Bookends....

[MendieGK]

Final Q of the year on Saturday,

trebled the 1st hole, bogeyed the 2nd - great start.

Standing on the 18th tee, i've got it back to 1 over par. Middle of the fairway, 145yds left in - walk off with a double bogey 6.

Lost the competition by 2 shots, also missed out on ending the year off 3 by 2 shots!!

Golf is so frustrating sometimes.

 

[FairwayDodger]

Golf is so frustrating sometimes.

Ain't that the truth!

 

[bobmac]

Final Q of the year on Saturday,

trebled the 1st hole, bogeyed the 2nd - great start.

Standing on the 18th tee, i've got it back to 1 over par. Middle of the fairway, 145yds left in - walk off with a double bogey 6.

Lost the competition by 2 shots, also missed out on ending the year off 3 by 2 shots!!

Golf is so frustrating sometimes.

It happens to us all.
Camberley a few years ago, I started bogey, double bogey. Got it back to -2 on the 18th..........double bogey

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Last Medal of year Sat. Had a triple on 4th (thought ball lost from 2nd shot when it was in fact sitting just off back of green and less than 15ft from hole - just didn't look). But held it together to do front 9 in 6 over.

Back 9 had a horrible quintuple 10 on 11th - but again pretty much held it together to do back 9 in 9 over.

And given adjustments for the 7 and the 10, I ended up in the buffer.

Without the triple and the quintuple I'd have been a tidy 7 over - 3 under h/cap and cut to single figures - aaah - if only...

Golf frustrating - oh yes.

 

[Rooter]

I have started with a birdie and eagled the 18th at my place in the same round!! Scored 27 points. Does that count??

 

[jdpjamesp]

Golf is so frustrating sometimes.

It's a stupid game!




But I love it!

 

[IanG]

Last qualifier on Saturday last. Start with three bogeys on the first three holes which is acceptable since 2&3 are tough long par 4's which I can hardly reach in 2. Then out of the blue 5 good pars on the trot to be standing on the par 5 9th tee 3 over par - which is nice for a 13 handicapper. Drive OOB, reload ok, 4th into fairway bunker , take medicine and hack out fifth, punt up the fairway to 150 yard out for six, 7th a foot short and rolls back off the green, pitch on a two putts for a 10 --- aargh.

Then normal service resumed and managed to hold it together for a net 73, which with the 10 reduced to 8 on stableford reduction meant adj nett 71 and one under CSS for a wee 0.3 cut. So happy bunny on one count but oh what could have been......

 

[MendieGK]

Last qualifier on Saturday last. Start with three bogeys on the first three holes which is acceptable since 2&3 are tough long par 4's which I can hardly reach in 2. Then out of the blue 5 good pars on the trot to be standing on the par 5 9th tee 3 over par - which is nice for a 13 handicapper. Drive OOB, reload ok, 4th into fairway bunker , take medicine and hack out fifth, punt up the fairway to 150 yard out for six, 7th a foot short and rolls back off the green, pitch on a two putts for a 10 --- aargh.

Then normal service resumed and managed to hold it together for a net 73, which with the 10 reduced to 8 on stableford reduction meant adj nett 71 and one under CSS for a wee 0.3 cut. So happy bunny on one count but oh what could have been......

I leave my course pretty much every time saying 'what could have been' especially when i have a good round!! funnily enough, my best round of the year was the only time i sat in the car and thought 'that was the absolute best i could have shot today'

 

[JohnnyDee]

Walked off our 16th green 2 years ago one over gross playing off 13 and having the round of my life.

Then finished 8 (par 3!!) 6 (par 4) for a very good 8 over gross but what a nightmare finish!

There's no game quite like golf for putting you in your place.

 

[IanG]

I leave my course pretty much every time saying 'what could have been' especially when i have a good round!! funnily enough, my best round of the year was the only time i sat in the car and thought 'that was the absolute best i could have shot today'

True, we are also good at overlooking/forgetting the good luck that befalls us when totting up the balance of woe in the shower, e.g. that 40ft putt that dropped, or the members bounce onto the green.

 

[IanG]

Walked off our 16th green 2 years ago one over gross playing off 13 and having the round of my life.

Then finished 8 (par 3!!) 6 (par 4) for a very good 8 over gross but what a nightmare finish!

There's no game quite like golf for putting you in your place.

ok you win - that must have stung!

 

[JohnnyDee]

ok you win - that must have stung!

Still gets to me even now 😄

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Last qualifier on Saturday last. Start with three bogeys on the first three holes which is acceptable since 2&3 are tough long par 4's which I can hardly reach in 2. Then out of the blue 5 good pars on the trot to be standing on the par 5 9th tee 3 over par - which is nice for a 13 handicapper. Drive OOB, reload ok, 4th into fairway bunker , take medicine and hack out fifth, punt up the fairway to 150 yard out for six, 7th a foot short and rolls back off the green, pitch on a two putts for a 10 --- aargh.

Then normal service resumed and managed to hold it together for a net 73, which with the 10 reduced to 8 on stableford reduction meant adj nett 71 and one under CSS for a wee 0.3 cut. So happy bunny on one count but oh what could have been......

Almost a mirror of my round excepting my 7 - which - but for a little bit more care and time looking for my ball would probably have been 4 - and a nett level par. I'm guessing the CSSS will be +1 so a nett 1-under. But not to be oh foolish me.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Had too many bad finishes over the years. Nothing you can do but try and see the good stuff you played. Losing out on a win is always the most annoying bit in my mind as it's not that often I play myself into contention

 

[3565]

Just played PGA Centenary at Gleneagles last week with a good friend and was captain for the past 2 yrs. we played off the whites, 6,800 yds nearly 400 more then my home course, I'm 3 under gross after 3 holes, double 8, birdie 9, bogey 10, bogie 13&15, eagle 16 for a 1 under gross score........well happy. Go play 9 holes on Saturday and loose 3 balls, play 9 holes today loose another ball..........

Dont get it......