SEASON 2 - WEEK 47 MYGOLFSPY FORUM MEMBER WEEKLY VIRTUAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR (VCT)

[Josh Parker]

6 hours ago, GolfSpy SAM said:

Date	02/24/2024
Course Name	Vista Valencia Golf Course
Gross Score	71
Course Handicap	8
Gross Strokes over/under par	10
Net Score to Par	2
Net Score	63
Net Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	240
SIM Round?

Return to form!! I know it's still a plus-10, but lipped out a birdie (cruelty), and missed another four by a combined 6", so it's one of those rounds where I played consistently and gave myself opportunities. 

Played the new Chrome Tour X (front nine) and the Chrome Tour (back nine). Kind of stunned by how good they feel, especially the X, since I prefer a softer feel but need a spinnier ball. 

Also, that triple-track is legit - I know it's not for everyone, but man...I loved putting with it. Made lining up putts just THAT much easier, and setting up to it even easier. 

(Land and small release, downhill par three - this was the lip-out birdie putt)

(Slightly left)

(Slightly right)

(Spot on)

Nice Round!  Well done!

[fozcycle]

Date	02/23/2024
Course Name	Heritage Isles
Gross Score	88
Course Handicap	13
Gross Strokes over/under par	16
Net Score to Par	3
Net Score	75
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	230
SIM Round?

Weather Sunny 56* - 74*

FIR 7/14 50%  GIR 7/18 44%. Putts 40

Birdies - Zero

[Alf. S]

Date	02/24/2024
Course Name	West Lothian Golf Club
Gross Score	69
Course Handicap	8
Gross Strokes over/under par	5
Net Score to Par	-3
Net Score	61
Net Birdies or better	7
Longest Drive	267
SIM Round?

2nd round of the week, really good conditions.

Put my Arccos sensor back in my clubs because since my lay off I have no idea how far I'm hitting my irons.

Had 3 penalties in the round. 4th stupid decision going for the green on the par 5 and put the ball in a ditch. 7th over clubed and put my tee shot over the green in a bush, then 8th was a bit punitive: missed the green on the left and the ball ran down the hill  20 yds into gorse. But all in all happy

[Javs]

Date	02/24/2024
Course Name	Sun City Golf Club Cowan Creek
Gross Score	73
Course Handicap	0
Gross Strokes over/under par	1
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	73
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	352
SIM Round?

What a day. Hit 11 fairways, but only 11 greens. However, had 29 putts. Had 4 birdies offset by 5 bogies. A few mistakes, but a solid round. 

[Alan Scalzi]

Date	02/24/2024
Course Name	Hodge Park
Gross Score	84
Course Handicap	19
Gross Strokes over/under par	14
Net Score to Par	-5
Net Score	65
Net Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	232
SIM Round?

Best round of my life,  did get great rolls as the grass is still dormant!

[TylorJudd]

Date	02/24/2024
Course Name	Andermatt GC
Gross Score	75
Course Handicap	0
Gross Strokes over/under par	3
Net Score to Par	3
Net Score	75
Net Birdies or better	5
Longest Drive	342
SIM Round?	SIM

Played a course in Switzerland, and I struggled with the altitude difference and couldn’t quite dial in my yardages. Hit a few bombs, and had some wild up and downs. The home stretch felt like the last two minutes of a basketball game. All in all it was a great round out with @LBee

[MC3157]

Date	02/25/2024
Course Name	River Club Golf Club
Gross Score	94
Course Handicap	11
Gross Strokes over/under par	22
Net Score to Par	11
Net Score	83
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	268
SIM Round?

[RoverRick]

I only played 17 holes today. Pace was slow. Lady Rover had made it plain that I would be on time for my saintly mother’s 82nd birthday dinner. That’s 82 birthdays, not 82  dinners.  

I said at the beginning of the round I was going in the first group and leaving after my second stroke on 17. We played a deuce pot, and $20 buy in and divided between all players with a deuce. I had 4 putts for a 2 today and made one so I won some money. 17 players, $340. I know there was at least 1 more.

I missed having 4 deuces today by a combined 9”. But very little wind. Unfortunately, since everyone I play with can hit the green and make a putt, there were 68 chance. 

Edited February 25 by RoverRick

[EMacK1961]

Date	02/24/2024
Course Name	Baja Country Club
Gross Score	91
Course Handicap	16
Gross Strokes over/under par	19
Net Score to Par	3
Net Score	75
Net Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	240
SIM Round?

[Mr. Mushball]

Date	02/23/2024
Course Name	Half Moon Bay Ocean Links
Gross Score	139
Course Handicap	46
Gross Strokes over/under par	67
Net Score to Par	21
Net Score	93
Net Birdies or better	1
Longest Drive	186
SIM Round?

