How'd you play?

[bens197 12,340]

Awesome day and first round of the season.  It's sunny and clear skies but the temps are between 40-50*.  It was really tolerable but the wind made for a slight challenge.  

Some equipment notes that I'll dive into further...

I played the front 9 with the Srixon Z Star XV Divide and the back with the TP5 from last season.  

On a windy day, the TP5 was easily 10-15 yards shorter on approaches.  I was one full club under on essentially all back 9 approaches.

Conversely, the XV was a bullet.  Just awesome throughout the front 9.  I didn't really think too much about the optics with the short game but one thing it did NOT do was get in my head.  I could see this becoming the 2022 ball for me.

The cover likes to hold onto dirt...I don't know how else to describe, it just has less of a smooth proV1 cover and has this tacky but not tacky finish.  

So for the round...38/40 78.  2 doubles (1 & 7) 2 birdies (5 &  and 2 missed birdies from inside 4' (15 & 17)...those one stung.  Truth is, I was getting hungry and was running out of gas.

33 putts, 7/14 fairways, 9/18 greens.   

 

 

[Lacassem 16,684]

24 minutes ago, bens197 said:

Awesome day and first round of the season.  It's sunny and clear skies but the temps are between 40-50*.  It was really tolerable but the wind made for a slight challenge.  

Some equipment notes that I'll dive into further...

I played the front 9 with the Srixon Z Star XV Divide and the back with the TP5 from last season.  

On a windy day, the TP5 was easily 10-15 yards shorter on approaches.  I was one full club under on essentially all back 9 approaches.

Conversely, the XV was a bullet.  Just awesome throughout the front 9.  I didn't really think too much about the optics with the short game but one thing it did NOT do was get in my head.  I could see this becoming the 2022 ball for me.

The cover likes to hold onto dirt...I don't know how else to describe, it just has less of a smooth proV1 cover and has this tacky but not tacky finish.  

So for the round...38/40 78.  2 doubles (1 & 7) 2 birdies (5 &  and 2 missed birdies from inside 4' (15 & 17)...those one stung.  Truth is, I was getting hungry and was running out of gas.

33 putts, 7/14 fairways, 9/18 greens.   

 

 

 

Heck yea. Brave soul in shorts. We have the same Esther and that air is sharp but sun feels realllllly good.

solid round 

[bens197 12,340]

56 minutes ago, Lacassem said:

Heck yea. Brave soul in shorts. We have the same Esther and that air is sharp but sun feels realllllly good.

solid round 

Thanks bro. I said no more pants, they’re in the closet. I’ll rough it out until fall

[CarlH 8,267]

Shot an 82 today.  Loving the new Rogue Driver!  But, man, does my short wedge game bite the big one!

[JerryB 1,140]

Weather is nice today; upper 50s, though overcast and 15ish mph winds.  Owen and I had enough time to walk the front nine at River Heights.  

Swapped out one of my wedges for a C3I 65° wedge I picked up from goodwill the other day.  It's a pretty awesome club.  Tried it out a bunch today and other than thinning one into oblivion I was very happy with it.  Going to stay in the bag this season for sure.

Overall my ball striking was good today other than totally duffing an 8 iron.  I'm starting to regularly overshoot the green on long approaches, which is a good thing.  I just need to mentally catch up to that reality.

Putting was absolutely horrendous.  Sometimes I misread the break, sometimes my stroke was offline, sometimes my speed was off, and oftentimes it was a combination of all three, lol.  

Shot a 49 that I'm pretty happy with.  Owen beat me by a few strokes, but that's to be expected!

[Lacassem 16,684]

@bens197inspired me to get a quick 9 in. Wind was swirling in and out with some serious gusts but it was sunny and extremely pleasant to play weather wise actually.

+3 (38) with 2 bookend doubles, 6 pars and a bird……the doubles were bad misjudgements and the greens were pretty hard and not receptive. 

