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

So played my first full 18 in around 3.5 years yesterday evening with a friend of a friend to get my scorecard signed. As expected, shot a horrow show of 118.

First 9 was actually grand, mainly bogeys and double bogeys. Second 9 was horrendous with 8/9/10s spread throughout.
At my peak i was in the 95-100 range roughly, so looking to get back down to there...few things to work on.

- Keep the driver at bay and get off the tee safely (nearly all disaster holes were fluffing tee shots)
- Take my time!!! (the amount of rushed, no set up shots that were chunked or fat was terrible)
- Do not go for distance - Im not good enough at the minute to be trying to get my 7i 140 yards so take the swing nice and easy and get it straight
 
Year of the Fragger takes a further tumble as he gets dismantled once more...
I seem to have an issue with our 1st...bobbed it 3 or 4 rounds kn the bounce.
Makes it tricky scoring decently over 17 holes.
Poor start but picked up to turn with 15 to Fragger's 12..he then sinks a 40 footer on the 10th for par....:rolleyes:
I bogey so the gap is just 1. I then get another 19 points to finish with 35 as everyone's favourite Mod faded....
Striking the ball a lot better, getting much more stop on the greens, which are a bit softer but still lightning quick.
Might do it all again tomorrow...(y)
 
Imurg said:
Year of the Fragger takes a further tumble as he gets dismantled once more...
I seem to have an issue with our 1st...bobbed it 3 or 4 rounds kn the bounce.
Makes it tricky scoring decently over 17 holes.
Poor start but picked up to turn with 15 to Fragger's 12..he then sinks a 40 footer on the 10th for par....:rolleyes:
I bogey so the gap is just 1. I then get another 19 points to finish with 35 as everyone's favourite Mod faded....
Striking the ball a lot better, getting much more stop on the greens, which are a bit softer but still lightning quick.
Might do it all again tomorrow...(y)
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Favourite Mod ?:unsure:
 
Why is that you can play brilliantly one day, but like a complete and utter tool another?

Last Thursday I played a quick 14 holes with a mate - hit 12 greens in reg' and most of the fairways. I was striking it beautifully!

Then on Sunday, in the 2nd round of a board comp' I played like it was my first time out in years.
The wind didn't help, almost blowing me over on one tee shot (which I topped - a first in a long time), but consecutive rounds of 74 & 86, makes you wonder sometimes. Not shot in the 80's in about 2 years :mad:
 
took a couple of the Nairn Boys to the Kings today, first time for both. Good game though we had showers on and off all the way round.

enjoyable game, but course played long as the whites were right back on the tips on every hole.


hit it well again, with some nice iron shots
 
was going along quite nicely today, 30 points after 14 holes, then disaster struck.

Pushed my 2nd shot into a clump of trees. Only escape I could see was a low 7 iron through the trees. Managed to hit off a tree about 3 foot in front of me, ball came flying back and hit me in a very tender spot. Luckily it was about half an inch above my right bollock, but the pain was horrible. Totally knocked me for six, I know it's a cliche to say you were seeing stars, but it was a bit like that.

Felt pretty nauseas for the rest of the round, probably explains why I blobbed 3 of the last 4 holes to end up with 32. That's my excuse anyway :censored:
 
Mid-week Medal, playing Penfold International 1, 3 & 4 woods and 3 to SW plus a Gradidge Bobby Locke putter.

What a shocker! First tee nerves again, picked a 3 iron for safety and scuffed it 100 yards into thick rough, penalty drop and did well to escape with a double bogey.
My swing didn't feel right all the way round, on the back to back par fives I scored 9 and 8.
97 gross net 83 and a certain 0.1 back on the handicap.
Rained for a few holes half way round and then again down the last.
Some days you wish you'd stayed at home. o_O
 
Played a better ball pairs comp with my son today, he plays off 53.

Set ourselves a target of 36 points, and he came good with a 7 for 3 points on our par 5 18th to exceed our target by a point. Bonus was me getting a 2 on our 210 yard par 3 12th. First time I have managed to get a share of the twos pot.
 
