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Stableford today. Played super super aggressive with a fellow 1 handicapper and between us managed 11 birdies and 3 eagles. Still 5 points back off the leader dont think I’ll bother with Comps or medals any longer unless it’s scratch or a low handicap bracket. 
 

also started slicing driver and pulling 5 woods after 10 holes. Bit strange will head to a launch monitor try figure out why. 

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On 6/28/2021 at 6:39 PM, Tom the Golf Nut said:

That makes more sense. Here I am thinking your playing from the tips. Blue is my courses tips at 6700, then, white at 6300, and gold 5700 senior tees, then red at 5000 womens. 

I wish courses would use some sort of standard for tee box color designations.  Our course:  Black is the tips, Gold is standard men's tees (although not supposed to call it men's tees anymore). Blue is seniors, White is forward tees (formerly known as women's tees), and we recently added red tees forward of the whites.  We also have ratings for combinations of the tees.  Here's our scorecards for our 18 and 9 holes courses.  We have a different scorecard when we play the original course which is 1-4, 12-18, and then 1-9 of the Oaks course.

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Driver: :callaway-small: Rogue ST Max (10.5* set at -1 and neutral) -- Mitsubishi Tensai Blue 55g R shaft

Fairway: :callaway-small: Rogue ST Max 3 wood (16.5*) and Heaven Wood (20*)-- Tensai Blue 55g R shaft

Hybrids: :callaway-small: Rogue ST Max 5H (23*)--Tensai Blue 55g R shaft

Irons:  :callaway-small: Apex CF19 6-9, PW, AW -- KBS Tour Graphite  TGI 70 shafts R +1/2 inch 3* upright

Wedges: Edison 53* and  57* KBS PGI 80 Graphite +1/2 inch 2* upright

Putter: L.A.B. DF 2.1 -- BGT Stability shaft

Ball:  Maxfli TourX...Golf Bag: :ping-small: Pioneer...Shoes: :footjoy-small: Hyperflex... Glove: Red Rooster Feather

 

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Shot decent today…

 

:titleist-small: TSr2 on tensi blue stiff

:cobra-small: Speedzone 3-wood on Tensi blue S

:callaway-logo-1: Epic Max 5 and 7 woods on HZRDUS  Reg flex

:callaway-logo-1: Paradym 9 wood on HZRDUS reg flex

:taylormade-small: P770 / P790 combo set on Ventus R-6 shafts 6-AW

:mizuno-small:  T22 Denim Copper 54°, 58° on Kinetic X Trajectory 

:EVNROLL: ER3 or,

:edel-golf-1: E.A.S. #4   (“Fang” or “Adele”)
 

:titelist-small: ProV1x, or, Maxfli Tour X

:callaway-small: .Org 14 cart bag

Adidas Tour 360 , or Sketcher shoes

 

 

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75’, low humidity & slight breeze @ 8:00am.  Greens were flat & smooth!!  Started off bad with 2 bogies that could have been doubles if not for long rescue putts.  1 birdie helped keep things from getting away for a 40.

played the Senior Tees which is now standard for the Wednesday group.  This group is the more serious of the group’s I play with and it’s more competitive and has a little “edge” to it.  It’s definitely a lot of fun.

Rick

 

 

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Driver; PXG 0311XF Cypher 50 gr Senior  
5 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr       
7 wood; Ping 425, Senior Shaft 55 gr      
5 hybrid; Cally Steelhead, Hazardous R2     
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32 minutes ago, Sluggo42 said:

Shot decent today…

short and to the point...lol

Driver: :callaway-small: Rogue ST Max (10.5* set at -1 and neutral) -- Mitsubishi Tensai Blue 55g R shaft

Fairway: :callaway-small: Rogue ST Max 3 wood (16.5*) and Heaven Wood (20*)-- Tensai Blue 55g R shaft

Hybrids: :callaway-small: Rogue ST Max 5H (23*)--Tensai Blue 55g R shaft

Irons:  :callaway-small: Apex CF19 6-9, PW, AW -- KBS Tour Graphite  TGI 70 shafts R +1/2 inch 3* upright

Wedges: Edison 53* and  57* KBS PGI 80 Graphite +1/2 inch 2* upright

Putter: L.A.B. DF 2.1 -- BGT Stability shaft

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5 hours ago, CarlH said:

I wish courses would use some sort of standard for tee box color designations.  Our course:  Black is the tips, Gold is standard men's tees (although not supposed to call it men's tees anymore). Blue is seniors, White is forward tees (formerly known as women's tees), and we recently added red tees forward of the whites.  We also have ratings for combinations of the tees.

