How'd you play?

[cksurfdude]

On 6/28/2019 at 2:10 AM, golfertrb said:

It's funny how much the mental side of playing is so impactful

Yeah, I'm really starting to learn that (..the hard way which isn't always funny ).

[HarryC]

Today I had a day off work for a friends birthday and we played Carden Park Country Club in Cheshire, UK. 

Really good day with nice weather. Managed to shoot 3 under net which the way I've played last two weeks put a smile back on my face. Set a few new Arccos PB's which was nice too. Official handicap is 25.5 but my current rolling handicap for last 10 rounds is 17.something.

My swing is still a massive work in progress but just trying to gain consistency.

 

 

Edited July 29, 2019 by HarryC

[chisag]

57 minutes ago, cksurfdude said:

Yeah, I'm really starting to learn that (..the hard way which isn't always funny ).

 

... Speaking of the mental side of the game, I played with my wife and son yesterday. She has a swing that could be on the LPGA.  Drives the ball beautifully and she is a really good putter. it is in-between that is her problem. If you watch her take a practice swing with her irons, you would see a very nice tempo and a full finish onto her left side with her right foot balanced on her toe. Then watch her swing with a ball in the way and she mentally has a very hard time get past the hurdle of attempting to lift the ball in the air. Her weight stays evenly distributed or even slightly on her back foot that never leaves the ground. How can anyone swing so beautifully and 2 seconds later swing so poorly? 

... I have worked with her in the middle of rounds and have gotten her to hit an iron shot like her practice swing by using some drills. My favorite of course is putting a ball 2 feet in front of the ball she is hitting and asking her to take a full swing but making her ball hit the ball in front without jumping over it. Very first time we did this drill she hit her first high, towering iron shot along with a nice medium depth divot. When I removed the ball in front she went right back to lifting, Last thing I want to do is make playing golf a chore for my wife because she is a casual golfer at best and does not wanna put in any work. She plays with me 2 to 3 times a month. But when she finally retires in a few years, i think she will take the game a little more seriously because she has the ability to potentially break 80. 

... My point is she is a very good athlete with a LPGA caliber swing, but mentally she is a typical hacker. This is what makes golf so difficult and demanding. Not only do you need the physical skills to execute a good swing, but it does you little good without the mental discipline to over come almost all of our preconceived notions of how to hit a good shot. Swinging hard to hit the ball far, aiming further  left only makes the ball go further right, using the bounce in a bunker and not the leading edge and of course hitting down and thru to make the ball go up. I am a HUGE believer in trusting the process and not thinking about the results. Never more glaringly apparent than with some of my students that struggled with their putting. It is just amazing to see them putt so much better with their eyes closed (after a few strokes to get used to it) because they were concentrating on the process and not the result. 

[golfertrb]

 
... Speaking of the mental side of the game, I played with my wife and son yesterday. She has a swing that could be on the LPGA.  Drives the ball beautifully and she is a really good putter. it is in-between that is her problem. If you watch her take a practice swing with her irons, you would see a very nice tempo and a full finish onto her left side with her right foot balanced on her toe. Then watch her swing with a ball in the way and she mentally has a very hard time get past the hurdle of attempting to lift the ball in the air. Her weight stays evenly distributed or even slightly on her back foot that never leaves the ground. How can anyone swing so beautifully and 2 seconds later swing so poorly? 

... I have worked with her in the middle of rounds and have gotten her to hit an iron shot like her practice swing by using some drills. My favorite of course is putting a ball 2 feet in front of the ball she is hitting and asking her to take a full swing but making her ball hit the ball in front without jumping over it. Very first time we did this drill she hit her first high, towering iron shot along with a nice medium depth divot. When I removed the ball in front she went right back to lifting, Last thing I want to do is make playing golf a chore for my wife because she is a casual golfer at best and does not wanna put in any work. She plays with me 2 to 3 times a month. But when she finally retires in a few years, i think she will take the game a little more seriously because she has the ability to potentially break 80. 

