How'd you play?

[Josh Parker]

Shot 6 over today and I am completely happy with that score considering the wind was absolutely howling!  The two hardest par 5's were in to the wind and with elevated tee shots they were brutal.  I ended up hitting 4 iron off the first of the two.  Hole 17 is a long par 4 that plays uphill and today was into the wind.  Hit a great driver and had 186yds to the back of the green and smoked a 6 iron to front center and just about drained a 35ft putt.  Another 3in and it was in.  

[sirchunksalot]

37 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.

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

That first round of the year is something special. I know you didn't play good, but when you haven't been able to get out on the course it's going to take a minute to get used to hitting balls off grass again. I like that you listed the positives and hope you continue to look back on this round through that lens. 

[Indy_Oz]

First round of the year thanks to some unexpected warm(well, above freezing) and dry weather for most of the past week.

Played at Eagle Creek GC, Central Indiana, USA. Sycamore Course, white tees (the only ones marked today).

About as mixed bag as I'd expected. Haven't putted over winter and didn't make it there early enough to roll more than 3-4 putts.

Score: 82(+11).

Lowlights: FIVE 3-putts. Four on the back 9, where I shot +4. The greens were a really mixed bag of slow and fast and some very uneven. So maybe I shouldn't be hard on myself. Greenside bunker shots: Awful.LOL Fortunately only hit one of them (took two shots to get out though!).

Highlights: 8/9GIR & 5/7FIR on the back nine (front nine was a warm up, ha ha). Driver and 3H were going well. Approach shots were good. Felt the clock drills I've done recently helped on a few short approach shots, hitting gap wedge close and bang on desired distance. Had a few birdie puts that JUST missed.

Could have easily been a sub-80 round with some putting practice. For a first outing on a very soggy course (driver and 3W plugged in fairways a few times), I'll take it. Sufficient positives that bode well for the season ahead.

Major disappointment: Fellow golfers leaving beer cans and a glass whisky bottle next to tee boxes. I think we collected 8 beer cans plus the glass bottle to deposit in trash at the end of the round.

Edited February 5 by Indy_Oz
Typo correction (no 30-putts this time.lol)

[Peaksy68]

Solid round of 7 over playing off 8 at Black Bull Golf Club. Only the second time I’ve played it, really fun layout, greens were soft but rolling well. Very happy with my final score as it included two water balls. On a trip with a mate and 8 stableford points in front after 1st day of 3

Edited February 5 by Peaksy68

[golfjunky79]

Had a good weekend shot a 77 on a par 69 course saturday and thats good for me im a 12 handicap. Drove an hour to indiana to play a course (Brook Hill) in Brookville and to my disappointment they closed the back 9 and had to play the front twice so i played from the back tees shot a 42 and then the front tees shot a 37 par was 35 on the front. Its nice to have a day to get out here in cincinnati its been a month since ive been able to play. Ive spent alot of time at the heated driving range Acres. Great place they have 18 hole putt putt and a full bar and restraunt. Id live there if they let me. Lol hitem straight boys and girls.

[JAYER38]

 Wife was nice enough to let me sneak out and celebrate having a healthy baby yesterday with the boys. Played The Hamptons which is a 27 holes course broken into 3 9 segments. Links(more dry and hilly), Lakes(water everywhere), Woods(trees and flat land).

Ended up on the Lakes the front 9 which is never good for me. Shot a 54 but chipping and putting were better then ever on average for me. Just couldn't find my full swing rhythm till around 5-6. Back 9 on the Links we came back strong with a 45 which is my 3rd best 9 hole segment so I'm happy with the results.

Total of a 99

37 Putts(#8=3 and #18=4 everything else was a 2 or 1)

10 fairways

7 penalties

Really need to work on my iron shots tho as I really struggled with any sort of consistent shot

[Jim Shaw]

good afternoon spy's

Different game for me today, shot 76, 39-37, not one birdie.

Litterly lipped out on 4 putts so if those had dropped I would have been happier, and I didn't sink any bombs etc. 

Hit 10 fairways (about average for me)

9 greens (which is low for me, 12 minimum is my goal)

30 putts ( about average for me I guess) 

So looking at those stats GIR down, which makes sense as I wasnt really firing on all cylinders, I will take the 76 and work on going lower tomorrow...

[EnderinAZ]

Dead hands. Section 4.2, page 45 of Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible. I must have read that particular section just shortly after the book first hit the shelves back in 1999. I have since then forgotten that passage until I read it last night. 

For all of my grumbling and practicing my short game that simple 2 word sentence made a difference in my game today.  I hit 7 fairways where the ball stopped in the green grass and five more where the ball rolled through the fairway or trickled off and ended up inside of two steps from the green grass. I only hit 6 greens in regulation. This meant I put "dead hands" to the test and I am happy to say the reintroduction of dead hands to my chip and pitch repertoire was a definite success in both direction and distance. 

