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

[HomerJSimpson]

I'm not really on about this last 2 weeks. From reading your round reports on here it doesn't seem like there is too many good rounds. Be that bounce games or practice.
I'd just like to see what's going on. I've seen you say you have the odd poor hole here and there but so does everyone else. Off 13 you are allowed some poor holes and you can still smash in a great score or at least hit buffer more often.

Had a net 71 (+1) in the medal and a few decent enough showings in some roll ups. Perhaps more a case of personal pressure stemming from having hit the ball really well in practice and not always seeing that carrying over into competitive play. To be fair with a loss of golf for a week because of the racing it's been hard last week to come back and find some timing and tempo. I have some lessons in the bank with the teaching pro I use and so going to try and get a quick swing MOT and make sure there's not anything serious.

 

[patricks148]

Just got back from playing my 2nd round knockout match...

I had to give away 18 shots, yes that's correct 18 😳...

I lost both par 5s on the front 9 and I made birdie on both of them 😳

I played the front nine in 1 over gross and was 2down at the turn...

To summarise I'll play out the last 3 holes..

16th hole par 4, I'm actually 1up. Thanks to me making back to back birdies, and him hitting one OOB. I'm on the green about 20feet away putting for birdie, opponent is short in 2, thins the life out of his chip yet it hits the flag and stops stone dead,. I'm now putting for half.. I missed.... So A/S...

17th hole par 4.. he nails his driver straight across the corner into perfect position centre fairway. I hit 3 wood sweet as anything finish about 10yards ahead of his drive. He scabs one barely above ground level short right in semi rough, I hit a S/W to about 15 feet, he again hits a terrible thin chip ends up 25 feet past the hole and bloody holes the return put for a 4 nett 3. My putt horse shoes the hole... 1dn..

18th hole Par 5.. He hits his drive so far right he misses the fairway, all the trees, misses the 1st fairway and is in the rough the other side that's a good 85yards wide of target. I've hit driver and nailed it, but wrong side of fairway meaning I can't go for it in 2 I have to play a 7iron over the trees into the fairway. I've then hit SW this time to 10 feet. Opponents in the front greenside bunker in 4.. Eying up my putt it's dead straight flat I fancy it to win the hole and go down the 19th.. He has had other ideas, he putts it out of the bunker and, traces a perfect line across the green for 30 feet and drops centre cup for 5 nett 4. I lose 2dn on the last..

Go for the obligatory drink in bar after, he whips out the card he's been keeping match score in all the way round and says, wow if you'd holed that birdie putt on the last you'd only have been +1 for the 18holes.. Yeah cheers for that pal😒

To make it worse it was the slowest round of the year by far 4hrs 45mins for a 2 ball... We ended up stuck behind a society that last group went out an hour and 15 mins before us.

Still head held high I played well enough to beat most people today except this Mexican.

Wolf, i'm confused i thought you were off 12 or 13 how come you had to give 18 shots... unless it was a junior or a female?

 

[Wolf]

Wolf, i'm confused i thought you were off 12 or 13 how come you had to give 18 shots... unless it was a junior or a female?

I'm off 8 mate. The guy I played was off 26 so Full handicap allowance as this comp is meant he got his 18 shots.

If I were off 12 or 13, I think in all honesty I'd be wearing a sombrero 😂

 

[patricks148]

I'm off 8 mate. The guy I played was off 26 so Full handicap allowance as this comp is meant he got his 18 shots.

If I were off 12 or 13, I think in all honesty I'd be wearing a sombrero 😂

sorry for some reason i thought you were higher, maybe its your and fast and lose knowledge of the rules

 

[Wolf]

sorry for some reason i thought you were higher, maybe its your and fast and lose knowledge of the rules

If I could get the ball off the tee consistently I'd be able get back down to 4 or better like the old days ad a junior. Damn me and my fast lose knowledge handicap Protecting ways 😂

That reminds me I need go and add a few grains of sand to my egg timer to get an advantage 😉

 

[Orikoru]

I'm off 8 mate. The guy I played was off 26 so Full handicap allowance as this comp is meant he got his 18 shots.

If I were off 12 or 13, I think in all honesty I'd be wearing a sombrero 😂

That's a bit mad. Our singles matchplay is limited to 18 handicap, and even the pairs one I've entered is capped at 24 (plus it's 90% allowance also).

