How'd you play?

[Stuka44]

I'm afraid to look if .... "Golf Bag Exorcism" is an actual thing on the internet.  Because I may be inclined to pay for one!!

5 minutes ago, Jacob10 said:

Golf, like life, has a way of humbling us real quick.

 

[StrokerAce]

I had to send my shotscope watch back for a new one so I wasn't able to track my stats for the round, which was a real bummer because it felt like I was hitting some monster drives. I was a good 50-75 yards ahead of the other 3 that I was playing with. My putter let me down - big time. Greens had been aerated and sanded but still no excuse for the pathetic showing. I'm moving on to a different stick.

Dodged the raindrops as we finished up on 18 and we had a full-fledged wedding going on to the right of us!
I had less than 100 in on 18 ... woohoo!

[Jacob10]

2 hours ago, Stuka44 said:

I'm afraid to look if .... "Golf Bag Exorcism" is an actual thing on the internet.  Because I may be inclined to pay for one!!

 

I can maybe help with that. What are you willing to pay?

[JSki_Golf]

Everyone, I played my first round of golf for the 2024 season yesterday! I want to share how it went according to Arccos. I have some new equipment in my golf bag, such as the LAB Golf DF3 putter, Todd Demsey Persimmon 5 wood, and a sleeve of Chrome Tour X golf balls. However, I haven't put them into play yet and I'm still using the Titleist ProV1x golf balls. I made some grip and setup changes on Saturday with my coach, and I can see the positive results in my game data. Overall, I had a great time golfing!

 

[ejgaudette]

Got out for my first round on Friday with a round that featured cool temps and winds from 10 to 15 mph and gusts up to 30. My SwungU app was giving adjusted yardages up 30 yards into the wind. It was rude welcome to the season, but it was good to get back out there. Course was also pretty soggy so contact was a bit iffy, but still good to get back out there.

Found a better groove on the back and got to dial in some partial wedges. Also on 17 hit a nice drive taking a big cut off the corner of the hole and hit to about 5 feet and made the birdie which gets the year off to a good start in averaging 1 birdie a round. Time to hang it up and protect the stats right?

No idea on score as keeping it was futile but the season in now underway and it should be a blast.

Edited 18 hours ago by ejgaudette

[DiscipleofPenick]

Played a very cold round yesterday morning with @MaxEntropy. It was about 40 with the windchill making it a little colder when we teed off, and it just stayed there the whole day. I thought I had a chance to break 80 but I bogeyed 18. After I looked at the scorecard, and yep, the bogey gave me a 40-40 day, which is still solid given the cold weather. I only hit 5 greens, but had 6 more up & downs., and two of the greens I hit were 3-putts. Drove the ball well and played one ball the whole round.

[MaxEntropy]

2 hours ago, DiscipleofPenick said:

Played a very cold round yesterday morning with @MaxEntropy. It was about 40 with the windchill making it a little colder when we teed off, and it just stayed there the whole day. I thought I had a chance to break 80 but I bogeyed 18. After I looked at the scorecard, and yep, the bogey gave me a 40-40 day, which is still solid given the cold weather. I only hit 5 greens, but had 6 more up & downs., and two of the greens I hit were 3-putts. Drove the ball well and played one ball the whole round.

I played Saturday, too. A little warmer but much windier. I was very happy with an 83 given the course and the weather. Sunday with @DiscipleofPenick, I felt like I could never get totally lose and "finish" my swings. Not too disappointed in the 88, especially considering some of the drives I had.

[cksurfdude]

Got out for 9 yesterday; temps dropped a bit and wind picked up a bit in the afternoon but hey it was still a good day to be out on a golf course!

Played ok-ish, i.e. g-o-l-f ...

Good:
Wedges - chips and pitches onto greens were all ok
- avg first putt distance over past 3 x 9 hole rounds about 22 ft.

Really good (at the risk of jinxing myself ):
Putting - just felt comfortable with it .. 15 putts! .. prior two rounds were 16 and 17
- no 3-putts this round and just one in the last 27 holes (.. no jinx  no jinx  no jinx  ...)
Short Game - one nice up & down from a tricky lie pin-high / left off the green, about 30 yds from the flag

Not so good:
Tee shots - maybe I'm starting to get a little too aggressive and am trying too hard .. had a few go off to the right and so had to punch out...
- Par 3s still continue to confound me; cannot stop screwing these up...

Really not so good:
Second shots - this is where I'm making the most mistakes and not sure why. Irons and hybrids on the range are starting to get much more solid, and it's occasionally transferring onto the course .. but only occasionally...
- Maybe time for another lesson!

And, well, bad:
Once again sent a ball into each of the two ridiculously small water hazards on this 9 hole stretch .. one for a double on the short Par 3 (re-tee'ed, didn't drop by the hazard) and one for a triple (ouch) on the last hole...

Overall +13/48

Work. In. Progress.

[fozcycle]

Soso today, 44/44:88 no penalties no birdies.

[rkj427]

Played yesterday early afternoon at a local course that typically allows me to play many clubs less than a driver off the tee on many of the holes, due to layout of the holes and course.

Was sunny, very windy and about 50 degrees, so perfect golf weather in April in the Midwest. 

Ended up behind a foursome that must have written the book on both slow play and lack of common courtesy. Best thing is they only played 9 holes, so we played the front in 2 1/2 hours, and the back in under 1 1/2 hour.

Had an 80, 40 each side, par is 73 (36/37), and did not attempt to hit many greens in regulation on the front 9, as the slow play ahead of us allowed me to hit multiple wedge shots into each green, and it was good to practice anyways.

 

View of hole 3, short par 3 dead into the wind.

View looking to the north end of the course showing how many others braved the colder elements to play.

Typical par 4 layout, green here is left of the trees lining the fairway, best option something about 180 - 200 yards off the tee, then left with a short iron or wedge into the green.

The epitome of slow play.  He played the white tees, and here he was playing his 3rd shot on this hole.  Didn't matter to them that they were holding up the whole course behind them.

Another short par 4 on the back, green slightly left behind the trees on the left, again 180 - 200 yards off the tee, and a short club into the green.

A tributary of the Clinton River runs through this course. This course is very low laying, and the water level is up slightly with the rain we have had this spring.

If/when we get heavy rains during the summer months, this area generally is flooded, and the course not playable.

Still a cool picture with the Weeping Willow trees and the blue skies.

[Syks7]

Another great day out with @GolfSpy SAM.  Played Soule Park for the first time and had a pretty off the wall card.  45/41 86 w/ two birdies, 5 doubles, 5 Pars, 11/14 Fairways hit, and 32 Putts.  Highlights include driving the green on a shortened hole 2, leaving the eagle putt 1 foot short and getting to two putt for birdie, a 35 foot putt for par, and an uphill 175 yard 5 iron over a bunker to 3' for birdie.   

I found a whole bunch of places not to be at Soule Park -- all five of those doubles are three putts from greenside locations where there was zero chance of staying within 30 feet of the pin.  The greens at Soule are incredible, lots of undulation, very fast, and just flat out interesting.  You can get incredibly creative with your short game.  Angles are incredibly important on approach and I think the next time I'm there the knowledge I gained from playing out of the no bueno zones is going to be incredibly helpful.

 

Edited 9 hours ago by Syks7

[pete1276]

After yesterday's despair, I bounced back today in a big way.  My swing felt like it was back into some level of normalcy.  It took me a bit to get going, but I did have 10 pars and a birdie.  Hopefully a sign of more to come.

I did a bit of yoga earlier today which I think really helped loosen me up a bit in my shoulders and hips.  I might have to mix that in more regularly.