How'd you play?

[Sluggo42 7,598]

23 hours ago, edingc said:

 

 

Thanks, guys! I will say, it is incredible how much effort it takes to be mentally focused over an entire 18 holes. It helped that everything was clicking today with the irons. A lot less worry in the back of my mind. 

Definitely set a high bar now, but hopefully I can keep building on this and gain some more consistency in scoring. 

This is kind of how it works. This type of score will start popping up more and more. I kind of found that your index drops in waves of a few points as you reach new levels of play instead of 1/10’s. 
 

you’ll get used to lower scores, and they then become the new norm as you reach a place where all your hard work finally settles into place. 
 

that’s when the real fun starts. One of these days you’ll fin yourself -3 thru 14 or 15, and then you’ll really see where your mental game is...

[MattWillGolf 1,827]

2 hours ago, MattF said:

I had a good time playing but played poorly, if that makes sense. The young fella I played with was great company but I had too many blowup holes. 3 7's and an 8 don't help. If I even bogied those holes I would have shot an 83 instead of a 91. Oh well, there's always the next round.

Makes perfect sense. As a general rule I always have a good time playing. Even with shots that were solid but finished in a bad place. Yesterday for example. My first two shots with the driver. I hit solid drives among my best ever. I played for my usual slice but the slice never came. While the end result was not great, I crushed it for me. The score wasn’t reflective of how I felt my shots went. I’m seeing progress.  

[Middler 3,436]

After several weeks of great play (won money 6 rounds in a row) for reasons totally unknown, and then several weeks of great front nine bad back nine or vice versa also unknown, I've leveled off again. I'm now routinely turning in bad scores front and back, so problem solved?

However, I did have my longest legit drive last week (not counting one that hit a cart path). 285 yds, smoked all the other geezers I play with.

Stupid game...same time tomorrow.

[MattF 14,039]

3 hours ago, bens197 said:

When do the new kicks arrive? 

Haven't heard nary a word.

[Rickp 28,476]

Early morning 9, 5 over 41 with 1 bird.  
started out 4 straight Bogie’s but turned it around last 5 holes.

Fairways/Greens hard with no rain in last 3 weeks.  Par on 9th was cool, nice drive 220, had 140 left over water and put 2nd shot a little short in front of green but was able to 2 putt.  

[tony@CIC 21,957]

18 hours ago, Rickp said:

Got my Ping G410 Driver back today.  Repaired head/shaft in 3 weeks, was expecting 6-8 weeks.

You hit the driver so hard you broke it?

[Rickp 28,476]

2 minutes ago, tony@CIC said:

You hit the driver so hard you broke it?

Not quite, the adjustment screw in bottom of driver would not tighten.  Weird.

[CarlH 7,925]

Tough day today.  Did a slight swing and grip change yesterday with my coach and tried to apply it to today's round.  I did hit some really great shots, but there were enough errant ones to give me fits and a bad round.  Think I shot an 87, but it was mainly centered around 6 holes that I doubled for various reasons. It was pretty much a par or a double, all day!  I can't remember the last time I had so many double  bogeys.

[DiscipleofPenick 3,782]

22 hours ago, MaxEntropy said:

Bombs*....

I was hitting bombs* tonight.

With accuracy (most of the time). 

@MattF's old M5 seems to be coming alive for me. My shortest drive was 256 uphill into the wind, another 260 into the wind. Two were in the 280 range.

This one...

Slightly wind-aided with an August-like bounce and roll. (Ignore that it took me 3 to get down from green side - I chunked the chip a bit).

Last hole, need 1 more good swing...

Lipped out the birdie putt.

Only missed two fairways, scrambled for par on 1, the other into a penalty area, focused too much on an anti-right swing.

The problem tonight was approach. Two penalties on approach :facepalm:

Ended up +7 with 5 pars, a bogey, and three freaking doubles. Maybe if I'd have activated my calves it would have been better. 

*Bombs is obviously a relative term, but given my age (53), those are bombs, in my book.

Awesome!!! You got the distance. Is the course still playing weird, or did we just pick the wrong day?

[MaxEntropy 8,180]

18 minutes ago, DiscipleofPenick said:

Awesome!!! You got the distance. Is the course still playing weird, or did we just pick the wrong day?

It's playing faster than is normal, especially for this time of year. Plenty of run in the fairways and greens aren't holding very well.

[cnosil 24,324]

Yesterday was league day.   Played 9 and shot 2 over (matched course handicap)   3 bogies and a birdie.  Struggled a bit off the tee as I only hit 3 fairways with a couple of wild shots; hit 3 greens and just missed 3 others; 14 total putts.   Lesson from a few weeks ago seems to be paying off and I am striking the ball more toward the center.    Just need more repetitions to get the new swing engrained.    

