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

Played this morning on a short course and it took 4.5 hours. I was shocked a at how many single golfers were out playing!
Stuck behind 3 ladies who were shocking - none of them hit ball more than 100 yards but waited until the 4 in front of them were 250 yards away
 
Friendly 9 hole fourball (we're only 9 until next weekend). Bad back but hit some nice shots warming up trying to free it up. Hook off the first and made pitched well to make par. Another brilliant pitch over a bunker for another par at the 3rd, good putt for par at the 4th and through the tough opening stretch two under handicap. Even hit the green at my nemesis hole the 6th for a par. Dropped a shot at the 7th trying to be clever, made a nonsense of the 8th for no points and a duffed chip off a soggy lie to lose another point at the 9th. Sixteen points in total and didn't feel I swung it that well so very encouraging. Just need to be a trigger finger to get a Saturday time at 7.00am tomorrow when we go back to eighteen holes
 
36 Holes to get back into the swing of things.

First drive good, 2nd shot toe shanked a 5 wood.

Feel as stiff as a board today. Was it brilliant to be back out and playing again, loved every minute of torture the game threw at me.
 
As Fragger posted yesterday, a very average 9 holes that should have been 18 that really shouldn't even have been 9..
I was hitting the ball ok on Wednesday but just couldn't get a rhythm going.
A very stop/start game due to the fog probably didn't help but, at the end of the day, I just blame Fragger....
Made a couple of good pars on tricky holes - even trickier when you can't see the green ...
Out again tomorrow morning, should be fogless but still cold.
The arthritic knee is holding up, gets sore and stiff a few hours after playing and first thing in the morning the day after but...I've had worse.
And it is getting better.
 
Kaz said:
Played seven holes before losing the will to live and chucking it. Course is just too busy, reaching each tee before the group ahead has teed off, group behind then reaching each the tee before I've teed off.
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Played on Thursday and the front nine was busy as you would expect. We got to the first and the group in front were walking down the fairway having teed off. Guys in front of them were on the green. By the time the fourball in front of us came off the second tee they were already a hole behind. When they walked off the 6 th, the they had lost over two holes.
Ave read about dealing with slow play, but I had steam coming out of me ears.
It was not just the fact it was busy, but the etiquette was rammel. Covid Barry did not help with his moaning. It made me chuckle when he mentioned men playing off 35, “it’s so wrong” he said. I asked him how many of those 4 in front of us play off 35. “ None” he said. I reminded him that I don’t give a toss if they play off 135 as long as they keep up.
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Friendly 9 hole fourball (we're only 9 until next weekend). Bad back but hit some nice shots warming up trying to free it up. Hook off the first and made pitched well to make par. Another brilliant pitch over a bunker for another par at the 3rd, good putt for par at the 4th and through the tough opening stretch two under handicap. Even hit the green at my nemesis hole the 6th for a par. Dropped a shot at the 7th trying to be clever, made a nonsense of the 8th for no points and a duffed chip off a soggy lie to lose another point at the 9th. Sixteen points in total and didn't feel I swung it that well so very encouraging. Just need to be a trigger finger to get a Saturday time at 7.00am tomorrow when we go back to eighteen holes
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Tried on Saturday to book a tee time for next Tuesday, I had 4 goes and got a rammel time. Then a PP sent a message saying he managed to get a decent time. At the moment it is purgatory trying to Get a time. No golf for a month and not a lot of light = busy course.
 
Out with the usual sunday 4 ball yesterday, first round back.

One of the lads (Index 22.1) shot 78! 78! That was 8 shots better than his best ever round before and a new record low for the sunday 4 ball. One that may not get beaten for over a year to be honest! We all have respectably new handicaps - hes now been cut down to 6.7 index :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: been a bandit for ages and now we have proof!

The rest of us did well on some, terrible on others! I missed 6! 6! Par putts from 3-6 feet that I expect to drop at least 4 of normally. Frustrating day but 33 points isnt the worst result first game back. We go again!
 
What a difference a day makes after being so terrible yesterday, drove it well and a hit a couple of long ones (well for me anyway) carrried the RH bunker on the 1st quite comfortably and the 2nd. Wedge on the fist and that was with a Westerly, unheard of for me uslessi its an easterly. 6 birdies and could have been much better as i missed a few that were closer than the ones i did hole. not a bad day, though chilly to start and a shower just as we walked off
 
It's all gone. Can't feel a thing with my swing. After experimenting with the Jumbomax x-small grips.....I might go back to the mid-size. Then again...if I could sacrifice a chicken to the Brexit gods for good golf....the chickens should probably start running now....
 
Tashyboy said:
Tried on Saturday to book a tee time for next Tuesday, I had 4 goes and got a rammel time. Then a PP sent a message saying he managed to get a decent time. At the moment it is purgatory trying to Get a time. No golf for a month and not a lot of light = busy course.
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You won't like to hear then that at 7.00am I logged in, clicked on 9.00am as my preferred time and booked the myself and the three PP's in without an issue. Hoping for the same luck tomorrow for Sunday
 
Been waiting for Titleist to deliver my new TSi3 driver to the Pro shop, seem to have been waiting an age, about to pitch over the burn to the par 5 first when he chases me down in a buggy and hands it over (pitched it stiff for a gimme birdie) used it for the rest of the round, a bit different from the TS3 and took a bit of getting used to but hitting it great by the end. One of our original 4 ball called off after the 3rd with shoulder pains so we just played Stableford, 41 points, good enough to take the money, all of £4 !
 
AliMc said:
Been waiting for Titleist to deliver my new TSi3 driver to the Pro shop, seem to have been waiting an age, about to pitch over the burn to the par 5 first when he chases me down in a buggy and hands it over (pitched it stiff for a gimme birdie) used it for the rest of the round, a bit different from the TS3 and took a bit of getting used to but hitting it great by the end. One of our original 4 ball called off after the 3rd with shoulder pains so we just played Stableford, 41 points, good enough to take the money, all of £4 !
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The TSi3 paying for itself already ??
 
First full 18 for 6 weeks and a test for the knee..
No fog, cold and a light frost - the course was a picture.
Greens were a bit bobbly and slow meaning a few 3 putts
Steady 15 points going out, nice 19 coming home..
A couple of birdies, some nice irons.
And the knee held up...wouldn't surprise me if it hurts like hell later but it got me round.
 
We were playing preferred lies through the green today as the course was still muddy but even so I was very pleased with 44 points, the best haul I've had in a long time.

It was too wet for the full Peter Alliss iron set but I took a spare wedge out and it performed well apart from a poor shot on the second.

Dunlop Sixty Fives for the irons.

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