clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Frozen solid here this morning so stayed in bed .
I played today and..(Rolling) -originally created by JohnnyDee
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Orikoru
Tour Winner
Out early this morning - bloody freezing. First nine was a write-off - I went from shooting 8 over on Monday to being 8 over after four holes today. Wrapped up like the Michelin man I could hardly swing, greens were covered in frost so I couldn't putt and the sun was bright and low in the sky so I couldn't see anything either. 9 points at half way and 2 down in the match to my 12 handicap mate.
Back nine I was like a totally different golfer. It must have warmed up a little; swinging a bit more freely maybe, as I went level 2s for the first seven holes, including 4 pars when I'd made none on the first nine. Turned the match around to be 2 up with two to play. Was horrendously unlucky on our penultimate hole as my drive finished right up against a tree so I had no option but to take an unplayable drop; then I also had a putt which looked perfect for line and pace hit an icy chunk of mud which completely killed it. Lost that hole but scraped a half on the last for a 1 up victory. 16 point back nine so a moderately more respectable 25 in total.
Back nine I was like a totally different golfer. It must have warmed up a little; swinging a bit more freely maybe, as I went level 2s for the first seven holes, including 4 pars when I'd made none on the first nine. Turned the match around to be 2 up with two to play. Was horrendously unlucky on our penultimate hole as my drive finished right up against a tree so I had no option but to take an unplayable drop; then I also had a putt which looked perfect for line and pace hit an icy chunk of mud which completely killed it. Lost that hole but scraped a half on the last for a 1 up victory. 16 point back nine so a moderately more respectable 25 in total.
rudebhoy
Q-School Graduate
Decent enough front 9 this morning, 17 points with one blob. Back 9 I was on fire, 23 points including 6 pars on the trot, 3 of which are the toughest on the course imo, 12, 14 and 16. Nearly made a mess of 18 but a decent chip over a bunker and nice putt saw me end with a respectable bogey.
83 gross, comfortably my best ever score. Forward tees helped, but on a cold wet morning with no run on the ball, I’m taking that
83 gross, comfortably my best ever score. Forward tees helped, but on a cold wet morning with no run on the ball, I’m taking that
SteveW86
Head Pro
Out early this morning for the first time in a few weeks. Started well and was +1 after 5 holes (put it in a green side bunker and didn’t get up and down). Messed up the 6th so picked up to ruin the good start. Played the next three holes ok to finish the front 9 on 17 points.
Back 9 I rode the bogey train for too much of it and didn’t take advantage of good shots other than a nice 2 on our 14th with a 15 foot putt. Ended up on 33 points overall playing off 6 so wasn’t too bad in the end.
Back 9 I rode the bogey train for too much of it and didn’t take advantage of good shots other than a nice 2 on our 14th with a 15 foot putt. Ended up on 33 points overall playing off 6 so wasn’t too bad in the end.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
The way our Saturday rollup works when you win some £s (as I did last week…4…) today I played our rollup individual stableford off a PH of 4. Never before this low…and didn’t manage. Unfortunately/fortunately next week I’ll still be off 4. Maybe the challenge will +ve work for me.
Mel Smooth
Hacker
The youth played yesterday, started with a triple* and a double to put him 5 over after two holes, then played the next 16 holes 2 over par with 5 bogeys and three birdies and a 1 under back nine which he's pleased with. I'd only mentioned to him the day before on how mindset would be an important aspect of the game for him to work on this year, he does have a tendency to feel like the course is being unfair to him when things aren't going to plan - but that fightback should do him some good.
Got a beef with the handicap system here though - he goes up 0.3 as he had a low score come off from back in the summer. I doubt he'll mind as he's playing better golf now than he was then - he's had a growth spurt and probably gained 2 inches in the period since that score was posted at Doncaster, but that 0.3 increase is clearly being caused by 2 rogue holes at the start of his round - rather than reflecting his general playing levels overall.
Got a beef with the handicap system here though - he goes up 0.3 as he had a low score come off from back in the summer. I doubt he'll mind as he's playing better golf now than he was then - he's had a growth spurt and probably gained 2 inches in the period since that score was posted at Doncaster, but that 0.3 increase is clearly being caused by 2 rogue holes at the start of his round - rather than reflecting his general playing levels overall.
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Orikoru
Tour Winner
Out again today as wife was taking the little one to Disney on Ice.
Course was rammed, for some reason they let societies go out at 11 when they should have been 11:30, so it was slow old going - over 3.5 hours for two of us, which is unheard of at my place usually.
