How'd you play?

[Vegan_Golfer_PNW]

4 minutes ago, MaxEntropy said:

Had a case of the lefts off the tee in league tonight. Made for a long evening. A steady diet of punch shots to try to get back into position. As bad as a I felt like I played, I carded a 45, so it could have been worse.

That was me today!

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

21 minutes ago, bens197 said:

Favorite shot of the day was a 7 iron (which isn't necessarily mid-to-long) but into a 174 yard green with water guarding front and sand to the left, sticking that to 7 feet felt special.  

Folks that drive it 174 want to slap you right now

[cnosil]

22 minutes ago, chisag said:

 

 sticking any iron inside of 2 feet is a guaranteed birdie or eagle. 

Any putt can be missed even by a PGA professional. 

 

[Rickp]

17 minutes ago, Lacassem said:

Folks that drive it 174 want to slap you right now

There’s a lot of Seniors in FL that hate him right now

[chisag]

13 minutes ago, cnosil said:

Any putt can be missed even by a PGA professional. 

 

 

 

... Good point ex hall monitor! I edited my post to "99.99% Guaranteed"  

[bens197]

38 minutes ago, Lacassem said:

Folks that drive it 174 want to slap you right now

I’ve been drinking this for the last several hours and take full responsibility for my actions

[Shapotomous]

Apparently the lefts are contagious because my irons caught a case of them in the 9 hole league tonight.  Is there a vaccine available?  

The past few weeks my approach shots have been dialed in so it was disappointing to be missing like tonight.  Got up and down a few times.  Luckily the pins were on the right a lot so the misses still hit greens, just 30' away.

Ended up at 2 over but that felt more like 8 over.

[Shapotomous]

6 minutes ago, bens197 said:

I’ve been drinking this for the last several hours and take full responsibility for my actions

Since there is no sharpie line on the bottle i can only assume you opened it tonight! 

[chisag]

16 minutes ago, Shapotomous said:

Apparently the lefts are contagious because my irons caught a case of them in the 9 hole league tonight.  Is there a vaccine available?  

 

... Oh yes most definitely, there is a vaccine for the lefts, just none for the rights. 

[KC Golf]

2 hours ago, cnosil said:

Any putt can be missed even by a PGA professional. 

 

Know this well…

Missed a basically straight 2.5 footer for birdie on a par 3 after a dart with a 6 iron on Sunday.  It was an indication of how the rest of the round would go.  Golf is hard and mentally painful.

[MattF]

Played Windmill again yesterday and it was not good. 45/47 92 from the blue tees. Hitting 500+ shots on the sim the day before did not do me any favours.

[Parshooter36]

I shot a 2 over 37 on the back 9 last night which is the tougher 9 at my course. My good stretch of golf has lasted 6 weeks now. I can't explain it, i'm just trying to go with it.

[srooch2]

Shot a 37 (+1) last night and a 75 (+3) the day before that. My putting and short game is out of this world, if I could get my approach game in order I think I could be going low low low! I had my first 3 putt after going quite a while without one during the 75 round. I usually don't play my back nine and I ran into a couple greens I wasn't very familiar with speed wise. (Also, looking at it just now, I added up putts wrong, I think it is 28)

[Josh Parker]

Played my local course this morning.  The greens are terrible and it's basically a pick the ball up and call it a 2 putt or if you are inside 5ft you can attempt the putt.  First round with the new irons and I hit them good.  I stuck a 6 iron from 196 to about 7ft with the zx5 and the zx7's played as I thought they would.  As long as you are hitting them flush, you can work the shot how you want to.  

 

[bens197]

Taking full advantage of my wife and daughter being out of town so I went out for 9 this afternoon.  Course had a special since the greens were recently punched...not the worst thing in the world.  38 with a double, one bogey and a closing birdie.  6/9 greens (Irons were so good...again...Houston, we have a problem) and the bad numbers were just a result of brain farts.

Pounded the ball off the tee since going back to my G400 LST.  5/7 fairways and the misses were from driving it through the fairway...went HAM on the short par 4's.

Really loving my game right now.

[Sluggo42]

All this blather about how nice a well hit iron feels.. and yea, it does. But I honestly can’t say it’s better than a long fairway wood, after a chunked drive to save a par.

that feels pretty good too. And 3 of those along with a hot putter made for a nice 73 for me today. Uncharacteristically good short game helped as well, getting them close enuff for a good putting day. Couple birds on back nine after 3 consecutive bogies really helped seal the deal for todays win.

[Rick Bouchard]

Played leagues last night. Had a good 9 while still aggravated by that muscle strain in my ribcage. First 7 holes was no pain, just swinging about 70 %, playing 1 more club. Last 3 holes had a couple swings that made me wince, but not as bad as before. Anyways, I ended up with 5 pars, and 4 bogeys, 38. Won my match and my son won his match too so we're moving up. Only 3 weeks left in the season. 

[JerryB]

Really warm out there today so I couldn't convince Owen to join me.  I walked the front nine at River Heights with the heat index well over 100°.  Usually when we finish around 10 or 11 the course is pretty full.  Today when I left there were five cars in the lot.  I was pretty damp when I got in the car.

My run of bad/good fortune on the first hole continues.  This time, rather than pulling my tee shot into the fairway on 18, I pushed it onto the fairway on 9.  But once again my 7 wood bailed me out; I put it on the back right of the green and two putt for par.

That was just about the end of the good news for the day.  While it generally didn't feel as such in the moment, I think the heat really got to me, and quickly.  Most of my tee shots were pretty crummy, and the rough was much longer than it has been most of the year.  I just couldn't make decent contact.  Lots of poor shots that didnt go very far, and I even had two shanks that went basically 90° right rather than forward.  

