How'd you play?

[berkeleybob]

Home garden project or nine holes?

The first beautiful weekend since the autumn—I just couldn’t pass it up. And apparently, so couldn’t everyone else. I was delayed getting to the course because a collarless stray golden retriever walked up and said hello to me while I was packing the car. After scrambling to make sure he was on his way home (my wife drove him back) I made it in time for my tee time, and to find that I was behind a foursome, two of whom were probably under the age of six. They were so cute. 

So, a relaxing pace it was, and not a bad outing with 3 pars and landing a tee shot inside of 12 feet from the hole. My putting was consistent and my short game actually held up well, but it all collapsed on the last two holes. I lost my groove on the tee and thinned a wedge shot <Ouch>.

Still, I walked off feeling good. As for the garden project, I’ve waited all winter to get back to building that shed. What’s another weekend?

[cnosil]

Nice but breezy day;  temps were in the mid 50 with 10 MPH winds gusting from upper teens to mid 20s.   Round was slow;  took  5.5 to play today and waited on every shot.  

Overall hit the ball pretty well;  a few wayward shots but managed 11 FW, 10 greens and shot 41/42:83.  Short game wasn't too bad but putting was a struggle (36 putts with 4 3 putts) with a lot of putts left short.   Time to focus some effort on the putting game.   

[Kenny B]

My first round today after the course was closed Mon/Tue to aerate tees, fairways, and greens.  Chilly and windy didn't help, but landing short shots on the greens and putting was challenging to say the least.  Had three 3-putt doubles for a round of 83.  We probably should have played "automatic 2-putts"; the wind has blown a lot of the sand out of the plug holes.  It will be several weeks before the greens heal enough for good putting.

The course is starting to turn green again!!

[Javs]

15 minutes ago, cnosil said:

Nice but breezy day;  temps were in the mid 50 with 10 MPH winds gusting from upper teens to mid 20s.   Round was slow;  took  5.5 to play today and waited on every shot.  

Overall hit the ball pretty well;  a few wayward shots but managed 11 FW, 10 greens and shot 41/42:83.  Short game wasn't too bad but putting was a struggle (36 putts with 4 3 putts) with a lot of putts left short.   Time to focus some effort on the putting game.   

5.5 hours is ridiculous for a round of golf. I get upset here when we are over 4 hours. I like to play fast and keep a rhythm. I really hate slow rounds. Unfortunately, often the men’s club events are slower than Moses. Guys start acting like they are on tour. Makes me laugh. Hey, Sam Sneed said golfers should learn to miss it quick! Or another way, bad news doesn’t get better with time. Glad you got to get out and hit the ball. Sorry you had to wait on every shot!

[Kenny B]

On 4/1/2023 at 9:46 AM, Sluggo42 said:

It’s been a long wet and cold winter here in SoCal as well, and my game has reflected the conditions. Basically, we are experiencing what much of the country deals with year in and year out. I mean it’s always in the low 40’s at tee time, and I’ve got long insulated pants on, a tee shirt, a cold gear long sleeve shirt under my golf shirt.then a sweatshirt, with a puffy vest on. A hat, with a woolen beanie on top, covering my ears.

and I wonder why I can’t swing well…. Plus it’s always soaking wet from the endless rains (thank goodness), so we get no roll and second shots are a few longer irons or fairway woods away.  
weather forecasts are clear and significantly warmer for the near future though, so thank goodness for that.

the positive side is that our 20 year drought has finally broken, and my local fishing lake has risen 50 feet this year, and all the groundwater has been restored. The fishing sucks due to this, but it will eventually return in a big way, so all is good

Sounds exactly like conditions here except it's not wet; just cold and windy.  I'm wearing almost the same thing and it affects my swing.  I have much more rotation at home in my hitting bay!!

BTW, this winter I adopted your grip change.  I had been using an overlap grip with my left thumb on the shaft and have had considerable thumb pain.  It took awhile to get used to moving my old thumb more to the side of the shaft, but now it's beginning to feel better and control of the club is coming back.  Thanks!!

[arlopew]

Only lost one ball, just happened to be on the 18th tee. Beautiful Phoenix day, no complaints here

[JerryB]

First official round of the year!  Owen and I decided to walk 18 at River Heights today.  Got out early enough that it was a little chilly but it warmed up into the 50s rather quickly.  The pretty constant 20+ mph winds made things a little tricky at times, though.

