How'd you play?

[JAYER38]

On 10/14/2024 at 1:25 PM, JAYER38 said:

We'll don't have the scorecards but I know the scores because I cant forget how awful it was haha

Shots a 109 Saturday which im really unsure why but have a few things that were out of the ordinary... 6hr round, playing with Pro V's(spin wayyy to much for me) and overall never felt comfortable swinging...

Come Sunday I decided to go play by myself just a quick 9 and out... Well we ended up with a 54(not hateful but I'm better than that) and still 3hrs of golf. Was still using ProV's jsut because I had em so why not but I believe they hurt me alot just dont think I can use the ball as an excuse for the score.

UPDATE!!!!.... I know its SIM play but I think I can try the Bushnell Launch Pro Launch Monitor. I usually shoot 85-94 on sim vs 93-99 on course but it hurts my head to think it was this different over the weekend and have been racking my brain with what I was doing wrong(again not using the Pro V's as an excuse even tho I used my normal Titleist TruFeel here haha) Now pace of play is much quicker on a SIM and I know having a rhythm will affect play.

Short warm up same as I would usually do at the course with a few chips and distance wedge shots then into a 7i, 3 hybrid, & driver... 

I took a few screen shots of data points with Driver to show the usual during a SIM round and these were all hole after hole. Nothing changed after this shot/data wise. This was good/bad results with a normal swing everytime.

       

Now onto the scorecards... These rounds were what I consider very normal for me on the SIM. Bide-A-Wee is a local course I've never actually played but is very open so not a ton of trouble unless you are way off the fairway(Yes I can do that to haha). Pinehurst 2(for those that don't know) is a Carolina course lined with pine tree so tons of soft spots and trouble that can ruin your day quickly haha. Historically Tighter courses are tough for me off the Tee

Bide-A-Wee: 18 holes - Total score was an 85.

Putting: 34 - Set to AUTO but average real life is 17.8/35.6

Fairways: 33% - Average for real life data 24.44% (Honestly never cared for this statistic because sometimes you can get a better shot not from the fairway)

GIR: 33% - Average for real life data is 21.6%

HCP: Real life is a 22.5

Mulligan: Used because I bumped the ball off the Tee and the BLP picked it up as a Tee shot haha

Notes: In this round I even tried to take some breaks between shots and holes just to simulate time passing and not consistently swinging back to back

Pinehurst #2: Front 9 holes - Total score was an 48. 

Putting: 20 - Set to AUTO but average real life is 17.8/35.6

Fairways: 71% - Average for real life data 24.44% (Honestly never cared for this statistic because sometimes you can get a better shot not from the fairway)

GIR: 11% - Average for real life data is 21.6%

HCP: Real life is a 22.5

Mulligan: None needed

Notes: No breaks in this round but some of the lies got me good with club selection with the random sand/pine needles Pinehurst 2 has but part of it.

[Josh Parker]

Got out this afternoon and shot a 77.  Had a couple birdies but made some silly mistakes with approach shots. Overall decent round but left a lot out there. 

Best hole of the day was the short 14th. 297 yd and ended up pin high and just missed the eagle putt.

[Erin B]

Finally a “+” in approach!!! 

[cksurfdude]

Played 9 this afternoon with a friend. Typical up and down round - some good, some uhh not so good...

Good: tee shots were all playable; hit a few approaches; only lost one ball (had a lotta trouble the other day with sun glare and leaves) on a miss hit / splash on a Par 3 

Not so good: bunkers; greenside rough; green reading

Swapped putters and put the ER5 back in play; think it helped with distance control (ie not rolling the ball 20 feet past!). 

Swapped in the old Bertha Mini (oversized head 3W; took out the 3h) for a few of the tee shots .. this course has a lot of doglegs where even my very modest drives can run through .. used it (for the first time in a few years) on #9 and hit it just right!

Then, strangely enough, hit the approach really well and ball was pin high (back center pin) about 25 ft right. Then .. yep .. three putted...

[sp0rtsfan86]

I have played a few times, including the club championship in horrendous conditions and a few weekend rounds. Sunday was an ugly, ugly 96 with a lot of errors, mainly short game. 

I've been playing draw off the tee and then switching to a fade with the irons, but may just go back to stock draws with both. 

On the plus side, I did manage a fairly routine birdie which is the first time in a few rounds I had one. 

I have two rounds planned this weekend but it's becoming weather dependent here in Ohio.

