Popular Post berkeleybob Posted April 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2023 Home garden project or nine holes? The first beautiful weekend since the autumn—I just couldn’t pass it up. And apparently, so couldn’t everyone else. I was delayed getting to the course because a collarless stray golden retriever walked up and said hello to me while I was packing the car. After scrambling to make sure he was on his way home (my wife drove him back) I made it in time for my tee time, and to find that I was behind a foursome, two of whom were probably under the age of six. They were so cute. So, a relaxing pace it was, and not a bad outing with 3 pars and landing a tee shot inside of 12 feet from the hole. My putting was consistent and my short game actually held up well, but it all collapsed on the last two holes. I lost my groove on the tee and thinned a wedge shot <Ouch>. Still, I walked off feeling good. As for the garden project, I’ve waited all winter to get back to building that shed. What’s another weekend? IndyBonzo, Kenny B, Tom the Golf Nut and 7 others 10 Quote WITB 2024 DRIVER AEROJET 10.5° | FAIRWAY ROGUE ST MAX 3/15° HYBRID G410 21° | UTILITY 699 V2 U 5/23° IRONS 699 V2 6-PW WEDGES CBX 2 50°, 54°, 58° PUTTER KING GRANDSPORT 35 BALL MODEL | PRO WHITE/BLUE ICE BAG 3.5 LS | PUSHCART RV1S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cnosil Posted April 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2023 Nice but breezy day; temps were in the mid 50 with 10 MPH winds gusting from upper teens to mid 20s. Round was slow; took 5.5 to play today and waited on every shot. Overall hit the ball pretty well; a few wayward shots but managed 11 FW, 10 greens and shot 41/42:83. Short game wasn't too bad but putting was a struggle (36 putts with 4 3 putts) with a lot of putts left short. Time to focus some effort on the putting game. Rickp, Kenny B, IndyBonzo and 9 others 12 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W, TM-180 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kenny B Posted April 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2023 My first round today after the course was closed Mon/Tue to aerate tees, fairways, and greens. Chilly and windy didn't help, but landing short shots on the greens and putting was challenging to say the least. Had three 3-putt doubles for a round of 83. We probably should have played "automatic 2-putts"; the wind has blown a lot of the sand out of the plug holes. It will be several weeks before the greens heal enough for good putting. The course is starting to turn green again!! EasyPutter, Reesedw, cksurfdude and 12 others 15 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javs Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 15 minutes ago, cnosil said: Nice but breezy day; temps were in the mid 50 with 10 MPH winds gusting from upper teens to mid 20s. Round was slow; took 5.5 to play today and waited on every shot. Overall hit the ball pretty well; a few wayward shots but managed 11 FW, 10 greens and shot 41/42:83. Short game wasn't too bad but putting was a struggle (36 putts with 4 3 putts) with a lot of putts left short. Time to focus some effort on the putting game. 5.5 hours is ridiculous for a round of golf. I get upset here when we are over 4 hours. I like to play fast and keep a rhythm. I really hate slow rounds. Unfortunately, often the men’s club events are slower than Moses. Guys start acting like they are on tour. Makes me laugh. Hey, Sam Sneed said golfers should learn to miss it quick! Or another way, bad news doesn’t get better with time. Glad you got to get out and hit the ball. Sorry you had to wait on every shot! cnosil and cksurfdude 2 Quote Play like a champion today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 On 4/1/2023 at 9:46 AM, Sluggo42 said: It’s been a long wet and cold winter here in SoCal as well, and my game has reflected the conditions. Basically, we are experiencing what much of the country deals with year in and year out. I mean it’s always in the low 40’s at tee time, and I’ve got long insulated pants on, a tee shirt, a cold gear long sleeve shirt under my golf shirt.then a sweatshirt, with a puffy vest on. A hat, with a woolen beanie on top, covering