Broke one barrier and almost another!

*wedstuntpuller*

Well this morning I headed out by myself to play The Hamptons in Virginia. I played the woods/links course. Went out in 44 after a few crappy double bogies (which is normally a pretty good score for me). On the back 9 (the links course) I started off with 5 pars, then bogied the next 3, and finished with another par for a 38! The course is a par 70 with 35/35 split. Previously my best 9 holes was a 42 on a par 35. I was really excited to break 40 and put together such a great round. I have been struggling with my putting lately but had several 1-putt's to save par on the back 9 and a lot of good 2 puts from outside of 20 feet. Might head back out tomorrow morning to tackle Ford's Colony Blackheath!

MizunoPlayer

Great job man! It's always great to finally break through. Now you know you can do it, it's just a matter of doing it consistently. Next time you go out, track your round (# of fairways/greens hit, sand saves, up and downs, etc.) and see what you need to work on. You could probably spend 20 minutes a day on the chipping green and be breaking 40 in no time! :)

*wedstuntpuller*

Funny you mention that because this is my 2nd round doing all that... I was reading about the program that iacas works on to track all that info, and started scoring my rounds the way he does this past weekend. I hit 9/14 fairways (that is definitely a best for me) and i had 1 sand save and i think 6 up and downs. My biggest issue as of late has been mid-iron play and putting, my iron play wasn't that great today but putting is definitely getting better now that I am getting used to my new Studio Stainless.

MizunoPlayer

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Originally Posted by wedstuntpuller

Funny you mention that because this is my 2nd round doing all that... I was reading about the program that iacas works on to track all that info, and started scoring my rounds the way he does this past weekend. I hit 9/14 fairways (that is definitely a best for me) and i had 1 sand save and i think 6 up and downs. My biggest issue as of late has been mid-iron play and putting, my iron play wasn't that great today but putting is definitely getting better now that I am getting used to my new Studio Stainless.

What model of the Stainless do you have?

*wedstuntpuller*

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What model of the Stainless do you have?

The Newport 2.5, i love it.

MizunoPlayer

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The Newport 2.5, i love it.

That's great man! I haven't used anything other than a Scotty Cameron since freshman year of high school.

*wedstuntpuller*

Well I got a great deal on it, it was very slightly used and picked it up for $80... thinking about sending it in as a self-christmas present to have it customized by his shop.

cougar978

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Originally Posted by wedstuntpuller

Well this morning I headed out by myself to play The Hamptons in Virginia. I played the woods/links course. Went out in 44 after a few crappy double bogies (which is normally a pretty good score for me). On the back 9 (the links course) I started off with 5 pars, then bogied the next 3, and finished with another par for a 38! The course is a par 70 with 35/35 split. Previously my best 9 holes was a 42 on a par 35. I was really excited to break 40 and put together such a great round. I have been struggling with my putting lately but had several 1-putt's to save par on the back 9 and a lot of good 2 puts from outside of 20 feet. Might head back out tomorrow morning to tackle Ford's Colony Blackheath!

Have the greens come back on the links yet? They were kinda crappy last time I played (about 2 wks ago).

*wedstuntpuller*

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Have the greens come back on the links yet? They were kinda crappy last time I played (about 2 wks ago).

Yeah they were as good as I've seen them on that course. Actually a little slow due to the rain from the few days before.