How'd you play?

[Golfspy_CG2]

21 minutes ago, Rickp said:

Happy to see you playing and well at that.  Next time  out “personal best” coming

The fight thing is sorry to hear.  

I was just a couple off the personal best of 82. I was really tested mentally after that start to try and not think about it or get too far ahead. I did a decent job for the most part of just focusing on each shot at hand.   A couple missed greens I really felt the pressure to get up and down.  I did have 3 penalty strokes during the round, which combined with the lack of making any of those reasonable birdie putts, will always linger on what could have been.  But I feel more good rounds are ahead!

Thanks for the positive words!  

Yes, the fight was very unfortunate in a lot of ways.  

[Rickp]

2 minutes ago, Golfspy_CG2 said:

I was just a couple off the personal best of 82. I was really tested mentally after that start to try and not think about it or get too far ahead. I did a decent job for the most part of just focusing on each shot at hand.   A couple missed greens I really felt the pressure to get up and down.  I did have 3 penalty strokes during the round, which combined with the lack of making any of those reasonable birdie putts, will always linger on what could have been.  But I feel more good rounds are ahead!

Thanks for the positive words!  

Yes, the fight was very unfortunate in a lot of ways.  

You’re headed for a 78 soon

[Chip Strokes]

40

5/7 fairways

3/9 greens

16 putts

i think that’s my best 9 holes ever. played with 6 clubs and it honestly took a lot of thinking out of the equation. what a fun round

[bens197]

4 minutes ago, Chip Strokes said:

40

5/7 fairways

3/9 greens

16 putts

i think that’s my best 9 holes ever. played with 6 clubs and it honestly took a lot of thinking out of the equation. what a fun round

How'd that 5 wood fare...?

[Chip Strokes]

58 minutes ago, bens197 said:

How'd that 5 wood fare...?

i hit a few with the new 5 wood on the range before i teed off and loved it. long, high, and straight. super easy to launch. 

stoked for my shaft to get here and to put it in the bag full tim e

[bens197]

23 minutes ago, Chip Strokes said:

i hit a few with the new 5 wood on the range before i teed off and loved it. long, high, and straight. super easy to launch. 

stoked for my shaft to get here and to put it in the bag full tim e

Dope...what did you pick?  Another Atmos?

[Chip Strokes]

Just now, bens197 said:

Dope...what did you pick?  Another Atmos?

ventus black 10x

i thought about getting an 8tx for my 3w and putting the atmos in the 5w but i don’t wanna mess with the 3w at all 

[GolfSpy BOS]

34 minutes ago, Chip Strokes said:

i hit a few with the new 5 wood on the range before i teed off and loved it. long, high, and straight. super easy to launch. 

stoked for my shaft to get here and to put it in the bag full tim e

My longest drive was 265 with the Epic Max LS… Im guessing you smoked that with the 5 wood.

[ejgaudette]

20 minutes ago, B.Boston said:

My longest drive was 265 with the Epic Max LS… Im guessing you smoked that with the 5 wood.

Must be a popular number that was my long last week as well.

[GolfSpy BOS]

19 minutes ago, ejgaudette said:

Must be a popular number that was my long last week as well.

considering all the rain those are some pretty big carry numbers. Sounds like you’re starting to get in a groove with the Epic Max LS!

[ejgaudette]

11 minutes ago, B.Boston said:

considering all the rain those are some pretty big carry numbers. Sounds like you’re starting to get in a groove with the Epic Max LS!

Groove is strong, that one drive was put together well though. Hopefully more like that soon.

[Chip Strokes]

2 hours ago, B.Boston said:

My longest drive was 265 with the Epic Max LS… Im guessing you smoked that with the 5 wood.

haha who knows with how unpredictably those range balls fly 

but that’s about the distance i’m hoping for out of it. 260-270 ish. 

[Kenny B]

My wife's brother came over from Seattle and the 3 of us played this morning.  I didn't start out very well except for the birdie on the par 3 #4.  Shot 44 on the front nine.  On the back nine I had 7 pars, 1 bogey, and an eagle on the par 4 #14 hole.  It's our drivable par 4 which I usually can't drive from our Blue tees, but we played the White tees because my BIL can't play like he used to.  I drove onto the front of the green, all carry over a bunker and penalty area, and made a 35 footer for eagle.  Shot 34 on the back nine, so a round of 78.