Couldn't agree more. Some courses have odd colors. Myrtle Beach has a lot of courses where you got to figure things out. Wild Wing had Dark Teal, Magenta, White and light teal. Caledonia had different types of ducks as markers. Pintail, Mallard, Wood Duck, and Red Head. What the heck do I know about ducks. It took a few holes before we realized we were playing from the wrong duck! Rivers Edge has Gold as the tips, Black, White, Green, Blue is the women's But what is interesting on their score card is that it has the handicap range assigned to a color. Which is a great idea but according to my handicap I should be playing the tips. But no way can I play a 7000 yard course at my age and carry distances and shoot in the low 70's. 

Sure would be nice for some consistency across courses.    

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:cobra-small: 5 Hybrid King Tec MMT R Flex

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2 hours ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

Couldn't agree more. Some courses have odd colors. Myrtle Beach has a lot of courses where you got to figure things out. Wild Wing had Dark Teal, Magenta, White and light teal. Caledonia had different types of ducks as markers. Pintail, Mallard, Wood Duck, and Red Head. What the heck do I know about ducks. It took a few holes before we realized we were playing from the wrong duck! Rivers Edge has Gold as the tips, Black, White, Green, Blue is the women's But what is interesting on their score card is that it has the handicap range assigned to a color. Which is a great idea but according to my handicap I should be playing the tips. But no way can I play a 7000 yard course at my age and carry distances and shoot in the low 70's. 

Sure would be nice for some consistency across courses.    

Yep, one of the munis in our area has Purple, Green, Yellow, Silver, and others to designate their tees.  I never know from one course to the next.  Played many times in MB -- I know what you're talking about.  Yeah, 7000 yards would be a beast for me at my age, as well.

Driver: :callaway-small: Rogue ST Max (10.5* set at -1 and neutral) -- Mitsubishi Tensai Blue 55g R shaft

Fairway: :callaway-small: Rogue ST Max 3 wood (16.5*) and Heaven Wood (20*)-- Tensai Blue 55g R shaft

Hybrids: :callaway-small: Rogue ST Max 5H (23*)--Tensai Blue 55g R shaft

Irons:  :callaway-small: Apex CF19 6-9, PW, AW -- KBS Tour Graphite  TGI 70 shafts R +1/2 inch 3* upright

Wedges: Edison 53* and  57* KBS PGI 80 Graphite +1/2 inch 2* upright

Putter: L.A.B. DF 2.1 -- BGT Stability shaft

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6 minutes ago, edingc said:

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- 42/42 = 84 (+12)
- 2/15 FIR
- 7/18 GIR (1 birdies)
- 33 Putts (2 3-putts, 11 2-putts, 5 1-putts)

Too many double bogies and really just not a great swinging day in general. My chipping was really good and that saved me on several holes.

Need to figure out how to relax a bit more and be loose in the morning. I get so tight, in my lower body especially, that my swing is not very free flowing and smooth until I get more loose from walking. I started to hit the ball a lot better toward the middle-end of the round, despite the scores.

Is a warm-up range bucket an option?  

For me, when no range option, having the Orange Whip in the bag is golden for getting loose.

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Hybrids:  :callaway-small: Apex Pro 3H, :Fuji:Ventus Blue 8 S, 80g Stiff

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9 minutes ago, edingc said:

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Need to figure out how to relax a bit more and be loose in the morning. I get so tight, in my lower body especially, that my swing is not very free flowing and smooth until I get more loose from walking. I started to hit the ball a lot better toward the middle-end of the round, despite the scores.

hmmmmm....  one idea is to park a mile from the course and walk the rest of the way!!   🤪

I would like to get in an early morning 9 a few times per week but we have a daily 7:00 status meeting I need to have laptop / internet access for so I can't cheat and do it from the 7th tee!   