my ears. and I wonder why I can’t swing well…. Plus it’s always soaking wet from the endless rains (thank goodness), so we get no roll and second shots are a few longer irons or fairway woods away. weather forecasts are clear and significantly warmer for the near future though, so thank goodness for that. the positive side is that our 20 year drought has finally broken, and my local fishing lake has risen 50 feet this year, and all the groundwater has been restored. The fishing sucks due to this, but it will eventually return in a big way, so all is good Sounds exactly like conditions here except it's not wet; just cold and windy. I'm wearing almost the same thing and it affects my swing. I have much more rotation at home in my hitting bay!! BTW, this winter I adopted your grip change. I had been using an overlap grip with my left thumb on the shaft and have had considerable thumb pain. It took awhile to get used to moving my old thumb more to the side of the shaft, but now it's beginning to feel better and control of the club is coming back. Thanks!! Bang60 and cksurfdude 2 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlopew Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Only lost one ball, just happened to be on the 18th tee. Beautiful Phoenix day, no complaints here cksurfdude, MattF, rkj427 and 3 others 6 Quote WITB Driver: Mizuno St-220G - Project X Hzrdus Smoke Blue-Winn dri tac 2.0 Hybrid: Ping- G425 3 hybrid- Winn dri tac 2.0 Irons: Taylormade Stealth SW-4i- KBS Max 85- Winn dri tac, Ping Eye2 (2 iron)- Winn dri tac Putter: Mizuno M-Craft 1-Superstroke tour 3.0 Ball: Taylormade TP5x/ - Pro v 1X Other: Arccos -Garmin Approach R10 Launch Monitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JerryB Posted April 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2023 First official round of the year! Owen and I decided to walk 18 at River Heights today. Got out early enough that it was a little chilly but it warmed up into the 50s rather quickly. The pretty constant 20+ mph winds made things a little tricky at times, though. Iron game was still pretty rough. While I realized that I was trying to kill every shot, I just couldn't find the stroke. Really short game was good except for two shots; one where I managed to hit the ball twice and one where I went under the ball without contact. Swinging easy worked really well with my longer clubs at least. Putting was alright by my standards, highlighted by a nice 15 footer to save par. Owen's been working on a slower takeaway, particularly on his driver. When it works it's good but when it doesn't he hits TOWERING pop flies. He wasn't keeping score but we seemed to be about the same. I went 49/47 for a 96. Not great but very decent for the start of the season. IndyBonzo, edingc, cksurfdude and 9 others 12 Quote Cobra Aerojet Max driver Cobra Aerojet Max 3 wood and 7 wood Cobra Aerojet 4/5/6 hybrids Cobra Aerojet 7-PW, GW Cobra Snakebite 52° and 58° wedges Cobra King Stingray 20 putter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ncwoz Posted April 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2023 Some takeaways from the first "real" round of 18 for the year: Jeez, I'm not used to walking that far and I was running on fumes shortly into the back 9 My putting hasn't thawed off from the winter it seems Full swing game is showing some promise - particularly before I started getting tired, I hit some really nice shots My alignment is inconsistent, and I'm pulling a lot of shots I'm confident the putting will come back, just need to get some practice in. Alignment and pulls are a little confusing yet, but I'm sure it'll get sorted out soon. IndyBonzo, Kenny B, cksurfdude and 8 others 11 Quote Right Handed Driver: 9° Speedzone (HZRDUS Smoke Green 70g X-Stiff shaft) 2 Hybrid: 18° Exotics EXS Pro (Evenflow Black 6.5) (2020 MGS Official Review here) 3/Driving Iron: 18° UiHi Iron (MMT Utility TX 105g shaft) Irons: 4-GW T100 irons (Nippon Modus 120 X-Stiff shafts) (2021 MGS Official Review here) Wedges: 54° & 58° TSW Forged (Dynamic Gold S300) Putter: ER2B (2019 MGS Official Review here) Ball: MAXFLI Tour X Bag: Hoofer Lite WITB thread here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DiscipleofPenick Posted April 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2023 Got out for my first round of the year yesterday. I felt like I played much worse than I thought, but shot an 82 with 0 birdies and 2 doubles. The greens were slow, bumpy, and the cups were crooked and mounded so didn't make any putts. Also hit some really squirrely drives throughout the day and some second shots that didn't really seem to go anywhere. But all of that is spring golf in Ohio. just happy to be back out there! ejgaudette, JerryB, rkj427 and 7 others 10 Quote Take Dead Aim Driver: PXG 0211 10.5* Fairway: Titleist 917 F3 15* Hybrid: Adams Idea Pro Boxer Gold 18* Irons: MacGregor MT-86 Pro Wedges: Vokey 50/54/58 Putter: SeeMore X2 Costa del Mar Ball: Srixon Z-Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrBandit Posted April 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2023 Back to back to back decent tournament play. This weekend not as good with the Irons, was not as comfortable as I had been, but chipping and putting still on point which help recover some of those bad shots. almost a back door win. but a solid second. I have been working on my weakness bunker play which paid off this weekend.. able to get out of the bunker in one shot solidly into the greens when I need it to. Need to go to the range and work on my irons again figured out why I was so hesitant to put a good swing on. New Envroll 5.2 Duo Putter .. is money... Merlin1313, ejgaudette, Kenny B and 8 others 11 Quote Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 MAX - 8.5 with Fujikura Speeder NX TCS 50 (Terra Forza White Shaft Testing 2024) 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 Irons: Mizuno Pro 225 - 6-PW , w/Nippon Modus 105 Stiff Wedges: Sub70 TAIII w/Nippon Modus 105 Stiff - 50 ,56, 60 Putter: L.A.B Mezz1, 34 in Balls: MaxFli Tour X, TaylorMade Tour Response, TaylorMade TPx GPS: Shot Scope X5 with Tracking TESTED: SUB70 949X 5 Wood TESTED: NIPPO N.S. Regio Formula MB+ 65 Stiff. TESTED: SkyCaddie LX5 GPS Watch TESTED: Bag Boy ZFT Bag TESTING: Terra Forza Shaft - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CFreddie Posted April 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2023 Walked 36 at Bandon: Sheep Ranch (morning) - played back tees as a single with group; shot an 89 due to crazy weather (hail, 2/3 club winds). Bandon Dunes (afternoon) - played middle tees and shot 85; incredible weather but could not figure out greens All-in-all: best day of golf ever Tom the Golf Nut, Kenny B, MattF and 7 others 7 3 Quote Cobra 50th Anniversary Member Special Challenge/Testing Bag (Link Here) Driver: Paradym with Ventus TR Blue 60 Stiff Fairways: Aerojet Max 3W & 7W with Hzrdus Smoke Blue RDX 70 Stiff Hybrid: King TEC 5H with KBS PGI 95 Stiff Irons: Forged TEC 5-GW with KBS Tour Lite Stiff Wedges: Jaws Raw Plasma 54 & 58 Putter: Phantom X 5.5 Ball: 2023 Maxfli Tour Other Reviews: Callaway Paradym Titleist White Box Testing (2023) Scotty Cameron Phantom X 5.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Reesedw Posted April 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2023 Got in a quick 9 with the Grandson yesterday afternoon. when I say quick we finished 9 in 1.5 hours. and we were not rushing. heck he played a 2nd ball on a couple of holes just to work on his Irons.. Weather was Insane, we played Twin Rivers in Fall City, WA at the base of the Snoqualmie Valley. So it was chilly, to start light breeze just enough to make you cold.. Grandson stuck a 9 iron to less than 3 feet on a 149 yd Par 3 and drained the putt, his first birdie on a par 3.. we both struggled with our short game. Our driving was great, I hit a drive that went 240ish and Plugged, He drove it 30+ yds past me . His did not plug so he got a little roll.. but got stuck behind a tree.. it was a great day, Until 17, it started getting windy (super cold as the wind was coming from the mountains) and heavy drizzle.. and on the 18th tee It started raining.. as we get to our balls for 2nd shot it opens up and dumps.. luckily we were on 18 but we froze our butts off the last 2 holes.. I have to say now that I have a few rounds on the Titleist TSR3 I'm loving it. worse thing is a slight fade occasionally.. but if I can plug