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chomping at the bit to get back out, I have 4 rounds booked next week if the weather cooperates.... supposed to be good until thursday, cant play tuesday due to an appointment but will be out mon, wed, thursday for sure with fingers crossed for friday...to be continued lol

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Got out late, 3pm ish, and the local municipal course Howell Park has a $20 rate to walk 9. This course just reopened 3/1 so the track is near perfect a little muddy in places but beautiful sprawling hills of grass my clubs were happy (aside from when I hit my 5H off a tree root on the par 5 #2 leaving 2 white scuffs, a nice battle wound considering the ball flew under the tree line and ascended to catch the wind 20mph left to right taking my natural fade for a ride to the front of the green from 187 yds away.) Sand traps were wet and compacted so the 1 fairway bunker I had to save I was able to hit a nice 7i on the green like I was swinging off the cart path. 

I had 3 looks at birdie, made none, 3 putted 1 of them *cringe* and buckled my knees on the other 2. I did make a 8 ft putt on #1, but that was for bogey after I left my AW short and hit a decent flop. The 2 pars were on handicap 15 and 17 and I bogeyed the rest..until I doubled on #9 when a 40yd wedge became a skull over the back of the green. 

Finished +8 on the 9 holes, but that last hole wrecked me. 20+mph wind gusts felt swirling when I looked at the tree tops I got different reads plus the dogleg right 400yd par 4 makes you aim all over the place if you have to take 3 shots to get there. My drive plugged after about 180 yds, a 4w that should go about 215 went about 190, that's what left the half swing wedge shot to finish with a lazy armed amateur effort that had me wondering "What was I doing out here for 2 hours?"

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Back to the home course this weekend and round in 81 again so last week a complete blip in the system at a difficult links course.

Out in 43  including two double bogeys and three 3-putts. Not great but it's obvious in this sense what cost me there. Those 3-putts become 2-putts and the double bogeys become bogeys and there's 5 strokes saved instantly. Caveat that we are still playing off winter mats.

Double bogey on 1 - Was trying for a draw and hit a small fade/block about 15 yards off the fairway and in amongst some trees. My second shot I had two choices, try and play a low punchy one towards the green over the bunker that was just infront of me. Or I could go high and hope I didn't catch any branches. I decided to go for the high shot as I felt like there was enough space. What I didn't account for was the follow through on my swing and I noticed halfway on the downswing and completely bailed and it went about 20 yards and I just avoided the bunker. The better play was to try punch a low one over the bunker thus taking out the trees completely, two putt and walk off with a good par save.  Poor course management cost me here. Lesson learned!

Three putt on 4 - Decent drive down the middle, decent wedge to leave with myself with 28ft (according to ShotScope) birdie putt. Hit it long and left myself 2 foot past the pin, not great but I really should've made the 2 footer and I missed and ended up three putting from a good position.

Three putt on 7 - Hit a monster drive round the dogleft left and had the flick of a wedge left into a long par 4. I opted for the safe option and clubbed up slightly to make sure I got there. Had about 15ft feet or so and three putted after rocketing the first putt past the flag. Poor really as it was an easy par for the taking with the off chance of a 3.

Double bogey and three putt on 8 - Nice tee shot straight down the middle, had around 140 left to the green, but the green is heavily guarded by bunkers. Pulled my second shot about 20 yards left of the green and had to get up and over a bunker to a tight pin which I then did fairly well and left myself 17ft. Duly three putted again after rocketing it again. 

Back in 38 which is more than acceptable for me. Some pars, bogeys, and no three putts on the back 9. However the highlight has to be the two birdies made in a row. Putting on the front 9 was what I'd describe as poor for me but on the back 9 the stick heated up a bit.

16th Birdie - Had actually basically hit a slice off the tee with OOB right I thought it was a goner, but it smacked off a tree and bounced back in bounds by about 5 yards 😇  Luckily left with me around 80 yards to pin and flicked a little wedge in to 8 foot and then holed the putt for a lucky birdie!

17th Birdie - A bit of a fade/slice ball off the tee again but had left myself 100 yards in, this green has a huge drop off back left and the pin was just sitting nicely infront of the drop off. Tried to play into the heart of the green to avoid the drop off but it rolled and rolled and just stopped at the top of the slope. 25ft to the pin and holed the putt for a birdie streak! 🤣

At this point I had a look at my score and was sitting at 76 on the 18th tee thinking if I made another birdie I'd be breaking 80 for the first time ever. This hole suits a fade but of course in typical golf fashion I hit an absolutely beautiful push draw that went left of the fairway. I then somehow shanked my second about 45 degrees right into some thick rough. Flicked a wedge to 20ft from the rough and two putted for a bogey. 

If only I had got rid of the three putts and double bogeys...

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Took a day off today after playing 5 days straight. Tomorrow weather is forecast as 55° and sunny with 10mph wind, so I'm amped up to get out. Was thinking of exploring a new course, possibly Atlantis near Atlantic City or somewhere in the Princeton area. That depends on when I get on the road. I will update after I play.

Update: reservation booked for 1:40 at Mountain View in West Trenton. First time playing there. Decided to leave 45 mins early when I read they have a chipping area by the practice putting green.

 

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On 3/5/2023 at 6:40 AM, PhilM75072 said:

As far as I'm concerned, the only truly great balls from TM were the TP Red and TP Black. I believe Dean Snell had a had in designing those balls as well.

