saw the ball. So we walked up and Roland was in the front right bunker and there was mine middle of the green pin high. Super cool! 20ish foot putt was a little short, but again simple par on the cards. 

Hole 11: Yellow- Par 5 reachable in 2 which a good drive, which I had. Was left with 200 or so to the pin and hooked the living crap out of my 5. Left myself 40 yards or so in the rough to chip on. Thankfully made the chip and putt died about 5 cm from the hole. Ugh... another easy par but really wanted better. 

Hole 12: Maybe the hardest hole on the course I think? Yellow tees and hit a simple 3 wood to the middle of the fairway leaving me about 170 into the pin. There was a greenskeeper working in the right hand bunker and I would be lying if it wasnt a distraciton. I pushed my approach a little left and thankfully stayed out of the hazard which allowed me to have a relatively simple up and down for par. Approach was perfectly pin high, just about a yard too far left which took the slope a bit. However difficult hole, par is great!

Hole 13: White: This is the hardest hole. No question in my books. I proceeded to essentially wiff a driver OB. Yikes... second drive was annoyingly good and approach was to 155 ish to 15 feet again. 2 putt, but walk away with a double. Had I not had the wiff which was just a complete mental block ... anyway. 

Hole 14: Yellow: Par 3 which I don't get along with. Hit an okay 6, but pushed a bit and left me with a chip, didnt get up and down but made a really poor effort at the putt. Another bogey on the card and almost felt like it was getting away from me as it has in the past. 

Hole 15: Yellow - DRIVER again! just a great shot. Was into the semi, but still good. Tried 3 wood, but caught a bit thin and ended up being more of a lay up. A great 50 yard high chip over the bunker to 18 feet and another close but not close enough putt. 

Hole 16: White: Another good drive which left me 130 into the flag and pumped a 50 degree over the flag and missed the green. A complete shotty duffed chip and 2 putt for another bogey. That chip I really wanted back. 

Hole 17: Yellow: Drive of the day, so straight and split the hazard on and over the new bunker. Had 100 yards in and put it to 5 feet and made the birdie. 

Hole 18: Yellow: I will admit I knew I was having a good round, but wasnt paying much attention to score. I just knew I had 3 birdies and I have never had 4 in a round. Played 140 to a left pin and hit a nice draw from middle of the green working back towards the flag which left me with another 15 ish foot putt... which proceeded to stop less than a full turn short for my 4th bridie. 

All said and done even on the front, and 3 over back with an OB ball and 2 bad par 3s for a 75. Just incredible and truly am so freaking pumped that things went this well. 

[CB Lobo 4 Life]

Date	09/27/2023
Course Name	Snowflake Municipal
Gross Score	79
Course Handicap	3
Gross Strokes over/under par	7
Net Score to Par	4
Net Score	76
Net Birdies or better	7
Longest Drive	345
VCT Match Play	Designate Week 4 Match Play Round

I have to start by apologizing to my Match Play team. I did not play well yesterday. Back nine was great but the front nine was a dumpster fire. Mentally I think I was just not there and was kind of rushing I think a little too much...mistakes on my part that I should have worked out. 

However, the back nine was awesome, boring from a scorecard perspective, but awesome because my Up & Down game was awesome! The TAIII's came in clutch around the greens as my GIR percentage was so terrible (6 up & downs!!!). I was chipping up to 2-3 ft every time! So, although the scorecard was not the best, still had fun, always good to get out and enjoy the fresh air and any day that you play golf is a good day! *Things I learned after the front nine haha. 

Note: I don't think the new Kirkland balls (V3) are for me...I am not doing an official or unofficial review on them or anything, just something I noticed. Not sure if it was the low compression or just the way it felt to me but I can't say that I am a fan...

[vandyland]

Date	09/28/2023
Course Name	Hillwood CC
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	326
VCT Match Play

Couldn't make any putts (tiger voice)! Ballstriking was great and hit 8/9 greens on the front but just didn't get anything out of it. Leaked oil on the back. Oh well. 

[Ironman]

Date	09/26/2023
Course Name	The Villages Mallory Hill Country Club
Gross Score	89
Course Handicap	14
Gross Strokes over/under par	17
Net Score to Par	3
Net Score	75
Net Birdies or better	1
Longest Drive	230
VCT Match Play

[Ironman]

Date	09/27/2023
Course Name	The Villages Cane Garden Country Club
Gross Score	91
Course Handicap	14
Gross Strokes over/under par	19
Net Score to Par	5
Net Score	77
Net Birdies or better	1
Longest Drive	232
VCT Match Play

[Placasse61]

Date	09/28/2023
Course Name	Maplegate CC
Gross Score	89
Course Handicap	20
Gross Strokes over/under par	17
Net Score to Par	-3
Net Score	69
Net Birdies or better	9
Longest Drive	241
VCT Match Play	Designate Week 4 Match Play Round

[Q22Golf]

Date	09/28/2023
Course Name	Stonycreek GC
Gross Score	83
Course Handicap	10
Gross Strokes over/under par	12
Net Score to Par	2
Net Score	73
Net Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	281
VCT Match Play

[Shank Aaron]

Date	09/28/2023
Course Name	Bethpage Black
Gross Score	84
Course Handicap	18
Gross Strokes over/under par	13
Net Score to Par	-5
Net Score	66
Net Birdies or better	7
Longest Drive	314
VCT Match Play	Designate Week 4 Match Play Round

Buddy at 5 a.m.- Hey, can you bail out of the office to play the Black this morning?

