MGS VCT Season 3 - Week 20

[Glenmore5]

5 minutes ago, Josh Parker said:

Thanks!  Couldn't get putts to drop though and made a few mistakes. Overall a very solid round. 

Can't complain about 32p

[Rico_de_Gallo]

On 9/6/2024 at 3:48 PM, frazzman80 said:

Date	09/06/2024
Course Name	Northern Hills CC
Gross Score	88
Course Rating	72.3
Course Slope	177
Gross Strokes over/under par	16
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	326

Windy today...like 175 to a par 3 into the wind and hit a very solid 4I and watch it go straight for the flag and land 25 yards short kind of windy today. Had driver, 7I to a 540 yard par 5 downwind. But most holes were crosswinds and it was tough to judge. 

6th hole down wind?

Had similar wind direction last time I played it, which seemed odd since most the time I've been there the 6th and 7th are into the wind with hole 8 down wind.

[GolfSpy_APH]

Date	09/06/2024
Course Name	Moosseedorf - Weiss
Gross Score	82
Course Rating	73.5
Course Slope	132
Gross Strokes over/under par	10
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	289

[2puttbogey]

Date	09/08/2024
Course Name	Dunes at Maui Lani
Gross Score	83
Course Rating	69.4
Course Slope	128
Gross Strokes over/under par	11
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	0

[Alf. S]

Date	09/07/2024
Course Name	West Lothian Golf Club
Gross Score	79
Course Rating	69.7
Course Slope	123
Gross Strokes over/under par	8
Birdies or better	5
Longest Drive	240

After a pretty miserable week playing where nothing was working and my head wasn't in the game, ended up with a decent score on Saturday.  Solid round, 2 poor drives on 8 and 16 cost me doubles and a 3 putt bogey on 6 were the only lowlights. +3 on the back 9 is pretty much the best score I've hit on it this year. All I need to do next week is put 2 good nines together.

 

[BIG STU]

Date	09/08/2024
Course Name	Indigo Creek
Gross Score	77
Course Rating	66.7
Course Slope	109
Gross Strokes over/under par	5
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	230

They cut down the rough some after Friday. I choked down on the club some and figured out how to punch it out of the rough. Wedges and bump and runs were dead on it. Putting so so on the crappy wet greens but it was ok. We played a 3 some and finished in like 3:10 no one in front of us. Did not rush but all of us played good. To give staff credit they evidently cut the roughs down some from Friday 

[GolfSpy SAM]

Date	09/06/2024
Course Name	River Ridge Golf Course - Vineyard Course
Gross Score	80
Course Rating	70.9
Course Slope	125
Gross Strokes over/under par	8
Birdies or better	7
Longest Drive	262

It's crazy what happens when you can keep the ball in play off the tee.  Second week in a row I played a course I've never played, and were it not for the final three holes, I'd have easily broken 80 (went +4 through the final 3, including a three-putt (only one) and dunking a ball on the island par-3 18th).  

That being said - just a genuinely fun return to form for my irons compared to last week - I still left quite a few short, but contact was SO much better. There was a sneaky wind up above the trees (played out closer to the ocean in order to get a more favorable temperature, as by my place it was 110F on Friday), and I never really remembered to take it into consideration, which is obviously on me, especially late in the round (in particular, that shot into 18).  

The greens were a particularly tricky thing, as well, as they had had fertilizer laid on them (presumably in prep for an upcoming punch?), and it was like putting through Kosher salt, or, you know, fertilizer Once I figured out you just had to hit the putt a little harder than you thought, it was actually a pretty good putting round (sans the 3-putt on 17) - 29 in total.

A lot of our courses out here have started to get a little burned out - see pic below - but being only a few miles from the ocean, I could see this place being pretty pristine in the wetter months - a really nice surprise of a course.  Super gettable, not a lot of trouble, but you had to be strategic when it was there (sneaky lakes/rivers once in a while that were blind from the tee or second shot).  Just a really fun round overall!  

