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

[BrianM]

Played first thing this morning, 57 for 10 holes, terrible I know, but my ball striking was excellent, just had a few holes where I was offline and I was losing balls and a few 3 putts.
Overall I’m happy, first hit in over 3 weeks, grip and swing change seems to be giving me more distance as well.

 

[patricks148]

How did you get in to hickory I have to say I'm quite tempted

One of the guys in our roll up is the membership sec or the British Hickory collectors Society and about 3 years ago we had a match Nain Vs the BGCS, they used hickory and we all played out normal modern clubs. I played against two Swedish guys who were awesome ball strikers. as someone who only started playing in 2006, id only ever played modern clubs. it whetted my apatite. borrowed a set of Hamish and after a couple of games got a set. me and about 3 or 4 others guys at my club play about once a months and get together with a couple of guys from Dornoch now and again. there are some good games in the BGCS fixture list esp down there. its tough though all the Swedes clean up as they only play Hickory golf

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Played first thing this morning, 57 for 10 holes, terrible I know, but my ball striking was excellent, just had a few holes where I was offline and I was losing balls and a few 3 putts.
Overall I’m happy, first hit in over 3 weeks, grip and swing change seems to be giving me more distance as well.

Stick with the changes and remember that having some time off isn't going to help. Get playing and working on your game and it'll soon click

 

[Imurg]

Biblical rain forecast to hit by 9am so I was on the tee at 6.45 to get in as many as possible.
Had a couple of exit strategies for when it began including just doing 9, skipping 11,12 and 13, skipping 13 and 14 or skipping from 12 straight to 18.
The last one proved to be the one as I finished 12 the drops began to fall
Down 18, kit in car and the heavens opened!
Quality timing though I say so myself.
Actually got the driver working a bit as well.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Biblical rain forecast to hit by 9am so I was on the tee at 6.45 to get in as many as possible.
Had a couple of exit strategies for when it began including just doing 9, skipping 11,12 and 13, skipping 13 and 14 or skipping from 12 straight to 18.
The last one proved to be the one as I finished 12 the drops began to fall
Down 18, kit in car and the heavens opened!
Quality timing though I say so myself.
Actually got the driver working a bit as well.

That'll be the "be prepared" scout in you coming out

 

[garyinderry]

Friday summer series Comp today.

Good form continued. shot +3 . 4 birds and 2 2's.

Creeping towards 5.

 

[BrianM]

Stick with the changes and remember that having some time off isn't going to help. Get playing and working on your game and it'll soon click

I’ve got no choice on the time off, I work away from home.

 

[Deleted member 21258]

Dear Deirie,

Chomped it round Essex on Friday in the rain scored 32 points.

Chomped it round this morning in the rain on captains day scored 35 points.

Didn't have the foggiest were the ball was going or the height it was going to fly.

Please help me, how do I rekindle the swing?!

cheers DRW

 

[robinthehood]

Biblical rain forecast to hit by 9am so I was on the tee at 6.45 to get in as many as possible.
Had a couple of exit strategies for when it began including just doing 9, skipping 11,12 and 13, skipping 13 and 14 or skipping from 12 straight to 18.
The last one proved to be the one as I finished 12 the drops began to fall
Down 18, kit in car and the heavens opened!
Quality timing though I say so myself.
Actually got the driver working a bit as well.

Yeah got soaked teeing off at 740, lashed it down from about 8am 10, but score was long gone by then, used my hdcp on the first 5 holes , 1 of which i birdied!

 

[Crow]

Dear Deirie,

Chomped it round Essex on Friday in the rain scored 32 points.

Chomped it round this morning in the rain on captains day scored 35 points.

Didn't have the foggiest were the ball was going or the height it was going to fly.

Please help me, how do I rekindle the swing?!

cheers DRW

I'd happily chomp it round for 35 points.

 

[garyinderry]

Friday summer series Comp today.

Good form continued. shot +3 . 4 birds and 2 2's.

Creeping towards 5.

Cut to 5.8


Came 4th on countback. 4 of us on 39 points. level par back 9 only good enough for 4th. lipped out on the last to rub salt into the wound.

 

[USER1999]

Played in the roll up today, and was rubbish. Stableford swindle, 18 pts, 3 lost balls, 7 no scores. Junk.

In my defence, massively hung over, bad back, ankle knack, and played with two guys I cannot stand. The fact that they continue to breathe annoys the heck out of me. It's probably my problem, but what ever.

 

[Dando]

Played in the roll up today, and was rubbish. Stableford swindle, 18 pts, 3 lost balls, 7 no scores. Junk.

In my defence, massively hung over, bad back, ankle knack, and played with two guys I cannot stand. The fact that they continue to breathe annoys the heck out of me. It's probably my problem, but what ever.

Try playing left handed, you never know you might get better

 

[Mel Smooth]

Actually payed last week but haven't been online since. Had a round at Vistabella on the Costa Blanca (after a reccomendation from another poster on here), 11 pars, 83 gross. Pleased with that as I haven't played much at all since Christmas.
Highlight of the round was a couple of lads in the group behind commenting on my lads swing, before he hit his first ever 200 yard drive down the 6th as they watched on. No nerves, no pressure, he just kabolloped it straight down the fairway.

 

[anotherdouble]

Played in the roll up today, and was rubbish. Stableford swindle, 18 pts, 3 lost balls, 7 no scores. Junk.

In my defence, massively hung over, bad back, ankle knack, and played with two guys I cannot stand. The fact that they continue to breathe annoys the heck out of me. It's probably my problem, but what ever.

Good job that was 18 points and 7 no scores Chris as opposed to 18 points with 7 blobs😂😂😂. Have a beer with you soon mate👍

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Been watching some of the club foursomes. Some brutal conditions with heavy showers and very strong winds. Haven't seen the final results yet but some of the favourites struggling in the conditions

 

[Blue in Munich]

Club Championships round 1. Made it to what I refer to as the twilight zone; not good enough to win the handicap division (it's a given that I'm never going to win the scratch ), but made buffer so not bad enough to get tomorrow off. Might have a dog's chance in the over 55's if the ball would stop jumping out of the way of the middle of the club face...

 

[USER1999]

Good job that was 18 points and 7 no scores Chris as opposed to 18 points with 7 blobs😂😂😂. Have a beer with you soon mate👍

Yep, still owe you at least one, probably a couple.

And no, however bad it was today, left handed golf is the devils work, although my ankle might be happier.

 

[Wolf]

Played a club match today at Stoke Rochford..

Got absolutely soaked but My partner and I won our match at the last, hit some good shots, some indifferent shots and made some Seve style saves. Have to admit not a a fan at all of the golf course, despite the deluge of water last few days you could not stop the ball on the greens, at one stage had a 20yard pitch into the par 4 12th hole for my 2nd, the ball pitched 15 feet or so short of the flag but bounced and ran about 15yards through the green. Took a miracle up and down for a half..

Not sure what the green fee is there but I'm glad I wasn't paying it, it's not somewhere I'd recommend, fairways were in terrible condition on 2/3 of the holes, plus so many holes where your aiming at a marker post to have any idea where your going isn't my idea of fun and the greens were in a terrible state, plus just getting to place is a nightmare that included a U turn on the A1 dodging 70mph traffic.

Plus despite our win the team got stuffed overall.

 

[Lump]

Club invitation day. Invited over a young Union/Yorkshire player.
We knocked it round in 5 under gross for 44pts in tough conditions. Got done on count back twice with 2 other teams scoring 44pts.
Enjoyed it though, both played pretty well with little to worry about for 99% of the round. Pleasant afternoon.