How'd you play?

[PMookie 10,959]

Big drop on the back. What is it on the front so you think? Not warmed up? Not in the groove yet? still he’ll of a round  

 

Yeah, the range was closed, so it took me 5-6 holes to get a feel for my swing today.I did have this on 17, a par 5, that led to my birdie. Full-club wind, downwind!

 

 

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[Kenny B 20,589]

Two bad rounds this weekend... 94 and 88.  I had a chance to break 100 which I have never done at my course.  

I'm still waiting for the good break I'm supposed to get; I had 10-12 bad breaks, and I almost got hit by a tee shot from #5 while I was by the green on #6.  Landed maybe 10 feet away while I was in my downswing on a pitch shot.  Chunked it.  Had a shot to the green that landed over the bunker in the rough, bounced straight up, then rolled back off the steep lip into the bunker.  When I got to the green I didn't see my ball into bunker, until I looked further out.  How does a ball roll off the edge of a bunker and end up 15 yards away from the green?  I'll tell you... it had to have hit this large rock and bounced straight way from the green. A 10 foot bunker shot is a lot easier than a 40 foot carry bunker shot.  My second bunker shot was to 4 feet.  I could go on and on about the bad breaks; where is the good break?

Edit:  Forgot to mention the kid that was warming up on the range next to me, hitting towering iron shots.  He was carrying his bag in the foursome behind us.  When I was on the par 5 #6 approaching the green, I looked back and there was a ball on the narrowest part of the fairway between bunkers.  I've never been close to that spot off the tee, and he was playing from the tips.  As I walked off the green, got in the cart, I saw him hit his second shot.  The ball landed on the front of the green and rolled past the middle pin, just missing.  I almost got to see an Albatross; never seen one before.

[Kenny B 20,589]

8 hours ago, fozcycle said:

RAINOUT DAY 2:

Course is closed as it is unplayable......Lord help me, how will I survive?
 

Try not playing for 6.5 weeks!!!

[Kenny B 20,589]

6 hours ago, edingc said:

- 42/43 = 85 (+13)
- 5/15 FIR
- 6/18 GIR (1 birdie)
- 35 Putts  (2 3-putts, 13 2-putts, 3 1-putts)
- 2:30 Round Time

Driver - Good, Irons - Average, Short Game - Average, Putting - Poor

Considering the front nine could only be classified as a gigantic dumpster fire, I'm ecstatic with the score. At some point around No. 7 tee, I cussed myself out a little and finally just willed myself to put better swings on the ball. Had nice drives on No. 7 (hardest hole on the course, which I parred), No. 9 (birdie, missed an eagle from the fairway by inches), No. 10, and then just absolutely nailed three straight on 14-16, including hitting the green on No. 15 which is a 274-yard par 4 that was playing uphill into the wind today. 

Still cannot buy a putt and the combination of poor putting and having tree trouble on nine (!) holes really made it hard to have any chance of scoring well today. I'm getting very good at hitting low stingers from out under the trees, but in almost every case that means I need to play a perfect hole from then on to have a chance at par, and my short game is just not currently up to that challenge.

Since getting to the driving range on May 22 following my lesson earlier in May, I've shot 18-holes scores of 85, 83, 84, 86, 84 and 85. Consistent, but I'll need to see some improvement from my putting if I hope to do anything other than shoot mid-80s.

Have you tried putting lessons?  Most people don't give putting much love when it comes to lessons.  I guess they think it's such a simple motion, and they can figure out how to get better by themselves.  It does take practice, but knowing what's wrong, what to practice and how to practice pays dividends.

[CarlH 4,090]

79 today.  No birdies, no skins, no wins.  Got thru a round without a double, though!  So, I got that going for me.

[edingc 6,451]

51 minutes ago, Kenny B said:

Have you tried putting lessons?  Most people don't give putting much love when it comes to lessons.  I guess they think it's such a simple motion, and they can figure out how to get better by themselves.  It does take practice, but knowing what's wrong, what to practice and how to practice pays dividends.

I'm thinking during my next lesson in a few weeks I might have my coach just take a quick look. Can't hurt! The stroke is better than last year, at least.