(Plinking my way to a birdie attempt - dime for size reference)

[EMacK1961]

Date	09/07/2024
Course Name	Baja Country Club
Gross Score	96
Course Rating	69.5
Course Slope	117
Gross Strokes over/under par	24
Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	238

What an unmitigated disaster!!! I had no business being out there. My back hurt. I was up at 12:30am. I had horrible sleep. I just should have stayed in bed but my partner was counting on me. Plus, I knew that playing was better than not playing and moping around the house. On the plus side, I did get three net birdies or better. I didn't do anything particularly bad...I just didn't put anything together on most holes to score. I hit shots short but online. I considered that a victory as I can grab a different club next time but by the same token, it meant another shot. Just an ugly day. 

[frazzman80]

12 hours ago, Rico_de_Gallo said:

6th hole down wind?

Had similar wind direction last time I played it, which seemed odd since most the time I've been there the 6th and 7th are into the wind with hole 8 down wind.

Yeah…6 and 7 were hard downwind. 8 was into.

[fozcycle]

Date	09/06/2024
Course Name	Heritage Isles GC
Gross Score	90
Course Rating	64.1
Course Slope	103
Gross Strokes over/under par	18
Birdies or better	1
Longest Drive	170

CPO, ground very swampy

 

[RajMahal]

Date	09/08/2024
Course Name	Belmont Country Club
Gross Score	88
Course Rating	72.4
Course Slope	130
Gross Strokes over/under par	16
Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	0

[Shrek74]

Date	09/08/2024
Course Name	Dorchester Golf Course at Fairfield Glade
Gross Score	95
Course Rating	68
Course Slope	125
Gross Strokes over/under par	23
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	0

Ugh, not having played for 3 weeks showed. Lots of rust.

[cnosil]

Date	09/08/2024
Course Name	Cypress Point
Gross Score	81
Course Rating	69
Course Slope	118
Gross Strokes over/under par	9
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	0

played pretty well on 17 of the 18 holes.    It was windy and I didn't account for the wind on one of he par 3s.   1st shot wet,  third shot just cleared the water and was almost against the bulkhead,  hit a few more shots for a quad.   

[Golf2Much]

Date	09/08/2024
Course Name	Key West Golf Club
Gross Score	83
Course Rating	67.7
Course Slope	124
Gross Strokes over/under par	13
Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	180

Just as soon as the course dried out after a week plus of rain, they aerate the greens.  Not those thin little slits either!   Big time holes with a decent amount of sand!   With the softer greens, you can fly the ball farther without fear of it running out too far.  The downside is that the greens are really slow.

Given all that, the 83 was halfway decent.  

Fairways hit in regulation was about average for me at 71%.  I did par one of the three times I didn't hit the fairway though.  Greens in regulation was one better than normal.  Of special note was the nineth hole where I hit a great drive followed up to a solid 7 wood shot on the well-guarded green.  Two putts for par made it a good hole for me!  

The four up and downs for pars was about right given the questionable green conditions.  I also had three up and downs for bogey as well.

 

The 29 putts were a bit high for me, but with aerated greens contributed to that number!  

Overall, it was good day. Here's hoping for a better start to the week.  I need to fine tune my driver to be ready for my Titleist long game fitting on Wednesday!  

[Glenmore5]

6 hours ago, GolfSpy SAM said:

Date	09/06/2024
Course Name	River Ridge Golf Course - Vineyard Course
Gross Score	80
Course Rating	70.9
Course Slope	125
Gross Strokes over/under par	8
Birdies or better	7
Longest Drive	262

It's crazy what happens when you can keep the ball in play off the tee.  Second week in a row I played a course I've never played, and were it not for the final three holes, I'd have easily broken 80 (went +4 through the final 3, including a three-putt (only one) and dunking a ball on the island par-3 18th).  

That being said - just a genuinely fun return to form for my irons compared to last week - I still left quite a few short, but contact was SO much better. There was a sneaky wind up above the trees (played out closer to the ocean in order to get a more favorable temperature, as by my place it was 110F on Friday), and I never really remembered to take it into consideration, which is obviously on me, especially late in the round (in particular, that shot into 18).  

