How'd you play?

[GolfSpy AFG]

3 minutes ago, edingc said:

- 35/38 = 73 (+1)
- 4/15 FIR
- 11/18 GIR (4 birdies)
- 29 Putts (1 3-putt, 9 2-putts, 8 1-putts)

Scott Fawcett is not wrong when he says winning/playing well is about as much luck as anything else! 

I had a lesson yesterday and got sorted out and hit the ball excellently with everything today, but of the four birdies, I'd say only one I would have expected to go in. Birdied Nos. 1, 3, 9 and 10 and was actually -2 heading to 13. Bogeyed 13 after blocking my tee shot just a bit too far right and then having a "two chip" (DECADE term), and then had a bad three-putt bogey from 30 feet on No. 14 (also a double no-no in DECADE). 

Another gorgeous morning (albeit a bit steamy!) for golf and it's always great to put together that kind of round. It's fun making birdies.

Stuffed a 9 iron on the par three No. 8 hole to within 10 feet. Best par three shot of the year, unfortunately I gave the putt a little too much gas and went through the break for a tap-in par.

Great round Cody, looks like your handicap is moving in the right direction.

Did you take the plunge on DECADE Foundations then?

[edingc]

1 minute ago, Getoffmylawn said:

Great round Cody, looks like your handicap is moving in the right direction.

Did you take the plunge on DECADE Foundations then?

I re-watched all of the first month that he had given away free a while back. Basically the Tiger Five plus the mental expectations parts. I think this year I'm going to hold off, but I do plan on going in on it next spring. 

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

32 minutes ago, edingc said:

- 35/38 = 73 (+1)
- 4/15 FIR
- 11/18 GIR (4 birdies)
- 29 Putts (1 3-putt, 9 2-putts, 8 1-putts)

Scott Fawcett is not wrong when he says winning/playing well is about as much luck as anything else! 

I had a lesson yesterday and got sorted out and hit the ball excellently with everything today, but of the four birdies, I'd say only one I would have expected to go in. Birdied Nos. 1, 3, 9 and 10 and was actually -2 heading to 13. Bogeyed 13 after blocking my tee shot just a bit too far right and then having a "two chip" (DECADE term), and then had a bad three-putt bogey from 30 feet on No. 14 (also a double no-no in DECADE). 

Another gorgeous morning (albeit a bit steamy!) for golf and it's always great to put together that kind of round. It's fun making birdies.

Stuffed a 9 iron on the par three No. 8 hole to within 10 feet. Best par three shot of the year, unfortunately I gave the putt a little too much gas and went through the break for a tap-in par.

Beautius!

Solid rounds man and I said it before every time you bounce back from the previous rounds that you were disappointed with. Awesome to read

[Siamese Moose]

In recent years due to age and injury my swing had become a mess of band aids and compromises. I've been working with an instructor to build domething sustainable for the long haul, and what I'm now doing is shockingly different. That means I have trouble erasing years of muscle memory, and my scores have been poor due to a few disasters per round. I haven't broken 80 yet this year. Today I only had one really poor hole, and I managed to save double with a great pitch. Throw in 3 birdies and 3 bogies for a 74, and it's the best score I have ever had!

[cksurfdude]

On 6/9/2021 at 12:58 PM, sirchunksalot said:

Not gonna lie, I'm really frustrated with my game right now.

Keep plugging away. Progress is s-l-oooooooo-w slow slow and very incremental. For most of us mere mortals, anyway

Keep up the good attitude and the results will start to follow (I know this cuz I, uhhh, I uhhh know this guy .. see? .. that's been struggling with all those same frustrations...)

[sirchunksalot]

4 minutes ago, cksurfdude said:

Keep plugging away. Progress is s-l-oooooooo-w slow slow and very incremental. For most of us mere mortals, anyway

Keep up the good attitude and the results will start to follow (I know this cuz I, uhhh, I uhhh know this guy .. see? .. that's been struggling with all those same frustrations...)

Thank you for the encouragement! It's difficult sometimes not to let the frustration seep in, I'm really working on the mental game and yesterday instead of asking "why?" I was working on asking myself "what can I do this next shot?". I wanted to start focusing on using each shot as a learning experience and building different shots for my game. I've done this for a while in my short game and have started relishing challenging greenside shots and that area of my game has improved.

