MGS VCT Season 3 - Week 15

[Pinetree]

Date	08/04/2024
Course Name	Sandridge Golf Club Lakes Course
Gross Score	76
Course Rating	70.9
Course Slope	134
Gross Strokes over/under par	4
Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	237

[GolfSpy_BNG]

Date	08/03/2024
Course Name	Hillside golf course
Gross Score	82
Course Rating	68
Course Slope	107
Gross Strokes over/under par	10
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	0

Struggle bus with driver this weekend. 

[GolfSpy_BNG]

Date	08/04/2024
Course Name	Hillside Golf Course
Gross Score	73
Course Rating	68
Course Slope	107
Gross Strokes over/under par	1
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	0

Still a terrible driving day but scrambled amazingly well today. 

8 pars and 1 bogey(on 9) then 9 straight pars on the back. Left a couple out there with some birdie putts just coming up short.  

[Javs]

6 minutes ago, GolfSpy_BNG said:

Date	08/04/2024
Course Name	Hillside Golf Course
Gross Score	73
Course Rating	68
Course Slope	107
Gross Strokes over/under par	1
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	0

Still a terrible driving day but scrambled amazingly well today. 

8 pars and 1 bogey(on 9) then 9 straight pars on the back. Left a couple out there with some birdie putts just coming up short.  

Great round!

[GolfSpy_BNG]

22 minutes ago, Javs said:

Great round!

Thank you sir.  

[Shrek74]

Date	08/04/2024
Course Name	Heatherhurst GC, Brae Course
Gross Score	98
Course Rating	68.1
Course Slope	121
Gross Strokes over/under par	26
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	266

I had a horrible round. Couldn't chip to save my life. My putting wasn't horrible at 36 putts, which is my season average. I had a few drives over 235 (235, 235, 247, 266), which is also good. My longest was cart path aided as I heard it hit 3 times. Average driving at 221, which is 16 more than season average.

Multiple lost balls / OB with the BRNR Mini though. I really need to find a driver I can control, as I'm just struggling with pretty much everything. Need some range time before the member-member next weekend, or I'm going to suck.

[2puttbogey]

Date	08/03/2024
Course Name	Dunes at Maui Lani
Gross Score	89
Course Rating	69.4
Course Slope	128
Gross Strokes over/under par	17
Birdies or better	1
Longest Drive	0

The struggle continues. Was +1 after 7 holes and was bogey golf after the 11th. 

[cnosil]

Date	08/04/2024
Course Name	Cypress Point
Gross Score	78
Course Rating	69
Course Slope	118
Gross Strokes over/under par	6
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	0

Triple and 3 bogeys for a 6 over round.    Putting was once again less than stellar;  just can't seem to get the longer putts to the hole.    Might have gone too feel based and need to get a bit more mechanical with the stroke.   

[BMWer14]

Date	08/04/2024
Course Name	Salmon Arm Golf Club
Gross Score	78
Course Rating	69.5
Course Slope	124
Gross Strokes over/under par	6
Birdies or better	4
Longest Drive	247

Putter was working well today…greens were rolling true. I was humming along nicely then got stung by a wasp on the left forearm and finished with 3 bogies on 16, 17 & 18.

[Mr. Mushball]

Date	08/04/2024
Course Name	Loch March
Gross Score	114
Course Rating	66.6
Course Slope	108
Gross Strokes over/under par	42
Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	215

Got out again today and it seemed like it was going to be a good day.  However, the fates had it out for me today.  Didn't have as many blowups, but consistently couldn't do better than double bogie.  Scared birdie once, par a couple of times, but putting was so attrocious I couldn't convert anything.  Was chasing the dragon of the better ball striking from yesterday, but couldn't put it together today until about the 12th hole.  Things did improve on the back side, which is the harder of the two, but not enough to save the round.