Tale of the day was bombs off the day, wind helped on 1 but I had 5 drives over 280…..

putting saved me a couple times as usual. Absolutely in love with EvNROLL

I was very happy because I was making the shots I wanted but the wind definitly  carried some balls further than I anticipated and the back of these greens are death.

 

[sirchunksalot 16,278]

1 hour ago, Lacassem said:

@bens197inspired me to get a quick 9 in. Wind was swirling in and out with some serious gusts but it was sunny and extremely pleasant to play weather wise actually.

+3 (38) with 2 bookend doubles, 6 pars and a bird……the doubles were bad misjudgements and the greens were pretty hard and not receptive. 

Tale of the day was bombs off the day, wind helped on 1 but I had 5 drives over 280…..

putting saved me a couple times as usual. Absolutely in love with EvNROLL

I was very happy because I was making the shits I wanted but the wind definitly  carried some balls further than I anticipated and the back of these greens are death.

 

Sounds like a good day to be out and those were some bombs you hit.  From the looks of the screenshots you posted, it looks like you were doing good with the putter, too. 

As far as the sh#t's you made, I really hope it was a clean round.

[Lacassem 16,684]

7 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said:

Sounds like a good day to be out and those were some bombs you hit.  From the looks of the screenshots you posted, it looks like you were doing good with the putter, too. 

As far as the sh#t's you made, I really hope it was a clean round.

Damn autocorrect! Thanks for the catch lol!

yes the putter actually saved several pars. I said it in my review that I literally get over every putt and expect to make it. The last hiked I doubled playing ping pong with my chips and buried a 15’. The guy j was playing with just said that totally just saved the round. He was right, 3 putt that and all the other stuff doesn’t matter

[fixyurdivot 17,369]

24 minutes ago, Lacassem said:

Damn autocorrect! Thanks for the catch lol!

yes the putter actually saved several pars. I said it in my review that I literally get over every putt and expect to make it. The last hiked I doubled playing ping pong with my chips and buried a 15’. The guy j was playing with just said that totally just saved the round. He was right, 3 putt that and all the other stuff doesn’t matter

Speaking of numbers, when did this happen?  You must have Brian constantly looking over his shoulder now .  Nice going!   Oh, and I officially don't like you anymore .

[Paul Hedrick 437]

I told my boss that I needed an afternoon today  Hit the course with a good friend of mine at noon.  It was a very enjoyable time.  I hit some really nice, for me, driver shots.  My short game was its normal, and did fairly well with long irons.  I did not score the best I ever have, but certainly not the worst I ever have!  LOL.   I do think that changing the grip on my driver to a mid size was a good idea.  Giving some thought changing the grips on the rest of my bag to mid size grips.

Edited April 30 by Paul Hedrick

[Lacassem 16,684]

11 minutes ago, fixyurdivot said:

Speaking of numbers, when did this happen?  You must have Brian constantly looking over his shoulder now .  Nice going!   Oh, and I officially don't like you anymore .

Past TWO years went from about 10 to what was 5.9 at the beginning of the year. My last round took a spot and dropped a 9.6 off. I’m shooting for 3/4 this year…..pray for me!

Join the club! There is a line that doesn’t like me  bryan has been busting my balls all season because “I have not played with him”. admittedly I play my worst golf against him….he messes with my head

[EasyPutter 2,412]

Had a good Friday afternoon round at my home course Cazenovia Golf Course in South Buffalo.  Still getting back to where I was when Golf Mania 2021 ended for play outdoors.   Had all manner of carded scores but the one I liked the best was the par-5 5th where my approach 4th shot using 5i landed in the first cut and rolled up the sloped green to stop at what looked like the base of the flagstick.  It teased me, laughing at me all 129 yards to the green like it was about to drop.  Not until I was online at the side of the green could I see it was less than one revolution away from birdie. 

Hah! I will take those every day! 

Did I make the par putt? 

[fozcycle 15,325]

Last round of golf for vacay yesterday at Apple Mountain Golf Club in Clarksville, GA.  s*** 40/42:82 with a Par 4 Birdie. 11/14 FIR 6/18 GIR and 35 Putts.  My shoulder felt better than the other two rounds but my left ankle was hurting so I wore my ankle brace.

