How'd you play?

[pulledabill]

Playeed a twilight  9 tonight out at Santiam to seek a little redemption from from my Tokatee blowup.

I will say I was a little nervous on the 1st box as my back 9 yesterday really leftme wondering. Smoked a 5w down the tube and breathed a big sigh of relief. Actually every shot was a sigh of relief. 

Hit really only two bad shots enroute to a +4.  Fanned a 7i on a par 3, and duffed a short chip on 9.

Amazing what can happen when you actually rotate, finish, and trust your swing. 

 

Edited May 30, 2020 by pulledabill

[Josh Ross]

6 hours ago, TCUFrog said:

42/37 to shoot 79 today at Trophy Club of Atlanta. Hit 12/14 fairways off the tee.

Recently regripped to the MCC Plus 4 grips and having a lot more control off the tee. Not sure if it’s mental or actual science but will confirm when I play next week


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I thought about hitting that place up next weekend. Haven't been before but pass it all the time when going to Alpharetta. Also pass The Manor a lot but I don't have a way in there yet.

[perseveringgolfer]

Havent posted in this thread for a few months as we've been in lockdown.

Just posting to say its eased after 67 days and I have a tee time for this afternoon yippee 

The weather here is hot and dry so I'm hoping the course is in ok condition and I play as well as I was pre lockdown, report later.

[Sluggo42]

4 hours ago, zrumble said:

By my standards I played abysmally today. Shot an 89 when I’ve been trending in the high 70s. My ball striking and decision making has been improving in my stride for scratch from a 5.  But I feel like I had a step back today. Front nine I put wedges in the water, and I haven’t putted well at all in my last 10 rounds or so. Too many 3 putts. My ball striking did get better as we went along, but I just don’t know why it doesn’t stick. It’s like I want to spin out and can’t square to the target resulting in a fat push fade unless I concentrate very hard on the club exiting perpendicular to my body.  Sorry for a bit of a rant. Just very frustrated today. 

I hear ya mate... some days ya just stink! Like I did today as well..

[zrumble]

21 minutes ago, Sluggo42 said:

I hear ya mate... some days ya just stink! Like I did today as well..

What a maddening game sometimes. Makes those good days feel so much better though! Hopefully we can both jump off the bogey train soon. 

[Peaksy68]

Started poorly, 5 over after 3 holes. Finished 11 over after finding a bit of form. Drove the ball well, putted ok. Wind was very tough, 20-25mph, from an unusual direction,, with lots of crosswinds. When I finished only one person had played to their handicap for the day.

[perseveringgolfer]

12 hours ago, perseveringgolfer said:

Havent posted in this thread for a few months as we've been in lockdown.

Just posting to say its eased after 67 days and I have a tee time for this afternoon yippee 

The weather here is hot and dry so I'm hoping the course is in ok condition and I play as well as I was pre lockdown, report later.

well it was scorchio and I think I forgot all the simple swing thoughts I had in winter that had me playing consistently the best I have had for years.

Pulls, heels, thins and a couple of J Arthurs were the order for the front 9. Remembered by key swing thoughts and feeling back 9 and it started to come back, but man its hard leaving golf for nearly 3 months and expect to play well. Back out Wednesday for game 2 of my weekly allowance of 2.

Good news is the range is open if no more than 3 at a time well apart, so will head down there at night when its cooler.

[CarlH]

Chased off the course by lightning and thunder...which was probably good because I wasn't playing particularly well.  Raining hard right now, which is good -- we need it, but we don't need the lightning.

[Josh Ross]

53 minutes ago, CarlH said:

Chased off the course by lightning and thunder...which was probably good because I wasn't playing particularly well.  Raining hard right now, which is good -- we need it, but we don't need the lightning.