[Rob Person]

20 minutes ago, sp0rtsfan86 said:

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On the plus side, I did manage a fairly routine birdie which is the first time in a few rounds I had one. 

Hah! I wish I knew what a routine birdie is!   

[That’s Mr. Dirt]

I didn’t. I’m in Florida and I would feel pretty bad golfing while others are digging out from the hurricanes.  Also, I wouldn’t want to stress the course staff, who are scrambling to get the facilities back on line. It’s just my personal take. I can wait for however long it takes to get things back to being game ready status. It will give me extra time to do other things like work on my putting stroke, physical condition and getting my hurricane bug out kit down to a manageable size. Did I really need to bring 15 pairs of socks and only 2 tee shirts? 

[ILMgolfnut]

Got out for the first time in a while this morning, on a course I'd never seen before, and I was spraying it all over the place in my last range session. Not an encouraging combination. And the course is tight and tree-lined. I'm thinking this could be really bad...

Then I step up to the first tee and stripe a little baby draw down the middle! Flew my approach over the green and bogeyed. Another fairway hit on 2! And 3, with a GIR and a par! Then hit the green on the par 3 4th, another par! Another FH on 5, and 6, with a par on 6! Hit the green on 7! Then finally started missing fairways (walking on a very hilly course) and called it a day after 9. But even with two 3-jacks, spraying it around on 9 and horribly misclubbing my approach on 1, I shot 43. Which for me is GREAT!

[Syks7]

41/41 82 (Net Double makes it an 81...)  Went out for the first time in a couple weeks and had a rough start.  Hit my tee shot off the heel just past the front tees, hit a decent recovery, shanked the third shot, got onto the green for the 4th and promptly 3 putted for triple.  The other bad hole was a silly double on the 11th.  Decent day undone by two holes --5 strokes in two holes is hard to come back from.  Otherwise it was a solid day on the other 16 holes.  Had a lot of birdie looks, and always had a par putt  If I'd been a bit more accurate with the flat stick I'd have ended up with a solid score in the high 70s.  Such is golf.  It was a great day and it was nice to be swinging a club instead of breathing construction dust and swinging a sledgehammer.  

[Rob Person]

As I'm sure some of you have,  I also had a day where I questioned why I even bothered to play today.

After golf duties another employee asked if i felt like hitting the course. We were originally planned on 9, but went for 18 instead.  

Want the Ending first? Sure, why not!  I Shot a 45/51

Continue reading if you wish....

I have not scored over 89 in months, and most rounds have been in the mid or low 80s.

First 6 holes were decent, great fairway finding tee shots, a couple of GIR, 1 birdie, 3 pars, 2 bogies.  Then it all fell apart from there.  

From #7 hole and on, I was destitute.  Not 1 fairway off the box, my approaches were hitting bunkers, I was shorting or flying greens. The only saving grace was my putting,  and had only one 3 putt. Several 1 putts and 2 putts.  The roughest part was getting out of, well..... the rough! I either chunked the ball or was topping it. Didn't matter which hybrid or iron i used.  I couldn't move the ball from the thick stuff.  Also hit water on both par 3s. That really hurt!

So as I sit here,  devastated by my own sabotage,  I'm already planning when to play again

But tomorrow,  i think a 300 ball range session is in order !

This was the only picture I took. Coming up the last hole. What should have been my 3rd shot on a par 5, not my 5th!

 

 

[cksurfdude]

14 hours ago, Rob Person said:

Hah! I wish I knew what a routine birdie is!   

My buddy and I were joking the other day... "Let's see .. we didn't make a birdie .. we didn't make an eagle .. so let's call it a 'pigeon'!" ...  if you've ever been in NYC the stoopit pigeons are as commonplace as the rats in the sewers and the subways so we call the pigeons "flying rats"...

..so yeah we both messed up that hole big time

[Syks7]

2 hours ago, Rob Person said:

I have not scored over 89 in months, and most rounds have been in the mid or low 80s

Sometimes a bad day/score just happens.  Went out with @GolfSpy SAM about 5 weeks ago and shot my worst round Since February.  91.  Didn't feel like I played terribly but had some things not go my way and had too many penalties.   Went out the following week and shot my best round ever.   75.  

The more I play the more I realize that some days just don't go your way in the same way some holes go sideways.   Same rule applies.  Shrug it off and have a short memory -- memory like a goldfish is what I repeat to myself out on the course.  

