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

[ScienceBoy]

Things are looking up heading towards my first 18 of the year.

Level par round the par 3 yesterday felt good, need to keep the snowmen off the card on a full course however... I don’t want to repeat my 7 pars and two 8s round when I just played 9.

Key focus is take my great short iron game and make sure I can tee off with my 4 iron at least.

 

[Tashyboy]

I was lucky enough to play Hillside last Monday after The British Masters. Just simply a great golf course and the back 9 simply stunning. The greens were just to die for, quick, true and holes cleanly cut that looked like buckets. We played off the final round tees and tricky pins, 7000+ yds didn’t drive the ball at all well couple of birdies, and 2-3 realistic birdie chances and shot 77. Well chuffed, and what a way to experience a tour standard set up as well. 👍🏻

I was lucky to play at Anahita on the final day after the Mauritius open had finished. It was proper scary, but the course was immaculate. Agree re how the pins were cut. The holes looked like they had been done with a Stanley knife

 

[Crazyface]

Played Clitheroe on Friday. What a superb course. I played really well. Birdied the first and had three other chances for birdie, missed them all due to being a shocking putter. It's a good job my driving is good otherwise it wouldn't be worth playing this game. I hit some amazing, yes amazing, irons as well. But putting? Utter poo!!! It's the little 1 meter. or less, putts that I miss.

 

[patricks148]

foursomes tie at Torvean yesterday, tight game, lots of birdies. 2 up after 2, all sq after 4 all birdies, then a few halfs before they sank two long putts back to back to go 2 up, we then hit our straps with two approach shots to gimmie range, they then missed a 3 footer for us to be 1up with two to play and because its a composite course they were getting a shot on 18. my pp stuck in on the 175 par 3 17th (was the 15th) they stuck it in the small pond to the right of the green. then something bizarre happened. the ball was above ground in the hazard sitting in the thick black mud at the back, so rather than take the drop and try and get up and down, our oppo decided to try and play it... on went the waterproofs and in he went almost went up to his knees a couple of times, but managed a swing at it and moved it about a foot, but a foot further in the pond, his playing partner then attempted to play it left handed with 3 iron so he could reach. Game over. 2/1

great game played in a very friendly spirit and we all had a good laugh over the pond incident in the club after over a few beers

 

[Deleted member 21258]

Played Fri after work (12 holes) 2 over

Sat playing well then four blow out holes(13-16) where I lost 5 balls off the tee, not sure were that came from , then back playing well, scored 31 points

Sun played at an away course, (25 holes) finished in sun and 17 degrees lovely, rough was challenging, fast and firm 300 yard drives are back! couldn't stop the ball from running out the back of greens, such a change from the home course, where it is still soft, came as a bit of a shock. Shot about handicap

 

[Shooter McPowick]

Shot 3 over handicap on back 9 only. Officially given up trying to better my handicap, there's always something on the day that just doesn't work no matter how much I practice.

Last week shot 17 points front 9 with 3 off the tee on 1 & 9 - driver was broken. Today after a few hours sorting the driver out on the range the driver was solid but 3 putted 5 times.

Couldn't be bothered doing the front 9 so spent a good hour on the putting green instead.

 

[TreeSeeker]

Played yesterday, 36 holes of grinding agony!! Really really wasn't on form off the tee and it made the round feel exceptionally long. Walked away with one buffer and one +0.1 which is ok although I got to walk away with a big highlight!

Drove it into the hazard, decided to take a drop out instead of playing out the hazard and dropped it into the rough, got an ok lie so figured i could get a club on it. Took a 5 iron from 174 and hit a controlled 90% at it, perfect contact and exactly where i was aiming, flew through the air and rolled gently into the hole! Highlight of my golfing career to date and surely something i'll remember for ages.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Nine holes last night. Empty course. HID came along for a walk in the fresh air and just hit it without too much thought. Didn't keep too much track of scores, played two balls on some holes but made birdie on the par 5 15th and a couple of other pars. Really peaceful and enjoyable evening capped off with a couple of pints of San Miguel in the bar

 

[Shooter McPowick]

Well today the back 9 drama continued. Played really well up to the 17th and then hooked a drive OB.

Level par gross after the 16th, bogey on the first par 3, birdied the second par 3.

Trippled the 17th and after a 298 yard drive straight down the middle on 18 hooked the long iron into the thick. 4 over gross which is good but should have been 2 over tops.

Let’s see what tomorrow brings....

 

[louise_a]

Lancashire Ladies are holding a competition at Regent Park Golf Course in Bolton in a couple of weeks. I am running the competition as well as playing in it so today I went to check some this about the day and then played the course.
it is a pay and play course with a club attached, and the layout is pretty good, the only problem is there are 5 newish holes and the greens aren't the best and the bunkers are poor on these holes.
I enjoyed playing it but what a weird round I had, 2 birdies, 7 pars, only 3 bogeys, but 4 doubles and 2 trebles.

