How'd you play?

[Lacassem 17,298]

4 minutes ago, cnosil said:

Congrats on the HIO!

Not dwindling fast enough; I’ll probably be in there forever.  

You and me both 

[ejgaudette 4,036]

5 hours ago, Alf. S said:

Haven't post for a while but want to share.

After playing the game from the age of 13, at the age of 61 I hit my first hole in one yesterday.

Playing a tie at my Home course West Lothian Golf Club https://www.westlothiangc.com/course/. 18th, right in front of the club house, 135yds par 3 down hill with wind behind. A sweet hit Approach Wedge over the protecting bunker. Pitched about 2 feet from the hole and gently rolled into the hole. Got applause from the clubhouse and the Senior League team were on the 1st tee so they all congratulated me which added to the occasion

More than made up for losing the tie 3&2.

What made it sweeter is that I've been having problems with my irons and had the shanks up until a little work on the range on Wednesday. 

 

Awesome to get the HIO (only a little jealous, ok maybe a lot) but still great shot

[russtopherb 9,720]

5 hours ago, Alf. S said:

Haven't post for a while but want to share.

After playing the game from the age of 13, at the age of 61 I hit my first hole in one yesterday.

Playing a tie at my Home course West Lothian Golf Club https://www.westlothiangc.com/course/. 18th, right in front of the club house, 135yds par 3 down hill with wind behind. A sweet hit Approach Wedge over the protecting bunker. Pitched about 2 feet from the hole and gently rolled into the hole. Got applause from the clubhouse and the Senior League team were on the 1st tee so they all congratulated me which added to the occasion

More than made up for losing the tie 3&2.

What made it sweeter is that I've been having problems with my irons and had the shanks up until a little work on the range on Wednesday. 

 

That's AWESOME!!! Congrats on the ace!!!

[JerryB 1,379]

Congrats @Alf. S on the ace!!

[Rickp 30,227]

6 hours ago, Alf. S said:

Haven't post for a while but want to share.

After playing the game from the age of 13, at the age of 61 I hit my first hole in one yesterday.

Playing a tie at my Home course West Lothian Golf Club https://www.westlothiangc.com/course/. 18th, right in front of the club house, 135yds par 3 down hill with wind behind. A sweet hit Approach Wedge over the protecting bunker. Pitched about 2 feet from the hole and gently rolled into the hole. Got applause from the clubhouse and the Senior League team were on the 1st tee so they all congratulated me which added to the occasion

More than made up for losing the tie 3&2.

What made it sweeter is that I've been having problems with my irons and had the shanks up until a little work on the range on Wednesday. 

 

Congratulations!!

[EasyPutter 2,902]

6 hours ago, Alf. S said:

Got applause from the clubhouse and the Senior League team were on the 1st tee so they all congratulated me which added to the occasion

What made it sweeter is that I've been having problems with my irons and had the shanks up until a little work on the range on Wednesday. 

Totally awesome!  I can imagine it being the same age 

5 hours ago, sirchunksalot said:

Congratulations on the HIO! It's cool you had an audience to witness the occasion. 

Looking at the Google Maps satellite view, that must be front row viewing from the clubhouse!  (Does the clubhouse get hit often with golf balls?)

1 hour ago, Lacassem said:

Hell yea this is awsome. Had a few on here lately.....the still aceless thread is dwindling!

I say with great confidence that the aceless thread will be valid for me for a long time as only an act of God will cause such a thing as past shots have stopped where the cup had recently been by the traces sometimes visible proving I was late getting my ball to that spot.

Edited May 20 by EasyPutter
Getting it right

[GrumpyGolf 879]

6 hours ago, Alf. S said:

Haven't post for a while but want to share.

After playing the game from the age of 13, at the age of 61 I hit my first hole in one yesterday.

Playing a tie at my Home course West Lothian Golf Club https://www.westlothiangc.com/course/. 18th, right in front of the club house, 135yds par 3 down hill with wind behind. A sweet hit Approach Wedge over the protecting bunker. Pitched about 2 feet from the hole and gently rolled into the hole. Got applause from the clubhouse and the Senior League team were on the 1st tee so they all congratulated me which added to the occasion

More than made up for losing the tie 3&2.

What made it sweeter is that I've been having problems with my irons and had the shanks up until a little work on the range on Wednesday. 

 

Nice one!!! (see what I did there?) 

On a side note - Did you have to change for this pic?  You are dressed better than 98% of the golfers I see these days.

