How'd you play?

[Usmcgyrene]

I played pretty bad on the front 9. I did significantly better on the back. Finished with an 86 but the 47 from the front really hurt. I did, however, make my first ace. Hole 14, Par 3, 115 yds, pitching wedge. I'm still pretty stoked about it. 40+ years and I finally got a 1.

[Kenny B]

On 6/15/2023 at 3:10 PM, Sluggo42 said:

But on a positive note, I'm hitting a lot of fairways and greens. Conversly Also had 2 3-putts today... geeeez Louise!

Why is it always something?

Becsuse if it were easy, you'd get bored and quit.

[fixyurdivot]

1 hour ago, russtopherb said:

Well, so far, I’m on hole six of walking, nine, and I actually hit my first straight drive of the day. Everything has been going left. Some have been playable, some not. Which is really weird, because my biggest driver miss is always to the right.

Could be a good sign.  My recent gains have included playing quite a bit more shots from the left side of the fairways.

[fixyurdivot]

40 minutes ago, Usmcgyrene said:

I played pretty bad on the front 9. I did significantly better on the back. Finished with an 86 but the 47 from the front really hurt. I did, however, make my first ace. Hole 14, Par 3, 115 yds, pitching wedge. I'm still pretty stoked about it. 40+ years and I finally got a 1.

Congratulations on the Ace!   Best of all is that you have graduated from The Still Aceless Thread. 

[Kenny B]

Crappy!!  Shot 46 on the front nine... 3 doubles.  It was cold this morning; about 54º at tee time and the wind was 15-20mph out of the NW which is colder than the usual wind from the SW.  Well, I suppose it still is Spring, but after weeks of 90º+ days, I was cold.  I finally started to warm up midway through the back nine and shot 38; not great because it was a struggle to make pars.  I had a lie on a downhill grassy slope about 2 inches from being in the bunker... AND it was in a divot!!  Who else hit the ball to this spot?!!  I had to hit over a 40 yard bunker to an uphill green; landed on the green and the ball stopped 10 feet past the hole... made the par.

[chisag]

18 minutes ago, Kenny B said:

Crappy!!  Shot 46 on the front nine... 3 doubles.  It was cold this morning; about 54º at tee time and the wind was 15-20mph. 

 

… 54!?!? OMG I would be in a snowsuit just get the mail. Hard to believe it is almost double the temp here at 105*. 

[Kenny B]

11 minutes ago, chisag said:

 

… 54!?!? OMG I would be in a snowsuit just get the mail. Hard to believe it is almost double the temp here at 105*. 

Yeah, got some cold air coming out of the north.  Low 70's for highs for a few days, then mid-80's until it gets back to mid-90's next weekend.  This is still better than it was two years ago in late June when it was 112-118º for a week.  My tomatoes took a hit; doing much better this year.

[cnosil]

Best round of golf I have played in a long time.    

14 FW (yes,  all of them), 10 GIR, 28 putts.  

35/38:73

Everything was in sync today;  did hit a few bad shots but hit enough good ones to make up for it.  After the Pinehurst outing and now this week,  my game seems to be in pretty good shape.   Hope it continues. 

[funkyjudge]

1 hour ago, chisag said:

 

… 54!?!? OMG I would be in a snowsuit just get the mail. Hard to believe it is almost double the temp here at 105*. 

54* F. for me means that a long-sleeve shirt (maybe with a lightweight layer over it if it's windy; otherwise, no extra layer).  50% of the time, if the temperature is in the mid-50s, I wear shorts for playing golf.

[Jim Shaw]

Back in my hotel room after another great day on the links, played a course called "the quail" in Kelowna B.C. not really long, about 6100 yds however lots of target golf off the tee which makes the approach shots a little longer and the more pressure on the tee shots.

I gamed my Takomo 301 MB's today and had more success with the irons, I hit the 4-5 irons much better and already fairly comfortable with the scoring irons.

My best shot today was 140 yds into a par 3 which is a knocked down 7 iron for me, I usually fly my 7 iron 145, anyway knocked it down, hit the sweet spot, flighted it perfectly, hit the green pin high and ran about 20 feet past but wow, what a feeling and a shot.

Almost like a real player.... These Takomo's make you feel like a player... to be continued...

[richk9holes]

I had a strange 9 holes to start my twilight session. Hole #2 I rolled a putt from the fringe past by 8" burning the right edge. I marked down under the score "*just miss." Not a normal designation for me, just felt it in the moment. 2 holes later I had a par putt stopped 2" to the side of the hole. Mark down "*just miss" see where this is going?

I made that note 6 times in total on the 9 holes, 3 for birdie and 3 for par. I shot +6 for the 9 holes in spite of nothing dropping.

The following 9 was a lost ball fest. Good striking but lots of left misses. My slice is gone, so 260y O.B. can happen now. 2/7 fw on the 2nd 9 I played +10 hole #1 managed par, only one out of 9.

[revkev]

So my last 4 rounds are 77,77,75,77 and a nine hole 37 thrown in.  Playing once a week, a range session and two short game practices is bear fruit.

 

Go figure

 

I even played back a set of tees yesterday and still shot 77.  It was ugly, lots of fairway woods, but the short game was very solid.

