How'd you play?

[azstu324]

41 minutes ago, Rickp said:

Yes it is a nice Track.  Had the opportunity to play there years ago.

It's probably one of my top 5 courses here. Such a non-typical AZ courses and really reminds me of some of the courses I used to play when we lived in Monterey, CA with all the pines and rolling fairways. Also one of the few courses here with soft accepting greens where you can actually play to the pin yardage. 

[Kenny B]

10 hours ago, azstu324 said:

Played one of my favorite joints in PHX. The Raven. I was a fill in for my buddy's men's league. 

Played really well on the front 9 and shot 39. But I completely $#!T the bed on the back with a devastating 47. The heat today just destroyed me at about hole 10

Picked up this dope murdered out cap

Beautiful course

And finally.. this is no joke. This actually happened. Luckily the hole ran downhill but not until about 300 yds so I still had to get there. 354 yds!

 

The Raven is great!  Did you say Hi to Martin Chuck?! 

[fixyurdivot]

10 hours ago, Kenny B said:

I wasn't going to post my birthday round today; it's really not worth reading... but here it is anyway.  

Rain quit just before wen teed off.  My wife and I played with another couple that we play with frequently.  The problem was that in front of us was our Men's Club member-guest followed by a small corporate tournament... bad day to play!!  When we got to the #3 tee, we were the 5th group on this 350y par 4; group on the green, group in the fairway, and two other groups waiting on the tee in front of us.  Aargh!!  When it was our turn to tee off, we had been on the course for an hour and played two holes!!!  I was ready to quit, but my wife and friends said "What else are we going to do?"...  I said "Go to the bar!"  I was overruled.

The pace picked top a little when we got to the par 5 #5, but we still had to wait on every shot... the entire round!  It was still golf, and we were outside in warm sunny weather with friends, but... dang!!!

Couldn't get into any kind of rhythm.  I had 12 bogeys and 6 pars for an 84... bogeyed the first 7 holes, but at least I kept doubles off the scorecard.

Happy Birthday Kenny!  

[Kenny B]

1 hour ago, Rickp said:

Get rid of Bogies and you’ll hit that 75!!

Did it twice last year, but the way I'm hitting the ball now, 75 looks a looooog way off.

[Dawg061]

Got out to play today with my son @Josh Ross. It was my first round in almost a year and a half due to some health issues. Managed a few pars, hit the ball the best I have in years, and even holed out from 100 yards for eagle on the last hole. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.

[Josh Ross]

17 minutes ago, Dawg061 said:

Got out to play today with my son @Josh Ross. It was my first round in almost a year and a half due to some health issues. Managed a few pars, hit the ball the best I have in years, and even holed out from 100 yards for eagle on the last hole. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.

I played my worst round in years but was so glad to be back on the course with my dad. Especially seeing that eagle! We knew it was good but it was a severely elevated green and we had no idea it was in the hole until we went to look. Such a great day of golf!

[chisag]

17 hours ago, azstu324 said:

Played one of my favorite joints in PHX. The Raven.

 

... Killer drive on #9*! Right there with you and I love Raven. Funny when I first moved here I was not too crazy about the course because as you said, it is not very typical of a desert course and looks more like North Carolina with all the pine trees. Then I experienced my first summer with temps in the 110-115 range. I join as an Arcis member for the summer because it is so heavily tree lined and I can park my cart in the shade on almost every shot. As you know when it gets above 110* shade is a must if you don't want to keep a icy wet towel to place over your seat every time you leave the cart. Winter rates above $200 are reduced to $29 in summer with the Arcis card. 

* How far did you hit your drive on #12? Even I can catch the downslope and sometimes have an iron to get there in two but I am nowhere near as long as you. The only time I have seen 354yds on #9 is when I hit it in the trees off the tee and punched out down the fairway! 

[azstu324]

9 hours ago, chisag said:

 

... Killer drive on #9*! Right there with you and I love Raven. Funny when I first m over here I was not too crazy about the course because as you said, it is not very typical of a desert course and looks more like North Carolina with all the pine trees. Then I experienced my first summer with temps in the 110-115 range. I join as an Arcis member for the summer because it is so heavily tree lined and I can park my cart in the shade on almost every shot. As you know when it gets above 110* shade is a must if you don't want to keep a icy wet towel to place over your seat every time you leave the cart. Winter rates above $200 are reduced to $29 in summer with the Arcis card. 

