How'd you play?

[Peaksy68]

Much improved on Tuesday,11 over with 2 triples and a double. The bad holes really killed me, but so much better than my round on Saturday where I was 15 worse than handicap

[snoopy79]

On 1/27/2024 at 9:13 PM, Tom the Golf Nut said:

Got a round in this morning. I wasn’t sure what to expect as the weather hasn’t been cooperating lately.  Once I made par on the second hole I knew it was going to be a good day. That hole has been a bugger for me. 150 yard par 3 with a trap across the front and back but the green is only 10 yards deep. 

Cruising around making pars and a bogey until I get to #8 Hit a so so drive on a par 5 but followed up with a fantastic 5 hybrid to 3 feet. Made the eagle. Out at -1.

Then the back 9. I caught up to someone on 10 and he waited to let me play through. Pulled my approach slightly left and found the greenside bunker. The pin was across the green but I managed to hit a good bunker shot to within 4 feet just on the fringe. Made the putt for par and off I went.
Salvaged a bunch of pars by some good chipping and 1 putts a bogey snuck its way in followed by a birdie and walked off 18 at one under. 
My only negative take away was I tweaked my left wrist in another bunker that was all hard pan. Hopefully it’s fine by tomorrow. Thinking on getting another morning round in. This time wear shorts. It got up to 72* today. Gets hot walking at that temperature.
 

Sweet!! Nice shooting Tom

[William P]

What a gorgeous day for golf today!

Interesting round today... Started out nicely at +3 for the first six holes and then approach and short game and putter decided to take a break for the next six holes leading to +13 at this point. They returned over the final six holes but did begrudgingly which led to a final +18... 

Oh well back to the range and short game area with lots to work on...

Did I mention it was a gorgeous day to play golf? 

[Jim Shaw]

Hey spy's..

2nd 72 (even par) in a row, didn't strike the ball as well today as yesterday however started off 2 under after 2, sunk a 15 and 12 footer... then proceeded to double number 3 (like WTF lol) anyway played the front 1 over the back 1 under (with a bunker shot in the hole for a birdie... and sunk a couple of more 10 footers to keep the round going. 

One of my playing partners shot 72 as well so that kept me in the game, fun day out there for sure... looking forward to more of those... 

My best shot was 2nd of 17, 143 to the hole, a little downhill but into the fan, usually a 7 iron for me but just didn't feel it @chisag (lol) so knocked down a 6 iron, laser right at the flag to 6 feet... it felt sooooo good... man I am liking these Takomo MB's 301 more and more... 

[skraeling]

Ehhhh.. shot a 47 from one tee box back farther in winter conditions (cart path only too).  I cant say im upset about it lol.  Lots of rust to knock off.  Also didnt help on the 5th hole stepped in a sink hole up to my shin and had water in my shoe the rest of the round... that was unpleasant. 

I can for sure tell the swing speed training is doing something.  Had a few I absolutely roasted, only two weeks and halfway into the first program.

Itll be real fun to see what I can pull off in the 2.5 months before league actually starts.

I think I need a driver fitting though.  My driver shots are starting to balloon.  Clearly spinning it too much and losing distance.

Edited February 2 by skraeling

[chisag]

... I pick up my Qi10 Max tomorrow and had my best driving day ever with my Stealth2 HD . I had 3 drives over 300yds. To be crystal clear, at age 70 I cannot drive the ball 300yds. I carry my driver in the 225-235 range. But I had a perfect storm kinda day. My S2 HD is trying to stay in the bag , the fairway are running really well and a 20 mph wind when swinging very well and 3 downslopes combined for insane yardages. Safe to say all 3 drives were the longest I have hit on those holes. 

... As exciting as my driving was, even more impressive to me was the T200's I put in the bag a week ago handled knockdown shots like a MB and the control they gave me was quite impressive. I was 1 under going into 18 and the pre storm rolled in with temps dropping 10* from 78* to 68* while we waited to tee off.  I will not nor am I expecting to get any sympathy from most suffering winter conditions when I say it got cold and I played the 18th poorly. Pushed a drive, hit my 4 DHy right, hit an excellent 58* pitch just in the fringe but the wind still pushed it to the other side of the green and my putt did not scare the hole but left a 1' tap in. So finished even in 20 mph winds. I feel like it was my best ball striking day in quite awhile and really starting to love these T200's. 

