How'd you play?

[Rob Person]

Wtg! @Vegan_Golfer_PNW !!!  Welcome to the under 90 club!

 

Today was a great day for golf.  Not so much the score total,  but the company.   Played a 9 hole scramble round with my son before he leaves thursday to move to TN and begin the next chapter of his young adult life.

Was strictly a Stix club day too. (Will post in the Stix topic with video)

F- 6, G- 5, P- 19.  Round total was 44.

[Haro]

Played a few practice rounds.  First round I wanted to keep score.  Played nine and 12 over   Lost ball four times.   My tee game was awful. But my short game was pretty good 

playing tight treelike course didn’t help. 
 

[MaxEntropy]

If there was anything to be encouraged about in league last night, it is that I don't feel like I could play any worse than I did yet walked away having played bogey golf. 

It started very poorly....

Hole 1 - flare 7w into the trees. First punch shot hits tree, nestles against the trunk of another tree. Hack at that one to just try to move the ball somewhere towards the fairway, but doesn't make it. 4th shot was a decent punch that rolls to 20 yards short of the front of the green, walk off with a double.

Hole 2 - only solid drive of the night, almost ends up in pond, but stops on the bank, leaving an awkward stance with uphill/sidehill lie with ball way above my feet. I ended up pushing that one right into a green-side bunker (over-corrected on the effect of the lie, but with a pond left of the green, I'm mostly OK with that). I got all ball out of the bunker and launch it over the green and into the pond. Walk off with a triple.

+5 after 2 holes? Could be a long night. Fortunately, the rest of the evening got a little better, but I was +4 on the remaining 7 holes. Other than the second hole, driver was terrible all night so there was a lot of scrambling. I really thought I had figured something out when I played Friday. Apparently not. Maybe I need to start thinking less and just swing the damn club.

[Jim Shaw]

21 hours ago, Vegan_Golfer_PNW said:

Personal best and milestone. Broke 90

https://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/64582-mgs-vct-season-3-week-4/?do=findComment&comment=1069642
 

wow, congratulations, way to go on your PB...

21 hours ago, Vegan_Golfer_PNW said:

Personal best and milestone. Broke 90

https://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/64582-mgs-vct-season-3-week-4/?do=findComment&comment=1069642
 

 

[edingc]

22 hours ago, Vegan_Golfer_PNW said:

Personal best and milestone. Broke 90

https://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/64582-mgs-vct-season-3-week-4/?do=findComment&comment=1069642
 

Congratulations. I know you've put a ton of work into it!

Edited May 15 by edingc
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[edingc]

Last several rounds continue to build upon my earlier successes. Had a couple of low-mid 80s last week with some terrible luck (seemed like everything that missed the fairway went behind a tree!). Rebounded Monday for a 38 on the back, a +3 75 yesterday despite a pretty shaky front, and a 39 this morning on the back. Putting and chipping were great yesterday, not so much today as it caused two of the three bogies. 

Having a lot of fun out there right now. Excited for the summer to start.

[Josh Parker]

Different round than yesterday. I should have warmed up before teeing off. Shot a 2 over and if I could have putted like I did today with yesterday's ball striking, I would have broke 70. The game is coming along. 

11/14FW with one OB

9/18 GIR 

28 Putts

3 Birdies, 3 Bogies and 1 double

[jbern]

Was able to squeeze in a 9 hole walking round. Shot a 7 over 43. I have a lingering rib injury from 10 days ago that is still very uncomfortable and made it hard to swing very smoothly. My driver was shorter than usual and I had a heavy miss to the right, but I was never in a terrible spot for the approach shots. My approach shots were horrible. Since my approach play was so poor, I had a lot of greenside chips (once I was able to get close to the green ) and those went very well. Many got within three 3' and a couple of others I hit my spot, it just wasn't the right spot. The chipping practice has been paying off!

It was also the first round outdoors with the LAB DF3! It didn't get a chance to show off because my chipping was good, but long putts went well and I gave it two thumbs up for the initial 9 hole round!

FW hit: 1/7 = 14%

GIR: 1/9 = 11%

Putts: 15

3-putts: 1

[cksurfdude]

3 hours ago, MaxEntropy said:

Maybe I need to start thinking less and just swing the damn club.

This prob can't help you but fwiw I've finally started separating in my head what we all "know" .. which is: practice golf swing at the range and play the game of golf out on the course.

I've actually recently practiced at the range letting go of my way too many mechanical swing thoughts of all the things I've been working on .. distilling it all down into just one simple thing that I can take to / use on the course .. and it seems to be helping...

