backwoodsman
Tour Winner
Ta.
I can't but help think that a phrase containing the words "off", "wheels" & "fall" will come into play soon ...
I played today and..(Rolling) -originally created by JohnnyDee
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I can't but help think that a phrase containing the words "off", "wheels" & "fall" will come into play soon ...
Wolf
Well-known member
Just back from 9 hole(back 9 this week) midweek comp and once again I hate stableford 😂
Started really well and hit the ball lovely all way round, however it bloody lashed it down after 2 holes so getting a score became a battle, managed to some how land my tee shot on our 14th just 10 feet right of the flag, however it landed on the sprinkler cover and bounced up over the bank at back of the green and finished on the down slope of the 15th tee, needless to say I scored a 5 for no points. Played par golf in from there to finish on 17points. Winning score when I left was sat at 25 points 😳
How the hell do you score 25 points in 9 holes....
Started really well and hit the ball lovely all way round, however it bloody lashed it down after 2 holes so getting a score became a battle, managed to some how land my tee shot on our 14th just 10 feet right of the flag, however it landed on the sprinkler cover and bounced up over the bank at back of the green and finished on the down slope of the 15th tee, needless to say I scored a 5 for no points. Played par golf in from there to finish on 17points. Winning score when I left was sat at 25 points 😳
How the hell do you score 25 points in 9 holes....
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Playing off 18...7 pars and 2 bogeys should do it.
Wolf
Well-known member
Another reason why I probably hate the format for me to get anywhete near that score I'd have to be 3 under gross, and round my place that's quite some doing on the back 9.Playing off 18...7 pars and 2 bogeys should do it.
Bloody stableford 😂
That would be the same as if it were a 9 hole medal though? Highly unlikely his 25 included a blob.
Wolf
Well-known member
On this case I don't disagree with you
TreeSeeker
Assistant Pro
Talking back to the 25 off 9 holes, my PB for 9 holes is near that mark! two birdies off 28 did score well,I think i shot 26 front 9, 10 on the back 9. (edit, that 26 included a missed eagle putt!)
Had a knockout match, and wow what a day it turned out to be. I couldn't hit a thing off the tee, but the guy I played just couldn't play it safe and managed to find, I think, 12 bunkers on the round. I was 3 off the tee maybe 5 or 6 times and still won 2&1, wouldn't have been a nice medal thats for sure. bring on the next round! (and a lesson to fix that damn driver).
Had a knockout match, and wow what a day it turned out to be. I couldn't hit a thing off the tee, but the guy I played just couldn't play it safe and managed to find, I think, 12 bunkers on the round. I was 3 off the tee maybe 5 or 6 times and still won 2&1, wouldn't have been a nice medal thats for sure. bring on the next round! (and a lesson to fix that damn driver).
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
The beauty of mtachplay. A 6 still beats a 7 and it doesn't matter what you score as long as it's level with or one less than the opposition all the time
Played last night at Torvean / Kings club, didn’t start well whatsoever then started to hit the ball well in quite windy conditions.
Still having driver trouble, just turns into a weak slice with no distance, I know how it’s happening, just don’t know how to prevent it.
Competition this morning, bit apprehensive to be honest as off the whites, there is a few holes were driver is pretty essential.
Still having driver trouble, just turns into a weak slice with no distance, I know how it’s happening, just don’t know how to prevent it.
Competition this morning, bit apprehensive to be honest as off the whites, there is a few holes were driver is pretty essential.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I've done that on the back nine at ours (not in a comp though sadly). Was 3 over par gross.
Foursomes tie last night against a scratch and 5 handicap, so for once we got a shot
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. We had played these two guys last year and got humped as they played really well together and holed everything. the guy off 5 was off 6 last year and is hard work, barley says a word and wondered off on his own down the fairway when it wasn't him on the tee. the scratch guys is completely different, chatty and affable
started with a half on the first which was into a strong westerly for a change.
on the 2nd we hit the fairway and they were in the waste area between the new bunkers and the 16th green, which used to be just heather so no shot, but now part of a NPZ so they got a free drop out of the heather onto the fairway. We had just made the first cut an had a horrendous lie as the green keepers had hollow tines parts of the course. they made the green in two we had to hack it up, my pp duffed the chip 1 down.
3rd we won with a birdie after my PP stuck it to 5 feet and i slipped in the putt.
4th half when they sank a long putt for par after missing the green.
5th was a win, good drive an on in two where the missed way left, but a good chip put them in with a chance, but missed.
6th we missed left they were on withing 10 feet and holed the putt, AS
7th they where right on the beach, were were middle of the fairway, the scratch guy hit it off the beach into one of the NPZ again which prev was just heather so a shot gone, but in the NPZ got a free drop out again onto the fairway and stuck it on the green in 3. as it was into a 3 club wind my PP layed up to 100 yards my fav lay up distance
but i duffed it into the front bunker
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SQ
We then won the 8th and 9th, the 8th was particularly satisfyingly as the scratch guy had almost driven the green.
10th again the scratch guys showed how well he hit it by carrying the bunkers and leaving them with short iron in, which the 5 handicap pulled miles left... again into a NPZ, which used to be a huge clump of gorse and a lost ball, they got another drop almost back on the fairway. so again got a half from being gone.