Modern Bag:  :ping-small: G410 LST 10.5*, Hzrdus Smoke RDX 6.5 Flex;   :titelist-small:  915F 3w, Diamana S+ 70 S flex;  Snake Eyes 18* 2h, 23* 4h & 27* 5h; :mizuno-small: JPX 900 Forged 6 - PW, PX LZ 6.0;  Edison 2.0 49*, 53*, 57* KBS Tour 120 S;   :ping-small:  Heppler Fetch;  Ball - :Snell: MTB-X; Bag - Jones MyGolfSpy Edition! 

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Just now, Getoffmylawn said:

Is a warm-up range bucket an option?  

For me, when no range option, having the Orange Whip in the bag is golden for getting loose.

I usually hit about 20 balls before the round. I also have the SKLZ Gold Flex trainer that I've been using. 

I might just need to commit 10 more minutes to warming up with the Rypstick and go through a few swings on each side. Of all of the things I've used to warm up, doing a slightly lighter volume SuperSpeed or Rypstick seems to help the most because it gets the heart rate up a bit.

Just now, Shapotomous said:

hmmmmm....  one idea is to park a mile from the course and walk the rest of the way!!   🤪

Very true!

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3 Wood: 
cobra_logo.png.190908c8b4518eec87c087429e4343ee.png Cobra RadSpeed Big Tour (14.5°), 43", Fujikura Motore X F1 7X
20° Hybrid: PXG_Logo.png.8401024d1fb8aec46f0e790c1aa5b80c.png PXG 0211 (2020 Model), 40.25", Mitsubishi Tensei AV RAW White 90X
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image.png.49fcc172a1ed0010d930fbe1c5dc8b79.png L.A.B. Golf DF 2.1, 36", 68°, Black with Custom Sightlines, BGT Stability Tour, L.A.B. Press II 3° | Unofficial Review
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57 minutes ago, edingc said:

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Looks like one of my scorecards with those doubles ruining a decent score.

Driver: :callaway-small: Rogue ST Max (10.5* set at -1 and neutral) -- Mitsubishi Tensai Blue 55g R shaft

Fairway: :callaway-small: Rogue ST Max 3 wood (16.5*) and Heaven Wood (20*)-- Tensai Blue 55g R shaft

Hybrids: :callaway-small: Rogue ST Max 5H (23*)--Tensai Blue 55g R shaft

Irons:  :callaway-small: Apex CF19 6-9, PW, AW -- KBS Tour Graphite  TGI 70 shafts R +1/2 inch 3* upright

Wedges: Edison 53* and  57* KBS PGI 80 Graphite +1/2 inch 2* upright

Putter: L.A.B. DF 2.1 -- BGT Stability shaft

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5 minutes ago, CarlH said:

Looks like one of my scorecards with those doubles ruining a decent score.

Yeah, what grinds me about them is the way they happened. No. 1 was a cruddy three-putt after three pretty poor shots to open the round. Nos. 7 and 16 I smoked tree branches trying to get back out to the fairway to play to save par/bogey. Wasted shots.

At least 13 was a double because I hit the ball out of bounds off the tee. I can sort of live with that.

Beginning to realize why Scott Fawcett puts so much emphasis on the "Tiger 5" when you start out his DECADE stuff. If you par the par fives and don't make doubles anywhere, you will eventually shoot a really good score, and your OK scores are still perfectly fine.