Great warmup at the range, then couldn't hit a ball to save my life on the course.  Hit pretty much all of the trouble, which was mostly trying to cut back from the other fairway.  Not much sand, which was good, but certainly had trouble in the short game.  

Beautiful course, with plenty of ocean views.  The only bummer is the clouds rolling in right at sunset.

[CFreddie]

Date	02/23/2024
Course Name	Chastain Park
Gross Score	87
Course Handicap	17
Gross Strokes over/under par	18
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	70
Net Birdies or better	1
Longest Drive	265
SIM Round?

Better showing than my last couple rounds - working through some swing changes (see shared thread with @Preeway), but can feel some improvement already in ball striking.  Last round before my annual guys golf trip - looking forward to it!

[RoverRick]

Date	02/25/2024
Course Name	Sulphur Springs CC
Gross Score	72
Course Handicap	8
Gross Strokes over/under par	0
Net Score to Par	-8
Net Score	64
Net Birdies or better	11
Longest Drive	258
SIM Round?

First, some business from yesterday. There were 8 deuces, 2 on each par 3, so no skins on them. Only 6 players were in the deuce pot so $57 each. 
 

Today was different. Not much wind yesterday, but 25-35 mph today. We had 25 yesterday and only 3 today. There was a large group that were spilling over into our tee times, so we elected to give them all our times and went off the back. We played 10-18, 3-9, and 1&2. No wait, finished in 2:45. I had arrived early and changed my grips. I blow them on and my compressor is broken so I went to the cart barn and used theirs. I noticed yesterday that because of arthritis in my middle, ring and pinkie on my left hand, I had to slow my swing down to compensate and keep ahold of the club. Now that my knees and ankle are better, this was noticeable in my hand. I put Jumbo Max JMX Ultralites S on my driver and 3 hybrid. And midsize Best Grips on the other. I didn’t use my 3 wood today because I will put a JumboMax on it, but couldn’t find my 3rd grip. 

Okay, for the round. First hole was down wind. I assumed since my drive went 30 more yards than usual, my approach would also. It did not and buried in the bunker. The wind pushed my par putt up the hill, so that old me to play the wind not the slope. Bogeyed 10 and birdied 11 thanks to a wedge to 4’. I had aimed off the green, and it blew perfectly. 12-14 it didn’t blow perfectly. I did have 88 yards straight into the wind on 14. I hit a knock down 124 yard shot and didn’t get to the green.  Basically, I bogeyed most of the into the wind holes.

I’ll skip the play-by-play except to say on 5 and 6 I had 30’ birdie putts. The slope was right to left and wind was left to right. I putted it straight and both dropped. 

Then we came to number 9. I shot this video because I wanted to have an excuse as to why I double bogeyed a 130 yard par 3. Keep in mind we could not wear hats because they would not stay on our heads. 

 
I shot another video but it failed to upload here, but I got a screenshot of where my roasted knock-down 6 iron ended up. 

About 7’ for birdie. I played what would normally be dead straight about 6” up wind, and it dropped. 

This was a fantastic round probably my best ball striking in a couple of years. These grips on the Driver and Hybrid allow me to set up for a draw and swing hard with no worry of going left, or dropping the club. I may end up putting them on all my clubs but no reason too as of yet. 

[RoverRick]

On 2/21/2024 at 10:42 PM, TylorJudd said:

Date	02/21/2024
Course Name	Furry Creek Golf and Country Club
Gross Score	65
Course Handicap	0
Gross Strokes over/under par	-7
Net Score to Par	-7
Net Score	65
Net Birdies or better	7
Longest Drive	322
SIM Round?	SIM

The lessons yesterday translated into me being on fire last night for our sim scramble league putting a -14 down, and then a -7 today. It’s still a Sim round so I would never put that score down, but I would have been even par for sure, maybe just under in real life. The course plays 6000 yards from the tips so it’s definitely short, but the elevation changes are drastic, and can be deceiving if not respected. Everything was firing so well today though, the putter was there to make sure every time I was bailed out if necessary, even though that was sparse. 
 

All in all, small tweaks from the lesson were great and are translating really well!

I played this course for real in 2013. It is one of my favorites of all time. That tee shot on number one was straight down hill and a great hole. The panoramic views through out the entire course are the best. 
 

Oh yeah, I don’t think I broke 80. 

Edited February 26 by RoverRick

[Javs]

54 minutes ago, RoverRick said:

Date	02/25/2024
Course Name	Sulphur Springs CC
Gross Score	72
Course Handicap	8
Gross Strokes over/under par	0
Net Score to Par	-8
Net Score	64
Net Birdies or better	11
Longest Drive	258
SIM Round?