11th was a half as we where close them short and the sc guys showed his skill buy holing, but we sank the putt.
i think this next hole was the turning point.
My PP hit a great drive leaving only 140 to the flag for me, they where right in the long stuff and just hacked out. I struck a great shot with a wedge to 12 feet, the scratch guy then hit a superb chip and holed for a 3, so we are now looking at a 12 footer for half which my PP holed.
13 was our shot and played the hole in regulation, while they missed right but the scratch guy hit a 3 wood out of the rough and almost made the green.
14 is now a bit of a funny hole since the changes, playes long, my PP hit a superb 4 iron (210) landed just by the flag and bounded on right to the back, which made the guy of 5 very happy and spoke for the first time "I don't fancy your Putt from there" which i couldn't do anything but agree with as its a treble breaker all downhill though the gully in the middle if the green to the flag that is right at the front
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they stuck it in the front bunker so we scrapped a half .
15 i hit a reasonable drive that just leaked right onto the right edge of the fairway, they were right but in the deep rough. they hacked out, just short left. when we got to our ball it had indeed rolled into the right rough, which for the 2nd time was in a terrible lie due to some hollow tineing by the green staff, they had also moved the fairway by about 5 feet so we would have been on it the day before and got a preferred lie, but not now. my PP duffed it a foot, i chipped it to 6 feet which he holed and they also got up and down. still 3 up.
16 my PP hit a reasonable drive they were a good 30 yards further in the middle of the fairway. i hit a nice looking shot which we can only assume was knocked down by the wind as it smashed into the top very top of the reveting on the left hand bunker and dropped in, the 5 handicapper stuck it short right, but safe.
our ball was close to the face with half the reveting still on the ball, but my pp pulled off another great shot and put it to 8 feet, they left it shot about the same distance, but us to go first, which i slotted in.... 3 /2 win
a good win for us as they guys have won the comp a few times.
a fantastic game that was certainly very competitive... and people say they don't like fouresomes
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. We had played these two guys last year and got humped as they played really well together and holed everything. the guy off 5 was off 6 last year and is hard work, barley says a word and wondered off on his own down the fairway when it wasn't him on the tee. the scratch guys is completely different, chatty and affablestarted with a half on the first which was into a strong westerly for a change.
on the 2nd we hit the fairway and they were in the waste area between the new bunkers and the 16th green, which used to be just heather so no shot, but now part of a NPZ so they got a free drop out of the heather onto the fairway. We had just made the first cut an had a horrendous lie as the green keepers had hollow tines parts of the course. they made the green in two we had to hack it up, my pp duffed the chip 1 down.
3rd we won with a birdie after my PP stuck it to 5 feet and i slipped in the putt.
4th half when they sank a long putt for par after missing the green.
5th was a win, good drive an on in two where the missed way left, but a good chip put them in with a chance, but missed.
6th we missed left they were on withing 10 feet and holed the putt, AS
7th they where right on the beach, were were middle of the fairway, the scratch guy hit it off the beach into one of the NPZ again which prev was just heather so a shot gone, but in the NPZ got a free drop out again onto the fairway and stuck it on the green in 3. as it was into a 3 club wind my PP layed up to 100 yards my fav lay up distance
but i duffed it into the front bunkeri
SQWe then won the 8th and 9th, the 8th was particularly satisfyingly as the scratch guy had almost driven the green.
10th again the scratch guys showed how well he hit it by carrying the bunkers and leaving them with short iron in, which the 5 handicap pulled miles left... again into a NPZ, which used to be a huge clump of gorse and a lost ball, they got another drop almost back on the fairway. so again got a half from being gone.
11th was a half as we where close them short and the sc guys showed his skill buy holing, but we sank the putt.
i think this next hole was the turning point.
My PP hit a great drive leaving only 140 to the flag for me, they where right in the long stuff and just hacked out. I struck a great shot with a wedge to 12 feet, the scratch guy then hit a superb chip and holed for a 3, so we are now looking at a 12 footer for half which my PP holed.
13 was our shot and played the hole in regulation, while they missed right but the scratch guy hit a 3 wood out of the rough and almost made the green.
14 is now a bit of a funny hole since the changes, playes long, my PP hit a superb 4 iron (210) landed just by the flag and bounded on right to the back, which made the guy of 5 very happy and spoke for the first time "I don't fancy your Putt from there" which i couldn't do anything but agree with as its a treble breaker all downhill though the gully in the middle if the green to the flag that is right at the front
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they stuck it in the front bunker so we scrapped a half .15 i hit a reasonable drive that just leaked right onto the right edge of the fairway, they were right but in the deep rough. they hacked out, just short left. when we got to our ball it had indeed rolled into the right rough, which for the 2nd time was in a terrible lie due to some hollow tineing by the green staff, they had also moved the fairway by about 5 feet so we would have been on it the day before and got a preferred lie, but not now. my PP duffed it a foot, i chipped it to 6 feet which he holed and they also got up and down. still 3 up.