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4 Utility: 
cobra_logo.png.190908c8b4518eec87c087429e4343ee.png Cobra KING Utility (2020 Model), 38.5", Aerotech SteelFiber i110cw Stiff
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231036130_Edel_Golf_Logo_v2_grandecopy.png.13cc76b963f8dd59f06d04b1e8df2827.png Edel SMS, V Grind, Nippon Modus 125 Wedge| Official Review Thread
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image.png.49fcc172a1ed0010d930fbe1c5dc8b79.png L.A.B. Golf DF 2.1, 36", 68°, Black with Custom Sightlines, BGT Stability Tour, L.A.B. Press II 3° | Unofficial Review
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stargrip.png.4285948f41f1409613266e7803f0bbaa.png Star Sidewinder, Undersized with Custom Tape Build-Up
Ball: :Snell:Snell MTB-X Optic Yellow

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2 minutes ago, edingc said:

Beginning to realize why Scott Fawcett puts so much emphasis on the "Tiger 5" when you start out his DECADE stuff. If you par the par fives and don't make doubles anywhere, you will eventually shoot a really good score, and your OK scores are still perfectly fine.

You hear him talk about that initially and it sounds so simple and you think you are doing everything right and then you look at those 5 metrics and see how much work you really need to do. 

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Fairway: :titelist-small: TS3 15*  w/Project X Hzardous Smoke
Hybrids:  :titelist-small: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype
                :titelist-small: 915H  24*  w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype        
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Played a quick after work 9 yesterday. Decided to play from the tips because it's a shorter(ish) course. 3100 from the tips for the 9 we played. Shot a 46 with two 3 putts (1st hole and 6th hole) and a triple bogey on 5 due a lost ball, and poor short game.

You know my short game is poor when my wife comments on it. I'm happy with how I am hitting the ball for lack of practice time, but the poor short game is really showing. We are on vacation with the in-laws for two weeks, so I hope to take advantage of the ready and willing baby sitters to find practice time and gain the confidence back with my wedges.

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Driver:    :callaway-small: Rogue 10.5° - LH -  Project X EvenFlow 60 Stiff
Woods:   :cobra-small: King F9 - LH - 3/4 Wood - Atmos Blue TS 7 Stiff
               :cobra-small: King F9 - LH - 5/6 Wood - Atmos Blue TS 7 Stiff
Irons:      :cobra-small: King F9 - LH - 5-GW - KBS C-Taper Lite Stiff
Wedges: :cobra-small: King Black - LH - 52° 56° 60° - KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 Stiff
Putter:     :1332069271_TommyArmour: - Impact No. 3
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1 hour ago, edingc said:

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- 42/42 = 84 (+12)
- 2/15 FIR
- 7/18 GIR (1 birdies)
- 33 Putts (2 3-putts, 11 2-putts, 5 1-putts)

Too many double bogies and really just not a great swinging day in general. My chipping was really good and that saved me on several holes.

Need to figure out how to relax a bit more and be loose in the morning. I get so tight, in my lower body especially, that my swing is not very free flowing and smooth until I get more loose from walking. I started to hit the ball a lot better toward the middle-end of the round, despite the scores.

For me I only hit about 10-15 balls just to get feel for my swing, not trying to wear myself or fix anything out before even starting.
Then just chip and putt until is time to tee off.  

 

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3 -Wood:  Sub70 949x 3 Wood 15 with Hrdz RDX Black Stiff
5-Wood:  Sub70 949x 5 Wood with Hrdz RDX Black stiff
4-Hybrid: Sub70 949x 4 Hybrid with Project X 5.5 Hybrid Stiff
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41 minutes ago, MrBandit said:

For me I only hit about 10-15 balls just to get feel for my swing, not trying to wear myself or fix anything out before even starting.
Then just chip and putt until is time to tee off.  

 

Same strategy here...I m pretty sure I only have so many swings in me per day and I don't want to run out at the end of a round by hitting too many range balls prior to playing.  Just enough to get loose and hear some bone pops then practice the first tee shot to see the flight pattern i need to play.

Modern Bag:  :ping-small: G410 LST 10.5*, Hzrdus Smoke RDX 6.5 Flex;   :titelist-small:  915F 3w, Diamana S+ 70 S flex;  Snake Eyes 18* 2h, 23* 4h & 27* 5h; :mizuno-small: JPX 900 Forged 6 - PW, PX LZ 6.0;  Edison 2.0 49*, 53*, 57* KBS Tour 120 S;   :ping-small:  Heppler Fetch;  Ball - :Snell: MTB-X; Bag - Jones MyGolfSpy Edition! 