I played quite decent on the front nine - silly blob on the second with a rubbish three-putt, but a superb 90-yard up-and-down on the 4th for par. Silly blob on the 9th when I chunked (and even double-hit) a chip near the green. 15 points at half way, but I'd edged out my mate on the last three holes to go 4 up in our match.
Won the 10th as well for 5 up, but then on the 11th I absolutely flushed an 8 iron that surprisingly went through the back of the green, chunked another chip for double so lost that, then he won his only shot hole on the 12th. I stayed ahead though and a superb par on the 210-yard par 3 15th won me the match 4 & 3.
I ended up with 82 gross for 31 points. Not too bad in winter. My chipping makes me want to cry though. Feels like it's worse than it's ever been, I'm literally doing that yippy thing where you slow down at the ball, chunk it and then speed up again, hence the embarrassing double hit on the 9th. Already had a lesson on it so not really sure what to do next. Just keep trying to hit more greens so I don't have to chip.
I did get up and down with a hybrid bump on the 15th, that always works so maybe I'll do more of that.
Course was rammed, for some reason they let societies go out at 11 when they should have been 11:30, so it was slow old going - over 3.5 hours for two of us, which is unheard of at my place usually.
I played quite decent on the front nine - silly blob on the second with a rubbish three-putt, but a superb 90-yard up-and-down on the 4th for par. Silly blob on the 9th when I chunked (and even double-hit) a chip near the green. 15 points at half way, but I'd edged out my mate on the last three holes to go 4 up in our match.
Won the 10th as well for 5 up, but then on the 11th I absolutely flushed an 8 iron that surprisingly went through the back of the green, chunked another chip for double so lost that, then he won his only shot hole on the 12th. I stayed ahead though and a superb par on the 210-yard par 3 15th won me the match 4 & 3.
I ended up with 82 gross for 31 points. Not too bad in winter. My chipping makes me want to cry though. Feels like it's worse than it's ever been, I'm literally doing that yippy thing where you slow down at the ball, chunk it and then speed up again, hence the embarrassing double hit on the 9th. Already had a lesson on it so not really sure what to do next. Just keep trying to hit more greens so I don't have to chip.
I did get up and down with a hybrid bump on the 15th, that always works so maybe I'll do more of that.
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
Was quite mild today , the bitter easterly wind died down
A solid level par round for 35 points
Really should have been 3 more points better but for silly putting
A solid level par round for 35 points
Really should have been 3 more points better but for silly putting
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
Another mild morning
Friendly 4bbb match - good amount of birdies flying around , we lost on the last to another
Friendly 4bbb match - good amount of birdies flying around , we lost on the last to another
SteveW86
Head Pro
Annual family cup today, me and the FiL against the BiL and his GF’s dad.
Pretty solid round, but no birdies. Finished 10 over with my ball but won the match comfortably 3&2.
Bragging rights for the next 12 months sorted.
Pretty solid round, but no birdies. Finished 10 over with my ball but won the match comfortably 3&2.
Bragging rights for the next 12 months sorted.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Played nine holes .
Wasn’t going to go ! My fingers hurt, backs hurting and I had the bug going around.
Eight pars and a birdie.
Stupid game .
Wasn’t going to go ! My fingers hurt, backs hurting and I had the bug going around.
Eight pars and a birdie.
Stupid game .
rulie
Head Pro
It’s a dumb game, it will never catch on!
Crazyface
Tour Winner
Played today. Did ok. Got stuck behind everyone. Did ok. Hate mats. Found about 15 balls. Gave up at 9.
anotherdouble
Journeyman Pro
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Did our yearly Christmastime visit to Rickmansworth today - although just the two of us this time, me and 23 handicap mate. Ricky is a par 65 but with sloped fairways and some hellish par 3s - and today it was half-frozen since it was about 1°c.
Conditions made it tough. I couldn't hit any greens in reg, was either coming up short because it was so cold, or hitting the rock hard greens and running through the other side. Did a match with my mate giving him 11 shots, but didn't stand a chance when I couldn't buy a par and he was playing quite tidily.
Only 11 points front nine and 3 down in the match. Lovely birdie on 10 when I chipped in with a hybrid bump, but it didn't launch a comeback unfortunately - I was very unlucky on 12 with a shocking lie in some frozen grass, then completely topped my shot on 13 somehow, and once again unlucky on the 14th when my drive just barely clipped a tree but disappeared completely. So that was the match over, lost 6 & 4. Bar a couple of holes I genuinely felt I played well, but finished on only 24 points and 85 gross. But, despite the low par it is a tough course and I've never actually scored better than 82 there anyway.
