How'd you play?

[cnosil 16,961]

Was supposed to be in the 60s today,  but it probably never got out of the low 50s with lots of clouds and some rain.  The course was completely saturated and unless you were on a hill you were standing in casual water.  Short game and putting were solid but my full swing was a mess. 

41/40:81     4 fairways, 7 greens,  30 putts. 

 

[fixyurdivot 10,711]

2 hours ago, dlow206 said:

My round was a dumpster fire. One of those rounds where you start having different swings thoughts on every swing. Plus it was just muddy and yucky out.

I'm laughing with you not at you.  Using the sad emoji would discount your opting to play in the slop.

[fixyurdivot 10,711]

34 minutes ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

We had a break in the weather today. 74 degrees and sunny. Golf course was going to open at 11:00. I didnt warm up due to some larger groups looking like they were going to head over to the first tee. Just went for it.  Missed the first fairway by about 2 yards but still in OK position. 6 out of 7 faiways today. Aimed for all the bunkers to try out my new sand wedge. The Sub-70 JB wedge worked out very well even in the wet bunkers. Couple of sand saves. Unfortunately the black finish is already showing marks. Played well considering not playing for two months. Quit after 9 holes due to the high winds picking up just after I got off of hole 9. A lift clean and place round due to all the soft soil and mud. Greens were slow.

Three bogies, five pars, and one birdie for a 38.

I played behind a Skins group yesterday that had a guy playing to a 1.3 index.  I know that having overheard them talking on the putting green.  Since play was slow, I was able to see a good many of his shots.  He didn't seem overly long but accuracy was crazy good.  It must be boring be you guys .

[Kenny B 25,262]

I wasn't sure about playing this weekend after getting my 2nd C-19 shot on Thursday.  After hitting some balls at the range on Friday, I decided to give it a go even though I ached all over.  My wife wanted to play so I sucked it up...  and on Saturday I certainly sucked!!  Shot 88 with a couple of doubles, a triple and a quad.  Just nothing worked.

Today was a little warmer but breezy.  I felt a little better.  Managed an 81... 42/39 with a birdie on #10.  The #10 hole is one of two holes that I failed to birdie in 2020, but this birdie was my second on this hole this year and it's not even March!!  Go figure.

I also had two birdie putts lip out.  Overall my putting was much better today than Saturday, however I am still hitting lousy drives and approaches.  Today I only hit 7/13 fairways and they didn't go my usual distance.  Only 3 GIR, but that was better than one green yesterday!!  I need to spend a LOT of time on the range this week.

[Tom the Golf Nut 3,518]

40 minutes ago, fixyurdivot said:

I played behind a Skins group yesterday that had a guy playing to a 1.3 index.  I know that having overheard them talking on the putting green.  Since play was slow, I was able to see a good many of his shots.  He didn't seem overly long but accuracy was crazy good.  It must be boring be you guys .

That's funny. My boss and one of my friends call me a boring golfer. I hope to remain boring!

[dlow206 6,815]

1 hour ago, fixyurdivot said:

I'm laughing with you not at you.  Using the sad emoji would discount your opting to play in the slop.

I am not even sure why it was sloppy today. It hasn't really been raining excessively or anything. Made a mistake and stood in a some sinking mud on a tee box and actually swung and miss. Also fell down once (not swinging, just walking) on a hill. 

[chisag 12,253]

8 minutes ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

That's funny. My boss and one of my friends call me a boring golfer. I hope to remain boring!

 

... I have a playing pard this winter from Chicago. He is 49 and seriously long. I am giving up about 20 years and considerable length. One of the biggest differences between us is when I hit a bad tee shot I am usually in play. His bad tee shots are so long they bring stuff into play I can't reach. We play a short uphill par 4 that requires a 280yd carry over water to drive the green OR a long iron over the right side of the water that is a 220 carry for a LW in OR lay up short of the water leaving 110-120yds to the flag. He hits driver occasionally, 2 iron quite often and hit some spectacular shots as well as some marginal shots that have ended up in bogie or higher. Depending on the wind I hit an 8 or 7 iron short of the water which he always yells "BORING" as soon as I make contact. I have probably birdied it 10 times with 1 bogie and the rest pars and I have not found any of those boring. For 18 holes we have tied several times but his exciting has not beat my boring yet. 

[Tom the Golf Nut 3,518]

Yup, I'm with you. 99% play it safe unless I'm in a scramble and someone is in a decent position. Then I'll try something out of my norm.