[BMart519]

I had 3 birdies on the front nine for a 46 with a quad and two triples … not a single par (4 penalties)

42 on the back with another birdie for an 88

4x three putts, 5 penalties, 8 GIR. left myself short sided to a downslope on 3 occasions for no chance and getting up and down. 

golf is hard

[Golfspy_CG2]

18 hours ago, Rickp said:

You’re headed for a 78 soon

We shall see.  

If I could have just three swings back, this round would have been close.  

[tony@CIC]

I was a sub in Men's 9 hole league match play last night - not a pretty night given the weather. Based on the initial forecast we thought we could get through most of it before the heavy stuff hit...not! It started pouring on #1 and continued through 9. Fortunately before I left the house I threw my Hydrolite jacket into my cart - the other guys didn't have any rain gear. My partner got a 53 (he's a pretty good player). He lost 5 balls because it was raining so hard we couldn't see them. On one drive he lost his club and just missed the guys standing in back of him . I ended up with a 52 and that was with 2 pars - that's how bad my game was! One of the guys we were playing against - a low single digit handicapper got a 45. Definitely not an enjoyable night.  However my partner and I ended at 1 up. And of course the rain stopped right after #9.  The pic below is of the weather about 40 min before we started. We were hoping to hear thunder so they would sound the recall horn and cancel the event. 

[fixyurdivot]

30 minutes ago, tony@CIC said:

I was a sub in Men's 9 hole league match play last night - not a pretty night given the weather. Based on the initial forecast we thought we could get through most of it before the heavy stuff hit...not! It started pouring on #1 and continued through 9. Fortunately before I left the house I threw my Hydrolite jacket into my cart - the other guys didn't have any rain gear. My partner got a 53 (he's a pretty good player). He lost 5 balls because it was raining so hard we couldn't see them. On one drive he lost his club and just missed the guys standing in back of him . I ended up with a 52 and that was with 2 pars - that's how bad my game was! One of the guys we were playing against - a low single digit handicapper got a 45. Definitely not an enjoyable night.  However my partner and I ended at 1 up. And of course the rain stopped right after #9.  The pic below is of the weather about 40 min before we started. We were hoping to hear thunder so they would sound the recall horn and cancel the event. 

Good grief, that storm track looks awful; someone should have called it regardless of thunder.  As I mentioned in another post, my past experiences playing in rain has led me to the decision not to. 

[cksurfdude]

Tee shots continue to befuddle me, apparently. Left, right, topped. Topped several over only 9 holes. Hmm.

On the flip side full swing shots after those tee shots are showing improvement. Blocked a few a little to the right .. but that's a part of ongoing swing changes .. so not so bad, I guess.

Short game, as always, needs more work. It's .. let's call it .. serviceable but could get more greenside chips and more first putts closer.

Work In Progress!!

[golfish!]

Been getting adjusted to my Sub 70 699 Pro's over the last month I have had them. There was the usual adjustment period with new irons but due to the weaker lofts on these compared to my Mavrik game improvement irons, I was really trying to swing for the fences to make up for the loss in distance. This made me start to sway again my back swing and it translated to other parts of my bag like the driver. I was hitting my driver like a newbie again when I was used to consistently straight 250 yard drives. Finally figured out I was swaying again so I fixed that right away and now my drives are back to normal. I am back to hitting my normal distances even with weaker lofts so that means I was leaving distance on the table with my Mavriks probably due to an increase in swing speed today. Defintiely notice I am swinging faster with these 699 Pro's. Still dialing them in but my worst score in the past few weeks was 110! I was shooting consistent mid mid to high 80's right before the iron change. Yesterday I shot 92. Definitely trending in the right direction. 

hit this beauty of a drive and ended the hole with a birdie!

another nice drive. went long on the approach and ended with a bogey but still very happy with the contact

[PankaGolf]

Not. Good. 

[Rickp]

Friday Bacon Boyz Yea!!

started off bad when we found out greens were aerated couple days ago and there was more sand on the greens than in the trap.  Everything was off this morning, +6.  Obviously putting was an issue.

Got a little dicey when brakes on the cart started to go.  After golf went straight to the Cart Garage and they took it right in and got it fixed.  Got over  1,000 hours in 4 years on that baby.

[fozcycle]

Went to play this morning at Pebble Creek with my Hogan Ptx’s, Hogan Tkt15 wedges, Cobra King F8 Driver, Patriot Golf 7 Wood, Tour Edge CBX119 4 Hybrid and Hogan VKTR 3 Hybrid. Only used the gps mode for Shot Scope V3 and shot a lousy 45/42:87 with birdies on Par 4 #7 and #14.  Just wanted to see how stiff my body was from the rearend accident yesterday.

yup, I was mobile but stiff.  Went to dr later and got checked out….no broken bones but right side muscles are very tight….inflamed. I got muscle relaxer and anti inflammatory meds. Right Leg feels numb when sitting.

