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

[USER1999]

Our 9th is closed for a refurb. There is a '9th' which is 77 yards, to complete the 18, made from our chipping green.

I shanked it 140 yards, to behind a tree on the 18th.

Apparently there are no trees on the 9th.

I know better.

 

[Imurg]

Two shot cut, which I am pleased about

As are the rest of us..

 

[English golfer in Spain]

Actually it was yesterday. April Medal. 93 (14) nett 79 (Par72) was good enough for 8th place. Thought I played awful, another poor driving display, and my putting was even worse. Longest putt holed was probably less than 3 foot, and I missed another from 2 feet. Have only sunk 1 putt over 6 feet in the last 7 rounds. In my defence we have some holes on our golf course that if you are in the wrong position its an 3 putt at least, plus the greenkeepers are trying out new locations for the holes, and the top/bottom of slopes and almost off the green seem to be the order of the day.

Pairs match play on Monday, practice for the Spanish (Valencia) Federation League.

 

[Lump]

Why did you leave Selby James?

I like the look of the oaks, does it feel like a relatively new course?

You’ve got some cracking professionals there.

Selby is being run by a Load of muppets. It’s a shame as the course as a whole is suffering because of that.
It’s also massively clicky. IMO it’s an old mans club with a golf course attached.
The Oaks is a breath of fresh air, such a nice friendly environment. Very family orientated. Run and owned by a family.

It’s bloody long in places, which I like. (Can push it back to very close to 7000yrds)Doesn’t feel like a “new” course. Doesn’t feel as mature as your track for sure though.

 

[Hobbit]

Won on count back with 36pts. Highlight of the round, rimming the hole from 230yds into a breeze with a 3 wood. Finished 6 inches away and was a tap in eagle.

 

[Italian outcast]

Played pretty well tee to green (16 holes); Putted poorly all day (all holes); 37 points meehhhhh

 

[patricks148]

round at Torvean on Friday evening, nice afternoon after a week of rain. Then played Royal Dornoch yesterday morning. Weather was pretty horrible in Inverness, but once we got over the Black Isle the weather was much better and the sun even came out on the back 9. had a nice round and got round pretty quickly as the course was empty apart from two young lads of about 13 who tee's off the first in front of us, who then must have taken at least 25 shots each on the hole and 30 mins to play it, luckily they let us through on the 2nd tee. when my mate asked after how co they were on the championship course as they usually play the struie, a ladies medal on there so they were allowed to play on the main course. only thing about that and the same situation at Nairn there were no ladies in sight on the struie first hole or the tee or hanging around the car part waiting to go out, but the whole morning blocked out.

 

[Slime]

Actually it was yesterday. April Medal. 93 (14) nett 79 (Par72) was good enough for 8th place. Thought I played awful, another poor driving display, and my putting was even worse. Longest putt holed was probably less than 3 foot, and I missed another from 2 feet. Have only sunk 1 putt over 6 feet in the last 7 rounds. In my defence we have some holes on our golf course that if you are in the wrong position its an 3 putt at least, plus the greenkeepers are trying out new locations for the holes, and the top/bottom of slopes and almost off the green seem to be the order of the day.

Pairs match play on Monday, practice for the Spanish (Valencia) Federation League.

Where, in Spain, do you play?

 

[Orikoru]

Wasn't happy with yesterday's round and had a free day today so I went down to Nine of Herts, a scrappy local nine-holer with five par 4s and four par 3s. Played really well! Finished only 7 over par with my main ball. I hit two balls on the par 3s and one of the par 4s, and the second ball was two shots better overall on those holes. Then I got 25 balls out on the driving range before I left, and hit them beautifully as well, especially with the hybrid which was fantastic to see. So now I'm feeling great about my golf and feeling like it's in a good place, which means I'll inevitably shoot 100 next time.

 

[Wolf]

Didn't plan to play today after starting swing changes, but got roped into teeing off late in medal to make up a 4 ball, hit some good shots, some bad, got absolutely soaked to the bone and all 4 of us agreed to take the 0.1 increase and NR after 9, as the heavens continued to open and winds got stronger making it pointless continuing. But happy with the first few things changed and few more to come and hopefully at some point a decent full round driving the ball.