* How far did you hit your drive on #12? Even I can catch the downslope and sometimes have an iron to get there in two but I am nowhere near as long as you. The only time I have seen 354 on #9 is when I hit it in the trees off the tee and punched out down the fairway! 

Ha ha, 12 was another story. That's when the wheels were coming off. Not a bad drive but it probably went as high as it did far so I didn't get any roll out. I was lucky if I got 260 out of it. I did have a pretty pristine lie so was able to capitalize on a monster 3 wood that went just as far as my driver and put me within about 20 feet of the green. 

I will say that on #5 I gave in to peer pressure.  Instead of playing a layup 6i I challenged the bunker gods and ended up driving through the green to end up on the back left rough on the pin side of the hole. Played my chip within 5' and made the putt for birdie. 

I've been playing in AZ for 25 years and have never had the heat impact me like yesterday. It wasn't even THAT hot at 104°. Was up all night with horrible leg cramps and stomach problems. I'm realizing now that I had a stomach bug coming on while I was playing so that might be why I was physically struggling so much half way through. 

[Tom the Golf Nut]

Well I found out the hard way that doing yard work every day for two weeks straight after work and all day on Saturday's wasn't good for my golf game. I parred the first hole with a one putt. Then 4 bogies in a row then parred out the front 9.  Back 9 was a little better with three bogies and a birdie. My highest round in a long time with a 77. 

Poor driver performance today. I only hit 2 fairways on the front and 4 on the back.  I know it was just me being all sore and stiff. Went to the range after my round and worked out my driver issues. Felt much better after the range work.

[edingc]

Unremarkable 43 over nine holes yesterday morning but finally got on the right track again for this morning's 18:

- 38/40 = 78 (+6) 
- 8/15 FIR
- 8/18 GIR (3 birdies)
- 29 Putts (12 2-putts, 7 1-putts)

Finally figured out how to get rid of the hooks that have been plaguing my early season. Driver was very good for most of the round. I had two bad double bogies on the back nine, but managed to stuff a wedge to two feet on 17 for my third (and very rare for the hole) birdie.

Just need to clean up the big numbers and something around even par should be in the future.

[chisag]

1 hour ago, azstu324 said:

I've been playing in AZ for 25 years and have never had the heat impact me like yesterday. It wasn't even THAT hot at 104°. Was up all night with horrible leg cramps and stomach problems. I'm realizing now that I had a stomach bug coming on while I was playing so that might be why I was physically struggling so much half way through.

 

... I quite literally feel your pain. I came down with a really bad sinus infection after flying 5 hours to and from Brooklyn and shooting an infomercial with a 3 hour time difference. I have not played golf in 13 days and that is the longest layoff I have had since moving to Phoenix. Finally feeling better and playing tomorrow with low expectations as I have lost some strength after doing nothing but sleeping and resting for 2 weeks. Btw my car registered 106* yesterday when I went to Whole Foods and my first time out of the house. 

[sirchunksalot]

2 hours ago, chisag said:

Btw my car registered 106* yesterday when I went to Whole Foods and my first time out of the house. 

I have you a like on this but feel the  emoji would have been more appropriate. 

I'm glad you're finally feeling better, Sam. I hope you can have a good time on the course tomorrow. 

[RollingGreens]

Played Saturday and today. Yesterday I hit the ball well off the tee but just landed many times in the rough a few feet off the fairway. The rough was incredibly thick and difficult to get out of with any solid contact. Irons were iffy on the front 9 but got hot on the back. Putter was rough the whole day. Early returns in the Scotty switch were terrible. 48 on the front and 43 on the back. I left so many strokes in the sides out. One birdie the whole day on the par 3 17 which played 215. It was a fantastic shot. Still need to work on my alignment to my target, I am having a problem with over swinging and “chickenwinging”. 
today was a different tale, right out of the gate I knew I had to hit fairways, 12/14 for the day. The first 3 holes though I had 8 putts with 6 on the first 2 holes from inside 15 feet. In general I believe I should have walked away with 3 pars but started off +3. I tried to be too perfect the rest of the day especially with my irons. I tried to hit everything right to the pin because my putting was so awful. 51 putts for the day. Lag putting and putts inside 5 feet were not kind to me. I’ve never burned so many edges in one round. Towards the end before fatigue set in I did start hitting my irons better, I really had the idea at the top of my swing to keep the elbow in, I finished with good results. Really solid strikes and positioning into greens. However I had 2 triples on the back, I could never get much going the whole day. 47 on the front and the back. With such a bad weekend I think the Scotty is going back in storage for the trusty Spider to return. Too hot so many fairways today without results was disheartening especially with the distance off the tee being close to 270. Going to work on irons and putting before getting back out. 

