anotherdouble
Journeyman Pro
Nice going mate. This going to be a hard battleðŸ‘
I played today and..(Rolling) -originally created by JohnnyDee
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Dan2501
Tour Winner
Net 74 (+3) in the medal today, should have been so much better. Thought I'd lost my phone walking up the first so lost concentration and made a lazy 7 after a dunched chip and a 3 putt. I played the three Par 5's in +5 and just made too many mistakes. There was some really good stuff in there, parred the difficult 9th and 10th holes, birdied the 12th and thought I was starting to pull it back but a poor drive on 15, a three-putt on 16 and a duffed approach into 17 killed all changes of playing to my handicap. Not a bad effort for the first proper medal of the year, but frustrating given I shot -3 handicap yesterday.
richart
Major Champion
No and not sure he ever will.
richart
Major Champion
I can’t afford to keep losing these challenges !
backwoodsman
Tour Winner
1 over handicap yesterday, and bang on handicap today. Played really well for 16 holes on both days - with two complete mess ups on the remaining two holes (not same holes both days). Get those two sorted and my game is in a good place.
played Tain on Sunday and Moray Old today.
Much much better than Saturday, drove the ball very well and struck the irons as well as i have ever done today. brilliant weather too must be almost mid 20's here today.
Fairways at Lossie had suffered after last years hot summer, and there are plenty of bare patches , ball going miles off the tee though.
bit golfed out now after 4 games on the trot, think i will have a rest this week.
Much much better than Saturday, drove the ball very well and struck the irons as well as i have ever done today. brilliant weather too must be almost mid 20's here today.
Fairways at Lossie had suffered after last years hot summer, and there are plenty of bare patches , ball going miles off the tee though.
bit golfed out now after 4 games on the trot, think i will have a rest this week.
full_throttle
Tour Winner
40 points, 84 gross 68 nett,
Took my Orka GS irons out to play, and although I know it's the player and not the clubs I played the best golf for 6 months, one bad tee shot otherwise the whole game worked at one point or another, a few missed birdie chances but 8 pars on the card
I'm not going to mention Friday or Saturday as both rounds of golf spoilt a pleasant walk
Took my Orka GS irons out to play, and although I know it's the player and not the clubs I played the best golf for 6 months, one bad tee shot otherwise the whole game worked at one point or another, a few missed birdie chances but 8 pars on the card
I'm not going to mention Friday or Saturday as both rounds of golf spoilt a pleasant walk
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
29 points in the roll up. Didn't feel I played at all well throughout and feel my game is a bit lost at the moment
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
Open at concra wood. Wind blowing but sunny. Didn't hit it that well. Managed the best of the 4 ball with 32 points.
Irons are a real issue. Need to do a fair bit of work on those soon. If I could make half decent contact I could score well.
Irons are a real issue. Need to do a fair bit of work on those soon. If I could make half decent contact I could score well.
louise_a
Money List Winner
Played the first round of our knockout this afternoon, giving 19 shots, a lot but that's the point of handicaps so wasn't too bothered about it.
However after the first hole she hardly played a bad shot and chipped and putted far better than I would expect form a 29 handicapper, I wasn't quite on top form and I lost 4&2.
I totted up her score afterwards and she would have scored 38 points for the 16 holes we played, so winning would have been a tough ask!
However after the first hole she hardly played a bad shot and chipped and putted far better than I would expect form a 29 handicapper, I wasn't quite on top form and I lost 4&2.
I totted up her score afterwards and she would have scored 38 points for the 16 holes we played, so winning would have been a tough ask!
Spuddy
Challenge Tour Pro
Played East Renfrewshire today. Dreadfully slow but not surprising given how busy it was.
