Jacko_G
Blackballed
Wind did certainly get up.
The 4th yesterday was off the Championship Tee, probably playing about 210 as the flag was on the front.
All 3 of us hit driver.
I played today and..(Rolling) -originally created by JohnnyDee
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Wind did certainly get up.
The 4th yesterday was off the Championship Tee, probably playing about 210 as the flag was on the front.
All 3 of us hit driver.
Jacko_G
Blackballed
Pretty disgusting way to be treated, taking up golf shouldn't be made more difficult due to a couple of morons.
From my experience I'd like to suggest that you were very unlucky but I appreciate you get idiots in all walks of life.
Wolf
Well-known member
First round of the new year and new rules, playing ready golf, putting with the flag in and it took....... 5 Hours as a 3 ball
because of the group in front refusing to allow us through..
The actual golf I played though so much better off the tee am finding fairways again and average according to Arccos was 237yds off the tee with the lack of run and wind I'm happy with that I've never been bless being a bomber.
Fairway woods, Wedge play, short game and putting was good again, however every time I put an iron in my hand in the words of Roy McEvoy my swing felt like it had more moving parts than an unfolding lawn chair, just couldn't settle over the ball at address. Still despite chunking a 9 iron into the water and hitting a safe iron off the tee at a par 4 which I hit straight right out of bounds, managed to get it round in sub 80 so that's nice.. But 5 hours
because of the group in front refusing to allow us through.. The actual golf I played though so much better off the tee am finding fairways again and average according to Arccos was 237yds off the tee with the lack of run and wind I'm happy with that I've never been bless being a bomber.
Fairway woods, Wedge play, short game and putting was good again, however every time I put an iron in my hand in the words of Roy McEvoy my swing felt like it had more moving parts than an unfolding lawn chair, just couldn't settle over the ball at address. Still despite chunking a 9 iron into the water and hitting a safe iron off the tee at a par 4 which I hit straight right out of bounds, managed to get it round in sub 80 so that's nice.. But 5 hours
Jacko_G
Blackballed
First round of the new year and new rules, playing ready golf, putting with the flag in and it took....... 5 Hours as a 3 ball
The actual golf I played though so much better off the tee am finding fairways again and average according to Arccos was 237yds off the tee with the lack of run and wind I'm happy with that I've never been bless being a bomber.
Fairway woods, Wedge play, short game and putting was good again, however every time I put an iron in my hand in the words of Roy McEvoy my swing felt like it had more moving parts than an unfolding lawn chair, just couldn't settle over the ball at address. Still despite chunking a 9 iron into the water and hitting a safe iron off the tee at a par 4 which I hit straight right out of bounds, managed to get it round in sub 80 so that's nice.. But 5 hours
That's probably because they were tending the flag!
😉
Wolf
Well-known member
Read the new rules thread you're not far off the mark
User2021
Challenge Tour Pro
Midnight
Journeyman Pro
Mate,
Some people are just ignorant knobs. Don't let a couple of brainless idiots put you off.
Happy golfing.
Midnight...
Piece
Tour Winner
Excellent round at Hindhead yesterday, course in good nick, with a tidy 39pts. Still 6pts behind one of my PPs though
Jacko_G
Blackballed
Excellent round at Hindhead yesterday, course in good nick, with a tidy 39pts. Still 6pts behind one of my PPs though
That sounds like a tough school!!
😬
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Felt decidedly fragile around the edges this morning so by-passed a game in favour of a couple of hours working on my bunker play and pitching. Sounds like a good decision as there were numerous complaints about a cold wind and some decent golfers from the weekend roll-ups were all struggling. They were also complaining about how muddy the course had become despite no rain for a while now. I'm assuming that's the effect of too much traffic on it over the Christmas break with their trollies.
Jacko_G
Blackballed
In the marked for a new shaft. RIP my Elements Fire shaft. I must have been hitting it too well.
Junior
Tour Winner
Just reflecting in my lunch over the Christmas holidays and the stupid amount of golf I played in very decent weather in the North West. I think it rained once for about 5 minutes over the whole time I was on the course !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On Friday the 21st I let my brother beat me at Blundells Hills. We went on a reccy mission as he’s looking to join. I was impressed with the course and greens. Joined up with two very friendly members who were happy to talk about the club and course. Played pretty much bang on handicap but a lesson with Phil Archer (ex-European tour) the previous day worked wonders for our kid who never missed a fairway all the way round. 13 handicappers should never get shots on par 3s though......
Saturday 22nd was a 4bbb at Lymm and myself and my partner were 5 under gross and I was level with my own ball. Snuck into the top 10 but nowhere near the prizes. Lymm’s in fantastic condition but operates a mats on fairways policy, or, you can place in the rough, which always helps the scoring.
Had another 4bbb on Xmas eve at Lymm with a few mates and despite shooting 2 over , an eagle to my birdie saw us get beat on the last.
