How'd you play?

[perseveringgolfer 4,792]

played ok today but the course is very wet, very muddy and the greens have been tined and a layer of sand on them. Not fun playing in that, plus it rained for 5 holes!

 

On a positive I took out the Titleist TS3 demo club today and it was longer, more forgiving, nicer sound than my Cobra F9....damn!

it's 9.5 and the flight was better than my 10.5 Cobra- go figure.

[cksurfdude 7,577]

On 8/12/2019 at 12:04 PM, TR1PTIK said:

I noticed how effortlessly I pounded driver on #7 (the only hole where it comes out of the bag) and made a conscious decision to use a similar tempo and action for all swings the second time around. I gained nearly a full club in distance while producing the same or eerily similar trajectories!

[cksurfdude 7,577]

On 8/12/2019 at 4:43 PM, PMookie said:

I had to buy a shirt in the pro-shop just to get home without dripping.

I throw a spare shirt into the car on those days!

[Yadirtydog! 45]

Played a relatively tough course on Saturday in the morning as to attempt to beat the heat. Still hot as hell, but ended up with a 75. Lots of missed birdie opportunities from well within 10 feet. 

 

It's golf.

[cksurfdude 7,577]

Went back to a fun little course I've played a number of times the past few seasons, but only once or twice this year. It's a short 9-holer, barely 2500 yds and unrated, with a few uphill/downhill shots and three doglegs. My goal .. as it is with any other course .. is to get down to bogey golf. Had not been able to do that here in the past ... always a few shots more than a bogey average.

But I seem to generally be playing better more recently (including a career-to-date low of 92!) so went back there as sort of a test...

Which I passed!!

Finished at +8 (Par 35; one Par 5) thanks to four pars which offset a back-to-back Double and Triple, and also had three bogeys. Yea!

The Double happened after a bad tee shot right on a dogleg right (yep - under the tree on the inside corner) .. then got the second close to about 10 yds left of the front of the green .. and instead of just bumping the third off a downslope to get onto the green I decided to get handsy (d'oh) and blade it all the way over the green.... And a too-tentative fourth didn't leave me close enough; two putt for a 6.

The Triple on the next hole, a dogleg left Par 5 with an uphill approach, happened after I pulled my tee shot left into the trees OB. But on the flip side - I made very solid contact and that ball was MOOOVING! Second tee pushed right, but playable, so worked to finish with a bogey on that second ball from there which I did.

Had another silly 2-chip on one of the Par 3s where (I was pin-high right about 5 yds off and) I left the first one short of the fringe and it stuck in the rough, plus two or three other places where I chipped a bit past my "spot" -- so still have plenty of work to do on trajectory and distance control.

No 3-putts; plus had three or four decent chances to sink a nice 1-putt but couldn't quite get the speed and line exactly right... 

Overall happy with the progress of my game. 

Most tee shots are good or playable, and am starting to stretch out a bit of distance on a few of them; while second shots and approaches are also generally getting closer to their intended targets. Sure there are still misses and mis-hits (mostly due to my #1 swing error in not moving target-ward so hitting behind the ball...) but on the whole the trend seems to be positive!!

[hartrick11 462]

I seem to have 2 nemesis holes on each of the 4 regular courses I play. The latest round was no different, doubling both of these holes, which along with a few putts that burned edges and a couple sloppy chips led to another uninspiring 85. The HC is officially trending up for the first time since February.

Typically these holes involve trouble left, with either driver or long irons required off the tee, and my old standby miss is a pull hook. I have worked this year on a swing change to reduce the frequency of this miss (shoutout to Monte & Rebellion Golf!), but I have had an increasing number of misses from mis-alignment (not trusting the new swing & ball flight when I should) and also some new errors as I work to ingrain the new swing . I know overall the swing is in a much better place, but the doubt still creeps in at the worst times...