Iron game was still pretty rough.  While I realized that I was trying to kill every shot, I just couldn't find the stroke.  Really short game was good except for two shots; one where I managed to hit the ball twice and one where I went under the ball without contact.

Swinging easy worked really well with my longer clubs at least.  Putting was alright by my standards, highlighted by a nice 15 footer to save par.

Owen's been working on a slower takeaway, particularly on his driver.  When it works it's good but when it doesn't he hits TOWERING pop flies.  He wasn't keeping score but we seemed to be about the same.  I went 49/47 for a 96.  Not great but very decent for the start of the season.

[ncwoz]

Some takeaways from the first "real" round of 18 for the year:

• Jeez, I'm not used to walking that far and I was running on fumes shortly into the back 9
• My putting hasn't thawed off from the winter it seems
• Full swing game is showing some promise - particularly before I started getting tired, I hit some really nice shots
• My alignment is inconsistent, and I'm pulling a lot of shots

I'm confident the putting will come back, just need to get some practice in. Alignment and pulls are a little confusing yet, but I'm sure it'll get sorted out soon. 

[DiscipleofPenick]

Got out for my first round of the year yesterday. I felt like I played much worse than I thought, but shot an 82 with 0 birdies and 2 doubles. The greens were slow, bumpy, and the cups were crooked and mounded so didn't make any putts. Also hit some really squirrely drives throughout the day and some second shots that didn't really seem to go anywhere. But all of that is spring golf in Ohio. just happy to be back out there!

[MrBandit]

Back to back to back decent tournament play. This weekend not as good with the Irons, was not as comfortable as I had been,  but chipping and putting still on point which help recover some of those bad shots. almost a back door win. but a solid second.
I have been working on my weakness bunker play which paid off this weekend.. able to get out of the bunker in one shot solidly into the greens when I need it to.

Need to go to the range and work on my irons again figured out why I was so hesitant to put a good swing on.

New Envroll 5.2 Duo Putter .. is money...  

[CFreddie]

Walked 36 at Bandon:

Sheep Ranch (morning) - played back tees as a single with group; shot an 89 due to crazy weather (hail, 2/3 club winds). 

Bandon Dunes (afternoon) - played middle tees and shot 85; incredible weather but could not figure out greens 

All-in-all: best day of golf ever

[Reesedw]

Got in a quick 9 with the Grandson yesterday afternoon. when I say quick we finished 9 in 1.5 hours. and we were not rushing. heck he played a 2nd ball on a couple of holes just to work on his Irons.. Weather was Insane, we played Twin Rivers in Fall City, WA at the base of the Snoqualmie Valley. So it was chilly, to start light breeze just enough to make you cold.. Grandson stuck a 9 iron to less than 3 feet on a 149 yd Par 3 and drained the putt, his first birdie on a par 3.. we both struggled with our short game. Our driving was great, I hit a drive that went 240ish and Plugged, He drove it 30+ yds past me . His did not plug so he got a little roll.. but got stuck behind a tree.. it was a great day, Until 17, it started getting windy (super cold as the wind was coming from the mountains) and heavy drizzle.. and on the 18th tee It started raining.. as we get to our balls for 2nd shot it opens up and dumps.. luckily we were on 18 but we froze our butts off the last 2 holes.. I have to say now that I have a few rounds on the Titleist TSR3 I'm loving it. worse thing is a slight fade occasionally.. but if I can plug a drive 240 I'm going to be golden when things warm up and dry out.. 

[funkyjudge]

I just checked all of my stats in the GHIN app and included in my stats from 2022-2023 (more than 50 posted rounds with detailed stats) is the following:

Fairways hit = 42%
Greens in Regulation = 22%
Up and down percentage = 21%
Putts per Round = 28.6

My question is, how am I between a 15-16 handicap golfer?

The answer is that my 3 to 4 bad holes per round are REALLY bad holes (lots of 8s, 9s, and a few 10s among those holes).

Oh, and I also have several 9-hole scores between 37-40, and more than a few 18-hole scores between 77-84 among those posted scores. The problem is that I also have more scores between 87-96.

Edited April 5, 2023 by funkyjudge

[Javs]

8 minutes ago, funkyjudge said:

I just checked all of my stats in the GHIN app and included in my stats from 2022-2023 (more than 50 posted rounds with detailed stats) is the following:

Fairways hit = 42%
Greens in Regulation = 22%
Up and down percentage = 21%
Pitts per Round = 26.8

My question is, how am I between a 15-16 handicap golfer?