Capella
Journeyman Pro
Played in a charity comp at our golf club today, ended up with 24 Stableford pts. Normally when I get a bad result like that, it is, because one specific part of my game breaks down ... like I cannot putt or my drives all get me into trouble or I can't get my irons airborne or something like that. Today was different. I did slice a few tee shots into trouble, but many of my drives were just fine. I did fat two or three chip shots, but also hit some very nice chips close to the flag. Putts did have a tendency to not go in, but it was not because I was putting badly (at least it did not feel like it). I missed them high, I missed them low, I missed them short ... I thinned a few iron approach shots (rarely a good thing), hit two balls into the water on different holes, topped a few woods ... all in all it was a very well rounded bad round of golf.
But you know ... the usual applied: the weather was good, the course was in great condition, the playing partners were nice etc. So I am still glad I played. It just leaves me a bit puzzled to what to do differently next time or what to practice.
But you know ... the usual applied: the weather was good, the course was in great condition, the playing partners were nice etc. So I am still glad I played. It just leaves me a bit puzzled to what to do differently next time or what to practice.
Lump
Tour Winner
37 pts in a friendly knock today.
Was -3 gross after 7 holes. Couple of unlucky breaks (plugged ball in bunker right under the lip and a huge bounce off a sprinkler head) caused a few NR’s. Greens are still recovering after a heavy tine 3 weeks ago so not overly bothered about scores but happy how my game is trending at the new home course
Was -3 gross after 7 holes. Couple of unlucky breaks (plugged ball in bunker right under the lip and a huge bounce off a sprinkler head) caused a few NR’s. Greens are still recovering after a heavy tine 3 weeks ago so not overly bothered about scores but happy how my game is trending at the new home course
Slime
Tour Winner
Wow, how distances have increased over the last couple of weeks!
I was pin high, but slightly wide, on two par fours and just off the fringe on another two par fours.
Didn't birdie any of them!!! Hey, that's my chipping in a nutshell!
I was pin high, but slightly wide, on two par fours and just off the fringe on another two par fours.
Didn't birdie any of them!!! Hey, that's my chipping in a nutshell!
Wolf
Well-known member
Managed to play in Bank Holiday Stableford yesterday in glorious sunshine but there was a lot of wind. We have 2 par 4 holes that run parallel on front 9 (the 4th & 5th) of pretty much equal length give or take 10 yards. Down wind the 4th hole driver went miles (wind and roll assisted) and left me a half gap wedge to the green, flip that round in the 5th straight into the wind was a flat out Driver and 3 wood.
Anyways played really solid tee to green swing changes are starting to bed in, putted OK got 40 points so hopefully a little cut coming my way,. Will see later when results are posted.
Anyways played really solid tee to green swing changes are starting to bed in, putted OK got 40 points so hopefully a little cut coming my way,. Will see later when results are posted.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Both my easter games scored as stableford and unspectacular 29 points both day,s but the last hole yesterday (18th a par 5 of 530yrds) was by far the most memorable
I’ve played holes well but cannot recall ever playing a par 5 quite as ‘pure’ as I did on 18 yesterday. I seriously doubt I’ll ever improve on it
A 3w off the tee (on a hole I often have too much ‘fade’) went down the middle and would have got 20yrds more roll but stunned into the face of a small undulation, just a rub of the green
With plenty distance still to go the 2nd shot was another 3w that screamed off the face and again stayed middle of the fairway and went further than the tee shot did
Left with 130 to the flag I chose my iron and played to the left of the flag as the pin position was down a slope in a hollow on the right (water to the right) for the 3rd shot in a row it did exactly what I intended, dropped on the green and gently caught the edge of the slope sending it towards the flag in the hollow, when I get there I see it’s about 5ft to go for birdie
Make the putt which had a ball or so of right to left in it and didn’t feel at anytime that I would miss it
When I play a par 3 really well its 10 seconds at most to enjoy that shot and a tap in/shortish putt but with three consecutive shots doing exactly what it says on the tin, on a single hole, it struck me that regardless of previous pars/birdies/recovery shots/hole outs etc, that was the absolute nailed on hole with the ball flight for each shot arcing the way I expected it to and landing where it was intended & aimed