Had a lesson myself with Phil Archer on the 27th as I got a set for xmas off the family, and , as per usual, within about 10 minutes of him telling me what to do I’m not missing a shot and middling everything. Best teacher in the North West…..just my opinion of course.
Over to Bolton Old Links with QWERTY on Friday 28th. Course was in great nick and is firmly one of my favorites in the North West. Dave caught me on a good day and 4 birdies helped cause for a win against the steadiest player in the county.
On the 29th I played in a “Vegas Scramble†at Lymm. Never done one of these before but it was quite popular. Each team carries a dice and each of the 4 players has a number. You all tee off, then roll the dice and you have to take the tee shot of the players number you roll, if you roll a 5 or a 6, then you can choose any. We played pretty well, but a silly score came in. That’s the game though !!!!
On the 30th I played at High Legh with a couple of mates. Course was busy, but again, was in super condition. No fairway mats and full greens!!! Shot 2 over and it was the worst I could have scored !!!!! I’ve never been a huge fan of the course but I can understand why there membership is filling up. It’s a proprietary course , with an AG on site, but it’s reputations growing.
Then , finally, played a 4bbb over 13 holes against a couple of old boys on NYE. theyre good friends and brilliant for banter, I was one over, but myself and my 3 handicap partner soundly beaten by the two best 22 handicappers in the club,,,,,was a great way to finish the golfing year though.
Now I’m back to work and have a Christmas and golf hangover.......I hope the Summer gets here quick , although a Maxi-tours golf holiday to Portugal at the end of January will soften the blow …… Happy golfing for 2019 everyone
On Friday the 21st I let my brother beat me at Blundells Hills. We went on a reccy mission as he’s looking to join. I was impressed with the course and greens. Joined up with two very friendly members who were happy to talk about the club and course. Played pretty much bang on handicap but a lesson with Phil Archer (ex-European tour) the previous day worked wonders for our kid who never missed a fairway all the way round. 13 handicappers should never get shots on par 3s though......
Saturday 22nd was a 4bbb at Lymm and myself and my partner were 5 under gross and I was level with my own ball. Snuck into the top 10 but nowhere near the prizes. Lymm’s in fantastic condition but operates a mats on fairways policy, or, you can place in the rough, which always helps the scoring.
Had another 4bbb on Xmas eve at Lymm with a few mates and despite shooting 2 over , an eagle to my birdie saw us get beat on the last.
Had a lesson myself with Phil Archer on the 27th as I got a set for xmas off the family, and , as per usual, within about 10 minutes of him telling me what to do I’m not missing a shot and middling everything. Best teacher in the North West…..just my opinion of course.
Over to Bolton Old Links with QWERTY on Friday 28th. Course was in great nick and is firmly one of my favorites in the North West. Dave caught me on a good day and 4 birdies helped cause for a win against the steadiest player in the county.
On the 29th I played in a “Vegas Scramble†at Lymm. Never done one of these before but it was quite popular. Each team carries a dice and each of the 4 players has a number. You all tee off, then roll the dice and you have to take the tee shot of the players number you roll, if you roll a 5 or a 6, then you can choose any. We played pretty well, but a silly score came in. That’s the game though !!!!
On the 30th I played at High Legh with a couple of mates. Course was busy, but again, was in super condition. No fairway mats and full greens!!! Shot 2 over and it was the worst I could have scored !!!!! I’ve never been a huge fan of the course but I can understand why there membership is filling up. It’s a proprietary course , with an AG on site, but it’s reputations growing.
Then , finally, played a 4bbb over 13 holes against a couple of old boys on NYE. theyre good friends and brilliant for banter, I was one over, but myself and my 3 handicap partner soundly beaten by the two best 22 handicappers in the club,,,,,was a great way to finish the golfing year though.
Now I’m back to work and have a Christmas and golf hangover.......I hope the Summer gets here quick , although a Maxi-tours golf holiday to Portugal at the end of January will soften the blow …… Happy golfing for 2019 everyone
Dannyc
Active member
I’m just south of u on the Staffordshire/Cheshire border I agree the Xmas holidays have been great for golf no rain and today is the first day the frost has taken us off proper greens just as we get back work ðŸ‘Just reflecting in my lunch over the Christmas holidays and the stupid amount of golf I played in very decent weather in the North West. I think it rained once for about 5 minutes over the whole time I was on the course !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On Friday the 21st I let my brother beat me at Blundells Hills. We went on a reccy mission as he’s looking to join. I was impressed with the course and greens. Joined up with two very friendly members who were happy to talk about the club and course. Played pretty much bang on handicap but a lesson with Phil Archer (ex-European tour) the previous day worked wonders for our kid who never missed a fairway all the way round. 13 handicappers should never get shots on par 3s though......
Saturday 22nd was a 4bbb at Lymm and myself and my partner were 5 under gross and I was level with my own ball. Snuck into the top 10 but nowhere near the prizes. Lymm’s in fantastic condition but operates a mats on fairways policy, or, you can place in the rough, which always helps the scoring.