[Josh Parker]

6 hours ago, Syks7 said:

Sometimes a bad day/score just happens.  Went out with @GolfSpy SAM about 5 weeks ago and shot my worst round Since February.  91.  Didn't feel like I played terribly but had some things not go my way and had too many penalties.   Went out the following week and shot my best round ever.   75.  

The more I play the more I realize that some days just don't go your way in the same way some holes go sideways.   Same rule applies.  Shrug it off and have a short memory -- memory like a goldfish is what I repeat to myself out on the course.  

@Rob Person

And this is called GOLF!  haha

We are glutton for punishment and it's one of the only games we can love and hate at the same time! 

Short memory and just remember...... the scorecard has no idea how you got in the hole.  Great/good/bad, when you write your score on the scorecard, its just a number and we move on to the next one.

[IndyBonzo]

59 minutes ago, Josh Parker said:

@Rob Person

And this is called GOLF!  haha

We are glutton for punishment and it's one of the only games we can love and hate at the same time! 

Short memory and just remember...... the scorecard has no idea how you got in the hole.  Great/good/bad, when you write your score on the scorecard, its just a number and we move on to the next one.

This is all so true.  I had my second best and by far the worst rounds of 2024 last week separated by 5 days.   

[GolfSpy_APH]

Had what may have been my best round of the year today shooting 76 in wet conditions at my home course. I was playing the one ups which does make things easier, but given the conditions of the course and how wet it is the course plays the same length as it did from the back tees in summer. 

Only had 1 birdie on a chip in, but just a solid round and happy it turned out how it did. 

[cnosil]

12 hours ago, Rob Person said:

 

I have not scored over 89 in months, and most rounds have been in the mid or low 80s.
 

I recall that the average top to bottom score range for a player is about 16 strokes.   You had a bad day doing something you enjoy doing.  Enjoy the good parts of the day and just strive to play better next time.   

[Rob Person]

1 hour ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Had what may have been my best round of the year today shooting 76 in wet conditions at my home course. I was playing the one ups which does make things easier, but given the conditions of the course and how wet it is the course plays the same length as it did from the back tees in summer. 

Only had 1 birdie on a chip in, but just a solid round and happy it turned out how it did. 

Congratulations on the round!!

[JAYER38]

Played in a tournament yesterday hoping for a redemption round after my last outing that I felt embarrassed about! Went pretty quick at 3.5hrs to finish and finally got to play Bide-A-Wee in real life. They had new green so fuzzy but played good. Course itself was just like the SIM shows it. To me this course played tight where aim and distance control kept you out of trouble(hence my penalties) haha

Notes: I would say this was back to my normal. Major ball curvature was non existent, just had my normal block right miss or aimed wrong so that's on me and a known issue... Pace of play was nice for a change but guess thats to be expect

Score: 95 (49/46) Miss of the Tee was big on the Front 9 and tough to play

Fairways: 4 (3/1) I don't tend to use this stat much but think I will start recording it differently... Playable shot or Not-noting where the miss was

GIR: 1 (1-0) Have to work on dialing in the correct distance to add these up and help myself.

Putts: 31 (16/15) Better than expect but average real life is 17.8/35.6. I did give up some 7-8fters leaving them just short which I do alot.

Penalties: 2: (1/1) Short on a par 3 as I didn't pay attention to the wind so water ball & mishit on the second shot of the par 5 into the water

  

[IndyBonzo]

Well played @GolfSpy_APH!  That's a great score.

[rkj427]

Played late this morning, and although it was high 40's when we started, it warmed up to lower 60's throughout the round. Plenty of sun made it feel warmer than it actually was.

Picture perfect weather with the sun, only a light wind, and the colors have really taken off here due to recent wet and cold weather.

A lot of leaves on the ground, made finding balls challenging at times, and I switched to a yellow ball towards the end due to that fact.

Had 2 natural birdies which really were the highlight of my day, as iron shots are really getting dialed in, just sad that the end of the season here is no more than a month out.

Hit 10 of 14 fairways, 11 of 18 GIR, and 32 putts total. Most holes with missed greens were long, as I tried to make sure I had enough club to get there initially.

Some color pictures included, especially for @Josh Parker.

View from behind the green on hole 1 looking back at the clubhouse

Hole 2 - Par 3

Hole 3 - Par 5 - View from tee box

Hole 3 - Par 5 - View from green area

Views from holes 6 & 7 - showing colors and birdie putt on 7

Hole 8 - Par 3

Hole 17 - Par 3 - tee area showing colors

Hole 18 - Par 5 - tee area showing colors, and last picture birdie putt on 18

[Josh Parker]

4 minutes ago, rkj427 said:

Played late this morning, and although it was high 40's when we started, it warmed up to lower 60's throughout the round. Plenty of sun made it feel warmer than it actually was.