It wasn’t even the bird that made it memorable and there was no worldy recovery or making birdie despite being on the wrong side of a fairway, playing out a bunker etc. Just pure (according to my textbook) shot after shot for playing that hole as well as I can
You have to love this game
I’ve played holes well but cannot recall ever playing a par 5 quite as ‘pure’ as I did on 18 yesterday. I seriously doubt I’ll ever improve on it
A 3w off the tee (on a hole I often have too much ‘fade’) went down the middle and would have got 20yrds more roll but stunned into the face of a small undulation, just a rub of the green
With plenty distance still to go the 2nd shot was another 3w that screamed off the face and again stayed middle of the fairway and went further than the tee shot did
Left with 130 to the flag I chose my iron and played to the left of the flag as the pin position was down a slope in a hollow on the right (water to the right) for the 3rd shot in a row it did exactly what I intended, dropped on the green and gently caught the edge of the slope sending it towards the flag in the hollow, when I get there I see it’s about 5ft to go for birdie
Make the putt which had a ball or so of right to left in it and didn’t feel at anytime that I would miss it
When I play a par 3 really well its 10 seconds at most to enjoy that shot and a tap in/shortish putt but with three consecutive shots doing exactly what it says on the tin, on a single hole, it struck me that regardless of previous pars/birdies/recovery shots/hole outs etc, that was the absolute nailed on hole with the ball flight for each shot arcing the way I expected it to and landing where it was intended & aimed
It wasn’t even the bird that made it memorable and there was no worldy recovery or making birdie despite being on the wrong side of a fairway, playing out a bunker etc. Just pure (according to my textbook) shot after shot for playing that hole as well as I can
You have to love this game
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Played twice over the long weekend.
Saturday - Spring Cup Stableford at the club. Typical comp round, getting absolutely sick of it now. Stupid errors. Three pars in a row on the back nine made it look as if I finally remembered to play - if you ignore the 7s on either side of them. 31 points in the end. Particular highlight was shanking the tee shot on the par 3 11th, hit a tree and bounce back behind us to the left and over a fence. Four pars and seven bogeys was the good, but five 7s on the card were the bad. Very bad. Also was a really slow round as we had to play in a two-ball behind two four balls, because nobody wanted to break up their fourballs. So took us over 4 hours as a pair.
Monday - friendly four ball at North Middlesex, a course we hadn't played before. The course was a bit mad, seems very compact, with tees crossing over at some points as well, so we had people shouting fore every 5 minutes, had to keep our wits about us. Quite nice though as well, just mayhem. My golf was totally ridiculous to be honest. On the front nine I managed 18 points with three blobs! Blobbed the 10th as well, but got another 18 points for the back nine to give me 36 overall. Needless to say I played some great golf and some flipping awful golf to get those numbers. A birdie and five pars, plus seven greens in regulation which is high for me. The blobs were just stupid rubbish, like not being able to chip out of the rough because the grass was insanely long, or smashing a bunker shot miles over the green because there was hardly any sand in them to take so I end up hitting the ball clean off the top. And two shanks on the same hole as well. Another poor hole, my drive left me 75 yards to the pin and I made a 6.
My golf is just making less and less sense by the week. I really feel like I'm getting better and worse simultaneously.
Saturday - Spring Cup Stableford at the club. Typical comp round, getting absolutely sick of it now. Stupid errors. Three pars in a row on the back nine made it look as if I finally remembered to play - if you ignore the 7s on either side of them. 31 points in the end. Particular highlight was shanking the tee shot on the par 3 11th, hit a tree and bounce back behind us to the left and over a fence. Four pars and seven bogeys was the good, but five 7s on the card were the bad. Very bad. Also was a really slow round as we had to play in a two-ball behind two four balls, because nobody wanted to break up their fourballs. So took us over 4 hours as a pair.