[Caddie1966]

My Saturday round was a stinker.  86.  41-45 nu.cfaber510 said.

[GolfSpy_BEN]

40/38 +6 78

Ultimately a soggy end to a decent round. Course was in good shape, and the twosome I was to be paired with either didn’t show or were late, so I played as a solo single. I enjoy those rounds from time to time. Continue to drive the ball well off the tee. The more I acclimate to the Srixon irons, the more I absolutely love them. The distance control and dispersion are tightening up. There is no better feeling than getting a yardage and knowing exactly which club to use, then hitting a shot with complete confidence that it will go exactly where it is intended. Such good clubs. This was my first round using the Garsen Ultimate grip on the Odyssey Tour Line Eleven. 30 putts, which is 5 fewer than my season average. Played through intermittent rain on the back, and the putter grip never got slick or slimy. Can’t say enough about how much I like these grips.

[richk9holes]

7 minutes ago, Ben Joest said:

40/38 +6 78

Ultimately a soggy end to a decent round. Course was in good shape, and the twosome I was to be paired with either didn’t show or were late, so I played as a solo single. I enjoy those rounds from time to time. Continue to drive the ball well off the tee. The more I acclimate to the Srixon irons, the more I absolutely love them. The distance control and dispersion are tightening up. There is no better feeling than getting a yardage and knowing exactly which club to use, then hitting a shot with complete confidence that it will go exactly where it is intended. Such good clubs. This was my first round using the Garsen Ultimate grip on the Odyssey Tour Line Eleven. 30 putts, which is 5 fewer than my season average. Played through intermittent rain on the back, and the putter grip never got slick or slimy. Can’t say enough about how much I like these grips.

Way to stick with it after the opening hole. I'm feast or famine on hole #1 usually either par or better, or it's double or worse. I never recover from the bad ones like this.

[GolfSpy_BEN]

1 minute ago, richk9holes said:

Way to stick with it after the opening hole. I'm feast or famine on hole #1 usually either par or better, or it's double or worse. I never recover from the bad ones like this.

It was mostly attributable to not hitting any balls prior to the 1st tee. Once I loosened up, I got it out of my system. Also, having a 140 yard par 3 as the follow-up hole was beneficial. I hit a nice, easy 9 iron that ended up pin high, 20 feet from the hole. This year I’ve been trying to adopt the goldfish mentality i.e. keep a 10 second memory of previous shot or hole. Mostly, it has worked and allowed me to stay in the mid to high seventies. My next goal is breaking par.

[Jmikecpa]

18 hours ago, cnosil said:

Best round of golf I have played in a long time.    

14 FW (yes,  all of them), 10 GIR, 28 putts.  

35/38:73

Everything was in sync today;  did hit a few bad shots but hit enough good ones to make up for it.  After the Pinehurst outing and now this week,  my game seems to be in pretty good shape.   Hope it continues. 

Was nice catching up with you yesterday. I had a nice round going and let it slip away unfortunately. That being said a 74 -75 weekend on that course is not bad for me these days. 

[cnosil]

1 minute ago, Jmikecpa said:

Was nice catching up with you yesterday. I had a nice round going and let it slip away unfortunately. That being said a 74 -75 weekend on that course is not bad for me these days. 

It was good seeing you and catching up.  Hopefully your schedule will slow down a little soon,  but probably not since racing season starts soon.  

[Jmikecpa]

1 minute ago, cnosil said:

It was good seeing you and catching up.  Hopefully your schedule will slow down a little soon,  but probably not since racing season starts soon.  

My schedule never slows down, gave up on that dream years ago. 

[Sluggo42]

21 hours ago, chisag said:

 

… 54!?!? OMG I would be in a snowsuit just get the mail. Hard to believe it is almost double the temp here at 105*. 

haha, and here I was thinking it was warm with our 59* startup temp. Only needing 1 sweatshirt

 

[Sluggo42]

horrid fron at 6 over, but went clean up until 17, then got a stupid double with a chunked chip .But still saved a 79, and stayed out of the dreaded 80's. the long weekends seem to kill me

[Sluggo42]

4 hours ago, revkev said:

So my last 4 rounds are 77,77,75,77 and a nine hole 37 thrown in.  Playing once a week, a range session and two short game practices is bear fruit.

 

Go figure

 

I even played back a set of tees yesterday and still shot 77.  It was ugly, lots of fairway woods, but the short game was very solid.

sounds like my type of weekly scoring...

[Merlin1313]

Went out to my home course- bogeyed 2 and 9 on the front-parred the rest  EXCEPT for the SNOWMAN (I "Tin Cupped" it and hit 2 in the water) on 4 for a 42. On the back- birdied 10 and 18, parred 16 with a nifty short shot (even if I do say so myself) bogeyed 11-13, 15 and 17 and doubled 14 for a 41. The MO continues- but I AM seeing SOME improvement

[JerryB]

On 6/18/2023 at 3:09 PM, Usmcgyrene said:

I played pretty bad on the front 9. I did significantly better on the back. Finished with an 86 but the 47 from the front really hurt. I did, however, make my first ace. Hole 14, Par 3, 115 yds, pitching wedge. I'm still pretty stoked about it. 40+ years and I finally got a 1.

