How'd you play?

[Paul Hedrick]

16 hours ago, Sluggo42 said:

Hole in one today on a 164 yd par 3, with a 7 iron. One hop and in.

up to 4 now

Congratulations!  I am so jealous!

[injectedcutty]

Only been playing a few holes here and there. Did a WITB video, realized this was a good pic. Pretty blessed to have this backyard view. On a side note, from this point to that yellow flag is right at 145yds!!!

[ZJeb67]

9 holes after work.  One of my spikes must have been lower than the other as too many shots were going to the right.
More on the Newton shaft test here - 

Had a spectator on 9

 

[injectedcutty]

14 hours ago, ZJeb67 said:

9 holes after work.  One of my spikes must have been lower than the other as too many shots were going to the right.
More on the Newton shaft test here - 

Had a spectator on 9

 

Caddyshack guests are real. This is my backyard which backs up to a muni course. There is probably 4 groundhogs just in the backyards, then after dozen or more scattered across the course.

Our guinea pig eats the green stems from carrots, but won't eat the carrots so my wife started feeding the groundhog. Dude destroys a pile of carrots like it's nothing!

[cksurfdude]

@Sluggo42 CONGRATS!! ..or Congrats 4 times, I guess!

@fatewithabadge CONGRATS!! on your new PB!

@Fore67 CONGRATS!! on just missing the age number! Great round

And @Michael.Sandoval33 CONGRATS!! on bringing home the social media winnings, nice! I'm with the others and the way your game is improving hang onto them and practice / play with them once in a while.

 

[TJ Hall]

86 today…just a bit of a struggle.

Only hit 2 fairways, 4 greens and 33 putts.

Nothing seemed to work very well.

[sirchunksalot]

I got to play a new course to me today, Spring Lakes in GA. I went with a friend from work and one of his friends from school. 

The round started out terribly, I'm talking I almost walked off the golf course and gave up golf bad. I was hitting shots into water and trees like I didn't know what I was doing terrible. I had a 13 on a par 4. I've been proud of the leaps I've made in my mental game this past year, but on this hole... I was livid. I was able to calm down and enjoy the day with some great company. 

After the debacle on the first, I had another bag hole on the third. A par 3 over water where my tee shot was hit like a laser and almost skipped over but hit the rocks on the other side. 

I shot 57 on the front. 

I settled down on the back, starting with a par on the 10th. I started hitting decent drives, good irons, and occasionally good wedges. I struggled a bit when I was hitting chips close to the green. My putter was on fire, I made 4 or 5 putts over 15 feet. 

I also had issues with the par 5 holes on the course, but I'm not going to worry since it was my first time on the course.

I scored well on the back shooting 49 to bring my overall score to 106. 

 

[DougJ]

Yo ChunksALot,

My 2 cents worth as a triple digit golfer:

I'm going to assume that your sponsor paycheck wasn't reduced, so just Enjoy the walk, admire the view, try to understand why the designers built the optics of the course.

We all hit some good, some not so good, and sometimes find a ball while looking for ours in the trees, tall grass etc.

If you are out there golfing, consider yourself blessed with the ability to do so.

DougJ

 

 

[tony@CIC]

19 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said:

I got to play a new course to me today, Spring Lakes in GA. I went with a friend from work and one of his friends from school. 

The round started out terribly, I'm talking I almost walked off the golf course and gave up golf bad. I was hitting shots into water and trees like I didn't know what I was doing terrible. I had a 13 on a par 4. I've been proud of the leaps I've made in my mental game this past year, but on this hole... I was livid. I was able to calm down and enjoy the day with some great company. 

After the debacle on the first, I had another bag hole on the third. A par 3 over water where my tee shot was hit like a laser and almost skipped over but hit the rocks on the other side. 

I shot 57 on the front. 

I settled down on the back, starting with a par on the 10th. I started hitting decent drives, good irons, and occasionally good wedges. I struggled a bit when I was hitting chips close to the green. My putter was on fire, I made 4 or 5 putts over 15 feet. 

