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

[PhilTheFragger]

Played Forest of Arden (Arden Course) today with little chubby bro courtesy of a big birthday pressie from my carer.

Really enjoyed it, good course in very good condition, considering the volume of traffic , geese, deer and the recent weather.

Played well on the front 9, 19 points inc a par 5 birdie, to 16 for himself

Then proceeded to blob the first 3 holes of the back 9, 1 bad bounce into water but was hitting the ball too well and airmailing the greens into the bundoo beyond.

Only 10 on the back, while he did 15, so did me by 2 points.

Got off just before the rain started, so a very enjoyable day

 

[Brads]

Played Haddington, carded a 9 on the 11th and went round in 88
Chuffed is an understatement.

 

[full_throttle]

Saturday, 3 double bogeys, 2 bogeys and 3 pars on the front nine, 18pts, steady until a double on the last to sign for 39pts

another cut, the day before a 5 day golf holiday in Dumfries

 

[oleinone]

Played a fun 4 ball scramble yesterday. Our mandatory beginner was a young former professional rugby player who is built like the proverbial brick outhouse. He hit the ball a country mile but direction was a big problem. He came good on a few holes notably the sixth, a par 5. He came up just short of the water with a four iron, 240 yards. He again deployed his trusty four iron and stuck it 5 feet from the pin - eagle time. The height he reached with every club was stunning. He's started lessons, the potential is huge!

 

[FuzzyDuck]

After 7 years of playing and only winning the occasional roll up etc I finally finished first in a boarded completion. It was Captain's Day and although it was a single stableford comp there was a blind pairs comp to determine the winner. I finished with 40 points and was delighted to find that my partner also had 40 points. So we won the pairs comp by a clear margin.

My prize was a Callaway Mavrik 3 wood, not sure if I will keep it as I recently bought a new Cobra 3 wood.

 

[Imurg]

Played Forest of Arden (Arden Course) today with little chubby bro courtesy of a big birthday pressie from my carer.

Really enjoyed it, good course in very good condition, considering the volume of traffic , geese, deer and the recent weather.

Played well on the front 9, 19 points inc a par 5 birdie, to 16 for himself

Then proceeded to blob the first 3 holes of the back 9, 1 bad bounce into water but was hitting the ball too well and airmailing the greens into the bundoo beyond.

Only 10 on the back, while he did 15, so did me by 2 points.

Got off just before the rain started, so a very enjoyable day

I've played the Arden a few times and i was a little disappointed with the greens
I know its been hot and everything has been scorched but the greens were soft and slow...they also looked like they hadn't been cut.
They have fairway irrigation and they've been using it. But the fairways were very patchy..some really lush, soft parts and plenty of hardpan.
As always seems to be the case, the bunkers had mixed levels of sand in them.
Your feet may be in 2 inches of the stuff but there's naff all under your ball...
The welcome in the Pro shop was 1st class but the attitude of the barstaff left a little to be desired....quite abrupt and the food wasn't particularly nice.
Overall I enjoyed it..apart from being out there 5 hours....had a couple of birdies and hit the par 5s 12 and 17 in 2.....
All in all a grand day out.

 

[Smiffy]

Was supposed to be playing in an Open on Wednesday but can't see it happening now. Steady rain and thunderstorms forecast for the whole day....shame, cos I'd not played there before, but I don't fancy a 2.5 hour run to end up soaked ????

 

[Wilson]

Second 74 in as many weeks, four birdies, one bogey and three doubles. I’m really happy with how I’m hitting it, I just need to tighten the chipping a little, and sort my alignment!

 

[chrisd]

Foursomes medal today, came second with one under nett

 

[Voyager EMH]

Since making the decision to play with these irons for all handicap qualifying stuff

https://forums.golfmonthly.com/threads/i-bought-today.97925/post-2530434

I've returned 4 scores and 3 of them are in my best 8. I've reduced my HI by 0.7 over those 4 rounds.
This includes today when I birdied the last hole to beat the score that was disappearing from my 20 by one shot. Gives me a 0.1 reduction.
Great clubs.



Really quite chuffed with that birdie on the last to give me a 4.5 differential when it was looking like a bit of a so-so round with some poor shots here and there.
Nothing worse than a bogey and 31 putts with no 3-putts helped the scoring.

