MGS VCT Season 3 - Week 14

[Javs]

56 minutes ago, GolfSpy_BEN said:

Date	07/28/2024
Course Name	Majestic Springs
Gross Score	70
Course Rating	70.9
Course Slope	129
Gross Strokes over/under par	-1
Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	318

With apologies to @Golf2Much and @William P this was a solid round. 

I was cruising along, making pars and 2 over until I got to the par 3 14th. It is only 125, so I played a pw and hit it to 3 feet. 

The par 5 15th saw my best drive of the day

along with a 9 iron to set up a 60 yard 3rd shot that I pitched to 9 feet and another birdie. 

 A good drive on 16 left me 75 yards out, so a nice 58 wedge in to 7 feet produced the third birdie on the bounce.

a par save at 17 left me going into 18 with a chance to break 70. On in 2, with 15 feet to go, and I guess the moment caught up to me, because I left that putt 2 feet short and brushed in the par putt to finish -1 70. 
 

I put a new (to me) set of Ping Blueprint S  irons into play today and now I’m wondering why I waited so long to get them. They were flat out awesome.

Outstanding round of golf Ben!

[William P]

52 minutes ago, GolfSpy_BEN said:

Date	07/28/2024
Course Name	Majestic Springs
Gross Score	70
Course Rating	70.9
Course Slope	129
Gross Strokes over/under par	-1
Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	318

With apologies to @Golf2Much and @William P this was a solid round. 

I was cruising along, making pars and 2 over until I got to the par 3 14th. It is only 125, so I played a pw and hit it to 3 feet. 

The par 5 15th saw my best drive of the day

along with a 9 iron to set up a 60 yard 3rd shot that I pitched to 9 feet and another birdie. 

 A good drive on 16 left me 75 yards out, so a nice 58 wedge in to 7 feet produced the third birdie on the bounce.

a par save at 17 left me going into 18 with a chance to break 70. On in 2, with 15 feet to go, and I guess the moment caught up to me, because I left that putt 2 feet short and brushed in the par putt to finish -1 70. 
 

I put a new (to me) set of Ping Blueprint S  irons into play today and now I’m wondering why I waited so long to get them. They were flat out awesome.

Great round Ben! No apologies necessary. 

[SDunne]

9 minutes ago, Golf2Much said:

@SDunne will you send me a photo or electronic version of your scorecard?  I need your hole by hole score, hole index and par so I can add it to your partner's score.

Thanks!

@Golf2Much - here you go sir!

[Cfhandyman]

1 hour ago, GolfSpy_BEN said:

Date	07/28/2024
Course Name	Majestic Springs
Gross Score	70
Course Rating	70.9
Course Slope	129
Gross Strokes over/under par	-1
Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	318

With apologies to @Golf2Much and @William P this was a solid round. 

I was cruising along, making pars and 2 over until I got to the par 3 14th. It is only 125, so I played a pw and hit it to 3 feet. 

The par 5 15th saw my best drive of the day

along with a 9 iron to set up a 60 yard 3rd shot that I pitched to 9 feet and another birdie. 

 A good drive on 16 left me 75 yards out, so a nice 58 wedge in to 7 feet produced the third birdie on the bounce.

a par save at 17 left me going into 18 with a chance to break 70. On in 2, with 15 feet to go, and I guess the moment caught up to me, because I left that putt 2 feet short and brushed in the par putt to finish -1 70. 
 

I put a new (to me) set of Ping Blueprint S  irons into play today and now I’m wondering why I waited so long to get them. They were flat out awesome.

And he’s back. Great round. The Ping Blueprint S irons are seriously nice irons. Well done. 

[IndyBonzo]

2 hours ago, Indy_Oz said:

Glad you feel better- it sucks playing injured! I'm sure plenty of rounds were lost around Indy today. I got in 9 just before the heavy rain arrived here.

Onwards and upwards.

Thanks @Indy_Oz!   Yes - rehab is working.  Hope to be fully better in a few weeks.  And maybe the game will round back into shape!

[JAYER38]

Posting my first round here so if there are mistakes feel free to correct me and ill fox it for next time!
 

Date: 07/28/2024

Course: Suffolk Golf Course

Location: Suffolk, Va

Par: 72

Tee/Length: White/6011

Course Rating: 69.3

Course Slope: 121

Total score: 97

Birdies or better: 0

Longest Drive: 248

Fairways hit: 6

Putts: 38

Edited July 29 by JAYER38

[Mr. Mushball]

Date	07/28/2024
Course Name	Stone Creek Golf Club
Gross Score	122
Course Rating	69.1
Course Slope	127
Gross Strokes over/under par	50
Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	228

Was hopeful to improve on my earlier round this week, but wasn't in the cards.  