Picture perfect weather with the sun, only a light wind, and the colors have really taken off here due to recent wet and cold weather.

A lot of leaves on the ground, made finding balls challenging at times, and I switched to a yellow ball towards the end due to that fact.

Had 2 natural birdies which really were the highlight of my day, as iron shots are really getting dialed in, just sad that the end of the season here is no more than a month out.

Hit 10 of 14 fairways, 11 of 18 GIR, and 32 putts total. Most holes with missed greens were long, as I tried to make sure I had enough club to get there initially.

Some color pictures included, especially for @Josh Parker.

View from behind the green on hole 1 looking back at the clubhouse

Hole 2 - Par 3

Hole 3 - Par 5 - View from tee box

Hole 3 - Par 5 - View from green area

Views from holes 6 & 7 - showing colors and birdie putt on 7

Hole 8 - Par 3

Hole 17 - Par 3 - tee area showing colors

Hole 18 - Par 5 - tee area showing colors, and last picture birdie putt on 18

Awesome round!

And yes, thanks for the color change photos.  Just shared them with the kiddos. 

[Syks7]

Made so much progress on construction today (removed the roof)  that I hit the Par 3 on the way home. 

 

Turns out that when your arms are tired from construction it forces you to make a good turn.  Very good striking day.  Finished under par for 9 holes the second time ever at -1.  3 birds (one a chip in), 4 pars, and 2 bogeys.  Good times.

Last...  One of the many reasons I love the ZX7's is this view walking back to the bag.   

Edited 8 hours ago by Syks7

[Shankopotomous]

I played in a two day tournament this week and had a disappointing middle of the pack finish.  It was disappointing because I was in such good position after my drives that I should have scored much better than I did.  I struggled a bit with my iron play and didn't get up and down nearly enough to save par.  The extra practice on the putting green paid off I was very happy with my putting over the two days.  I had two short misses that I'd like to have back but over two days that isn't too bad and most of the other putts were on my line and the speed was on target.  

Other than par 3's my tee shots were about as good as they could have been.  I had good distance, trading long drive honors with the other players in the group from hole to hole.  A consistent high draw was in the fairway all day putting me in great position for the approach shots....which were a completely different story.  Oh well, it was a fun experience even if the scoring, a 79 the first day and an 82 the second day, was disappointing. 

One side note, I was using a Snell MTB Prime X from the 5 dozen I had bought last winter before they moved production.  The other players in my groups both days all were using ProV's and the Snell had the distance to match them.  I know the 2.0 had a recent bad test result and now they have a 3.0 on sale.  Hopefully they are back on track and the newest version matches the quality of the earlier versions.

[William P]

14 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Had what may have been my best round of the year today shooting 76 in wet conditions at my home course. I was playing the one ups which does make things easier, but given the conditions of the course and how wet it is the course plays the same length as it did from the back tees in summer. 

Only had 1 birdie on a chip in, but just a solid round and happy it turned out how it did. 

Great round Jamie!

[William P]

2 hours ago, rkj427 said:

Played late this morning, and although it was high 40's when we started, it warmed up to lower 60's throughout the round. Plenty of sun made it feel warmer than it actually was.

Picture perfect weather with the sun, only a light wind, and the colors have really taken off here due to recent wet and cold weather.

A lot of leaves on the ground, made finding balls challenging at times, and I switched to a yellow ball towards the end due to that fact.

Had 2 natural birdies which really were the highlight of my day, as iron shots are really getting dialed in, just sad that the end of the season here is no more than a month out.

Hit 10 of 14 fairways, 11 of 18 GIR, and 32 putts total. Most holes with missed greens were long, as I tried to make sure I had enough club to get there initially.

Some color pictures included, especially for @Josh Parker.

View from behind the green on hole 1 looking back at the clubhouse

Hole 2 - Par 3

Hole 3 - Par 5 - View from tee box

Hole 3 - Par 5 - View from green area

Views from holes 6 & 7 - showing colors and birdie putt on 7

Hole 8 - Par 3

Hole 17 - Par 3 - tee area showing colors

Hole 18 - Par 5 - tee area showing colors, and last picture birdie putt on 18

Great round Rob and awesome pictures! Really miss the change of colors season...

Edited 5 hours ago by William P