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

[Coffey]

Played Seapoint links on Tuesday in their summer series. First time playing there and it is a great course. Not too taxing and difficult but a really enjoyable links course.

I played well again and managed 37 points for third place and another .4 cut down to 9.8. Single figures is now in view.

 

[hairball_89]

Out yesterday afternoon. Blowing an absolute hooley on top of the downs. 17 points going out, on for a good score as usually score better on the back 9... 12 points coming home! Greens were a lot slower than normal and left too many short, with a grand total of 6x 3 putts.

 

[Imurg]

Big thanks to Robin for hosting three refugees from the Zoo today
Using up my voucher acquired at H4H last year and anyone playing at Coventry next Friday had better bring their A game!!!
Course is running fast and the fairway slopes don't look capable of moving the ball much - think again.
Greens are so very true and fast, a pleasure to putt on but you really don't want to be above the hole unless you like 10 footers coming back.
All in all, a very nice set up. It bodes well for next week where playing to handicap could grab the spoils.
None of us played that we'll but there were some sparks of quality lighting up the not so good parts.
Came off with 27 points to Robin's 30 so not a disgrace.
Fragger and CVG struggled but enjoyed the round.
Great company and a decent breakfast too!
Cheers Robin, see you next week for round 2

 

[GOLFER1994]

Went out for a quick 9 this evening. Nearly walked off after 4 !
Hit a perfect 280yard drive on the second, followed by a slice on nearly every tee there after. Irons were terrible and putting was really not good. Only positive were the wedges were flying well and stopping nicely. Little bit worried about the tournament on saturday now haha

 

[louise_a]

A decent round for me today in our stableford, no 3 putts, which after recent performance is a bonus, didn't hole much though either, in fact rather a lot of very near misses, baring a couple of iffy shots things went well and I managed 37 points, although CSS was SSS-1 so no cut.
Off to St Andrews for the Strathtyrum at the weekend so hope the good form keep going up there.

 

[slowhand]

Played at Pannal in the semi-finals of a matchplay comp yesterday evening. Was nip & tuck for the first 10 holes then my opponent pulled away a bit so I was 3 down with 4 to play. Won the next and then halved the 16th. My opponent somehow contrived to lose the final 2 holes so it was off to extra holes with the light fading fast. Managed to win on the first extra hole so that's me into the final in September :lol:

 

[garyinderry]

Came 2nd this evening with 6 over. Have to head back to the club as its lady captains day and they have a mens comp too.

Frustratingly its not a qualifer.

 

[TreeSeeker]

Man what a "quick 9" after work, really wish I had the time to finish the back 9 to see how I was playing. Would have been walking in with 25 points from the front 9, with the longest par streak i've ever had, seems that i'm benefiting from having a slightly damper course!

Looking forward to the board even this weekend, and the risk of a handicap cut!

 

[Norrin Radd]

played Eastbourne Downs Friday, and if any of you know where it is then you know that it was blowing a hooley ,couple that with horizontal rain the conditions were a tad lousy. the wind was gusting to 40 mph and the rain was stinging my face.my game though was pretty good as even with the atrocious weather I was playing better than h/cap golf ,right up until we threw the towel in and trudged back to the clubhouse after playing 12 holes .you could barely see more tha fifty yards at times as it was raining that hard ,and the ball was oscilating when lining up for a putt.
we managed to stay out so long as we had a buggy but it became just too much and the thought of wringing my rear end out didnt fill me with comfort.
weather 1 me 0

 

[patricks148]

Re: I played today and......

very disappointing round this morning, 76 gross for 2 under CSS, so a small cut. course was there for the taking, no wind greens running true. played ok until the 13th fairway after a good drive and then lost the ability to hit an iron. paid off going out early at least, last few weeks the later you play the stronger the wind had got, so much so it was impossible last week to stop the ball down wind.

played with two of the young guns, both off +3, both long, so long they hit 2 and 3 irons further than my drives and i drove the ball well today.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

A veritable mixed bag for me today.

Started bogey, double bogey. And finished bogey, double bogey.
But managed 38 points, shooting a 3 over par 75.
The round included 4 birdies and an eagle. 2 x 3 putts and a 4 putt.

Absolute madness!!

 

[GB72]

17 pretty decent holes playing to my handicap then hit a 9 on 18. First comp in ages, first medal back at my old course so not too upset.

 

[JohnnyDee]

Mate's 60th Birthday at ours yesterday 25 x 4 man teams, two to count with us all taking the double points coloured ball in turn.

Scored 35 on my own ball and hit some great shots mixed with some rubbish too. Perfect drive in middle of the fairway turns into a six for example, but also some really good irons too.

The double scorer was a Volvik Pink, but the S4 model, and not the ones that look like they're made of compressed hard plastic which I hate.

Not all of our team liked the S4 but I loved it. Felt lovely off every club in the bag.

 

[GOLFER1994]

Very topsy turvy round to finish with a 94 for 34 points.
Some poor short 5-6footers missed for par and could quite easily have been a 40+ point round. Also could quite easily have been in the 20's with some of the wayward tee shots landing in the neighbouring fairways! Its all learning though

 

[Lazkir]

After struggling for nearly two years with injury I'm finally starting to play like I know I can.
Back to back 39 pointers in the last week to drop from 15H to 13, were followed up by a 49 in a 4BBB, of which I scored 43!
It was almost embarrassing tbh, I was just knocking everything either in the middle of the green or stone dead. Even had three birdies, one of which was a chip in on our long uphill par four index 2.

If Carling could do golf days.....

 

[Deleted member 16999]

After a great season and reaching my target of getting to 10 by 03rd Aug the wheels have well and truly fell off,
Monthly Medal today and 3rd round in a row the Sh..nks have hit me, NR’d for the first time this season in a comp.
Confidence well and truly shot

 

[casuk]

Played disgusting today especially the front 9 felt sick all day but battled through, 58 I was on the front, and 41 on the back, I just couldn't get into it at all, putting was off i 3 putted 4 holes, chipping was to long driving was all over the place and for the first 3 holes I couldn't get the ball up, thinned most over 150y, past 3 rounds iv been terrible don't know what's going on with me, so all in all pretty crap day

 

[HampshireHog]

Had a non qualifier comp today off the yellows today following course maintenance week. Came in with 35pts (14 out 21 back), only good enough for 36th! I know it’s easier of the yellows but on greens that were tined and sanded this week that’s ludicrous. Does make me wonder how many people are managing their handicaps and throwing a round if they won’t be in the prizes🤔.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

....finally realised that, after 48 years of playing this game I now have less than zero interest in playing competitions

It wasn't as if I was doing too badly as I had 18 Stableford points at the turn when I decided that I was no longer bothered and informed my Marker to not bother with my score.

Been there, done that, got the cups but the competitive bit just doesn't do it for me any longer.

Scratched my name from the three comps for which I had entered and will now restrict myself to the occasional social knock.

 

[Slime]

We had our club's Charity Day today and, after my decent run of form, I was really looking forward to it.
Optimism was sadly misplaced as I played as poorly as I have for a long time.
Our team finished about 6th ........................... but I won the straightest drive competition!!
It was about 250yards and finished 1" to the side of the line.
It was my first decent drive and was on the 12th hole!
I won an odd prize of a bottle of wine and a box of fresh vegetables which was presented to me by Peter Alliss ........................ which was nice.