I can read and understand a half dozen different programming languages, proprietary control languages by Emerson, Siemens, Bailey, Allen Bradley, and GE, Rolls Royce, and Solar turbine control system language. As well as a smattering of German, French, Arabic, and Korean. Do you think I could read a bloody green??? 3 three putts today, with no first putt more than 25 feet away. I had 4 balls turn to miss the hole within 2 inches of the hole. Not an unusual occurrence for anyone on these boards. All 4 of these turned 180 degrees to the opposite from what I read. 

Rain tomorrow afternoon. The course is still semi flooded from the last rains last Friday. It will be underwater and unplayable Wednesday morning....

 

[Jim Shaw]

9 hours ago, EnderinAZ said:

Dead hands. Section 4.2, page 45 of Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible. I must have read that particular section just shortly after the book first hit the shelves back in 1999. I have since then forgotten that passage until I read it last night. 

For all of my grumbling and practicing my short game that simple 2 word sentence made a difference in my game today.  I hit 7 fairways where the ball stopped in the green grass and five more where the ball rolled through the fairway or trickled off and ended up inside of two steps from the green grass. I only hit 6 greens in regulation. This meant I put "dead hands" to the test and I am happy to say the reintroduction of dead hands to my chip and pitch repertoire was a definite success in both direction and distance. 

I can read and understand a half dozen different programming languages, proprietary control languages by Emerson, Siemens, Bailey, Allen Bradley, and GE, Rolls Royce, and Solar turbine control system language. As well as a smattering of German, French, Arabic, and Korean. Do you think I could read a bloody green??? 3 three putts today, with no first putt more than 25 feet away. I had 4 balls turn to miss the hole within 2 inches of the hole. Not an unusual occurrence for anyone on these boards. All 4 of these turned 180 degrees to the opposite from what I read. 

Rain tomorrow afternoon. The course is still semi flooded from the last rains last Friday. It will be underwater and unplayable Wednesday morning....

 

great post...

[Shapotomous]

Got out today for the first time in 2024.  Played 8 holes and had 7 pars.  So i figure i have nowhere to go but down from here! 

Of course the short winter tees were in use still so there were no 400 yard par 4's.  But i was encouraged to see my distance was within 1/2 club from last year.  If todays yardages are not a mirage then I expect when it warms up a bit i will have kept my club yardages the same.  The winter time core flexibility exercises seem to have worked.

[PAR4MEPlease]

Had great day golfing on a windy day. I played a 78 from the white tees with 35 mph wind gusts. Best score this year on the Blythe Municipal Golf Course, where the par is 73. Do I get a broke 80 label on my profile page?

[PAR4MEPlease]

Also made a donation yesterday. Do get a donor  label?

[Rob Person]

Thought I posted this in here, but we squeezed out 27 holes yesterday!

18 regular course and 9 on the short course, and I was beat tired by the 5th hole on the par 3 course.

But I had, what I assure you is a fluke, my personal best round, and broke 90!

3 putts were barely existent, and I owe credit to the AI-ONE DB putter for that. 

 

Edited February 8 by Rob Person

[ParFore74x]

2 minutes ago, Rob Person said:

Thought I posted this in here, but we squeezed out 27 holes yesterday!

18 regular course and 9 on the short course, and I was beat tired by the 5th hole on the par 3 course.

But I had, what I assure you is a fluke, my personal best round, and broke 90!

3 putts were barely existent, and I owe credit to the AI-ONE DB putter for that. 

 

Nice work, congrats on breaking 90!!

[cnosil]

6 minutes ago, Rob Person said:

 

But I had, what I assure you is a fluke, my personal best round, and broke 90!

 

congrats on the personal best .

[rkj427]

12 minutes ago, PAR4MEPlease said:

Also made a donation yesterday. Do get a donor  label?

You may want to send a message to one of the GolfSpy moderators.

I also believe you need to show verification.

There is a topic on "Donations"

 

[BallsLeon]

Played a sim round this morning at Woodmont CC (Par 72, 5498yds, 68.8/123) played from the forward tees hoping things would be more reachable, but didn't quite work out that way. Shot a 91 (48 out, 43 in) about my average currently, but left a lot on the table especially off the tee, swipey thin misses with 3w/3i. Have also turned auto-putts to match my Trackman HCP opposed to Tour to better reflect real scores.

[William P]

Had a very pleasant round today with our senior association. Today's outing was well attended with 84 participants. Course is starting to dry out and should be in great shape in a couple of weeks if the rain "cools its heels" a little. 

Shot an 84 against my 13 hdcp for a net -1 so pretty pleased with that. Started out pretty shaky and made the turn at 45. Something finally "felt" right, and I settled in for a back nine 39 which is very good for me. 9 of 14 fairways, 7 GIR, 36 putts. Definitely need to keep working on the approach shots...

