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

[Imurg]

God, this game is infuriating...
Good front 9 of +3 and standing on the 16th tee I was +6...
Made a 2 at the par 3 so +5...
Then proceeded to finish double, double to end on nett 72 (+1) gross 80....
Nett 69 is winning.
2 pars instead of 2 doubles would have done it..

 

[Deleted member 3432]

God, this game is infuriating...
Good front 9 of +3 and standing on the 16th tee I was +6...
Made a 2 at the par 3 so +5...
Then proceeded to finish double, double to end on nett 72 (+1) gross 80....
Nett 69 is winning.
2 pars instead of 2 doubles would have done it..

Nothing worse than choking.....

 

[HomerJSimpson]

God, this game is infuriating...
Good front 9 of +3 and standing on the 16th tee I was +6...
Made a 2 at the par 3 so +5...
Then proceeded to finish double, double to end on nett 72 (+1) gross 80....
Nett 69 is winning.
2 pars instead of 2 doubles would have done it..

Doh. What a fool. Go on, what did you do wrong and be honest did you know how well were you were going. Don't forget at the end of the day, it is still a relatively new course to you and you don't play that many comps so getting in contention is still a positive thing

 

[Imurg]

Doh. What a fool. Go on, what did you do wrong and be honest did you know how well were you were going. Don't forget at the end of the day, it is still a relatively new course to you and you don't play that many comps so getting in contention is still a positive thing

Nothing dramatic really..
17th I drove into the trees but punched out to leave 100 yards. Didn't hit a particularly good shot, chipped and 2 putted....easy 6
18th decent drive but into a hollow and on a down slope. Didn't hit a particularly good shot and it finished in a bunker.
Because of the rain the sand was hard so the ball rolled to almost the back lip, took 2 to get out, pitched up and the bogey putt horseshoed...solid 7..

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Nothing dramatic really..
17th I drove into the trees but punched out to leave 100 yards. Didn't hit a particularly good shot, chipped and 2 putted....easy 6
18th decent drive but into a hollow and on a down slope. Didn't hit a particularly good shot and it finished in a bunker.
Because of the rain the sand was hard so the ball rolled to almost the back lip, took 2 to get out, pitched up and the bogey putt horseshoed...solid 7..

Tough break matey. At least it's in there and you've found a good patch of consistency

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Frustration and joy wrapped up in one afternoons medal today, it was quite windy

Lost a ball on the 2nd, no sign of it, next group we’re gaining ground, so didn’t want to do the walk of shame and delay them so that was a quick NR.
Played like a git for the next 7 holes carding a 58 for handicap purposes (counting the NR as an 8 ) not good

Then not sure what happened but found some form and went round the back 9 in 44 gross, a full 14 shots better than the front 9.

Be nice to replicate that on both sides of the course in the same round.

 

[Dando]

Used the H4H voucher before the 30/9 run out date, played Foxhills Longcross, quite a nice course layout, couple of silly holes, pretty small greens good pace, rock hard in places. Highlights was drove the 10th and 15th, missed the eagle putts, got birdies. Best laugh was when the wife topped her tee shot in front of the starter and another couple.

Hit to many trees to score well and lost 3 balls.

I think the Bernard Hunt is the better course

 

[larmen]

Lesson today, when I booked it it wasn't yet supposed to be 'very warm' today. At 35 minutes I was starting to feel tired, at 50 minutes I was spent. By 52 minutes I was shaking and asked the pro to stop right there. Had to sit in the car for 20 minutes before driving back home. This is just not my weather.

Lesson learned is that I can book morning lessons in the winter, but in summer look at the weather forecast or think when the sun will have gone past the roof.
Oh, and make the left hip lead the swing, not the right shoulder.

After 9 days without playing I went back to the range. My back hurt before so I just went to get strike right and do some half swings implementing the stuff I learned last week.

Started off with easy 7 irons and progressing through the effort. The ball launched nicely and straight and I gave it more and more without realising, hitting 140 yard 'bombs'. That was a surprise.
Trying to move up to the 5i and it didn't work that well. Worked myself up from PW to 5i then and it went surprisingly well for all clubs but the 6i and 5i. I could hit the 6 well from the tee, the 5 was so and so from the tee.
Driver still bad, launches flat on me.

The back now feels fine again, maybe not playing golf isn't good for it. ;-)

I think I did enough to try the academy course tomorrow, weather permitting.
I did however get jittery again after about 45 minutes so had to put in a stint of chipping.

 

[TigerTime]

Probably a bit of a 2+2 basic conclusion, but maybe you were too tense to begin with. Tension is a swing killer. Once you gave up caring, tension in the arms subsides and frees the swing up?

Yeah you are absolutely spot on. I knew it on the course too after I hit the drive on the 13th, just shook my head and chuckled walking up the fairway.

Seem to have a slight obsession with scoring just now which I need to work out how to curb. I should be really just focusing on finding fairways and greens.

 

[Slime]

A game of three thirds!
1st third was solid, 2nd third was good, 3rd third I just fell off the planet with three blobs!
Finished on 34 points, my best for a while, but blobbing 14, 16 and 18 really made my beer taste bad.
Hey ho ............................. oh, and no duffed chips or pitches!

