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Five birdies but still only scraped a 79.
I played today and..(Rolling) -originally created by JohnnyDee
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AliMc
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2nd round of our gents 4bbb at sunny but very breezy Dunbar this evening, close h'caps one opponent getting 2 shots, looked ominous when they started birdie, birdie to go 2 up with shots to come at the 6th and 12th however we walked off the 13th one up, I birdied 17th to close out a 3&1 win
JonnyGutteridge
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Newtonuti
Active member
Played the Forest of Arden, Arden course yesterday. Pukka condition and didn't shoot TOO bad, 34 points.
Junior
Tour Winner
Nice , Where's that?
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Poor weekend of golf. Out of sorts in the roll up on Saturday, not helped by a large amount of beer in the clubhouse on Friday. Pairs comp on Sunday (which I had won twice and fancied the hat-trick). New partner as my current one is still injured. Good guy but there was just no banter or spark and we never got anything going. Some good, some bad and finished well down the field. Lots of work to do around short game and ball striking
richart
Major Champion
Hindhead. Ten minutes up the road from me.
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Hit the range dude and put some work in. You post pretty much the same thing every week. No pain no gain!
upsidedown
Tour Winner
Been at The Leicestershire for the last 3 days for the English Seniors Amateur Championship. 36 holes of stroke play then top 32 through to match play.
Shot 82 yesterday with 6 putts from less than 4 inches , although in fairness they weren't birdie putts, struggled getting up and down .
Lot tougher conditions today , with strong winds and greens quickening up through the day , off at 12.30 and played a lot better than yesterday and had another 82 to finish 82nd
Shot 82 yesterday with 6 putts from less than 4 inches , although in fairness they weren't birdie putts, struggled getting up and down .
Lot tougher conditions today , with strong winds and greens quickening up through the day , off at 12.30 and played a lot better than yesterday and had another 82 to finish 82nd
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
Just looked at the scores. Seems it was playing tough. After 36 holes, best score is +7. (par 70, CR 71.4)Been at The Leicestershire for the last 3 days for the English Seniors Amateur Championship. 36 holes of stroke play then top 32 through to match play.
Shot 82 yesterday with 6 putts from less than 4 inches , although in fairness they weren't birdie putts, struggled getting up and down .
Lot tougher conditions today , with strong winds and greens quickening up through the day , off at 12.30 and played a lot better than yesterday and had another 82 to finish 82nd
+15 for 32nd place to get in the matchplay.
upsidedown
Tour Winner
Some seriously good players racked up some big numbers
. Really enjoyed the 3 days , even if the golf was toughhttps://www.englandgolf.org/senior-...yVT87Mis1LgMomR3gQjaBAIadS1zdZnChdutvi9ZjD1yI
BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
? I really hope you went for Chicken with Bamboo Shoots & Water Chestnuts later! ??Been at The Leicestershire for the last 3 days for the English Seniors Amateur Championship. 36 holes of stroke play then top 32 through to match play.
Shot 82 yesterday with 6 putts from less than 4 inches , although in fairness they weren't birdie putts, struggled getting up and down .
Lot tougher conditions today , with strong winds and greens quickening up through the day , off at 12.30 and played a lot better than yesterday and had another 82 to finish 82nd
HeftyHacker
Well-known member
It was windy, very windy, and I didn't cope with it at all.
Definitely need to spend some time at the range this week trying to get my distances sorted. I dont know if its the weather or more confidence in my swing but my wedges and irons are miles away at the moment, went through about 5 greens tonight where I really didn't expect to. I did the same last night when it was much more still as well.
Definitely need to spend some time at the range this week trying to get my distances sorted. I dont know if its the weather or more confidence in my swing but my wedges and irons are miles away at the moment, went through about 5 greens tonight where I really didn't expect to. I did the same last night when it was much more still as well.
JonnyGutteridge
Newbie
Hindhead, Surrey
A game with the boys this morning. Very windy out there at least 4 club. Hit it ok. 3 bogeys, I birdie the rest pars. After the way I've been playing happy with 2 over. Didn't really hole anything over 8 feet, but sank all the short puts and chipped well. Course is in fantastic condition, prob the best it's been this time of year since I've been a member.
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Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
I didn't play today as I think I may have drowned if I had....
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Weather has been really nice lately. Looks great for the next week as well. Of course, today was the day we had off work for a round at Stanmore, so it rained persistently for the entire day. Great stuff.
Luckily the rain didn't phase me at all, as somehow I knocked a level par front nine! Unreal, the best golf I've ever played. One birdie, one bogey and seven pars. I just kept waiting for it to go wrong but I kept it going, recovery shots, up and downs, you name it.
The back nine is a lot tougher than the front at Stanmore, but I still had no worse than bogey right up until the 17th, which is a 190 odd yard par 3, unfortunately I doubled it after a hooky tee shot and pitch that was well short. In the end I finished with a 7 over par 76. My new best round ever. And with a course handicap of 16 from the yellows, that's 45 points. ? Pretty absurd. I don't know where it's come from but I'm playing the best golf of my life at the moment. I don't think anything has drastically changed, just more consistent shots and better putting - all coming together. I really REALLY hope it continues into my betterball match this Saturday. Especially as my partner shot 96 today so I may have to carry him somewhat. ??