Good luck!!

[Dweed]

It's been awhile. Between being under the weather and that the weather itself really sucked too boot. Anyway, our 1st league was rained out yesterday so I snuck out between chores today and played 9. 65, partly sunny but wind gusts from the north, northeast at 30. Needed sleeves initially. Down, up and down day. 1st hole directly into the wind, carry over a river, with pond on west side of green. Double bogie. Oh well. I managed the wind better over the next 7 holes, 5 pars and 2 birdies. Things looking pretty good, then the last hole. Straight down wind, ponds and trees on the right side until the dogleg right, then 2 more small ponds on the right. Easy dummy. Just stay left hug the outside of the dleg. Double bogie. Oh well. I did have one of those moments where no matter what else shots. This one shot made the round memorable. I had a nice drive into the wind. Kept it low so it ran a little. I was 156 from the hole and directly into the wind. Used my 4H instead of 5 iron because of that. It took off like one of those low roostertails slowly rising against the wind and then just floating over the green when it dropped and trickled to 10 feet from the pin. Straight, perfect looking shot. Just one of those dream shots. That made my day. The following hole d bogie didn't matter at all.

[sp0rtsfan86]

Played a league night Tuesday and shot 47 on the tough 9 through breezy and misty conditions. Frankly, I'm playing to not mistakes and manage misses rather than go for any type of shots. On the plus side I did start to hit irons a bit longer by making a slight swing change. No idea if it was just a few swings and it goes back to potato or if I can actually start to play better and more consistent.

[GaryF]

On 5/9/2024 at 9:31 AM, GaryF said:

Been ages since I posted here.  My goal for this year has been to improve my iron accuracy.  After shutting down for my winter conditioning, I started working at the range with the belief my problem is a combination of setup and swing path, but with my setup having a big influence on path.

Tried many variations with some good and not so good results.  Took a number of these changes to the course with mixed results the last 2 months.  In the midst, started having some driver issues (for several years have been 81-85% FIRs).

Anyways, due to some family and travel items, came to a point of a 2 week break which allowed me to hit reset.  Have settled on a couple changes with no variations. Played 9 last week with better results, played 9 late yesterday, and if not for a double on #1 (3putt) and getting wet on a par 3 #8 (I never go in the water there) for another double, still shot 42 (par 37).  6/7 Fir, 4 pars, 1 birdie, 5 GIRs.

A follow up to my last post.  Last Saturday played in my men’s assoc (96 players) and the game was Beat the Pros in ABCD scramble format.  Pros played earlier in the week but we didn’t know their score.  I was the B player as usual.  None of us knew each other but one of the nicest groups I’ve played with.  Our D player was in his 80s so played from the front tees and used a lot of his drives. Our team came in 2nd with a gross 63 and net 57.5, 1 stroke out if first, and we beat the pros by 1 stroke.  We also came in first in our flight and won 5 skins. 

I played pretty well and except for a few middle holes, drives were really good.  My chipping and mini pitches, normally a strength of my game was poor.  

Played 9 yesterday and shot 41 (par 37).  5 pars and 1 birdie, but one blow up triple hole. Drives were great with 7/7 FIRs, 6/9 GIRs.  With 81-85% average FIRs the past 3 years, my struggle has been with 40% GIRs.  Have worked a lot to improve iron accuracy and it’s paying off.  

 

 

 

Edited May 16 by GaryF

[Rob Person]

41 minutes ago, GaryF said:

A follow up to my last post.  Last Saturday played in my men’s assoc (96 players) and the game was Beat the Pros in ABCD scramble format.  Pros played earlier in the week but we didn’t know their score.  I was the B player as usual.  None of us knew each other but one of the nicest groups I’ve played with.  Our D player was in his 80s so played from the front tees and used a lot of his drives. Our team came in 2nd with a gross 63 and net 57.5, 1 stroke out if first, and we beat the pros by 1 stroke.  We also came in first in our flight and won 5 skins. 

I played pretty well and except for a few middle jokes, drives were really good.  My chipping and mini pitches, normally a strength of my game was poor.  

Played 9 yesterday and shot 41 (par 37).  5 pars and 1 birdie, but one blow up triple hole. Drives were great with 7/7 FIRs, 6/9 GIRs.  With 81-85% average FIRs the past 3 years, my struggle has been with 40% GIRs.  Have worked a lot to improve iron accuracy and it’s paying off.  

 

 

 

Wow!  Fantastic tournament!  Great round too!