I'm also over here rooting hard for you. I enjoy, so much, reading about your game and the desire for you to get better. That's what I love about the group of golfers on here, we're not a bunch of + handicaps bragging about 350 yard drives. Instead, we're regular golfers who enjoy sharing our joys and heartbreaks and all want to be the best at this game we can.

[cnosil]

1 hour ago, sirchunksalot said:

Thank you for the encouragement! It's difficult sometimes not to let the frustration seep in, I'm really working on the mental game and yesterday instead of asking "why?" I was working on asking myself "what can I do this next shot?". I wanted to start focusing on using each shot as a learning experience and building different shots for my game. I've done this for a while in my short game and have started relishing challenging greenside shots and that area of my game has improved.

Golf is hard and golf is frustrating.  We have a good day and even periods where we play well and we have a bad day and periods where we play poorly and wonder why we even play the game.   Everyone has gone through this no matter how good of a golfer you are.    Play the game like you mentioned and try to enjoy the challenge;  just try to accept the prior shot for what it is and try to execute the next shot to the best of your ability.  

[Vegan_Golfer_PNW]

2 hours ago, sirchunksalot said:

Thank you for the encouragement! It's difficult sometimes not to let the frustration seep in, I'm really working on the mental game and yesterday instead of asking "why?" I was working on asking myself "what can I do this next shot?". I wanted to start focusing on using each shot as a learning experience and building different shots for my game. I've done this for a while in my short game and have started relishing challenging greenside shots and that area of my game has improved.

I'm also over here rooting hard for you. I enjoy, so much, reading about your game and the desire for you to get better. That's what I love about the group of golfers on here, we're not a bunch of + handicaps bragging about 350 yard drives. Instead, we're regular golfers who enjoy sharing our joys and heartbreaks and all want to be the best at this game we can.

Well said. We are all a gang of battered golfers wanting to improve, looking for advice and looking for the banter and friends this place brings us. Some do it for exercise, some sport and most of us for fun and the hunt of improvement. Keep up the work!

[cksurfdude]

2 hours ago, sirchunksalot said:

I was working on asking myself "what can I do this next shot?". I wanted to start focusing on using each shot as a learning experience

Hope no one's offended for me plugging a different golf forum .. fyi Sir Chunks, myself and a few others participate over there .. but Jon Sherman of Practical Golf has some great articles including this recent one ...

Golf Is A Series Of Independent Decisions

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

Man what a round. My cousin and I halfed the Match play round from last Thursday so we carried over to this week. Gorgeous day and the course was as always in great shape. The greens were hard to stick and super fast. Super impressed with how my cousin has shaped the course. The first and second cuts around the green were just incredible

Overall I was happy with the score result of 41 but disappointed I took as many penalties as I did (3). 2 birdies, 2 pars, 2 bogies and 3 doubles!!!!!!

First hole looked like it was gonna be fantastic. Great tee shot middle of the fairway and I ended up skulling my 2nd shot over the green and took a penalty.

2nd hole blocked my tee shot. Took a drop and doubled again after a really great 2nd (technically 3rd after the drop) shot.

Best hole of the day was hole 3. Took an easy 3 wood and put a gap wedge to 3’ on by far the hardest green on the course. Made the bird 

The nest several holes we halved and stayed at down 1 (first hole came around to bite us) until the 8th. I’ll preface with the 2 we were playing against were the pro who’s a good golfer and an 18 years old kid who literally is just amazing to watch play. No flaws in his game. On 8 we both hit good drives opposite sides of the fairway. I hit my 3 wood from the rough and carried the green rolled to the first cut, chipped on made the birdie putt. The kid puts his second shot to 12’ made eagle To win. Was just impressive because he eagled last week too ..

was a blast of a round just wish I didn’t take the really bad penalties I did!

[yungkory]

On 6/8/2021 at 6:37 PM, chisag said:

... After missing most fairways and greens and dealing with lightening fast putting surfaces with a smooth 77 yesterday  at Camelback Padre with not a single birdie til the 18th (and I had to chip in from 20 yds off the green) I had a nice comeback today . I posted in the play correct tee thread about playing a combo or building your own and I did just that today at the Raven. 6722 is just too long for me with #3 a 459 par 4 in lush conditions with little Rolla nd into a gentle breeze.  Ironically I thought I had a birdie as I reached the 443 yd slightly uphill in 2 with a 4 iron and cozied up the 30 footer for a tap in but then was reminded it was just a par 4. Payback came on #12, a 476 yd par 5 I again reached in 2 with a 4 iron from 205 that landed just short, hoped on rolled 15 feet past the hole and I made the putt. Thinking it was another silly long par 4 I commented I needed that birdie after landing in the sand-less bunker on #10 and having to play away from the green only to have my playing pards say "No, that's an Eagle 3, it's a par 5" That was a very pleasant surprise. 

