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

[garyinderry]

I played a new course yesterday in the heart of irish speaking donegal. Right over on the west coast. It's a 14 hole course, up from 9 not that long ago I'm lead to belive.
Whilst its never going to appear on any top 100 lists any time soon it was still a fun course to play. Plenty of out of bounds to worry about and the greens were a real handful. The course was laid out of the land that was there. Id say there was very little earth moved at all. Maybe just the off tee box built up. The 14th hole was a magnificent par 4 which could grace any of the top courses. The 15th was a quirky uphill par 3 In the one huge dunne about the place. The Atlantic ocean providing a lovely back drop to the tee shot.
I'm hopefully back down here on Saturday if myself and my partner make the team to play them. Its definitely a place you need to see before playing it in a competitive game. Fingers crossed we make the cut.
Heres a little video of the par 3 15th I mentioned above.

 

[Crow]

After two rounds of hickory golf over the weekend it was back to classics today in a seniors team match.

In the rush to swap clubs over I forgot my glove and towel so felt on the back foot right away.
We went 2 down after 3 and things looked grim but how quickly this game can change, winning the next four holes put us 2 up after 7 and we cruised to a 4 & 3 win, the team won overall too.

 

[upsidedown]

County Seniors league match against Warwickshire and ended up playing against Warren Bladon (worth a Google ) 4BBB , thoroughly nice chap who does hit it the Country mile and very pleased we won one up , team lost 11-7 though. Great day and great company with some seriously good players

 

[Lord Tyrion]

County Seniors league match against Warwickshire and ended up playing against Warren Bladon (worth a Google ) 4BBB , thoroughly nice chap who does hit it the Country mile and very pleased we won one up , team lost 11-7 though. Great day and great company with some seriously good players

I did Google him and sounds like an interesting guy to play and chat with. Certainly has some golfing memories.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Magic day at Notts GC (Hollinwell)…what a stunning track and great fun. We played off the Whites and scoring stableford I managed 36pts which I was obviously very pleased with…even though I let things slip a little on the back nine after 20pt front nine. My playing partner knocked it round in level par and also had 36pts - couldn’t have worked out neater - though he really should have been 2 under were it not for on a couple of holes a couple of poor (for him) chips following loose 7irons….but hey…

Its not often I walk off a course and want to immediately go straight to the 1st tee and play it again…but we both did today. Now I read on the website that country membership appears to still be available…??

 

[Orikoru]

My planned tennis game fell through so popped down the course for a few holes. Course was pretty empty so ended up playing 13 holes in the end. No double bogeys which is pleasing, 5 pars and 8 bogeys. All pretty sensible and uneventful really. Greens were not rubbish like they were on Saturday, thankfully - and I made sure I holed everything with no gimmes, as if I'm serious about getting the handicap down this year I need to be holing the little ones I normally pick up when practising.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

A cheeky 9 after work tonight, lovely stuff. Even discovered a clever cut across to play the first 5 and then the last 4. Important as the back 9 is tough and I need to practice. I rediscovered my love of my 3 wood and after hitting numerous irons at the bottom of the club, not quite thinned, I went to a 3/4 backswing on the last and hit 2 beauties. One to remember for Saturday.

 

[SteveW86]

Played the International Course at the London club today courtesy of Skechers and GM. Couldn’t have asked for a better day weather wise and the course was in really good condition, particularly the greens and surrounds.

Played with @Canary_Yellow and @Bdill93, good to meet a couple of people off here that I hadn’t previously. Some good golf all around, and as ever some ropey stuff thrown in too.

Course was quite tough, and the greens were hard to read. They were very quick with lots of subtle breaks, I missed too many short putts on the front 9 for my liking which helped contribute to a poor 13 points. Back 9 was quite steady (apart from 1 hole) with 18 gave me a total of 31.

 

[Orikoru]

Played the International Course at the London club today courtesy of Skechers and GM. Couldn’t have asked for a better day weather wise and the course was in really condition, particularly the greens and surrounds.

Played with @Canary_Yellow and @Bdill93, good to meet a couple of people off here that I hadn’t previously. Some good golf all around, and as ever some ropey stuff thrown in too.

Course was quite tough, and the greens were hard to read. They were very quick with lots of subtle breaks, I missed too many short putts on the front 9 for my liking which helped contribute to a poor 13 points. Back 9 was quite steady (apart from 1 hole) with 18 gave me a total of 31.
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But how were the shoes man??

 

[SteveW86]

But how were the shoes man??

You surely don’t want us to ruin an upcoming online and magazine feature by answering that do you?

 

[srixon 1]

I played today after work with a couple of mates. Played 4 holes and then it chucked it down with some accompanying thunder so we quit and went for a pint instead. Lovely all day whilst working. Typical.

 

[louise_a]

Nice afternoon playing Sandiway in a ladies team open. Its a fabulous course I never get tired of playing, I played well and apart from a 4 putt I putted well too, I would have scored 35 points had it been a singles so very pleased. team scored 80, a decent score, although probably a few short of winning anything.

 

[Springveldt]

A cheeky 9 after work tonight, lovely stuff. Even discovered a clever cut across to play the first 5 and then the last 4. Important as the back 9 is tough and I need to practice. I rediscovered my love of my 3 wood and after hitting numerous irons at the bottom of the club, not quite thinned, I went to a 3/4 backswing on the last and hit 2 beauties. One to remember for Saturday.