[fozcycle 11,032]

Shot 42/36; 78 at Babe Zaharias today.....with one Birdie(Par 3 # 8). Started with a double on the first hole then went par, par, par, par....seemed to be striking the ball well today. Got paid for two Closest To The Pins and one Skin for $68.....


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[Sluggo42 5,941]

New shirt the wife bought me, with buttons... +8 front 9

new shirt from pro shop at the turn... even on the back...

for a 79 total...

[THEZIPR23 5,013]

71

8/14 fir

12/18 gir

29 putts

Finally getting my body to consistently repeat what I have been trying to do all year. Good things coming. 

[Kenny B 21,742]

My wife and I were in Seattle this past weekend.  Yesterday we played 9 holes with her brother on his course south of downtown.  Here's a view down #.  Seattle skyline in the distance, and if you look closely up in the sky, you can see a jet landing at SeaTac airport.  They fly over at 90 sec intervals; drove me crazy!!

I started off triple, double, bogey, par.  Horrible, but I got better each hole I played, so there was that.  Didn't get much better; didn't even keep score.

Today we played at Mt. Si GC just off I-90 east of Seattle on our way home.  We played with a bunch of friends that we see about once a year.  We had 3 groups; two groups of guys and one group of ladies.  So, of the 8 guys I was the third youngest at 72; five guys were between 75 and 79.  Myself and the two younger guys played the White tees at 6100y; the others played the Gold tees at 5475y, which was also where the ladies played.  The game was the two best scores per hole from the ladies group vs. the two worst scores per hole from each group of guys.  The ladies won!!!

I shot 80 with only one birdie and 2 doubles.
9 fairways
6 GIR
29 putts

I've played this course once before about 7 years ago.

[Kenny B 21,742]

7 hours ago, hartrick11 said:

I seem to have 2 nemesis holes on each of the 4 regular courses I play. The latest round was no different, doubling both of these holes, which along with a few putts that burned edges and a couple sloppy chips led to another uninspiring 85. The HC is officially trending up for the first time since February.

Typically these holes involve trouble left, with either driver or long irons required off the tee, and my old standby miss is a pull hook. I have worked this year on a swing change to reduce the frequency of this miss (shoutout to Monte & Rebellion Golf!), but I have had an increasing number of misses from mis-alignment (not trusting the new swing & ball flight when I should) and also some new errors as I work to ingrain the new swing . I know overall the swing is in a much better place, but the doubt still creeps in at the worst times...

Best of luck on the new swing.  Just finished a clinic this weekend in Seattle with Monte.  Lots of good stuff, and I have one big issue to work on.  If I can accomplish it, I think I will be playing some of my best golf.  Lots of practice coming up!!

[Kenny B 21,742]

14 hours ago, cksurfdude said:

I throw a spare shirt into the car on those days!

My wife calls my car... "a closet".  I'm prepared for anything!!  YES, anything!!!!

[golfertrb 1,529]

My wife and I were in Seattle this past weekend.  Yesterday we played 9 holes with her brother on his course south of downtown.  Here's a view down #.  Seattle skyline in the distance, and if you look closely up in the sky, you can see a jet landing at SeaTac airport.  They fly over at 90 sec intervals; drove me crazy!!

I started off triple, double, bogey, par.  Horrible, but I got better each hole I played, so there was that.  Didn't get much better; didn't even keep score.
Today we played at Mt. Si GC just off I-90 east of Seattle on our way home.  We played with a bunch of friends that we see about once a year.  We had 3 groups; two groups of guys and one group of ladies.  So, of the 8 guys I was the third youngest at 72; five guys were between 75 and 79.  Myself and the two younger guys played the White tees at 6100y; the others played the Gold tees at 5475y, which was also where the ladies played.  The game was the two best scores per hole from the ladies group vs. the two worst scores per hole from each group of guys.  The ladies won!!!
I shot 80 with only one birdie and 2 doubles.
9 fairways
6 GIR
29 putts
I've played this course once before about 7 years ago.