 

[Wolf]

That's a bit mad. Our singles matchplay is limited to 18 handicap, and even the pairs one I've entered is capped at 24 (plus it's 90% allowance also).

I agree it's a little mad, also teach me to read the entry criteria before I pay my fees. I assumed wrongly it would be 90% difference was until I played my first round and double checked the name of the guy I was playing that I noticed it was full handicap and there was no handicap limit on entry.

In my 1st round I gave away 2 shots and would still been the same with the 90%, but this time it stung me.

My old club years ago there were 3 knockout comps with different criteria , scratch, 0-12 & 13-28. That worked really well and kept even fair spread.

Ours though is open to all members with a valid handicap full allowance.

The winner of our match yesterday was to go through to play a young lad off 6. So good luck giving those shots away.

 

[patricks148]

I agree it's a little mad, also teach me to read the entry criteria before I pay my fees. I assumed wrongly it would be 90% difference was until I played my first round and double checked the name of the guy I was playing that I noticed it was full handicap and there was no handicap limit on entry.

In my 1st round I gave away 2 shots and would still been the same with the 90%, but this time it stung me.

My old club years ago there were 3 knockout comps with different criteria , scratch, 0-12 & 13-28. That worked really well and kept even fair spread.

Ours though is open to all members with a valid handicap full allowance.

The winner of our match yesterday was to go through to play a young lad off 6. So good luck giving those shots away.

our singles are seeded to avoid these massive handicap gaps, though i did have to give 24 shots away a couple of years ago.. that was fun

 

[Wolf]

our singles are seeded to avoid these massive handicap gaps, though i did have to give 24 shots away a couple of years ago.. that was fun

Not sure why ours don't have more categories or seedings. Think I may have to ask that question and see if I can get mybe a couple bits added to the calender. But then questioning the establishment may get me black balled 🤔

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Not sure why ours don't have more categories or seedings. Think I may have to ask that question and see if I can get mybe a couple bits added to the calender. But then questioning the establishment may get me black balled 🤔

It’s a Handicap KO yes ? So why the need for seeding ? What’s the point .

Most clubs have a High HC KO , Scratch KO and then the whole club HC KO - all in , if you want to win beat whoever is in front.

Are you going to seed to ensure the Low HC’s up so they face High ones , have all the highs together and the lows together ?

We do it for the Scratch one but for a HC one ? Interesting to see the reason why or the rationale behind it

 

[Wolf]

It’s a Handicap KO yes ? So why the need for seeding ? What’s the point .

Most clubs have a High HC KO , Scratch KO and then the whole club HC KO - all in , if you want to win beat whoever is in front.

Are you going to seed to ensure the Low HC’s up so they face High ones , have all the highs together and the lows together ?

We do it for the Scratch one but for a HC one ? Interesting to see the reason why or the rationale behind it

Do you actually read things before you post.

We don't have a scratch one. I said I would ask why we don't and if there is a possibility of getting one therefore if we do then the possibility of seeding can come in. I never mentioned wanting to seed the handicap KO.

I actually think it would be beneficial if as a club we had something similar to what you describe, Scratch KO, full club (which this one is) then perhaps other categories. If club say no then stay as we are.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Do you actually read things before you post.

We don't have a scratch one. I said I would ask why we don't and if there is a possibility of getting one therefore if we do then the possibility of seeding can come in. I never mentioned wanting to seed the handicap KO.

I actually think it would be beneficial if as a club we had something similar to what you describe, Scratch KO, full club (which this one is) then perhaps other categories. If club say no then stay as we are.

You were talking about your KO which was Handicap , Patrick was saying his was seeded ? So then you were going to ask why yours wasnt seeded ?

Yes I saw the category part but my point was more towards the seeding ? Yes

Not sure why ours don't have more categories or seedings. Think I may have to ask that question and see if I can get mybe a couple bits added to the calender. But then questioning the establishment may get me black balled 🤔

Now if you were asking about “scratch” seedings then maybe it would have been better to make it clearer

 

[Wolf]

You were talking about your KO which was Handicap , Patrick was saying his was seeded ? So then you were going to ask why yours wasnt seeded ?

