How'd you play?

[William P]

1 hour ago, barney_bogey said:

Went to the club to hit some chips and putt but the range was closed and the greens were being watered. The course was pretty empty due to a mid day tournament so I decided to go out and play 9... That turned into 18.

Shot a personal best of 84! Besides that, I played with the same ball for the first time ever. That's huge to me.

Hit some great chips to save par. Kept the ball in play off every tee box. Made a few bad swings and missed some putts that I shouldn't have but still very happy.

On top of that, met some great guys out there. Someone called me a "good golfer". That's crazy. There's levels to good.

Seems the lessons and constant practice is starting to slowly pay off.

Can't wait to fire a 110 next time out because golf....

Chuffed
B

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Congrats on the personal best!

[tdroma98]

Congrats @barney_bogey for your Personal Best! Awesome! 

[barney_bogey]

This community is incredibly supportive of a perfect strangers' success and I gotta tell you: I love it.

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[Michael.Sandoval33]

3 hours ago, barney_bogey said:

Went to the club to hit some chips and putt but the range was closed and the greens were being watered. The course was pretty empty due to a mid day tournament so I decided to go out and play 9... That turned into 18.

Shot a personal best of 84! Besides that, I played with the same ball for the first time ever. That's huge to me.

Hit some great chips to save par. Kept the ball in play off every tee box. Made a few bad swings and missed some putts that I shouldn't have but still very happy.

On top of that, met some great guys out there. Someone called me a "good golfer". That's crazy. There's levels to good.

Seems the lessons and constant practice is starting to slowly pay off.

Can't wait to fire a 110 next time out because golf....

Chuffed
B

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Big congratulations on the PB! And you had a great time doing it. Win-Win. 

[sirchunksalot]

4 hours ago, barney_bogey said:

Went to the club to hit some chips and putt but the range was closed and the greens were being watered. The course was pretty empty due to a mid day tournament so I decided to go out and play 9... That turned into 18.

Shot a personal best of 84! Besides that, I played with the same ball for the first time ever. That's huge to me.

Hit some great chips to save par. Kept the ball in play off every tee box. Made a few bad swings and missed some putts that I shouldn't have but still very happy.

On top of that, met some great guys out there. Someone called me a "good golfer". That's crazy. There's levels to good.

Seems the lessons and constant practice is starting to slowly pay off.

Can't wait to fire a 110 next time out because golf....

Chuffed
B

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Congratulations on the personal best! You've out in a lot of work on your game and it's good to see it paying off in a big way. It sounds like you had a good time and got to meet some awesome people. 

[Dweed]

8 hours ago, CsBear said:

Yesterday was too cold and wet to play so we ended up at a friend’s sim.  First team play of the season is today.  Need to be on!!!  

@CsBear glad to see /hear that you posted. Hope for many more from you. Go for it.

[cnosil]

3 hours ago, barney_bogey said:

This community is incredibly supportive of a perfect strangers' success and I gotta tell you: I love it.
 

Even though we are strangers we all share a love for this game and are happy to see others succeed whether that is a personal best,  hole in one, eagle, or playing the same ball for an entire round.    Plus we hope our support of others makes the golf gods provide us with some good luck.  

[Sharp.shell]

Well I’m done. A quick round in 35degree heat on the KN Links in Vietnam. I’m happy to say that I went better than I thought. I broke 100 and only put 1 ball in the water and 1 OB. The fairways and greens were absolutely pristine. I struggled with the heat and the hard fast greens, but it was an experience I’ll never forget. 

[johngschulz]

bad.

[Bucky CC]

Slowly starting to turn things around.  I started taking lessons with an instructor on Skillest.  Shot under par for the first time in two years last week, and last night I followed it up with a solid 74.

