How'd you play?

[garethw]

Played 9 holes with our club Pro this afternoon. Holes 2 - 7 I played 2 over par, unfortunately triples on the other 3 holes destroyed my score. This seems to be fairly common at the moment, so I was kinda happy it happened whilst out with the Pro.

 

I'll have a chipping lesson with him after the weekend as my miss (shank) when chipping reared its ugly head, which lead to two of the triples.

[PING Apologist #9]

My last two nine hole after work muni rounds, I am combined +3... Being in the fairway is so awesome!

 

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Atta kid!!! Keep after it out there! Sounds like the game got a whole lot more fun-Cheers!

[PING Apologist #9]

Played 9 holes with our club Pro this afternoon. Holes 2 - 7 I played 2 over par, unfortunately triples on the other 3 holes destroyed my score. This seems to be fairly common at the moment, so I was kinda happy it happened whilst out with the Pro.

 

I'll have a chipping lesson with him after the weekend as my miss (shank) when chipping reared its ugly head, which lead to two of the triples.

Let us know how the lesson goes-hopefully a simple fix!

[Sluggo42]

Shot 1 over today

I'm so loving my new bag.

I KNOW every drive is gunna be long and in play, I know I'm putting the next shot on the green.

I only wish I was a better putter...

[downlowkey]

Second loop at Hyland Hills - Gold and first round with the new Rife 2Bar Mallet.

 

Turned at (-1) with a clean card. Big drive on #10 left me 65 yards from the middle of the fairway to a hole cut extreme front. Walked off the green even par and more than slightly steamed. Birdied 3 of the next 6 holes against 1 strange bogey on #12 that necessitated a spinner SW attempt from the putting surface. Pushed my tee ball into an awkward position just right of the fairway on #17 - 129 yds over a water hazard with a Pete Dye style bulkhead to a front hole location from what appeared to be a juicy lie. Stock GW should have been safe but it came out dead, smacked into the bulkhead and ended up in the drink. Took my drop and hit a really good flop shot to ~12 feet but lipped out the bogey putt. Routine par on 18 was good enough for my classic level par cat burglar loop... it's like I was never even here.

 

Official tally for the initial 2Bar gamer trials - 31 putts (30 adjusted for the putting surface pitch). Made the overwhelming majority of the putts I typically should; in addition to a dead center 40+ foot bomb. Overall a fairly tidy stat line for the first time in the bag but more testing under serious pressure is required.

[No3PuttLaLa]

48 44 92... has an opportunity to break 90 but chunked my 7i on 18. Wasn't pretty. But hey, that's golf!

 

My swing felt the best it's ever felt today. Didn't hit one drive OB. First time ever I think.

 

Played new Vice Tour... boy am I in love. Plays much better than NXT Tour in my opinion. Will def be buying more.

 

 

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[PING Apologist #9]

Shot 1 over today

I'm so loving my new bag.

I KNOW every drive is gunna be long and in play, I know I'm putting the next shot on the green.

I only wish I was a better putter...

Oh man! Great round out there Sluggo! Pulling for ya and I know the putting will materialize!

[PING Apologist #9]

Being as it's early in the golf season way up here, I'm only on my fourth round of the year and I'm still stuck on my (what I call) psycho rounds: 47-34=81. So while I feel the round sucked, there's still potential there. ... Or maybe not.

Keep after it RP! I understand you may be a bit hobbled up, so take it easy and ease in Bud!

[PING Apologist #9]

Second loop at Hyland Hills - Gold and first round with the new Rife 2Bar Mallet.

 

Turned at (-1) with a clean card. Big drive on #10 left me 65 yards from the middle of the fairway to a hole cut extreme front. Walked off the green even par and more than slightly steamed. Birdied 3 of the next 6 holes against 1 strange bogey on #12 that necessitated a spinner SW attempt from the putting surface. Pushed my tee ball into an awkward position just right of the fairway on #17 - 129 yds over a water hazard with a Pete Dye style bulkhead to a front hole location from what appeared to be a juicy lie. Stock GW should have been safe but it came out dead, smacked into the bulkhead and ended up in the drink. Took my drop and hit a really good flop shot to ~12 feet but lipped out the bogey putt. Routine par on 18 was good enough for my classic level par cat burglar loop... it's like I was never even here.

 

Official tally for the initial 2Bar gamer trials - 31 putts (30 adjusted for the putting surface pitch). Made the overwhelming majority of the putts I typically should; in addition to a dead center 40+ foot bomb. Overall a fairly tidy stat line for the first time in the bag but more testing under serious pressure is required.

Clean and green-gotta love it-Nice work!

[PING Apologist #9]

48 44 92... has an opportunity to break 90 but chunked my 7i on 18. Wasn't pretty. But hey, that's golf!

 

My swing felt the best it's ever felt today. Didn't hit one drive OB. First time ever I think.

 

Played new Vice Tour... boy am I in love. Plays much better than NXT Tour in my opinion. Will def be buying more.

 

 

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You'll be sub-90 in no time and soon enough you'll be bitchin' that you couldn't break 80! Awesome find on the balls...It's weird that even though they're generally "white & round", they really do all have their own unique properties. Tried the Snell MTB black or reds yet? Maybe start an affair with those against those Vices..?!!