... My point is she is a very good athlete with a LPGA caliber swing, but mentally she is a typical hacker. This is what makes golf so difficult and demanding. Not only do you need the physical skills to execute a good swing, but it does you little good without the mental discipline to over come almost all of our preconceived notions of how to hit a good shot. Swinging hard to hit the ball far, aiming further  left only makes the ball go further right, using the bounce in a bunker and not the leading edge and of course hitting down and thru to make the ball go up. I am a HUGE believer in trusting the process and not thinking about the results. Never more glaringly apparent than with some of my students that struggled with their putting. It is just amazing to see them putt so much better with their eyes closed (after a few strokes to get used to it) because they were concentrating on the process and not the result. 

So true Chisag! My physical abilities have diminished but the mental side is much, much stronger. And honestly where I have seen it the most is with the putter - I try to put the desired stroke with the desired "feels" rather than trying to make them all. The same is true with chipping - I'm trying to hit a particular shot and when I do that's the measure of success vs hitting it close. If I trust my processes - chips get closer and more putts drop and my mind is free of stress and the potential of derailment caused by the "bad breaks" of golf (lip outs, spike marks, poorly cut holes, etc) which are just the game.


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[Rickp]

Played Big Boy 9 holes this morning. Got 1” rain last night so added to the slop. Driver/Putter took the morning off, not sure where they went but definitely not with me. Irons different story. One of the best iron striking days in maybe a year. The Mizzie’s were happy, happy.
See how it goes tomorrow. Tough to play with this much water.


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[cnosil]

First round of golf league playoffs.   Format:  9 hole matches.  All 12 players play over 2 days.  Can have a substitute for one player over the 2 days.  drop highest score from the 2 days.  Low score (handicapped) after the 2 days wins.

My course handicap is a 2;  5 FW,  5 GIR,  15 putts.   2 birdies, 2 bogeys, and 1 double.   Struck the ball really well;  the only bad shot was the ball I put into the water resulting in a double.  

Other team played really well with several players below their handicap.  My team is down 16 to -3 after the first day.  

[CarlH]

Another rather lackluster day on the course.  Shot an 85....just not focusing on my putts, not firm enough and the ball slipping by the hole (or short!).  Played the tougher combo of our 27 hole course.  Wasn't striking the driver all that well primarily, although the iron play was decent.  Sadly, when you're not getting off the tee well, you tend to rely on getting up and down too often.  On the plus side, the wedge play was much better today than the last 2 days (thanks @chisag -- took your comment to heart and focused on contact rather than the results).  

[Kenny B]

10 hours ago, HarryC said:

Today I had a day off work for a friends birthday and we played Carden Park Country Club in Cheshire, UK. 

Really good day with nice weather. Managed to shoot 3 under net which the way I've played last two weeks put a smile back on my face. Set a few new Arccos PB's which was nice too. Official handicap is 25.5 but my current rolling handicap for last 10 rounds is 17.something.

My swing is still a massive work in progress but just trying to gain consistency.

 

 

Lovely looking course; a bunch of ball-gobbling trees!!

Good luck... you'll get there!!

[edingc]

- 39 (+3)

- 3/7 FIR 

- 6/9 GIR (No birdies)

- 16 Putts (7 2-putts, 2 1-putts)

- 1:20 Round Time - Teed off at 7:05 AM

Great score considering I couldn't see my tee shots for the first three holes due to fog (and my shot into No. 2 green was completely obscured by fog).

Ball striking was pretty good again today, not as great as the last two rounds, but nothing horrific. Driver was pretty accurate but short for some reason. All of my clubs were short this morning, or maybe the ball just wasn't flying well, or maybe I was just tired. Did poke one drive out to 252 according to GAME Golf, which is pretty solid considering it was pretty wet. 

Only one really poor shot all day, a chunked pitch on No. 7. Otherwise a pretty clean round! Probably what you could call boring golf. 

View from No. 2 tee this morning:

[perseveringgolfer]

77 today!

Started with a J arthur on the first tee that ended up inside the base of a tree! penalty shot and chipped short of the green, then chipped in for an easy bogie lol

Game was pretty rank for the first 6 holes, left right heeley and toe shots. 7th tee I went right back to basics and stopped all the 'little tweaks and idiosyncrasy's' I've been experimenting with and started hitting solid shots again. Amazing what that does for your confidence in going for difficult shots, a few chip and 2 putts and a few 3 putts kept me 8 over, then a wedge to 6 inches for an easy birdie and parred 18 to keep in the buffer zone.