a drive 240 I'm going to be golden when things warm up and dry out.. Syks7, berkeleybob, cksurfdude and 7 others 10 Quote Dave- Follow me on twitter @GolfCrazyWA and on Instagram @GolfcrazyWA WITB: Cobra Ultralite Cart Bag Titleist TSR3 Hzrdus Black 65g shaft Cobra F8+ 3wd Hzrdus Red 65g shaft Cobra 3 hybrid Rogue Pro 75g Shaft Cobra 4 hybrid Rogue Pro 75g Shaft Cobra F8 irons 5-GW KBS tour 90 stiff shafts Cobra King Black Wedge 54* Cleveland RTX Zipcore Wedge 58* Snake Eyes Viper Putter. Ball: Taylormade TP-5X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post funkyjudge Posted April 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2023 (edited) I just checked all of my stats in the GHIN app and included in my stats from 2022-2023 (more than 50 posted rounds with detailed stats) is the following: Fairways hit = 42% Greens in Regulation = 22% Up and down percentage = 21% Putts per Round = 28.6 My question is, how am I between a 15-16 handicap golfer? The answer is that my 3 to 4 bad holes per round are REALLY bad holes (lots of 8s, 9s, and a few 10s among those holes). Oh, and I also have several 9-hole scores between 37-40, and more than a few 18-hole scores between 77-84 among those posted scores. The problem is that I also have more scores between 87-96. Edited April 5, 2023 by funkyjudge GaryF, richk9holes, ejgaudette and 8 others 11 Quote DR - Callaway Paradym AI Smoke TD, Newton Motion 4-Dot 4W - Callaway Paradym 3HL, Newton Motion Fairway shaft, 4-Dot HYB - Paradym X 18*, HZRDUS Smoke Red 80S; Sub 70 949X 21*, same shaft 7W (if played) - Sub 70 849, ProForce Black 80-S Irons - Callaway Paradym, HZRDUS Silver Gen 4, S-flex Wedges - Edison 2.0, 53* and 57* (bent to 58*), KBS TGI 100 Putter - (currently in flux, but usually an Evnroll 8V Ball - Maxfli Tour-X CG (2023) Bags - Ghost Golf Maverick Black Ops Cart - MotoCaddy M7 Remote (without the remote) Spoiler driver / off the tee is no longer a weakness for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javs Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 8 minutes ago, funkyjudge said: I just checked all of my stats in the GHIN app and included in my stats from 2022-2023 (more than 50 posted rounds with detailed stats) is the following: Fairways hit = 42% Greens in Regulation = 22% Up and down percentage = 21% Pitts per Round = 26.8 My question is, how am I between a 15-16 handicap golfer? The answer is that my 3 to 4 bad holes per round are REALLY bad holes (lots of 8s, 9s, and a few 10s among those holes). Oh, and ai also have several 9-hole scores between 37-40, and more than a few 18-hole scores between 77-84 among those posted scores. The problem is that I also have more scores between 87-96. Are you adjusting the scores when you enter them? The must I believe you can take for score towards handicap for your handicap is a triple. That might make you handicap drop. cksurfdude 1 Quote Play like a champion today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyjudge Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Javs said: Are you adjusting the scores when you enter them? The must I believe you can take for score towards handicap for your handicap is a triple. That might make you handicap drop. Yes, I adjust my scores whenever it is allowed. Generally, the maximum allowable score for posting purposes is a net double bogey, but most of the holes where I have my worst scores are “stroke holes” for me, so that equates to triple bogeys, and some/most of my 8s do not get adjusted at all. Sure, the 9s and the rare 10s get knocked down by at least a couple of strokes (more than a couple of strokes for the 10s). If I shoot in the upper 90s to 100, my posted scores are usually closer to 90 than to 100. Edited April 4, 2023 by funkyjudge ejgaudette, cksurfdude, Javs and 1 other 4 Quote DR - Callaway Paradym AI Smoke TD, Newton Motion 4-Dot 4W - Callaway Paradym 3HL, Newton Motion Fairway shaft, 4-Dot HYB - Paradym X 18*, HZRDUS Smoke Red 80S; Sub 70 949X 21*, same shaft 7W (if played) - Sub 70 849, ProForce Black 80-S Irons - Callaway Paradym, HZRDUS Silver Gen 4, S-flex Wedges - Edison 2.0, 53* and 57* (bent to 58*), KBS TGI 100 Putter - (currently in flux, but usually an Evnroll 8V Ball - Maxfli Tour-X CG (2023) Bags - Ghost Golf Maverick Black Ops Cart - MotoCaddy M7 Remote (without the remote) Spoiler driver / off the tee is no longer a weakness for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, Javs said: Are you adjusting the scores when you enter them? The must I believe you can take for score towards handicap for your handicap is a triple. That might make you handicap drop. The most you can post is a net double bogey. If you don’t get a stroke on a hole, then you can only post a double. Javs, GolfSpy_SHARK and cksurfdude 3 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javs Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 14 minutes ago, Kenny B said: The most you can post is a net double bogey. If you don’t get a stroke on a hole, then you can only post a double. You are correct! I misspoke Kenny B and cksurfdude 2 Quote Play like a champion today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javs Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 16 minutes ago, funkyjudge said: Yes, I adjust my scores whenever it is allowed. Generally, the maximum allowable score for posting purposes is a net double bogey, but most of the holes where I have my worst scores are “stroke holes” for me, so that equates to triple bogeys, and some/most of my 8s do not get adjusted at all. Sure, the 9s and the rare 10s get knocked down by at least a couple of strokes (more than a couple of strokes for the 10s). If I shoot in the upper 90s to 100, my posted scores are usually closer to 90 than to 100. It will get there just keep plugging! No matter what handicap, we all dread the blowup holes. They are round killers!! Kenny B and cksurfdude 2 Quote Play like a champion today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sluggo42 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 On 4/2/2023 at 4:28 PM, Kenny B said: BTW, this winter I adopted your grip change. I had been using an overlap grip with my left thumb on the shaft and have had considerable thumb pain. It took awhile to get used to moving my old thumb more to the side of the shaft, but now it's beginning to feel better and control of the club is coming back. Thanks!! You’re welcome! it’s funny how my thumb pain is gone now too. I can’t remember if that’s why I started with it, but it is certainly a perk Kenny B, Javs and cksurfdude 3 Quote TSr2 on tensi blue stiff Speedzone 3-wood on Tensi blue S Epic Max 5 and 7 woods on HZRDUS Reg flex Paradym 9 wood on HZRDUS reg flex P770 / P790 combo set on Ventus R-6 shafts 6-AW T22 Denim Copper 54°, 58° on Kinetic X Trajectory ER3 or, E.A.S. #4 (“Fang” or “Adele”) ProV1x, or, Maxfli Tour X .Org 14 cart bag Adidas Tour 360 , or Sketcher shoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chisag Posted April 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2023 ... Ain't it a funny game? Been struggling lately and got hit on my left wrist bone with a golf ball Friday and had to leave after 4 holes, go home and ice it. Surprisingly by today it didn't effect my swing at all. But the 30 mph winds did. #2 par 5 straight downwind and I hit a 7 iron 210 and just missed the eagle putt for a tap in birdie. #4 was 153 and I hit 6 iron just on the front fringe! The 5th is a 477 yd par 5 and I can get on in two with no wind usually with a long iron or hybrid but 30 mph and gusting higher, directly into us and I played driver - 2 iron - pw from 95yds that stopped about 2 inches short from the wind blowing it back into the hole. Next hole straight downwind I hit the same pw from 139 for my approach and it landed on the front fringe and rolled just off the back edge of a long green. So a 165yd pw. ... I do seem to focus a little more in the wind as there are no stock shots and every shot must be thought out and executed. My 2 iron was a real weapon today both into the wind and downwind when I thought a driver would go too far. Hit one 285 a little downhill and straight downwind so a good 50-60 yds longer than normal. I ended up with 2 bogies and 5 birdies to shoot a 69 and a year under my age so very pleased with the round. Javs, berkeleybob, cnosil and 9 others 12 Quote Driver: Qi10 10.5* ... Ventus Red Velocore 5R Fairway: Qi10 5 wood ... Kai'li Blue 60R Hybrids: 430 Hybrid 