... And given how the S2 HD performed today, the Qi10 Max has it's work cut out. 

[Rob Person]

Made it on course after starter duties were over. Had high hopes of breaking 90, but those quickly were dashed when I lost a ball to the fairway edge, and another to the water goblins.  Then had a 3 putt on 18.

[Jim Shaw]

50 minutes ago, chisag said:

... I pick up my Qi10 Max tomorrow and had my best driving day ever with my Stealth2 HD . I had 3 drives over 300yds. To be crystal clear, at age 70 I cannot drive the ball 300yds. I carry my driver in the 225-235 range. But I had a perfect storm kinda day. My S2 HD is trying to stay in the bag , the fairway are running really well and a 20 mph wind when swinging very well and 3 downslopes combined for insane yardages. Safe to say all 3 drives were the longest I have hit on those holes. 

... As exciting as my driving was, even more impressive to me was the T200's I put in the bag a week ago handled knockdown shots like a MB and the control they gave me was quite impressive. I was 1 under going into 18 and the pre storm rolled in with temps dropping 10* from 78* to 68* while we waited to tee off.  I will not nor am I expecting to get any sympathy from most suffering winter conditions when I say it got cold and I played the 18th poorly. Pushed a drive, hit my 4 DHy right, hit an excellent 58* pitch just in the fringe but the wind still pushed it to the other side of the green and my putt did not scare the hole but left a 1' tap in. So finished even in 20 mph winds. I feel like it was my best ball striking day in quite awhile and really starting to love these T200's. 

... And given how the S2 HD performed today, the Qi10 Max has it's work cut out. 

what was your best shot today (I will preface this question as this is what I and my group do after each round) just because as golfers we are so hard on ourselves...great round by the way. 

[chisag]

1 minute ago, Jim Shaw said:

what was your best shot today (I will preface this question as this is what I and my group do after each round) just because as golfers we are so hard on ourselves...great round by the way. 

 

... Tie.  I never feel like a drive is my best shot but I hit a 311yd drive to a spot I have not been anywhere near. Absolute best I can swing, dead center contact, wind at my back and caught a slight downslope I normally can't reach. I knew it was good but when I saw it on the upslope to the green I was shocked.

... Back pin over a tier with a drop off behind so absolutely can't go long. 20mph wind in my face and from 167 I hit a knockdown 5 iron that hit into the slope, hoped up and stopped 6 feet from the pin and made birdie. That is why I knew the T200's would be staying in my bag. 

... "because as golfers we are so hard on ourselves" Other than the 18th when the temps plummeted, I only hit one shot where I was really disappointed. Sure I hit quite a few shots a little off line but the swing and contact were good so no complaints. But the 13th is a tricky little par 3 with run offs on 3 sides, a ridge running through the middle and it was 107 to the win with the wind dead inn our face. To say the hole is in my head like the 17th at sawgrass is not an understatement. I played my 9 iron which is my 140 club and with a 3/4 knockdown swing I came up and out of my swing, hitting a weak fade just short and off the green to the right that maybe carried 90yds into that wind. A high index mental mistake, wishing the ball to the center of the green instead of staying down and driving the ball through the wind.  

[Jim Shaw]

16 minutes ago, chisag said:

 

... Tie.  I never feel like a drive is my best shot but I hit a 311yd drive to a spot I have not been anywhere near. Absolute best I can swing, dead center contact, wind at my back and caught a slight downslope I normally can't reach. I knew it was good but when I saw it on the upslope to the green I was shocked.

... Back pin over a tier with a drop off behind so absolutely can't go long. 20mph wind in my face and from 167 I hit a knockdown 5 iron that hit into the slope, hoped up and stopped 6 feet from the pin and made birdie. That is why I knew the T200's would be staying in my bag. 

