How'd you play?

[Kenny B]

Oh yeah... forgot to mention...  paramedics out on the course is NOT something you want to see.  

On the par 5 #6 an old gentleman was hit in the temple with a ball; knocked unconscious, but was awake when the EMT's got there; went to the hospital.

[Golfspy_CG2]

So today was an interesting round.

Shot 105...But!!!!  

For those that dont' know, I'm in the middle of having cataract surgery on both eyes.  My Right eye was done two weeks ago, my  left eye was supposed to be done yesterday but had to be canclled due to an emergency with the surgeon.   So I decided to give it a go playing with "one eye"  It was interestng.   Hitting off the tee was not a probelm really, but hitting off the turf was. First I would often see 3 balls until until blinked a few times and refocused. Still it led to some pretty poor shots that resulted in several penalty strokes througout the round. 

Putting was difficult at first, but then I found a method that worked ok.  Even made some nice 5 to 8 footers,  and one 15 footer for par. We're in the stretch run of our league and playoff spots are at stake. So I don't want to sit out the next three weekis.   As long as I show up and play I get the points for that, and who knows maybe a "blind squirl" will find a CTP every now and then for some bonus points. 

 

[DiscipleofPenick]

1 hour ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

I'm not sure when the last time I shot 76 (I know what you are thinking, poor Tom complaining about a 76) 

Lol yep, considering I i just posted a 76 and that's one of my best rounds this year. Though I'm basically playing once a week. i'm going to get out Sunday too, so I'm hoping the good times continue.

[revkev]

Played in a charity scramble today which means my team didn’t win because we played by the rules of a scramble.

We had 2 young guys in our group so I joked that I would never hit driver because it wouldn’t be necessary - until they said 65 and over were playing up a set of tees.

I only missed 1 fairway all day and we used a number of my drives.

 

Just not hitting my irons well at all right now. Taking a lesson on Sunday after church. 

 

[bens197]

79

12/18 greens

11/14 fairways

I feel gross…so many wasted opportunities today. 

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

13 minutes ago, bens197 said:

79

12/18 greens

11/14 fairways

I feel gross…so many wasted opportunities today. 

I feel ya, so many like this for me this year. 

[bens197]

53 minutes ago, Lacassem said:

I feel ya, so many like this for me this year. 

It’s baffling. 
 

Putts felt good just couldn’t make a thing. Drove the ball so freaking good today. 

Still was a great day. 

[chisag]

... Played on one of my favorite Mountain courses yesterday that I never seem to score well when playing. Verrado Founders and the mountains really effect some putts but not others. Crazy difficult to read and I only play there a couple times a year so they remain a mystery. My friend took a photo of my 7 iron on the 165 yd par 3 that was one of only 2 birdies. About 8 feet below the flag with no break, thankfully. But I also added 4 bogies to shoot a 74. Most of the back 9 is right up against some mountains that are behind me in the video so you can't see them. One par 4 goes straight up the mountain like a ramp and while it is only 282 it plays much longer. The diabolical green has a huge false front and anything not past the middle comes back down 30 yds and you have another shot where you can't see the bottom of the flag. You have to play long and the comeback putt looks very uphill but you are coming down the mountain and it is actually pretty flat. Easy to roll past the pin and back down the mountain, which my pard did and ended up with a triple bogie.

... There is also an Air Force base nearby and they do two team flyovers insanely low and it looks just like Top Gun! A fun day even if I didn't score well. 

[chisag]

12 minutes ago, bens197 said:

It’s baffling. 
 

Putts felt good just couldn’t make a thing. Drove the ball so freaking good today. 

Still was a great day. 

 

... Dayum, 11 of 14 fairways and I am guessing not lay ups with irons and 12 greens! But like the Bug from Dire Straits:

 

Well it's a strange old game, you learn it slow
One step forward and it's back to go
You're standing on the throttle
You're standing on the brakes
In the groove 'til you make a mistake

Sometimes you're the windshield
Sometimes you're the bug
Sometimes you're the Louisville slugger baby
Sometimes you're the ball

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

48 minutes ago, bens197 said:

It’s baffling. 
 

Putts felt good just couldn’t make a thing. Drove the ball so freaking good today. 

Still was a great day. 

Day on the course is always a blessing

[Rickp]

5 minutes ago, Lacassem said:

Day on the course is always a blessing

Got that right

[Kenny B]

12 minutes ago, Lacassem said:

Day on the course is always a blessing

I do seem to pray a lot there.

[Rickp]

3 minutes ago, Kenny B said:

I do seem to pray a lot there.