 

[TigerTime]

Same course as yesterday for me. Was so much better. Struck the ball really, really well! For me at least.

Driving in particular was just top notch (well for me at least), found so many fairways, a few rips that went through the fairways, a couple nearly drove the green! High draws I definitely have the distance off the tee when I get going that's for sure. One drive went right through the fairway on a slight dogleg and rolled onto the other tee which was around 290 yards away. Just absolutely crazy. The older gents on that tee when I got there just said 'blimey son'. Iron play was OK but not great, GIR was pretty poor but slightly better than previously.

Scored 92 overall, which is one of my best rounds since I returned to playing in July after a 5 year hiatus. It really, and I mean really should have been 85 at worst, with a few putts left short or overhit and a couple of penalty drops. Alot of improvement overall and lots of positives to take from that. Funny old game from the lows of yesterday to feeling really upbeat today after that.

Have recorded a couple of swings if anyone wants to have a critique, I'm fully aware my posture is dreadful though

 

[YorkshireStu]

Sub-100 again with a 99 at City of Wakefield GC - first time playing there and a bit windy, so happy with the score and 37 stableford points.

Irons, wedges and putting went well. A little inconsistent off the tee which cost me on a few holes.

Just need to work on the long game a bit more and hopefully I can drop a few more shots quickly for the aim of getting Hcp down from 28.1 to around 25

 

[Imurg]

God, this game is infuriating...
Good front 9 of +3 and standing on the 16th tee I was +6...
Made a 2 at the par 3 so +5...
Then proceeded to finish double, double to end on nett 72 (+1) gross 80....
Nett 69 is winning.
2 pars instead of 2 doubles would have done it..

Guess who finished Par Par today...

 

[IanM]

Went over to Thornbury today. Wasn't expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised. Unpretentious golf facility catering for all ages and abilities.

Just added to my Sad-git spreadsheet.... course number 399 I've played. Better go somewhere good for number 400!!

 

[patricks148]

played in the rollup at Nairn yesterday, nice day but a very stong northerly, which meant is was cold, jumper and body warmer and wooly hat cold. played rubbish, but had a run of birdies on 9,10 and 11 and was ok after that. Not playing today as it the King Trophy at Nairn today, which is off the Black tee's and this thime of year, a struggle for me, not to mention is £30 for a member. heading to Tain for a Srixon fitting instead

 

[harpo_72]

Got a 4 ball at 8:40 before the big 2 day open competition. I did consider playing but I cannot give that time up at the weekend especially as this is my last in the U.K. for a while. We had a highly competitive better ball pairs game and the front 9 was an exchange with birdies winning holes. I think between us we would have been 4 under gross, the back nine started in a similar vein and only ended by 17 with my partner and I losing 2 and 1. Given the handicaps of 6,10,11 and 21 it was pretty tight. Really enjoyed and I think a good way to end my season.
Roll on next year, will carry on working on my game and hopefully hit the ground running.

 

[Fish]

Bogey Comp today, which was born out of Coventry Golf Club and is a format I hate, even though I love matchplay, it obviously favours the course as it never makes a mistake!

After going 2-up I then lost 4 holes from 6 through to 9 to be 2-down on the turn.

I then had an excellent back 9 only losing 1 hole, being the 17th, to the course to finish all square.

New Srixin H2 hybrid off Tuggles performed very well and now has a full time place in the bag.

It, along with all the clubs will be regripped for the trip to Scotland.

Not a bad round, nett 74 (par 73) but will look to improve on it tomorrow in our roll up.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Blowing a gale today and that plus my back still being iffy I decided to play but not enter the comp. The comp ended up being off the whites, unusual for a Saturday for us. I'm pleased I stuck to the yellows in that wind, my pp who were in the comp gave me regular envious looks ?.

Funnily enough it was a really good ball striking day, particularly with driver. Highly likely because I was only swinging at 75% due to my back and had greater control of my swing. If only I could learn from that when fully recovered, ha ha.

 

[BubbaP]

Strong wind and pins tucked, put the battling mindset on and was coping through 7 holes. Then managed 3 doubles in a row from when close to the green. Head went and game fell apart. Had thins, tops & some shanks! Penny finally dropped on 17 and stopped the lateral movement but this time made an 8 from near the green in 2! Parred the par 5 last for the worst score I can recall for many years. No lost balls, no penalty shots, and all drives were on fairway or just into the semi. Aarrrggh.

 

[Garush34]

Stableford comp this morning. Started off with a double, ended the front 9 three over after a birdie at the third and a chip in Eagle at the 7th.

Started the back well, 2 over through the first 5 on the back. Approach to the 15th was aiming front of green ended up half a yard short and hit the bunker lip. 3 to get out the bunker and ended up with a triple, doubled 16, par on 17 and another triple on 18 after a well struck wedge was hit too low on the face and went over the back in the bushes.

A day of what could have been. Shows I can play much better golf, just need to keep the pressure on instead of trying to play Conservative and protecting a score. A buffer at least I suppose.