... So for my game, 6264 is just too short and as stated above 6722 a little too long so I played 9 holes off the silver and 9 holes off the white for a comfortable but still challenging 6474. The 202 yd par 3 uphill with a deep bunker guarding the entire left side and the pin almost off the left edge of the green, I pushed my 4 iron to the right fringe leaving a double breaking 90 foot putt that ended up 7 feet below the hole and I missed the putt for a bogie and that was all the hole I could ask for. Fair but very difficult. So if your course doesn't have a designated combo on the card, make your own! 

 

Yeah, 6700 is pretty much my limit. It's normally not the par 4s and 5s that get me, but long par 3s where I have to hit hybrids or 5w, I'm toast.

 

On 6/9/2021 at 6:58 AM, sirchunksalot said:

I mentioned earlier in the Random Thread that today was my first day back at work after summer shutdown and they let us leave early and paid us to do so. I came home, grabbed my bag, and headed out to the course. 

Played 9 holes and shot a 52. I hit 5/7 fairways, zero greens and had 18 putts. 

The fairways hit stat is pretty misleading as I couldn't hit a drive over 200 and had lots of weak slices that just happened to not fly far enough to go OB. As bad as driver was, my fairway woods were worse. I topped the daylights out of them, except for one 5 wood that just sailed so beautifully...I think it was an anomaly.

My irons were just ok and the only thing I had going for me were my wedges, they were on fire! 

My putting wasn't up to my usual expectation, the greens were slower than normal and I just couldn't figure them out. 

Not gonna lie, I'm really frustrated with my game right now. I've worked all winter and spring and just haven't seen results. I hit a few balls afterward on the range and nearly walked off after half a bucket.

The best thing to come out of the range session was I figured out my driver. I was getting my hands too high at the top of the backswing and after figuring that out I was striping it. I guess that'll keep me coming back for more. I attempted to take video, and got one good swing. My phone fell down on my second shot.

 

Golf is hard man. Stick to it and something will click! Then after it does and you think you have everything figured out, you'll play like dog water. Vicious cycle!

19 hours ago, CarlH said:

Had the practice round at the member guest tournament at Diamante CC with my friend In Hot Springs Village Arkansas.  Been some heavy rain here and the course was soaked.  First time playing this course and came in with an 83.  Course was very sloppy, but the greens were flawless, not as fast as usual, but receptive.  My partner had his best round at the course since becoming a member here in December with a nice 75.  Today is the first round and we'll be playing Better Ball.  Hopefully I'll play better and hopefully my partner didn't spend his limit with yesterday's round.

Nice round on a new course! Good luck again!

17 hours ago, edingc said:

I re-watched all of the first month that he had given away free a while back. Basically the Tiger Five plus the mental expectations parts. I think this year I'm going to hold off, but I do plan on going in on it next spring. 

I think the system has its benefits, but playing with someone who is writing down the results of every shot, when they're struggling, sucks. Wanted to kick @mr.hicksta in the nuts when he was doing it, but I didn't say anything cuz I'm a good friend

[Alf. S]

Well it's a real struggle for me at the moment course condition not really suiting my game. Got beat in my matchplay tie 5 and 4 that's me out of all the matchplay events had 85 net 79 on Saturday's comp. Then got beat in the League match yesterday 5 and 4.

We have had very little rain in Scotland over the past 3 weeks and the courses are playing firm and fast. Yesterday we also had a +20mph wind. Getting loads of distance just can't get the ball to stop. 9th 140yds to go hit a small PW bounces on the green twice and disappears onto the railway line. Being 4 down at the 304yd 12th, partner in the fairway, smoked one down wind at green through the back into the penalty area. I must have gone through 10 of the 14 matchplay holes with my approach shots. Another 2 I tried to play short and run in and they ended up short. Chipping is also a struggle off tight lies.

In the doldrums at the moment maybe need to try and practise knockdown shots because my high ball flight is totally unpredictable.

Playing a couple of links courses next week and entering the ballot for the Old Course so hoping for better play.