[Tom D.]

54 minutes ago, fozcycle said:

from the rearend accident yesterday.

OH, that's never good... Glad you are reasonably OK with nothing too major.  Hope you heal quickly !

[Chip Strokes]

i played in a member/guest modified scramble with my dad at his club today. such a fun day

hit a lot of really good shots, including the longest drive of the day…a 357yd center cut bomb, and sunk a 25ft birdie putt for us on a par 3

i also hit some really bad shots haha. the highlight there was a hosel rocket 4i that went almost 0yds forward and 150yds right. FORE!

overall, we had an awesome time. the dinner at the end was insane. 

[dlow206]

Two poor rounds in a row. My grip is off, and that causes me issues. After my round, re-watched the video my instructor made for me on how to grip the club, and now i think i know what has been going wrong grip wise. 

[Josh Ross]

Been messing around with a slight change at the top of my swing this week in my yard. Didn't want to use it yet because I have two tournaments coming up where I'm expected to be the guy carrying the team so I want to be sharp. So I'm at the range before my practice round and I can't hit a decent shot to save my life and even hit the first shank I've hit in years. It was so bad I almost cancelled the round because out of 20 balls not one was anything usable on the golf course. Decided to try the new hand position and voila, the best ball striking I've had in years! Ended up shooting +1 through 8 holes (couldn't finish due to weather) and would've been better but I outdrove a drivable par 4 and it went in the river behind the green. Really excited to see where this takes my game! Took a quick video of my newish swing and it's very Rahm like with a much shorter backswing but my distances didn't suffer at all. I'll take it!

[Rickp]

10 hours ago, fozcycle said:

Went to play this morning at Pebble Creek with my Hogan Ptx’s, Hogan Tkt15 wedges, Cobra King F8 Driver, Patriot Golf 7 Wood, Tour Edge CBX119 4 Hybrid and Hogan VKTR 3 Hybrid. Only used the gps mode for Shot Scope V3 and shot a lousy 45/42:87 with birdies on Par 4 #7 and #14.  Just wanted to see how stiff my body was from the rearend accident yesterday.

yup, I was mobile but stiff.  Went to dr later and got checked out….no broken bones but right side muscles are very tight….inflamed. I got muscle relaxer and anti inflammatory meds. Right Leg feels numb when sitting.

Take it easy for a few days. Results from Car accidents can sometimes take a couple days to feel.

[juspoole]

Played a couple times last week while traveling for work.  Both at Turning Stone Resort.

First round at Shenendoah golf course which was much more open, but with all of the rain, played long.  Golf clubs did not make it to airport with me so had to rent a set for first round.  A bit unsure with iron distances, but was able to shoot a 77 in part to really solid putting.  Rental set has a Taylormade Spider Tour Black which I have since found a preowned one and bought it.

Next round was at the Kaluhyat golf course which was more target golf and a lot more hybrids and irons off the tee.  Played very well tee to green. Putting was mediocre.  Missed a few short birdie/par putts from about 5 feet.  Shot a 74, which was about the highest I could have scored.  This time around I did have my clubs which was nice.

Was cart path only for both rounds and the first round I hit 10000 steps after 10 holes and around 17000 for the round.  

[CarlH]

Struggled with the driver and putting was off today, leading to an 82.  Generally pleased with my iron and wedge play, but then to miss a short putt, lipping our or burning the edge all day long.  One OB off the tee box led to a double on a par 5.  Too many bogies and only one birdie.  On the plus side, my partner and I won the match.

[GaDawg]

I invited 2 guys from work today to play at my club, they probably only play 5 to 6 times a year. Since they don't play very much, I thought it would be best to move up a set of tees so we played from 5900 yards. I usually play the 6300 yard tees. I pared the first 6 holes, birded 7 and 9 to shoot 2 under on the front. I birded # 10 and was stripping the ball great. Reality checked in on # 12, par 3, I missed the green and had two bad chips that lead to a double. Had a bogie on #13, the hardest hole on the course, but came back with 4 pars. Finished the round with a bogie to shoot a 73. It was the best ball striking round that I have had in 9 - 10 months. The two guest were very impressed, they had a great time playing a very nice course for them.

Great day and looking forward to getting back out on the course.