First, some business from yesterday. There were 8 deuces, 2 on each par 3, so no skins on them. Only 6 players were in the deuce pot so $57 each. 
 

Today was different. Not much wind yesterday, but 25-35 mph today. We had 25 yesterday and only 3 today. There was a large group that were spilling over into our tee times, so we elected to give them all our times and went off the back. We played 10-18, 3-9, and 1&2. No wait, finished in 2:45. I had arrived early and changed my grips. I blow them on and my compressor is broken so I went to the cart barn and used theirs. I noticed yesterday that because of arthritis in my middle, ring and pinkie on my left hand, I had to slow my swing down to compensate and keep ahold of the club. Now that my knees and ankle are better, this was noticeable in my hand. I put Jumbo Max JMX Ultralites S on my driver and 3 hybrid. And midsize Best Grips on the other. I didn’t use my 3 wood today because I will put a JumboMax on it, but couldn’t find my 3rd grip. 

Okay, for the round. First hole was down wind. I assumed since my drive went 30 more yards than usual, my approach would also. It did not and buried in the bunker. The wind pushed my par putt up the hill, so that old me to play the wind not the slope. Bogeyed 10 and birdied 11 thanks to a wedge to 4’. I had aimed off the green, and it blew perfectly. 12-14 it didn’t blow perfectly. I did have 88 yards straight into the wind on 14. I hit a knock down 124 yard shot and didn’t get to the green.  Basically, I bogeyed most of the into the wind holes.

I’ll skip the play-by-play except to say on 5 and 6 I had 30’ birdie putts. The slope was right to left and wind was left to right. I putted it straight and both dropped. 

Then we came to number 9. I shot this video because I wanted to have an excuse as to why I double bogeyed a 130 yard par 3. Keep in mind we could not wear hats because they would not stay on our heads. 

 

 
I shot another video but it failed to upload here, but I got a screenshot of where my roasted knock-down 6 iron ended up. 

About 7’ for birdie. I played what would normally be dead straight about 6” up wind, and it dropped. 

This was a fantastic round probably my best ball striking in a couple of years. These grips on the Driver and Hybrid allow me to set up for a draw and swing hard with no worry of going left, or dropping the club. I may end up putting them on all my clubs but no reason too as of yet. 

A 72 in heavy winds and 11 net birdies, amazing!

[RoverRick]

7 minutes ago, Javs said:

A 72 in heavy winds and 11 net birdies, amazing!

I am a notorious low-ball hitter. Most of my approach shots are normally 3/4 knock downs. It’s been the long game holding me back. Although, the putts on 5&6 were just lucky. I tried it on 1, 7, and 15 and it didn’t work and they were shorter. Actually, 6 was funny because I wasn’t even trying to make it. Just get it close. 

[RoverRick]

I have played or practiced for the past 10 days in a row. That’s the first time I’ve been able to do that in a couple of years. Actually, I’ve play 12 of the last 15 days. I feel like I improved some aspect of my game or bag every time. 
 

Adding loft to the G430LST driver to replace the SIM2 Max, and then the JumboMax grips. Swapping the hybrid for the G425 Hybrid, I thought this was a mistake, until I added the JumboMax to it, but I added loft to it and set to +1° Flat. Mid size grips across all the others. And I’ve switched balls. TP5 was too spiny before but not now. The AVX that was my normal ball is no longer the best, although I have more testing to do. 

[rkj427]

Date	02/25/2024
Course Name	Aberdeen Golf Club - Longs, SC
Gross Score	74
Course Handicap	0
Gross Strokes over/under par	2
Net Score to Par	2
Net Score	74
Net Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	254
SIM Round?	SIM

Although I played this course today as a SIM round, I have actually played it a few times in the past on trips to Myrtle Beach so I was very familiar with the layout and shots required.

Played the SIM round after spending an hour or so on the range, so I was warmed up, and swing was in decent shape for winter golf season here.

Had 4 bogies, and 2 birdies, and only missed 2 fairways and 4 greens. A couple of the missed greens were on par 3 holes, and that is where the bogies occurred.

Supposed to be in the 60's here next weekend, and I am really hoping to get out on Sunday if I can find a course near home that is open.

[TylorJudd]

4 hours ago, RoverRick said:

I played this course for real in 2013. It is one of my favorites of all time. That tee shot on number one was straight down hill and a great hole. The panoramic views through out the entire course are the best. 
 

Oh yeah, I don’t think I broke 80. 

This course only being 5 hours away from me has put it high on courses to play. That sea to sky highway is always gorgeous! I really agree with the first hole, can only imagine what the views in real life look like

[CB Lobo 4 Life]

Date	02/25/2024
Course Name	Snowflake Municipal
Gross Score	75
Course Handicap	1
Gross Strokes over/under par	3
Net Score to Par	2
Net Score	74
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	361
SIM Round?

