How'd you play?

[cksurfdude]

19 hours ago, No3PuttLaLa said:

Ended up shooting an 85. For perspective I was shooting 109, 106, and 103 in June on this course. My last two rounds were 93 and 85. 

Wow! Dropping 20 (TWENTY!!!) strokes that quickly is quite an accomplishment!! Nice

[No3PuttLaLa]

1 hour ago, cksurfdude said:

Wow! Dropping 20 (TWENTY!!!) strokes that quickly is quite an accomplishment!! Nice

Had a lesson that helped me keep my arms connected to my body in my swing, shorten up back swing and a lot of lunchtime practice to get them engrained. It has been paying off, still at a 22 Handicap though. Shooting to get back to an 18.

[JerryB]

Owen and I played a little hooky and went out to Marengo Ridge up in Marengo.  Beautiful day.  We saw two groups and a single on the front nine, and no golfers on the back nine.  We both played pretty consistently; I think Owen shot 89 and bogeyed nearly every hole.  I had a run of six double bogeys to start the back nine on my way to a 102.  It was a little bit of everything:  eight 3 putts and six lost balls were the big culprits.  Also had distance control issues where early on I was long on a few approaches and then as I tired I started coming up short again and again.  I did have a couple of really good punchouts/stingers that aren't usually a part of my game.

We're supposed to play 18 at our home course tomorrow but might cut it to nine.  Then we've got an outing this Saturday and an outing next Sunday and possibly one or two more on the docket before the season ends.  I may not be playing all that great, but I'm a pretty good scramble partner!!

[ACalling]

Got out for 18 yesterday and had a fantastic round. Shot a 77, which is tied for my lowest ever, and a +5 to par which is also a tie for my best ever. It was actually at the same course, the very last time I played 18 there. My games been in a good spot lately and I kind of have been avoiding this track again since last time because I didnt want to lose that memory of my last great round there. Mentally I was prepared to have an average day, but of course still wanting to go as low as possible. I'd say best part of the day was fighting through a bogey-bogey-double stretch on 6,7 & 8, my least favorite holes on the course, to get to #9 a par 3 and having a great up and down par after a not so great tee shot. Really turned the mental game around for me. Not so long ago good round only lasted until my first bad hole and I struggled to bounce back from that. Handicap now down to a flat 8.0, lowest its ever been. Unlike the last time I was in the single digits I feel like this time its sustainable!

 

Gotta get out there again soon and launch em!

[gingerbeast87]

Taken a couple of days of annual leave to play some golf, did a round on the signature course at Woodlands. Managed to get round in 91, 4 pars the rest bogeys and doubles with two triples in for the mix. Mostly the putting that let me down, and the losing of four balls added a couple of strokes. But stableford score was 38 so very happy!!

[JerryB]

Owen and I played the front nine at River Heights today.  Since its our last weekday morning round together for the foreseeable future, we decided to do a best ball scramble to see how we do.  We were both a little off today compared to our usual standards but we managed to get around the front nine and post +2.  At least one of us always had a good usable drive but neither of us were hitting approach shots very well.  Once again I'm suddenly not rotating but rather almost throwing the club at the ball, resulting in pulls and hooks.  Our putting was decent enough; while we never really hit a long one, it never killed us, either.  A little bummed we ran out of time to also get the back nine in, but it was a good morning.

[gingerbeast87]

Day two of the golfing days off. Shot 16 over for the round (personal best). Got two birdies (one on a par 5 and the other was a chip in birdie on a par 3), three pars, and the rest ones or twos over. Stableford score was 43 for the round. This scorecard brings by handicap down to 26.4!! 

 

Damn but this is going well.

[Blaine Dye]

Played decent last night my putting is really starting to come together and im finally starting to what feels like see the green and know where its breaking alot better 

[Sluggo42]

After a week off due to the heartbreaking loss of our beloved pooch Jacob, I was able to finally play a full game. Surprisingly shot very well too, with 4 birdies, including a one hop- hit the pin and drop straight down to a foot on 18.

