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

[Deleted member 15344]

Played the 4Ball Bedfordshire County Champs at Aspley Guise yesterday

Ended up with 6 birdies one bogey between us to score 5 under gross and 45 points to win by a couple

Was nice to hear the gracious second place pair ( 11 and 13 HC ) stating that they had been beaten by a pair of high HC bandits - until someone kindly pointed out that we played of 4 and 3 respectively ?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Pardon??

Indeed - a quality and inventive bastardisation of the English language...horrid to my ears nonetheless

Anyway...played 36 holes yesterday in our club's main Open comp (mostly low-mid SF h/caps). Really tough conditions (very stiff breeze and chilly) - especially for morning 18 for which CSS was +1 on course standard scratch (best gross score was +4) - and not a lot easier in afternoon (best gross was level). But very pleased overall as got it round with no unmentionables and only a few real 'sillies' - and played to buffer both rounds. 18th Gross and 10th Nett overall out of 57 who played (of the 60 field) was very much better than I expected - my hope going into it was to not embarrass myself... And a couple of 2s might see a few pennies in the pot.

 

[rksquire]

Played Saturday, tee shots in play all day long, in good positions, 35 points.

Played Sunday, exactly the same tees and pin positions, tee shots all over the place, 44 points.

Crazy game!

 

[Junior]

Amazing couple of days in East Lothian. 2 splendid courses ticked off in North Berwick and Dunbar. Managed a very solid 35 points on Saturday at NB in a stiff wind and somehow tapped it round Dunbar in 2 over in sublime conditions yesterday. Back to work blues have definitely kicked in.

 

[Deleted member 21258]

Ones game was not upto much, still enjoyed it, could have played another 18 at the end.

Next weekend it is.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

My calves are killing me this morning. They feel I can a marathon, not walked around a field hitting a ball.

I played in a 36 holer also - and in the wind and cold by the 30th hole I could feel me getting a bit whacked by the effort of it all. But plugged on to the end

 

[Orikoru]

But plugged on to the end

You might want to rephrase that.

 

[IanG]

Great day out yesterday at Dunbar with 3 other forumites. Course was in excellent nick and the weather was very kind to us with blue skies, and only a light zephyr to contend with. Greens were rolling nicely with enough pace to instill appropriate nervousness on certain slippery putts.

I like Dunbar more every time I play it. It is a really solid test with nuanced bunkering (of which I visited many ) and a lot of really good holes (3,5,7,11,12,13 to name but a few).

Don't miss it if you get the chance to play there (after you've played at North Berwick of course ). Should be higher up the rankings than it often is IMHO.

 

[huds1475]

Still not heard back from the Pro, ref the bunkers, yet Ian.

Will let you know when I do

 

[Junior]

Great day out yesterday at Dunbar with 3 other forumites. Course was in excellent nick and the weather was very kind to us with blue skies, and only a light zephyr to contend with. Greens were rolling nicely with enough pace to instill appropriate nervousness on certain slippery putts.

I like Dunbar more every time I play it. It is a really solid test with nuanced bunkering (of which I visited many ) and a lot of really good holes (3,5,7,11,12,13 to name but a few).

Don't miss it if you get the chance to play there (after you've played at North Berwick of course ). Should be higher up the rankings than it often in IMHO.

You should have brought a bucket and spade yesterday Ian! That said, your bunker shot on the third was the shot of the weekend.

Thanks again mate. It was a thoroughly enjoyable couple of days ?

 

[Tongo]

Shot 93 at what used to be known as Iford Bridge in Christchurch / Bournemouth. Some good stuff, some mediocre stuff but getting more consistent with each round.

 

[Imurg]

Well....I think that goes down as being a good day at the office..
75 blows
40 points
0.8 cut down to 7.1
Fairly chuffed

 

[Imurg]

Well....I think that goes down as being a good day at the office..
75 blows
40 points
0.8 cut down to 7.1
Fairly chuffed

Seems like todays effort has drummed up an Exceptional Scoring Reduction so that 0.8 cut becomes a 1.8.....
Down to 6.1

 

[PrimroseandBlue]

Played my first course ever this afternoon, the par 3 at Styal. Shot 57 across the nine holes, which didn't seem too embarrassing for a first go! Playing it again with a friend next week. Very pleased with my shots off the 7 iron, but it was painfully obvious that I'd only had about 15 minutes tuition on the short game before I gave it a go. But I am glad I got stuck in, got the feel for actually playing a round, and came back with a good idea of what to work on.

 

[IanG]

Game of two halves in glorious sunshine today, +7 on the front nine and level par on the back 9. Funny old game ....

 

[williamalex1]

Thoroughly enjoyed Gleneagles Queens today scoring 32 points with 3 blobs, the course was terrific. But the greenkeeper was having a laugh with some of the pin positions. On the 17th I left a 6 foot uphill putt 6 inches short and it rolled back down to 8 feet .
After 4 rounds of the Golf Scotland Champions tour, I ended up in 9 th place .

 

[huds1475]

Game of two halves in glorious sunshine today, +7 on the front nine and level par on the back 9. Funny old game ....

Level back 9 not to be sniffed at!

 

[huds1475]

Thoroughly enjoyed Gleneagles Queens today scoring 32 points with 3 blobs, the course was terrific. But the greenkeeper was having a laugh with some of the pin positions. On the 17th I left a 6 foot uphill putt 6 inches short and it rolled back down to 8 feet .
After 4 rounds of the Golf Scotland Champions tour, I ended up in 9 th place .

Some mad ones when we played it 3 Saturdays ago too.

Particularly on the Par 5 (8th?) if you missed the hole were lucky to stay within 10 ft ?

Lovely course though

 

[ger147]

Thoroughly enjoyed Gleneagles Queens today scoring 32 points with 3 blobs, the course was terrific. But the greenkeeper was having a laugh with some of the pin positions. On the 17th I left a 6 foot uphill putt 6 inches short and it rolled back down to 8 feet .
After 4 rounds of the Golf Scotland Champions tour, I ended up in 9 th place .

Great campaign to get 9th overall, life in the old dog yet ??

 

[Mandofred]

Wasn't expecting that......just a drizzle on a couple of holes. The predictions were you would need scuba gear. Saturday is medal time and it's supposed to be yukky all day....hope they are wrong again.