Feeling better about my game now I've decluttered all the youtube videos out my head  

[Kenny B]

3 hours ago, edingc said:

- 39 (+3)

- 3/7 FIR 

- 6/9 GIR (No birdies)

- 16 Putts (7 2-putts, 2 1-putts)

- 1:20 Round Time - Teed off at 7:05 AM

Great score considering I couldn't see my tee shots for the first three holes due to fog (and my shot into No. 2 green was completely obscured by fog).

Ball striking was pretty good again today, not as great as the last two rounds, but nothing horrific. Driver was pretty accurate but short for some reason. All of my clubs were short this morning, or maybe the ball just wasn't flying well, or maybe I was just tired. Did poke one drive out to 252 according to GAME Golf, which is pretty solid considering it was pretty wet. 

Only one really poor shot all day, a chunked pitch on No. 7. Otherwise a pretty clean round! Probably what you could call boring golf. 

View from No. 2 tee this morning:

Nice boring golf!  Ball doesn't go very far in fog, any high humidity for that matter.  Lots of water for the ball to get through.  

I live in the desert, but after irrigating the course all night and the sun beating down early in the morning, it's humid!!  I need an extra club for approach shots until it dries out a little.

[Hamachi Style]

Bad

[Sluggo42]

Shot good again with the “new swing”. Shot a +3 74 with 3 birdies, and perhaps 4-5 narrowly missed birdie putts. My game is really fun for me right now. But as we all know, this can change in one day...

[revkev]

 

77 in league this afternoon - doubled 9 which really frothed me. But won $105 dollar skin/closest to the pin on 8 - 178 yard 7 wood to kick in range - we play it down, putt it out so I did.

 

Oh and the course that I played was at 6,200 and my longest drive was 228. It’s wet, heat index was over 105 - the ball goes nowhere in these conditions.

 

 

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My practice paid off. When i had wedge, I hit it inside of 20 feet and I got up and down 2/3rds of the time.

[golfertrb]

Played 27 holes today at Lincoln Park West and East - the club championship is this Saturday and Sunday so the pins were tough - didn't make much on the West:
 
69 (Blue Tees)
FIR 6/13
GIR 16/18
Putts 32
 
East - hit it much better/closer and made some putts. Played in 55 minutes which was awesome. Took me 20 holes to get the speed figured out.
 
29 (White Tees)
FIR 6/7
GIR 8/9
Putts 11
 


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[revkev]

Played 27 holes today at Lincoln Park West and East - the club championship is this Saturday and Sunday so the pins were tough - didn't make much on the West:
 
69 (Blue Tees)
FIR 6/13
GIR 16/18
Putts 32
 
East - hit it much better/closer and made some putts. Played in 55 minutes which was awesome. Took me 20 holes to get the speed figured out.
 
29 (White Tees)
FIR 6/7
GIR 8/9
Putts 11
 


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That’s just great golf!


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[golfertrb]

That’s just great golf!


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Thanks - it was crazy - couldn't buy a putt over 10 ft on the West and started making everything on the East.


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[Bgolfn333]

Played a leisure 9 today, to kind of clear my head. Took some pictures and filmed a muskrat swimming. I played good with a couple birdies and a sweet Eagle on a par 4 from 120 out. I hit a gap wedge I borrowed from the pro shop (50* ping glide 2.0) Overall it was a nice club to use but already having a high launch, I noticed I hit the ball way to high. Yes, that's a Z-Star XV

[StrokerAce]

Played my first 9 holes (league/best ball round) with the new M5 driver I won in the member-guest tournament I played in with @Wedgie... 

WHOA!.... even my mishits were out there.  We used my drive every time.  The guy I was playing with works at the course and he mentioned on a couple of holes "wow, this is your drive?  I've never been here before..."   Driver-wedge, driver-wedge... GIR on all 9 holes....if only we could putt. 

It's a keeper!

[MattF]

18 minutes ago, GolfSpy Stroker said:

Played my first 9 holes (league/best ball round) with the new M5 driver I won in the member-guest tournament I played in with @Wedgie... 

WHOA!.... even my mishits were out there.  We used my drive every time.  The guy I was playing with works at the course and he mentioned on a couple of holes "wow, this is your drive?  I've never been here before..."   Driver-wedge, driver-wedge... GIR on all 9 holes....if only we could putt. 