It’s one of the great things about the course layout. You can play it multiple ways when you pop out on an evening. I’d sometimes just play 1,2,17,18 then other nights I’d do 1-3 then 16-18.
If you play all the way out to 5 you have multiple options as 13 and 15 are right there or you can just cut down and play 8 and 9.

The layout is fantastic imho.

 

[HeftyHacker]

Played in a greensomes comp for the handicap team last night.

Me and my partner struggled at first, he was driving great so we were using his drives a lot but my wedge game wasn't amazing leaving us with two putts or needing to get up and down. The two guys we were playing weren't missing a thing and we were 3 down after 12.

Then it all changed. On the 13th they knifed it through the back of the green, took a drop from the nettles and subsequently lost the hole. On the 14th the temperature suddenly dropped and the wind picked up and changed direction.

We halved the 14th and won the 15th to taken it 1 down with 3 to play, but we had shots on the 16th and 18th.

By the 16th the wind was howling and it was clearly affecting their game and they put their approach through the green and dead. All square.

We both had birdies to halve the 17th, meaning it went to the 18th.

My partner and I both smashed our drives down there and they went OB with one and the other topped it about 100 yards. I hit our second greenside from 240 yds and they ended up on the green in four. Because we had a shot it meant that we had essentially 3 shots to guarantee the win. So we chipped on, putted to 6 inch and took the win.

Didn't play that well myself but held my nerve over some tricky putts and shots at the end. Just hope I've done enough to stay in the team for next week's match against SAOL!

 

[Lord Tyrion]

It’s one of the great things about the course layout. You can play it multiple ways when you pop out on an evening. I’d sometimes just play 1,2,17,18 then other nights I’d do 1-3 then 16-18.
If you play all the way out to 5 you have multiple options as 13 and 15 are right there or you can just cut down and play 8 and 9.

The layout is fantastic imho.

I'm still discovering the options, I'm useless at knowing where I am on a course, but last night was a good start. I do like mixing things up, it keeps things fresh and it means you don't simply practise the front 9 and neglect the rest when you only want to be out for 8-9 holes.

Someone showed me the overhead view of the course, front 9 on the inside, back 9 on the outside, and it definitely lends itself to cutting across at various points. A big advantage of the course and one of the reasons I didn't join my most local course, you can't really do that there.

 

[rudebhoy]

Singles match this morning, getting 8 shots off a very tidy player. Started badly, halved the first then put my tee shot into the trees on the 2nd. Found my ball, had to play out sideways, then chipped on to the green. Picked up my ball to mark, only to find that, although it was a Srixon 3, it wasn't my Srixon 3! Conceded the hole and walked back to find Srixon 3 a few yards from where the other one was ?

Lost the 3rd to go 2 down, but managed to level by the 7th. Then contrived to lose 8 and 9, both holes where I got a shot?

Won 3 in a row to go one up on the 13th, halved the next two, then managed to lose another hole where I got a shot to be all square going to the 17th.

Pushed my drive into the trees but recovered well. My opponent had bunker trouble and I took the hole. Held my nerve on the 18th to win 1 up.

Through to the last 32 but will need to up my game if I'm going to get much further.

 

[rudebhoy]

I'm still discovering the options, I'm useless at knowing where I am on a course, but last night was a good start. I do like mixing things up, it keeps things fresh and it means you don't simply practise the front 9 and neglect the rest when you only want to be out for 8-9 holes.

Someone showed me the overhead view of the course, front 9 on the inside, back 9 on the outside, and it definitely lends itself to cutting across at various points. A big advantage of the course and one of the reasons I didn't join my most local course, you can't really do that there.

Can't believe I've been a member for 5 years and never realised that the front 9 was inside the back 9!

 

[Bdill93]

Imagine developing the shanks and then having the worst golfing day youve had for about 6 months

That was me on Tuesday at The London Club

 

[Imurg]

Senior Championship yesterday..
Didn't play too badly and was Gross leader until mid afternoon but ended 6th..and top 30 out of over 100 nett so respectable..course set up very tough..very fast greens and approaches.
2 scores under nett par and only 5 2s from 540 chances..
Out again today..same course but after the overnight rain it was much more benign.
Ended 6 over with a triple and a double...a cut back to 5.4 is in the pipeline..

 

[Springveldt]

Played last night in the midweek sweep and had an absolute howler. I've completely lost my driver swing, not only for direction but also face contact. I'm skying and pulling so many drives it's laughable. Lost 2 balls last night and was in trouble 6 holes off the tee. Wasn't just the driver though, it was everything. Chunked 2 chips from the side of the green, chunked 2 pitch shots from within 50 yards, chunked a 6 iron off the tee, nearly shanked a 7 iron off the tee. All round horror show.

Think I shot 86 for 28 points which actually included 2 birdies. The only 2 good swings of the night happened to be on par 3's so I had 2 two's which meant the night wasn't a complete write off. First one was a 5 iron from 180 yards into the wind and all 4 of us thought it was about 2 feet away as it was right on line. Ended up being about 12 foot short but managed to hole the putt. Second one was a 7 iron from 158 that finished under 1 foot from the hole.

Got a society day on Saturday so need to find something with my driver.