 

[Dweed]

Holy Cow!!  Feb 8th. Mid-Michigan. 59*. Who would have thought that I'd be playing my first round of 2024. I have never played this early in my life. Earliest previously was 2017, March 21st I believe. Only 2 places open near by and walkers only. Perfect day. Played 9, hit 7 out of 8 fairways(only 1 par 3 on front 9). Hit 4 GIR. Scrambling was 4 out of 5 so I was happy with that. 14 putts. I'm liking that @GolfSub70004 mallet. Shot 1 over for a 37. Happy with the start.

[Jim Shaw]

Much better game today, yesterday I hit 16 greens and honestly had 38 putts, I think that is a personal high since I started tracking my putts...

Today hit 15 greens, 33 putts (still high) but not as bad, shot 73... Really happy with my ball striking, my putting is going down the "bell curve"but I am going to work hard at it, go and see my coach and get it back as soon as possible...

The greens were running 10.5 today, man our superintendent is doing a great job, I had the chance to see him today and thank him and his crew for all their hard work, makes a huge difference...

[Jacob10]

First round of 2024. A decent day in middle TN but gusty wind up over 20. It was a pretty mixed bag but glad to be on the course. I hit it pretty solid but stats and scoring don’t do it justice. 

[cnosil]

17 minutes ago, Jim Shaw said:

Today hit 15 greens, 33 putts (still high) but not as bad, shot 73... Really happy with my ball striking, my putting is going down the "bell curve"but I am going to work hard at it, go and see my coach and get it back as soon as possible...

Should have hit the approach shots closer for more 1 putts 

[Shapotomous]

5 minutes ago, cnosil said:

Should have hit the approach shots closer for more 1 putts 

Thats what Harvey Penick told  Justin Leonard when Justin said he wasnt making enough birdie putts! 

[Jim Shaw]

31 minutes ago, cnosil said:

Should have hit the approach shots closer for more 1 putts 

that was mentioned....

 

[Josh Parker]

1 hour ago, Jim Shaw said:

Much better game today, yesterday I hit 16 greens and honestly had 38 putts, I think that is a personal high since I started tracking my putts...

Today hit 15 greens, 33 putts (still high) but not as bad, shot 73... Really happy with my ball striking, my putting is going down the "bell curve"but I am going to work hard at it, go and see my coach and get it back as soon as possible...

The greens were running 10.5 today, man our superintendent is doing a great job, I had the chance to see him today and thank him and his crew for all their hard work, makes a huge difference...

Nice round!

[Jim Shaw]

12 minutes ago, Josh Parker said:

Nice round!

thanks Josh...

[Preeway]

Finally made it out on the course today. 

Only 28 putts. Off the tee and approach shots were hit and miss but the short game was on fire. 

[Syks7]

Well, it didn't feel like I was playing lights out, but my score would say otherwise.  40/39 79 at Rustic Canyon.  2nd time under 80.  I felt relaxed, collected, and in command.  It matches my low score and its a definitive personal best from a differential perspective -- 6.1.  I was in command enough of my game enough that I tried and converted a couple Scottie Scheffler low driven bump and runs off the face of the steep slopes in front of the green.   Saved bogey once and got up and down on another.  They started us on 10 because of wet conditions on the course if I'm being honest it felt easier playing the back 9 first.  Having front 9 energy in the hillier back 9 made a difference.  Instead of 10 straight holes headed mostly uphill that chunk got broken up and with 5 uphill to start, 8 downill, then 5 uphill.   

This one feels way better than the first time I broke 80, because I didn't pressure myself at all.  I just enjoyed the day.   I noticed where I was with 6 to play and thought to myself, "well if I par out this will be an awesome day."  Then didn't think about it again.  I went +1 through the last 6 including closing with 4 straight pars.

On the front 9 (back today) all three bogeys were lipped out up and downs to save par.   I hit 11/14 fairways 9/18 Greens and had 34 putts.  The number of putts doesn't tell the hole story, I hit some beautiful very long lag putts today -- the best being 75' from the collar on 18 to virtual tap in range at 2'.   Longer putts didn't miss by much and I had virtually no cleanup left.  I probably only made 30' of putts today.     Sneaky good, but it doesn't look quite as cool as 100+ feet.    I also had a great day with wedges in hand. 

The only thing to complain about was pace of play.  It's been very rainy and today was walking only.  No big deal for me since I almost always walk, but terrible for the older guys who never do.  Lot's bailed, but some stuck it out and boy did they struggle.    5.25 hours and I thought I might have to call EMS for the two guys in the threesome we were following -- they were absolutely gassed.  

[Rob Person]

Congratulations on your new personal best. And I'm glad you had a great day.

[jbern]

On 2/7/2024 at 8:41 PM, Rob Person said:

Thought I posted this in here, but we squeezed out 27 holes yesterday!

18 regular course and 9 on the short course, and I was beat tired by the 5th hole on the par 3 course.

But I had, what I assure you is a fluke, my personal best round, and broke 90!

3 putts were barely existent, and I owe credit to the AI-ONE DB putter for that. 

 

Congrats on the PB!