Shot a +15 51 with five doubles and a quad.  Supposed to be hotter tomorrow and I'm thinking about doing it again!

[fixyurdivot]

39/40 in men's league today for a first flight T7.  Three 3 putts, one DB on the best drive of the day , and several missed birdie putts tells the tale.  But... but... I had an eagle on the #6 par 5   A PW from 114 to a blue flag position. Ball flight looked great from my POV but for which I couldn't see the hole.  The others had already made it to the green and saw me walking up with my putter.  "You don't need that Bill, nice eagle".  It's been some time since I carded a double circle.

[Shlax]

First real test with the Caley 01CB irons (see link in signature).

Played a quick round after work tonight. As usual, I rarely shoot good scores after a workday: 43 (+7) & 46 (+10) for 89 (+17). I lacked fuel in the tank on the back-9.

However, my game off the tee was in a place it had never ever been before: Pure confidence. I drove great and my shallowing journey has been paying off in the last 3-4 round. No spinny carry eating cuts or slices anymore; only straight bullets and tight draws. Usually, my iron and wedge play carry the dead weight that is my driver play. Today, it was the complete opposite.

Golf being golf, I was straight up bad inside 100 yds and an absolute nuisance around the greens. I also couldn’t hole a single putt longer than 3’ (37 putts). That being said, the irons were completely fine and performance was once again very surprising (link to my commentary).

No birdie despite many chances.

Looking forward to rounds where all the components of my game will show up at the same time.

Edited August 24, 2023 by Shlax
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[DoubleBogeyDad]

Felt like playing in a sauna last night. Opened with an 8, finished with an 8, shot 46. So I was striking the ball a lot better than my final Score showed. Was getting two strokes, ended up halving my match.

[Josh Parker]

13 hours ago, Rick Bouchard said:

Played leagues last night. Had a good 9 while still aggravated by that muscle strain in my ribcage. First 7 holes was no pain, just swinging about 70 %, playing 1 more club. Last 3 holes had a couple swings that made me wince, but not as bad as before. Anyways, I ended up with 5 pars, and 4 bogeys, 38. Won my match and my son won his match too so we're moving up. Only 3 weeks left in the season. 

I had the same muscle strain a few weeks back and just finally getting back to normal.  

[CamAndQ]

Played in a high school match yesterday, shot a 42 with two 8s . Drained some putts all around it was fun!

[twyatt700]

Shot an 84 on Saturday with 4 balls OB on the front... oh what could have been! Either way it was a fun round and was able to work on some stuff with driver. Iron's were crisp with a shorter back swing. Driver was just a lot of pull hooks that I figured out a little on the back. I have another round next week so hopefully I can get a round to come together!

[Sluggo42]

Good lord, how can shoot a 73 yesterday, then an 83 today,?

because I suck! That’s why… what a stupid game!

[sirchunksalot]

On 8/23/2023 at 6:58 PM, JerryB said:

Supposed to be hotter tomorrow and I'm thinking about doing it again!

That's the beauty of the game, we can be miserable one day and willing and ready to go back the next.

It's supposed to be 95+ tomorrow with a heat index of 105 and I'm going to the range for the first time in a while. I'll just be chipping, but a buddy invited me and I can't resist hitting balls for the first time in a long time. 

[Dweed]

Amazing how a couple of days and poor weather can impact a round of golf.  As some may remember a couple of days ago I shot a 46 for 9. Today, 100% humidity and constant drizzle I shot 40. Irons generally went where I was pointing. The wetness did impact distance. And of course, I was too thickheaded to accept that and adjust properly.  No 3 putts but no 1 putt either. Tried not to use the line on the ball as a guide. Just tried to visualize where I thought it should go before it breaks. I'll give that "feel" a few more chances to see how it does. 

[chisag]

... I just not haven't been getting a chance to play due to heat, work (no complaints) and rain (really no complaints) but got out for 18 today. I think the next 6 days are gonna be oppressively hot ... again. Only had one 5 on the scorecard but also had two 4's on the par 3's.   Added 2 more birdies on the front and 3 more on the back to shoot a 67 so a nice day to end on, before a week of no golf. 

I do have a bone to pick with @cnosil because after rolling in a 15 footer and a 20 footer I stuck my wedge to 1.5' and just as I was getting ready to tap it in, his video of a short missed putt and this thought flashed in my head "Sure you roll in a 15 and 20 footer then miss a 1.5" gimmie just like the video cnosil posted" I don't ever have negative thoughts with a putter in my hand so this was a first so NEVER post another video of a missed short putt! 

[cnosil]

8 minutes ago, chisag said:

... I just not haven't been getting a chance to play due to heat, work (no complaints) and rain (really no complaints) but got out for 18 today. I think the next 6 days are gonna be oppressively hot ... again. Only had one 5 on the scorecard but also had two 4's on the par 3's.   Added 2 more birdies on the front and 3 more on the back to shoot a 67 so a nice day to end on, before a week of no golf. 

I do have a bone to pick with @cnosil because after rolling in a 15 footer and a 20 footer I stuck my wedge to 1.5' and just as I was getting ready to tap it in, his video of a short missed putt and this thought flashed in my head "Sure you roll in a 15 and 20 footer then miss a 1.5" gimmie just like the video cnosil posted" I don't ever have negative thoughts with a putter in my hand so this was a first so NEVER post another video of a missed short putt! 

I don't think it was the video, but the overconfidence you showed in the original post.  You may need to go back and edit the post again and lower the make percentage 

[chisag]

5 minutes ago, cnosil said:

I don't think it was the video, but the overconfidence you showed in the original post.  You may need to go back and edit the post again and lower the make percentage 

 

... Nope, in my mind they are all 100% makable from 2 feet and in. (Doesn't have to be true of course, I just have to believe it)