[ZJeb67]

League scoring improved last night.  Plenty of improvement still to go. 
Hit a nice shot in front of a gallery at the 212 yard par 3 16th
Usually watchers make me nervous, then I try really, really hard, then the ball slices off to the wild blue yonder.
But it was not this day 

[Michael.Sandoval33]

Yesterday I went and walked Green Tree Golf Course, I asked and was allowed to walk through holes nobody was playing just to get some more practice in. Honestly, it felt good not keeping score and playing with no order or goals in mind. I should probably do it more often. The swing tweak I previously mentioned is still working positively, I actually need to be more weary of obstacles further down the hole than I used to (hit a couple bunkers from a good ways out). All in all, felt like I was playing well. Only hit a couple of drives but the Qi10 is still working in my favor. Wedges were so-so and I practiced a good amount from the bunkers just to keep the good swing I have in them. Putting was good but not great. Good couple of hours on the course spent no doubt. 

[TJ Hall]

Played in a 4 man scramble today…shot -18 (4 mulligans per team and 4 dog biscuits (toss doesn’t count as a shot)).

My driver abandoned me, irons/wedges were good.  Putter had some really good moments, but struggled with it a bit.

A bit of rain, but a good day!

Hole 17:

Hole 18:

[Josh Parker]

13 minutes ago, TJ Hall said:

Played in a 4 man scramble today…shot -18 (4 mulligans per team and 4 dog biscuits (toss doesn’t count as a shot)).

My driver abandoned me, irons/wedges were good.  Putter had some really good moments, but struggled with it a bit.

A bit of rain, but a good day!

Hole 17:

Hole 18:

Sounds like a fun day and round!  Looks like a fun course. 

[Tom the Golf Nut]

Trying to squeeze in as many rounds as I can before leaving for Kingsmill next Thursday. I hit the links at 12:00 today.

On a positive note all the fairways are greening up. On the negative side, the greens are not fully healed yet from large tine aeration. So the putting sucked.

I hit the ball well and was pleased with the all around performance. I only missed one fairway. GIR’s weren’t the best but chipping left me with less than 3 feet for most chips. I didn’t even use the putter on a few. Tapped in with the gap wedge that I use to chip with. I finished at 2 over par.

I even put a hard rock in play for three holes just to see what I’m up against in the hard rock challenge at Kingsmill. Let’s just say that’s where my bogeys came from. Boy they sure don’t hold a green. Putting wasn’t too bad. Driver distance wasn’t longer than my regular ball. 
 Hopefully another round  on Sunday. 

[cnosil]

30 minutes ago, Josh Parker said:

Sounds like a fun day and round!  Looks like a fun course. 

That's the Kingsmill River Course that is part of the MGS outing next week.  

[Josh Parker]

4 minutes ago, cnosil said:

That's the Kingsmill River Course that is part of the MGS outing next week.  

I wish I was going. I'm in on the next one. Couldn't swing this go round. 

Courses look amazing.

[cksurfdude]

Not well...

Just couldn't keep my head fully focused on what I was doing and struggled with a lot of my shots... Including chipping and putting...

Not a good confidence boost before the Kingsmill trip

 

[rkj427]

10 minutes ago, cksurfdude said:

Not well...

Just couldn't keep my head fully focused on what I was doing and struggled with a lot of my shots... Including chipping and putting...

Not a good confidence boost before the Kingsmill trip

 

@cksurfdude Chuck, at least I now know that I am not alone in that feeling................................... 

Last round for me was a massive struggle, but I am blaming it on having to wait on 4 groups on each hole for the front 9, and then only 2 groups ahead and holding things up on the back 9

Unfortunately for me, no time to get another round in before I leave on Monday for VA. Hoping to at least get range time in on Sunday, have a funeral to attend on Saturday about 3 hours from home.

[cnosil]

1 hour ago, cksurfdude said:

Not well...

Just couldn't keep my head fully focused on what I was doing and struggled with a lot of my shots... Including chipping and putting...

Not a good confidence boost before the Kingsmill trip

 

Just getting the bad shots out of your system! 

 

[injectedcutty]

Got out for a quick 9 and had the wife walking along. Played well, shot even with 6/7 FIR's, and 9/9 GIR's! Only downfall is on the first hole I realized I did the ultimate dummy thing Tuesday when I played.....left my shotscope stuck to the dang golf cart!!! I'm so ticked at myself, I always grab it, but was in a hurry and must've forgot. Haven't had the thing for right at a year now. I know they're on sale, but just furious at myself.