The greens were a particularly tricky thing, as well, as they had had fertilizer laid on them (presumably in prep for an upcoming punch?), and it was like putting through Kosher salt, or, you know, fertilizer Once I figured out you just had to hit the putt a little harder than you thought, it was actually a pretty good putting round (sans the 3-putt on 17) - 29 in total.

A lot of our courses out here have started to get a little burned out - see pic below - but being only a few miles from the ocean, I could see this place being pretty pristine in the wetter months - a really nice surprise of a course.  Super gettable, not a lot of trouble, but you had to be strategic when it was there (sneaky lakes/rivers once in a while that were blind from the tee or second shot).  Just a really fun round overall!  

(Plinking my way to a birdie attempt - dime for size reference)

Well done

[Prodigal Duffer]

Date	09/08/2024
Course Name	Split Rail Golf Club
Gross Score	86
Course Rating	71.7
Course Slope	127
Gross Strokes over/under par	14
Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	311

Randomly got paired with the dad of one my daughter’s teammates. Had a great time with him. Front nine was not horrible, but I had a blow up triple bogey hole and a blow up double bogey hole. Seeing more of my practice translate into my game, but still have a good way to go. I gained strokes in 3 of the 4 facets, but lost almost 4 strokes in approach! 

[fredsharky]

Date	09/08/2024
Course Name	Fort Walton Beach - The Pines
Gross Score	77
Course Rating	69.3
Course Slope	116
Gross Strokes over/under par	5
Birdies or better	3
Longest Drive	297

[dback]

Date	09/08/2024
Course Name	Le Kaufman
Gross Score	80
Course Rating	70.8
Course Slope	134
Gross Strokes over/under par	8
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	302

Putting hasn’t been great - maybe I should stop rotating putters and feels. Didn’t hit anything longer than 5 feet today but lag putting was solid and had a bunch of 2 putts. 
 

Driver was either great or a snaphook, thankfully more good ones and avoided any lost balls. Basically came down to, hit fairway > par, miss fairway > bogey. All in all a beautiful day of fall golf at one of the best munis in west Michigan.
 

 

[Wolfstrum]

Date	09/08/2024
Course Name	Killarney West
Gross Score	56
Course Rating	32.3
Course Slope	102
Gross Strokes over/under par	20
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	0

Only got out for 9 holes this week.  Not a great round. But I had fun getting out. Met three great guys I got paired with. 

[JAYER38]

Date	09/08/2024
Course Name	Cypress Creek Golfers Club
Gross Score	103
Course Rating	69.7
Course Slope	126
Gross Strokes over/under par	31
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	252

Ill be honest I felt this round coming with all Tee shot issues I've been having lately... Just keep losing the feels with the Driver finally went out of control and its hard to score from the trees. Have to fight thru it and find those feels again so we keep pushing!

Bad day at gold is still better than a good day at work haha.

 

[Bohnson]

Date	09/07/2024
Course Name	Country club of the north
Gross Score	66
Course Rating	0
Course Slope	0
Gross Strokes over/under par	0
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	0

[Bohnson]

Date	09/07/2024
Course Name	Country club of the north
Gross Score	66
Course Rating	74.1
Course Slope	140
Gross Strokes over/under par	-6
Birdies or better	6
Longest Drive	333

[Rico_de_Gallo]

On 9/7/2024 at 11:57 PM, GolfSpy_APH said:

Date	09/06/2024
Course Name	Moosseedorf - Weiss
Gross Score	82
Course Rating	73.5
Course Slope	132
Gross Strokes over/under par	10
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	289

no Doubles .... nice

[Rico_de_Gallo]

Date	09/05/2024
Course Name	Olmos
Gross Score	85
Course Rating	71.5
Course Slope	132
Gross Strokes over/under par	13
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	0

didn't realize i had posted this one .... didn't hate the day. played a little further back  and only 1 blow up hole

 

[cdewispelare]

Date	09/08/2024
Course Name	Bent Tree Golf Club
Gross Score	90
Course Rating	71.1
Course Slope	129
Gross Strokes over/under par	18
Birdies or better	0
Longest Drive	301

No scorecard (technical issues).  Turd of a round, just caught some rough breaks and it just got away from me.