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

[Mandofred]

Been putting so inconsistently lately that I'm taking 3 or 4 of them in tomorrow before playing to see which one I'm most comfortable with (It's not ME, it's the clubs fault!!). Odyssey Ten, Ping Fetch, Odyssey Fang and an Odyssey White Hot blade. Played with the Fang yesterday for the first time in a year or so and did a little better.

 

[Crow]

Seniors Trophy today, started okay but then topped a ball into a hedge for a double on the fourth, a couple of awful short pitches for a double on the next and an OB for a quad on the sixth.
Finished the front nine with a solid 3 iron to the right fringe and holed for a share of the twos.

Another quad bogey and a double on the back nine meant I finished 91 net 77 and one shot outside my buffer after Stableford adjustment.

Some ridiculous stats, I hit two fairways and had 25 putts.

 

[Papas1982]

Played my first ever bogey comp today.

Battled back to all square through 16 and then played to awful chips on the next two holes to finsh 2 down

Still, first time off the whites and Canterbury. So not too distraught.

 

[ScienceBoy]

I played today and realised how pants I am at golf.

Managed to pretty much eliminate side spin from my game, shots are laser straight, but lost about a clubs distance...

I also couldn’t putt and short game did me no favours all day.

Still shot about 15 over, even with all the mess and topping about 4 tee shots too. I only lost one ball through loss of concentration and only had two double bogeys. Soo many par putts drifted by!

Utterly pants at this game.

 

[Fish]

Standing on the 7th tee 1 over gross in the 1940’s Woodhall Spa Golf AM AM, and even with 3 doubles, it was a tidy front 9, turning on 41 (+6) for 19 points off 90%)??‍

Hitting the fairways makes all the difference on the tough Hotchkin course, but even when I missed the fairway for the first time on the 6th, I still parred the hole ?️

If not for a 3-putt on the 9th to a very tricky pin, it could have been a lot better, but I’ve got to be happy with that front 9.



Back 9 was a different story, although I started well making par from out of the bunker on the 10th, I was missing the fairways and I just lost my tempo & swing, and so I was scrambling for 3 holes before the wheels fell totally off for 3 holes and needed my team players to carry me as I lost 2 balls, one on 14 & 15 and picked up before making the fairway on 16 as I couldn’t hack it out the Heather & rough!

Reverted to my driver and parred 17, although it was a good birdie chance, and then limped down the 18th for a nett par, even though I came out of 2 bunkers!

A great day with some highs & lows, top banter, but I was running on empty in the blazing sun, but I’ll be back ?



So many positives, but the Hotchkin punishes you if you let it.

And thanks to Glyn I lost £10 ?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Great yesterday rubbish today. Played a friendly better ball in our 4 ball and my partner was abject so felt I was playing 2 v 1. Didn't hit it great but was getting it round reasonably bar driving OOB by less than a foot on the 4th. Fell away on the back nine as the match leaked away and by 16th had lost interest. Work to be done to be consistent and reduce moving parts and make the short game sharper but always relish a challenge

 

[Lord Tyrion]

A fun round at Alnwick Castle GC today. Not a course that is mentioned when people come to the area but there are some interesting holes there. £13 for the round, friendly in the clubhouse, all good. If anyone is here on holiday and can't get on the usual suspects then definitely worth a visit.

Played poorly for 13 holes, worked out the fault, played very nicely for the remainder. The hybrids that were going on Ebay are now resting in cotton wool ?.

 

[Fish]

Not a bad contribution

 

[Orikoru]

I had this funny feeling today that I was due a bad round. Not a great feeling and tends to be self-fulfilling, but I entered the comp anyway. First time they've had the white tees out since before lockdown as well. Consequently I was having to go two clubs longer than I was used to on the first, and made an arse of it, lost ball in a hedge well right of the green and put myself down for a blob as I couldn't really be bothered going back to the tee. Doubled the second and third, then two pars, then a triple as I sliced it into the same ditch twice (it runs all the way down the right hand side of the hole). 13 points after nine and looking like I was right about being due a bad one.

Back nine was miles better though. 5 over par, 21 points to bring me up to 34 points total, which is pretty good in the end. 86 gross (approx anyway - my app counts a blob as your lowest 0 point score). Very encouraging that even on a difficult round I'm still shooting in the 80s now. Eight pars over the round, only 4 bogeys so a bit of a Jeykll and Hyde one.

Thought I'd rescued buffer, but as we were entering our scores we found out it wasn't Stableford it was medal, which NO ONE told us at any point so I'm a bit annoyed about that to be honest. So I'd inadvertently disqualified myself on the very first shot of the day. Hey ho, it's 0.1 back after all.

