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

[huds1475]

Not playing today but a session on the SAM putting lab. My previous session showed my stoke to be a total horror show explaining my shocking performnce on the greens over the last 2 or 3 seasons.

Despite a weekend of 12 hour night shifts, a general lack of sleep and felling crap the results today were eye opening. Difference between night and day, stroke is looking really good now, numbers are excellent and I can feel at impact how much more solid the stroke is.

Still a couple of things to work on, I tend to strike the ball toe side of centre and a little low on the face but thats something I can sort out with a little more work. Already seeing better results on the course since my 1st session so very confident now that I can actually hole some putts this year.

All in all expecting some low rounds this year, never broken 70 at Silloth yet but that is my goal.

That would be some day out 👍

 

[rudebhoy]

Nice to be out in a balmy 10 degrees after being frozen for the last couple of weeks.

Steady 34 points, driving decent, putting rubbish!

 

[Imurg]

Some particularly dodgy use of the driver cost me some shots on the front 9 today.
But the rest of the game was clicking so turned with 19 on the card.
Another dodgy tee shot cost me a shot on the last but a total of 36 was quite pleasing.
Fragger's had a hard week....
Did I go easy on him?

Did I heck!
No quarter asked or received!

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Smashing 18 holes with my son today at Close House, Filly course. Played pretty well, very happy. I'm loving my new irons, hit my 3 wood well today. Struggled a little chipping around the greens but I put that down to a break of a few weeks between rounds.

The front 9 on The Filly is very good, the back 9 has a spell of 4-5 holes that are a bit meh. A bit of a redesign on those and it would make it a strong 2nd course.

 

[upsidedown]

Went on what we thought would be a Winter jolly to Conwy ( home course shut for 3rd day running ) and played in the The Golf Guide Winter series there and went and won it with 43 points .
Both my partner and I only dropped 3 shots each and dovetailed well in what at times was a 3 club wind . First visit for both of us and both loved it will definitely be back . Lot of bunkers GUR as they prepare for the Curtis Cup and had to play off mats but didn't detract from the enjoyment.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Some particularly dodgy use of the driver cost me some shots on the front 9 today.
But the rest of the game was clicking so turned with 19 on the card.
Another dodgy tee shot cost me a shot on the last but a total of 36 was quite pleasing.
Fragger's had a hard week....
Did I go easy on him?

Did I heck!
No quarter asked or received!

Is that a convoluted way of saying you beat him up again. Doesn't it ever get boring?

 

[Imurg]

Is that a convoluted way of saying you beat him up again. Doesn't it ever get boring?

Nope!

 

[Deleted member 17920]

Went on what we thought would be a Winter jolly to Conwy ( home course shut for 3rd day running ) and played in the The Golf Guide Winter series there and went and won it with 43 points .
Both my partner and I only dropped 3 shots each and dovetailed well in what at times was a 3 club wind . First visit for both of us and both loved it will definitely be back . Lot of bunkers GUR as they prepare for the Curtis Cup and had to play off mats but didn't detract from the enjoyment.

Very underrated golf course I thought.

The last few really do tighten up in the gorse. No room for error.

 

[USER1999]

42 points in the swindle, 5 over par. Came 3rd. 44 won it, Not that it counts for anything.

 

[Wolf]

Tough conditions today with a real strong wind that was playing havoc with clubbing especially as it was blowing in the opposite direction to usual.

On our SI 1 hole unusually into the wind and normally a driver and long iron/hybrid, today was driver and 9 iron from 160yds made me feel like I was nearly at forum distance level, flip that round and our par 4 16th usually down wind and a 3 wood and wedge, well Today that was flushed driver and a well hit 7 iron from 98yards which just made it pin high.

Felt I played really well and signed for a gross 79 and 37points and considering how tough it was I thought might be in with a shout of something. How wrong was I, just about scraped inside top 10 scores on the day with the winner getting 44points and another 7 scores over 40pts.

Still was a most enjoyable day and I've always enjoyed playing in the wind and now sat in the warm with a coffe, a biscuit and watching the golf in Dubai...

 

[robinthehood]

Cold, windy, wet. 20 pts on the front 9

11 on the back!!

 

[Norrin Radd]

Cold, windy, wet. 20 pts on the front 9

11 on the back!!

my game is generally the opposite ,poor front nine decent back.

 

[robinthehood]

my game is generally the opposite ,poor front nine decent back.

i do it so often, 18+ pts on the front then lose my head for a hole or 2.

 

[Hobbit]

After weeks and weeks of good golf, today was a reminder not to get too cocky. The front 9 was an unmitigated disaster. 8 points in 9 holes. Some awful shots, and one or two that were annoying, e.g. a difficult tee shot on a long par 5. The choice is do you take on the dogleg or do you play safe? If you take on the dogleg you have to hit it well. I absolutely nailed it, right over the corner. A booming drive, that hit a sprinkler head on the far side of the fairway, and a massive bounce took it off the fairway, over the rough and out of bounds. Its 300+ yds to the OOB.

The back 9 started better, and then I went on a run of four 3's, birdies that is. Bizarrely only 3 pars on the back 9. Disappointingly finishing with 2 bogies.

 

[Deleted member 21258]

Nice 4BBB comp with family.

2 FIR, driving terrible
9 shots out of trees, 4 iron getting a work out
Chipping terrible
5 GIR, terrible
26 putts
1 eagle, 1st in a comp and a 5 pointer
2 birdies
Fingers in 2 pot twice
Gross 77, 4 under hcap and 40 points off 9/10th

Just a mad game, whens the next round !

 

[Orikoru]

Friendly three-ball at Ruislip today. Raced round in three and a quarter hours. Weather was good too considering the week we just had! As high as 9° and no rain the whole time we were out. Golf was pretty decent, was on for a blinder but let it slip with a couple of poor holes in the back nine. Total 90 which was 42 front 48 back. 35 points. Fairly pleased overall. Fluffed a few pitches thanks to the soaked and soft ground which cost me some shots.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Usual roll up. 32 point and didn't play great. Had a patch from the 9th to the 13th where I couldn't get the ball in the air which didn't help. Had my first four putt of 2019 and to be honest the flag being in or out made no difference to the three crap putts I had before the fourth went in. We've had biblical rain this evening and it's due to rain at 8.00am tomorrow when we are due to go out so tempted to have heavy duvet syndrome, go up a bit later and hit some balls and do some putting practice

 

[AMcC]

i do it so often, 18+ pts on the front then lose my head for a hole or 2.

Any idea what is causing it? Are you thinking about your final score, may be worth not adding up your score as you go along and just see how you finish

 

[AMcC]

Played yesterday in some fairly tough conditions, rain at beginning and end accompanied with a 20mph breeze all the way round. Shot 86 for 36 points so really pleased with that. Ball striking was really good but short game let me down a bit today. Like all rounds could have been a bit better. Hit 6 fairways, 4 greens in regulation and 34 putts, but 15 holes bogey or better was almost on target. The 34 putts was particularly disappointing as only 4 greens hit. Only putt of note was a 30 footer on 18 for a 4 after Sunday best drive and 3 wood followed by a 50 yard pitch to the green. As you may have guessed 18 was straight in to the wind

 

[Wolf]

I played today im not sure what I played but it certainly wasn't golf... Conditions were horrendous but I can't even blame that quite simply I was crap today.