The answer is that my 3 to 4 bad holes per round are REALLY bad holes (lots of 8s, 9s, and a few 10s among those holes).

Oh, and ai also have several 9-hole scores between 37-40, and more than a few 18-hole scores between 77-84 among those posted scores. The problem is that I also have more scores between 87-96.

Are you adjusting the scores when you enter them? The must I believe you can take for score towards handicap for your handicap is a triple. That might make you handicap drop.

[funkyjudge]

6 minutes ago, Javs said:

Are you adjusting the scores when you enter them? The must I believe you can take for score towards handicap for your handicap is a triple. That might make you handicap drop.

Yes, I adjust my scores whenever it is allowed.  Generally, the maximum allowable score for posting purposes is a net double bogey, but most of the holes where I have my worst scores are “stroke holes” for me, so that equates to triple bogeys, and some/most of my 8s do not get adjusted at all. Sure, the 9s and the rare 10s get knocked down by at least a couple of strokes (more than a couple of strokes for the 10s).

If I shoot in the upper 90s to 100, my posted scores are usually closer to 90 than to 100.

Edited April 4, 2023 by funkyjudge

[Kenny B]

4 minutes ago, Javs said:

Are you adjusting the scores when you enter them? The must I believe you can take for score towards handicap for your handicap is a triple. That might make you handicap drop.

The most you can post is a net double bogey.  If you don’t get a stroke on a hole, then you can only post a double.

[Javs]

14 minutes ago, Kenny B said:

The most you can post is a net double bogey.  If you don’t get a stroke on a hole, then you can only post a double.

You are correct! I misspoke 

[Javs]

16 minutes ago, funkyjudge said:

Yes, I adjust my scores whenever it is allowed.  Generally, the maximum allowable score for posting purposes is a net double bogey, but most of the holes where I have my worst scores are “stroke holes” for me, so that equates to triple bogeys, and some/most of my 8s do not get adjusted at all. Sure, the 9s and the rare 10s get knocked down by at least a couple of strokes (more than a couple of strokes for the 10s).

If I shoot in the upper 90s to 100, my posted scores are usually closer to 90 than to 100.

It will get there just keep plugging! No matter what handicap, we all dread the blowup holes. They are round killers!!

[Sluggo42]

On 4/2/2023 at 4:28 PM, Kenny B said:

BTW, this winter I adopted your grip change.  I had been using an overlap grip with my left thumb on the shaft and have had considerable thumb pain.  It took awhile to get used to moving my old thumb more to the side of the shaft, but now it's beginning to feel better and control of the club is coming back.  Thanks!!

You’re welcome!

it’s funny how my thumb pain is gone now too. I can’t remember if that’s why I started with it, but it is certainly a perk

[chisag]

... Ain't it a funny game? Been struggling lately and got hit on my left wrist bone with a golf ball Friday and had to leave after 4 holes, go home and ice it. Surprisingly by today it didn't effect my swing at all. But the 30 mph winds did. #2 par 5 straight downwind and I hit a 7 iron 210 and just missed the eagle putt for a tap in birdie. #4 was 153 and I hit 6 iron just on the front fringe!    The 5th is a 477 yd par 5 and I can get on in two with no wind usually with a long iron or hybrid but 30 mph and gusting higher, directly into us and I played driver - 2 iron - pw from 95yds that stopped about 2 inches short from the wind blowing it back into the hole. Next hole straight downwind I hit the same pw from 139 for my approach and it landed on the front fringe and rolled just off the back edge of a long green. So a 165yd pw. 

... I do seem to focus a little more in the wind as there are no stock shots and every shot must be thought out and executed. My 2 iron was a real weapon today both into the wind and downwind when I thought a driver would go too far. Hit one 285   a little downhill and straight downwind so a good 50-60 yds longer than normal. I ended up with 2 bogies and 5 birdies to shoot a 69 and a year under my age so very pleased with the round. 

[Javs]

5 minutes ago, chisag said:

... Ain't it a funny game? Been struggling lately and got hit on my left wrist bone with a golf ball Friday and had to leave after 4 holes, go home and ice it. Surprisingly by today it didn't effect my swing at all. But the 30 mph winds did. #2 par 5 straight downwind and I hit a 7 iron 210 and just missed the eagle putt for a tap in birdie. #4 was 153 and I hit 6 iron just on the front fringe!    The 5th is a 477 yd par 5 and I can get on in two with no wind usually with a long iron or hybrid but 30 mph and gusting higher, directly into us and I played driver - 2 iron - pw from 95yds that stopped about 2 inches short from the wind blowing it back into the hole. Next hole straight downwind I hit the same pw from 139 for my approach and it landed on the front fringe and rolled just off the back edge of a long green. So a 165yd pw. 