Felt like the world was against me in the stableford yesterday so an away day today was a welcome break. Weather was crap but the golf was amazing shooting 6 over gross. I ticked off one of my longterm goals of playing the front 9 level par which was a great achievement for me and (as you always do) I felt I was 4 or 5 better than my score on the back.

I regularly moan about a part of my game being off whilst others are working but today everything felt good and knowing that I missed at least 4 putts by millimetres I feel like it’s definitely worth working on my putting stroke, I seemed to miss slightly right from inside 10 ft.

Medal tomorrow.... let’s see what happens!
 
Third card handed in tonight for initial handicap, nice steady round again, shot 47 (par 33). 4th round in a row without any lost balls and highest score on card was a 7 so starting to eliminate the blow up holes.
Three cards have been 46, 47 and 50. Next target is to break 45 with a scorecard in hand, have shot 45 a couple of times on social rounds so i know i have it im me.
Driver still staying in the bag and really not missing it.
Still getting used to new putter but sank a couple of nice putts tonight.
 
Played Bearwood Lakes on last years H4H voucher, thanks to Bearwood and I assume PW on here for arranging such a voucher, great for the charity fundraising.

Played fairly good shot 8 over, thanks in the main to being 3 under on the par 5s. Starting raining as we were loading up the vehicle, phew! Happy days:)
 
A wet and soggy morning, just Fragger and me..
For the 4th round in a row I blobbed the first, this time from a prime position drive...just 2 awful shots.
Lost a ball on 7 but was pretty solid everywhere else to give him another hiding..
Tied at 14 apiece at the turn I, again, played the back 9 well....19 point to take him by 5.
Just got to sort out that front 9......
We now have the lifty-uppy things in the holes....they make the pin wider at the base so the ball can't drop all the way to the bottom so they're kind of redundant...
They loom better than a lump of foam kn the bottom of the hole but they're not really effective..
 
Out with my two Tuesday evening buddies for 18 holes yesterday. Aaaargh! Careless and casual on my 2nd shot on the 1st and a 'lucy locket'...

Pause and hit 'head restart' button.

OK to 8th though game feeling a bit too close to the edge for comfort. Then wham - 2nd shot on 8th rockets knee-high right towards my mates who just at last moment jumped out of the way. Way too close for comfort. Shaken by this the 9th was a 'mare. Another of 'them' on the 10th - but got away with it and so again pressed the 'head reset' button and rest of round went fine. But it's gruesome that when I am too casual 'they' are there just waiting...
 
Imurg said:
A wet and soggy morning, just Fragger and me..
For the 4th round in a row I blobbed the first, this time from a prime position drive...just 2 awful shots.
Lost a ball on 7 but was pretty solid everywhere else to give him another hiding..
Tied at 14 apiece at the turn I, again, played the back 9 well....19 point to take him by 5.
Just got to sort out that front 9......
We now have the lifty-uppy things in the holes....they make the pin wider at the base so the ball can't drop all the way to the bottom so they're kind of redundant...
They loom better than a lump of foam kn the bottom of the hole but they're not really effective..
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Think we can consign YOTF to failure. He seems to match you for the front 9 most of the time and then fall away. Is it fatigue given his health issues do you think?

Think you need a major strategy rethink on the 1st!!!
 
Imurg said:
A wet and soggy morning, just Fragger and me..
For the 4th round in a row I blobbed the first, this time from a prime position drive...just 2 awful shots.
Lost a ball on 7 but was pretty solid everywhere else to give him another hiding..
Tied at 14 apiece at the turn I, again, played the back 9 well....19 point to take him by 5.
Just got to sort out that front 9......
We now have the lifty-uppy things in the holes....they make the pin wider at the base so the ball can't drop all the way to the bottom so they're kind of redundant...
They loom better than a lump of foam kn the bottom of the hole but they're not really effective..
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Have you tried starting on the 10th?
Just a serious thought. (y)
 
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