Monday - friendly four ball at North Middlesex, a course we hadn't played before. The course was a bit mad, seems very compact, with tees crossing over at some points as well, so we had people shouting fore every 5 minutes, had to keep our wits about us. Quite nice though as well, just mayhem. My golf was totally ridiculous to be honest. On the front nine I managed 18 points with three blobs! Blobbed the 10th as well, but got another 18 points for the back nine to give me 36 overall. Needless to say I played some great golf and some flipping awful golf to get those numbers. A birdie and five pars, plus seven greens in regulation which is high for me. The blobs were just stupid rubbish, like not being able to chip out of the rough because the grass was insanely long, or smashing a bunker shot miles over the green because there was hardly any sand in them to take so I end up hitting the ball clean off the top. And two shanks on the same hole as well. Another poor hole, my drive left me 75 yards to the pin and I made a 6.
My golf is just making less and less sense by the week. I really feel like I'm getting better and worse simultaneously.
Crazyface
Tour Winner
Knock with a mate at my old club turned into a match play v 2 visitors. All square, but we should have won but for one of them chipping in twice and one monster par saving putt.
Friday was Fleetwood comp. Brilliant day with the wife and a smashing bloke from Nelson golf club (off 6). We all had a great day out. Him 37 pts / me 36 pts (20 on back nine) / wife was, for her, on fire on front nine (17 pts) faded to 28 in total. Have you played Fleetwood? It's BRILLIANT !!!!!
Mondays knock at our place was cancelled, by us both, we were shattered after Friday and Saturday nights booze up then Sunday lunch and croquet on the lawn, with wine, of course.
Friday was Fleetwood comp. Brilliant day with the wife and a smashing bloke from Nelson golf club (off 6). We all had a great day out. Him 37 pts / me 36 pts (20 on back nine) / wife was, for her, on fire on front nine (17 pts) faded to 28 in total. Have you played Fleetwood? It's BRILLIANT !!!!!
Mondays knock at our place was cancelled, by us both, we were shattered after Friday and Saturday nights booze up then Sunday lunch and croquet on the lawn, with wine, of course.
r0wly86
Head Pro
Never played so badly while feeling my game is so close to being right. So frustrating.
Changed my putter grip which seems to be working well, getting a lovely roll on the ball. Long game is either long and straight with a slight draw, or a big hook (which doesn't work on my course) or the very occasional push right
Changed my putter grip which seems to be working well, getting a lovely roll on the ball. Long game is either long and straight with a slight draw, or a big hook (which doesn't work on my course) or the very occasional push right
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Great weekends golf.
Played 27 holes at Burnham and Berrow Sunday with @MendieGK and @Captainron
1st visit and I was very impressed, played 9 on the channel course then 18 on the main course, @Captainron had a birthday round and was on fire I thoroughly enjoyed the course and the variety of holes, some cracking par 3's on both courses, I though we would have had a Sam vs Cameron driving day but Cameron hit irons off the tee and Sam hit driver everywhere
Then on to 36 holes at Saunton for the Easter open, personally I enjoyed the day however playing from the blues is way too tough for me, I struggled with the rough and my course management is just appalling. the east course is as good as I remember but I thought the west course wasn't as good as I remembered, I wont enter that comp again as 36 hole medal on there is just I did complete and didn't NR like plenty of others eh Cam!
Anyway a certain winner of the Easter comp was @merv79 with 2 incredible scores, to win the Gross and Nett is just
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Played 27 holes at Burnham and Berrow Sunday with @MendieGK and @Captainron
1st visit and I was very impressed, played 9 on the channel course then 18 on the main course, @Captainron had a birthday round and was on fire
I thoroughly enjoyed the course and the variety of holes, some cracking par 3's on both courses, I though we would have had a Sam vs Cameron driving day but Cameron hit irons off the tee and Sam hit driver everywhere Then on to 36 holes at Saunton for the Easter open, personally I enjoyed the day however playing from the blues is way too tough for me, I struggled with the rough and my course management is just appalling. the east course is as good as I remember but I thought the west course wasn't as good as I remembered, I wont enter that comp again as 36 hole medal on there is just
I did complete and didn't NR like plenty of others eh Cam!Anyway a certain winner of the Easter comp was @merv79 with 2 incredible scores, to win the Gross and Nett is just
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