[CarlH]

Another 83 yesterday in Round one of the Diamante Classic.  Our team came in 3rd in our flight for the round of Better Ball. Didn't pay for the daily payout, but it did pay off for the Player Pool (Calcutta).  I had 4 doubles as the wet ground and unfamiliar greens continue to give me some issues.

Today's event will be a modified Stableford.  Looking for the team to do a bit better.  The guys we played with yesterday were on fire and ham and egging it well, shooting a net 63 mainly because the higher handicap player of that team didn't seem to make that many mistakes on the stroke holes.  We came in with a net 68 having both of us making a double on one of the holes.  Second was a net 65.

This is a really nice course, albeit wet from the heavy rains of recent days.  Level lies are relatively rare and the greens all have multiple levels and lots of undulations.

[MyWifesSwingCoach]

14 hours ago, sirchunksalot said:

bragging about 350 yard drives

I can drive 350 yards pretty easily... All I have to do is get in my car and go LMAO

[mr.hicksta]

8 hours ago, yungkory said:

Yeah, 6700 is pretty much my limit. It's normally not the par 4s and 5s that get me, but long par 3s where I have to hit hybrids or 5w, I'm toast.

 

Golf is hard man. Stick to it and something will click! Then after it does and you think you have everything figured out, you'll play like dog water. Vicious cycle!

Nice round on a new course! Good luck again!

I think the system has its benefits, but playing with someone who is writing down the results of every shot, when they're struggling, sucks. Wanted to kick @mr.hicksta in the nuts when he was doing it, but I didn't say anything cuz I'm a good friend

All those rounds and I never knew I was in danger 

[ShaunieBoy652]

Eastern NC Course Alert!!!!

There is an incredible course in Rocky Mount, NC, Belmont GC. Got to play it for the 1st time Sunday, 6/6 and returned 6/8 to get some stink out. Fairways are exceptional and greens very nice (Tifeagle Bermuda).

1st round 4 putted the 1st hole and hit my tee shot OB on #2, those 4 strokes turned a 78 into an 83 :(. Had a couple other, "1st time playing the course" mistakes that I corrected. 

Tuesday there is "Throwback Tuesday" where the greens fees are much lower, a senior can play for under $30!

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Had a case of the pulls with the irons today, but everything else was really nice

 

Also hit some fairway bunkers off the tee that hindered me

 

[Sluggo42]

Shot a great second 9 after 4 bogies on front 9.

Only if I could putt better..... but, I did make one nice long putt for a bird.

i would guess my make percentage between 2-10 foot putts to be about 10 - 15 percent...

[MrBandit]

Played a round yesterday evening, it was a get out of the car and in the tee box. So it took a few holes (9) to get going.
Now that weather turn from Winter to Hot AF in blink of an eye, ball flight is a lot different now. Drove the ball well, specially in the back 9, Irons were solid, a little long (warmer weather, ball traveling more). Chipping was great after 4-5 holes, getting that feel going, I hit the shots I was trying to hit, so I was happy with that even if they rolled out more than expected and Putting was steady, should have made some putts , but I was happy with the stroke all day.

18th was interesting, as I hit Hybrid of the tee because anything is is too much, trying to keep in the fairway, well I barely got the ball off the ground, it skip from the tee box across the creek and it brushed the tall grass to just run out enough, (of Course this was crucial as I was down 1 at this point in the bets) Some how I snuck in a Birdie and win .. By buddy of course saying that shouldn't count as I barely pass the tee and should have been in the water( good friend I tell you)

 

[fozcycle]

Front nine was okay, birdie on #3 par 4. Back nine was totally bad, shooting a 42/48:90 today.

Also learned that July 31st will be the last day that Pebble Creek GC will be open.  Looks like we’ll be playing at Plantation Palms in Land O’Lakes. My driving distance will be about the same. Got disgusted and played a Nitro ball from 13 thru 18.  Gotta say it does travel.

[cksurfdude]

26 minutes ago, fozcycle said:

Also learned that July 31st will be the last day that Pebble Creek GC will be open.  

That's a shame, but .. you knew it was coming... Nice course and was hoping to get on it again someday and shoot something less than 110..! That pub at the 19th Hole was a classic, too

[Vegan_Golfer_PNW]

Shot a 103 in pouring rain. Had 3 pars and 5 bogies. Would have scored better had I not been intentionally using driver on anything but a par 3. Putting also suffered. Greens were super fast and my speed and green reading were super poor. Promising all things said. Started with a par (teed with super hybrid down the pipe) and ended with a par. 