... "because as golfers we are so hard on ourselves" Other than the 18th when the temps plummeted, I only hit one shot where I was really disappointed. Sure I hit quite a few shots a little off line but the swing and contact were good so no complaints. But the 13th is a tricky little par 3 with run offs on 3 sides, a ridge running through the middle and it was 107 to the win with the wind dead inn our face. To say the hole is in my head like the 17th at sawgrass is not an understatement. I played my 9 iron which is my 140 club and with a 3/4 knockdown swing I came up and out of my swing, hitting a weak fade just short and off the green to the right that maybe carried 90yds into that wind. A high index mental mistake, wishing the ball to the center of the green instead of staying down and driving the ball through the wind.  

great description and quite the stripe show it sounds like... so can I assume centre of the club face is the answer lol... I am starting to think so... 

[chisag]

1 minute ago, Jim Shaw said:

great description and quite the stripe show it sounds like... so can I assume centre of the club face is the answer lol... I am starting to think so... 

 

... On average, for every 1/4" you miss the center you lose 5-7 yds. So 1" to the heel or toe can lose 20-28yds. So yea, center of the face is most definitely the answer. I don't have the heart to tell my high index Am's that hit that one big drive so when they say "why can't I do that every time?" I don't replay "because you very rarely hit the center of the face". And like I said earlier, I am not a long hitter and 240 is about max carry for me so 311 was really a shock. It was at least 25 yds longer than I have ever hit it on that hole. Just a perfect storm. 

[Josh Parker]

Had a fun round this morning and played pretty well.  Had some great short iron shots and the driver is constantly improving. 

[BallsLeon]

Back at the sim tonight, played Sutton Bay (Par 72, 6119yds, 70.1/124) a links course so firm fairways/greens, medium pins, and breezy. 

Shot an 88 (44 front, 44 back), pretty even playing tonight, toughest part of the course was the tiny greens that were rolling fast. 

Ready to get back outside to play again this weekend!

[taylorjonasher]

Played a sim scramble tonight with 9 other guys for a birthday celebration (we were mostly there for the beer and cheese curds). I'm not fond of scrambles in the sim, but I was absolutely lighting it up, especially with the new driver. I was roasting balls (several just under 300 and long of 311) and shaping them - the fades / cuts weren't as easy as the draws, but they were there - something I've never been able to do consistently or intentionally with my prior equipment. Distance and accuracy have dramatically increased, and I can't wait to get outside. Someone come melt the rest of this snow!!

[Peaksy68]

Pretty solid round. 8 over playing off 7. No birdies, but more importantly, no doubles or worse. Wind was a bit tricky, 180 degree change in direction a few holes in made things a difficult. Hit a few very poor drives but they didn’t hurt me. After a big day in the hospitality tent at the Victorian Open yesterday I was pretty pleased with my efforts

[Michael.Sandoval33]

Shot my lowest score ever today at Bixby. It is a 9 hole par 30, I shot a 39 and was searching for my first birdie. I was inches from sinking it, it is on video but I am too ashamed to share my disappointment with you all. I played two balls after the 3rd hole as besides the 1st, I was striking the ball with relative ease and breezed on through. I want to say, the Odin X's are NICE . I took my time experimenting with different approaches, tweaking a bit of what was working and what wasn't. I really enjoyed my go today at Bixby as I really had free reign on the course and I was able to really get good course practice in. Being an inch or two short on a couple of really nice putts just let's me know that I could have did a bit better. Everything was really wet and I lost balls to the fairway lakes (I did not count these today, but took no drops and instead shot another. I was not going puddle wrestling this morning). Overall, scoring under 40 is nice and I am more than happy about it, but I really wanted that birdie and I will get it next time. Can the rain just go away already!?

Edited February 3 by Michael.Sandoval33
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[Josh Parker]

Had a super clean round today. Shot 2 over but had the driver working great and only missed 3 fairways.  The two bogies I had were miss hit irons into the green and my chips were just slightly far enough that I had 2 putts. 

[Colinpf89]

First post in the forums.

I played this past Wednesday at Charleston Springs North Course in Millstone, NJ. First time I ever played all 18 holes with the same ball. Shot 96 (had been on pace for 87 before it started sleeting on hole 11, but alas, that is winter golf).

