Chalk and cheese, back to back rounds

[big_russ]

Turned up at a local 9 hole course this morning to have a round by myself. As i approached the 1st tee an older chap on the putting green asked if i was on my own and i agreed to him joining me. All i can say is what a big mistake.
Not that he was a bad player but i just could not play to anywhere my usual ability.
We played 9 holes and shook hands (me 42, he 50, par 30) and as he walked back to his car i went back in the clubhouse and payed for another 9 holes. What happened next as you will all know is why this game frustrates us so much.
After starting bogey,bogey,bogey(5,4,4), i then had 6 straight pars to card my best round to date, 33, at this course.
Every hole my short game was superb, chipping to 6inch 3 times and putting from distnce as well.

Why oh why can't we just play like this more often.

 

[Molly]

I feel your pain Russ!

I posted last week that I had my best ever score of 80. Drove it like a demon, chipped close every time and putted better than ever. A few shanks thrown in otherwise I'd have been in the 70s. Thought I'd cracked it...

2 days later, I strode to the first tee feeling like I was going to tear it up. No. Complete opposite. Struggled to only two pars and looked like I had never picked up a club before in my life! Drives were straight out of the army; left, right, left right...irons miss hit like never before and when I putted, it was like my arms were replaced by pieces of string - all limp and no feel for distance at all!

Thing is, my second par of the day came at the last....cracking drive in to the wind. Belted a 5-wood to the front edge, then chipped to 2 feet and rammed the putt in the back of the hole...heroic! Maybe not, but it made the other 17 holes of tripe disappear very quickly. Don't you love the frustration of it all?

 

[Cernunnos]

Not long ago, well over the last couple of months I had a lesson on the course, I decided to go back out afterwads & over 9 holes I was no more than 5 over & I'd had three lip outs & at least threeor four easily avoidable bad shots, but came off the course very positive.

Came on the range two days latter ostensibly for a warm up & after my 5th consecutive shank in a row I was left questioning myself & my abilities. My warmup turned into a real practice session to try & sort out something that two days didn't exist.
Went out & had a bad round, not drreadful as some parts of my game were great. but enough to get into low tonne. Then the following day went to another local course & things were even worse, Ironically when I was hitting it well I was playing brilliantly, but all that was still no-where good enough to make up for the shanks & misshits inbetween.

Sorth of sorted things out, but as I've not played in a week, I'm not sure what will happen next.

To be 5 over, over 9 holes. And then be over 30 over, over 18 holes two days after, is almost unimaginable.

 

[toyboy54]

Again I think I'll take up take up knitting!!!!Cheers guys,bedtime!!!!!!!!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Recently played my front 9 level par off the white tees and then came back in 12 over on the back 9. I'm sure some of it was trying to protect a score and being aover cautious therefore losing the natural flow that had served me so well but I was still missing fairways and greens with impunity whilst on the front 9 everything was almost laser guided.

Oh well!!!

 

[Cernunnos]

Again I think I'll take up take up knitting!!!!Cheers guys,bedtime!!!!!!!!

Knit one, pearl one, Hook one, slice one, Drop one, place one.

Play a provisional on...lol

 

[viscount17]

had some really mixed rounds lately, exemplified by a round at The Bedford (avoid for a while - in process of being taken over and will need time to settle down and re-stock the proshop, it's bare). outward truly awful - a whole 7 points, inward 24 points and birdie-birdie finish. makes no sense.


ps The Bedford no longer accepts Greenfree (or other) vouchers