[bens197]

Played a scramble today for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.  This is a 2-day event in Rochester which draws hundreds of players.  It's often just a death march but the cause is phenomenal.

I was lost off the tee and hit some decent irons.  Made up for it with my short game today which included a hole out from 30 yards for eagle and knocked in a few putts over 10 feet.  The good news was, My final two long irons were solid...a good omen headed into the next round.

We shot 59 and for the first time since I've ever played, we won the event.  Didn't think we could pull it off after 4 straight pars to start (which included a missed birdie from 3') but 2 eagles were good enough.

[cksurfdude]

21 hours ago, Kenny B said:

When it was our turn to tee off, we had been on the course for an hour and played two holes!!!  I was ready to quit, but my wife and friends said "What else are we going to do?"...  I said "Go to the bar!"

Similar thing happened to my wife and I today - it was a really nice day and I expected the course to be busy, but... 

We think we're getting ready to take the tee and a group of four young guys walk on and say, It's our turn. Fine, no prob, go ahead.

Wellll......

We wait. One guy hits. We wait and watch. Another guy hits. Another wait. Rinse and repeat.

Now these tee shots did not go very far. Nor very straight. They're all in carts and driving back and forth looking for balls .. back and forth .. then there's some walking around .. then one by one very slowly there are some second shots...

Which did not go very far. Nor very straight.

We watch for a few more minutes .. wondering if they might acknowledge us and wave us through? Nope.

Finally I'm getting edgy enough and look at my watch - it's *FIFTEEN* yes One-Five minutes since they'd started to tee off, and .. they're still only about halfway up Hole #1.......

And then ... And then ... Two really ancient gents - I mean God bless 'em they're still out and golfing but they were literally leaning on each for support - then these two old coots amble over to tee off.........

"Honey .. let's take a break and get a beer."

[Kenny B]

42 minutes ago, cksurfdude said:

Similar thing happened to my wife and I today - it was a really nice day and I expected the course to be busy, but... 

We think we're getting ready to take the tee and a group of four young guys walk on and say, It's our turn. Fine, no prob, go ahead.

Wellll......

We wait. One guy hits. We wait and watch. Another guy hits. Another wait. Rinse and repeat.

Now these tee shots did not go very far. Nor very straight. They're all in carts and driving back and forth looking for balls .. back and forth .. then there's some walking around .. then one by one very slowly there are some second shots...

Which did not go very far. Nor very straight.

We watch for a few more minutes .. wondering if they might acknowledge us and wave us through? Nope.

Finally I'm getting edgy enough and look at my watch - it's *FIFTEEN* yes One-Five minutes since they'd started to tee off, and .. they're still only about halfway up Hole #1.......

And then ... And then ... Two really ancient gents - I mean God bless 'em they're still out and golfing but they were literally leaning on each for support - then these two old coots amble over to tee off.........

"Honey .. let's take a break and get a beer."

A wise choice... that might have been the old guys' last round... ever!  Very nice of you!  

[Kenny B]

A pitiful round today that end up with the same score as yesterday... 84.  I'm just not hitting the ball well; I don't have any strength and my back hurts when I make a full rotation through the ball... so often I don't and the ball drifts right.  Couple that with poor chipping and mediocre putting, I'm making too many bogeys and not enough par saves.  The one good thing today was that at 77º, it was a shorts and polo shirt day.  Warm weather is here!!

[berkeleybob]

Day Two, same course.

Some days you get the bear, and some days the bear eats all your golfballs.

Before starting out I dropped by the resort’s gift store and found a bin full of used golfballs, six for $7, presumably found among the tall grass, creeks and ponds. I felt a little better knowing I wasn’t the only one losing balls in the course. Then, judging by the age of some of the brands and models, I realized that the shop was making easy money finding and selling the same lost balls over and over again.