[MDGolfHacker 8,654]

17 hours ago, Rickp said:

When I was playing my best (which wasn’t that good) my only practice was chipping & putting…..a lot.  
We lived about 1/2 mile from the course and had a large practice green.  About 3-5 evenings a week I would go there practice C&P then B4 dark head out and play a few holes mostly irons only.  Occasionally another guy or 2 would join me.  If I was alone I’d play 2-3 balls.  Really helped me.  
 

@Rickp,

  That was the initial approach I took the first few weeks.  I didn't hit any driver or irons but practiced the heck out of chipping and putting.  The first few weeks looked promising as the driver and irons were working great where I didn't get too many penalties off the tee and the approach shots were landing on the green. Putting was a lot better and only some misplaced chips caused me to score poorly. This past week there were no wheels on the wagon to fall off..I done left those wheels at home locked up somewhere, LOL. The range session and the chipping and putting session after the round did wonders to boost my morale and have me looking forward to next week.

 

MDGolfHacker

[MattF 14,883]

3 hours ago, cnosil said:

Not dwindling fast enough; I’ll probably be in there forever.

You're not Robinson Caruso there...

[chisag 19,796]

21 hours ago, JerryB said:

Driver fitting sounds like a fun fix, though pricey and not likely.

 

... Found another:


 

𝙂𝙚𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙮, 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙙𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙨 (𝙣𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙡𝙛 𝙢𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙). 𝙁𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣.

[Tom the Golf Nut 8,745]

Had a great time today in the golf tournment I was invited to play in yesterday. My driver issues that crept in the last two weeks disappeared. I was hitting straight and long today. I hit all but 1 fairway so I was pretty happy. Irons and putting were good. Mr. Dependable showed up to play today. 

We played in a scramble format with 1 mulligan and 1 red tee per person. The team suggested to use a red tee on one hole which left 250 to the green. I said it's mine, I'll put it on the green!  I teed it up put a good swing on it and it disappeared over the hill heading online to its target. We drove down and it was sitting just past the flag by around 10 feet. My putt lipped out and sat on the edge. That would have been a good one to have but nobody made their attempt either. But we were respectable with shooting 12 under. No bogies. We were out of the money but 6th place wasn't bad out of 18 teams.

Good company, great weather, good golf. What else can you ask for. I hope I bring this game to Myrtle Beach next week. You never know who will show up.

[Rickp 30,227]

34 minutes ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

Had a great time today in the golf tournment I was invited to play in yesterday. My driver issues that crept in the last two weeks disappeared. I was hitting straight and long today. I hit all but 1 fairway so I was pretty happy. Irons and putting were good. Mr. Dependable showed up to play today. 

We played in a scramble format with 1 mulligan and 1 red tee per person. The team suggested to use a red tee on one hole which left 250 to the green. I said it's mine, I'll put it on the green!  I teed it up put a good swing on it and it disappeared over the hill heading online to its target. We drove down and it was sitting just past the flag by around 10 feet. My putt lipped out and sat on the edge. That would have been a good one to have but nobody made their attempt either. But we were respectable with shooting 12 under. No bogies. We were out of the money but 6th place wasn't bad out of 18 teams.

Good company, great weather, good golf. What else can you ask for. I hope I bring this game to Myrtle Beach next week. You never know who will show up.

Well done!!  

[Lacassem 17,298]

Took my son out for his first 9 of the year. He played really well first time out. Struggled here and there but had some real gems. Of those a chip in for par on the 3rd hole! 

he later had a really good drive best of the day on hole 5 and I said “wow buddy best shot of the day” he corrected me and said I think my chip in was better”….I stand corrected kid. 

we had some good room on the Course and we did some putting/green reading and some sand work….he surprisingly picked up on the sand shot pretty quick. All in all he had a great day.

as for me +3 but the highlight of the day you ask? When the starter asked him “so are you going to beat your dad today?” And he proceeded to answer “well he is getting old so maybe”…..I proceeded with this off the tee:

the starter quickly responded with “you got a few years kid”….damn right he does.

was a great day and can’t wait to get more rounds in with him through the year 

[cksurfdude 11,319]

8 minutes ago, Lacassem said:

And he proceeded to answer “well he is getting old so maybe”…..

hahaha *you're* getting old ... ... better not introduce that kid to any of us actually old farts on this forum

[Lacassem 17,298]

3 minutes ago, cksurfdude said:

hahaha *you're* getting old ... ... better not introduce that kid to any of us actually old farts on this forum