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1 hour ago, MrBandit said:

For me I only hit about 10-15 balls just to get feel for my swing, not trying to wear myself or fix anything out before even starting.
Then just chip and putt until is time to tee off.  

 

 

36 minutes ago, Shapotomous said:

Same strategy here...I m pretty sure I only have so many swings in me per day and I don't want to run out at the end of a round by hitting too many range balls prior to playing.  Just enough to get loose and hear some bone pops then practice the first tee shot to see the flight pattern i need to play.

Yup, that's my strategy, too. 4 balls with wedge, 4 with a mid iron, 4 with my 4 hybrid (three of the first four holes are hybrids from the tee) and 4 with driver. Gives me an idea of what flight I'm going to see and also gets me just loose enough, usually. Today was just rough all around.

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3 Wood: 
cobra_logo.png.190908c8b4518eec87c087429e4343ee.png Cobra RadSpeed Big Tour (14.5°), 43", Fujikura Motore X F1 7X
20° Hybrid: PXG_Logo.png.8401024d1fb8aec46f0e790c1aa5b80c.png PXG 0211 (2020 Model), 40.25", Mitsubishi Tensei AV RAW White 90X
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49/58 for an abysmal 107. The heat and humidity got to me, the back was pretty much all doubles save for one single bogey. Turned my only birdie look into a bogey thanks to a poor read on a downhill putt. Driver started out semi-OK, then a nasty case of the duck hooks showed up before I straightened things out the last few holes. 

Lost 3 balls due to hitting it too far on a few holes, which is a first for me. One was a layup hole in front of a large water hazard, same club I always hit to the same spot went into the water a good 20 yards further than normal. Nuked a wedge over a green into the brush, and hit an 8i farther than I ever have, which also ended up in the drink. 

The predicted rain never showed up and we were just soaked thanks to the humid conditions here in MA. But hey - I wasn't in the office and I was out on the course with my son and my brother who's in town from AR, so it was all good.

In my  :wilson_staff_small:  carry bag:
:mizuno-small: ST-X 10.5* Kai'li Blue R Flex
:mizuno-small: ST-Z 15* Kai/li Blue R Flex
:mizuno-small: ST-Z 4h Linq Blue R Flex
:cleveland-small: Launcher 5h
:cleveland-small: Launcher CBX 6i-PW
:cleveland-small: CBX 54* & 58*
:cleveland-small: Huntington Beach #10
:bridgestone-small: e12 Contact
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8 hours ago, edingc said:

Yeah, what grinds me about them is the way they happened.

Exactly....it's one thing to take a penalty and get a double.  It's quite another to make a mindless double that should have been avoided.

Driver: :callaway-small: Rogue ST Max (10.5* set at -1 and neutral) -- Mitsubishi Tensai Blue 55g R shaft

Fairway: :callaway-small: Rogue ST Max 3 wood (16.5*) and Heaven Wood (20*)-- Tensai Blue 55g R shaft

Hybrids: :callaway-small: Rogue ST Max 5H (23*)--Tensai Blue 55g R shaft

Irons:  :callaway-small: Apex CF19 6-9, PW, AW -- KBS Tour Graphite  TGI 70 shafts R +1/2 inch 3* upright

Wedges: Edison 53* and  57* KBS PGI 80 Graphite +1/2 inch 2* upright

Putter: L.A.B. DF 2.1 -- BGT Stability shaft

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16 minutes ago, Kenny B said:

With the heat this week, it felt like COVID-19 lockdown all over again.  We woke up to cloud cover this morning and mild-ish temperatures.  My wife wanted to get out of the house play so we headed to the course.  

I have been doing my PlaneMate protocols every morning, and I had already done that (140 balls) so I was warmed up.  I changed out my Bridgestone irons for my Mizuno MP20 HMB set that I have been using in the protocols.  They are starting to feel comfortable... finally.  

I played from the senior tees in order to give me more opportunities to hit irons instead of hybrids and wedges.  Shot 44/35 = 79 with two doubles on the front nine.  