I also had issues with the par 5 holes on the course, but I'm not going to worry since it was my first time on the course.

I scored well on the back shooting 49 to bring my overall score to 106. 

 

We've all had those days - been there many times, but then you have a great shot and that keeps you coming back. I played in our couples scramble today and for the most part my shots were mediocre. Then on the last 2 holes, my monster drive on a short par 4 came within 15' of the green (we got a birdie there) and the last hole, a 160 yd par 3 my drive came within 2' of the hole (birdie as well). There was enough energy off of both of those shots for me to sign up for Monday's game. 

Edited 14 hours ago by tony@CIC

[Josh Parker]

20 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said:

I got to play a new course to me today, Spring Lakes in GA. I went with a friend from work and one of his friends from school. 

The round started out terribly, I'm talking I almost walked off the golf course and gave up golf bad. I was hitting shots into water and trees like I didn't know what I was doing terrible. I had a 13 on a par 4. I've been proud of the leaps I've made in my mental game this past year, but on this hole... I was livid. I was able to calm down and enjoy the day with some great company. 

After the debacle on the first, I had another bag hole on the third. A par 3 over water where my tee shot was hit like a laser and almost skipped over but hit the rocks on the other side. 

I shot 57 on the front. 

I settled down on the back, starting with a par on the 10th. I started hitting decent drives, good irons, and occasionally good wedges. I struggled a bit when I was hitting chips close to the green. My putter was on fire, I made 4 or 5 putts over 15 feet. 

I also had issues with the par 5 holes on the course, but I'm not going to worry since it was my first time on the course.

I scored well on the back shooting 49 to bring my overall score to 106. 

 

Glad you stuck with it and enjoyed the rest of the round. We have all had those holes.

[Tom the Golf Nut]

Just got home from my golf tournament. This was a big turnout 63 teams. 32 teams yesterday and 31 teams today.  It was a fun outing especially playing together with my son. He hit a few monster drives today with the longest being 298 yards. Made some nice approach shots and putts. We didn’t win anything but we did make a 2 on a par 5. That’s a win in my book. We wound up in 10th place with a 12 under par.  Really not that bad considering our fourth hasn’t picked up a club in 5 years. Our third was the assistant golf pro. She can hit the ball. Since she was a woman she was allowed to hit from the women’s tees. Totally awesome when she pounds it 220/230 yards. We raised so much money for children’s cancer. What a great event. 

[Josh Parker]

5 minutes ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

Just got home from my golf tournament. This was a big turnout 63 teams. 32 teams yesterday and 31 teams today.  It was a fun outing especially playing together with my son. He hit a few monster drives today with the longest being 298 yards. Made some nice approach shots and putts. We didn’t win anything but we did make a 2 on a par 5. That’s a win in my book. We wound up in 10th place with a 12 under par.  Really not that bad considering our fourth hasn’t picked up a club in 5 years. Our third was the assistant golf pro. She can hit the ball. Since she was a woman she was allowed to hit from the women’s tees. Totally awesome when she pounds it 220/230 yards. We raised so much money for children’s cancer. What a great event. 

Nice! Sounds like a great time and turnout!

[Shankopotomous]

We played in the last social tourney of the year today with the foursomes made up of 3 men and a woman.  A Shamble format where all play out their own ball from the spot of the best drive and count the two best scores.  SWMBO took both womens closest to the pin prizes with one of the shots being 32".  We all got to hit from there and managed to get our 2 birdies! 

We took turns hitting great drives and always had a good look for an approach shot.  We didnt putt great with a lot of birdie putts sliding by or coming up a roll or two short right in the center of the cup.  But we didnt have to count a bogey all day in the scoring and ended up -11 for the two balls ending up in 2nd place.

It was a fun day even though the wind was steady with at least a 2 club effect.  My shot of the day was from 205 on a par5 into the wind,  i played it at 235 and hit 3w.  A low flight to lessen wind effect and it ended up pin high about 30', 2 putt for birdie!