[fixyurdivot 10,711]

26 minutes ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

That's funny. My boss and one of my friends call me a boring golfer. I hope to remain boring!

LOL.  I'd like to experience boring golf before its over.  On one of the par 3's the guy I'm referring to placed his tee shot about 5 feet pin high.  Another in the group say's "nice shot... presuming you're into that kind of thing".

[Lacassem 10,285]

Some day I’ll be boring golfing....I still haven’t learned going to keep bombing as long as I can. Some day I won’t be able to

[fixyurdivot 10,711]

11 minutes ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

Yup, I'm with you. 99% play it safe unless I'm in a scramble and someone is in a decent position. Then I'll try something out of my norm.

That may be part of my handicap... my soft spot for the "I can pull this off" .  I understand statistics pretty well, just not so much while on a golf course.

[sirchunksalot 10,254]

3 minutes ago, fixyurdivot said:

That may be part of my handicap... my soft spot for the "I can pull this off" .  I understand statistics pretty well, just not so much while on a golf course.

I can feel you on that one. My course strategy while sitting around the house is pretty good, but get me on the course, that's another story. 

[chisag 12,253]

1 hour ago, fixyurdivot said:

That may be part of my handicap... my soft spot for the "I can pull this off" .  I understand statistics pretty well, just not so much while on a golf course.

 

... A turing point for me was A Sorenstam in her prime said if she is not positive she can hit the shot 80% of the time she will not attempt it. Announcer asked her what if it is a 75% chance and she responded "then I don't try it." I thought if the best female player on the planet won't try a 50-50 shot why in the world am I attempting to pull it off? 

[seeking70's 243]

Played 9 holes today on the par 3 course (3 holes, 3 times each).  Played white, then blue, then red tees.  Birdied the 2nd hole twice in a row (2 and 5).  Hit an 8i first to about 4', then a 6i the 2nd time to about 3'.  Just missed a birdie the 3rd time after a 9i to 6'.

[fixyurdivot 10,711]

2 hours ago, chisag said:

 

... A turing point for me was A Sorenstam in her prime said if she is not positive she can hit the shot 80% of the time she will not attempt it. Announcer asked her what if it is a 75% chance and she responded "then I don't try it." I thought if the best female player on the planet won't try a 50-50 shot why in the world am I attempting to pull it off? 

Yes, but she's playing for her livelihood, whereas I'm playing for fun. Sure, I want a low score and could play the odds to my favor 80% of the time, but the optimist in me just takes over at times.   

[MattF 10,527]

19 hours ago, mr.hicksta said:

Finally broke 80 at Sea ‘N Air Golf Club, which is one of my regular tracks. Played with a couple guys from work so we played from the whites, but it’s only a 300 yard difference from the blues. Had a PBFU hole that was followed by a streak of bogeys so as usual, it could’ve been better! 

Conratulations!

[Kenny B 25,262]

March 1st 

First day of 2021 to post scores for handicap purposes in my area.  The way I've been playing, I see my index going waaaay up.

[rbsiedsc 2,030]

5 minutes ago, Kenny B said:

March 1st 

First day of 2021 to post scores for handicap purposes in my area.  The way I've been playing, I see my index going waaaay up.

First day for us today in OR i think too. Time for me to tell my wife that i need to play 18 hole rounds for handicap purposes. The way it handles 9 hole rounds can skew things.

[dlow206 6,815]

11 minutes ago, Kenny B said:

March 1st 

First day of 2021 to post scores for handicap purposes in my area.  The way I've been playing, I see my index going waaaay up.

Im going to blame my handicap going up on the course being sloppy lol

[chisag 12,253]

10 minutes ago, dlow206 said:

Im going to blame my handicap going up on the course being sloppy lol

 

... We all have our excuses.   If I start posting scores my index will jump about 3-4 strokes. These muni Bermuda greens are just brutal. I love the course but the greens are hard to read to begin with and they wander on short putts or when the ball slows down around the hole because using a very technical term, the grass is splotchy. I have never missed so many 2-4 footers that start on line then move one way or the other several times on it's journey like putting on a Chinese Checkerboard. After holing out we sometimes hit multiple putts from the same spot and they never do the same thing twice. The only time you can be aggressive is on uphill into the grain putts. With Phoenix courses costing $150-250 playing this beautiful muni lay out for $22 is too good a deal to pass up, even with splotchy greens. 

... If the greens are repaired, I will have to find another excuse because the weather is ideal.