[Grand Stranded 2,841]

I played Rock Hill again today, shot 42-50-92. Not the best of days, but I’m giving myself a pass.

I’ve been struggling with my irons and wedges so I did something today I normally don’t do. I got to the course an hour before our tee time and hit a large bucket of balls trying to figure things out. I think I did, because I hit the ball very well on the front 9, but after hitting so many balls beforehand I got tired and stiff midway through the round.

My takeaways from today?

 I took a small step forward with the iron game, but there’s still work to do there. The wedges were the best they’ve been in quite a while (which was really nice to see), and my driver, hybrids and putter are still working well for me.
Things seem to be trending upward, so I’m hoping to see steady improvement once get back on a regular playing/practicing schedule again. 

 

[joen 801]

On 5/24/2021 at 11:55 AM, Berg Ryman said:

So, do you all want to know why my only real competitive round of the year so far went on Saturday as I attempted to qualify for the local big amateur tournament for Central New York? Well, even if you don't, you're going to learn today. Saturday afternoon I descended on Cortland Country Club for a 2:19 tee time for the qualifier for the AIM Championship. I played the front side at Cortland numerous times in High School, but that was 15 years ago I think at last check. Played off the blues from around 6350.

The round starts with a Par 5, OB right to farm land, the world to your left. I aimed down the left and hit a pretty straight drive, ends up right behind a tree on the left. Punch out sideways, get on the green in 5 so not my finest hour. Then as you know I've recently bought a new putter, the SIK Flo-C. I haven't three putted in 53 holes so what do I do? 4 putt for a NINE. Yup, great opening quad there dummy. Funny story, I follow that up with a birdie on the second. Honestly, the front side was ok when you forget I made a 9. I shot 8 over for the side, a 44. I did make another double on a par 5, again a drive behind a tree leading to a punch out.

The back side started with a couple of pars, a rough 3 putt double on a par 3 which kind of killed the momentum I was working through but I stood on the last tee +13 for the round. I was under no illusions of making the cut, which looked like it was going to be in the +9 to +11 range depending on what other people did. What I wasn't expecting was falling like a rock down the leaderboard. I hit a drive which lead me on a bad downhill lie, and then tried a punch fade to get under a branch in a scramble. Now, here's where I tell you that between the 17th and 18th fairway is the road to take to get back to the clubhouse and the parking lot. Well, my shot overfades, hits the roads multiple time and ends up by the 6th hole, past the clubhouse. Turns out... that's OB, so I go pick up my ball, drop it back where I hit my shot, and just begin the struggle to finish... with yet again another NINE. 46 on the back, 90 for the round.

This is where you wonder, but Berg, surely that doesn't tell the whole story. Well, let's look at the stats for hole scores. 1 birdie, 7 pars, 6 bogeys. That's right I was 5 over on 14 of the holes. Sure, the two doubles weren't great, one for a tough break, one due to a lipout for bogey, but man, those nines. When you're 9 over on two holes it's tough regardless. However, there were a lot of positives from this round in my eyes. I was striking my irons exceptionally well and the change to add a waggle to the pre-shot routine to work on adding some hinge to the swing was fruitful. It's just golf, bad things happen at bad times. It's all a learning experience. I look forward to taking the positives through the rest of 2021 and hopefully getting my game in a good enough shape for 2022 to take yet another crack at qualifying. I know I can do it, just got to keep those big numbers away.

Also, tagging @joen in this post. He played well in an earlier group, missed the cut by 1 shot. Felt worse for him than me to be honest. Missing by one is never fun.

Six over for the last four holes. My short game was non existent. I hit nine greens in regulation with no trouble getting off the tee. My chipping/pitching cost me five shots at a minimum. Actually spent an hour in the chipping area after the round because I was so disgusted.  I am glad you played well for the majority of the round!  Good to hear!

[PMookie 16,985]

Terrible today. Again, no warm-up, but today I just couldn’t find a swing. I tried everything, but nothing worked. Driver was going two ways, irons weren’t going anywhere, chipping yips all over the place, just horrible. Add to this I was playing a Nicklaus design, and it couldn’t have been a worse day! 

[MattF 14,039]

11 hours ago, MaxEntropy said:

It's playing faster than is normal, especially for this time of year. Plenty of run in the fairways and greens aren't holding very well.

Windmill is exactly the same right now as well.

[edingc 11,867]

- 43/49 = 92 / 91 ESC (+20)
- 3/15 FIR
- 4/18 GIR
- 32 Putts (1 3-putt, 12 2-putts, 5 1-putts)

Same course, two days later, 20 more shots... hahahaha. Just couldn't get anything going this morning.