... I do seem to focus a little more in the wind as there are no stock shots and every shot must be thought out and executed. My 2 iron was a real weapon today both into the wind and downwind when I thought a driver would go too far. Hit one 285   a little downhill and straight downwind so a good 50-60 yds longer than normal. I ended up with 2 bogies and 5 birdies to shoot a 69 and a year under my age so very pleased with the round. 

Well done!

[Contron]

Got out to play after work tonight with the lady. She wants to play more often as she’s taking lessons and you’ll hear no complaining from me! We did a nice front 9 at a local course here in Wichita. Shifted some weights in my driver and went to play my slice and played it too much, so was happy to see that! Got to the green in 3 and then sank a 35-40 footer, was feeling on fire to start with a par! Second and third holes were not too shabby. But then I started to falter a bit on 4 and 5. Hit the green on the par 3 but 3 putted unfortunately. Last 3 holes started to get it together. Hole 9 had an awful drive that clipped a tree but then my 3 wood told my Driver to stand back and watch and it had an absolute bomb of a hit, got a cart path bounce and was left on the fringe of the green. Felt amazing! Overall my putting is really coming together. Only 2 3 putts so I’m real happy about that. Girlfriend was playing well and struggling when I struggled to but she also had a great hole 9 with her 3 wood after her drive clipped the same tree. Evening was no wind, crisp 84 degrees. Fantastic evening.

[Javs]

9 minutes ago, Connorn2 said:

Got out to play after work tonight with the lady. She wants to play more often as she’s taking lessons and you’ll hear no complaining from me! We did a nice front 9 at a local course here in Wichita. Shifted some weights in my driver and went to play my slice and played it too much, so was happy to see that! Got to the green in 3 and then sank a 35-40 footer, was feeling on fire to start with a par! Second and third holes were not too shabby. But then I started to falter a bit on 4 and 5. Hit the green on the par 3 but 3 putted unfortunately. Last 3 holes started to get it together. Hole 9 had an awful drive that clipped a tree but then my 3 wood told my Driver to stand back and watch and it had an absolute bomb of a hit, got a cart path bounce and was left on the fringe of the green. Felt amazing! Overall my putting is really coming together. Only 2 3 putts so I’m real happy about that. Girlfriend was playing well and struggling when I struggled to but she also had a great hole 9 with her 3 wood after her drive clipped the same tree. Evening was no wind, crisp 84 degrees. Fantastic evening.

At first look, that animal head cover looked real. Ha ha

[Kenny B]

14 minutes ago, chisag said:

... Ain't it a funny game? Been struggling lately and got hit on my left wrist bone with a golf ball Friday and had to leave after 4 holes, go home and ice it. Surprisingly by today it didn't effect my swing at all. But the 30 mph winds did. #2 par 5 straight downwind and I hit a 7 iron 210 and just missed the eagle putt for a tap in birdie. #4 was 153 and I hit 6 iron just on the front fringe!    The 5th is a 477 yd par 5 and I can get on in two with no wind usually with a long iron or hybrid but 30 mph and gusting higher, directly into us and I played driver - 2 iron - pw from 95yds that stopped about 2 inches short from the wind blowing it back into the hole. Next hole straight downwind I hit the same pw from 139 for my approach and it landed on the front fringe and rolled just off the back edge of a long green. So a 165yd pw. 

... I do seem to focus a little more in the wind as there are no stock shots and every shot must be thought out and executed. My 2 iron was a real weapon today both into the wind and downwind when I thought a driver would go too far. Hit one 285   a little downhill and straight downwind so a good 50-60 yds longer than normal. I ended up with 2 bogies and 5 birdies to shoot a 69 and a year under my age so very pleased with the round. 

Congratulations!  Playing in the wind is an art unto itself.  I don’t mind the wind, except when it’s also cold.  I see warm weather on our horizon!!

[chisag]

1 minute ago, Kenny B said:

Congratulations!  Playing in the wind is an art unto itself.  I don’t mind the wind, except when it’s also cold.  I see warm weather on our horizon!!

 

... Amen! Wind is OK if it is a warm or even better a hot wind, but cold wind is a no go for me. Surprisingly we saw quite a few carts driving off and one of our partners quit after 9 saying the wind was too difficult even though it was around 80*. Here is hoping your wam weather arrives for you soon!!! 

