How'd you play?

[Jnoble89]

My wife surprised me with a full membership to the local club in our hometown yesterday (wife of the year award!), so I got out for a quick 9 with my 5 year old son. Can’t beat a promotion where you pay this years fees for the remainder of fall Wisconsin golf and all of 2023! Shot another 49, matching my previous low score of this season. Too many missed putts or I’d have been looking at the low 40’s realistically. Everything else felt good, hit some great approach shots. Going to set a goal of breaking 90 by the end of next summer. Maybe I will create a thread to chronicle my journey!

[Golfspy_TCB]

44 minutes ago, Jnoble89 said:

Maybe I will create a thread to chronicle my journey!

Awesome gift JN!! Looking forward to reading about your quest to get into the 80's!!

[ejgaudette]

1 hour ago, Golfspy_TCB said:

Awesome gift JN!! Looking forward to reading about your quest to get into the 80's!!

My local course just announced what a season pass (full 7 day play) wold be and its only going to be 800, which this year at 50 for a weekend round I only need to play 16 times to make it worth it. I will be putting my request in with the wife shortly.

[rkj427]

Played my first scheduled round of 2 yesterday in the North Myrtle Beach area.

Played Aberdeen Country Club in Longs, South Carolina. This club has (3) 9 hole courses, each individually named and each 9 has it's own characteristic traits. We played the Meadows, and then the Highlands, each replicating a specific Scottish trait.

On the Meadows, I left a few shots on the course due to "operator error" but still managed an OK 44 for that 9.

That included a double on a par 5 where I struggled with the ball settling down in what appeared to be very wiry rough around the greens. Learned from this hole, and it wasn't an issue afterwards.

On the Highlands, played more conservative, or used the club off the tee that the layout and hazard placement called for. Shot 40 on the back, with only 4 bogies and the rest pars. 

Pictures below are from the last hole on the Highlands, a par 4 that played 400 yards and is kind of a dogleg left with trouble on both sides. Hit drive and had 155 left, into a stiff breeze, then hit a smooth 6 iron to the green. Missed the birdie putt, as it was kind of a roller coaster, (uphill then downhill) with a big right to left break.

The very last picture isn't golf related, but it was a great thing to see from the porch area of our room.

Moon over the Atlantic with Venus towards the right.

 

 

[Jnoble89]

7 minutes ago, ejgaudette said:

My local course just announced what a season pass (full 7 day play) wold be and its only going to be 800, which this year at 50 for a weekend round I only need to play 16 times to make it worth it. I will be putting my request in with the wife shortly.

Wow, that is a heck of a deal! After tax our course is $2000 for a single, full membership. But it does include multiple member only events/scrambles, league dues for either Men's league or a 2 man scramble league (which I participated in this year and will next year), and eight free 9 hole passes that my wife will use. We actually just bought a home on the course and will be moving at the end of November, so to say I am excited is an understatement!

[ejgaudette]

19 minutes ago, Jnoble89 said:

Wow, that is a heck of a deal! After tax our course is $2000 for a single, full membership. But it does include multiple member only events/scrambles, league dues for either Men's league or a 2 man scramble league (which I participated in this year and will next year), and eight free 9 hole passes that my wife will use. We actually just bought a home on the course and will be moving at the end of November, so to say I am excited is an understatement!

Yeah the course is smaller and just got bought so I think they are trying to get people to join, plus the conditions are not the best, just ok and sometimes have some solid bare patches. The plan is to do some work on it though so I am guessing this will go up in future years, but I'll take advantage while I can.

[Jnoble89]

Well gents, I will be back on the course for another quick 9 at 4pm today. Update to follow. Going to aim to beat yesterday's 49, even if it's by one stroke!

[Rickp]

9 Big Boy holes this morning and didn’t exactly light it up, 42 with 1 Birdie.  The only highlight was brought out my old Tour Edge 7 wood Bazooka.  For an old dog of a club it can still hunt.  It’s staying in the bag for a while.

Played Tuesday Exec 9 and was also a yuck day, +6 also one lone Bird.

Looking forward to Friday with the Boyz!!

[CarlH]

Yesterday, I posted my worst round in quite some time.  To be fair, it was on a goat ranch with hard, sloping greens.  To give you an idea, on the first hole my approach shot hit pin high to the right on the fringe, rolled off the green, down the elevated green and likely off the course....we never found it!  The course was not well maintained, despite being a "country club".  Pretty sure it was a CC at one time but now a semi-private course.  They only charged $200/month for dues.  Anyway, I got frustrated and when that happens I tend to lose focus and things definitely go awry from there.  I think I lost 3 golf balls, which is not typical for me.  The best part of the day was the old golf carts that we used.  The were Club Car, not sure of the year, but neither of the 2 carts we got had parking brakes that worked.  Given the uneven terrain, we had to steal a rock to carry around with us to put behind a tire when we stopped so that the cart didn't roll away when I took my foot off the brake.  We did trade carts at the end of 9 for 2 that actually worked better...even then, the cart was so slow I think I could have walked faster.  Guess I didn't mention my score....93.

[Jnoble89]

3 hours ago, Jnoble89 said:

Well gents, I will be back on the course for another quick 9 at 4pm today. Update to follow. Going to aim to beat yesterday's 49, even if it's by one stroke!