 

8 hours ago, chisag said:

... Finally had a 70* day. I have been looking for Rod Serling to step out most any day this winter and say "Picture if you will. A hot rock known as Phoenix has frozen over and golfers have been forced into long pants and sweaters in March. And one golfer in particular called Chisag has entered ... The Twilite Zone". Still in long pants but finally able to relax some with a cub in my hand. I started slow with 2 bogies on the front and that included saving two par putts from 10 feet. 

... 3 pars to start the back then went birdie-par-birdie-birdie. So finished one under and I haven't been at par, let alone under in awhile. Felt really good and I am hoping the warm weather sticks around for awhile. Back at it tomorrow with 71* predicted. I'd really, really like 85* but I won't complain because I know 115* is only a few months away.  🥵

Sam,  While watching 60 Minutes last night, I wondered many times during the David Byrne segment whether the two of you might be related.

DR - Callaway Paradym X, Newton Motion 4-Dot

4W - T.E. Exotics C722, Diamana D+ 82-S

HYB - Paradym X 18*, HZRDUS Smoke Red 80S; Sub 70 949X 21*, same shaft

7W (if played) - Callaway Epic Flash, ACCRA Tour X 80S

Irons - Cobra Forged Tec X (5-GW), KBS TGI 75-R

Wedges - Edison 2.0, 53* and 57* (bent to 58*), KBS TGI 100

Putter - Makefield VS custom, 34", 67* lie, 1.75* loft

Ball - Maxfli Tour-X CG (2023) or Vice Pro Plus (OnCore ELIXR or Maxfli Tour S in winter)

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In August/September I played a quirky tournament for a day but since that point only played a 9 holer. This weekend went out to Pinehurst and played 8 (greens were rock hard but fun) and 2. I found every bunker on two I could possibly try to. At a point, even the caddy was roasting me all in good fun. First few rounds of 23 are in the book and can't wait to actually get going here in Ohio.

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3 hours ago, Rickp said:

Another FOGGY morning.  Couldn’t see much but still let us out, course has 2 par 4’s and wanted to hit the PXG 0311 driver.  While everything was working OK this morning the 0311 is really a nice club.  Have the Cyoher 40-5 and is a keeper….. for now.  Cypher shaft much better height and distance than the Evenflo CB 40-5 shaft.   
played well which I seem to do when I don’t know where green is.  Good morning!!

Doglegs rule lol

I’m a hacker who loves nothing more than to change how I play, be that grips shafts and heads its all fair game lol…

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On 3/4/2023 at 9:11 AM, Golfspy_Lukes said:

Golf is fun for me now. Experimenting with shot shapes and trajectories. Digesting the result and moving on to the next shot and managing realistic expectations. 

Nice!!! Really nice 👍

..I hope to get to that happy golf place someday......... 

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5W...Callaway Great Big Bertha (MCA Kai'Li Red 50/R)
7W...Tour Edge Exotics EXS (Tensei CK Blue 50/R)

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5H...Callaway Big Bertha ('19) (Recoil 460 ESX F3)
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nRoll ER5 or MLA Tour XDream (P2 Reflex grip on both)
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It was a "gettin' in yer own way" kind of day.

37/40/77 with 3 doubles on the back 9. 2 of them were due to boneheaded decisions where I should've just taken my medicine and moved on. But hey, I wanted to, you know... try.

10 fairways, 11 greens, 32 putts, 4 birds, 3 doubles, one 3-putt (for bogey ).

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30 minutes ago, chisag said:

... I won't bore anyone with my round today but coming into the very difficult 18th I needed a birdie to shoot 1 under. Pushed my drive a hair into a deep bunker and near the lip. Hit my LW and advanced the ball maybe 35/40 yds but in the rough and above my feet so much, my right index finger was on the graphite. 135yds and opened the face of my 9 iron to counter act the ball so far above my feet, solid contact and sky high landing about 5 feet short of the pin, caught the slope and turned toward the hole and seemed to stop ... but then just disappeared. Most unlikely birdie ever. 🤪

Nice!  Show-off!!  😂  Another example of the difference between a + and a 10.  I would have been thrilled to make a bogey, but likely would make double.

We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.”

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1 hour ago, Grand Stranded said:

Strange day at the office, 😂

I played the Fazio Course at Barefoot (par 71) today 1 birdie. 6 doubles and still shot 85. (yes that’s right, @CarlH 6 doubles. Try and top that!)
We played low net low gross and I won some shop credit taking second in the A flight net. My cap isn’t where I’d like it to be, but I’m in a good spot as far as making money goes.
I’m right on the dividing line for the A and B flights. If I play decently I’m hard to beat in net if I’m in the A, and I’m hard to beat in gross if I have to move down to the B.

You have come a long way from someone who was ready to quit the game a couple of years ago.  Congratulations!! 

That Fazio course is tough!

We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.”

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2 hours ago, chisag said:

... I won't bore anyone with my round today but coming into the very difficult 18th I needed a birdie to shoot 1 under. Pushed my drive a hair into a deep bunker and near the lip. Hit my LW and advanced the ball maybe 35/40 yds but in the rough and above my feet so much, my right index finger was on the graphite. 135yds and opened the face of my 9 iron to counter act the ball so far above my feet, solid contact and sky high landing about 5 feet short of the pin, caught the slope and turned toward the hole and seemed to stop ... but then just disappeared. Most unlikely birdie ever. 🤪

I love that kind of golf, been awhile for me lol

I’m a hacker who loves nothing more than to change how I play, be that grips shafts and heads its all fair game lol…

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