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

[TreeSeeker]

Quick practice today, low light but always like playing after work. Temp greens but managed a healthy 24 points, feeling like i'm on good form for the weekend comp! maybe even get a cut before the RickG event. Shame that there wasn't enough light to get the back 9 in for the round.

@FAB good job on the handicap, can't fault 29 to start, and if you're expecting lower nice to get a few wins on the way to lowering it.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Played in the supper club. ( holes and aside from the 14th where I hit an acceptable drive and then a great hybrid from 200 yards to 8 feet it was awful. No timing, no consistency in strike and even the 2 hours short game work I did a few nights ago followed by a scramble test seemed a waste of time as chipping and pitching well off the mark. Still the spicy chicken skewers, salad and chips and beers after made up for it

 

[Orikoru]

Had the day off yesterday, went to play Shendish Manor in Hemel with two mates. Last time I played there was two years ago when I had a mini stag weekend with my family (as it has a hotel attached). Course hasn't changed though.

It was a funny old round where I didn't hit a 7 iron until the 18th hole. All the par 4s were either driver, wedge or driver, hybrid it seemed. The only mid-irons I hit were on the two par 3s I hit 8 irons on. Greens seemed really fast, we couldn't stop anything on them - 70 yard pitches I thought I'd played well just kept rolling into the fringe at the back. Some of the greens there are extremely difficult to read as well, particularly on the back nine where the whole course seems to slope down to one side which throws you off a bit.

I did very poorly on the par 3s, scoring 5, 4, 4 & 6. Annoying because I normally like a par 3. Overall though it was a very middle-of-the-road round, scored 35 points (90 gross) getting only 3 pars but 11 bogeys. 3 doubles 1 triple. Putted poorly, as I mentioned I couldn't read the greens very well. Driver was ok and it was actually nice to get plenty of hybrid practise in, I hit them quite well this time. Even hit one 4 wood off the deck (I never do that), and the strike was ok but I just sliced it a bit.

Went down to a pub called The Paper Mill for a pint afterwards (outdoor seating at the golf club was all taken), and were under siege by wasps, which was annoying.

 

[Hitdaball]

Played Seaton Carew at the start of our Captain’s away trip, brutal wind. Blobbed the first but got 19points on front 9 - I knew I was trouble once we turned into the wind as was hitting weak spinning drives. Just 7 points on the back 😆. Still 26 points wasn’t the lowest of the day in those conditions 👍🏻

Staley Hall for 2 days now. I’ll be out early working on the weak drive.

 

[patricks148]

match play q final tonight giving away 7 shots, played OK , 1 under going out and level up till the 14th won 5 and 4.

none of the other ties from the last round have even been played yet ti wiil have to wait and see who i;m playing

 

[Dando]

Was gonna try and get a twilight round in but not in the right frame of mind so spent 2 hours chipping instead and it went ok.
I need a beer now!

 

[anotherdouble]

Was gonna try and get a twilight round in but not in the right frame of mind so spent 2 hours chipping instead and it went ok.
I need a beer now!

Good one mate. Glad to hear you say it went ok👍

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Was gonna try and get a twilight round in but not in the right frame of mind so spent 2 hours chipping instead and it went ok.
I need a beer now!

How was it. I tried searching for something in my swing after the supper club debacle last night. did some pitching with was so so and then headed to the putting green and worked on my flaky short game. Felt it was moving forward again but not feeling natural

 

[Dando]

Good one mate. Glad to hear you say it went ok👍

That 5 ball video was good and so was your tip at FP so thanks mate

 

[Dando]

How was it. I tried searching for something in my swing after the supper club debacle last night. did some pitching with was so so and then headed to the putting green and worked on my flaky short game. Felt it was moving forward again but not feeling natural

The beer was great thanks!
been trying to use my putting technique (thanks to Chris aka anotherdouble) and keeping a slow even tempo. Doesn’t feel great with my 48 degree wedge but my 52 and 56 are going well so far.
Need to try the par 3 course and see if the technique works on longer swings

 

[Slime]

Wish I hadn't bothered today, worst I've played for many a year.
Lost a ball with my first shot. I was just all over the place.
Everything with my driver was being pulled straight left and four were never to be seen again.

 

[louise_a]

Medal today and the course was in good condition considering all the rain me have had this week, rather an uneven round, for 13 holes I was very steady and bang on my handicap with a mixture of pars and bogeys, and then came the last 5 holes, double bogey, par, quad bogey, bogey, birdie.
The quad bogey, which followed a lovely drive that left me just 120 yds to the flag, was rounded down to a 6 and so I finished in my buffer, but once again a promising round was ruined in effect by one bad hole.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

The beer was great thanks!
been trying to use my putting technique (thanks to Chris aka anotherdouble) and keeping a slow even tempo. Doesn’t feel great with my 48 degree wedge but my 52 and 56 are going well so far.
Need to try the par 3 course and see if the technique works on longer swings

I'm definitely improving with more of a shoulder rock for the short pitches and chips and seem to be turning better. Still getting disconnected and the right arm seems to be going in funny places but the V-Easy gets that back quickly. It is in there but the problem has been it needs a lot of repetition and its hard to get it out straight away on the course which sets a tone of self doubt going forward on each hole. Roll up game tomorrow so I'm going out with an empty head and just let it flow

 

[Imurg]

Very patchy front 9.
11 points after 7, 19 after 9!!!
Back to back birdies on two of the trickier holes.
Played so much better on the back 9 but scored worse...just the 17 so on the face of it a solid 36.
Short game was not hot hot but missed 4 or 5 very makeable putts.

 

[BrianM]

Went out for a hit today to try and get some confidence, started off pretty well, then holes 5 to 9 were shocking, couldn’t even hit the ball, was going to play 10 and walk in, then I found something again and carried on, drives were all straight, although not too much distance and hybrids / irons were good in the end.

 

[spongebob59]

Hit some balls on the range today.
only half and three quarter swings at a gentle pace.
they were a mixture of tops ,pulls ,pushes and shermans, but it was great. 😊

 

[Deleted member 1740]

1st proper game at Leasowe since last year due to hand injury, 29pts with some good shots.

Weather was good, golf was decent but the company was awful

 

[anotherdouble]

1st proper game at Leasowe since last year due to hand injury, 29pts with some good shots.

Weather was good, golf was decent but the company was awful

Good to hear you back playing mate. 👌👍👏

 

[garyinderry]

New personal best around my home club.

Shot 1 over with 5 birdies in there. Never got under par. Just kept clawing back shots after I had the odd brain fart.

 

[Crow]

New personal best around my home club.

Shot 1 over with 5 birdies in there. Never got under par. Just kept clawing back shots after I had the odd brain fart.

Great play Gary.