How'd you play?

[tony@CIC]

Wife and I played another new (to us) course. It was only a one alligator day - a small one . I figure it's parents were hiding someplace watching me. Overall didn't play too badly given I haven't gotten the hang of Bermuda rough or greens. A 44 on the front and 43 on the back with only one water ball.


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[Tom the Golf Nut]

49 minutes ago, tony@CIC said:

Wife and I played another new (to us) course. It was only a one alligator day - a small one . I figure it's parents were hiding someplace watching me. Overall didn't play too badly given I haven't gotten the hang of Bermuda rough or greens. A 44 on the front and 43 on the back with only one water ball.


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Whenever I visit my buddy in Florida, the biggest thing I can't get used to is seeing everyone putt from way off the green.  You can't get away with that in my area. 

[Nolan220]

Had some nice shots but was mostly testing the BH hybrid didn’t keep score since it was like 35 no one was out on the course which was nice ... also used the jpx 900 hot metals for the first time I like them too 

[Kenny B]

3 minutes ago, Nolan220 said:

Had some nice shots but was mostly testing the BH hybrid didn’t keep score since it was like 35 no one was out on the course which was nice ... also used the jpx 900 hot metals for the first time I like them too 

  Hey!  Wait a minute!!  I'm 73, and it was like 34 and I kept score.  Played 18 holes with another couple in a little over 3 hours.  OK, it you're testing... you get a pass!

[Tom the Golf Nut]

7 minutes ago, Kenny B said:

  Hey!  Wait a minute!!  I'm 73, and it was like 34 and I kept score.  Played 18 holes with another couple in a little over 3 hours.  OK, it you're testing... you get a pass!

Heck it was 45 degrees and I didn't keep score. But I was testing the Gamer golf ball today! Can't spoil the surprise you'll have to wait for the official testing thread to be created. 

[fixyurdivot]

2 hours ago, Kenny B said:

Today was one of those Funny days... some haha Funny, some not.

My wife and I had a tee time at 9:46 with another couple, but the course had an hour frost delay.  We decided to leave the house around our tee time expecting to arrive with plenty of time to warm up.  At 9:30 the other couple called and they were there and the course was open!!  We scrambled!  Got there; got carted up; met them at the clubhouse and headed for the first tee... no warmup.  Oh yeah, foggy, 34º with a breeze out of the north.

I did swing my Skilz Gold Flex 10 times right handed and 10 times left handed, then grabbed my driver.  I had NO birdies; not surprising; 2 bogeys and 3 doubles (on #7, #12, and #18) for a round of 80.  

Now, the Funny part (not haha).  I drove the ball pretty well for me; 12/13 fairways and the one I missed, I only missed by 3 feet.  However, I couldn't hit a 2nd shot... period... with any club!!  I only hit 3 greens in regulation; two of those were par 3's.  A bad day of ball striking and still shoot +8.  Short game was solid.

Now, the Funniest part.  On #3 the guy we were playing with hit his ball into the hazard.  My wife who still isn't playing, was helping look for his ball.  It would have been in the water, but the pond water is very low in winter.  She saw a ball (wasn't his... a TopFlite ) and climbed down the bank to get it, lost her balance, and fell into the reeds.  Didn't get hurt and didn't get wet, but had to pick out hundreds of seed pods that stuck to her fleece vest.  

Tell Martha not be be mad at me for using the funny emoji .

[Nolan220]

59 minutes ago, Kenny B said:

  Hey!  Wait a minute!!  I'm 73, and it was like 34 and I kept score.  Played 18 holes with another couple in a little over 3 hours.  OK, it you're testing... you get a pass!

I actually intended too but forgot a score card

[Kenny B]

6 minutes ago, Nolan220 said:

I actually intended too but forgot a score card

I can do it without a scorecard.  I remember every shot on every hole, which is a bad thing.  Pros forget a bad shot and move on.  My bad shots are in my head until I go to sleep.  I start the next day with a clean slate.

[tony@CIC]

9 hours ago, Kenny B said:

I can do it without a scorecard.  I remember every shot on every hole, which is a bad thing.  Pros forget a bad shot and move on.  My bad shots are in my head until I go to sleep.  I start the next day with a clean slate.