 

[srixon 1]

Team scratch event today at home. I was hopeless in the morning 4somes and let my partner down big time, we lost 5/4. Team lost the morning session 1.5/2.5. Upped my game in the afternoon singles for a 7/6 win. Team won the afternoon session 7-1, six wins and two halves. The next round is the final in two weeks time.

 

[Shooter McPowick]

I’ve been playing well lately, had a full 1 shot cut in the last month or so. Today was fantastic for 13 holes then I crumbled…

+3 gross through 13 then the golfing gods put me back on track. Unplayable lies on 14&16 from terrible drives and a thinned 9i through 17 resulting in a lost ball and finished on +10.

Encouraging yet disappointing.

8 FIR, 8 GIR, 32 putts

 

[GG26]

Yesterday played in an open singles medal at Stanton-on-the-Wolds. Started well and holed some nice putts, but for some reason struggled on most of the par 5s. Ended up with 100 gross (77 nett) to finish midfield. Like everywhere else the fairways are suffering from lack of rain, but the greens were excellent.

Today was a Board comp at my club, a betterball medal, which was postponed from May when the course was waterlogged We started on the 10th and had a nett bogey 5 on the first hole played, but fortunately that was our only nett bogey of the round. We played the back nine in nett 33 (par 35) which was respectable. However, it all came together on the front nine where we recorded a nett 28 (par 36) to give us a nett 61 finishing score. Not all of the scores are on the system, but we are currently leading. Was really pleased as I've only broken 90 twice this year and worked out my score as a gross 84 which by three shots is my best off of the white competition tees. Not quite sure where that came from, but I did some time on the range a couple of weeks ago to try and sort out my iron striking and worked out that I needed to stand a bit closer to the ball and more upright. That has definitely paid off.

In the bar afterwards one guy I know told me that I was getting a reputation! All becuase me and my usual PP won a foursomes medal Board comp this year (we both played very steady and made the most of our shots that day) and a senior pairs open at an away course (where my PP had the round of his life), before todays score with a different PP (where I had my best round).

 

[Orikoru]

Went down Nine of Herts with the wife. Played alright. Managed to par the four par 3s, bogeyed four of the par 4s plus one double when my ball rolled through the green and right up against a bunch of weeds, requiring a rather aimless hack out. 38 scored for 18 points. My wife started ok but got tired towards the end and finished poorly, which is understandable.

 

[need_my_wedge]

Been a good couple of weekends golf. After last weeks trip to Scotland, played away at Buckingham on Friday, shot +11. Played at home yesterday and shot +8 for a 79. 11 pars, 1 birdie, but 3 doubles…. Broke 80 for the first time.

Played again today, didn’t quite live up to yesterday, a couple of blobs let me down but eagled the 12th for the first time and still managed 36 points.

 

[upsidedown]

Mens Invitation at Hillside today, played with 2 great guys one who was off +3 .Course in great nick and looking forward to more visits soon as my mate is now a Country member ?

 

[full_throttle]

Dumfries and Galloway GC yesterday, B&B stapleford. Par on the first two, me and PP ended with 43 our oppo's finished with 46.

Our today, different course and singles stapleford

 

[Smiffy]

Dumfries and Galloway GC yesterday, B&B stapleford. Par on the first two, me and PP ended with 43 our oppo's finished with 46.

Our today, different course and singles stapleford

If I'd known you called it "Stapleford" and not "Stableford" I would have banned you from Gainsborough, Forest Pines and Cooden.
Sort it out you pleb....

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Played Southerness yesterday, well I use the term “played“ very loosely??

A typical round of 2 halves , I couldn’t hit the ball for most of the front 9, gave myself a talking too on the 10th tee and strengthened my grip then started to play golf properly.

What a course though.

 

[Teebs]

Found a GolfNow tee time yesterday for my old course. 3pm tee-off but there was a 6 x 4-balls in front followed by a lone 1-ball.
Didn't start great by shanking an 8-iron and was pretty scruffy for the remaining 18 holes to finish on +10 (82 gross).

Paired up with the lone golfer on the 8th and enjoyed the remainder of the round. Still no 3-putts with the new putter and the new wedge is going well.
Considering my driving has been great this season yesterday was the worst driving round by far, only hit 2 or 3 decent drives which is well below par...