[cksurfdude]

Guess I'm turning into real golfer  ...

Played 18 yesterday and am slightly disappointed with a score that I would've been thrilled with at the start of this season = 94 (+23). On my prior 18 hole round I finished with a 93 .. after going +10 on just the last 4 holes (D'OH!!). 

So this round was a lot of silly little mistakes all over the course that added up, like -
.. although only 2 tee shots got me in real trouble and cost me a full stroke, after one of those I proceeded to totally screw up the punch-out escape shot and got to do it all over again  and the other tee shot penalty was a lost ball that I should've found but couldn't so had to take a drop;
.. had a few duffed second shots that went nowhere and few approaches hit way short;
.. with the worst part being my very inconsistent wedge game .. had *SIX* count 'em 6 x 2-chips ....

But on the plus side - 
.. driver: 9/14 were good to very good and another 3/14 were playable from a clear spot in the rough;
.. Par 3s: missed all 4 greens but made one up & down and just missed getting up and down on the other 3;
.. putting: distance control has really improved .. most 2nd putts were within 3 ft and a few others that were longer I was able to sink .. so *zero* 3-putts!! Had 31 total with 5 x 1-putts.

Overall .. while clearly some things still need a lotta more work .. I am encouraged with the direction my game is heading!

[cksurfdude]

31 minutes ago, Sluggo42 said:

the heartbreaking loss of our beloved pooch Jacob

...so sooo sorry to hear.... Very tough to lose a fur buddy

 

[sirchunksalot]

4 hours ago, Sluggo42 said:

After a week off due to the heartbreaking loss of our beloved pooch Jacob, I was able to finally play a full game. Surprisingly shot very well too, with 4 birdies, including a one hop- hit the pin and drop straight down to a foot on 18.

I'm very sorry to hear about your pooch. 

[Swood1994]

5 hours ago, Sluggo42 said:

After a week off due to the heartbreaking loss of our beloved pooch Jacob, I was able to finally play a full game. Surprisingly shot very well too, with 4 birdies, including a one hop- hit the pin and drop straight down to a foot on 18.

Sorry to hear about your doggo. No matter how many you have it never gets easier.

[Swood1994]

Got out for a quick 6 holes for my daughter’s first ever time on the golf course! This is truly a core memory for me and she really seemed to like it which is good news for dad! Props to my wife who took all the photos. 
 

Edited September 9 by Swood1994

[Dweed]

5 hours ago, Sluggo42 said:

 heartbreaking loss of our beloved pooch Jacob,

Glad you were able to get on the links. So sorry to hear about your pup. Family is family.  Something tells me Jacob had something to do with the 18th.  Most will say I'm a sap but hey. I believe what I believe and I'll own it.

[Dweed]

28 minutes ago, Swood1994 said:

You rock dad! Also kudos to mom.

[Lacassem]

1 hour ago, Swood1994 said:

Got out for a quick 5 holes for my daughter’s first ever time on the golf course! This is truly a core memory for me and she really seemed to like it which is good news for dad! Props to my wife who took all the photos. 
 

This is great!

[Prodigal Duffer]

When I used to play more regularly, I was a bogey (at best) golfer and only broke 90 twice. Now that I’ve taken the game back up and am practicing regularly, I have had the goal of breaking 90 (and eventually being consistently below 90). Last year, I sniffed it a few times. This year, I started off close but then fell apart over the summer. The past few weeks, I think I finally figured something out, and today was the chance to test it.

Well, I shot an 84! I hit the ball very well off the tee. Two penalty strokes and a couple duffed shots legitimately kept me from breaking 90. I’m excited and know what I need to work on. Great feeling!

[Josh Parker]

Congrats @Prodigal Duffer on breaking 90!  

 

[Sluggo42]

Thanks for the dog thoughts you guys, much appreciated..

now all y’all, get over to the nfl thread, and predict your lousy teams score for this weekend. Cuz half of ya will be cryin…