I played today and..(Rolling) -originally created by JohnnyDee

[richart]

Finished second today, but no doubt weather will be better tomorrow and will slip down the field. No handicap cut before tomorrow’s 1/4 final of winter league.

All the results from the March medal sudenly disappeared off the club website yesterday, and have reappeared today showing the CSS has increased from 70 to 72 on the day I played. I have therefore been cut to 11 !

 

[HomerJSimpson]

All the results from the March medal sudenly disappeared off the club website yesterday, and have reappeared today showing the CSS has increased from 70 to 72 on the day I played. I have therefore been cut to 11 !

Well done. Where did you finish

 

[richart]

Well done. Where did you finish

8th overall, so just out of the money which i think goes to top 6. CSS for the Sunday went down to 71, so definitely palyed on the harder day.

 

[Wolf]

Just played in the Midweek roll up, no expectations as was feeling mentally crap. Put a new 3 wood into play today set at 14°, front half +2, back half - 1, 73 gross for 43 points and little win of the money. Bought lads I played with a beer and put rest in the H4H charity pot, just seemed right thing to do today. Course was in great condition and greens couldn't be better just in time for the season ahead. Just need to convert these sort of rounds into the qualifier rounds which I've not been doing. But today's golf has Certainly cheered me up now going to enjoy a nice sunny afternoon off.

 

[rudebhoy]

21 points on the front 9, mainly thanks to leaving the driver on the bag, and just hitting my 5 iron off the tee.

Took the driver out on the 10th, promptly duffed it. Put it back in the bag where it stayed for the rest of the round.

Ended up with 41 points which I reckon is my best ever score when playing on the proper set up as opposed to forward tees / temp greens in the winter. Still not enough to win as one of my 4 ball got 42, grrr!!!

 

[BrianM]

Disaster today, can’t get used to this new grip, booked a lesson with a new guy, see where it takes me, feels like my game is going backwards 😫

 

[Imurg]

Played at Stoke Park with Fragger, CVG and CVG's mate Chris.
Fragger' acquired a voucher in an auction at Xmas and the day included £30 in the restaurant after...good job too as it was mighty pricey!!
The golf was ok.
Not much more, not much less.
It was very soft and the greens were, to be honest, a bit poor. They'd been fined a while back and we're still obviously recovering. They were anything but smooth and they were very slow.
Didn't have a good front 9 scoring wise without actually playing badly - just couldn't score..
Back 9 was better and played to handicap and walked off with 29 points, well behind Chris with 35 but, most importantly, ahead of the others.
Pace was good on the front but slower on the back.
All in all, it was nice to play there but I'm glad it didn't cost too much because the £85 normal green fee is too much at this time of year and, unless it improves dramatically, £115 midweek and £180 at weekends is stupid money for what was a decent, but not much more than that, course. Fragger got the voucher for £250 so the day cost £62.50 each with nearly half of that for food.
Still, another new course ticked off the list but I don't think any of us will be rushing back to pay that sort of cash.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Played at Stoke Park with Fragger, CVG and CVG's mate Chris.
Fragger' acquired a voucher in an auction at Xmas and the day included £30 in the restaurant after...good job too as it was mighty pricey!!
The golf was ok.
Not much more, not much less.
It was very soft and the greens were, to be honest, a bit poor. They'd been fined a while back and we're still obviously recovering. They were anything but smooth and they were very slow.
Didn't have a good front 9 scoring wise without actually playing badly - just couldn't score..
Back 9 was better and played to handicap and walked off with 29 points, well behind Chris with 35 but, most importantly, ahead of the others.
Pace was good on the front but slower on the back.
All in all, it was nice to play there but I'm glad it didn't cost too much because the £85 normal green fee is too much at this time of year and, unless it improves dramatically, £115 midweek and £180 at weekends is stupid money for what was a decent, but not much more than that, course. Fragger got the voucher for £250 so the day cost £62.50 each with nearly half of that for food.
Still, another new course ticked off the list but I don't think any of us will be rushing back to pay that sort of cash.

Also some of the bunkers are huge with quite steep banks and no obvious way in, apart from jumping, which makes getting out a bit of a faff.

Also some bunkers have only one way in , and if your ball is at the far end, you then have to backtrack and rake 25 yards of sand, which slows things down a tad.

An ok place to play, you are obviously paying for the ambience,and the exclusiveness of the Stoke Park Brand and there is no denying the quality of the facilities.

Some outstanding holes, but as Imurg said the greens were pretty average.

Can’t argue with £32.50 for a round there, but hard to justify the normal midweek winter fee of £85.