 

Congrats on the ace!!  

[GaryF]

Just catching up on a couple past rounds. Saturday men’s scramble where I played ok but was just ‘off’ starting with irons and some strong pull draws.  And a couple uncharacteristic 3/4 swing wedges that were chunked.  Drives were off too - last week drives were outstanding and 25/28 FIRs, and long.  Was pulling hooks where my typical miss is to the right. Also had some good drives but had uncharacteristic pulls.  Being the passenger in the cart, when I pulled short but near the cart path, the driver went straight for his ball (supposed to be CP+90), so couple times decided not to hold the group up to find/retrieve my ball.  Decided, eF this guy and played a new ball.  

I have commented recently that my iron accuracy was just off.  But Saturday, all of a sudden, they were dead on.  Played with friends in Sunday, drives inconsistent again, but iron accuracy was mostly very good.  Had been thinking a lot about the videos posted by @RickyBobby_PR on setting the club more vertically seems to be working in a positive direction.  My first 9 Sunday was a bit messy hitting some demo clubs my fitter let me borrow, but much better on the back 9. 

My main point is that after the 2 rounds I wasn’t feeling very good, mainly because I’m very good with the driver and these 2 rounds I wasn’t, which hurt scoring.  When this has happened in the past, it always comes back, so I trust it will and no reason to press.  But in looking back, the improvements with the irons is a pretty major step in the right direction. 
 

 

 

[JerryB]

Owen and I decided to sneak out late to River Heights yesterday afternoon.  Ran into a guy we knew on the first tee named Dan.  He's a friend of a friend that we've played with once or twice in the past.  We decided to play together.  He was a talker, but played pretty fast like us.  He took an interest in my new clubs and while we were waiting on a single to play through, he took a cut with my 6H and hit it dead straight and pretty far for him.  So these clubs can in fact be hit well, just apparently not by me, lol.  Then on the par 3 11th, he put his tee shot within about two feet, hit the birdie putt, and announced that we would part ways.  Legend.

I played pretty terribly again today.  Driver was more hit than miss, but I did have a couple weak hooks that just fell out of the sky.  I did manage to pipe one on the par four 8th that wasn't too far from the green.  Honestly didn't feel like I hit it great but it was much more of a draw than hook and since I kept it low it ran forever.  About 315 yards, a new long for me.  Woods/hybrids/irons were still really hooky.  Wedges were really solid until I started fading on the last few holes.  I can't figure out my putter to save my life.  I'm either super short or super long and can't get dialed in at all.  Just a struggle.  Owen played better than me although I'm not sure how he scored.  I shot 105.  Woof.

[richk9holes]

Got to play 18 with Dad today. That's him working on getting extension in his backswing. 

Zoom in on the calves.

Full round details posted in the VCT

 

[Javs]

On 6/16/2023 at 1:48 PM, funkyjudge said:

That is sort of like what happened to me at Royal Troon last July. I was even par through the first five holes, only to push my drive into the gorse on hole #6. By the time I walked off the 7th green, I was at +4 following a pair of double bogeys.  I finished with an 86, which included a 45 on the back nine, which was still pretty good for me on that difficult course, playing from the 6,300-yard tees.

I played Royal Troon on a buddies trip. Along with the Old Course and several others. Loved playing golf in Scotland! 

[Grand Stranded]

On 6/18/2023 at 12:19 PM, cksurfdude said:

Was actually nearby yesterday at Hecksher Park. Haven't played Timber Point but I know it can get pretty breezy there .. hopefully your round went well!

Just catching up on this thread.. if you're still on LI (week of 6-19?) and are up for another 9 or 18 the next few days lemme know...

I’m playing with that same league tomorrow at Middle Island but then I have one more test scheduled on my leg and if all goes well I’ll be heading back down right after my Birthday. This was just a quick trip to see my 4 month old grandchildren and see my NY doctors ().

Last Wednesday was my first round in 2 months, and I don’t want to push things until I’m 100% (once a week for now). I’ll be back up later this summer though, and we’ll definitely get together and tear up some fairways together. I look forward to meeting you!

[funkyjudge]

I just shot a 3 over par 38 in my 9-hole league this evening. The round started poorly, with a double bogey 6 where I pushed  a 4-wood tee shot into a pond. However, I followed that double with a birdie on a par-3 that plays over that same pond (nearly a hole-in-one), and then six pars in the final seven holes of the round. I had no approach shots of more than 91 yards, except on the lone par-5 hole on this nine, and I only missed one fairway (on that same par-5, where I still scrambled for a par).  I cannot remember a 9 or 18 hole round in recent years where I hit so many excellent drives of between 245-275 yards, not only in the fairways, but in the parts of those fairways where I left myself the best approach angles to each green. On the few greens where I left myself rather long putts, I cozied my lag putts to tap-in range, and on the two holes where I missed the greens, I hit my recovery shots to easy one-putt range and made the resulting putts.

All-in-all, this was an extremely satisfying 9-hole round of golf, and by far the best that I have played in this league that started on the final Monday in March.