Funny - as I was reading @Nolan220 post I was thing he same thing. Even without a scorecard I can remember the good and bad holes along with my overall score. This is irritating to my wife who constantly asks me if I recorded the score when we play. I must be a bit OCD. 

[CarlH]

82 yesterday.  Putting was not up to par.  Temps were supposed to get up to the upper 40s in the afternoon, but a fog rolled in and never lifted, keeping the temps around 40 for most of the round.  Played nines with 2 other guys with 2 lower totals paying the higher total score -- I paid out.

[MrBandit]

This is becoming comical now, the 5th straight round, I have butcher the front 9 ..(different courses) and and then on the back 9 its been a solid rounds of 38,37, 38,36,37.  No rhyme or reason for the failures on the front 9, right now I think is getting in my head.. I didn't change anything on my swing or chipping or putting from front to back.

 The back 9 have been a mostly lights out performance and the front 9 has been ridiculous  triples, doubles, etc. and is usually a 4-5 holes stretch.. (damage is done). is like there is a reset at the turn and all systems are go.

golf Love / Hate relationship.

 

[Kenny B]

13 hours ago, fixyurdivot said:

Tell Martha not be be mad at me for using the funny emoji .

She isn't mad... she laughed on the way down.  

Her trick today was setting off the Walmart burglar alarm.  She stood there with the alarm going off; no one came over, so she left.

[Kenny B]

3 hours ago, tony@CIC said:

Funny - as I was reading @Nolan220 post I was thing he same thing. Even without a scorecard I can remember the good and bad holes along with my overall score. This is irritating to my wife who constantly asks me if I recorded the score when we play. I must be a bit OCD. 

That's because you are a Virtuoso like me.  

[cnosil]

She isn't mad... she laughed on the way down.  
Her trick today was setting off the Walmart burglar alarm.  She stood there with the alarm going off; no one came over, so she left.

They just took her picture, since she left it will be on the nightly news and her picture will be on display at the post office.

[RobbyT]

I played yesterday, it was a par 70, and I was 7-over thru 10, probably the worst I've played in a few months. Then I finished the last 8 holes in 3 under by making birdies holes 13, 14, and 15 to shoot 74. That is one of my weirdest rounds in a while.

[fixyurdivot]

17 hours ago, tony@CIC said:

Wife and I played another new (to us) course. It was only a one alligator day - a small one . I figure it's parents were hiding someplace watching me. Overall didn't play too badly given I haven't gotten the hang of Bermuda rough or greens. A 44 on the front and 43 on the back with only one water ball.


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Growing up in Florida, we use to go watch them wrestle gators. That seemed very real and awful scary at that time.  Ahh yes, Howard Johnson's, all you can eat fried clams, Stuckey's peanut brittle, comic books, and that silly hand held game get the ball through the maze and in the hole (never mastered that one either)... those were the days.

[Sluggo42]

15 hours ago, Kenny B said:

I can do it without a scorecard.  I remember every shot on every hole, which is a bad thing.  Pros forget a bad shot and move on.  My bad shots are in my head until I go to sleep.  I start the next day with a clean slate.

that funny, I can remember every shot from the last round I've played too, but the second I start a new round, that one is gone...

 

[chisag]

6 minutes ago, Sluggo42 said:

that funny, I can remember every shot from the last round I've played too, but the second I start a new round, that one is gone...

 

 

... Pretty much the same for me, although I can remember every shot everyone in my group hit, or at least al that I saw. Then new memories start the next round. 

[Sluggo42]

Man I am dying to go play, but the windstorm is off the hook here in SoCal. Like 30 mph, with gusts that make it hard to stand in one spot.

[Rickp]

7:00 am Tee Time, 54*, light drizzle & cloudy, Yuck.
Took so time to pay attention to what the other 3 combatants were doing. This was club selection on a 130 yard hole;
80 year old, driver
78 year old, 5 hybrid
72 year old, 3 wood
74 (me), 8 iron
The 80 year old is getting really shaky but he’s out there 3 days a week.


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[Rickp]

Yes I made the bird.