My game was marginally better, the shanks left me, and once I admitted to myself that I’m used to playing with wider and straighter fairways, shorter roughs and zero water hazards, I relaxed and just enjoyed the good weather and scenery. After all, I walked the afternoon with deer, geese, a hare and a heron.

Lesson learned

The next time I play an unfamiliar coastal course that works hard to blend in with the next-door wildlife preserve, I’ll bring my own bag of old, cheap ionomer balls and leave the urethanes at home.

 

[ejgaudette]

Played on Saturday at my local course, went 37/39 for a 76 (+5)

First hole was the best hole of the day. Plays downhill, and bombed the drive 294 next to the green side bunker, pitch was not great, but poured in the birdie putt. Lost a ball on the second, but we can skip that.

Hit the par 5 5th in 2 for the first time in a while for a second birdie. Silly green side play, cost the even par front 9.

Driver was hot on the front with my shortest shot being 253, but hitting driver of 294, 253, 256, 284, 284. Lost the diver a bit on the back for a few holes leading to a 3 hole bogie stretch having to play from the trees.

I was very pleased with approach play today, my worst area traditionally. I found myself taking enough club, getting some better shaft lean that I had been missing, even went long on a couple holes, and only missed 12% short (none short on approaches longer than 200 according to Shot Scope). A couple of meh shots from 90 years probably kept my strokes gained from being an all time high. Looking to keep this up and I know even lower scores will come.

Overall solid start to the season this year. Now if only the black flies in my yard would stop trying to carry me away so I could practice a bit more a home.

[cjeffs12]

I had another really good round on Sunday. I feel like the pieces are starting to come together. My ball striking was really good, as I was releasing the club better. I put a new putter in the bag, and it was the Mizuno OMOI  and it was much heavier than my old Ping Anser. My short game really struggled, but it still turned out to be a good score. I messed myself up on 17, I counted my score and if I finished at par I would break 80. I bogeyed 17 from middle of fairway 90 yards out. I made par on 18, but very happy with where my swing is at the moment. 

 

Score: 80 

Fir: 9/ 14

GIR 6/18

Putts: 32 

[GolfSpy BOS]

Finally got my first round of the year in!  9 holes with my son and brother.  We all had a good time too.  Told myself I was going to relax and enjoy it as there’s been a lot of business and stress the past few weeks between work and trying move.  

 

Focused on having good tempo and took an extra club into a lot of greens…. Very satisfied with the results!  I didn’t putt particularly well, which didn’t lead to any 3-putts, but I missed 1 or two I think I could have had with a good stroke.  

Despite shooting a 1 under 32 (one birdie, 8 pars) the day belonged to Jackson.  He had a blast and was excited to get back out there.  He also “beat” my brother by 1 stroke, but I think Jackson might have forgotten a swing or two.

No really long drives, but two were 260 on the nose and  another 253.  All were night high flights, and the last few were gentle draws.  Nothing to complain about there.  The last drive was 234, I tried to hit a little cut into a short par 4 and just went a bit too far right in the rough, but was at the front of the green.

Jackson had the best drive of the day… 134ish yards!

 

Hopefully will be posting here a lot more now that we’ve broken the seal, but man did it feel good to get out and play a round! 

 

 

 

 

 

[Berg Ryman]

81 in the Saturday Skins game, best round of the year, but so disappointing. Made 4 birdies, could have made 6 or 7 if I'm honest, dropped massive putts, 28 total... had two lost ball doubles and a pick up triple... 81.

Just complete pull hook city costing me strokes, so I'm back to old familiar, my Mizuno ST180 for the next bit. With a tournament coming up and no chance I'm buying from DDC, it seems the right play for the season

You've never seen someone so mad to win 12 dollars in a 50 cent skin game.

[Syks7]

Was sitting on the couch last night with my wife doing my normal Sunday evening thing of seeing what my week looked like & trying to see where to wedge 18 holes in.  Later in the week looked terrible so I figured I'd see what I might find for today.  Hop on the LA City Golf, check times.  See 6:20 AM Rancho park.  Immediately look over to my wife & ask as nicely as possible what her morning looks like and if she can take our daughter to school.  The sound of 'Y' was barely out of her mouth before I clicked to book hoping that it had not disappeared in the 10 seconds it took me to ask the question.  (Those of you in LA will understand how cutthroat Rancho times are).  