I started figuring out which club to hit for the yardage and had two bogeys and two birdies for an EVEN par back nine.  As an example...  my Bridgestone 8i loft is 29º; my Mizuno 8i loft is 36º.  I generally picked 1 or 2 clubs more depending on which way the breeze was blowing.  I think I'm going to love this irons if I keep hitting them the way I did today.  A well-struck ball feels soooooo gooooood!!

Great round! So cool to see some early success with the different irons. 

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:edel-golf-1: SMS Pro 4-PW - Steelfiber i110S | :taylormade-small: MG3 Raw Black 50.09, 54.11, 58.11 - DG TI S200

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13 minutes ago, ncwoz said:

PERSONAL RECORD!!!!

After the first time since early spring that I didn't hit a golf ball in over a week, I really wasn't sure what to expect. But league tonight was as good a reason as any to get out - little did I know what I was in for!!

35 (!!!!! EVEN PAR !!!!!, net -5)

FIR: 4/6

GIR: 6/9

Putts: 30 (3 1-putts, 6 2-putts)

First hole started innocently enough - although I did 2 putt from a tricky ~50ft uphill then downhill first putt.

Second hole is a downhill par 3, pin in the front at 152 yards. I hit a full PW and watched it fade back towards the hole...landed pin high and stuck about 2.5 feet from the pin for an easy bird.

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The next hole, another par 3, I hit the green and left a 15ft putt right in the jaws for a tap in par.

On the 5th hole, I had a bit of a swinger from 13ft for bird - left this one short as well, and the line was probably 50/50 if it would have caught the hole with more speed. Another tap in par.

The par 5 6th I hit a bomb of a drive, dead center fairway 316yds out. Left me with 184 to a back pin, with my stance kind of below the ball in a low spot in the fairway. Hit maybe my shot of the day, a towering 7 iron fade that stuck almost exactly pin high and held on to the top tier of a severe green, about 20 feet away. Left the eagle putt about 6 inches short, right on line. Tap in birdie!

Par 4 15th is a nemesis hole for me. I leaked my 3 iron right into some trees, and tried to punch a low shot through a wide but short window I had. Hit a tree and got a very lucky break and it bounced right out to the fairway. Hit a tidy little 100yd wedge to about 20 feet, 2 putted for the first bogey of the day.

Par 4 16th I hit a really nice 4 iron to the right side of the fairway. Downhill lie and wasn't sure what the wind was doing -  on the previous hole it was dead into and this hole is in the same direction. Except the flag was saying it was all right to left, barely any hurt. I wasn't really confident in the shot, and ended up pulling it left of the green to a bunker that actually sits a good 3-4 feet above the green. I was in the back of the bunker with a downhill lie with almost no green to work with, and left the first shot in the bunker. Left a more even stance, and I missed holing it out to save par by about 2 inches. Tap in bogey to get me back to even.

At this point, I'm definitely thinking about how I'm even par, but trying really hard not to let it affect my game. Not sure how successful I was 😂 My heart was definitely racing much more than it typically does!

The 17th is 125 yard par 3, but the wind is always tricky. I thought there was more help than there was, and left it on the front fringe to a back pin. Chipped past the hole for a knee knocking 7 footer...dead center of the cup!

On the 18th I snagged my 2 hybrid and let it rip before thinking too much about it - hit a gorgeous fade to the right center of the fairway, leaving me with 105yds to a front pin. I hit an abbreviated SW (typically 115 club), expecting it to get to the 105 number pretty reliably, and somehow launched it 125 yards. Adrenaline much? So I was left with a snaking 60 foot putt that I needed to get down in 2 to stay at even par for the first time ever. Hit the speed great, but left myself 4 or 5 feet to get the par. And let me tell you, that hole had a heck of a catch 😉 

Soo pumped up!! I've never hit the ball for an entire 9 holes as well as I did tonight. The pulled wedge was really the only not great shot I had, then a couple decent ones and a lot of really good ones. I was rolling my putts on line super well, and lagged it great. I could probably do the woulda coulda shoulda game with some of the putts I left short, but I'm honestly way too pumped to let that sour my night!

