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

[Imurg]

Played, I thought, extremely averagely today but somehow managed a 0.2 cut..
It's a strange system sometimes?

 

[Springveldt]

Played Saturday at an invitation day at one of my mates place. This place prides itself on being used as an Open Qualifier but if I'm honest it wasn't exactly in great shape and it's one of the most expensive clubs in the area. They have had issues with the greens this year and it still shows. It's heathland and I'm used to playing it by knowing you have to land the ball before or at the front of the green to have any chance of it holding so it was a bit of a shock on Saturday that you had to fly the ball all the way to the flag as the greens where a bit soft and everything was stopping pretty quick. The greens where probably 2 or 3 paces slower than when I've played before. They weren't ridiculously slow but just not what I'm used to when playing there. They were also pretty bobbly. The bunkers had varying amounts of sand in them and a couple of the bunkers you could actually see the lining up the face of them.

With a brisk wind gusting up to 25mph and only 85% handicap (meant I got 3 and partner got 1) we were just out for a friendly knock as we knew we had no chance. The pair we played with were great company and had a very good knock between them, think they finished with 40 points off of 6 and 1. Leaders in the clubhouse when we got back had 49 points. To put the wind into perspective I hit a great drive into it and it went 232 yards. I hit 3 good ones downwind that went 333 (chunked the 7 iron approach 80 yards into a fairway bunker as is the way with golf), 325 and 324. The course is 6700 yards long and the leaders had 23 shots, they must have played out of their skins.

Had a really good day though, company was great the whole way round with plenty of laughs.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Saturday was round 1 of our Autumn Cups.
I started with a lovely birdie 4 (driver, 4 iron to the par 5), which caused trepidation due to the number of crap rounds I've had which started with birdies.
Double bogey followed and I thought that I was on for a bad one, but somehow managed to hold on for 3 over on the front 9. Including a 2nd ball birdie (bogey 6) after a lost ball on the par 5 5th.
Knowing I needed to shoot level on the back, to play to handicap, I put my tee shot into a fairway bunker, leading to bogey on 10. But I proceeded to score 2 birdies and a bogey from there in. For a net 73, 1 over. Which puts me in 12th place in division 1.
Here's to blowing up next week!

I can't see yet how it's affected my handicap, but I'm hoping for a 0.2 cut, if my calc's are correct (not that I understand what I'm doing anymore with handicaps)

 

[Springveldt]

Saturday was round 1 of our Autumn Cups.
I started with a lovely birdie 4 (driver, 4 iron to the par 5), which caused trepidation due to the number of crap rounds I've had which started with birdies.
Double bogey followed and I thought that I was on for a bad one, but somehow managed to hold on for 3 over on the front 9. Including a 2nd ball birdie (bogey 6) after a lost ball on the par 5 5th.
Knowing I needed to shoot level on the back, to play to handicap, I put my tee shot into a fairway bunker, leading to bogey on 10. But I proceeded to score 2 birdies and a bogey from there in. For a net 73, 1 over. Which puts me in 12th place in division 1.
Here's to blowing up next week!

I can't see yet how it's affected my handicap, but I'm hoping for a 0.2 cut, if my calc's are correct (not that I understand what I'm doing anymore with handicaps)

Look at your 8 scoring differentials and take the highest counting one. Now subtract that latest round differential from it and divide by 8, that will be your cut.

I thought all scores were calculated overnight, have the club just held all the cards so far and not entered them yet?

 

[Voyager EMH]

Played, I thought, extremely averagely today but somehow managed a 0.2 cut..
It's a strange system sometimes?

60% of the time, if your beat your 8th best score you get a cut.
40% of the time you will be losing a score from your best 8 and this is when a rise in handicap could happen if you don't equal it or have another identical score (9th best) that will chop in.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Look at your 8 scoring differentials and take the highest counting one. Now subtract that latest round differential from it and divide by 8, that will be your cut.

I thought all scores were calculated overnight, have the club just held all the cards so far and not entered them yet?

I don’t know why they weren’t submitted. But I’ve just checked and they are on now.
My calc was right, down to 2.2, for the first time as a 2 handicap at my club.