It's a keeper!

I'm loving mine more and more, especially since I upgraded to the shaft to the Even Flow Blue.

[perseveringgolfer]

long game still good today..........BUT

3 putted the first from 10 feet!

3 putted the second from 15 feet

3 putted the third from 25 feet

3 putted the fourth from 8 feet

 

I think I can see a pattern................

[bmaru99]

My boss is gone out of the office and so is my fellow co worker. Well, this means that I take an extra long lunch and play  9 holes of golf with my friend. Just got back and played fairly well. Shot +2 and waited for he group in front of us for most holes. Had a couple missed puts that could have easily went in. Anyways here are my stats:

FIR=5/7...One was waaaaaaayyyyy right

GIR=5/9

Putts=16

Score=38 comprised of 5 pars, 1 birdie, 3 bogeys

[CarlH]

Most likely my worst putting day in ages.  Played a resort course today and I'd like to blame the greens, but I'll have to take ownership that I wasn't putting them well.  I'm not exaggerating when I say that I didn't make one putt (short of tap ins) until the 17th green (par 5 for the birdie) and then went on to miss my par putt on 18.  Struggled trying to find speed and break all day long -- bent grass with a lot of poana in it.

[Sluggo42]

Stumbled my way to an 85 today, starting with a double on #1

wheres that new swing? Smh

this game eh?

[DrMJG]

New day at a new course. 

68.50/113

Par 71, 5297 yards, played from forward tees. My score 90:  44 Out 46 In

17% GIR, 50% FIR, Handicap difference 21.5

0 Birdies, 4 Pars, 9 Bogies, 5 double

Penalties 4 Out of Bounds (all to the left) 4 swimming.

Conditions: 83º at tee off and humid (for AZ).  There was no significant winds to fight. At the start, course was damp from storms last night. seemed much drier as the round went on. No standing water.

Many of my problems were due to not knowing the course.  I went for what I though would be good for the next shot, only to pay too far left or placed myself near a tree or pond (and in a few). I will be playing this again soon.  Seems like a course that fits my game well.

[cnosil]

Day 2 of my companies golf league playoff match.  I was the team substitute for a player that couldn't play this week.  After day one our team was down 13 to -3 so we needed to make up lots of strokes.   

I played the best golf I have played in a long time. 6 FW, 5 GIR, 12 putts;  34 with 3 birdies and 1 bogey.   So with handicap I was a -4 for the team score.   

As a whole the team played well and while we didn't win,  we closed the gap and lost -5 to -3.

 

[Rickp]

Played 9 again on a Big Boy course, I’m still not ready for 18. The shoulder muscles get very upset with me if I push it.
Anyway driver was fair to poor putter again not working, irons pretty good, hit some really happy shots.
We had any big rain overnight so again hot, humid & generally wet conditions. Still not keeping score but around 44/45.


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[mr.hicksta]

Everything was awesome about my round at Manele except the way I played. Having a case of the lefts on a Nicklaus course is usually not a good idea and I paid the price for my misses. Anyway, I’m going to keep posting these as a way to shame myself into playing better golf. We’ll see if it works.

95 (49/46), 17% GIR, 46% FIR and 34 putts. This lovely stat line includes 8 lost balls. I had fun regardless of my regression and I’m about to play five more rounds this week so I’ll figure something out.

[Kenny B]

9 hours ago, perseveringgolfer said:

long game still good today..........BUT

3 putted the first from 10 feet!

3 putted the second from 15 feet

3 putted the third from 25 feet

3 putted the fourth from 8 feet

 

I think I can see a pattern................

Your approaches kept getting further away for three holes, then you hit one close and start all over?  

[Kenny B]

23 hours ago, Bgolfn333 said:

Played a leisure 9 today, to kind of clear my head. Took some pictures and filmed a muskrat swimming. I played good with a couple birdies and a sweet Eagle on a par 4 from 120 out. I hit a gap wedge I borrowed from the pro shop (50* ping glide 2.0) Overall it was a nice club to use but already having a high launch, I noticed I hit the ball way to high. Yes, that's a Z-Star XV

Very nice!  Must be that "muskrat love"