Congrats on a personal best!

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FW: :titleist-small: TSR2 3w, 15,  :Fuji:Ventus Blue 7 S, 70g Stiff

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            :taylormade-small: Stealth DHY 4H, :Fuji:Ventus Blue 8 S, 80g Stiff

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7 hours ago, ncwoz said:

PERSONAL RECORD!!!!

After the first time since early spring that I didn't hit a golf ball in over a week, I really wasn't sure what to expect. But league tonight was as good a reason as any to get out - little did I know what I was in for!!

35 (!!!!! EVEN PAR !!!!!, net -5)

FIR: 4/6

GIR: 6/9

Putts: 30 (3 1-putts, 6 2-putts)

First hole started innocently enough - although I did 2 putt from a tricky ~50ft uphill then downhill first putt.

Second hole is a downhill par 3, pin in the front at 152 yards. I hit a full PW and watched it fade back towards the hole...landed pin high and stuck about 2.5 feet from the pin for an easy bird.

IMG_20210701_162944918.jpg.ce72cf3b3cc7af60d5d24eebd8c7e6f8.jpg

The next hole, another par 3, I hit the green and left a 15ft putt right in the jaws for a tap in par.

On the 5th hole, I had a bit of a swinger from 13ft for bird - left this one short as well, and the line was probably 50/50 if it would have caught the hole with more speed. Another tap in par.

The par 5 6th I hit a bomb of a drive, dead center fairway 316yds out. Left me with 184 to a back pin, with my stance kind of below the ball in a low spot in the fairway. Hit maybe my shot of the day, a towering 7 iron fade that stuck almost exactly pin high and held on to the top tier of a severe green, about 20 feet away. Left the eagle putt about 6 inches short, right on line. Tap in birdie!

Par 4 15th is a nemesis hole for me. I leaked my 3 iron right into some trees, and tried to punch a low shot through a wide but short window I had. Hit a tree and got a very lucky break and it bounced right out to the fairway. Hit a tidy little 100yd wedge to about 20 feet, 2 putted for the first bogey of the day.

Par 4 16th I hit a really nice 4 iron to the right side of the fairway. Downhill lie and wasn't sure what the wind was doing -  on the previous hole it was dead into and this hole is in the same direction. Except the flag was saying it was all right to left, barely any hurt. I wasn't really confident in the shot, and ended up pulling it left of the green to a bunker that actually sits a good 3-4 feet above the green. I was in the back of the bunker with a downhill lie with almost no green to work with, and left the first shot in the bunker. Left a more even stance, and I missed holing it out to save par by about 2 inches. Tap in bogey to get me back to even.

At this point, I'm definitely thinking about how I'm even par, but trying really hard not to let it affect my game. Not sure how successful I was 😂 My heart was definitely racing much more than it typically does!

The 17th is 125 yard par 3, but the wind is always tricky. I thought there was more help than there was, and left it on the front fringe to a back pin. Chipped past the hole for a knee knocking 7 footer...dead center of the cup!

On the 18th I snagged my 2 hybrid and let it rip before thinking too much about it - hit a gorgeous fade to the right center of the fairway, leaving me with 105yds to a front pin. I hit an abbreviated SW (typically 115 club), expecting it to get to the 105 number pretty reliably, and somehow launched it 125 yards. Adrenaline much? So I was left with a snaking 60 foot putt that I needed to get down in 2 to stay at even par for the first time ever. Hit the speed great, but left myself 4 or 5 feet to get the par. And let me tell you, that hole had a heck of a catch 😉 

Soo pumped up!! I've never hit the ball for an entire 9 holes as well as I did tonight. The pulled wedge was really the only not great shot I had, then a couple decent ones and a lot of really good ones. I was rolling my putts on line super well, and lagged it great. I could probably do the woulda coulda shoulda game with some of the putts I left short, but I'm honestly way too pumped to let that sour my night!

Great round. Love when it all comes together and you hold it together even with some nerves. Keep it up.

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