[Kenny B]

1 hour ago, Colinpf89 said:

First post in the forums.

I played this past Wednesday at Charleston Springs North Course in Millstone, NJ. First time I ever played all 18 holes with the same ball. Shot 96 (had been on pace for 87 before it started sleeting on hole 11, but alas, that is winter golf).

Welcome to the forums!!  Glad you joined us.  So, just like the rest of us... an all-season golfer!  Check out the Good Morning thread in the morning and find out what we are all doing.

[rkj427]

2 hours ago, Colinpf89 said:

First post in the forums.

I played this past Wednesday at Charleston Springs North Course in Millstone, NJ. First time I ever played all 18 holes with the same ball. Shot 96 (had been on pace for 87 before it started sleeting on hole 11, but alas, that is winter golf).

Welcome to the forum!

A lot of good people and information here, so be sure to check out all the other areas of the forum.

Below is a link to the "Good Morning Thread" @Kenny B mentioned, and it is a great way to start your day!

 

[William P]

2 hours ago, Colinpf89 said:

First post in the forums.

I played this past Wednesday at Charleston Springs North Course in Millstone, NJ. First time I ever played all 18 holes with the same ball. Shot 96 (had been on pace for 87 before it started sleeting on hole 11, but alas, that is winter golf).

Welcome to the forum. Hope you find it as informational and helpful as I have.

[Jim Shaw]

9 hours ago, Josh Parker said:

Had a super clean round today. Shot 2 over but had the driver working great and only missed 3 fairways.  The two bogies I had were miss hit irons into the green and my chips were just slightly far enough that I had 2 putts. 

way to go...

[Kenny B]

Played 9 holes today.  37º and dense fog when we started; 41º and a little sun starting to peak through the fog when we finished.  Shot 42 with a double and my first birdie of the year on a par 3… made a 10 foot right 2 left putt.  Made a lot of good short game shots to save par.  The back 9 is too wet to play IMO, but we are playing with a couple of friends tomorrow, so we will see how much it has dried out since Friday.

[BallsLeon]

Got outside to play for the first time in 2024, and first time using my new pushcart and irons!

Played St. Andrew’s Golf Club (no not that one) from the white tees (Par 71, 5598yds, 67.0/118) ended up with a 108 (57 out/ 51 in). Conditions were tough with a soaked course, rain early in the round, ~10mph wind, and extra layers for temps in the 40°s. Definitely not my best work, but really enjoyed walking the course and match play kept it fun. Lost the front 9 down 2, but managed to win the back 9 up 2 to even it out. 
Biggest struggle was putting with 47 putts, and wedge-play/chipping getting reacquainted with less than perfect lies.

High points would be the 3 wood/3 utility off the tee, didn’t translate to more fairways but good distance with no dramatic misses like I do with driver. T200s performed admirably with the swings I was able to manage today (some great shots with 7i, 9i, PW, & 48°). Finally, walking with the pushcart definitely made my round more enjoyable; easily a round that would frustrate me if I had time to stew in the cart but walking kept me busy/moving on to the next shot.

[sirchunksalot]

22 minutes ago, BallsLeon said:

Got outside to play for the first time in 2024, and first time using my new pushcart and irons!

Played St. Andrew’s Golf Club (no not that one) from the white tees (Par 71, 5598yds, 67.0/118) ended up with a 108 (57 out/ 51 in). Conditions were tough with a soaked course, rain early in the round, ~10mph wind, and extra layers for temps in the 40°s. Definitely not my best work, but really enjoyed walking the course and match play kept it fun. Lost the front 9 down 2, but managed to win the back 9 up 2 to even it out. 
Biggest struggle was putting with 47 putts, and wedge-play/chipping getting reacquainted with less than perfect lies.

High points would be the 3 wood/3 utility off the tee, didn’t translate to more fairways but good distance with no dramatic misses like I do with driver. T200s performed admirably with the swings I was able to manage today (some great shots with 7i, 9i, PW, & 48°). Finally, walking with the pushcart definitely made my round more enjoyable; easily a round that would frustrate me if I had time to stew in the cart but walking kept me busy/moving on to the next shot.