[MGoBlue100]

I’ve played a bit of scramble golf so far this season; haven’t had too many opps to play my own ball. I’m in Louisville at my son’s house to work remote (some) and spend a couple days at Valhalla. Got to play Fuzzy Zoeller’s course in Sellersburg, IN yesterday. Covered Bridge. I recommmend it if you’re in the area. Long game was good, short game getting better, even played some decent bunker shots on the back nine. Happy with 90 at this point. 

[JoeyBananas]

Played in the New Jersey Monmouth County 2 man team scramble event at Shark River Golf Course yesterday. My partner and I WON the even with a score of 61 (10 under par) Gross score. We started the day off on a par 5 with an Eagle and then I had a hole out eagle 7 holes later. I had 157 from the adjacent fairway. I hit a 7 iron high over the trees to a 1 hop in. One of the best tournament shots of my life. We only won by 1 stroke. Last year my partner and I came in 2nd with 6 under par. This is the best we have ever played together. We "hammed and egged" almost every hole. 

[ZJeb67]

On 5/15/2024 at 11:57 AM, cksurfdude said:

This prob can't help you but fwiw I've finally started separating in my head what we all "know" .. which is: practice golf swing at the range and play the game of golf out on the course.

I've actually recently practiced at the range letting go of my way too many mechanical swing thoughts of all the things I've been working on .. distilling it all down into just one simple thing that I can take to / use on the course .. and it seems to be helping...

Good luck!!

I'm king of the practice mat and fat shot on the course

Recently improved on the tee and on the green, but approach shots need some sort of course routine so I can think less and swing free and let the club do the work. 

[cksurfdude]

20 minutes ago, ZJeb67 said:

I'm king of the practice mat and fat shot on the course

Recently improved on the tee and on the green, but approach shots need some sort of course routine so I can think less and swing free and let the club do the work. 

Haha that's me, too .. range hero / course zero

That's also me with the weak spot in the middle - approaches and 2nd shots. But what you said at the end there is key .. let's do this!!

[jbern]

31 minutes ago, ZJeb67 said:

need some sort of course routine so I can think less and swing free and let the club do the work.

Maybe give the Bridgestone Mindset balls a try? The No Putts Given boys seemed to speak highly of it for starting a routine...

[gingerbeast87]

Played a very enjoyable scramble with my neighbour Wray yesterday at Woodlands Golf and Country Club in Bristol. We managed to hit 10 over for the round. My best was on the 12th hole on the masters course. It's undergoing some changes at the moment, was a par 5 but is being changed to a drivable par 3. At the moment it's 240 yards to the pin so took my new driver out and managed a 225 yard drive straight onto the green. Hands down my best shot of the game .

Great joint effort for the day followed by a pasty and a pint

[Green4Spinach]

Just the fourth 18 hole round of my life, and I did something I have never done before - ever. I shot two birdies in a round. Even better, I shot two birdies on consecutive holes, the 3rd and 4th at Sunbury. I don't have an official handicap yet, but Shot Scope estimates it at 28. So to be -1 after 4 holes (par - bogey - birdie - birdie) was just incredible. Predictably, the wider array of my golf shot repertoire caught up with me, and I still ended up 28 over for the round, thanks in no small part to scoring 34 for the last five holes.

For a moment, I was living the dream of being a proper golfer. My playing partner chided me for being down on my round, since it was my best ever 18 hole score. But when you have tasted birdie after birdie...

[Jacob10]

19 minutes ago, Green4Spinach said:

Just the fourth 18 hole round of my life, and I did something I have never done before - ever. I shot two birdies in a round. Even better, I shot two birdies on consecutive holes, the 3rd and 4th at Sunbury. I don't have an official handicap yet, but Shot Scope estimates it at 28. So to be -1 after 4 holes (par - bogey - birdie - birdie) was just incredible. Predictably, the wider array of my golf shot repertoire caught up with me, and I still ended up 28 over for the round, thanks in no small part to scoring 34 for the last five holes.

For a moment, I was living the dream of being a proper golfer. My playing partner chided me for being down on my round, since it was my best ever 18 hole score. But when you have tasted birdie after birdie...

Congrats on the personal best! Focus on the positives and how to do that more than what happened over the last five holes.

[Josh Parker]

30 minutes ago, Green4Spinach said:

Just the fourth 18 hole round of my life, and I did something I have never done before - ever. I shot two birdies in a round. Even better, I shot two birdies on consecutive holes, the 3rd and 4th at Sunbury. I don't have an official handicap yet, but Shot Scope estimates it at 28. So to be -1 after 4 holes (par - bogey - birdie - birdie) was just incredible. Predictably, the wider array of my golf shot repertoire caught up with me, and I still ended up 28 over for the round, thanks in no small part to scoring 34 for the last five holes.