Yes I saw the category part but my point was more towards the seeding ? Yes


Now if you were asking about “scratch” seedings then maybe it would have been better to make it clearer

Tell you what Philip I'll take this to another thread to make it clearer and seek opinion as I'd like see if I can get something added to the club and we can debate properly and I'll be interested the set up you have to.

 

[Dando]

I'm off 8 mate. The guy I played was off 26 so Full handicap allowance as this comp is meant he got his 18 shots.

If I were off 12 or 13, I think in all honesty I'd be wearing a sombrero 😂

94Tegsi is the current holder of the forum sombrero

 

[garyinderry]

Had a net 71 (+1) in the medal and a few decent enough showings in some roll ups. Perhaps more a case of personal pressure stemming from having hit the ball really well in practice and not always seeing that carrying over into competitive play. To be fair with a loss of golf for a week because of the racing it's been hard last week to come back and find some timing and tempo. I have some lessons in the bank with the teaching pro I use and so going to try and get a quick swing MOT and make sure there's not anything serious.

I would definitely go and get some lessons soon if you want to make inroads of your target of single figures.
Having a week away isn't really a reason for poor play. Some guys dont see the course fron one Saturday to the next.
You have to be brutally honest with yourself if you want to improve. You really should know what part of the game is holding your scores back.

 

[Wolf]

94Tegsi is the current holder of the forum sombrero

Phew I'm safe for a while then, I don't need to continue to grow the Gringo tash the Mrs will be pleased 😂

 

[garyinderry]

Had a net 71 (+1) in the medal and a few decent enough showings in some roll ups. Perhaps more a case of personal pressure stemming from having hit the ball really well in practice and not always seeing that carrying over into competitive play. To be fair with a loss of golf for a week because of the racing it's been hard last week to come back and find some timing and tempo. I have some lessons in the bank with the teaching pro I use and so going to try and get a quick swing MOT and make sure there's not anything serious.

I would definitely go and get some lessons soon if you want to make inroads of your target of single figures.
Having a week away isn't really a reason for poor play. Some guys dont see the course fron one Saturday to the next.
You have to be brutally honest with yourself if you want to improve. You really should know what part of the game is holding your scores back.

 

[Wolf]

I would definitely go and get some lessons soon if you want to make inroads of your target of single figures.
Having a week away isn't really a reason for poor play. Some guys dont see the course fron one Saturday to the next.
You have to be brutally honest with yourself if you want to improve. You really should know what part of the game is holding your scores back.

Never a truer word said. But as golfers it always seems easier to blame a lay off, a bad bounce or an outside influence.

I know mine and its my Driving, its not the club as that is fitted to me, in the range I can absolutely stripe it, in the course I get in my own way with it. No coincidence yesterday my best score off the back tees and the reason being only hit the driver the 4 times. Nailed each one but that was because the confidence was there from hitting the 3 wood well in the others holes all the way round meant when the driver came out I wasn't questioning myself.

9/10 be the other way round hit the driver to often then blame it for my bad scores instead of me knowing I need to work into hitting it.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Well it was yesterday evening and I played 5 holes (I only had just over an hour and it was a lovely sunny evening - what better a thing to do - golf club membership benefit ). In the process of playing the 5 holes I hit 9 shots with irons (not including chips) - and only hit one lucy locket - and I know why. All the rest went pretty much in the right direction and came off a nice bit of the club (i.e. anywhere except the socket).

Now this might not seem anything to the vast majority of golfers - but for those of us who continue to suffer with; are in rehabilitation from; or are solidly into recovery from, the hell that is the Lucy Lockets - my few holes yesterday evening were bliss

 

[Wolf]

Well it was yesterday evening and I played 5 holes (I only had just over an hour and it was a lovely sunny evening - what better a thing to do - golf club membership benefit ). In the process of playing the 5 holes I hit 9 shots with irons (not including chips) - and only hit one lucy locket - and I know why. All the rest went pretty much in the right direction and came off a nice bit of the club (i.e. anywhere except the socket).

Now this might not seem anything to the vast majority of golfers - but for those of us who continue to suffer with; are in rehabilitation from; or are solidly into recovery from, the hell that is the Lucy Lockets - my few holes yesterday evening were bliss

Don't you know there not called Lucy lockets anymore their now commonly know on the form as the @Orikoru disease 😂

We'll done though SILH you're on the path to recovery, remember though it's easy to relapse so be vigilant. Thoughts and prayers are with you at this challenging time....