 

[Crow]

Played in the England Golf Seniors Series today at Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham, playing Titleist persimmon 1W, Uniroyal laminated 3 & 4 woods, John Letters "Gary Player" 3 to 10 irons, Slazenger "Gary Player" SW and a Spalding Cash-In putter.

I was hoping to recover my pride from when I played there in March and hit the ball as bad as I ever have.

Started okay and was level on handicap after 5 holes but then I completely lost the ability to hit woods from the tee and finished up with a dismal 22 points!
(There's a Men's Open there in September, dare I go for a third attempt?)

 

[louise_a]

Played in the England Golf Seniors Series today at Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham, playing Titleist persimmon 1W, Uniroyal laminated 3 & 4 woods, John Letters "Gary Player" 3 to 10 irons, Slazenger "Gary Player" SW and a Spalding Cash-In putter.

I was hoping to recover my pride from when I played there in March and hit the ball as bad as I ever have.

Started okay and was level on handicap after 5 holes but then I completely lost the ability to hit woods from the tee and finished up with a dismal 22 points!
(There's a Men's Open there in September, dare I go for a third attempt?)

That's a shame, I am playing in the one at Wallasey next month. (with my normal clubs not the ones I bought for that vintage day at Clitheroe)

 

[Crow]

That's a shame, I am playing in the one at Wallasey next month. (with my normal clubs not the ones I bought for that vintage day at Clitheroe)

I just hope you do better than I did, which I'm sure you will even if you took your vintage set with you.

 

[Slime]

I was fortunate enough to play the Longcross course at Foxhills and it is magnificent.
It had recently hosted a Seniors Open Qualifier and the green were like lightning ........................ fastest I've ever played on!
Took driver on 12 holes and found 11 fairways and that's as good as it got, really.
One drive left me 54yds to go, which I two putted for a seven! Yup, 4 chips to find the green from 54yds out.
It took me 18 holes to get the pace of the greens, 3 putting 4 times and I even manage to putt one off the green!
My round was bookended with a couple of pars, which was nice.
Beautiful course, beautiful weather and a great afternoon was had.
Sometimes the actual quality of my golf is totally academic when I look at the big picture.
My driving was great, did I mention that?

 

[Orikoru]

Managed to get down the club at 7-ish to race round before dark. Birdied the first with a chip-in which was nice! Played really well on the front nine, 19 points and that's without bothering to finish the 7th because I lost a ball unexpectedly. Back nine carried on playing quite well, until the 15th, when the shanks finally returned. Not one but three in a row! So close but so far.

Oh, in better news though I changed my grip very slightly on the driver (move the right thumb slightly left to make it less strong and nearer neutral) and hit 5 great drives in row, dead straight with none of the fade I normally get.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Played 9 holes after work. I was really looking forward to it but once I got out on the course I was woeful. Couldn't find a swing at all and didn't enjoy it. Stupid game but back there tonight. Not sure whether to work on the swing ahead of the big weekend comp or play supper club despite yesterdays crap

 

[Flubster]

Played a full 18 after work (getting a little dark at the end) shot my first round under 100!! this is two weeks after the handicap committee, after numerous plus .1, gave me a handicap of 33. so net 63 on a par 72, everything went ok but not great but when trouble came I got some luck and just kept going. was a total of 46 points stapleford. Best round before on my course was 105 or 106. God I'm happy today! didn't hit it exceptionally all night but just kept it reasonable tight and down the middle for the most part. Actually wasn't all that happy with my putting which has been better recently, ended up with a few three puts that should have been avoided.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Played a full 18 after work (getting a little dark at the end) shot my first round under 100!! this is two weeks after the handicap committee, after numerous plus .1, gave me a handicap of 33. so net 63 on a par 72, everything went ok but not great but when trouble came I got some luck and just kept going. was a total of 46 points stapleford. Best round before on my course was 105 or 106. God I'm happy today! didn't hit it exceptionally all night but just kept it reasonable tight and down the middle for the most part. Actually wasn't all that happy with my putting which has been better recently, ended up with a few three puts that should have been avoided.

Congratulations on that milestone. Now to do it in a comp and get the handicap heading back down. Well played sir

 

[Orikoru]

Played a full 18 after work (getting a little dark at the end) shot my first round under 100!! this is two weeks after the handicap committee, after numerous plus .1, gave me a handicap of 33. so net 63 on a par 72, everything went ok but not great but when trouble came I got some luck and just kept going. was a total of 46 points stapleford. Best round before on my course was 105 or 106. God I'm happy today! didn't hit it exceptionally all night but just kept it reasonable tight and down the middle for the most part. Actually wasn't all that happy with my putting which has been better recently, ended up with a few three puts that should have been avoided.

Well done, and that's pretty much the key to breaking 100 regularly. If you can keep it relatively up the middle, fats and thins aren't disasters as they at least keep you moving the right direction.

 

[patricks148]

played a tie last night, was going fine until it hit an Orikoru off the tee on the par 3 11th, all went pearshaped after that