Well…….I kinda do……

[bens197]

53 minutes ago, chisag said:

 

... Dayum, 11 of 14 fairways and I am guessing not lay ups with irons and 12 greens! But like the Bug from Dire Straits:

 

Well it's a strange old game, you learn it slow
One step forward and it's back to go
You're standing on the throttle
You're standing on the brakes
In the groove 'til you make a mistake

Sometimes you're the windshield
Sometimes you're the bug
Sometimes you're the Louisville slugger baby
Sometimes you're the ball

Knopfler was too good. 
 

It was disciplined, just couldn’t execute. 

[Rickp]

4 minutes ago, bens197 said:

Knopfler was too good. 
 

It was disciplined, just couldn’t execute. 

Mark Knopfler Great live!

[chisag]

3 minutes ago, Rickp said:

Mark Knopfler Great live!

 

... I introduced them at Poplar Creek in the Chicago suburbs and was gonna stay for a few songs as it was my 3rd concert intro night in a row and I was tired. Started off with Private Investigation but played the 2nd half of the song first and as usual with great bands live, just jammed the he!! out of it for about 20 minutes. "One more song and I'm going home" lasted through the encore.   Still one of my favorite concerts ever. 

... One of my others was James Taylor and I was expecting an acoustic night with wall to wall ballads. He started off with Steamroller and that one lasted close to 1/2 hr and I had no idea JT could rock like that. In fact most all night was a Bluesy Rock n Roll jam. He sent his band and back up singers off stage and said "Now would be a good time ti use the bathroom" and sat down on a stool and played an extended version of Sweet Baby James in a soft and sweet diametrically different presentation than the rest of the night. And sure enough about 1/3rd of the crowd went to the bathroom/bar and were back by the next rock jam. That concert was nothing like I expected. 

 

[Rickp]

3 minutes ago, chisag said:

 

... I introduced them at Poplar Creek in the Chicago suburbs and was gonna stay for a few songs as it was my 3rd concert intro night in a row and I was tired. Started off with Private Investigation but played the 2nd half of the song first and as usual with great bands live, just jammed the he!! out of it for about 20 minutes. "One more song and I'm going home" lasted through the encore.   Still one of my favorite concerts ever. 

... One of my others was James Taylor and I was expecting an acoustic night with wall to wall ballads. He started off with Steamroller and that one lasted close to 1/2 hr and I had no idea JT could rock like that. In fact most all night was a Bluesy Rock n Roll jam. He sent his band and back up singers off stage and said "Now would be a good time ti use the bathroom" and sat down on a stool and played an extended version of Sweet Baby James in a soft and sweet diametrically different presentation than the rest of the night. And sure enough about 1/3rd of the crowd went to the bathroom/bar and were back by the next rock jam. That concert was nothing like I expected. 

 

Great story! Saw Dire Straits live and Mark solo years later, not disappointed.  Even SWMBO liked both shows.

James Taylor, only saw him with the syrupy stuff.  SWMBO liked it but I think I fell asleep.  Pretty early in Taylor’s career, still married to Carly.

[chisag]

1 hour ago, Rickp said:

Saw Dire Straits live and Mark solo years later, not disappointed.

 

... I think there are only a handful of guitarists in bands that you could tell who they were in just a few notes because their style was so uniquely their own. Even Clapton as well as many other truly great guitarists would take quite a few notes to know it was them if he played with say the Doobie Brothers. But Knopfler you would know instantly, same with Joe Walsh, Billy Gibbons and Ry Cooder. 

[Rickp]

2 minutes ago, chisag said:

 

... I think there are only a handful of guitarists in bands that you could tell who they were in just a few notes because their style was so uniquely their own. Even Clapton as well as many other truly great guitarists would take quite a few notes to know it was them if he played with say the Doobie Brothers. But Knoffler you would know instantly, same with Joe Walsh, Billy Gibbons and Ry Cooder. 

Agree with all.

[Rickp]

I don’t want to hijack the thread but maybe 1966-67 future sister-in-law worked and rented a house on The Cape  summer break from UCONN with other students.  SWMBO and I went up a couple weekends and there was a female singer who was getting kinda popular in Hyannis, name Carly Simon and her “friend” James Taylor was lurking. The “good ole days”.

[Syks7]

1 hour ago, Kenny B said:

I do seem to pray a lot there.

Pretty sure I do the opposite of praying... Most of the time its quietly under my breath, but there is the occasional loud sermon that escapes after a less than optimal shot.   

