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

[srixon 1]

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.

I think every club has a couple of pairs like this. Unfortunately there is not much that can be done as long as they submit their minimum amount of qualifiers for the year. I think it is 5 at our course but wouldn’t swear on it. I can usually do that in three weeks.

 

[Orikoru]

Played yesterday. First 7 holes were pretty awful. Doubled the 1st (aimed left for a fade & the wind and cracked it dead straight left, ha). Doubled the 4th, tee for this one is still off mats and my foot slipped causing me to tug the drive left. On the par 3 6th, I had slightly too much club and hit it through the back - when I got there some blokes on the 8th green pointed at a ball saying they'd seen it fly through to there, but it wasn't my ball. Never found my ball, it was one of those completely inexplicable lost balls - I reckon one of them must have pocketed it or played the wrong ball and then didn't own up. So I just blobbed the hole. Head loss after that and topped my way down the 7th for another double.

Got my act together after that and parred the next four in a row, plus another 3 more pars on the rest of the round to make a respectable 36 points (83 gross with the blob counting as a 5). Pretty happy with that after a fairly disastrous beginning. 15 points out and 21 in.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Roll up this morning. Very cold compared to recent days and a mist rolled in as we went out. Not much breeze to blow it away. Didn't warm up well and although I made par I wasn't confident. Bunker play cost me a few shots as did the dreadful greens. Tempo was all over the place which was the big issue. It was either nice and smooth or so quick and snatchy and nothing in between. Somehow I got it wound in 35 points (including not scoring on the 4th) and finished second. Gets you nothing on a Sunday as winner takes all and then buys a round for everyone out of the winnings. 36 yesterday and 35 today off the whites so got to take the positives. This week will be about bunker play and tempo

 

[Bdill93]

9 Holes on Friday evening by myself

Just played nice smooth golf, couple bogeys but a lovely Birdie 2 on the third.

Imagine my suprise when I finish the round and my gross is 37! 2 over par, my best front 9 ever - very pleased!

Saturday morning I got out early for 18 before shooting off to a wedding. I was fully fired up ready to shoot the course record after my 37 the night before - Gross 94, my worst round in ages

GOLF

 

[louise_a]

WE had our drive in yesterday followed our opening mixed competition yesterday, we all hit lovely straight drives, sadly for Steve the Captain it was the only straight one he hit all day. We played a greensome and we took my drive 17 times. a bit of up and down day but we finished well with 5 pars for a respectable 34 points. It was a nice change to be getting a few extra shots as Stave has a higher handicap than my usual mixed partner.
We have an interclub knowout next week and it is a foursome so I hope he can keep his drives straight then.

 

[phillarrow]

9 Holes on Friday evening by myself

Just played nice smooth golf, couple bogeys but a lovely Birdie 2 on the third.

Imagine my suprise when I finish the round and my gross is 37! 2 over par, my best front 9 ever - very pleased!

Saturday morning I got out early for 18 before shooting off to a wedding. I was fully fired up ready to shoot the course record after my 37 the night before - Gross 94, my worst round in ages

GOLF

Bloody golf eh?!?! Stupid damn sport!!!

 

[Bdill93]

Bloody golf eh?!?! Stupid damn sport!!!

Aint that the truth!

Im gagging to get back out there and prove to myself it wasnt a fluke - Queue a whole summer of disappointment.

 

[Imurg]

Am I allowed to say it's getting a bit boring scoring 36 points again..?
4 rounds in a row..36 points, 79 shots....shouldn't really complain but........

 

[Deleted member 21258]

When you start with three blobs, you know what kind of day its going to be

 

[phillarrow]

Am I allowed to say it's getting a bit boring scoring 36 points again..?
4 rounds in a row..36 points, 79 shots....shouldn't really complain but........

This!

 

[patricks148]

Had a game a Fortrose today. Hit it well, but the greens had me foxed tbh. Had lots of birdie puts and only made two of them. Game is I good shape for my first open of the season on Saturday

 

[rudebhoy]

Last week went from bad to worse, played 4 days on the trot and never broke 30 points. Had 5 days off, then played this morning, much improved, 34 points playing off 16 (unofficial midweek winter handicap). Looking back, I parred all 5 par 3s which is pleasing. 2 stupid blobs on the back 9 ruined my chances of winning, but to be honest, am just happy to have played well after last week's horrors.

Looking forward to next week - course handicap goes back to 23, so will hopefully be in for some decent scores and get my HI down from 19.

 

[Springveldt]

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?

Rookie numbers. Someone won our Sunday Sweep last week with 50 points. The Saturday sweep was won the other week with 43 points and he had 3 no scores as well.

 

[Springveldt]

Last week went from bad to worse, played 4 days on the trot and never broke 30 points. Had 5 days off, then played this morning, much improved, 34 points playing off 16 (unofficial midweek winter handicap). Looking back, I parred all 5 par 3s which is pleasing. 2 stupid blobs on the back 9 ruined my chances of winning, but to be honest, am just happy to have played well after last week's horrors.

Looking forward to next week - course handicap goes back to 23, so will hopefully be in for some decent scores and get my HI down from 19.

Level par for the 5 par 3's is some going, think I've only managed that a couple of times myself. They always beat me up.

Played last Saturday and had a bit of a mare. Felt I hit the ball well and putted ok for me (only missed 1 short one rather than 2 or 3) but the golf course just beat me up with some of the lies I was getting. Just one of those days were every shot that was slightly off target got punished. By the end of the round even my playing partners were laughing about some of the lies.

Onwards and upwards this weekend.

 

[srixon 1]

Rookie numbers. Someone won our Sunday Sweep last week with 50 points. The Saturday sweep was won the other week with 43 points and he had 3 no scores as well.

Top level banditry ?

 

[need_my_wedge]

4th day in a row at Île Aux Cerfs, playing in 30 degree sunshine. Not sure if it’s the sunshine, heat or all inclusive alcohol, but confess to being somewhat tired and jaded today. Two more rounds to go, will get it done, mad dogs and Englishmen, stiff upper lip and all that……

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Managed one hole before the rain came. As I was carrying didn't fancy anymore and getting the bag and clubs soaked. Retired to the covered range bay to work on my pitching

 

[Shooter McPowick]

Teed off at 17:00 and managed 15 holes before we ran out of light. Not bad for 2 1/2 hours. A decent pace of play and had the place to ourselves resulting in a great score too!

+4 gross for 35 points and only 15 holes. Mainly managed to hole a few good putts to save par. Nearly chipped in for eagle on 13.

Evening golf is back!

 

[Shooter McPowick]

Managed one hole before the rain came. As I was carrying didn't fancy anymore and getting the bag and clubs soaked. Retired to the covered range bay to work on my pitching

Rain? Not a drop here…

 

[Crazyface]

Monday, sorry this is late, me and the wife played at our place. We've had a few tricky rounds together of late but not on Monday. She clouts the ball well but today she finally started to bump the ball close to the green or on from 120 meters out. The difference was amazing. Sure there were two 8s and a 9 but 37 points were amassed. Luckily I managed the same so saved face. If this had been a 4bb joint score of 49 points would have been recorded.