The major positive was that I adjusted my chipping technique a little bit and it worked very well! And had a good laugh into the bargain - didn't get angry once despite the less than ideal scoring.
Conditions made it tough. I couldn't hit any greens in reg, was either coming up short because it was so cold, or hitting the rock hard greens and running through the other side. Did a match with my mate giving him 11 shots, but didn't stand a chance when I couldn't buy a par and he was playing quite tidily.
Only 11 points front nine and 3 down in the match. Lovely birdie on 10 when I chipped in with a hybrid bump, but it didn't launch a comeback unfortunately - I was very unlucky on 12 with a shocking lie in some frozen grass, then completely topped my shot on 13 somehow, and once again unlucky on the 14th when my drive just barely clipped a tree but disappeared completely. So that was the match over, lost 6 & 4. Bar a couple of holes I genuinely felt I played well, but finished on only 24 points and 85 gross. But, despite the low par it is a tough course and I've never actually scored better than 82 there anyway.
The major positive was that I adjusted my chipping technique a little bit and it worked very well! And had a good laugh into the bargain - didn't get angry once despite the less than ideal scoring.
LincolnShep
Head Pro
Played with my dad, my uncle and their usual roll-up crew - 15 of us in total. It was cold but bright and no wind. Played OK, couple of birdies, couple of blobs, 32 points. First outing for my new chipper - I like it a lot! Got back to the clubhouse to find out the bar had closed at 2pm - the course was very busy so lots of missed revenue. Weird.
Lucifer MorningStar
Well-known member
Range session this morning despite the temp staying it was 1° and front on the ground it was really warm in the sun so just a mid layer needed.
Got a bucket of 150 balls and started off really impressive 10 straight shanks with the 60° wedge. Figured out quickly I was getting too far inside on the way back leading to poor downswing path. Annoying as I am trying to be more inside on backswing but why I was doing was excessive. So quickly put that right and voila started hitting some real nice shots with a high draw and focusing on staying more centred over the ball (if anything weight more left and not moving off the ball to much) ball speed work is paying off Driver out to 265yds, 7 iron at 170yds and 9 iron at 146yds. (How accurate that is depends on the radar software)
Finished all my drills so went on to play 18holes on top tracer round St Andrew’s and apparently shot +1, with the pitching distance for birdie set at 71yds. Always find that odd but quite enjoyed a frosty morning to myself was there about 2hrs taking it slow. Practice is paying off as am finding the centre of the face a lot more now, I’m also that sad I took a photo of my club faces to remind myself I can play this game shame the clubs need to go away again as off for work again Sunday night.
Got a bucket of 150 balls and started off really impressive 10 straight shanks with the 60° wedge
. Figured out quickly I was getting too far inside on the way back leading to poor downswing path. Annoying as I am trying to be more inside on backswing but why I was doing was excessive. So quickly put that right and voila started hitting some real nice shots with a high draw and focusing on staying more centred over the ball (if anything weight more left and not moving off the ball to much) ball speed work is paying off Driver out to 265yds, 7 iron at 170yds and 9 iron at 146yds. (How accurate that is depends on the radar software)Finished all my drills so went on to play 18holes on top tracer round St Andrew’s and apparently shot +1, with the pitching distance for birdie set at 71yds. Always find that odd but quite enjoyed a frosty morning to myself was there about 2hrs taking it slow. Practice is paying off as am finding the centre of the face a lot more now, I’m also that sad I took a photo of my club faces to remind myself I can play this game
shame the clubs need to go away again as off for work again Sunday night.
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
1st round of the year and shot 4 over for 32 points in the swindle. Ought to have been a couple more but the greens were slow so left a few putts short. Nothing worse than a bogey so game ticking along ok. Roll on the spring.
Burnsey
Well-known member
Played winter league and won 4 & 2. Were up most of the game, but frozen greens kept it even most of the match, as nothing stopped where it was supposed to 
I played really well.
I played really well.
Mel Smooth
Hacker
13 holes today - it was enough. Greens like concrete and we don't have many holes that aren't protected by some sand, water or both. On top of that, I was cold, and the back was stiff - so couldn't find any sort of tempo.
Couldn't even be bothered going for a pint after - bah humbug.
Couldn't even be bothered going for a pint after - bah humbug.
