How'd you play?

[cnosil]

1 hour ago, Vegan_Golfer_PNW said:

Short Putting it my bugaboo right now too. Keep grinding. We will figure it out. 

1 hour ago, Jim Shaw said:

how are the greens, pretty smooth?

Yes, greens were pretty smooth and my distance control was spot on.   It was extremely weird; i got what I can best describe as a twitchy feeling in my left arm and hand when I got over the ball.  I know….kind of sounds like the Yips.

[Jacob10]

On 4/29/2024 at 12:07 PM, DashingDane said:

Played my best round ever on Saturday and broke 100 (98) for the first time. Feels so satisfying to see progress (started playing in January)

Congrats on breaking 100! 

[DanJ33]

Here’s a question. How do you adjust to different putting conditions? Going to a course that’s Slow/shaggy/fast/dry. Or all over the map? What if the practice green doesn’t match course conditions. How do you adjust or salvage your day? 

[skraeling]

A disappointing league round yesterday.  Shot a 52.  One of my worst of the past year pretty much.

Between allergies, having slept like poo, and just not feeling comfortable over the ball the entire round.  I just had to fight through it.  Oh throw in a 30mph gusting breeze at 100ft and I had balls that start on target and just got blown all over.

Nothing like an entire day of tap in third putts.  urg.

Driver was just.... a liability for me this round.  Im ready for spring to be over already. 

Also that first hole man alive was I so not warmed up at all. 

Edited May 1 by skraeling

[Jacob10]

I was able to get out for 9 after work on Friday (4/26) and Monday (4/29). I am still playing without a driver, but it is not needed most places I play. Shot an even par 36 on Friday with 14 putts, including a sloppy 3-putt on the 8th. Good ball striking in the stiff wind and solid putting results in good scores. 
 

Monday was a very solid ball-striking day with strong winds, but I only managed 1 up and down and none over the final 5 holes with two 3-putts. These greens are very different from my home course, but they shouldn’t be that hard to figure out. 

On a bright note, I was able to bring my 6 year old daughter to the course with me to let her get some swings in. Hopefully she’ll get the desire to play so I will have a partner and help relieve my wife some from having 3 kids alone while I play. 

I’m just thankful to be able to play, spend time with my daughter, and play mostly good golf, for my standards. 

Edited May 1 by Jacob10

[cnosil]

36 minutes ago, DanJ33 said:

Here’s a question. How do you adjust to different putting conditions? Going to a course that’s Slow/shaggy/fast/dry. Or all over the map? What if the practice green doesn’t match course conditions. How do you adjust or salvage your day? 

This assumes you have good touch skills.   You simply observe what is happening during the round.  As the day progresses and the weather conditions change greens will change.  Based on whether the ball is going farther or shorter you make adjustments.   Even with significant green speed changes you won’t go from on green that will be 4 feet short and the exact same putt be 4 feet past on a different green.   Basically it is just observation and adjusting your stroke; There really isn’t anything definitive on this is what you should do.  

[Manny]

3 hours ago, Vegan_Golfer_PNW said:

I do know Nick. All the way back to his meriwether days. Course is in great shape sans hole one. I presume they are either redoing that green or trying to recover the grass. The 18 I did was spur of the moment. I usually play two nines (front during week and back on weekend) as close to sunrise that I can. This weekend likely was a no go since they have an event so I pushed myself to do 18. 

That is cool, I first met him at Red Tail prior to Meriwether. Is that your home course? Do you play any other courses in the PDX area? Do you ever get up to Kelso Vancouver? Or one of my favs is Elk Ridge.

[Vegan_Golfer_PNW]

35 minutes ago, Manny said:

That is cool, I first met him at Red Tail prior to Meriwether. Is that your home course? Do you play any other courses in the PDX area? Do you ever get up to Kelso Vancouver? Or one of my favs is Elk Ridge.

I play where ever i can get a quick nine in at sunrise  I mainly frequent Forest hills as it is always a challenge (and now realized i could play 18 there for $35 starting that early). I love to play all over. Unfortunately since child I have not been able to play the many different courses I love to play. I have not played any golf up in WA but have always wanted to.

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

Thank you to @ejgaudette @injectedcutty @Michael.Sandoval33 @Prodigal Duffer @Rob Person and @sschristie for the photos for social medias this week!

One thing I would like to do is tag any courses where you got the photo from. If the course you are playing has an Instagram account let me know what the handle is in your post and I will be sure to tag them in any pictures we use on our accounts.

[Big moose]

I finally got to play again, haven't been able to play because the course was so wet than we went on vacation. The last time I played was April 9th. Shot 46 with 2 doubles, I was driving well but my iron distances were off. Still early yet playing tomorrow and Friday. Hit'm well everyone. 