[Jmikecpa 12,204]

Another great day of ball striking and above average around the greens and flat out garbage on the greens. Benching the long putter for a week and giving the rebuilt stroke with the short putter a go. Said I wasn’t going to do it but can’t keep shooting mid 70’s when I hit 14 greens and miss one fairway.

 

 

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[PAgolfer2017 1,913]

42/42 today. Would love to shoot a round in the 70s at some point. Getting closer!


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[Miboy62 1,777]

43/41= 84 (7/one putts = 29) on hole 17 snowman, other than that, not a bad day.

 

[fozcycle 10,734]

How many inches so far for you?

6.5” so far this month


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Cobra King F8(10.5*) w/ Mitdubishi Tense ck Blue Regular; 3W & 5W Cobra King F8 w/ Mitsubishi Tense ck Blue Regular shafts; Tour Edge CBX119 22* Hybrid w/Project X Evenflo Regular shaft; Wilson Staff D-7 5-PW w/UST Mamiya Recoil 460 Regular graphite shafts; Cobra King F8 Gw(50*)SW(54*)LW(58*)all w/UST Mamiya Recoil 460 ES regular shafts.Putter: Tommy Armour Impact No. 3; Bag: Cobra Ultralight Cart bag, Peaccoat Blue.

[Rickp 18,035]

6.5” so far this month


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Cobra King F8(10.5*) w/ Mitdubishi Tense ck Blue Regular; 3W & 5W Cobra King F8 w/ Mitsubishi Tense ck Blue Regular shafts; Tour Edge CBX119 22* Hybrid w/Project X Evenflo Regular shaft; Wilson Staff D-7 5-PW w/UST Mamiya Recoil 460 Regular graphite shafts; Cobra King F8 Gw(50*)SW(54*)LW(58*)all w/UST Mamiya Recoil 460 ES regular shafts.Putter: Tommy Armour Impact No. 3; Bag: Cobra Ultralight Cart bag, Peaccoat Blue.

You guys on the coast get more than us.


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[Josh Ross 544]

Played 9 holes today, shot 36 (E).

7/9 GIR, had two birdies and two bogies. 144 yard par 3, hit 9 iron pin high to five feet. Birdie putt lipped out, par putt lipped out. Ugh.

New swing is getting dialed in, handicap should start dropping again soon!

[knightsofnii 943]

First swing the bev cart was rolling up behind me, and never let up.  I topped the s#!+ out of it as she motored by.  

Took a re tee, it's sunday and I'm not on tour .  Par.  Birdie.  Par.  

I've not been -1 (with an asterisk) thru 3 holes in a long time.  After that I kinda blew it.  44 front 9.  On the back I ended up waiting so long for the groups in front of me.  A kid caught up and we played together.  I switched tees to back where he was teeing from and kept up, but stopped keeping score even though I did ok.   Combined my front 9 with a prev 41 for 85 which is pretty darn low for me 

[silver & black 5,254]

Well.... I only shot +11 today on the same 9...lol. Maybe I'll be able to squeak out a bogey round the next time...lol.

 

I know what the problem is. I just can't make myself fix it. I'm raising up at the moment of impact and just cutting the ball in half with every club. I need to stay down in the shot. Why is this so hard when you know what you're doing wrong?

[knightsofnii 943]

Turn right to go left, swing down, ball go up .

Ever try moving your stance so the ball is an inch or two back from normal toward back foot?  Then just take the same swing and you might find bottom

[chisag 10,325]

... Might as well ride this streak as long as I can. 15-20 mph winds today and I was just a little off with most everything. Played with the most deliberate golfer that just took forever to do anything with a club in his hand. Pull the club, look from behind the intended line for a good 20 seconds. Take his stance and freeze for 5 seconds then take a very deliberate practice swing and hold his finish for another 5 seconds. Finally get over the ball and repeat: freeze for 5 seconds and then take a very deliberate swing and hold his finish after a poor shot. It was difficult to get in any rhythm and I started out with 4 pars and then a bogie. Followed that with a birdie then pars for the rest of the front and thankfully he quit after 9, leaving me with a Dad and his 18 yr old that were pleasant enough to play with but pretty quiet.