[juspoole]

Got to play Oyster Reef today for my second and last round while in Hilton Head.  Fantastic course and my second favorite thus far of about 6 total courses that I've played in Hilton Head so far.

Could not hardly drive it on the planet today.  Too many penalty shots  or side ways chip outs.   Could have been a solid round because my iron play was very good and so was my chipping/pitching.  Should have taken more 4 irons off the tee.  Greens in regulation look low, but that is because I was having to chip out and play my third from the fairway or in one instance my Fourth due to an OB ball.  GIR would have been around 14 or 15 given better drives and about 3 on the fringe.

3 Fairways

9 Greens

34 Putts

40/40 - 80

[Chip Strokes]

checked out a club here in town today. gorgeous track. i hit the ball really well but didn’t score great. i attribute that to a combination of not knowing the course, and not putting well

52/48 for an even hundred. 

i drove the ball great, but ended up with a bunch of penalties because i had no idea where the trouble was. pulled driver on a dogleg right that i would’ve sworn had enough room. i flew the fairway, the cart path, and watched it bounce in the middle of the parking lot up on to the cart barn roof. still, can’t be mad about how well i hit it. 

[ShaunieBoy652]

17 hours ago, juspoole said:

Got to play Oyster Reef today for my second and last round while in Hilton Head.  Fantastic course and my second favorite thus far of about 6 total courses that I've played in Hilton Head so far.

Could not hardly drive it on the planet today.  Too many penalty shots  or side ways chip outs.   Could have been a solid round because my iron play was very good and so was my chipping/pitching.  Should have taken more 4 irons off the tee.  Greens in regulation look low, but that is because I was having to chip out and play my third from the fairway or in one instance my Fourth due to an OB ball.  GIR would have been around 14 or 15 given better drives and about 3 on the fringe.

3 Fairways

9 Greens

34 Putts

40/40 - 80

I think a lot of us would take an 80 with those stats  

PS, there's a great course close to 95 I've played a couple times, The GC at Hilton Head Lakes.

[GolfSpy_BNG]

Got out this morning for my maiden voyage with my new epic speed and RTX Zipcore full face wedge. The wedge is simply awesome and even after 1 round has found a permanent spot in the bag. The driver was hit and miss but the score was amazing for me. 

I wasn't paying a huge amount of attention to the score as I was more preoccupied by the results of the driver and wedge. Ended up with a 36/37 +1 73. I noticed I was 2 under going into 16 and finished bogie, bogie, bogie. . I had 4 birdies, 5 bogeys, and missed 3 eagle putts!  I drove 2 par 4's with the Epic Speed but was directionally challenge with it for most of the round. The wedge was the star and lead to the great round. 

[fozcycle]

Winner Winner Chicken dinner! Was +4 and tied for first place with 38/44:82 with 3 Birdies, 2 of them are skins.

 

Also, we had a Hole in one today so there was beer all around. We have a deal with the pub for bogo pitchers when we get a hole in one.

[Ben_Howell34]

Played 9 at Frank House Municipal in Bessemer, AL today. An absolute goat track, but a great place to take your daughter for her first time on a golf course.  Shot a 41 but really wasn’t taking it seriously, just having some fun with my oldest daughter and hoping she catches the bug someday! I did putt about 60 feet for birdie off the green without even lining it up, so that was fun. 

[RollingGreens]

I finally put together my best round of the year 42/40. Started off the day with a double but after that only bogeys and pars the rest of the way. Driver was great all day. Irons weren’t awesome but they were good enough to give me a chance all day. Wedge play was phenomenal, got up and out of the bunkers with ease! If I could have holed a few more putts would have broke 80for the first time. the biggest positive I hadn’t really practiced or picked up golf clubs since last Sunday. 

[DiscipleofPenick]

75 this morning. My plans for cancelled twice so I called my home course knowing they had an all day outing starting at 7 AM but the pro said I could play as long as I tees off by 630, I got there at 6 and just went. Moved up to play the whites just to make sure I stayed out of the way. Left the yardage book in the car and range finder in the bag, just went by feel. I wonder if that tells me something...

Front was -1 35, could've been lower. Missed 2 birds inside 8 feet and had some wedge shots I could hit closer. The birdie I made was a 40 for bomb though.

4 bogeys on the back. Back 9 plays much tougher and for the most part the whites are only 10-15 yards in front of the black so all the holes play the same way. This was a big confidence boost today.