I felt like this week's round was a little lackluster. My swing felt a little "off" and I just could not do much at home practice. Also, work has been a pain in the butt so maybe it is more mental from this week than anything else. Stick played well and had a great time, but it did not feel like one of my more outstanding rounds. 

This week's round was also focused on some ball testing personally I am doing for my choice of 2024 balls. The battle between TP5X and Bridgestone B XS commenced this week and it was a pretty bloody battle, to say the least. More testing to come but it was fun to play with these new balls and I will say there were definitely some benefits between the two. 

*I will be posting the link for my ongoing test here soon. 

 

[mdleedy2]

Date	02/19/2024
Course Name	Aguila Gold Course
Gross Score	78
Course Handicap	5
Gross Strokes over/under par	6
Net Score to Par	1
Net Score	73
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	310
SIM Round?

[Javs]

1 hour ago, CB Lobo 4 Life said:

Date	02/25/2024
Course Name	Snowflake Municipal
Gross Score	75
Course Handicap	1
Gross Strokes over/under par	3
Net Score to Par	2
Net Score	74
Net Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	361
SIM Round?

I felt like this week's round was a little lackluster. My swing felt a little "off" and I just could not do much at home practice. Also, work has been a pain in the butt so maybe it is more mental from this week than anything else. Stick played well and had a great time, but it did not feel like one of my more outstanding rounds. 

This week's round was also focused on some ball testing personally I am doing for my choice of 2024 balls. The battle between TP5X and Bridgestone B XS commenced this week and it was a pretty bloody battle, to say the least. More testing to come but it was fun to play with these new balls and I will say there were definitely some benefits between the two. 

*I will be posting the link for my ongoing test here soon. 

 

Nice round and drive!

[CB Lobo 4 Life]

1 minute ago, Javs said:

Nice round and drive!

Thanks @Javs, I honestly did not think it would be good enough this week based on how you did the week before haha! One of these weeks I will finally get ahead of you my friend!

[Javs]

2 minutes ago, CB Lobo 4 Life said:

Thanks @Javs, I honestly did not think it would be good enough this week based on how you did the week before haha! One of these weeks I will finally get ahead of you my friend!

Ha ha, you are bombing it. Last week I had a gale behind me. I can’t hit it as far as you without the help of wind, cart path or hitting a sprinkler head…. Ha ha

[CB Lobo 4 Life]

8 minutes ago, Javs said:

Ha ha, you are bombing it. Last week I had a gale behind me. I can’t hit it as far as you without the help of wind, cart path or hitting a sprinkler head…. Ha ha

Well, admittedly I am playing at altitude so I am not sure I can take all the credit haha. I wish I knew math conversion to see what my drives would be at sea level but I just simply haven't looked into that yet haha

[Javs]

7 minutes ago, CB Lobo 4 Life said:

Well, admittedly I am playing at altitude so I am not sure I can take all the credit haha. I wish I knew math conversion to see what my drives would be at sea level but I just simply haven't looked into that yet haha

I think you would still be long!

[Shifty]

Date	02/25/2024
Course Name	CHEROKEE TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB NORTH
Gross Score	69
Course Handicap	0
Gross Strokes over/under par	-3
Net Score to Par	-3
Net Score	69
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	310
SIM Round?	SIM

Driver was "straightish" for this round, on a skinny but nice course.  Played with my buddy Trev (birdiestreak77).  Was a fun round.

[Javs]

3 minutes ago, Shifty said:

Date	02/25/2024
Course Name	CHEROKEE TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB NORTH
Gross Score	69
Course Handicap	0
Gross Strokes over/under par	-3
Net Score to Par	-3
Net Score	69
Net Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	310
SIM Round?	SIM

Driver was "straightish" for this round, on a skinny but nice course.  Played with my buddy Trev (birdiestreak77).  Was a fun round.

Great video and you both bombed it over the dogleg!

[GolfSpy_BEN]

13 minutes ago, CB Lobo 4 Life said:

Well, admittedly I am playing at altitude so I am not sure I can take all the credit haha. I wish I knew math conversion to see what my drives would be at sea level but I just simply haven't looked into that yet haha

According to Titleist:

361 is still a bomb, regardless of altitude 

[Javs]

5 minutes ago, GolfSpy_BEN said:

According to Titleist:

361 is still a bomb, regardless of altitude 

Makes perfect sense. When I moved from San Diego to central Texas I gained 20 yards plus off the tee. Plus, I found the middle of the club more once I retired, ha ha

[Shifty]

13 minutes ago, Javs said:

Great video and you both bombed it over the dogleg!

Thanks, usually hit a baby draw.  Had a fade going yesterday, and eventually just played it.