[Rob Person]

After work I hit the par3. Shot 39 iirc, didn't get a shot of the digital card before it reset.

Also did a video of it.   Then I had a buddy ask if we could squeeze out 9 holes.  So off we went. By hole 6 he had lost 7 balls. I offered him some of mine in the bag, but he just decided to leave.  I continued. I ended up playing 18 instead. 

I did a live on IG for the last hole. I don't usually add my score until the end of the round, but seeing as I HAD to say something,  I added it up . I realized I needed par to shoot 84. Well I skulled my 50 yd wedge shot into a bunker.  Got out high on the back side, putted for par, shorted the uphill speed, then 2 putted for double.  Finished at 86.

I'm beat!  

I did get to test 2 new to me wedges though.  Both 58⁰. One is a taylormade Hi toe 12⁰ bounce. The other was a vokey sm6 10⁰ bounce.  I hit that sm6 so well. I was consistent in landing 90-100 yds on full shots. I hit the TM about the same, but something just didn't feel right for me with it.  The sm6 felt more natural. 3/4 shots were high and avg about 70 yards. FYI, with my 56⁰ stix wedge , I'm usually 85-90 yards on full shots. Maybe it's the steel vs graphite shaft making the difference ?

 

Anyway, I have hours of video to edit and process from the par3 and also from the wedges test for the Bridgestone e series ball flight test I did today.

Edited 9 hours ago by Rob Person

[sirchunksalot]

4 hours ago, DougJ said:

Yo ChunksALot,

My 2 cents worth as a triple digit golfer:

I'm going to assume that your sponsor paycheck wasn't reduced, so just Enjoy the walk, admire the view, try to understand why the designers built the optics of the course.

We all hit some good, some not so good, and sometimes find a ball while looking for ours in the trees, tall grass etc.

If you are out there golfing, consider yourself blessed with the ability to do so.

DougJ

 

 

It was fun playing a new to me course and I'm definitely going to have to go back there to enjoy the scenery a bit more since I was more focused on playing than taking in the scenery. What I did notice was some unique holes that presented challenges and did learn some areas to not miss in. 

I appreciate the encouragement!

4 hours ago, tony@CIC said:

We've all had those days - been there many times, but then you have a great shot and that keeps you coming back. I played in our couples scramble today and for the most part my shots were mediocre. Then on the last 2 holes, my monster drive on a short par 4 came within 15' of the green (we got a birdie there) and the last hole, a 160 yd par 3 my drive came within 2' of the hole (birdie as well). There was enough energy off of both of those shots for me to sign up for Monday's game. 

 

4 hours ago, Josh Parker said:

Glad you stuck with it and enjoyed the rest of the round. We have all had those holes.

It was a bit of a mental struggle getting through those first few holes, I'm a pretty competitive person but settled down and just enjoyed some really good company. 

[cksurfdude]

5 hours ago, sirchunksalot said:

The round started out terribly, I'm talking I almost walked off the golf course and gave up golf bad. I was hitting shots into water and trees like I didn't know what I was doing terrible. I had a 13 on a par 4. I've been proud of the leaps I've made in my mental game this past year, but on this hole... I was livid. I was able to calm down and enjoy the day with some great company. 

Just a suggestion from a fellow golf ball chunker - maybe think about not keeping score, nor tracking shots.

You seem to be putting a lot of pressure on yourself...

Be into being out there and be engaged with your friends. Focus on the next shot in front of you.

(..now if I could only listen to myself and heed my own advice...)

 

19 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said:

It was a bit of a mental struggle getting through those first few holes, I'm a pretty competitive person but settled down and just enjoyed some really good company. 

Excellent my man!!

[Josh Parker]

7 hours ago, sirchunksalot said:

It was a bit of a mental struggle getting through those first few holes, I'm a pretty competitive person but settled down and just enjoyed some really good company. 

That's the important part. We can get too caught up in the rest and it can become less fun.