He’s a wise a$$ lol. He’s got lots of years before he can take me down…..hopefully

[sirchunksalot 16,821]

18 minutes ago, Lacassem said:

Took my son out for his first 9 of the year. He played really well first time out. Struggled here and there but had some real gems. Of those a chip in for par on the 3rd hole! 

he later had a really good drive best of the day on hole 5 and I said “wow buddy best shot of the day” he corrected me and said I think my chip in was better”….I stand corrected kid. 

we had some good room on the Course and we did some putting/green reading and some sand work….he surprisingly picked up on the sand shot pretty quick. All in all he had a great day.

as for me +3 but the highlight of the day you ask? When the starter asked him “so are you going to beat your dad today?” And he proceeded to answer “well he is getting old so maybe”…..I proceeded with this off the tee:

the starter quickly responded with “you got a few years kid”….damn right he does.

was a great day and can’t wait to get more rounds in with him through the year 

That's awesome Mark! It sounds like the two of you had a fun day on the course. Congratulate him on the chip in for par for me. That's a day to remember. 

[EasyPutter 2,902]

Been working the driver since February on the sims and since April now outdoors golf is a thing around here and 90% of the time it is going straight and long.  Fairway hybrids have not been doing the magic like they used to so those have taken a vacation out of the bag.

Irons have been working (mine are iron hybrids) as well this year after listening to a Pro who said to imagine cutting a tennis ball in half and standing on the halves like buttons, one under forward foot ball and back foot heel, so that as the club is drawn back in the backswing the heel compresses that tennis ball half and then in the swing switching to pressing the one on the front of the other foot.  Canting the iron also has had an amazing effect on considerably fewer chunked and topped hits, most often the ball makes an amazing sound off the club face and goes far.  Far enough that I am having to re-map which club to use for what distance I am intending to hit clubbing down two at this point from what I was hitting last year.

Reaching greens in one under par instead of at par so big improvement, might actually become a bogey golfer this year! 

[chisag 19,796]

... Finally got in 18 holes today. Not much energy and still tired and hard to believe it has been 3 weeks since coming down with this $%^&%$* sinus infection. First surprise was I tried to play Monday and only got thru 7 holes and mentioned that to one of the guys in the clubhouse (they all know me since I play 5 times a week) and Michael only charged me for 9 holes today without me asking. Nice start to my day. Then I was playing new irons, new shafts and a new driver with a new shaft. 20-25 mph winds but with the temps near 100* not a bad thing really.

... I really liked the LTDx Black with the LinQ White shaft but struggled with the KBS TGi shafts in my new Forged Tec irons. 5-pw with a FT-X 4 iron that was silly long off the tee and from the fairway and set me up for an eagle putt just over the 2nd green. I need to weaken it 2* and match the specs for the FT 4 iron. The FT's performed well but the TGi shafts just feels very brittle and stiff, unlike any graphite irons shafts I have played. Not sure if I was making poor contact, although all my par 3 shots had the tee mark in the center of the face, or the shafts are just very different because as I said, I felt a little weak and tired all round long. I am going to give them a few more rounds and then if the feel doesn't improve, I will re-shaft with Steelfibers similar to what I have in my MIM irons. Love that combo. 3 birdies and 2 bogies so 1 under par while still feeling under the weather gives me nothing to complain about. Resting this weekend then hopefully a little more energy for Mondays round! 

[gavinski91 1,844]

Headed out of work to play 9 before dinner this afternoon, but I played pretty terribly. I was hitting my 3 wood well off the tee, but was fighting my irons, and poor green conditions took away the part of my game I can pretty much always depend on. I think I just need some range time to work out the kinks, because it feels like I’m close to where I need to be. 

[GrumpyGolf 879]

Headed out today for an early Friday twilight game with coworkers for 18.  First time I have played a full 18 in a LONG LONG LONG time.  Walked the course instead of riding despite the hills. I did have a few high points with some drives that were ahead of the others by 20 to 40 yards, a couple of good putts from longer than 6 feet, and topped off with one birdie and two pars.  Then there was everything else.  My consistency is no where near where I want it to be, too many scatter shots.  My short game needs me to practice and try to get back the one part of my game I was most proud of.  I have a lot of work to get me back to where I was before I stepped away from the game, but even though I topped too many, three putted more than I would like, and had the worst score of the foursome, I was very happy to be back on the course and in the fresh air.  Now if only the SW Idaho area can keep the weather at a level where it is comfortable to be out for 4 hours in the high desert air.