Had another 4bbb on Xmas eve at Lymm with a few mates and despite shooting 2 over , an eagle to my birdie saw us get beat on the last.
Had a lesson myself with Phil Archer on the 27th as I got a set for xmas off the family, and , as per usual, within about 10 minutes of him telling me what to do I’m not missing a shot and middling everything. Best teacher in the North West…..just my opinion of course.
Over to Bolton Old Links with QWERTY on Friday 28th. Course was in great nick and is firmly one of my favorites in the North West. Dave caught me on a good day and 4 birdies helped cause for a win against the steadiest player in the county.
On the 29th I played in a “Vegas Scramble†at Lymm. Never done one of these before but it was quite popular. Each team carries a dice and each of the 4 players has a number. You all tee off, then roll the dice and you have to take the tee shot of the players number you roll, if you roll a 5 or a 6, then you can choose any. We played pretty well, but a silly score came in. That’s the game though !!!!
On the 30th I played at High Legh with a couple of mates. Course was busy, but again, was in super condition. No fairway mats and full greens!!! Shot 2 over and it was the worst I could have scored !!!!! I’ve never been a huge fan of the course but I can understand why there membership is filling up. It’s a proprietary course , with an AG on site, but it’s reputations growing.
Then , finally, played a 4bbb over 13 holes against a couple of old boys on NYE. theyre good friends and brilliant for banter, I was one over, but myself and my 3 handicap partner soundly beaten by the two best 22 handicappers in the club,,,,,was a great way to finish the golfing year though.
Now I’m back to work and have a Christmas and golf hangover.......I hope the Summer gets here quick , although a Maxi-tours golf holiday to Portugal at the end of January will soften the blow …… Happy golfing for 2019 everyone
Oldham92
Hacker
Had a spare couple of hours today so went to the club for a quick 9/excuse to give the new 4 Hybrid a whack. Left the driver at home and played 3 wood off the tee and hit around 20% more fairways than usual so I'll take that!
Wolf
Well-known member
Seeing as I was off today and Mrs is at work I went along to the Wednesday roll up to see if I could get a game and get my 3rd card signed.
Sods law I got drawn with 2 of the knobs from yesterdays painfully slow group both of whom pretty much refused to talk to me all round kept tending the flag for each other even though they were never in danger of getting near it and even miscalculated their scores serval times thanks to new drop rule for which we had to remind them how it's still a penalty! Fortunately I was in a 4 ball and the other fella was lovely and friendly had a real classic flowing swing with a big reverse C finish. We basically ended up playing as 2 seperate 2 balls in a group of 4.
Hit some really nice shots, the irons behaved better today along with the driver except for a straight right OOB on the 10th. Only one 3 putt which was annoying and easily avoided but cards in now another sub 80 so wait and see what the handicap is over next couple of days, sadly I'm working 9 straight days now so playing is going to be hindered.
Sods law I got drawn with 2 of the knobs from yesterdays painfully slow group both of whom pretty much refused to talk to me all round kept tending the flag for each other even though they were never in danger of getting near it and even miscalculated their scores serval times thanks to new drop rule for which we had to remind them how it's still a penalty! Fortunately I was in a 4 ball and the other fella was lovely and friendly had a real classic flowing swing with a big reverse C finish. We basically ended up playing as 2 seperate 2 balls in a group of 4.
Hit some really nice shots, the irons behaved better today along with the driver except for a straight right OOB on the 10th. Only one 3 putt which was annoying and easily avoided but cards in now another sub 80 so wait and see what the handicap is over next couple of days, sadly I'm working 9 straight days now so playing is going to be hindered.
Jacko_G
Blackballed
Good shooting with an egg OB.
Wolf
Well-known member
Thanks mate. I have an ability to make lots of unexciting pars, then throw in a hole like that to make it interesting
, need to learn to navigate the 10th it's my mental block hole, hit an iron, 3 wood, driver aim left no matter what I do, I still hit it straight right OOB
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Not back at work til Monday so had a round at Bushey Hall today with a mate who's also still off. Played pretty decent, 35 points in the end. Quite pleased. Messed up a couple of par 3s which was annoying. Still hooking long irons a bit. Hybrid is coming along but still needs work. Was apparently 4-5°c but with very little wind it didn't actually feel that cold.
FuzzyDuck
Assistant Pro
Played at Datchet today (it was cheap), totally empty. However the ground conditions were pretty bad, it was the type of clay mud that sticks to the wheels and just grows. Trying to get it off the bottom of shoes was also a chore. Played terribly for 2/3 of the round and was 6 down with 6 to play, however then won the final 6 holes (which included a lucky deflection off a tree on the 18th) to halve the match. Not a course I would hurry to play again.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Good shooting considering the OOB. The one thing I would say is not to build up too much animosity to the other two, even if they did hack you off yesterday and today as chances are you'll end up playing with them at some point or be behind them again.
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