Looks beautiful - I was in Seattle on business several years ago and had no time to play but there was a lovely course near the church where I was consulting and it was SO lush - looked amazing. The planes would be annoying...


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[golfertrb 1,529]

Shot 42/36; 78 at Babe Zaharias today.....with one Birdie(Par 3 # 8). Started with a double on the first hole then went par, par, par, par....seemed to be striking the ball well today. Got paid for two Closest To The Pins and one Skin for $68.....


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I played there years ago - I remember enjoying it but it's been awhile. I played with some high school golfers last week and one of them asked me the best courses I have played and most of them were in Florida - I miss Florida golf - especially in February

That said, I know the rain is terrible there now. My mom's property is about underwater.


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[MaxEntropy 6,429]

Last night was a strange night for me in our league. The first hole started well - 3W right down the middle, GW to the back of the green, 2-putt for par. Every other tee shot was either a high flare to the right (two times) or a pull hook (three times). I hate it when the two-way miss shows up. I scrambled fairly well from there, ending up +11 with 14 putts. I also had 3 penalties due to the crappy tee shots, so I feel like it could have been a nice round for me if I could have gotten off the tee.

[cnosil 13,796]

if you look closely up in the sky, you can see a jet landing at SeaTac airport.  They fly over at 90 sec intervals; drove me crazy!!

You would really go crazy around my area. I occasionally play a course that is down the street from an Air Force base and F-22s are flying around. Seems like they are only a few hundred feet above you when landing. At the end of the day, they are landing at a regular interval.

[GolfSpy Stroker 10,159]

another league day, another 3 under round....

one more week to go and an 8 stroke lead; pretty happy with how I played this year, worst round was even par and everything else was under and, being a best ball league, we use my shots more than 50 percent of the time.  (ed: it's a 9 hole league)

[bmaru99 154]

6 hours ago, Kenny B said:

My wife and I were in Seattle this past weekend.  Yesterday we played 9 holes with her brother on his course south of downtown.  Here's a view down #.  Seattle skyline in the distance, and if you look closely up in the sky, you can see a jet landing at SeaTac airport.  They fly over at 90 sec intervals; drove me crazy!!

I started off triple, double, bogey, par.  Horrible, but I got better each hole I played, so there was that.  Didn't get much better; didn't even keep score.

Today we played at Mt. Si GC just off I-90 east of Seattle on our way home.  We played with a bunch of friends that we see about once a year.  We had 3 groups; two groups of guys and one group of ladies.  So, of the 8 guys I was the third youngest at 72; five guys were between 75 and 79.  Myself and the two younger guys played the White tees at 6100y; the others played the Gold tees at 5475y, which was also where the ladies played.  The game was the two best scores per hole from the ladies group vs. the two worst scores per hole from each group of guys.  The ladies won!!!

I shot 80 with only one birdie and 2 doubles.
9 fairways
6 GIR
29 putts

I've played this course once before about 7 years ago.

That is what they call, hitting for a cycle in baseball. It's a shame it isn't a good thing in golf. 

Regarless, that course is looking clean

[cksurfdude 7,577]

11 hours ago, Kenny B said:

Just finished a clinic this weekend in Seattle with Monte.  Lots of good stuff, and I have one big issue to work on.  If I can accomplish it, I think I will be playing some of my best golf.  Lots of practice coming up!!

Looking forward to seeing the new, improved swing!!

[fixyurdivot 7,585]

7 hours ago, cnosil said:

 

You would really go crazy around my area. I occasionally play a course that is down the street from an Air Force base and F-22s are flying around. Seems like they are only a few hundred feet above you when landing. At the end of the day, they are landing at a regular interval.

 

Same when we play Desert Hills in Yuma.  MCAS Yuma flies the F-35 and it's hard not to stop and watch them; especially when they hover and rotate 360 degrees.