22*... Diamana LTD 65r DHy #4 ... Steelfiber 780Hy Irons: '23 T200 5-Pw ... Steelfiber i95r Wedges: Vokey 50*/54*/58* ... Steelfiber i95r Putter: Sport-60 33" Ball: Maxfli/ Maxfli Tour/TP5x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javs Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, chisag said: ... Ain't it a funny game? Been struggling lately and got hit on my left wrist bone with a golf ball Friday and had to leave after 4 holes, go home and ice it. Surprisingly by today it didn't effect my swing at all. But the 30 mph winds did. #2 par 5 straight downwind and I hit a 7 iron 210 and just missed the eagle putt for a tap in birdie. #4 was 153 and I hit 6 iron just on the front fringe! The 5th is a 477 yd par 5 and I can get on in two with no wind usually with a long iron or hybrid but 30 mph and gusting higher, directly into us and I played driver - 2 iron - pw from 95yds that stopped about 2 inches short from the wind blowing it back into the hole. Next hole straight downwind I hit the same pw from 139 for my approach and it landed on the front fringe and rolled just off the back edge of a long green. So a 165yd pw. ... I do seem to focus a little more in the wind as there are no stock shots and every shot must be thought out and executed. My 2 iron was a real weapon today both into the wind and downwind when I thought a driver would go too far. Hit one 285 a little downhill and straight downwind so a good 50-60 yds longer than normal. I ended up with 2 bogies and 5 birdies to shoot a 69 and a year under my age so very pleased with the round. Well done! cksurfdude and chisag 2 Quote Play like a champion today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contron Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Got out to play after work tonight with the lady. She wants to play more often as she’s taking lessons and you’ll hear no complaining from me! We did a nice front 9 at a local course here in Wichita. Shifted some weights in my driver and went to play my slice and played it too much, so was happy to see that! Got to the green in 3 and then sank a 35-40 footer, was feeling on fire to start with a par! Second and third holes were not too shabby. But then I started to falter a bit on 4 and 5. Hit the green on the par 3 but 3 putted unfortunately. Last 3 holes started to get it together. Hole 9 had an awful drive that clipped a tree but then my 3 wood told my Driver to stand back and watch and it had an absolute bomb of a hit, got a cart path bounce and was left on the fringe of the green. Felt amazing! Overall my putting is really coming together. Only 2 3 putts so I’m real happy about that. Girlfriend was playing well and struggling when I struggled to but she also had a great hole 9 with her 3 wood after her drive clipped the same tree. Evening was no wind, crisp 84 degrees. Fantastic evening. Javs, Kenny B, ejgaudette and 5 others 8 Quote Driver: King Radspeed 3 Wood: Mizuno JPX Hybrid: 19* Taylormade SLDR 5 Wood: King Cobra Offset SS Hyper Steel 4-PW: Nike Covert VrS with Aldila VS Proto shafts Putter: Wilson Buckingham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javs Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 9 minutes ago, Connorn2 said: Got out to play after work tonight with the lady. She wants to play more often as she’s taking lessons and you’ll hear no complaining from me! We did a nice front 9 at a local course here in Wichita. Shifted some weights in my driver and went to play my slice and played it too much, so was happy to see that! Got to the green in 3 and then sank a 35-40 footer, was feeling on fire to start with a par! Second and third holes were not too shabby. But then I started to falter a bit on 4 and 5. Hit the green on the par 3 but 3 putted unfortunately. Last 3 holes started to get it together. Hole 9 had an awful drive that clipped a tree but then my 3 wood told my Driver to stand back and watch and it had an absolute bomb of a hit, got a cart path bounce and was left on the fringe of the green. Felt amazing! Overall my putting is really coming together. Only 2 3 putts so I’m real happy about that. Girlfriend was playing well and struggling when I struggled to but she also had a great hole 9 with her 3 wood