... Since they were in a cart and I was walking not much interaction but at least a better flow. 2 birdies on the back for a 70. Probably could have had another birdie, or at least a chance for one on 18 with a solid lay up and a LW but I had 226 to clear a bunker guarding the front and be on in 2 for an eagle opportunity. Hit it well but only 224 and fried egged into the lip. Blasted out sideways and got up and down for par. Go big or go home right? I will add the course I have been playing for this streak is only 6357 yds, has a rating of 70.7 and a slope of 126. 

...That makes 5 rounds in a row under par and I have never done that before so like I said, gonna ride this out. T100-S were back in the bag and hard to believe I already have more confidence in them after a couple weeks than my P790's. To be fair I played them for almost 2 years with Recoil Prototypes and only have 3 rounds with the new ones and Steelfiber 95's and I just don't seem to get along with the Steelfibers. I think I will play my P760's tomorrow with the Recoil PT's and see how it goes. Supposed to be 94* and humid so will the streak continue? 

[Peaksy68 3,668]

Played my first round with a fellow spy when @Blueberry_Squishie joined me for a game at Curlewis. I played a bit scrappily, struggled with my irons most of the day. Drove it ok, 10/14 fairways, putted ok but missed a few I'd normally make or at least give more of a chance. Hit poor putts on 3 good birdie chances, 2 of which were on holes I haven't birdied yet this year. Finished 9 over playing off 6. Highlight of the day came from @Blueberry_Squishie with a great birdie on the 14th after 2 poor shots he flushed a long iron from a long way out and rolled in a 25 foot putt that was never going to miss. Lowlight was me forgetting to inform him the new 9th green hadn't been updated on the GPS and he flushed hit shot straight over the green out of bounds. Poor hosting on my behalf.

Thoroughly enjoyed my round with @Blueberry_Squishie and hope we can tee it up again in the future.

[Kenny B 20,589]

44 minutes ago, silver & black said:

Well.... I only shot +11 today on the same 9...lol. Maybe I'll be able to squeak out a bogey round the next time...lol.

 

I know what the problem is. I just can't make myself fix it. I'm raising up at the moment of impact and just cutting the ball in half with every club. I need to stay down in the shot. Why is this so hard when you know what you're doing wrong?

A poor term is "muscle memory", but it's really the brain communicating with the muscles.  It's engrained.  You can't get rid of a bad habit; you have to replace the old habit with a new habit, and that takes many reps doing it right.  Don't do enough and you go right back to what the brain knows how to do.

[Sluggo42 5,741]

we're rolling into a little heat wave for this week coming up, so Ill play a round down off the beach this week on Tuesday

 

[Blueberry_Squishie 88]

1 hour ago, Peaksy68 said:

Played my first round with a fellow spy when @Blueberry_Squishie joined me for a game at Curlewis. I played a bit scrappily, struggled with my irons most of the day. Drove it ok, 10/14 fairways, putted ok but missed a few I'd normally make or at least give more of a chance. Hit poor putts on 3 good birdie chances, 2 of which were on holes I haven't birdied yet this year. Finished 9 over playing off 6. Highlight of the day came from @Blueberry_Squishie with a great birdie on the 14th after 2 poor shots he flushed a long iron from a long way out and rolled in a 25 foot putt that was never going to miss. Lowlight was me forgetting to inform him the new 9th green hadn't been updated on the GPS and he flushed hit shot straight over the green out of bounds. Poor hosting on my behalf.

Thoroughly enjoyed my round with @Blueberry_Squishie and hope we can tee it up again in the future.

Was a good day out. First time playing a course with such varying terrain and severe punishment for hitting in the wrong spots as Curlewis is always tricky. After playing a few times I would definitely be better at judging the different elevations etc. Also didn't help that I couldn't hit driver even close to straight. Got punished hard for missed drives.

 

The approach on the 9th didn't look right to my eye but there had been others on earlier holes where it hadn't looked right either and I ended up a club short.

 

I'll be on leave from work in two weeks time so if a trip up the Princes is on the cards, I can show @Peaksy68 around Werribee any day.

Edited June 8 by Blueberry_Squishie