16 my PP hit a reasonable drive they were a good 30 yards further in the middle of the fairway. i hit a nice looking shot which we can only assume was knocked down by the wind as it smashed into the top very top of the reveting on the left hand bunker and dropped in, the 5 handicapper stuck it short right, but safe.
our ball was close to the face with half the reveting still on the ball, but my pp pulled off another great shot and put it to 8 feet, they left it shot about the same distance, but us to go first, which i slotted in.... 3 /2 win
a good win for us as they guys have won the comp a few times.
a fantastic game that was certainly very competitive... and people say they don't like fouresomes
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I played a handicap knockout match - against a 7 handicap, so I gave him 3 shots
After he put it dead from 200 yds on the first, and I lost the hole with a birdie to his eagle I was feeling a little nervous. But I played well most of the way round.
I was 4 under par after 7 holes, and 4 up. But, the longer we played the more my lack of recent golf showed, as I got tight in my lower back and was beginning to lose my way, I bogeyed holes 8,9,11 & 14. He got back to 3 down on the back nine but I held on for a 3 & 2 victory - and having played the remaining 2 holes in 1 under, I finished my round at 2 under gross.
So happy days
After he put it dead from 200 yds on the first, and I lost the hole with a birdie to his eagle I was feeling a little nervous. But I played well most of the way round.
I was 4 under par after 7 holes, and 4 up. But, the longer we played the more my lack of recent golf showed, as I got tight in my lower back and was beginning to lose my way, I bogeyed holes 8,9,11 & 14. He got back to 3 down on the back nine but I held on for a 3 & 2 victory - and having played the remaining 2 holes in 1 under, I finished my round at 2 under gross.
So happy days
SatchFan
Q-School Graduate
Playing groundhog golf this week. Monday 79 (41,38), Tuesday 79 (41,38), Wednesday 79 (41,38).
Out this morning, first 9 was a bit of a struggle due to a 4 ball in front been so slow but once they went in at 10, the pace picked up and got into a flow, not driving the ball well at the moment but hybrids and irons decent, but because my driving is so short I’m leaving myself a lot of work to do, highlight was the 18th, weak drive but straight, hybrid then a 163yard 6 iron to 3ft to save par 😀
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Out with CVG today...course ok after the biblical rain of the last couple of weeks.
Unfortunately the greenkeepers hadn't been able to cut the fairways so they were fluffy and wet...no roll.
Distinctly average front 9 for me, horrible front 9 for him - nearly had more blobs than points!
He wisely called it a day after 9 and I carried on.
Cue a +1 gross back 9 including an eagle holeout from 140 yards on 10, a lip-out birdie putt on 11, double on 12, kick in birdie on 13, bogey on 14, double on 15, pars on 16 and 17 and a lip-out eagle chip on 18
21 points with 3 X 1 point holes.
Stupid game
Unfortunately the greenkeepers hadn't been able to cut the fairways so they were fluffy and wet...no roll.
Distinctly average front 9 for me, horrible front 9 for him - nearly had more blobs than points!
He wisely called it a day after 9 and I carried on.
Cue a +1 gross back 9 including an eagle holeout from 140 yards on 10, a lip-out birdie putt on 11, double on 12, kick in birdie on 13, bogey on 14, double on 15, pars on 16 and 17 and a lip-out eagle chip on 18
21 points with 3 X 1 point holes.
Stupid game
18th at Fortrose must have been playing long today
18th at Fortrose must have been playing long today
Culcabock today Patrick 😂😂
Definitely hitting the ball better with this new grip now, hoping a really good round isn’t far away, just need to sort the driver out!!
Half planning a social membership for Torvean once the new course opens, £200 for 12 rounds and a £10 thereafter for each round.
Crow
Crow Person
Well that didn't go to plan!
Seniors' Open at Northamptonshire County, playing a Harold Bird & Son laminated driver with Slazenger Jack Nicklaus $1M irons and a Greenway putter. Hit the ball well over the first holes, completely lost the ability to swing a club for a while then hit the ball well again coming home for 26 points total.
I don't think any of today's clubs will make Friday's bag (when I'm playing at Sandiway GC with a few more vintage golf fans) apart from maybe the putter which behaved itself.
Course was excellent and apart from on/off rain over the first 6 holes the weather was okay too.
Seniors' Open at Northamptonshire County, playing a Harold Bird & Son laminated driver with Slazenger Jack Nicklaus $1M irons and a Greenway putter. Hit the ball well over the first holes, completely lost the ability to swing a club for a while then hit the ball well again coming home for 26 points total.
I don't think any of today's clubs will make Friday's bag (when I'm playing at Sandiway GC with a few more vintage golf fans) apart from maybe the putter which behaved itself.
Course was excellent and apart from on/off rain over the first 6 holes the weather was okay too.
TBH Brian i've hardly played since i joined, a couple of matches and the odd few holes on 10-15 with my Hickorys.
Def looking forward to the new holes all opening
Norrin Radd
Tour Winner
played the wednesday thrash [roll up] at ours today ,didnt reall cover my self in glory but a reasonable pts tally of 35 got me third place out of twentythree playing ,two blobs cost me dearly but thats golf.
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