 Hole #Uno

The course surrounds were beautiful.  About the same cost as The Marshes, but a bit more ragged.  Burnt out fairways, gravel over busted asphalt cart paths, pock marked greens and hard bunkers was a stark comparison to yesterday.  But a really fun layout with some interesting features.  Back to back par 5's and some tricky par 3's. I couldn't get the greens figured out and was always missing by half a ball and long.  Gave more balls to the environment than you'd expect on such a low difficulty course.  It astounds me that I wasn't able to break 100 on this course, even the first time playing through.

 What madman did this?

This hole was an easy 120 yard shot over marsh, but the green had three shelves, the bottom two were barely 30 square yards.  The bunkers almost take up more space than the greens.  And that hole position!

While this is technically a lower score than my round yesterday, I think my first score from The Marshes is a better tournament submission based on the hole by hole.  @Golf2Much, please use my score from The Marshes for your calculations, I don't think this one does much for us.

[Mr. Mushball]

Just now, Mr. Mushball said:Got out again today 

 

Something up with the post form?  See that my first text got moved up to the header for a reply, and that all of the media not already in the post got pushed anyway.  Not sad that you get the extra photos, but seems buggy...

[RajMahal]

Date	07/31/2024
Course Name	Army Navy Country Club Arlington
Gross Score	88
Course Rating	69.7
Course Slope	127
Gross Strokes over/under par	17
Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	0

[GolfSpy_BEN]

Date	08/04/2024
Course Name	Majestic Springs
Gross Score	75
Course Rating	70
Course Slope	120
Gross Strokes over/under par	4
Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	298

40/35 +4 75

Didnt have my best stuff early, but I ground out a decent round. The birdie on 18 was a 25 foot putt from the fringe that was pretty cool. I must have burned the edge of the cup on at least 8 putts today. 
 

The work continues

[Javs]

20 minutes ago, GolfSpy_BEN said:

Date	08/04/2024
Course Name	Majestic Springs
Gross Score	75
Course Rating	70
Course Slope	120
Gross Strokes over/under par	4
Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	298

40/35 +4 75

Didnt have my best stuff early, but I ground out a decent round. The birdie on 18 was a 25 foot putt from the fringe that was pretty cool. I must have burned the edge of the cup on at least 8 putts today. 
 

The work continues

Way to battle!

[Preeway]

Date	08/04/2024
Course Name	Woodland Hills
Gross Score	81
Course Rating	71
Course Slope	127
Gross Strokes over/under par	10
Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	335

Well, it finally happened. It might have been an off day for me but my son finally bettered me. It was a humbling day in many ways. It was a shaky yet good start with a couple of unforced errors leading to bogeys and three lip outs for birdies but I really thought I was in to something good. Then I ran into a brick wall with four double bogeys in five holes. Closed out well in the final 8 holes but the damage was done. So many woulda-coulda-shoulda opportunities but the worst was on 10.

Great drive and only 60 yards to the pin. Now, I’ve had several occurrences in my lifetime of the wedge shot where the wedge slides under the ball without the ball moving an inch. Very humiliating. But I took it to another level today. I not only slid the wedge under the ball without moving the ball, but I managed to take a divot in the process and had the ball stay in the divot now requiring me to blast said ball out of the divot. I really should have taken a picture but instead I just threw my club, lol. So, in short, it took me three shots to move the ball 60 yards, sigh. Sorry @Javs, but hoping my first round and your first round will be enough to finish on top. 

[Javs]

45 minutes ago, Preeway said:

Date	08/04/2024
Course Name	Woodland Hills
Gross Score	81
Course Rating	71
Course Slope	127
Gross Strokes over/under par	10
Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	335

Well, it finally happened. It might have been an off day for me but my son finally bettered me. It was a humbling day in many ways. It was a shaky yet good start with a couple of unforced errors leading to bogeys and three lip outs for birdies but I really thought I was in to something good. Then I ran into a brick wall with four double bogeys in five holes. Closed out well in the final 8 holes but the damage was done. So many woulda-coulda-shoulda opportunities but the worst was on 10.