BTW, we played putt putt three nights and I won two.

[Rickp 29,398]

Played Wednesday Big Boy & Friday Bacon Boyz Exec.  
Wednesday played well, even par thru 7 with 2 birdies.  Finished poorly with 2 doubles.  I’m blaming the Fireball that was “forced” on me.  It was a Birdie fest!  Everyone was dropping birds from all over the green.  Good morning
Friday not so lucky, we had 2 guys that we’re having really mornings.  One guy almost took me out, don’t know how he did it.  He “hoseled” his 2nd shot BEHIND him and the ball went backwards and missed me by a foot! 
 

Starting this coming week backing off some golf and other activities in preparation for my knee replacement June 2nd. Don’t want to screw up now.

[CarlH 8,267]

Shot 82 again today.  Interestingly, yesterdays 82 was 41/41....todays was 41/41 .... more interestingly, all 4 41s contained one birdie and one double bogey.

[dlow206 10,708]

Close to breaking 90, shot a 91, my best round to date.

Those two triple bogeys really hurt. One of them I just made poor choices. By poor choices, they weren't risky choices, they were just dumb. The dumbest was trying to putt from way too far off the green in April PNW conditions when it had just rained. Ball didn't even make it to the green. 

[sirchunksalot 16,278]

1 hour ago, dlow206 said:

Close to breaking 90, shot a 91, my best round to date.

Those two triple bogeys really hurt. One of them I just made poor choices. By poor choices, they weren't risky choices, they were just dumb. The dumbest was trying to putt from way too far off the green in April PNW conditions when it had just rained. Ball didn't even make it to the green. 

Congratulations on the personal best, Derrick! It's good to see all the hard work you've been putting in is paying off. 

[Kenny B 33,330]

5 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said:

Congratulations on the personal best, Derrick! It's good to see all the hard work you've been putting in is paying off. 

You're next!!  I can feel it.  

[sirchunksalot 16,278]

6 minutes ago, Kenny B said:

You're next!!  I can feel it.  

I appreciate it El Conquistador! Practice is showing signs of improvement and in starting to feel a bit more confident. I'm off Friday and hoping for some good weather to at least get on the course for a bit. 

[Kenny B 33,330]

Yesterday was a charity scramble at Canyon Lakes GC in Kennewick, WA.  It was put on by the Rotary which my wife is a member and on the golf committee.  She put together a team; I told her that she doesn't need an old, fat short hitter for a scramble but she insisted.  We played with another couple that we play with at our club.  He hits the ball maybe 270-280y with roll, and his wife and my wife both hit around 150-160y with roll.  I hit maybe 200-210y.  But all guys had to hit from the White tees (6200y) and the ladies hit from the Red tees (5100y).  The Red tees on the long holes were 60-110y in front of the White tees.  Not sure why I hit off the tee.  This course is one of the courses for the PNW MGS outing in June.  I'm hitting from the Senior tees!!!

Who says you can't buy a game!!!    We started on hole #9, a 525y par 5.  We had the option of playing the hole as is, or having Troy Teal, a former WLD competitor hit our tee shot, after which our first shot on the hole is where his ball ended up.  So, we hit our first shot from 85y... !!  My wife put her shot 2 feet from the pin for a kick-in "Albatross".  -3 after one hole!!

There were other money-raising gimmicks; on the par 5 #3 holes we could pay $20 each and tee up from a circle in the fairway 200y out from the green... I put my ball on the green, but we missed our "Albatross" putt and settled for eagle.  

The greens at this course are very tricky; lots of slope and quick.  All of us had difficult time getting the ball to the hole on long putts uphill.  Oh BTW, we each bought 5 mulligans; we used them all and only made one count.  We managed a couple of birdies on our own but had one bogey.  We ended up -7 which was a tie for 18th out of 35 teams.

The good news is that the Rotary Foundation made over $30K for college scholarships for local high school kids.