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

[dronfield]

Played at Mellor and Townscliffe this afternoon - lovely course near Stockport. In good condition and pro/members very helpful and friendly. Well worth a visit.

Cracking deal on Groupon - £20 for a two ball including hot drink.

Rich

 

[BubbaP]

Where have you been playing since carswell closed?
Any interest in any clubs yet?

Ironically I'll probably end up playing more in October than I would have otherwise (have some jobs I need to catch up on). One guy who lives out North Oxford way had already joined Bicester and I joined him for a knock - he's also joined N Oxford so have an invite there. Then we had 30 or so (Carswell nomad society) at Drayton, and then Shrivenham. Next week is serious contender, over at West Berks.

 

[ademac]

Good stuff, making the best out of a bad situation.
Talk is that north Oxford is being sold soon, not sure how true that is though?

 

[BubbaP]

Yeah, the team there were quite up front about the threat (of houses) but they were also quite bullish about their chances of carrying on

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Played off my new handicap (12) off the whites in the roll up and scored 36 points. Very happy especially as I didn't start too well with 2 points after 2. Pitching was poor again, and so in and out but two great sand saves and driving very good. Put the Odyssey milled face #9 in the bag on a whim and missed several short ones. It was a whim so not sure to persevere (my favourite putter) or go back to the V-fang 2 ball. 4th yesterday (out of shotgun field of 87) and 2nd today. Had worse weekends

 

[jamiet7682]

Played my first round from the middle (yellow tees) on Saturday, spent the first 3 months playing from the front (Red Tees).

Now i have a driver in my bag (thanks Stewart the step back to the yellow tees didnt really have any impact on my game, was ending up in pretty much the same position on the fairway.

I have started to feel confident using my 5 wood off the fairway as well and that is massively shortening holes so now can seriously consider hitting the green in 2 on a lot of the par 4's.

Scored very similar to my previous rounds but think i am on the brink of a big drop in scores now I have a driver in the bag that i can hit fairly well and building confidence with the 5W off the deck.

Another lesson tonight, then i think i'll start putting some scorecards in to get my handicap.

 

[Orikoru]

Had the day off, using up a day's leave, went to play at Trent Park with two mates. Hadn't played there before. Decent course and I like the fact it's not just par 4 after 4 like a lot of places, but the grass was too long really. Rough was a nightmare and greens were so slow. I played well though, shot 85 for 36 points. There are a couple of stupid holes there where trees pretty much block the way and I'm not sure what they really expect you to do. But I only had one double and one triple, and the rest was all pars and bogeys, so really pleased to play that well on a new course.

Thought the magic fairy dust had worn off the driver early on, but was back hitting some great ones by the back nine. Two hits with the new 3 wood, one off the tee one off the deck, and both solid strikes. My focus was on getting up and downs too, and I managed four of them which was alright. Fluffed one or two others though.

 

[richart]

38 points in the monthly stableford with no blobs ! Good enough for second on count back when I left. Course was playing long in cold wind.

Strange front nine. All six holes I had a shot on I pared for three points, and the three I didn’t I bogied for one point. Didn’t hit the ball great, especially the driver, but some nice putts holed and even a few good chips. Should get a nice cut back to 10. something. No doubles on card was good in conditions.

Finished third on count back. Course was playing long, but thought someone out of field of 140 would beat 38 points.

Handicap back to 10.7 after six 0.1's. Gross 78 was my best gross score of the year.

 

[garyinderry]

Had the day off, using up a day's leave, went to play at Trent Park with two mates. Hadn't played there before. Decent course and I like the fact it's not just par 4 after 4 like a lot of places, but the grass was too long really. Rough was a nightmare and greens were so slow. I played well though, shot 85 for 36 points. There are a couple of stupid holes there where trees pretty much block the way and I'm not sure what they really expect you to do. But I only had one double and one triple, and the rest was all birdies and pars, so really pleased to play that well on a new course.

