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

[srixon 1]

Perfect drive down the 1st then thin a wedge to the back of the green. Flag at the front. 4 putts later and walk off with a double bogey. Couldn’t buy a putt all day and finished 6 over for 33 points. Course drying out nicely though and the fairways have been cut this week so course looking good.

 

[patricks148]

First game of the week yesterday. Back on the full course and no mats. Beautiful day. Hit it OK but the first 3 holes were a shock to the system as on the winter course the tee is well forward.

 

[timd77]

Had a shocker. 15 points after 7 holes. 10 points over the remaining 11 holes. Wow. Just when I thought my handicap was coming down after 3 good rounds in a row!

 

[Lump]

Captains Finale today. Teeing off at 6.55. Earliest I’ve played in a lot of years.
Chimed it round and putted my lights out. Personally shot a -6 round. Team score was 102pts, pipped by 1 point when we left.
Don’t think we could have played any better.
Our combined hcp was 4 shots. (+3, 0, 2 &5)

 

[Billysboots]

Beautiful morning, great company playing an am-am and we’re currently sitting in second place.

I’m now hitting the ball really consistently off the tee, but still struggling a little round the greens after a winter of shocking muddy lies has taken its toll on my confidence.

Once that’s restored though, I’m feeling really confident about the season ahead.

 

[Deleted member 18121]

Had my first sub par 9 holes today.... You could say it was a game of 2 halves.

 

[garyinderry]

Good round today. 4 putted the 2nd green for a double. Ended up 3 over.

Greens like a beach and spiked. So tough on the short ones.

Cant complain with the tee to green game.

Sitting here with sun stroke. The irish are not made for that big orange ball in the sky.

 

[srixon 1]

4BBB today. Me and my oppo had 23 points on the front nine, helped by birdies on my two shot holes. A paltry 17 points on the back nine left us way behind the winning score of 47 points?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

4th in the division with 36 points. Hit it horribly but got it round. Couple of loose shots and few short putts missed but all is good in my golfing world

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Last day of the Swindle Winter OOM - solid 37 points level par for a 4th consecutive 3rd place in the OOM ?

 

[backwoodsman]

Absolutely beautiful day for playing golf. Supposed to be the second threeball out but we were only 2 so got let through on the 4th. No one immediately in front or behind for the rest of the round. Grand. Played my best golf for ages - gross 86 (41 points) including a couple of silly missed putts. Glad I'd registered for a general play score

 

[GG26]

First club comp since last October today. 3 clubs + putter (I took driver, 7I & 50 wedge). Played better than in any competition last year and ended up with 38 points and currently top of my division with only a couple of scores to be entered. Could have been somewhat better as was on 34 points after 14 and left a number of shots out there. A very encouraging start to the new season and maybe I'll be better off using less clubs!

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Mixed old bag but ultimately a very enjoyable day. Mixed off the tee, awful on longer 2nd shots, irons vastly improved (I may have made a breakthrough there), wedges strong, putting meh. I'm trying to get more wrist hinge into my game and it's a 1 step forward, 1 step back situation. Worth pursuing though.

Last round at my old course. Very enjoyable with my 2 regulars but the condition of it confirmed that the move was right still. Bring on the new season.

 

[Junior]

2 man Texas Scramble yesterday, 7 tee shots each. Me off 6, my partner off 22. We played steady and shot 1 under. Probably left 3 shots out there.

Annoyingly, under WHS, handicaps are calculated as 35% of the lowest and 15% of the highest. So we got 5 shots. Our PP's were off 6 and 11, and only received 1 shot less. System really seemed to favour 2 low guys playing together.

 

[AliMc]

2 man Texas Scramble yesterday, 7 tee shots each. Me off 6, my partner off 22. We played steady and shot 1 under. Probably left 3 shots out there.

Annoyingly, under WHS, handicaps are calculated as 35% of the lowest and 15% of the highest. So we got 5 shots. Our PP's were off 6 and 11, and only received 1 shot less. System really seemed to favour 2 low guys playing together.

But not always the case, pre whs in a 4 man scramble 4 x 12 h'caps got 10% of combined = 4.8, now i think they get 8.4 or so, that's not favouring low h'cappers

 

[Imurg]

Usual early Sunday slot today..
Fragger and CVG were around and there was space on the tee sheet so..it would have been rude not to..
Some decent golf played, especially on the front 9 ( started on the 10th)
I turned with 19 points with a no score on the 13th...the others turned with 20
5 over on the "back 9 "but a birdie on the 7th gave me 4 points and repaired a bit of damage...
Finished on 36 points..again...my last 6 cards have been 79,80,80,79,79,79....just can't seem to get under that mark at the moment.
Still, beat Fragger on countback..the best 27 handicapper in the world only made 4 pars today.......

 

[Junior]

But not always the case, pre whs in a 4 man scramble 4 x 12 h'caps got 10% of combined = 4.8, now i think they get 8.4 or so, that's not favouring low h'cappers

This was a 2 man scramble. Not sure what the rules were pre whs for teams of 2. A team of 2 x 4 handicappers yeaterday got 2 shots. Only 3 less than what we had. Their combined handicap is 8, ours was 28.

 

[Billysboots]

4BBB today. Me and my oppo had 23 points on the front nine, helped by birdies on my two shot holes. A paltry 17 points on the back nine left us way behind the winning score of 47 points?

47 points?! What was the handicap allowance?

 

[srixon 1]

47 points?! What was the handicap allowance?

85%. The pair that won do play in all the qualifiers so no banditry was occurring. They just had one of those days. One of them off 8 and the other around 11/12.

 

[Billysboots]

85%. The pair that won do play in all the qualifiers so no banditry was occurring. They just had one of those days. One of them off 8 and the other around 11/12.

Fair play to them in that case. We all have those days occasionally.

Contrast that to our Winter League winners. One, off 27, consistently bombed his drives 260 arrow straight. They were untouchable, scoring 50 points in one of the qualifying rounds. We play monthly stablefords all year round which are qualifiers unless circumstances prevent it, and neither has played one for six months. They have entered every pairs event in that time, winning prizes in most.