This sounds completely made up but there's a random guy out there that can confirm it. I was playing a new course for the first time and was paired with a member. I went birdie, par, birdie to be -2 through 3. On the 4th I was in the middle of the fairway on a par 5 and wanted to go for it. He had a rangefinder in hand so I asked him for the number. I hit the ball right at the flag but it looked like it sailed way over the green. The closer we got I couldn't see the ball, but that's because it was 3 inches behind the hole! As I was walking to the green, the bottoms opened up and lightning hit a flag stick on the hole next to us. I ran up, tapped my ball in, and got out of there as fast as possible. Best round of my life, I was -4 through 4 and didn't get to finish.

[cksurfdude]

On 5/28/2020 at 7:03 PM, Kenny B said:

I shot 80 ... She shot 90.

Nice! Very nice!! Give Martha a Hi Five for me

[Jmikecpa]

Hit it more solid today than I have in months and still putting is holding me back. Shot 74 while hitting 15 greens, just not good at all. May give a short putter a go tomorrow just for something different.


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[cksurfdude]

On 5/28/2020 at 4:16 PM, THEZIPR23 said:

Absolutely. This is the number that the focus should be on. 

2 chips per round 1.26

Thanks for posting that! Coming from a competitive, + golfer that helps me put my own 2-chips (which I hate hate hate) (hate!) into better perspective

[DiscipleofPenick]

38-42=80 course finally dried out enough to move back to the tips, and this score is amazing given I hit tons of poofie shots today. Back 9 anyways plays tougher at the home course, but today the greens seemed off too. Back 9 greens were at least a place slower than front and very bumpy.

Take Dead Aim

[tony@CIC]

This sounds completely made up but there's a random guy out there that can confirm it. I was playing a new course for the first time and was paired with a member. I went birdie, par, birdie to be -2 through 3. On the 4th I was in the middle of the fairway on a par 5 and wanted to go for it. He had a rangefinder in hand so I asked him for the number. I hit the ball right at the flag but it looked like it sailed way over the green. The closer we got I couldn't see the ball, but that's because it was 3 inches behind the hole! As I was walking to the green, the bottoms opened up and lightning hit a flag stick on the hole next to us. I ran up, tapped my ball in, and got out of there as fast as possible. Best round of my life, I was -4 through 4 and didn't get to finish.

Are you sure you weren't dreaming that you were the 'Bishop' in Caddyshack


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[Getoffmylawn]

42-39; had a rough day with the wedges at Iron Horse Golf Club in Ashland, Nebraska. Bladed a couple and even broke out the dreaded s-word on another.

I think when I get a wedge in hand I’m getting lazy and making an arm swing instead of a full turn. It would explain the hosel rocket and skulls.

The sh1t of it (and I know many of you feel my pain) is I won’t get to a course or range until Tuesday, which gives me over 2 days to stew on it. In the interim, the same four GOLFTEC drills I do over and over and over and over... Plus, week 2 of SuperSpeed Level 1 begins Monday!

 

 

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[cksurfdude]

Back to the nearby short 9-holer with my honey (easiest course in the area to get a tee time on!) on a bright, warm late Spring day with an intermittent breeze.

Side note: windsurfed yesterday for the first time in a looooong time, and yes .. lots of tired muscles today! So I wasn't "expecting" much .. just wanted to hit the ball solidly...

**EDIT**

ooops, penalty .. actually made +6, not +5 .. mentally reviewed the round and realized Hole #6 was a Double, not bogey..... After a great tee shot (center into the dogleg) had about 150 left into a small, sloped green so decided to lay up; that shot was ok but then I left the wedge in short and in the bunker .. got out ok but then 2 putted downhill .. so 5 strokes in all to get them from 150... (yuck)

**

...which I was able to do, for the most part, and finished with a +6 (Par 35) -- 4 strokes better vs last outing there and only 2 off my recent PB there. (Yea!)

Started off with a solid tee shot, hit a solid enough 2nd but pulled it a bit left off the green, chip on was solid enough but rolled out further than desired and couldn't sink the first putt - so decent enough bogey.

Second hole is where I stunk it up a bit .. topped tee shot (but hey still in the fairway ), chunked second and still short, pulled the 3rd left again but on the left fringe .. and then .. 3 putts .. from not that far way... (D'OH!)