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[GolfSpy AFG]

39 - 43 for a less than stellar 82.  All in all I can't complain too much, I was playing golf in Nebraska in December.  The game suffered from a very rusty short game...I had the touch and feel of a guy who hasn't been able to play or practice in a month due to weather.  

Here's a picture of the course and the conditions...everything pretty browned out and dormant...

Wednesday is supposed to hit a record high of 64, so I'll be back out again and probably get some range time in before and after too.

[fixyurdivot]

2 minutes ago, Getoffmylawn said:

39 - 43 for a less than stellar 82.  All in all I can't complain too much, I was playing golf in Nebraska in December.  The game suffered from a very rusty short game...I had the touch and feel of a guy who hasn't been able to play or practice in a month due to weather.  

Here's a picture of the course and the conditions...everything pretty browned out and dormant...

Wednesday is supposed to hit a record high of 64, so I'll be back out again and probably get some range time in before and after too.

Yea, golfing in Nebraska in December is different.  One upside to the climate change discussion.  Hey, might as well adopt the "glass half full" when you can .

[Kenny B]

24 minutes ago, Rickp said:

7:00 am Tee Time, 54*, light drizzle & cloudy, Yuck.
Took so time to pay attention to what the other 3 combatants were doing. This was club selection on a 130 yard hole;
80 year old, driver
78 year old, 5 hybrid
72 year old, 3 wood
74 (me), 8 iron
The 80 year old is getting really shaky but he’s out there 3 days a week.
 

My Monday walking group on our par 3 #4 hole when it plays about 130y...

80 year old,  6 hybrid
77 year old,  8 iron
my wife (65),  easy 7W
73 (me),  9i

The 80 year old has found some distance this past 2 weeks, so might be less now... if it lasts.
 

[GolfSpy AFG]

11 minutes ago, fixyurdivot said:

Yea, golfing in Nebraska in December is different.  One upside to the climate change discussion.  Hey, might as well adopt the "glass half full" when you can .

Yeah, maybe Al Gore was right and I'll be playing more in the winter...  

[Grand Stranded]

another day of lousy weather down here today. Damp high 40's and overcast. The course was really wet from rain all last night.

We were supposed to have 16 guys today, but only 6 showed up. We made the best of it though. We had the course to ourselves and played in one group, didn't keep score but played a skins game. It worked out great, I ended up getting a few bucks, but nobody won anything more than a two hole carry over.

The highlight of the day was one of the guys bringing a bottle of Select Club Praline Pecan Whisky with him. I'm not much of a drinker, and almost never drink while I' playing. I'd never heard of this stuff before, but once I smelled the scent of roasted pecans, I gave it a try. Very nice.

After we finished I stopped at a liquor store to pick up a bottle to bring up to Long Island for the Christmas holiday.  

[Nunfa0]

On 12/6/2020 at 10:34 PM, Nunfa0 said:

Isn't golf a funny beast, yesterday I played awful and struggled to a horrific for my handicap 92. Today I played really well and shot a 7 over 80. A 12 shot improvement in 24 hours makes no sense but I will take it   

Oh and now my handicap at home is 8

[CarlH]

9 hours ago, Sluggo42 said:

that funny, I can remember every shot from the last round I've played too, but the second I start a new round, that one is gone...

 

I can also remember every.....um, what were we talking about again?

[Nunfa0]

5 hours ago, Grand Stranded said:

another day of lousy weather down here today. Damp high 40's and overcast. The course was really wet from rain all last night.

We were supposed to have 16 guys today, but only 6 showed up. We made the best of it though. We had the course to ourselves and played in one group, didn't keep score but played a skins game. It worked out great, I ended up getting a few bucks, but nobody won anything more than a two hole carry over.

The highlight of the day was one of the guys bringing a bottle of Select Club Praline Pecan Whisky with him. I'm not much of a drinker, and almost never drink while I' playing. I'd never heard of this stuff before, but once I smelled the scent of roasted pecans, I gave it a try. Very nice.

After we finished I stopped at a liquor store to pick up a bottle to bring up to Long Island for the Christmas holiday.  

Man that whisky sound delicious

[Middler]

Last Wednesday, 44 front, 36 back - how is that even possible? Stupid game...