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

Our course is open but still very muddy in places so four of us had an away day to Rushmore. Very friendly and a bargain winter rate of £30 each. Although we played off the forward tees they were all grass with the exception of the par 3s which had mats. A bit cold at 4° C but there was no wind so bearable when you got walking not a puddle in sight and lovely dry fairways. Oh how I wish my own course was built on chalk instead of clay.
 
Just getting ready to go and hit some balls on our small practice field. Just taking my wedges and a hybrid. I figure since it seems to be a bit frozen out there hopefully the balls won't disappear into the mud.
 
18 yesterday and about time I put a card in… not a great idea. The thin toe irons had disappeared thankfully but I’m still very steep on everything - big divot on approach to 5 must have been 30 degrees out to in 😂 Scraped it round in 84 with 3 lipouts and a completely duffed drive on 17.

On the plus side, I can’t remember when last I lost a ball, keep coming home with more than I started with
 
I played yesterday. Trying out a new driver shaft which did not go that well. Managed 31 points still dropping too many shots to putting. All holes yesterday were slightly crowned and the ball needed to be hit with pace to avoid it veering off around the hole which is not my usual style of putting had a few go well beyond the hole and missed the one coming back. I reckon on 7 shots being lost to putting yesterday.
 
srixon 1 said:
Our course is open but still very muddy in places so four of us had an away day to Rushmore. Very friendly and a bargain winter rate of £30 each. Although we played off the forward tees they were all grass with the exception of the par 3s which had mats. A bit cold at 4° C but there was no wind so bearable when you got walking not a puddle in sight and lovely dry fairways. Oh how I wish my own course was built on chalk instead of clay.
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Ditto to that comment, although one of our group walked after 14 citing the cold.

It has been noticeable what a few dry days do . We had our long 16th and 17th open from about Tuesday, although some of felt we still should not be on the long 16th. Biggest trouble is that with it not being worked on the rough is ball loosing height.
 
There is a large pond/lake on my morning walk. Probably 150yd by 50yds.....still completely covered in ice. At this rate, it's going to be another week before things get going decently here on the courses.
 
Completed my first full 18 of the year today.
A front 9 of level 2s 4 over gross.
Back 9 was a bit more variable including a balls up on our 6th - my bogey hole - when I hit my 2nd into the green side bunker and it finished under the back lip - no kind of shot...
16 on the back 9 for 34 - quite pleasing for this time of year...
The multi multi shot big Bro used them....there was an 8 for 1, several bogeys for 3, doubles for 2 etc etc..
He ended up with 37 so, with a bit of luck, when he goes part-time in the Spring he can shed some of this shots...
And Boy was it cold towards the end...
 
Back to my home course today. A bit dryer than last week but nowhere near as dry as what Rushmore was yesterday. Played 13 holes and walked in for a beer. A two ball four groups in front were taking so long we decided enough was enough, especially when it’s Baltic and drizzling with rain.
 
Absolutely freezing this morning, the Metoffice had it as feels like -6C and it certainly did. My nose, chin and cheeks were all numb by the end.

I didn’t play great even although I did birdie 3 holes in a row, lost a ball for the first time in about 8 rounds by smashing it onto the beach on the 2nd. Was about time I lost it as it was all scuffed to bits but since it’s winter golf I didn’t feel the need to change it.

It was still better than sitting in the house though.
 
3 months of solid practice, speed training, fitness stuff, no putting or short game work to my first round of the year today.

A very mixed bag. My putting was excellent, good to rely on the old routine. I had two unreal up and downs from greenside bunkers, I suspect that's my lot of them for the year gone already haha.

Off the tee - thought it was pretty poor. There was a noticeable nervousness in my mind about tee shots with my new found speed. For context - I'm up about 10mph, and have been flushing the driver at the range. Today, very toey and pull hooky. Annoying and a bit disappointing. Hopefully it's just a mental thing.

