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

[Springveldt]

Played in the monthly medal last night and the poor form continues. Shot 83 for a net 76 so not great. Had one of those S words on a par 3 but managed to compose myself and hit a good tee shot and salvage a double.

There were some bright spots though that make me think a good round isn't far away. I gave myself 5 really good looks at birdie and managed to convert 2 of them. I seem to have sorted my driving towards the end as I hit 5 good drives in a row at then end. I'm not missing from 3 feet and in still, 4 rounds now without missing a really short one. Short and mid irons were excellent, stuffed a few really close. Need to work on long irons and medium range putting (5-10 foot area) as I only made 3 of 9 last night.

Oh, and I need to get rid of the chunks. Had 5 of them with long irons/hybrids that are killing me right now.

edit: on the greens discussion, ours are good just now on the whole. We hosted a county event a couple of weekends ago and they have been good since. The only poor ones are the 2 that got re-laid over the winter, they are quite bumpy, patchy and the drainage lines haven't settled down yet.

 

[Imurg]

Exceedingly average performance today.....10 over...
Dropped a good score out of my 20 so the Index is up to 5.8...and I get my shot back on the hardest ho,e on the course...which, of course, I parred today..
8 bogeys and 2 doubles today, only offset by 2 birdies...

 

[Deleted member 3432]

Hitting the ball poorly at the moment and chipping and putting are dreadful.

More of a concern is my negative mindset on the course.

 

[Green Bay Hacker]

Seniors 4BBB at Ringway today. Partner and I started well and after 9 holes we had 23 points and had won 4 golf balls for a hole in two. That's when the wheels came off and we only managed another 18 points on the back 9. First time that any of us had played the course and although not long, there were a lot of dog legs to tempt the big hitters on the par fours. The greens need a few more weeks to fully recover from the winter work but they were ok.

 

[AliMc]

Played poorly today in medal, just didn't get going after a poor start again, 4 over after 4, eventually knocked it round in 82 which tbh wasn't too bad considering the quality of my ball striking

 

[Deleted member 29109]

Played at Ramsey last night after a torrential downpour.

The course is in pretty good condition overall. However, the tees were like playing from the semi rough and the greens were soft like a sponge pudding, and possibly the slowest greens I’ve putted on for a number of years.

Got stuck behind a 4 ball for a few holes who didn’t look like they wanted to let me through but eventually did. Then caught up with a 5 ball ??‍ Who thankfully let me through pretty quickly.

Shot 85, which seems to be my number at the minute, despite feeling like I’m playing well I keep throwing in 2 or 3 doubles and a couple of other silly errors in which is turning a round in the 70s into a round in the mid 80s.

 

[Voyager EMH]

Played in a Seniors Open betterball comp today. My next-door neighbour (not a forum member) and @doublebogey7 just happen to be members at the same club.
I partnered my neighbour and @Crow partnered @doublebogey7 and we all played together. "Seniors" today meant over-55, so we were up against some whippersnappers.
My partner made two net eagles and one nett birdie on the front nine. We hung on to this success and finished 7-under. It was a medal not stableford.
We were standing at 3rd place as we set off for home. Only a few more pairs were yet to finish.
Other pair did not fare so well, but were well up in the bottom half of the field - a bit like LCFC.
Lovely weather, great company and I was chauffeured there and back as well. Life's great.

 

[Crow]

Played in a Seniors Open betterball comp today. My next-door neighbour (not a forum member) and @doublebogey7 just happen to be members at the same club.
I partnered my neighbour and @Crow partnered @doublebogey7 and we all played together. "Seniors" today meant over-55, so we were up against some whippersnappers.
My partner made two net eagles and one nett birdie on the front nine. We hung on to this success and finished 7-under. It was a medal not stableford.
We were standing at 3rd place as we set off for home. Only a few more pairs were yet to finish.
Other pair did not fare so well, but were well up in the bottom half of the field - a bit like LCFC.
Lovely weather, great company and I was chauffeured there and back as well. Life's great.

Modesty obviously prevents you from mentioning your own birdies, you both played great. (And I see that the results are in and you came 3rd!)
And you flatter us by saying we were well up in the bottom half!
A very enjoyable day.

 

[SteveW86]

Managed a bit of late evening golf tonight, got through 10 holes before running out of light. The sprinklers had been turned on the greens, so didn’t do much putting but was striking the ball really well and was never in trouble.