Great drive and only 60 yards to the pin. Now, I’ve had several occurrences in my lifetime of the wedge shot where the wedge slides under the ball without the ball moving an inch. Very humiliating. But I took it to another level today. I not only slid the wedge under the ball without moving the ball, but I managed to take a divot in the process and had the ball stay in the divot now requiring me to blast said ball out of the divot. I really should have taken a picture but instead I just threw my club, lol. So, in short, it took me three shots to move the ball 60 yards, sigh. Sorry @Javs, but hoping my first round and your first round will be enough to finish on top. 

Congrats to your son! Hey, no need for a sorry. We did our best and now we wait. Heck at least you got in another round. I was dead weight after I hurt my back. However, had two treatments and if we get to move on I should be able to get some rounds in next week. However it turns out, I enjoyed having you as my partner!

[CB Lobo 4 Life]

Date	08/01/2024
Course Name	Snowflake Municipal
Gross Score	70
Course Rating	1
Course Slope	118
Gross Strokes over/under par	-2
Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	380

It has been far too long since I have posted in here. With the birth of a new child and work being insane I finally got to go out after only practicing at home for what felt like forever! I can honestly say the practice payouts have worked! 

I had a wonderful round this week and had so much fun doing it! For sure the best was my putting. Only 28 putts in 18 holes, I have never been that low!

The driver is also on for once. I had so many wonderful drives into holes that I feel more confident than ever.

Also, A LOT has changed in my bag as of late and I will need to update that here soon. 

Mens League here I come!

[Javs]

16 minutes ago, CB Lobo 4 Life said:

Date	08/01/2024
Course Name	Snowflake Municipal
Gross Score	70
Course Rating	1
Course Slope	118
Gross Strokes over/under par	-2
Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	380

It has been far too long since I have posted in here. With the birth of a new child and work being insane I finally got to go out after only practicing at home for what felt like forever! I can honestly say the practice payouts have worked! 

I had a wonderful round this week and had so much fun doing it! For sure the best was my putting. Only 28 putts in 18 holes, I have never been that low!

The driver is also on for once. I had so many wonderful drives into holes that I feel more confident than ever.

Also, A LOT has changed in my bag as of late and I will need to update that here soon. 

Mens League here I come!

Welcome back and great round!

[Johann Oosthuizen]

Date	08/03/2024
Course Name	Rustenburg GC (South Africa)
Gross Score	97
Course Rating	71
Course Slope	129
Gross Strokes over/under par	25
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	0

Should you play golf when you have the flu??? Definitely not!!!! Your body does not want to be on the course.

Should you play golf if you are supposed to collect your wife's brand new car??? Also, definitely not!!!!! Your body and mind wants to be in the new car.

I had a particularly bad day due to both reasons as listed above.

Played the back nine first, first shot off the 10th tee, hooked the ball badly into penalty area....brand new ball gone. Drive off the 11th tee, again hooked a brand new ball gone into the penalty area. Bungled the 12th which is my favorite hole. On the 16th (par5) I hit a 321yd drive in the wrong direction into the rough between trees.  Had a good lie with 6iron to the green.  Hit that 2nd shot only 13yds because my body wanted to be in the new car.

Finished the back nine 8 shots over handicap.  Should have packed it in, but the wife was on a roll in the competition, so I had to stick it out.

On the 6th I hit a tree with the 2nd shot, then hit the reservoir with the 3rd shot and lost 30yds, 4th shot had to play safe.  Should have captured this on video and given some viewers a laugh. 

Finished the day on 25 over par and did not even visit the 19th hole.  We rushed off to the dealership to collect wife's new car....must say, my body and mind recovered while sitting in the new car.

PS....wife did a 71 net for the day....she does not have the flu and she knew the dealership said that we do not have to rush to get her car.

[Johann Oosthuizen]

5 hours ago, Preeway said:

Date	08/04/2024
Course Name	Woodland Hills
Gross Score	81
Course Rating	71
Course Slope	127
Gross Strokes over/under par	10
Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	335

Well, it finally happened. It might have been an off day for me but my son finally bettered me. It was a humbling day in many ways. It was a shaky yet good start with a couple of unforced errors leading to bogeys and three lip outs for birdies but I really thought I was in to something good. Then I ran into a brick wall with four double bogeys in five holes. Closed out well in the final 8 holes but the damage was done. So many woulda-coulda-shoulda opportunities but the worst was on 10.