[No3PuttLaLa]

You'll be sub-90 in no time and soon enough you'll be bitchin' that you couldn't break 80! Awesome find on the balls...It's weird that even though they're generally "white & round", they really do all have their own unique properties. Tried the Snell MTB black or reds yet? Maybe start an affair with those against those Vices..?!!

It's funny because my goal this year was to break 100 three times. Since Feb I've done it six times and 4 of my last five rounds have been under 100. I fall more in love with this game every time I play!

 

Ha! Once I get through some of the Five Dozen Vice Tour I purchased, I may have to give the Snell a go. 

[PING Apologist #9]

It's funny because my goal this year was to break 100 three times. Since Feb I've done it six times and 4 of my last five rounds have been under 100. I fall more in love with this game every time I play!

 

Ha! Once I get through some of the Five Dozen Vice Tour I purchased, I may have to give the Snell a go. 

Yer kickin' down the door man! Keep us apprised! it's exciting to hear about the positives of the f-ed up little game!

[SeeMore Putts]

Second round of the year and shot 92 with 5 GIRs to make myself feel better. 2.1 putts per hole and only 1 lost ball off the tee. I did chunk about 5 approach shots from within 100 yards which was frustrating but at least I know if I can get those under control I can start shooting sub 90s regularly.

 

PS Love seeing everyones improvement and dedication!

 

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[GolfSpy_APH]

Well as I wait for the rain to pass I figured why not throw in a quick update. Had a lesson a few days ago and wow has it paid off. Simple changes that are easy to do and haven't disrupted my game entirely which is nice. Last two rounds at my home course both 81 (still yet to crack 80 this season, but it's close) the biggest thing is my driver is coming around and starting to have more confidenc. Second though are mubirons. With the few simple changes I'm striking the ball much much better and getting a extra 5-7 yards out of each club. Been an adjustment and have been long on a few par 3's but that's a fairly easy adjustment. Very happy with the progress the last few rounds and hope today I can get out there and put forth a solid round

 

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[Jmikecpa]

Got out Sunday and turned a really great round of golf into a terrible 75 (was -2 with 6 holes to play).  The driver went crooked, the irons went all over and my putter was no help.  Got out after work last night to just try and get things right and for the first time in a few weeks I hit the ball like I should and put up a 73 with decent putting.  The orange whip and the DST compressor are the saviors of my game right now to help with tempo and attack angle.  Heading out for a quick round tonight to get ready for a 3 day event at my club over the weekend.  

 

Also have to say going back to the Hogan irons was big for me.  No issues with my elbow due to the Recoils and my distance was right where it should be with a good strike.  Fortunately I am back to striking the ball well.

[PING Apologist #9]

Got out Sunday and turned a really great round of golf into a terrible 75 (was -2 with 6 holes to play).  The driver went crooked, the irons went all over and my putter was no help.  Got out after work last night to just try and get things right and for the first time in a few weeks I hit the ball like I should and put up a 73 with decent putting.  The orange whip and the DST compressor are the saviors of my game right now to help with tempo and attack angle.  Heading out for a quick round tonight to get ready for a 3 day event at my club over the weekend.  

 

Also have to say going back to the Hogan irons was big for me.  No issues with my elbow due to the Recoils and my distance was right where it should be with a good strike.  Fortunately I am back to striking the ball well.

Good stuff J! I may have to look into the orange whip myself. Good luck this weekend and looking forward to hearing positive things from ya! Cheers!

[StrokerAce]

I play in a league on Tuesday nights.... I work in IT and a fair amount of the guys that play are probably 20+ handicaps.  We've got some guys that even miss the ball when they swing (gulp!)...  We don't use 'caps and play best ball.  For the last 3 years my partner (who is probably around a 10) and I have won - by a lot.  Last year we won by 20 strokes.

 

The league was having enough of that so they switched things up this year and broke us up and gave us each the worst player in the league.  My guy has his moments but woo-boy...there are times when it isn't pretty at all.

 

We play as foursomes and all 4 get the same score.

Last week I played with 2 guys and the 'A' player was out so he had a sub.  The sub was probably at least an 18+ hc and his partner just started playing so he was a 20+...and then there's my guy who is probably a 30.  To be honest with you I don't know if these guys even play outside of this league and have ever played 18 holes.

 

That puts quite a bit of pressure on the 'A' player to carry the team.  I'm certainly not a scratch golfer by any means but I can at least consistently get it in the fairway and hit the green.

 

We played last Tuesday and were 2 under after 7 but all 4 of us missed a short 6 footer for par so we ended at 1 under.  It's hard to tell what my own score would have been since it is best ball but we almost always used my shots so I was pretty pleased with how I played.  The rest of the groups were 1 over.

 

Have you ever had to play like this in a best ball league and if so what was your shot strategy?  Did you wait until everyone else hit and then decide what you should do (i.e. just find the fairway) or did you hit first knowing that it really wouldn't matter what happened after that?  