[Kenny B]

7 minutes ago, chisag said:

 

... Amen! Wind is OK if it is a warm or even better a hot wind, but cold wind is a no go for me. Surprisingly we saw quite a few carts driving off and one of our partners quit after 9 saying the wind was too difficult even though it was around 80*. Here is hoping your wam weather arrives for you soon!!! 

Supposed to be 78º on Saturday!!

[GaryF]

11 hours ago, funkyjudge said:

I just checked all of my stats in the GHIN app and included in my stats from 2022-2023 (more than 50 posted rounds with detailed stats) is the following:

Fairways hit = 42%
Greens in Regulation = 22%
Up and down percentage = 21%
Pitts per Round = 26.8

My question is, how am I between a 15-16 handicap golfer?

The answer is that my 3 to 4 bad holes per round are REALLY bad holes (lots of 8s, 9s, and a few 10s among those holes).

Oh, and I also have several 9-hole scores between 37-40, and more than a few 18-hole scores between 77-84 among those posted scores. The problem is that I also have more scores between 87-96.

Your FIRs are likely mostly irrelevant unless they are way errant and out of bounds or unplayable.  Regardless of what scores you enter, GHIN will automatically adjust to net dbl bogey as a max.  What seems at odds to my eyes are your combined U/Ds and avg putts.  26.8 avg is amazing (I avg 34) which means you have rounds of less (and more).  Your U/D percent equates to 3.6/round (Im at 2.5). So, it just seems you should have a lot higher percentage of U/Ds.  

I often wonder how I can be 11.7.  I started the year in January at 11.1 and sure enough was playing higher and the hdcp crept up, then I shoot an 81.  Only 8 scores are counted in computing the hdcp, and I find it interesting when I look to see what score is about to fall off the 20 round chart.  I have the 2 lowest scores of my life soon to drop - 78 and 79).  

I guess what would be revealing is using a tool to identify strokes gained vs lost,  Without such a tool, I know putting is where I lose a lot of strokes - 13% are 3-putts. (I’m 39% GIRs and 83% FIRs). 

 

Edited April 4, 2023 by GaryF

[cnosil]

15 hours ago, funkyjudge said:

Fairways hit = 42%
Greens in Regulation = 22%
Up and down percentage = 21%
Pitts per Round = 26.8

My question is, how am I between a 15-16 handicap golfer?

The answer is that my 3 to 4 bad holes per round are REALLY bad holes (lots of 8s, 9s, and a few 10s among those holes).

Oh, and I also have several 9-hole scores between 37-40, and more than a few 18-hole scores between 77-84 among those posted scores. The problem is that I also have more scores between 87-96.

This is why looking at one off numbers like FIR, GIR, and putts per round without additional context is so hard.   As you know, Your handicap is driven by the low scores you occasionally put up when playing well (77-84) since handicap is potential and not what you typically score.   
 

to me your numbers seem off though.  You average about 4 greens a round which leaves 14 up and down opportunities which you convert about 3 times.  So let’s say average 2 putts per GIR , you have 3 putts for the up and down, 2 putts for the 11 missed up and downs.    That is 8+3+22=33.   Not sure where you are shaving off 6 putts 

[GolfSpy_APH]

Another 82 today. Unfortunately a disappointing 82. 

Had the same start as yesterday going bogey, bogey, bogey Double before getting my act together. 

It was so cold to start. Wind was wicked and wasn't till we made the turn on the 5th hole that i started to warm up and hit better shots. 

Had 3 bogeys from hole 8 on with 7 pars and makeable birdie on 18. 

I just get so annoyed with slow starts. I know I have potential to go low on this course and am comfortable with all the holes and how to play them along with trying different options on some, but man the 5 over after 4 just kills.

[cnosil]

4 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Another 82 today. Unfortunately a disappointing 82. 

Had the same start as yesterday going bogey, bogey, bogey Double before getting my act together. 

It was so cold to start. Wind was wicked and wasn't till we made the turn on the 5th hole that i started to warm up and hit better shots. 

Had 3 bogeys from hole 8 on with 7 pars and makeable birdie on 18. 

I just get so annoyed with slow starts. I know I have potential to go low on this course and am comfortable with all the holes and how to play them along with trying different options on some, but man the 5 over after 4 just kills.

Why do you think you are starting slowly?  Where are the bogeys and worse coming from?  Shot selections, bad shots in general, not mentally focused?