Cut to this morning, I'm so glad I played.  41/39 80 with a lipped out birdie on 18, a really really dumb three putt bogey on 10 , and lots of very close almost up and downs.  It's still my personal best both score wise and differential (8.5) and its far and away the most complete round of golf I've ever played.  I was focused, sharp, and made mostly good decisions.  (I cannot recommend Decade foundations enough.)  I hit 12/14 fairways 8/18 GIR and recorded my first card in a while without a double.  I'll give a lot of credit to a suggestion from my instructor to positively reinforce before nervy (& all shots).  Told myself I was going to make solid smooth contact with any easy swing before every shot and mostly did.  The capper to the round was one of my playing partners being absolutely shocked that I wasn't a single digit cap, and saying it was really fun watching me play when we walked off 18.  Never had that happen before.  

[JerryB]

We played 18 at River Heights today.  Lot of highs and lows for this one.  Four pars and even a birdie!  Also two quad bogeys.  Six 3 putts, but also seven 1 putts including two beyond 30 feet.  

They're letting the rough grow out a bit and I was really having trouble getting a club through the taller grass.  Whereas last year I would slice my driver to the next fairway, now I'm just offline enough to miss into the rough so I'm actually penalized more for being more accurate, lol.

Couldn't hit my 3 wood to save my life today but my irons were starting to come around.  All in all another work in progress.  53/47 to hit 100 on the nose.

[Shankster]

I was -1 through 8…… then a double happened.

should have quit then, but I finished out the round… carded a 10… on a hole that I normally don’t have problems with.  
 

81 final… oh what could have been…

[THEZIPR23]

This game is crazy!! Played one of the biggest roller coaster rounds ever on Saturday.

3 3 putts, 2 balls OB, 5 birdies and shot 75. Not a single birdie on a par 5, which for me is unheard of. All 3 putts were after being on par 5's in 2. 

Sunday was a little more flatline 3 birdies 2 bogeys but 2 stupid doubles and another 75. 

 

[fozcycle]

Hosted my annual Buddy Trip last week(Thur-Sun) for 16 players, including me.  I rented 4 4 bedroom houses and we played a different course every day.  

Thursday…North Shore GC. Shot 88…always a great course.

Friday…Stonegate at Sola Vita-Cypress course. Shot 91…disappointed with course conditions We also played the Oaks course front 9 twice as a team scramble…lotta fun.

Saturday…Falcon’s Fire GC.  Shot 92….awesome course

Sunday…Hawk’s Landing GC.  Shot 92…somewhat disappointed as the fairways used to be covered with grass.

Overall, we had terrific weather and all had a great time except for one player.  He was driving back to the rental houses Thursday afternoon and was sideswiped by an Audi on the turnpike. His car was totaled and the Audi drove off never stopping.  Sore and bruised, he did play Sat & Sun but could not turn to hit his driver…

 

[MrBandit]

Played a very consistent round on Saturday with @TR1PTIK . Course management, played the percentages and didn't get greedy even thou i could easily have on some holes. Happy with most of my game, continue to drive the ball well, Irons are still a little thin for whatever reason. But not getting me in trouble. Wedges and Putter are steady.

Sub70 5 Wood is absolute money, it will stay in the bag for this weekend tournaments.

Holes, 13/14 lack of concentration.. I was on the fringe in 3, try to get cute with a chip, resulted in a slick down hill putt that ended 15ft. Then on 14th fried egg, not getting out, blasted to end of the green. But then settle down and back to normal operations.

 

Edited May 17, 2022 by MrBandit

[JerryB]

4 hours ago, fozcycle said:

Sore and bruised, he did play Sat & Sun but could not turn to hit his driver…

Wow, hope he's doing okay today!

[MattWillGolf]

My Tuesday 9 started off horribly. It was a bit chilly at 53° and winds. Nothing seemed to work on the first 2 holes. But things fortunately improved as the round went on. My driver miss today remains to the left which is a marked difference from a horrible slice last season. Putting was completely gone today. Three 3 putts, one 1 putt and the rest were 2 putts. The positive take away was my misses now don’t result with lost balls. I still have a real difficult time with uneven lies. But I was able to get out and have fun.