after her drive clipped the same tree. Evening was no wind, crisp 84 degrees. Fantastic evening. At first look, that animal head cover looked real. Ha ha cksurfdude and IndyBonzo 2 Quote Play like a champion today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 14 minutes ago, chisag said: ... Ain't it a funny game? Been struggling lately and got hit on my left wrist bone with a golf ball Friday and had to leave after 4 holes, go home and ice it. Surprisingly by today it didn't effect my swing at all. But the 30 mph winds did. #2 par 5 straight downwind and I hit a 7 iron 210 and just missed the eagle putt for a tap in birdie. #4 was 153 and I hit 6 iron just on the front fringe! The 5th is a 477 yd par 5 and I can get on in two with no wind usually with a long iron or hybrid but 30 mph and gusting higher, directly into us and I played driver - 2 iron - pw from 95yds that stopped about 2 inches short from the wind blowing it back into the hole. Next hole straight downwind I hit the same pw from 139 for my approach and it landed on the front fringe and rolled just off the back edge of a long green. So a 165yd pw. ... I do seem to focus a little more in the wind as there are no stock shots and every shot must be thought out and executed. My 2 iron was a real weapon today both into the wind and downwind when I thought a driver would go too far. Hit one 285 a little downhill and straight downwind so a good 50-60 yds longer than normal. I ended up with 2 bogies and 5 birdies to shoot a 69 and a year under my age so very pleased with the round. Congratulations! Playing in the wind is an art unto itself. I don’t mind the wind, except when it’s also cold. I see warm weather on our horizon!! berkeleybob, Javs, IndyBonzo and 1 other 4 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chisag Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Kenny B said: Congratulations! Playing in the wind is an art unto itself. I don’t mind the wind, except when it’s also cold. I see warm weather on our horizon!! ... Amen! Wind is OK if it is a warm or even better a hot wind, but cold wind is a no go for me. Surprisingly we saw quite a few carts driving off and one of our partners quit after 9 saying the wind was too difficult even though it was around 80*. Here is hoping your wam weather arrives for you soon!!! Javs, cksurfdude and Kenny B 2 1 Quote Driver: Qi10 10.5* ... Ventus Red Velocore 5R Fairway: Qi10 5 wood ... Kai'li Blue 60R Hybrids: 430 Hybrid 22*... Diamana LTD 65r DHy #4 ... Steelfiber 780Hy Irons: '23 T200 5-Pw ... Steelfiber i95r Wedges: Vokey 50*/54*/58* ... Steelfiber i95r Putter: Sport-60 33" Ball: Maxfli/ Maxfli Tour/TP5x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 7 minutes ago, chisag said: ... Amen! Wind is OK if it is a warm or even better a hot wind, but cold wind is a no go for me. Surprisingly we saw quite a few carts driving off and one of our partners quit after 9 saying the wind was too difficult even though it was around 80*. Here is hoping your wam weather arrives for you soon!!! Supposed to be 78º on Saturday!! Sluggo42, Reesedw, Javs and 2 others 3 2 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryF Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, funkyjudge said: I just checked all of my stats in the GHIN app and included in my stats from 2022-2023 (more than 50 posted rounds with detailed stats) is the following: Fairways hit = 42% Greens in Regulation = 22% Up and down percentage = 21% Pitts per Round = 26.8 My question is, how am I between a 15-16 handicap golfer? The answer is that my 3 to 4 bad holes per round are REALLY bad holes (lots of 8s, 9s, and a few 10s among those holes). Oh, and I also have several 9-hole scores between 37-40, and more than a few 18-hole scores between 77-84 among those posted scores. The problem is that I also have more scores between 87-96. Your FIRs are likely mostly irrelevant unless they are way errant and out of bounds or unplayable. Regardless of what scores you enter, GHIN will automatically adjust to net dbl bogey as a max. What seems at odds to my eyes are your combined U/Ds and avg putts. 