SEASON 2 - WEEK 34 MYGOLFSPY FORUM MEMBER WEEKLY VIRTUAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR (VCT)

[Ben Joest]

 

SEASON 2 - WEEK 34

VIRTUAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR

IS NOW OPEN FOR SCORING!!!

photo courtesy of @GolfSpy SAM - Week 33 VCT

 

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

[Siamese Moose]

Date	11/20/2023
Course Name	Indian Ridge
Gross Score	75
Course Handicap	6
Gross Strokes over/under par	3
Net Score to Par	-3
Net Score	69
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	257
SIM Round

Once again I'm the early Monday morning guy.

39° at the start, 46° at the end, no sun, and a 2-3 club wind: I was cold, and it affected my play. Despite that, I'm quite happy with my overall scoring today. However, that net 3 under isn't as impressive as it seems, as a lot of tees were set well forward of the normal positions. I keep thinking this will be my last round of the season, and then I get out again, but I don't think I'll go out at this temperature again.

[Preeway]

Date	11/20/2023
Course Name	Indian Creek
Gross Score	74
Course Handicap	1
Gross Strokes over/under par	2
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	73
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	276
SIM Round

Cloudy and rainy day but it just felt like a good day for golf. Found a lot of greens, even when I missed the fairway. Nothing spectacular but just solid golf. 

[Javs]

Date	11/20/2023
Course Name	Sun City Golf Club White Wing
Gross Score	69
Course Handicap	-1
Gross Strokes over/under par	-3
Net Score to Par	-2
Net Score	70
Net Birdies or better	5
Longest Drive	326
SIM Round

Hit 13 greens and had 29 putts which included one sloppy 3 putt. Several bombed drives! Had 2 bogies and 5 birdies including 3 in a row! Nice weather, but very windy. Very pleased with the round. This will be it for the week. We are off for Thanksgiving vacation. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!!

[Josh Parker]

3 hours ago, Preeway said:

Date	11/20/2023
Course Name	Indian Creek
Gross Score	74
Course Handicap	1
Gross Strokes over/under par	2
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	73
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	276
SIM Round

Cloudy and rainy day but it just felt like a good day for golf. Found a lot of greens, even when I missed the fairway. Nothing spectacular but just solid golf. 

Nice Round!

[Javs]

1 minute ago, Josh Parker said:

 

1 minute ago, Josh Parker said:

Nice Round!

Yes Nice Playing!

Edited November 21 by Javs

[Preeway]

1 hour ago, Josh Parker said:

Nice Round!

Thanks. This course had my number last year but this year I seemed to have it figured out. Played the whites today due to weather but I probably could have played as well from the blues. Was swinging good today and greens were in great shape. 

[Mr. Mushball]

Used to be we had through the following day to post scores.  6AM (PST? EST? UTC?) the following day is a bit tight for those of us that finish our rounds Sunday evening.

That said, I have a round to post a score from yesterday, how do I do that now?

[Ben Joest]

1 minute ago, Mr. Mushball said:

Used to be we had through the following day to post scores.  6AM (PST? EST? UTC?) the following day is a bit tight for those of us that finish our rounds Sunday evening.

That said, I have a round to post a score from yesterday, how do I do that now?

I will unlock it, so that you can post it. 

[Golf2Much]

Date	11/21/2023
Course Name	Key West Golf Club
Gross Score	85
Course Handicap	13
Gross Strokes over/under par	15
Net Score to Par	2
Net Score	72
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	190
SIM Round

Today was likely the best iron hitting round I've had since I started my MGS review of the Callaway Paradym X irons. 

Since moving up to our gold tees, I've had more opportunities to hit iron approach and other shots during my round.  Throw in a lesson and after about a couple of weeks it seems to be paying off.  I didn't score as well as I would have liked, but my irons were pretty well struck.  I had 17% greens in regulation (higher than usual for me) with two par 3 tee shots long.  On our short par 3 fifth hole we were down wind with it blowing 20 mph.  I hit my approach wedge and it was on a rope.  It took one bounce in front of the pin, rolled up and lipped out.  It's the closest I've been to getting a hole in one in years.  Two other par 3's tee shots were struck well and ended up on the back fringe.  

My two best holes were the par five 4th hole and par four 11th hole.  Both were directly into the wind.  On the 4th hole, it took a decent drive, solid five wood second shot and excellent 7 wood on to the green (pin high and to the left).  Two putts and my first par of the day.  On the 11th hole (400 yards), I hit a great drive, solid 3 wood and a 60 yard sand wedge to within two feet.   I don't par the 11 hole very often, especially into that wind.

My up and downs should have been better than highlighted above.  I missed my landing area by only a foot or two on several chips and it yielded a longer than expected putt for par.  Like last week, I burned the edge more than I really want to admit.   No wonder the team behind us won all the money today!  My scorched edges made the cup bigger for them!