Rained out before we could finish. Nasty storm blew in as we were 4 holes in and my 5 year old got cold so we called it. Through 5 holes, I was two strokes ahead of my pace from yesterday, so it was looking promising. Poor off the tee box but approach shots were solid and putts were rolling well. Getting cold in Wisconsin until the end of next week where we will get another shot if 60 degree weather Thursday and Friday. Hoping to get out both days!

[edingc]

8 hours ago, ejgaudette said:

Yeah the course is smaller and just got bought so I think they are trying to get people to join, plus the conditions are not the best, just ok and sometimes have some solid bare patches. The plan is to do some work on it though so I am guessing this will go up in future years, but I'll take advantage while I can.

I paid $700 this year, I expect it to go to $800 next year. Still a great deal. But yes, there are bare spots and some spotty conditions throughout the year. Still wouldn't change a thing! Golf is golf and we need more courses that are accessible to everyone.

[Kenny B]

On 10/10/2022 at 12:37 PM, MattF said:

I wanted to slit my wrists yesterday, shot probably triple digits but stopped keeping score because it was bringing me down.

 

Today...



38/38 76 for a new PB at Windmill Lakes.

Great round!!  Don't go to sleep tonight... I seem to forget how I did that the next day!!

[chisag]

... The Golf Gods giveth and taketh away. Fast fairways but horrible greens. Right now is the worst time to be playing in Phoenix. Many courses are closed for over seeding and others are already pre-conditioning the course for over seeding. Fairways are scalped tight and we get a ton of roll. Greens are ignored since they will be re-doing them in less than a week. As many here know an actual 300yd drive is quite a feat and I can't count the times on the course when someone claimed a 300 yd drive or longer only to find out it was actually 20-30yds short. On the fairway pictured I made a great swing, center contact, nice high draw with plenty of roll and easily a 300yd drive.   We laser'ed the flag and calculated my drive to be ... 298.   

... Played well after a couple weeks of mediocre driving and ball striking and I could have gone much lower but the greens were abominations and I just couldn't make a putt. Not complaining because most courses are closed so we are lucky to even have a course to play. And it is $22 to walk at twilite. This city course is a par 70 and with one bogie and 3 birdies I shot a 68. Two birdies were inside a foot and the third was 8 feet and somehow found the hole. 5 other putts inside 10 feet bounced around without coming close. Weather was ideal and pards are good dudes so again, no complaints. 

[Kenny B]

On 10/10/2022 at 5:29 PM, Rickp said:

Yup, I asked the doc if they ever had tours of the hospital surgery departments so we could see the robots and yes they do!  I’m on the list for next tour. 
 

Just like Star Wars!  

[Rickp]

8 hours ago, Kenny B said:

Just like Star Wars!  

Yup, I get a bit geeked up over equipment like that.  I guess spending 45 years in manufacturing will do that to you.

[ejgaudette]

12 hours ago, edingc said:

I paid $700 this year, I expect it to go to $800 next year. Still a great deal. But yes, there are bare spots and some spotty conditions throughout the year. Still wouldn't change a thing! Golf is golf and we need more courses that are accessible to everyone.

I totally agree, I will take it, does not both me. Its the closest to my house and its still golf. I am actually concerned about the course and its accessibility long term. They tighten up on the dress code, and tee times when I used to be able to sneak out a few minutes before the first tee time no problem. The other course they own is Owls Nest which is a resort style course that costs a lot more, is more buttoned up shall we say and I just hope that this course does not turn that way too much. There are not too many courses and if this places gets too pricey I will be playing a lot less. So thinking take advantage this year and maybe the year after and hope things don't change too much.

[Sluggo42]

On 10/7/2022 at 5:20 PM, EasyPutter said:

Played round #96 for 2022 this evening.

Is that all? Sheesh… light weight! I’m prolly in the 120-130 range by now…

[Sluggo42]

17 hours ago, chisag said:

 

[Sluggo42]

17 hours ago, chisag said:

... The Golf Gods giveth and taketh away. Fast fairways but horrible greens. Right now is the worst time to be playing in Phoenix. Many courses are closed for over seeding and others are already pre-conditioning the course for over seeding. Fairways are scalped tight and we get a ton of roll. Greens are ignored since they will be re-doing them in less than a week. As many here know an actual 300yd drive is quite a feat and I can't count the times on the course when someone claimed a 300 yd drive or longer only to find out it was actually 20-30yds short. On the fairway pictured I made a great swing, center contact, nice high draw with plenty of roll and easily a 300yd drive.   We laser'ed the flag and calculated my drive to be ... 298.   

... Played well after a couple weeks of mediocre driving and ball striking and I could have gone much lower but the greens were abominations and I just couldn't make a putt. Not complaining because most courses are closed so we are lucky to even have a course to play. And it is $22 to walk at twilite. This city course is a par 70 and with one bogie and 3 birdies I shot a 68. Two birdies were inside a foot and the third was 8 feet and somehow found the hole. 5 other putts inside 10 feet bounced around without coming close. Weather was ideal and pards are good dudes so again, no complaints. 

That green looks like a roller coaster.

im a big drive guy in my circle of old farts, and to get to 300, you need a few things to happen. First a true masher, then a downhill, or a hard and dry. Or, be young with a sweet swing… a good day with the driver and I avg 257. And that will include a few true bombs.

pros average another 50 yards… goodness!

[Sluggo42]

After a week full of 79-80’s, finally had a nice one over today, and of course my buddy had to beat me by one…