After that little detour got back to hitting a lot of solid shots -- if we're counting that topped shot (we are, right?) hit 6/7 fairways (absolutely unheard of for me) and the 7th I was actually aiming for the left rough and hit close to my target!

Hit 5 GIRs (also absolutely heretofore unheard of for me), including the highlight shot today was an 8i from 130 out to less than 2 feet!

If you zoom in (pin is back-left) you can see my pitch mark between the ball and the hole.

Yes .. made the putt for a birdie (whoo hoo!).

That pink ball is my wife's - she chipped on from in front of the green and just caught the slope going down towards the hole .. just a touch more ooomph and she would've been really close!

On the flip side, the downside of my game today was putting; have been pretty good at generally avoiding 3 putts and 2-putting almost everything, and even an occasional look at an oh-so-close-cudda 1 putt.

So overall...

..1 birdie, 3 pars, 3 bogeys, 2 doubles .. with no penalties, no 2-chips, but 2 x 3-putts (19 putts total).

 

Oh, ps: surfing tomorrow morning. Hello Advil!

[downlowkey]

5 hours ago, Jmikecpa said:

Hit it more solid today than I have in months and still putting is holding me back. Shot 74 while hitting 15 greens, just not good at all. May give a short putter a go tomorrow just for something different.

Man I sure hope you’re able to scrounge up a spare putter on such short notice.

[yungkory]

PB ALERT

75

6/14 FiR

9/18 GiR

27 putts (0 3-putts)

It finally happened. Things worked in unison and for the first time I felt like I could actually be decent at this maddening game!

Sank a 15-ish foot putt on the first hole and thought, "oh no, the dreaded first hole birdie"

After 2 bogeys and 2 more birdies, I stood -1 on the 9th tee box and totally blocked one to the right. Heard it hit the cart path and I would later discover that it went OB. Wasn't able to get up and down from 178 and made a disheartening triple. I thought that I completed the choke as I normally, inevitably do.

However, after missing the green 10y right on the next hole, I chipped in for birdie and got back on the "what did I step in this morning, is this really happening" train.

Kept it steady and I knew I was well below my previous best score of 79 standing on the 18th tee. Semi blocked one but got a lucky bounce and ended up here

Thankful that I didn't choke, I hit the next one extremely thin into the front pot bunker. Almost up and downed it but lipped the putt because it had a little too much pace. I knew I had beaten my previous best, but didn't know it was by 4 strokes!

Absolutely stoked right now!! Thanks for listening to my story, internet friends

[dlow206]

11 minutes ago, yungkory said:

PB ALERT

75

6/14 FiR

9/18 GiR

27 putts (0 3-putts)

It finally happened. Things worked in unison and for the first time I felt like I could actually be decent at this maddening game!

Sank a 15-ish foot putt on the first hole and thought, "oh no, the dreaded first hole birdie"

After a 2 bogeys and 2 more birdies, I stood -1 on the 9th tee box and totally blocked one to the right. Heard it hit the cart path and I would later discover that it went OB. Wasn't able to get up and down from 178 and made a disheartening triple. I thought that I completed the choke as I normally, inevitably do.

However, after missing the green 10y right on the next hole, I chipped in for birdie and got back on the "what did I step in this morning, is this really happening" train.

Kept it steady and I knew I was well below my previous best score of 79 standing on the 18th tee. Semi blocked one but got a lucky bounce and ended up here

 

Thankful that I didn't choke, I hit the next one extremely thin into the front pot bunker. Almost up and downed it but lipped the putt because it had a little too much pace. I knew I had beaten my previous best, but didn't know it was by 4 strokes!

Absolutely stoked right now!! Thanks for listening to my story, internet friends

Nice work, sounds like the Stability shaft worked out well

[yungkory]

32 minutes ago, dlow206 said:

Nice work, sounds like the Stability shaft worked out well

It's funny because on the practice green, I couldn't make anything from like 10 feet. Like I said, I stepped in some lucky dog poop or something haha. My friend's friend who played with us was like "wow how many birdies is that?" That's not something I've ever been asked!