26.8 avg is amazing (I avg 34) which means you have rounds of less (and more). Your U/D percent equates to 3.6/round (Im at 2.5). So, it just seems you should have a lot higher percentage of U/Ds. I often wonder how I can be 11.7. I started the year in January at 11.1 and sure enough was playing higher and the hdcp crept up, then I shoot an 81. Only 8 scores are counted in computing the hdcp, and I find it interesting when I look to see what score is about to fall off the 20 round chart. I have the 2 lowest scores of my life soon to drop - 78 and 79). I guess what would be revealing is using a tool to identify strokes gained vs lost, Without such a tool, I know putting is where I lose a lot of strokes - 13% are 3-putts. (I’m 39% GIRs and 83% FIRs). Edited April 4, 2023 by GaryF cnosil, Merlin1313 and cksurfdude 3 Quote Driver: Fusion, 9 deg, UST Recoil 450 ES F3/2 430 MAX 4w (5w head delofted 1* with 3w shaft), 7w, 5h w/ Alta CB Soft Regular shaft JPX923 HM 6i - GW w/ UST Recoil 460 ESX F3 RTX6 52* and 56* with Recoil 760 ESX F2 Versa DB DoubleWide : Z-Star Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 15 hours ago, funkyjudge said: Fairways hit = 42% Greens in Regulation = 22% Up and down percentage = 21% Pitts per Round = 26.8 My question is, how am I between a 15-16 handicap golfer? The answer is that my 3 to 4 bad holes per round are REALLY bad holes (lots of 8s, 9s, and a few 10s among those holes). Oh, and I also have several 9-hole scores between 37-40, and more than a few 18-hole scores between 77-84 among those posted scores. The problem is that I also have more scores between 87-96. This is why looking at one off numbers like FIR, GIR, and putts per round without additional context is so hard. As you know, Your handicap is driven by the low scores you occasionally put up when playing well (77-84) since handicap is potential and not what you typically score. to me your numbers seem off though. You average about 4 greens a round which leaves 14 up and down opportunities which you convert about 3 times. So let’s say average 2 putts per GIR , you have 3 putts for the up and down, 2 putts for the 11 missed up and downs. That is 8+3+22=33. Not sure where you are shaving off 6 putts cksurfdude and berkeleybob 2 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W, TM-180 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GolfSpy_APH Posted April 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2023 Another 82 today. Unfortunately a disappointing 82. Had the same start as yesterday going bogey, bogey, bogey Double before getting my act together. It was so cold to start. Wind was wicked and wasn't till we made the turn on the 5th hole that i started to warm up and hit better shots. Had 3 bogeys from hole 8 on with 7 pars and makeable birdie on 18. I just get so annoyed with slow starts. I know I have potential to go low on this course and am comfortable with all the holes and how to play them along with trying different options on some, but man the 5 over after 4 just kills. berkeleybob, Syks7, JerryB and 7 others 7 3 Quote as of Nov 6, 2023 (Past WITB) Driver: Paradym TD w/ GD ADDI 6X Driver Shootout! Wood: F7 3 wood 14.5* w/ Motore F1 Shaft Irons: T Series - T200 5 Iron T150 6-9 Iron T100 PW/GW Wedge: Toura Golf - A Spec 53,37,61 degree Putter: Mezz Max! Balls: Vice Pro Plus Drip (Blue/Orange) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said: Another 82 today. Unfortunately a disappointing 82. Had the same start as yesterday going bogey, bogey, bogey Double before getting my act together. It was so cold to start. Wind was wicked and wasn't till we made the turn on the 5th hole that i started to warm up and hit better shots. Had 3 bogeys from hole 8 on with 7 pars and makeable birdie on 18. I just get so annoyed with slow starts. I know I have potential to go low on this course and am comfortable with all the holes and how to play them along with trying different options on some, but man the 5 over after 4 just kills. Why do you think you are starting slowly? Where are the bogeys and worse coming from? Shot selections, bad shots in general, not mentally focused? GolfSpy_APH, cksurfdude and GolfSpy TCB 3 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W, TM-180 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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