I watched a TXG video on compressing iron shots with Mac Boucher (I think that’s his name)yesterday, which tied in really well with a wedge lesson I had last week. Ball striking with the irons was as good as I can remember it. Feels like a really low round is coming.

Score would have been about +2, but highlight was in our 3rd hole. Hit a good drive, easy lay up to leave an 8 iron in and stuck it to 2 feet for a tap in birdie. It got a “great shot” from the dog walker walking up the hole with me and a clap from the green keeper who was turning the sprinklers on and waved me to play up whilst he was stood on the green.

 

[louise_a]

a Medal comp for me today, my long game has never been better, I was withing 10 yards of every green in regulation, but then the trouble started, 3 thinned chips resulted in 2 doubles and a treble (ended up under a bush) on one hole I took 3 from a greenside bunker (in fairness the first 2 were from terrible lies) and also I had 4 3 putts when I misjudged uphill putts.
I went round in 89 but there was a good 10 dropped shots, very frustrating as chipping and putting is what i concentrate on at lessons.
Lost one of my best 8 so it looks like a 0.2 increase, but I go again tomorrow

 

[Lump]

4th round with the new bats.
Driver ?
Fairway ?
223 irons ?
221 irons ? Need to middle them to get feedback. Don’t have a clue where I’m hitting them on the face yet. Work required.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Played four hole loop after practice. Not taking what is working well on the range to the course. Big pairs event Sunday so need to up my game

 

[Smiffy]

Currently sitting in the car park at West Surrey GC ready for my 9.26 tee off in the Veterans Open.
Completely forgot that I'd put my name down for it, as it was over subscribed and I didn't think anymore about it. Got an email from the secretary on Wednesday to say there was a space free, so as I was off today anyway, I thought " why not".
Not played here before so looking forward to it. Only my second game since last October, so anything could happen... ???????

 

[Jensen]

Played four hole loop after practice. Not taking what is working well on the range to the course. Big pairs event Sunday so need to up my game

Sounds like a mental issue, not committing and trusting what you’re doing on the range

 

[Smiffy]

As they say in France... Bolleaux.
????

 

[chrisd]

After last week's win in the vets greensomes final we played the foursomes final this morning

So we had to give 9 shots with one of the other pair playing off 30 and the other 21. Neither player barely missed a fairway, they chipped and putted pretty ok, we were longer off the tee and played pretty damn good, I sank a few longish putts too. We got to the 18th all square and we cocked up on putt and lost the match.

Getting to the 18th all square suggest that the handicaps were right I know, but should any man who can hit a driver straight, an iron straight, chip and putt well be playing off 30?

 

[Imurg]

Another averagely average round...level 2s after 16and then bogeyed the last 2 for 34 points....
Seem to have developed a putting issue.
Defensive putts - 20 plus feet where I'm trying to not 3 putt - are fine, normally ending up within inches of the hole..simple 2 putt
Attacking putts - 10 feet or less and im just not getting the ball to the hole...simple 2 putt but need to turn a couple of them into 1 putts....
Still...feeling a bit Meh about 34 points and 80 shots says something...?

 

[patricks148]

Senior open at nairn today, forcaste was good for today but woke up to lashing rain. Had an absolute shocker, 47 (12 over) out, with 3 lost balls off the tee. Two 7s and an 8, must have had at least 5 horse shoe lip outs and was told by my two pp not buy a lottery ticket today. Much better on the back 9, level par with two birdies and two bogeys. Good chance of a handicap increase as this will knock another one of my good scores off.

 

[rudebhoy]

9 hole stableford comp this morning, definitely a case of what could have been. Started great, 12 points for the first 5 holes, and could have been even better with a couple of putts which shaved the hole.

Then the 2 par 5s tripped me, just like they did last Saturday. Bad drive on the 6th and awful iron shot on the 7th saw me take a 7 for 1 point on both holes.

Ended up on 18, 20 was winning when I left the club

 

[Crow]

Seniors Stableford comp today, birdied the first for a nice start but putting let me down in the end, I can think of at least 5 putts of 3 or 4 feet that I missed, 1 or even 2 misses wouldn't have been too bad but 5!
Finished on 34 points to equal my worst scoring score, felt like a cut was in the offing after turning on 19 points.