I did switch my driver shaft before my round today.  I ended up with two Ping Alta Quick 45 gram shafts:  one standard length (playing 46 inches) and one an inch shorter (playing 45 inches).  I typically don't have an issue hitting most fairways (usually around 75% with misses not missing by much.  I was looking at trying to get a few extra yards, so I've been using the longer stock shaft.  I changed out the shafts and ended up gaining 4 yards on my Shot Scope performance distance and 5 yards on my average drive as compared with the last five rounds.  For now, I'll be keeping the shorter shaft in the driver to see if that extra distance can be sustained.  

[fozcycle]

Date	11/22/2023
Course Name	Heritage Isles
Gross Score	83
Course Handicap	10
Gross Strokes over/under par	11
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	73
Net Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	207
SIM Round

Finally, my game crawled out of the gutter. Two months shooting high 80’s and low 90’s was not fun. New driver performing admirably (180-215).

[Josh Parker]

Date	11/22/2023
Course Name	Lago Vista Golf Course
Gross Score	73
Course Handicap	2
Gross Strokes over/under par	1
Net Score to Par	-1
Net Score	71
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	295
SIM Round

Got partnered up with a twosome and played from the white tees today.  Saw an entirely different part of the course and had a lot of fun.

Front 9 : I had 2 birdies and lipped out on 2.  5/7 FW and 6/9 GIR

Back 9 : 5/7 FW and only 4/9 GIR with 2 bogies on the back.  

Made some grip changes on the driver today and saw a major improvement.  

[Javs]

38 minutes ago, Josh Parker said:

Date	11/22/2023
Course Name	Lago Vista Golf Course
Gross Score	73
Course Handicap	2
Gross Strokes over/under par	1
Net Score to Par	-1
Net Score	71
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	295
SIM Round

Got partnered up with a twosome and played from the white tees today.  Saw an entirely different part of the course and had a lot of fun.

Front 9 : I had 2 birdies and lipped out on 2.  5/7 FW and 6/9 GIR

Back 9 : 5/7 FW and only 4/9 GIR with 2 bogies on the back.  

Made some grip changes on the driver today and saw a major improvement.  

Solid round!

[Josh Parker]

1 minute ago, Javs said:

Solid round!

Thank you!  Putting was on fire today and my driver was playing ball.  Still having a fade but it was minimal and leaving me in great shape, especially from the whites.

[Fairwayguy2]

Date	11/21/2023
Course Name	Compass pointe
Gross Score	89
Course Handicap	16
Gross Strokes over/under par	17
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	73
Net Birdies or better	7
Longest Drive	230
SIM Round

Two triples otherwise a pretty good round.

[snicerz]

Date	11/22/2023
Course Name	Surrey Hills
Gross Score	78
Course Handicap	6
Gross Strokes over/under par	6
Net Score to Par	0
Net Score	72
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	288
SIM Round

I finally get some time to golf after work and now it gets dark at 6. . .

Anyways, it's been a while since I posted any rounds but at least I had a good go at it. Hopefully I can get another round or two in this week with my time off work. 

My highlights for these two rounds are saving par on #5 Tuesday with a great chip for a tap in putt and somehow managing 2 sand saves today. Really the sand saves are interesting since we got a bit of moisture recently and the sand is basically grainy mud right now.

Overall, my short game is saving me so much right now. Putts and chips are on point and I'm not complaining.

 

And yes, that is where the blue tee box is on #4. Just in front of the random access road the land developer/course owner made to get his tractors back there. It's ok, we've had fairways look worse in recent years lol

[Alan Scalzi]

Date	11/23/2023
Course Name	Hodge Park
Gross Score	89
Course Handicap	14
Gross Strokes over/under par	18
Net Score to Par	4
Net Score	75
Net Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	225
SIM Round

Best 10-18 I have had all year wish my 1-9 was better! ❄

[Cfhandyman]

Date	11/23/2023
Course Name	Eagle course at Wohali
Gross Score	74
Course Handicap	0
Gross Strokes over/under par	1
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	74
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	361
SIM Round	SIM

Playing Indoors for the remainder of the season. Played the Eagle course at Wohali on Trackman. Very nice mountain course with great visuals. Please note that the long drive of 361 is a bit of an aberration for me. Elevated tee and the hole dropped off dramatically. Hit it really well and then it just rolled, rolled and rolled. 

[fozcycle]

Date	11/24/2023
Course Name	Heritage Isles
Gross Score	85
Course Handicap	10
Gross Strokes over/under par	13
Net Score to Par	3
Net Score	75
Net Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	194
SIM Round

Weather 53*-61* cloudy, drizzle most of the morning.  Not bad score all things considered…

[Ben Joest]

Date	11/25/2023
Course Name	Gleneagles
Gross Score	70
Course Handicap	0
Gross Strokes over/under par	-1
Net Score to Par	-1
Net Score	70
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	286
SIM Round	SIM

1 under 70, not too shabby for a SIM round