 

[Papas1982]

I had this funny feeling today that I was due a bad round. Not a great feeling and tends to be self-fulfilling, but I entered the comp anyway. First time they've had the white tees out since before lockdown as well. Consequently I was having to go two clubs longer than I was used to on the first, and made an arse of it, lost ball in a hedge well right of the green and put myself down for a blob as I couldn't really be bothered going back to the tee. Doubled the second and third, then two pars, then a triple as I sliced it into the same ditch twice (it runs all the way down the right hand side of the hole). 13 points after nine and looking like I was right about being due a bad one.

Back nine was miles better though. 5 over par, 21 points to bring me up to 34 points total, which is pretty good in the end. 86 gross (approx anyway - my app counts a blob as your lowest 0 point score). Very encouraging that even on a difficult round I'm still shooting in the 80s now. Eight pars over the round, only 4 bogeys so a bit of a Jeykll and Hyde one.

Thought I'd rescued buffer, but as we were entering our scores we found out it wasn't Stableford it was medal, which NO ONE told us at any point so I'm a bit annoyed about that to be honest. So I'd inadvertently disqualified myself on the very first shot of the day. Hey ho, it's 0.1 back after all.

Who is meant to tell you?
Do you not have an online diary of events?

 

[Orikoru]

Who is meant to tell you?
Do you not have an online diary of events?

Well no not anymore because it all went down the pan during lockdown. The comps have been on an ad hoc basis, often they email us on Friday to tell us what comp it is that weekend. And they'd all been Stableford up until now so we just assumed that was continuing since we didn't even get an email this time.

 

[Deleted member 21258]

Played, only 22% chance of rain the forecast said, got wet on the 2nd/3rd no to bad. But hammered it down from the 11th hole onwards, soaked. Trolley decided to close down on my hand for the 2nd time, trolley is no longer, wheel came off it when I accidently dropped it

Golf was pretty good.

 

[Crow]

Not a bad contribution

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I assume that you were playing 1940s clubs?
How come I'd not heard about this game?

 

[Orikoru]

I THINK, your score should still get entered as returned for handicap purposes.
Could be wrong...

Not sure how they'll do it, the difference is only 0.1 either way. I was more annoyed that I buggered my round with the first shot without even realising it! If I'd have known it wasn't Stableford I'd have more likely hit a provisional, and then the whole round would have unfolded differently anyway. But it's a day later and I'm over it now anyway. More just happy that I still got a decent score after such a poor start.

 

[patricks148]

played the roll up this morning our first time of actually rolling up and playing 4 balls.

again hit it well on the first 3 holes, but like Sat putting was terrible, on all 3 in reg and 3 putted all 3.

one of my PP said, you are decelerating on it, sorted, didn't hole anything but at least i didn't 3 putt anything again

 

[Cherry13]

Played in a stableford comp on Sat, and after a good practise session through the week felt good going into it.

Thought it had all went to pot after a bogey, bogey start then steadied the ship with two pars on back to back par 3s. Then came my first ever eagle in a comp after i drove our par 4 5th and made the putt. Steady golf after that and finished 2 over for a nice 45 points and a cut down to 9 and single figures for the first time.

Was really happy with my short game, and 30 putts was my best ever since counting (likely ever). My new M-Craft 2 putter is treating me well so far and has made a huge difference to my confidence on lag putting.

 

[Dan2501]

Played some decent stuff over the weekend. On Saturday I hit every fairway and both par 3 greens on the front-nine, shot 6 over. Back nine I hit 2 fairways, missed both par 3s and shot 2 over. Stupid game.

Yesterday played in an open at Carus Green. Tough day out. Pins were in some brutal positions and the punishments for missing in the wrong spot were harsh. Managed 30 points but didn't play great.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Nine holes - total rubbish and feel lost over the ball.

 

[davidy233]

Nine holes tonight, no wind at all which was something of a surprise given it's been blowing 15-30mph ever time I've been out in the last couple of weeks. Played a couple of balls at times and mixed it up a lot, nice to be able to hit irons into greens without the wind taking the ball off the back.

 

[hairball_89]

Glorious day for golf on the south coast today. And for once I didn't ruin it!

Had a feeling the last few rounds that I've had a decent score brewing and today was one of those days it all came together. 46 points and a drive home feeling like a pig in ***! Cut down from 29.4 to 25.2 and the goal of sub 24 by the end of the year looking good! Even the wife seemed impressed!