Iron play/approaches. Shocking today. I have literally spent 3 months of practicing iron play at the driving range and making swing progress. I hit it fat a lot, I hit it thin a few times, I hit it off the toe and heel but never the middle. So disappointing. It might be time to get a new coach. a year and a bit with this one and my handicap has dropped but realistically my ball striking is still so poor with irons, I'd say zero improvement from when we began - he's been able to get me into little purple patches but this is terrible. I also thought, I've just spent roughly 3 months at the driving range, all sense of low point control is gone. Driving range mats are the devil and so misleading.

Onwards and upwards I think, hopefully.
 
Given that my club have just upped the requirement of competition rounds on your records from 4 to 8 per year - I decided to enter the monthly medal this morning.

Tripled the first obviously, because that's what you do in a medal. Missed the green and hit an awful toe-shanked chip which has been a problem for the last month or more. Rest of the front nine was a mixed bag. On the 4th tee I hit probably the worst drive I've hit in the last two years - swung so far over the top it was like I was trying to hit it though my own legs or something - full on casting the fishing rod. I knew it was sliced out of bounds before I even finished the downswing. Teed up again, hit a perfect drive and parred it with that ball for double bogey. Stupid game. Parred the 3rd, 5th and 6th around it, but a double on the 7th which felt a bit unfair as I didn't do a lot wrong, and a double on the 9th as well. 46 out.

Back nine was a vast improvement though, with no further doubles, just two pars and seven bogeys for 40. 86 gross, net 6 over (but playing off of 12 because of our stupid course ratings). Did hit some bad shots still but putter bailed me out a few times again. Beat my mate in the match for the second week running as well. Hope I can keep the putter hot for our foursomes match next week. All in all I was pretty happy that without that appalling drive and off my proper handicap I wasn't far off having a good round.
 
Was going to play Huddersfield GC with the youth today but they'd gone to the full 18 holes on frost greens - so wasn't paying a green fee for that.

We settled on going up to Willow Valley for a range session, Jamie had some swing changes to work on from yesterdays lesson, then a quick blast round the nine hole course to see if the mid to short irons were working.

He ended up hitting most of the range balls while I chatted to one of the other members, then we headed out on the course, played 2 holes and sacked it off as it was absolutely baltic.
 
Orikoru said:
Given that my club have just upped the requirement of competition rounds on your records from 4 to 8 per year - I decided to enter the monthly medal this morning.

Tripled the first obviously, because that's what you do in a medal. Missed the green and hit an awful toe-shanked chip which has been a problem for the last month or more. Rest of the front nine was a mixed bag. On the 4th tee I hit probably the worst drive I've hit in the last two years - swung so far over the top it was like I was trying to hit it though my own legs or something - full on casting the fishing rod. I knew it was sliced out of bounds before I even finished the downswing. Teed up again, hit a perfect drive and parred it with that ball for double bogey. Stupid game. Parred the 3rd, 5th and 6th around it, but a double on the 7th which felt a bit unfair as I didn't do a lot wrong, and a double on the 9th as well. 46 out.

Back nine was a vast improvement though, with no further doubles, just two pars and seven bogeys for 40. 86 gross, net 6 over (but playing off of 12 because of our stupid course ratings). Did hit some bad shots still but putter bailed me out a few times again. Beat my mate in the match for the second week running as well. Hope I can keep the putter hot for our foursomes match next week. All in all I was pretty happy that without that appalling drive and off my proper handicap I wasn't far off having a good round.
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Okay, what is your “proper handicap” and how was it determined?
 
Imurg said:
Completed my first full 18 of the year today.
A front 9 of level 2s 4 over gross.
Back 9 was a bit more variable including a balls up on our 6th - my bogey hole - when I hit my 2nd into the green side bunker and it finished under the back lip - no kind of shot...
16 on the back 9 for 34 - quite pleasing for this time of year...
The multi multi shot big Bro used them....there was an 8 for 1, several bogeys for 3, doubles for 2 etc etc..
He ended up with 37 so, with a bit of luck, when he goes part-time in the Spring he can shed some of this shots...
And Boy was it cold towards the end...
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38 actually :)
Get it right, jeez 😬😬😂
 
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