[PrismFlopper]

Played a twilight round Wednesday evening. After a horrendous top on my first drive I was able to save a par .  Was playing a pretty good round and group in front of us was painfully slow so on the 9th hole I hit my tee shot and it was so dark I lost the ball the minute it left my club. Searched for about 5 min and took a drop with a partner and ended up bogeying out the hole…. Found initial tee shot probably 30 ft from the green. Best drive of my life. Went about 390(yes it was on a massive downslope and always rolls forever as long as it doesn’t have the high angle. Ended up 8 over for the round. Considering I tripled the 2nd hole and last two holes were in the dark I’m not too upset about it. Have to start remembering to take pictures during rounds.

[PrismFlopper]

1 hour ago, cksurfdude said:

Not well...

Just couldn't keep my head fully focused on what I was doing and struggled with a lot of my shots... Including chipping and putting...

Not a good confidence boost before the Kingsmill trip

 

Just getting the bad shots out before the outing that’s all that is

[Fore67]

On 7/1/2012 at 2:58 PM, RoverRick said:

12 of 14 Fairways hit. 295 yard average. 12 GIR including 3 out of 4 par 3's with 8 birdie putts inside 10 feet. BUT 40 + putts. Every hole I was on the wrong side and missed 6 of those birdie putts leaving really hard par putts. I did not putt that badly they were all side hill breakers on really fast greens. Getting the ball to check up on the chips was horrible. You would think it was just about to stop and roll another 4 to 5 feet. Then to top it off there was a 16 mph breeze. So you had to factor in wind, grain, and slope. I became too mechanical with my putting and fought my Instict Putting most of the day. I did not have one "Gimme Putt" all day.

So... what did you end up? Some really good stats, other than your putts! How many of those birdie putts turned in to 3 putt bogeys?

Seems like just a putting outlier. Keep hitting fairways and greens, the putts will drop!

Today for me, started birdie birdie for the first time this year. Bogeyed 4, finished the front -1. Bogeyed 10, 15 and 18 with a birdie on 16. +2 on the back - 72. Only hit 8 fairways (out of 13), 10 GIR, 4 of 8 up and ins, 25 putts. 

Ran out of gas on the last 4. Had a bit of a sore throat, starting coughing, got home and did a test... got CoVid! No idea how, but there it is.  

Happy to be playing better, now will rest and hydrate and hopefully get back to work Monday!!

FORE!

Mike

[No3PuttLaLa]

Had an amazing day playing Chambers Bay. Ended up going 48/49 but had 3 pars and a birdie on the back. Drove hole 13 in one and then sunk a 53’ birdie putt on the signature hole 15 with the lone cedar. Some of the bunkers and waste areas are unforgiving there. On 10, I ended up in greenside bunker with awkward position of my feet and took 3 shots to get out… the dreaded snowman on that hole.

[RoverRick]

16 hours ago, Fore67 said:

So... what did you end up? Some really good stats, other than your putts! How many of those birdie putts turned in to 3 putt bogeys?

Seems like just a putting outlier. Keep hitting fairways and greens, the putts will drop!

Today for me, started birdie birdie for the first time this year. Bogeyed 4, finished the front -1. Bogeyed 10, 15 and 18 with a birdie on 16. +2 on the back - 72. Only hit 8 fairways (out of 13), 10 GIR, 4 of 8 up and ins, 25 putts. 

Ran out of gas on the last 4. Had a bit of a sore throat, starting coughing, got home and did a test... got CoVid! No idea how, but there it is.  

Happy to be playing better, now will rest and hydrate and hopefully get back to work Monday!!

FORE!

Mike

I don’t remember. When I first saw this post was referencing one of my posts, I thought you were referring to last weekend. Then I saw that I posted I was averaging 295 off the tee. I thought, “Holy crap, that was a mistake. I haven’t hit the ball that far in years!” Then I was that I was complaining about horrible putting. Again, putting is now my strength. Then I looked at the date of my post. July 1 of 2012! 

In the 14 years since I posted that my game has greatly improve, fallen completely away, and improved again, but I am now 60 and at least 25 mph slower with the driver. I have averages just 27 putts per round for the past year (since I got the LAB Putter and began tracking it), but if I can have a 220 yard average drive day I am thrilled beyond expression. Since that was 2000-2400 rounds of golf ago I don’t remember that day. 