[PING Apologist #9]

I play in a league on Tuesday nights.... I work in IT and a fair amount of the guys that play are probably 20+ handicaps.  We've got some guys that even miss the ball when they swing (gulp!)...  We don't use 'caps and play best ball.  For the last 3 years my partner (who is probably around a 10) and I have won - by a lot.  Last year we won by 20 strokes.

 

The league was having enough of that so they switched things up this year and broke us up and gave us each the worst player in the league.  My guy has his moments but woo-boy...there are times when it isn't pretty at all.

 

We play as foursomes and all 4 get the same score.

Last week I played with 2 guys and the 'A' player was out so he had a sub.  The sub was probably at least an 18+ hc and his partner just started playing so he was a 20+...and then there's my guy who is probably a 30.  To be honest with you I don't know if these guys even play outside of this league and have ever played 18 holes.

 

That puts quite a bit of pressure on the 'A' player to carry the team.  I'm certainly not a scratch golfer by any means but I can at least consistently get it in the fairway and hit the green.

 

We played last Tuesday and were 2 under after 7 but all 4 of us missed a short 6 footer for par so we ended at 1 under.  It's hard to tell what my own score would have been since it is best ball but we almost always used my shots so I was pretty pleased with how I played.  The rest of the groups were 1 over.

 

Have you ever had to play like this in a best ball league and if so what was your shot strategy?  Did you wait until everyone else hit and then decide what you should do (i.e. just find the fairway) or did you hit first knowing that it really wouldn't matter what happened after that?  

Good write up Stroker and nice win! Also good questions there that I'd like to see answers to since my group may be getting closer to signing up for some local scramble tournaments. I'd humbly suggest to maybe start a new thread on that subject alone since I'm sure it will take off.

[russtopherb]

The office shut down early so I was able to walk 9 for my first “official” round of the year. It was a blah 51, thanks to driver and putting. Irons and chipping were pretty good.

 

Out of 7 driver holes, I hit the fairway on 2, chipped out sideways on 3, and took penalties on the other 2. Fuzzy greens had me leaving everything short.

 

Still, it was only my first time out there and scoring. Bound to get the feel back. I hope!

 

Oh and the C300 gap wedge is quickly becoming my favorite club.

 

 

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[Miboy62]

9 holes after work. 52

Fairway 2

GIR 0

Putts 18 with one 4 putt

 

If you can't drive it in the fairway, the score adds up fast!

[tommc23]

Played my personal best round ever today shot a 96 and it could have been better. I had bogey on so many holes. I would have done better until like an idiot I saw the score on my app that I use and played some really poor holes could have broken 90 today.

 

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[Rickp]

Played my personal best round ever today shot a 96 and it could have been better. I had bogey on so many holes. I would have done better until like an idiot I saw the score on my app that I use and played some really poor holes could have broken 90 today.

 

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Awesome Bud, great job

 

 

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[tommc23]

Awesome Bud, great job

 

 

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Thanks I was leaving shots short so I could use the new wedges and I scored pretty well imagine that lol.

 

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[PING Apologist #9]

Played my personal best round ever today shot a 96 and it could have been better. I had bogey on so many holes. I would have done better until like an idiot I saw the score on my app that I use and played some really poor holes could have broken 90 today.

 

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Ahhhh! The score bug! I get mentally boned every time too. Take the time you'd normally have to "peek" at the scores next time and instead, take an extra puff off of a fine cigar, have a shot with the fellas or simply look up and out to the beauty of the area you're in. Before you know it, the round is over and....

[Rickp]

Ahhhh! The score bug! I get mentally boned every time too. Take the time you'd normally have to "peek" at the scores next time and instead, take an extra puff off of a fine cigar, have a shot with the fellas or simply look up and out to the beauty of the area you're in. Before you know it, the round is over and....

That's why I like Execs sometimes, don't keep score and fire away.

 

 

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[PING Apologist #9]

Awesome Bud, great job

 

 

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I'm with Rick, great round and congrats on a sub-100!. And don't down-play your best-ever round with the negatives. Grab this latest success by the balls and go forth and conquer a better one next time-YOU can do it!

[PING Apologist #9]

That's why I like Execs sometimes, don't keep score and fire away.

 

 

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Indeed. I gotta hit ours here more often like my Granddad & I did back in the day! I'd probably get a little more deadly at short range which has really come on to be a plus for me lately.

[ole gray]

Played my personal best round ever today shot a 96 and it could have been better. I had bogey on so many holes. I would have done better until like an idiot I saw the score on my app that I use and played some really poor holes could have broken 90 today.

 

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You'll bust 90 in the near future. I feel it in my bones!

 

 

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[No3PuttLaLa]

Played Eagles Talon again today... shot a 98 on Sunday.

 

Shot 45...47...92 today!!!

 

Left some putts out there and few bad thinned iron shots. Otherwise my swing feels better every day. Those lessons have paid off immensely!

 

 

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[Rickp]

Played Eagles Talon again today... shot a 98 on Sunday.

 

Shot 45...47...92 today!!!

 

Left some putts out there and few bad thinned iron shots. Otherwise my swing feels better every day. Those lessons have paid off immensely!

 

 

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Score seems to be dropping nicely, keep up the good work

 

 

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