 

[Rlburnside]

First medal of the year (as opposed to Stableford which all our winter comps are). Played like a tosser of course. Cracking start of triple, triple. Threatened a comeback by playing reasonably well for 11 holes, then a shank on the 14th resulting in another triple killed that comeback stone dead. Ended up with a net 73 which is +5. And that's me back up to 21 when I should be on 18 by now. Just rubbish. Frustrating. Might go out again tomorrow.

Seems like every round now I hit one or two ridiculous shanks with a wedge. There's nothing more frustrating than being about 100 yards from the green, shanking it in completely the wrong direction into some trees and taking another 5 shots to get it down from there. Painful.

Friend of mine was bothered with shanking as well, this is the tip I found on u-tube for him and it cured it immediately, address the ball as normall take 2 swings and swing just inside the ball without hitting it, on the 3rd swing hit the ball.

I found it incredible this worked for him straight away and after months of problems he was delighted.

 

[Orikoru]

Friend of mine was bothered with shanking as well, this is the tip I found on u-tube for him and it cured it immediately, address the ball as normall take 2 swings and swing just inside the ball without hitting it, on the 3rd swing hit the ball.

I found it incredible this worked for him straight away and after months of problems he was delighted.

Cheers but when I'm only doing it once or twice a round I really think it might just be laziness rather than a major fault I need to work on (since it doesn't happen consistently). If it becomes more frequent I'll have to try something like that. Didn't hit one today though in the 9 holes plus 25 balls on the range.

 

[USER1999]

Foursomes bogey today. What a format. Eagled the 7th with a holed 9i to go to plus 3, and then melted. Finished minus 3. Total waste of a day. Cold too, and damp, but avoided the rain.

Shank count = zero = Happy days.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

First qualifying Comp of the year - a bogey board Comp

Went round in 69 , 2 under gross , 2 bogeys , 4 birdies but because of the strange format ended up 6 up on the course

Currently top of the leaderboard 😀

 

[upsidedown]

First round in the Summer handicap knockout today and giving away 16 shots . Was 3 up after 4 , he got it back to 2 after the 10th but then I won 11 and 12 when he lost a ball off the tee. But he bounced back with a 2 nett 1 on the par 3 13th and won 14 with a nett par so 2 up. Pulled my tee shot on 15 th and he had two putts for the hole from above the hole 10 foot away and 3 putted for the half.
Made a very good putt from off the green on 16 to go dormy and he pulled his tee shot OB on 17 so won 3&1

 

[Crow]

First qualifier of the year, a Stableford which breaks with tradition.

I played a MacGregor Synchrolite persimmon driver, Uniroyal Arnold Palmer laminated 3 & 4 woods, Dunlop Australian Blades 2 to 9 iron plus PW, a Craigton Neil Coles SW and a Wilson 8813 putter.

Started with a nice 4 wood to position A, then pulled a 9 iron left of the green, hit the ground behind the ball and the club head bounced over it on my chip, thinned the next over the green, putt on +1 for DB and 1 point. And that set the pattern for the day.
10 points out, 13 back for 23 total and 0.1 back.

Two balls OB, one ball lost, shank count = 1.

 

[Deleted member 17920]

Nice walk round the Bracken today.

Par 5, hit nice tee shot then nice iron to lay up, middle of the fairway to find it sat in a nice old divot that the birds had flicked out 😡😡 why oh why did they not change that rule 😡😡😡

Plenty of positives to take to the 1st qualifier of the year for me next Saturday

Driving good, irons good, putting reasonable.

Chipping woeful and lesson needed this week 😱

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Came home in the proverbial ambulance in the monthly medal. Went out in 39 (+4 gross) and flying. Double at 12 and 14 put me back to level handicap wise. Then finished, 6,7,7 (double, quadruple, double) for net 75

 

[bluewolf]

Played 18 today just to mark a card for Tuggles who's HC had become non-competitive.

Shot 77 (+5) and 4 of those shots were on the first 6 holes 🤦‍♂️

Had 2 decent eagle putts (both just missed) and missed a 2 footer on the last for a birdie (lost concentration). Could/should have been 2 or 3 better..

 

[Papas1982]

A nice round at Burnham and Berrow courtesy of @MendieGK alongsode @pokerjoke

What a quality course that is. Really enjoyed the course. Very quickly starting to see the beauty of such courses. I’ll not go into detail on the round as it’s not polite to brag 😂😂

One thing though. If I see another amateur hit it as far as Sam I’ll be amazed. Didn’t hurt the ego at all 😆😆