 

[full_throttle]

Dumfries and County GC this morning, 36 points.

Crichton GC this afternoon, quick 9 holes 21 points.

 

[Tongo]

Shot 87 around Minchinhampton Old. Was only 5 over after 9 holes but got a bit sloppy on the back nine. The course is part of Minchinhampton Common and there are cows every where. And I mean everywhere!

 

[AliMc]

Played a Senior Stableford today, one of probably only 2 we have each year, off the yellows so a bit of a dilemma what to score as I always score better of the yellows than the whites and as most medals are off whites don't want to get too low, in the end a pretty well controlled 76 for 36 points, think I will still come down 0.2 to 4.5 though.

 

[full_throttle]

Southerness GC today, WOW. Most probably the best course I've played. Aggregate Pairs today, I had 33 points individually towards the team score of 65.

result was 65 - 61

 

[Smiffy]

Southerners GC today, WOW. Most probably the best course I've played. Aggregate Pairs today, I had 33 points individually towards the team score of 65.

result was 65 - 61

Do you mean Southerness mate??

 

[GG26]

Played the Priory course at Breadsall Priory today courtesy of Jamesbrown, and also with fellow forumers Tonto and Voyager EMH.

The course has many interesting holes, with severe elevation changes in places. Enjoyed the round and good to meet a couple of forum members for the first time. The terrain tired me out and I’ll sleep well tonight.

 

[full_throttle]

Do you mean Southerness mate??

Spell checkers, don't you just hate them!

 

[Crow]

Played our Senior's Open today with a guy from my previous club.
We dovetailed nicely, my partner scoring well on the front nine and me on the back nine for 23 out, 23 back and a 46 point total which left us as leaders in the clubhouse when we left, still twenty odd pairs to come in though so we'll probably finish fourth or worse!

What was good though, I'd planned to play my latest iron set, Greentree Lee Trevino Personal model which I've neem hitting well this week, but rain was forecast so I swapped them out last minute for the first set of vintage irons I ever bought; Harold Bird & Son, Max Faulkner Avenger, circa 1973, and I hit those really well.

Also in the bag;
Uniroyal Arnold Palmer laminated 1, 3 & 4 woods
Slazenger Gary Player sand iron
Edinburgh Golf Rapier putter.

 

[Jason.H]

1st of many rounds at Isle of Harris golf club.

 

[srixon 1]

Played a Senior Stableford today, one of probably only 2 we have each year, off the yellows so a bit of a dilemma what to score as I always score better of the yellows than the whites and as most medals are off whites don't want to get too low, in the end a pretty well controlled 76 for 36 points, think I will still come down 0.2 to 4.5 though.

How can you decide what score you are going to get?

 

[Jason.H]

Played a Senior Stableford today, one of probably only 2 we have each year, off the yellows so a bit of a dilemma what to score as I always score better of the yellows than the whites and as most medals are off whites don't want to get too low, in the end a pretty well controlled 76 for 36 points, think I will still come down 0.2 to 4.5 though.

Why enter the comp if yo don’t want to score well? If I enter a comp I will do my best to win regardless of which tee it is.

 

[Jason.H]

Played Hallamshire last week in the Mizuno singles and the greens were the fastest I’ve ever played. Thoroughly enjoyed the course and company. The only downside was how close the tees were to the greens. So many near misses

 

[rudebhoy]

Played a Senior Stableford today, one of probably only 2 we have each year, off the yellows so a bit of a dilemma what to score as I always score better of the yellows than the whites and as most medals are off whites don't want to get too low, in the end a pretty well controlled 76 for 36 points, think I will still come down 0.2 to 4.5 though.

Strange post. Controlling your score so you "don't get too low"?

 

[GG26]

Played Hallamshire last week in the Mizuno singles and the greens were the fastest I’ve ever played. Thoroughly enjoyed the course and company. The only downside was how close the tees were to the greens. So many near misses

I played in that too. I agree with the greens. Had one 30ft putt which looked slightly downhill, gave it a light tap and ended up 20ft past!