For a moment, I was living the dream of being a proper golfer. My playing partner chided me for being down on my round, since it was my best ever 18 hole score. But when you have tasted birdie after birdie...

Those birdies and good shots are what keeps us coming back!  

[Green4Spinach]

34 minutes ago, Jacob10 said:

Congrats on the personal best! Focus on the positives and how to do that more than what happened over the last five holes.

Thanks Jacob10 for the encouragement to focus on the positives. The good thing about using Shot Scope is that it gives me the positives but it also gives me the negatives in excruciating detail. For example, my short game is six strokes gained over a 25 handicapper, while my driving and approach shots are there or thereabouts. It's my putting that is letting the side down - 8 strokes down. And here's where the excruciating detail comes in: 7.7 strokes is the stuff under 10ft. For some unidentifiable reason, I do better when I am 30+ft away from the hole. So you are going to see me on the putting green, putting in the hours. And the putting mat. And the driving range. And the short game practice area. Because I want to move up a whole tier and compare myself to those big boys on 20 handicaps...

[William P]

1 hour ago, Green4Spinach said:

Just the fourth 18 hole round of my life, and I did something I have never done before - ever. I shot two birdies in a round. Even better, I shot two birdies on consecutive holes, the 3rd and 4th at Sunbury. I don't have an official handicap yet, but Shot Scope estimates it at 28. So to be -1 after 4 holes (par - bogey - birdie - birdie) was just incredible. Predictably, the wider array of my golf shot repertoire caught up with me, and I still ended up 28 over for the round, thanks in no small part to scoring 34 for the last five holes.

For a moment, I was living the dream of being a proper golfer. My playing partner chided me for being down on my round, since it was my best ever 18 hole score. But when you have tasted birdie after birdie...

Congrats on the first personal best! Continued practice and focus will result in more PB's to follow!

[cksurfdude]

Speaking of handicaps...

Lou Stagner compiled this to illustrate how good you scratch golfing people are! 

[sirchunksalot]

1 hour ago, cksurfdude said:

Speaking of handicaps...

Lou Stagner compiled this to illustrate how good you scratch golfing people are! 

I honestly wish we had a mind blown reaction button for that one, that's crazy! 

[Michael.Sandoval33]

Shot +25 for a 96 at Apple Valley Golf Course today. Driving with the Qi10 Max was much improved today using the shorter Accra shaft. Not a single heel hit which was my major miss using the stock Ventus. Iron game felt mostly good today, got caught in my back swing a couple of times where my weight and body just did not move after ball contact. Hate to see it. Wedges no comment. 35 total putts today, slowly getting better there but pushed a few right. Overall, another good day and a great day to be on the course!

[Big moose]

How did I play, no very well. Shot 47 with a double and triple. I put a different shaft in my driver to try it out, don't like it. Back to the old one. 

[Syks7]

I've entered into some sort of alternate dimension where par seems to be in play.   Not complaining, but I'm half wondering if I may be dreaming.   

Played the little exec I learned to play on.   A little Par 33 that's a lot of fun and a reasonable challenge.   Made par through the first 3 and left a putt for birdie in the Jaws (if it was a freshly cut hole it would have dropped).   Made bogey on the long Par 3 5th which I'm happy with because I had to hit a hooded chip from next to a tree trunk to get on the green.   Chipped in for Birdie on 6, made another on 7.  At this point I was -1 and I got greedy.  Tried to stuff the tee shot on 8 in close to the pin and short sided myself to walk with bogey then did the same with my second shot on 9 to finish +1.  I know this run won't last forever, but man it's been fun.

 

[Josh Parker]

15 minutes ago, Syks7 said:

I've entered into some sort of alternate dimension where par seems to be in play.   Not complaining, but I'm half wondering if I may be dreaming.   

Played the little exec I learned to play on.   A little Par 33 that's a lot of fun and a reasonable challenge.   Made par through the first 3 and left a putt for birdie in the Jaws (if it was a freshly cut hole it would have dropped).   Made bogey on the long Par 3 5th which I'm happy with because I had to hit a hooded chip from next to a tree trunk to get on the green.   Chipped in for Birdie on 6, made another on 7.  At this point I was -1 and I got greedy.  Tried to stuff the tee shot on 8 in close to the pin and short sided myself to walk with bogey then did the same with my second shot on 9 to finish +1.  I know this run won't last forever, but man it's been fun.

 

Nice round!  And it CAN continue.  Just aim for the middle of the green and you end up -1