Stone Creek is a beautiful course with two distinct 9s.  It's a bit longer and more challenging than my home course, but the course can't be blamed for my poor performance.  The greens are a bit more true and unforgiving than most of the greens in the area, but it is a well maintained course.

The green of #2.  That's my ball just off the green on the left. Up and down for par.

Hole 7.  My tee shot went 203 yards into that right side bunker.  Got out with a 9 iron and close, but still wound up with tripple bogie.  Short game was not strong today.

The bumpy ripply fairway of #8,  480yd par 5.  Got out ok on this one and only had double bogie.  I get three pips on this hole, so birdie for me!

Andy's tee shot from #11 over water.  Decent enough launch, but he pushed it a bit and it ended up on the right side of the fir.  Myself, I hit it just past the yellow tee markers on the left of the cart path, then hit my hybrid just inside and ahead of his for a look past the same tree trunk.  Actually kept it between the lines after the first shot, as is evidenced by the next picture. 

This is actually my flubbed 4th shot, which should have been a 7-iron into the green, but mishit and rolled it just short. This is a longish double dogleg over water with fir trees on both sides.  Right and back of the green is a creek, going past the bunker and about 120 yards up the fairway on the right.  This is where everyone else ended up.

And a top down view.  Those mishits can really ruin your day.

Finally, Jesse hitting to the green on par 3 hole 14.  This is basically an island green as the area between the tees and the green are wetlands.  First shot had the distance, but pulled it into the small cedar on the left of the green.  I always forget about the DZ on this hole, so hit a second from the tee.  It landed just short and rolled a bit down the hill, but stayed mostly out of trouble.  I found it hovering on a few blades of grass over the edge of the retaining rocks.  I popped it up on a good line and missed the hole by half a foot, but it rolled to far to secure a one putt.  Jesse had the only green hit.

Good day out.  Almost bettered my score since the first time I played here.  Next week I'll play somewhere in Ottawa, course yet undetermined.

BTW, the 13 score on #4 was due to getting in to the front greenside bunker in 6 after a dropped ball.  It had a 6' face that I was so determined to get over that I took six swings at it before finally catching it clean and clearing the green into deep fescue.  Decided to pick up after that and keep play moving.  Why I didn't just knock it out to a side after two misses is something I'll have to correct.

[Johann Oosthuizen]

Date	07/27/2024
Course Name	Rustenburg GC (South Africa)
Gross Score	90
Course Rating	129
Course Slope	71
Gross Strokes over/under par	18
Birdies or better	1
Longest Drive	310

Yep, golf is a game not for the faint hearted.  That is actually a load of BS.....it is all in the mind.   Well, I must have left my mind and my heart at home. 

Played a Better Ball Medal with my wife as my partner and came in with a 62, which was about 8 off the pace.  Not a good day for us. Had one or two good holes but the rest was disappointing.  Proof of the day is shown on hole 2 and 6 as examples. Hole 8 was OK, but 3 puts from 10 feet spoiled it.

But as usual, after a few "shots" on Hole 19, I felt a lot better about my golf.

[Johann Oosthuizen]

On 7/25/2024 at 11:19 PM, EMacK1961 said:

Date	07/23/2024
Course Name	Baja Country Club
Gross Score	98
Course Rating	64.7
Course Slope	107
Gross Strokes over/under par	26
Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	237

This was a day when everything felt a bit off. My back wasn’t cooperating and shots were left or right. Nothing good was going on. Just one of those days.

I often use 2 shots of Tequila before the 1st nine and 2 shots again before the 2nd nine to sort out my back....(sometimes an additional 2 shots in between)......

Edited July 29 by Johann Oosthuizen

[Shrek74]

Date	07/28/2024
Course Name	Stonehenge GC
Gross Score	94
Course Rating	76.2
Course Slope	143
Gross Strokes over/under par	22
Birdies or better	1
Longest Drive	0

Almost forgot.

[Bohnson]

Date	07/27/2024
Course Name	NCR North
Gross Score	70
Course Rating	72.5
Course Slope	122
Gross Strokes over/under par	0
Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	323

[MrBandit]

Date	07/27/2024
Course Name	White Bluff Old
Gross Score	81
Course Rating	71.8
Course Slope	130
Gross Strokes over/under par	9
Birdies or better	1
Longest Drive	257