[JTHiller]

Well, my Companies league started last night and it was my first time competing in a golf league. Pretty happy with how I played. Definitely was a little nervous and it showed on a couple holes. was able to pull out a win. Ready for the next time we go back out that's for sure. Definitely have some room for improvement.

 

 

[bens197]

Played quickly this am with two random as a single. Sometimes you get lucky. One played to about an 8 and the other was best guess a 12-14. 
 

If they lost one they didn’t spend a millennium searching and just said oh well let’s keep going. 
 

I don’t know what I did deserve this but it was a real pleasure. They also listened to music (asking me if I cared what genre to which I replied I’ll play to anything) and had a wonderful 90’s mix of alternative, hip hop and country. 
 

Shot 78. 13 greens. Hit every GIR inside 100 yards and overall felt pretty good. 

[cburins]

Got out this past Sunday to play a quick 9 hole par 3 course. Can you tell when it started to downpour hahaha? Just need to shave off those doubles and I think my game will be in a good place. Made poor judgment on club choice/around the green leading to those errors. The weather didn't help, but I should be able to adapt to course conditions. Really happy with the 2 birdies on the par 4s.

[Jim Shaw]

4 hours ago, cnosil said:

Yes, greens were pretty smooth and my distance control was spot on.   It was extremely weird; i got what I can best describe as a twitchy feeling in my left arm and hand when I got over the ball.  I know….kind of sounds like the Yips.

There is chatter about “twitch” muscles on occasion. 

[Ir0ndick]

55 for 9 holes.  I was within a short 2nd shot on 2 par 4's but my short/approach game SUCKS.  I'm 81 and I would like to be able to beat my age but not with the way I hit wedges.

[Sam C]

6 hours ago, GolfSpy_SHARK said:

Thank you to @ejgaudette @injectedcutty @Michael.Sandoval33 @Prodigal Duffer @Rob Person and @sschristie for the photos for social medias this week!

One thing I would like to do is tag any courses where you got the photo from. If the course you are playing has an Instagram account let me know what the handle is in your post and I will be sure to tag them in any pictures we use on our accounts.

If we wanted to send a photo, what would be the best way to do it? DM it to the forum IG?

[Erin B]

Scramble day…

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

1 hour ago, Sam C said:

If we wanted to send a photo, what would be the best way to do it? DM it to the forum IG?

Just post here! However ya want to recap your round and add Whatver pictures you want!

[johngschulz]

7 hours ago, bens197 said:

Hit every GIR inside 100 yards and overall felt pretty good. 

Using the PINGs?

[Manny]

11 hours ago, Vegan_Golfer_PNW said:

I play where ever i can get a quick nine in at sunrise  I mainly frequent Forest hills as it is always a challenge (and now realized i could play 18 there for $35 starting that early). I love to play all over. Unfortunately since child I have not been able to play the many different courses I love to play. I have not played any golf up in WA but have always wanted to.

Well if you ever want or can get up here let me know. I am lucky I can play all over no more children in the house

[WalkerH]

Shot a 43 in league on Tuesday evening. Played quite well with a handful of dumb mistakes. Chalking it up to it being early in the season. Driver was on fire though!

Edited May 2 by WalkerH

[Todd Branham]

Played 9 holes Sunday shot 44 the second hole at Crystal Lakes kicked my butt. It was a beautiful day to play.

[jpostema]

I was lucky enough to spend the week at Pebble Beach last week and played Spyglass, Pebble Beach, and Spanish Bay. The experience was absolutely incredible! My dad and I had high expectations going into the week, but Pebble blew our expectations out of the water. The weather was great (mid-50s to low 60s) but windy at times. The wind helped with the overall experience and showed us how challenging these courses really are. I played my best at Pebble with birdies on 3, 4, 13, and 14. The birdie putt on 14 is something I'll never forget. I was in the bunker in front of the green after my 2nd shot and chipped out to the back of the green. I had a 30-foot putt with the green breaking left to right (toward the ocean) but a strong right-to-left wind coming off the ocean. The caddie (Mike, more on him below) gave me the line, and I hit it perfectly. The crazy part of the putt was the last 4-5 feet; we could see wobbling back and forth as the green wanted it to break one way, but the wind wanted it to break another. We saw this putt break in different directions 4x before it ended up in the center of the cup. Everyone erupted when that putt went in! It's a golf shot I'll never forget! I owe it all to our caddie, Mike. He's been at Pebble for 30+ years and made the experience so great! He went above and beyond just giving us shot/club recommendations and reading the green. He stopped to take pictures of my dad and I over the ocean more times than I can count. He had a great sense of humor, too. If you ever get the chance to play Pebble, you need to request Mike. He is probably in his late 60s to early 70s and knows the course like the back of his hand. 

I have a video below of my tee shot on 18. The wind was so strong off the ocean that we had to aim 10-15 yards OVER THE OCEAN and let the wind bring it back into the fairway. 