[Kenny B]

10 hours ago, Rickp said:

I don’t want to hijack the thread but maybe 1966-67 future sister-in-law worked and rented a house on The Cape  summer break from UCONN with other students.  SWMBO and I went up a couple weekends and there was a female singer who was getting kinda popular in Hyannis, name Carly Simon and her “friend” James Taylor was lurking. The “good ole days”.

You're so vain!  

[Vegan_Golfer_PNW]

Quick morning round. Started +2 after four holes and nearly even as I barely missed two birdie putts. Then hit the drive of my life and get excited at a change for eagle being under 200 in on a par 5. Ended up doubling and the rest of the round I couldn’t get back focus.
 

Shot a 48. Driver started to fall apart after that par five. I think because I was getting tired (did super speed before round). up until then everything was straight. Setup the prgr on some holes and avg carry with it was 267 although I don’t think the long one got 44 yards of roll. The fairways here were wet. Putting was better. Only three putt was after a terrible lag put. 0-3 on putts 12 and in. Just pushed them all right. Irons were also good until that par 5 and then I started hitting thin. 

[Sluggo42]

Shot decent, but a few lapses. But, 4 birdies turned a meh day into a decent one. 3 of the par threes and a par 5. Had a few others that missed by a 1/4”, or stopped an inch short. Bad part was the 2 doubles… ***wince***

[JerryB]

Owen and I played the front nine with our friends Paul and Mark at River Heights today.  After a lesson yesterday I was really disjointed today.  +5 on the first hole and +10 after three.  On the par three fourth I badly topped my tee shot but followed with a wedge onto the green and sank a 30+ foot putt for par.  Hot and cold the rest of the way.  Putting keeps getting more consistent, wedges and chipping was good as long as I wasn't in a bunker.  Irons were better than before.  After that atrocious start I wound up +18 54.

While looking for Paul's ball I almost put my face right into this guy and his web:

Might have peed myself a little...

On the whole we had a good time.  Owen and Mark played their usual game and Paul had some really good shots.

[Ben_Howell34]

Played for the first time in a month today. Shot 78 (!) hit 5 fairways and 11 (!!!) greens. Score is 2nd best ever and GIR is best ever. Actually didn’t putt great as I had 3 3 jacks but also had 2 birdies and probably the best sand save I’ve ever had. Had rained most of the week so greens were soft but there wasn’t any fairway roll either so probably evens out. 
 

Only my 3rd time in the 70s so I’m feeling great today!

[Ben_Howell34]

2 hours ago, JerryB said:

Owen and I played the front nine with our friends Paul and Mark at River Heights today.  After a lesson yesterday I was really disjointed today.  +5 on the first hole and +10 after three.  On the par three fourth I badly topped my tee shot but followed with a wedge onto the green and sank a 30+ foot putt for par.  Hot and cold the rest of the way.  Putting keeps getting more consistent, wedges and chipping was good as long as I wasn't in a bunker.  Irons were better than before.  After that atrocious start I wound up +18 54.

While looking for Paul's ball I almost put my face right into this guy and his web:

Might have peed myself a little...

On the whole we had a good time.  Owen and Mark played their usual game and Paul had some really good shots.

Good news is that is a garden spider and they shouldn’t bite you or be poisonous. But they are scary looking! 
 

[Rickp]

26 minutes ago, Ben_Howell34 said:

Good news is that is a garden spider and they shouldn’t bite you or be poisonous. But they are scary looking! 
 

Sure looks nasty!!

[Rickp]

Bacon Boyz Friday!!  7:00am still a little dark but that’s OK, big rain last night CP only not so good. We all got of to a poor start but then I started to actually hit a ball 1/2 decent again.  I've moved up to 6 iron max and no knee problem, walking back and forth to my ball not fun.   
Anyway, starting to feel comfortable over the ball and hit some real nice shots.  Might even start keeping score, maybe……
 

[bens197]

5 hours ago, Vegan_Golfer_PNW said:

Quick morning round. Started +2 after four holes and nearly even as I barely missed two birdie putts. Then hit the drive of my life and get excited at a change for eagle being under 200 in on a par 5. Ended up doubling and the rest of the round I couldn’t get back focus.
 

Shot a 48. Driver started to fall apart after that par five. I think because I was getting tired (did super speed before round). up until then everything was straight. Setup the prgr on some holes and avg carry with it was 267 although I don’t think the long one got 44 yards of roll. The fairways here were wet. Putting was better. Only three putt was after a terrible lag put. 0-3 on putts 12 and in. Just pushed them all right. Irons were also good until that par 5 and then I started hitting thin. 

Nice bomb dude!