The pushcart looks good and I'm glad you were able to get out and use it. Not to mention, that bag is . 

[Michael.Sandoval33]

25 minutes ago, BallsLeon said:

Got outside to play for the first time in 2024, and first time using my new pushcart and irons!

Played St. Andrew’s Golf Club (no not that one) from the white tees (Par 71, 5598yds, 67.0/118) ended up with a 108 (57 out/ 51 in). Conditions were tough with a soaked course, rain early in the round, ~10mph wind, and extra layers for temps in the 40°s. Definitely not my best work, but really enjoyed walking the course and match play kept it fun. Lost the front 9 down 2, but managed to win the back 9 up 2 to even it out. 
Biggest struggle was putting with 47 putts, and wedge-play/chipping getting reacquainted with less than perfect lies.

High points would be the 3 wood/3 utility off the tee, didn’t translate to more fairways but good distance with no dramatic misses like I do with driver. T200s performed admirably with the swings I was able to manage today (some great shots with 7i, 9i, PW, & 48°). Finally, walking with the pushcart definitely made my round more enjoyable; easily a round that would frustrate me if I had time to stew in the cart but walking kept me busy/moving on to the next shot.

Sounds to me like a good outing. Any reason you felt the putts weren't dropping today? Also, you explained the exact reason I love walking the course in the end

[BallsLeon]

2 minutes ago, Michael.Sandoval33 said:

Sounds to me like a good outing. Any reason you felt the putts weren't dropping today? Also, you explained the exact reason I love walking the course in the end

Great question lol, I think the easy cop out would be saying I swapped weights in my putter this week (30g to 10g)… but I think the real culprit is lack of practice time on real grass, no substitute for that as much as I like the PuttView at my sim. Either way, something to focus on in my practice, and a consistent putting setup. 

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

49 minutes ago, BallsLeon said:

Got outside to play for the first time in 2024, and first time using my new pushcart and irons!

Played St. Andrew’s Golf Club (no not that one) from the white tees (Par 71, 5598yds, 67.0/118) ended up with a 108 (57 out/ 51 in). Conditions were tough with a soaked course, rain early in the round, ~10mph wind, and extra layers for temps in the 40°s. Definitely not my best work, but really enjoyed walking the course and match play kept it fun. Lost the front 9 down 2, but managed to win the back 9 up 2 to even it out. 
Biggest struggle was putting with 47 putts, and wedge-play/chipping getting reacquainted with less than perfect lies.

High points would be the 3 wood/3 utility off the tee, didn’t translate to more fairways but good distance with no dramatic misses like I do with driver. T200s performed admirably with the swings I was able to manage today (some great shots with 7i, 9i, PW, & 48°). Finally, walking with the pushcart definitely made my round more enjoyable; easily a round that would frustrate me if I had time to stew in the cart but walking kept me busy/moving on to the next shot.

That’s one of those bad@$$ nitrons!

[Prodigal Duffer]

Today was my worst round in the two years I’ve been playing. Driver was working, then I was topping all my irons. Driver was then hit or miss the rest of the round. I sliced several drives, something I haven’t really ever done. Over corrected and then got some big hooks. 

I played with three strangers, all of whom were a real delight. I ended up losing my cool on a few holes, dropping a few swear words. Really disappointed in how I handled that.

Positives: I walked the round, got good exercise. Met some nice dudes who were great playing partners. Finally got in a round this year. Plenty to work on going forward.

Negatives: didn’t handle a tough day well, generally feeling very defeated.

Edited February 5 by Prodigal Duffer

[ParFore74x]

4 minutes ago, Prodigal Duffer said:

Today was my worst round in the two years I’ve been playing. Driver was working, then I was topping all my irons. Driver was then hit or miss the rest of the round. I sliced several drives, something I haven’t really ever done. Over corrected and then got some big hooks. 

I played with three strangers, all of whom were a real delight. I ended up losing my cool on a few holes, dropping a few swear words. Really disappointed in how I handled that.

Positives: I walked the round, got good exercise. Met some nice dudes who were great playing partners. Finally got in a round this year. Plenty to work on going forward.

Great idea of taking the positives from the round. That’s a good habit that I need to get myself into.