Thought the magic fairy dust had worn off the driver early on, but was back hitting some great ones by the back nine. Two hits with the new 3 wood, one off the tee one off the deck, and both solid strikes. My focus was on getting up and downs too, and I managed four of them which was alright. Fluffed one or two others though.

No bogies is a hell of an achievement.

 

[ademac]

Had the day off, using up a day's leave, went to play at Trent Park with two mates. Hadn't played there before. Decent course and I like the fact it's not just par 4 after 4 like a lot of places, but the grass was too long really. Rough was a nightmare and greens were so slow. I played well though, shot 85 for 36 points. There are a couple of stupid holes there where trees pretty much block the way and I'm not sure what they really expect you to do. But I only had one double and one triple, and the rest was all birdies and pars, so really pleased to play that well on a new course.

Thought the magic fairy dust had worn off the driver early on, but was back hitting some great ones by the back nine. Two hits with the new 3 wood, one off the tee one off the deck, and both solid strikes. My focus was on getting up and downs too, and I managed four of them which was alright. Fluffed one or two others though.

Seems like hell of a round to be fair mate.
Only One double and a triple plus some birdies usually equals a decent round!
What was the par if you shot 85?

 

[Orikoru]

No bogies is a hell of an achievement.

Seems like hell of a round to be fair mate.
Only One double and a triple plus some birdies usually equals a decent round!
What was the par if you shot 85?

Hahaha. Cheers guys - typo there obvs

 

[garyinderry]

Hahaha. Cheers guys - typo there obvs

I got it. Haha

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Pros day off the yellow tees. Came 4th with 40 points (missed out top 3 on countback). Scrambled brilliantly and all the hard work trying to get the "conventional" pitching and chipping technique to work all fell into place. Missed a couple of short putts too. A very happy Homer especially with a cut down to 12

Should also have mentioned in the excitement was I actually played the front 9 in +2 gross. Only dropped a shot on the 3rd offset by a birdie at the next, dropped shot on the 7th (SI2) and the 9th that always plays into the wind and despite a well hit 5 wood I still came up short. My best ever gross in a competition so it is in there

 

[Hitdaball]

Played at Druids Glen today , which I love but-

- greens had been hollowed (a mate who is a member was there Sunday and they were not so I’m guessing they started as I left Dublin to drive down there🤔)
- I lost 4&3
- I won the last 3 holes (standard )

Such a beautiful course still. Going to try and get to Mount Juliet next month.

 

[Dando]

Played beaconsfield with a client and was very impressed by the course.
Played ok- driving good again, irons ok, chipping was 🤦🏻‍♂️ and Putting was decent.

 

[Deleted member 17920]

Played Sunday.

After showing signs of playing decent it was back to been guff, scored better than I played. Scrambled amazingly.

Highlight was an eagle on 9 after holing out from 160 and the truth was it wasn’t a great shot. 3 for 5 points helped.

Course management is a joke 😂

 

[Deleted member 17920]

Played at Druids Glen today , which I love but-

- greens had been hollowed (a mate who is a member was there Sunday and they were not so I’m guessing they started as I left Dublin to drive down there🤔)
- I lost 4&3
- I won the last 3 holes (standard )

Such a beautiful course still. Going to try and get to Mount Juliet next month.

Love Mount Juliet, enjoy it. Hope its dry for you.

 

[Deleted member 25172]

Played beaconsfield with a client and was very impressed by the course.
Played ok- driving good again, irons ok, chipping was 🤦🏻‍♂️ and Putting was decent.

Good to hear! A colleague of mine who’s a member there have invited me to play it the Sunday before we go to Princes so have lots to look forward to the coming weeks!

 

[Imurg]

Ok, who's nicked the sweet spot from my clubs..??
I swear they all had one last time I played......

 

[Dando]

Good to hear! A colleague of mine who’s a member there have invited me to play it the Sunday before we go to Princes so have lots to look forward to the coming weeks!

It’s a lovely course and the greens were fantastic