Me- Like what time "this morning"?

Buddy- We go off at 9-ish....

Me- Well, you aint gotta slap me in the face with a wet mop. Hell yeah I'm in!

 

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

Date	09/28/2023
Course Name	Maplegate Country Club
Gross Score	83
Course Handicap	6
Gross Strokes over/under par	11
Net Score to Par	5
Net Score	77
Net Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	292
VCT Match Play

Very up and down round off the tee. Irons were great and putting just a hair off but were just really good putts. Could have scored if I put myself in better spots off the tee.

[GolfSpy_BEN]

Date	09/28/2023
Course Name	Majestic Springs
Gross Score	71
Course Handicap	3
Gross Strokes over/under par	0
Net Score to Par	-3
Net Score	68
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	236
VCT Match Play

37/34 E 71

This is a round I am pretty happy with. Details will be shared in the Titleist Test Thread, as it was an irons only w/ a special guest star.

 

[fredsharky]

Date	09/28/2023
Course Name	Fort Walton Beach - The Pines
Gross Score	76
Course Handicap	6
Gross Strokes over/under par	4
Net Score to Par	-2
Net Score	70
Net Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	289
VCT Match Play	Designate Week 4 Match Play Round

I have absolutley loved playing with better players this past month - they make you play better and this competition has also made me play better 
I normally do not pay much attention to my game, but this contest has def brought out the best in me 
I want thank whoever it was that put this on 
thank you very much 

[Paco Chan]

Date	09/28/2023
Course Name	Marina Bay GC
Gross Score	94
Course Handicap	17
Gross Strokes over/under par	22
Net Score to Par	5
Net Score	77
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	279
VCT Match Play

Gorgeous late afternoon round. Got paired up with an Aussie expat whose biceps were the size of my thighs and was easily smoking drives 310yd with a headwind. I'm proud that I didn't let that get into my head. But unfortunately, I had too many bad breaks on the greens again. 12 lip-out putts and 2 triples killed my round.

Despite the bad breaks, we were rewarded with a gorgeous sunset over the downtown Singapore skyline, as we played under the lights for the last 2 holes.

[BNewton51]

Date	09/28/2023
Course Name	Sunset Golf Course
Gross Score	75
Course Handicap	1
Gross Strokes over/under par	4
Net Score to Par	3
Net Score	74
Net Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	282
VCT Match Play

[BNewton51]

Date	09/27/2023
Course Name	Sunset Golf Course
Gross Score	69
Course Handicap	1
Gross Strokes over/under par	-2
Net Score to Par	-3
Net Score	68
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	278
VCT Match Play	Designate Week 4 Match Play Round

@GolfSpy_APH  Please let me know if this worked.  The email server must be down because I can't reply to your message.  

Cheers!

Bob

[Javs]

Date	09/29/2023
Course Name	Sun City Golf Club Cowan Creek
Gross Score	78
Course Handicap	1
Gross Strokes over/under par	6
Net Score to Par	5
Net Score	77
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	302
VCT Match Play

Back is still bothering me. Just beat it around on a couple holes late in the round which derailed the day. Looking forward to a day where the back feels fine!

[Golf2Much]

Date	09/29/2023
Course Name	Key West Golf Club
Gross Score	85
Course Handicap	12
Gross Strokes over/under par	15
Net Score to Par	3
Net Score	73
Net Birdies or better	1
Longest Drive	175
VCT Match Play

After about six days of rain, we finally got out (even though it was threatening seven days straight).  For Key West, having that many days straight with rain, is very unusual.  Course was soaked, cart path only, traps filled with water and no roll whatsoever.  Throw in they just aerated and top dressed for the third time this summer and you had perfect scoring conditions!

Given all of that, it wasn't a bad round.

Good:  5 up and downs, 28 putts and three great saves for bogies.  

Bad:  Only one green in regulation, 64% of fairways in regulation and a three putt.

Ugly:  Two penalty shots (one in the mangroves and one in the water on 18).

With a day without rain, sun and some wind, here's hoping for better conditions tomorrow!

[Randall Robbins]

Date	09/29/2023
Course Name	Bent Creek GC
Gross Score	71
Course Handicap	4
Gross Strokes over/under par	0
Net Score to Par	-4
Net Score	67
Net Birdies or better	5
Longest Drive	235
VCT Match Play