 

[Big Jim]

Played at Stoke Park with Fragger, CVG and CVG's mate Chris.
Fragger' acquired a voucher in an auction at Xmas and the day included £30 in the restaurant after...good job too as it was mighty pricey!!
The golf was ok.
Not much more, not much less.
It was very soft and the greens were, to be honest, a bit poor. They'd been fined a while back and we're still obviously recovering. They were anything but smooth and they were very slow.
Didn't have a good front 9 scoring wise without actually playing badly - just couldn't score..
Back 9 was better and played to handicap and walked off with 29 points, well behind Chris with 35 but, most importantly, ahead of the others.
Pace was good on the front but slower on the back.
All in all, it was nice to play there but I'm glad it didn't cost too much because the £85 normal green fee is too much at this time of year and, unless it improves dramatically, £115 midweek and £180 at weekends is stupid money for what was a decent, but not much more than that, course. Fragger got the voucher for £250 so the day cost £62.50 each with nearly half of that for food.
Still, another new course ticked off the list but I don't think any of us will be rushing back to pay that sort of cash.

did you see James Bond or Auric Goldfinger ?

 

[Imurg]

did you see James Bond or Auric Goldfinger ?

Yep.
They held us up on the back 9
Bond's caddy just stood around in the rough and Goldfinger's caddy kept having to run after his hat.
No lasers though.

 

[upsidedown]

Sneaky round down at Kington ahead of our deciding semi final next week and a 2 under par 68 in lovely sunshine and gentle breeze 😁😁

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Played at Stoke Park with Fragger, CVG and CVG's mate Chris.
Fragger' acquired a voucher in an auction at Xmas and the day included £30 in the restaurant after...good job too as it was mighty pricey!!
The golf was ok.
Not much more, not much less.
It was very soft and the greens were, to be honest, a bit poor. They'd been fined a while back and we're still obviously recovering. They were anything but smooth and they were very slow.
Didn't have a good front 9 scoring wise without actually playing badly - just couldn't score..
Back 9 was better and played to handicap and walked off with 29 points, well behind Chris with 35 but, most importantly, ahead of the others.
Pace was good on the front but slower on the back.
All in all, it was nice to play there but I'm glad it didn't cost too much because the £85 normal green fee is too much at this time of year and, unless it improves dramatically, £115 midweek and £180 at weekends is stupid money for what was a decent, but not much more than that, course. Fragger got the voucher for £250 so the day cost £62.50 each with nearly half of that for food.
Still, another new course ticked off the list but I don't think any of us will be rushing back to pay that sort of cash.

A fairly decent assessment of the place. A very nice ambience and history about the place but once it came to the course I was a little underwhelmed. I played it at the other end of the season and so the greens were much smoother but again the pace was a little slower than I expected. I bypassed the restaurant so can't comment on the prices or the quality.

 

[Shooter McPowick]

Nothing amazing, nothing terrible, just steady golf and 36 points.

I went out with the sole intention of just performing my pre shot routine for every single shot, which I did.

 

[Big Jim]

Yep.
They held us up on the back 9
Bond's caddy just stood around in the rough and Goldfinger's caddy kept having to run after his hat.
No lasers though.

you didn't find a Penfold 5 by any chance did you?

 

[Oldham92]

1st time out since hurting my back about 3 months ago. 15 holes after being stuck behind 2 separate 4 balls that took forever to wave me through.

Only hit 1 out of 15 fairways.

Lost 2 in the water at the last.

And somehow still had 30 points for the 15

 

[garyinderry]

32 points at an open at portsallon. Fairly windy and battling hooks for the first 7 holes.

5 3putts one being a 4putt bogey the lowlights.

Highlight nearly holing out for an ace on the 10th. 6 inch bird.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Played Portsalon for the first time today, absolute gem of a course. Highly recommended if you are ever in the area.

 

[garyinderry]

Played Portsalon for the first time today, absolute gem of a course. Highly recommended if you are ever in the area.

We were out at half 10. Stayed in the caravan park just above the course last night.

Tough wee track and cracking views.

 

[Fish]

PGA Midlands Pro-Am today at my own club, we’ve playing all winter and never really clicked, but today we did.

My assistant Pro who gives me lessons came 1st out of all the Pro’s from across the Warwickshire & West Midlands counties with an impressive -4.

As a team, best 2 from 4 (90%) we scored 92 points (-20) to also come 1st.

I’d just bought and worn some new Ecco Biom shoes, so after a nice £75 pick up, they’ve only cost me £85, result 👍

 

[Crazyface]

.......God it was hot. Sweated like a pig and was carrying. Up and down bluddy hills, i was in bed at 10 and asleep by 10.01. I'm still drained now. Fitness soon clears off when it's not being used.