Great drive and only 60 yards to the pin. Now, I’ve had several occurrences in my lifetime of the wedge shot where the wedge slides under the ball without the ball moving an inch. Very humiliating. But I took it to another level today. I not only slid the wedge under the ball without moving the ball, but I managed to take a divot in the process and had the ball stay in the divot now requiring me to blast said ball out of the divot. I really should have taken a picture but instead I just threw my club, lol. So, in short, it took me three shots to move the ball 60 yards, sigh. Sorry @Javs, but hoping my first round and your first round will be enough to finish on top. 

I have three sons.....imagine the humbling feeling as well as the proud feeling when all three better you on the same day....

[Bohnson]

Date	08/04/2024
Course Name	Country club of the north
Gross Score	72
Course Rating	74.1
Course Slope	140
Gross Strokes over/under par	0
Birdies or better	2
Longest Drive	349

Hope everyone had a good weekend! 

[Bohnson]

5 hours ago, CB Lobo 4 Life said:

Date	08/01/2024
Course Name	Snowflake Municipal
Gross Score	70
Course Rating	1
Course Slope	118
Gross Strokes over/under par	-2
Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	380

It has been far too long since I have posted in here. With the birth of a new child and work being insane I finally got to go out after only practicing at home for what felt like forever! I can honestly say the practice payouts have worked! 

I had a wonderful round this week and had so much fun doing it! For sure the best was my putting. Only 28 putts in 18 holes, I have never been that low!

The driver is also on for once. I had so many wonderful drives into holes that I feel more confident than ever.

Also, A LOT has changed in my bag as of late and I will need to update that here soon. 

Mens League here I come!

Get er done at mens league!! Congrats on everything! 

[JAYER38]

Date	08/02/2024
Course Name	Bide-A-Wee Golf Course
Gross Score	94
Course Rating	69
Course Slope	120
Gross Strokes over/under par	0
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	227

SIM with manual putting on for the first time ever. Not a major fan but figured it would make it "more real" as sometime with auto putting my putt stroke count will be a little low and Ive been known to give a 6fter away a time or 2 haha.

Really trying to keep working on this Driver swing without it messing up the rest of my game as I've always struggle to differentiate between the swings.

 

 

[Vegan_Golfer_PNW]

13 hours ago, Mr. Mushball said:

hat madman did this?

This hole was an easy 120 yard shot over marsh, but the green had three shelves, the bottom two were barely 30 square yards.  The bunkers almost take up more space than the greens.  And that hole position!

That’s interesting. If you get out to forest hills, a mad man made a 200 yard plus par three (even from the whites!) with a steep slope from middle to front and then a mini tier way in the back. Bunkers guarding the green in the front and then a drop off behind. Talk about a madman! Looks like you had a real fun trip!

[snicerz]

Date	08/04/2024
Course Name	Surrey Hills
Gross Score	73
Course Rating	71.7
Course Slope	129
Gross Strokes over/under par	2
Birdies or better	5
Longest Drive	301

Great round Sunday, driver was good for the most part. Had some great putts that fell for birdie and good chips too.

[snicerz]

On 8/3/2024 at 5:51 PM, Mr. Mushball said:

Maybe it's still the front 9, but where are the trees?  Asking as someone from the PNW.

We don't have a ton of trees on the course but in the surrounding neighborhoods. The back nine here tends to funnel the wind more (maybe a little lower elevation compared to the neighborhood) compared to the front. The front also tends to have more slope to the fairways and greens. So if you land in the wrong spot, you get put in a really bad position compared to the back.

[cdewispelare]

Date	08/03/2024
Course Name	Woodland Hills
Gross Score	80
Course Rating	71.4
Course Slope	127
Gross Strokes over/under par	9
Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	329

This is more like it! Things are finally starting to come together, just ahead of our league's playoffs!