[Vegan_Golfer_PNW 4,429]

2 minutes ago, edingc said:

- 43/49 = 92 / 91 ESC (+20)
- 3/15 FIR
- 4/18 GIR
- 32 Putts (1 3-putt, 12 2-putts, 5 1-putts)

Same course, two days later, 20 more shots... hahahaha. Just couldn't get anything going this morning.

It’s why we play the game. As an aside, Adam young pointed out that pros have spread of 10-15 shots. Granted they play super tough tracks, but goes to show that even pros have a range. 

[edingc 11,867]

1 minute ago, rbsiedsc said:

It’s why we play the game. As an aside, Adam young pointed out that pros have spread of 10-15 shots. Granted they play super tough tracks, but goes to show that even pros have a range. 

Yup. And I played the last three holes terribly as I had to rush a bit due to time (and let's be honest - I knew I wasn't in the running for a "low" round so maybe my mind was wandering a bit.)

Finished triple, double, quad. Unplayable ball in a pine tree on 16, sprayed my tee shot way right on 17 and on 18 after actually hitting the fairway I somehow snap hooked a pitching wedge from 135 yards onto the driving range (marked as OB) and then hit my drop into the bunker way behind the green. 

[M. Parsons 1,280]

8 minutes ago, edingc said:

- 43/49 = 92 / 91 ESC (+20)
- 3/15 FIR
- 4/18 GIR
- 32 Putts (1 3-putt, 12 2-putts, 5 1-putts)

Same course, two days later, 20 more shots... hahahaha. Just couldn't get anything going this morning.

I feel your pain!  I played the best golf of my life for a stretch last year...shot my lowest round of 80 in August, and then shot a 108 in Oct, 100 in Nov, 102 in Jan, and 101 in Feb.  Thankfully things seem to be on a better trend my last 2 rounds (85&84).  It's frustrating to try to figure out what went wrong in those high scoring rounds, but I guess it happens.

[Curtis Atkinson 345]

What a week. My buddy from college who I first played golf with 15 years ago came into town.  I played like once a year when we used to play and he played in college so he would wipe the floor with me. Since I started playing consistently he made a trip up for 4 rounds in 3 days. 

Day 1: Blue Ridge Shadows (slope 131)

Absolutely miserable day for me. Worst score I've had since I started playing consistently. Was weird because wasn't terrible off the tee, but everything else was awful. 

Score: 116 FIR: 8/14 (57%) GIR: 1/18 (6%) Putts: 41

Shot of the day: Only one to speak of was a 3hy flushed from 200+ out downhill to a blind green that landed 1 foot from the hole and settled on the back of the green.

Day 2: The Links at Gettysburg (slope 136)

Really fun course but really difficult course. Everybody in our group was struggling to get around this one in one piece. Putter started off hot with 1 putts on 1 and 2 and five 1 putts on the front. Cooled off a bit on the back.

Score: 106 FIR: 6/14 (43%) GIR: 0/18 (0%) Putts: 34

Shot of the day: Putt on 1. Scrambled to get to the center of a nasty green and then sunk a 25 footer up and over a probably 2' hump between me and the hole

Day 3: Bowling Green South Course (Slope 120)

I don't know what clicked, but something did. Trying to think through more stacking over my trail leg and pushing/swinging through but everything was better, especially on the front where I didn't card a double. Beat my buddy for the first time ever, which was fun, especially after looking like I'd been just lying to him about playing more the first two days. Would've flirted with a new best of 84 but hit a rocket of a hybrid over a green on the back nine, lost back, cleaned a punch chip back over and carded a triple. 

Score: 88 FIR: 5/14 (36%) GIR: 4/18 (22%) Putts: 35

Shot of the round: For strike quality it was the 3hy that I hit 230+. For outcome there wasn't really a single crazy shot that stood out. Just played solid golf

Day 3 - part 2: Bowling Green North Course (Slope 131)

This will be the one that got away. We were first out after a morning league and started off the back and had pretty much the course to ourselves. Played the first nine at +6 and as we made the turn, storms were moving in. We were flying playing speed golf and thinking less had us both playing a lot better. Alas we caught up with a guy on 7 and storm got there and we had to head back with 15 played and I was at +11. Playing last 3 at +2 would've given me a new best, but wasn't to be. 

Shot of the round: Yet again was a 3hy. Feel like I figured that out a bit as I moved it back in my stance and pushed hands forward a bit at address which has led to a lot cleaner contact. Hit one well from just over 200 out that hit and stuck about 8 feet away. Runner up: 6 iron that I faded around a tree (natural slicing ball flight) to about 6 feet. 

Overall, really fun few days.