[RoverRick]

13 minutes ago, RoverRick said:

I don’t remember. When I first saw this post was referencing one of my posts, I thought you were referring to last weekend. Then I saw that I posted I was averaging 295 off the tee. I thought, “Holy crap, that was a mistake. I haven’t hit the ball that far in years!” Then I was that I was complaining about horrible putting. Again, putting is now my strength. Then I looked at the date of my post. July 1 of 2012! 

In the 14 years since I posted that my game has greatly improve, fallen completely away, and improved again, but I am now 60 and at least 25 mph slower with the driver. I have averages just 27 putts per round for the past year (since I got the LAB Putter and began tracking it), but if I can have a 220 yard average drive day I am thrilled beyond expression. Since that was 2000-2400 rounds of golf ago I don’t remember that day. 

This got me to thinking. What driver did I have in 2012? Since I’m considerably shorter off the tee now, do I need to go back to that? 

That driver was the Callaway Razr Fit on a Tour AD DI7 S that I got from MGS as either a test review or some prize. Shoutout to MGS and Callaway. I still have the driver head in my garage and still have the shaft that has been in countless drivers. Sadly, it ain’t the equipment. 

[Fore67]

13 minutes ago, RoverRick said:

I don’t remember. When I first saw this post was referencing one of my posts, I thought you were referring to last weekend. Then I saw that I posted I was averaging 295 off the tee. I thought, “Holy crap, that was a mistake. I haven’t hit the ball that far in years!” Then I was that I was complaining about horrible putting. Again, putting is now my strength. Then I looked at the date of my post. July 1 of 2012! 

In the 14 years since I posted that my game has greatly improve, fallen completely away, and improved again, but I am now 60 and at least 25 mph slower with the driver. I have averages just 27 putts per round for the past year (since I got the LAB Putter and began tracking it), but if I can have a 220 yard average drive day I am thrilled beyond expression. Since that was 2000-2400 rounds of golf ago I don’t remember that day. 

Ha! I don't often look at the dates of posts...but glad you responded. Sounds like you've got your game in a good place! Also sounds like you are getting over 150 rounds of golf in every year! Impressive!

I've only been on MGS for a couple years now, trying to get more involved. I'm 66 now and understand how the game matures, although hitting it way shorter now than when I was in my 40's/50's. Also playing at sea level in the dense Pacific Northwest (Vancouver, Canada). 27 putts per round means you are saving rounds from getting away from you. Can you imagine at this stage, having a round with 40 putts? I think I would quit! I have averaged under 30 putts per round for many years now. Anything over 30 putts in a round either means I'm hitting lots of greens and not making any birdies or I'm just having a terrible day with the short stick!

All the best!

FORE!

Mike

[William P]

8 hours ago, paigebertholomew said:

Had an interesting round yesterday at Pine Valley Golf Club. The weather was perfect, around 70 degrees with a light breeze. I teed off at 9 AM with a couple of buddies, and we had a blast.

Started off strong with a birdie on the 1st hole, which was a nice confidence booster. My drives were consistently straight, which is rare for me. On the 5th hole, a 200-yard par 3, I managed to sink a hole-in-one with my 7-iron! It was surreal, my first ever ace, and we all went nuts.

The back nine was a bit more challenging. I found myself in a couple of bunkers and had to scramble to save par. On the 14th hole, a tricky par 5, I hit my second shot into the water hazard, but I managed to recover and save bogey with a solid pitch and a one-putt.

Finished the round with a 76, which is one of my best scores to date. Overall, it was an incredible day on the course, and that hole-in-one made it unforgettable. Can't wait to get back out there and try to break 75 next time!

Nice round and congrats on the HIO!!

[Erin B]

Lost 10 shots today with the new wedges. I’m so used to my old, worn out wedges I was not ready for these new ones. 50, 52, and 56 degree TaylorMade, 56 is TW grind. Anyway, lots of spin and different bounce. I love them, just not used to them. It will come.

11 shots lost to approach and short game. I counted 10 because of the new wedges. Again, an adjustment….it will come!!!

These are the model, not the loft.^ They’re the MG4s.