Thank you, Pebble Beach, for the incredible week! It was a trip I'll remember for the rest of my life. 

Edited May 2 by jpostema

[TJ Hall]

On 5/1/2024 at 8:35 AM, cnosil said:

 Not sure what to make of yesterday’s league round.   hit a few mediocre shots but did everything pretty well except short putts.  Missed 4 putts under 3 feet.   

 

There was a time I felt more comfortable over a 20 footer than a 3 footer…I can feel your pain!

[Josh Parker]

Had a decent round and driver was working for the most part. 

Hole 8 it got away from me and had to take an unplayable.  Bad part is on my 4th shot I stuck it and hit the flag.  Good part was I made par though.  And yes I'm playing a gold Vice. Haha. I found it the other day and had to try it. 

[sirchunksalot]

Played nine holes after work with some friends at Brained Golf Course in Chattanooga. It's a beautiful Donald Ross design course that I think has been around since the 30's. The greens are not tricked out, but they are slick and make putting a chore. 

I shot 52 hitting 3 fairways, 2 greens, and having 18 putts. All facets of my game were decent with nothing really standing out. 

I had a couple of blow up holes, one of which was the par 4 7th which is a short hole of only 300 yards but it's well protected in the front with bunkers. It also has a tee box on the left hand side and a fairway that opens up to the right to lure you into it's trap. The right side is guarded by a tall rock wall that makes hitting the narrow part of the green difficult. 

I hit a drive down the pipe, leaving around 77 in. I bladed a wedge over the green into the woods and had to chop out and chip a second time. 

My shot and hole of the day came on the 8th. It's a par 5 that they had moved the tee box up due to construction of new boxes and had it playing as a 260 yard par 4. I hit a good drive and had about 60 yards left into the green. I hit my second shot a good distance, but left into a bunker. I hit the ball out and went to 14 feet from the hole. I sank the putt for a par, which as best as I can recall is my first sand save. Maybe I can sometimes, occasionally, every once in a while play out of the sand. 

 

While I can see room for improvement, this was a fun round and a great day to be on the course. 

[Paul Hedrick]

I had a surprisingly good round of golf yesterday.  Due to various reasons, I have not been able to play in two months, so I was anticipating a very ugly round.  However, it was not that bad.  The new fitted driver my wife gave me for Christmas performed outstanding.  Since I had only played a few times, I was curious how that would go.  I was consistently getting 20, or more, yards from it than my previous driver.  (I am kicking myself for NOT getting fit for a driver years ago.). Arccos performed perfectly, and my putting was acceptable as well.  Oh, and the weather was great.  The problem areas were the clubs between putter and driver!  LOL

[JAYER38]

On 4/29/2024 at 12:57 PM, NubianRugby said:

Always a glorious day when that happens. A couple of weeks I had the front 9 at my home course to myself after they had punched the greens.

I can 100% agree this is always very nice!

My local course allows me to play as a single usually so I can play Best ball or just 2 balls and keep both the scores yet still keep a solid pace so no pressure from behind

[Jacob10]

10 hours ago, sirchunksalot said:

Played nine holes after work with some friends at Brained Golf Course in Chattanooga. It's a beautiful Donald Ross design course that I think has been around since the 30's. The greens are not tricked out, but they are slick and make putting a chore. 

I shot 52 hitting 3 fairways, 2 greens, and having 18 putts. All facets of my game were decent with nothing really standing out. 

I had a couple of blow up holes, one of which was the par 4 7th which is a short hole of only 300 yards but it's well protected in the front with bunkers. It also has a tee box on the left hand side and a fairway that opens up to the right to lure you into it's trap. The right side is guarded by a tall rock wall that makes hitting the narrow part of the green difficult. 

I hit a drive down the pipe, leaving around 77 in. I bladed a wedge over the green into the woods and had to chop out and chip a second time. 

My shot and hole of the day came on the 8th. It's a par 5 that they had moved the tee box up due to construction of new boxes and had it playing as a 260 yard par 4. I hit a good drive and had about 60 yards left into the green. I hit my second shot a good distance, but left into a bunker. I hit the ball out and went to 14 feet from the hole. I sank the putt for a par, which as best as I can recall is my first sand save. Maybe I can sometimes, occasionally, every once in a while play out of the sand. 

 

While I can see room for improvement, this was a fun round and a great day to be on the course. 

@sirchunksalot Congrats on the sand save!

I lived in Chattanooga for a couple of  years and walked this course and Brown Acres many times. Those greens are hard and need a perfectly stuck iron shot to hold. Both courses are easy to get off the rails quick, but they are fair. They were in the process of converting the greens at Brown Acres to bermuda when I moved. I would like to go back and see how it plays with different greens.

[Rob Person]

@Josh Parker. That bunker is intimidating!  Any bunker that requires a stairwell should most definitely be avoided!