Luckily the rain didn't phase me at all, as somehow I knocked a level par front nine! Unreal, the best golf I've ever played. One birdie, one bogey and seven pars. I just kept waiting for it to go wrong but I kept it going, recovery shots, up and downs, you name it.
The back nine is a lot tougher than the front at Stanmore, but I still had no worse than bogey right up until the 17th, which is a 190 odd yard par 3, unfortunately I doubled it after a hooky tee shot and pitch that was well short. In the end I finished with a 7 over par 76. My new best round ever. And with a course handicap of 16 from the yellows, that's 45 points. ? Pretty absurd. I don't know where it's come from but I'm playing the best golf of my life at the moment. I don't think anything has drastically changed, just more consistent shots and better putting - all coming together. I really REALLY hope it continues into my betterball match this Saturday. Especially as my partner shot 96 today so I may have to carry him somewhat. ??
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Weather has been really nice lately. Looks great for the next week as well. Of course, today was the day we had off work for a round at Stanmore, so it rained persistently for the entire day. Great stuff.
Luckily the rain didn't phase me at all, as somehow I knocked a level par front nine! Unreal, the best golf I've ever played. One birdie, one bogey and seven pars. I just kept waiting for it to go wrong but I kept it going, recovery shots, up and downs, you name it.
The back nine is a lot tougher than the front at Stanmore, but I still had no worse than bogey right up until the 17th, which is a 190 odd yard par 3, unfortunately I doubled it after a hooky tee shot and pitch that was well short. In the end I finished with a 7 over par 76. My new best round ever. And with a course handicap of 16 from the yellows, that's 45 points. ? Pretty absurd. I don't know where it's come from but I'm playing the best golf of my life at the moment. I don't think anything has drastically changed, just more consistent shots and better putting - all coming together. I really REALLY hope it continues into my betterball match this Saturday. Especially as my partner shot 96 today so I may have to carry him somewhat. ??
Good shooting sir. A PB is always a good golfing day
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Just the 9 holes tonight. Hoped to get 18 in but my god it was slow going.
Having found a ‘feeling’ on the back 9 on Saturday I was looking forward seeing if it would still be there.
And it was.
Wedge to 10ft on 1. Lipped out
Wedge to 16ft on 2. Just missed
Missed the green on 3. But on the fat side. Not the best chip, but an easy bogie.
Wedge just long left on 5. But on the fat side. Easy up and down for par.
Easy par on 6. SI 1.
An inch short for birdie on 6 from 20ft.
Sandy par on 7 after an unlucky bounce. But on the fat side.
Birdie putt lipped out from 15ft on 8.
Hit the green with a 4iron on 9, but finished with a 3 putt from 50ft.
Hit 6 of 7 fairways and 6 GIR.
Very happy with the ball striking. Spun a couple back and stopped a 5iron within a couple of ft.
I tried to implement some of the DECADE principles, specifically when hitting approach shots, which is where I have really struggled recently. On first contact it appears to work.
Having found a ‘feeling’ on the back 9 on Saturday I was looking forward seeing if it would still be there.
And it was.
Wedge to 10ft on 1. Lipped out
Wedge to 16ft on 2. Just missed
Missed the green on 3. But on the fat side. Not the best chip, but an easy bogie.
Wedge just long left on 5. But on the fat side. Easy up and down for par.
Easy par on 6. SI 1.
An inch short for birdie on 6 from 20ft.
Sandy par on 7 after an unlucky bounce. But on the fat side.
Birdie putt lipped out from 15ft on 8.
Hit the green with a 4iron on 9, but finished with a 3 putt from 50ft.
Hit 6 of 7 fairways and 6 GIR.
Very happy with the ball striking. Spun a couple back and stopped a 5iron within a couple of ft.
I tried to implement some of the DECADE principles, specifically when hitting approach shots, which is where I have really struggled recently. On first contact it appears to work.
HeftyHacker
Well-known member
Another case of feeling like I was playing alright in terms of ball striking etc but scoring terribly.
Not sure what it is really, I suspect its because I'm missing too many greens and my short game isn't quite good enough to rescue me much of the time, as a result I'm getting a lot of bogeys. Also my lag putting from distance was terrible, despite it improving towards the end of the round.
I feel like its in there somewhere ready to click and it has been exceptionally windy at our place this week. Hopefully I can get out soon on a calm day and see where I'm really at as at the moment it feels like my yardages are all over the shop, but I'm not sure how much of that is down to the wind or my confidence in my swing means I'm going after it a little more. I mean I carried my old bladed 6 iron 170 yards tonight in a crosswind which is unheard of for me.
Not sure what it is really, I suspect its because I'm missing too many greens and my short game isn't quite good enough to rescue me much of the time, as a result I'm getting a lot of bogeys. Also my lag putting from distance was terrible, despite it improving towards the end of the round.
I feel like its in there somewhere ready to click and it has been exceptionally windy at our place this week. Hopefully I can get out soon on a calm day and see where I'm really at as at the moment it feels like my yardages are all over the shop, but I'm not sure how much of that is down to the wind or my confidence in my swing means I'm going after it a little more. I mean I carried my old bladed 6 iron 170 yards tonight in a crosswind which is unheard of for me.
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