What'd You Shoot Today?

[jkelley9]

shot my best score ever today: 44 from the whites

I was only 3 over going into #8, and that included a 4-putt on hole #3. Then I tripled #8 and doubled #9. Still my best round ever. I'm feeling a lot more comfortable with my golf swing and able to get the right swing thoughts in my head with a small bucket beforehand at the range. I also do a lot better walking, by myself, with nobody in front or behind me. I'll need to get better at playing in a group and with groups in front and behind. For now, it's kind of intimidating for me.

 

[JBailey]

I can't believe it, but I played my first round of golf on Christmas yesterday.  It was 37 degrees when I started and 36 when I finished, but it was sunny and no wind so it was pretty comfortable -- for Northern Michigan.

Score - 88

Fairways - 6

GIR - 3

Putts - 31

My new Odyssey putter still amazes me.  I'm finally feeling that my putting has improved for good.

I really wanted to get out and play because I built a new driver and wanted to try it out. Back in the days I was playing a lot of golf used a 13.5 degree driver both off the tee and off the fairway.  I could hit the ball 260-270 off the tee and 240-250 off the fairway.  I could hit most par 5's with that one club.  I ended up with only that driver and a 7 wood in my bag for quite a few years.  I built a 14 degree driver and wanted to try it out yesterday.  I've been averaging 235 yds. off the tee with my 10.5 degree driver in warm weather.  Lately, with the temps usually around 40-45 my drives have been around 220.  Yesterday, my drives were the same distance with the new 14 degree driver -- possibly a little longer.  I hit one drive 243 yds., albeit with a bit of wind assist.  Although I only hit 6 fairways, I hit many drives in the 220 yd. range that didn't miss the fairways by much, and, as suspected, they were pushes and not full-out slices.  I also hit 3 fairway shots with the new driver -- one 220 yds. and two 210 yds.  I'm very happy with the results.  Next year, if I can use the new 14 degree driver for both tee and fairway, I can add another wedge to the bag.  Hopefully, that will improve my scoring to the point that I can see the handicap in single digits again as in my younger days.

Later,

John

[Abu3baid]

First round of 2016.. Wait am I the first one from TST to play in 2016?  Teed off at 6:35 am so many of you were either out or sleeping :)

anyway, shot a 97 and I conveniently shot a +4 on the last hole (had a double hit pitch shot that went no where)..  Playing again tomorrow so I hope to do better.

[mchase]

Happy New Year all! Had a great result today - 17 handicap, shot a gross 79 so gonna be cut. Huge boost to both game and ego! Now all I have to do is play to it!

[mchase]

And just found out I'm down to 14.6, so officially a 15 handicap. So happy, I love this game!!!

[Abu3baid]

Shot another 95 today (like last week)

had two +4 both because of errant drives..  A lot of bogies..  And I think I'm on the right track.

[Marty2019]

I shot 89 yesterday.   My driving was good, but my approach shots were not good, mostly short of the green, and my short game was not good enough to bail me out.   Good drive, miss the green on my second shot, chip and a two-putt.   Bogey bogey bogey, par, double bogey, bogey bogey, etc etc etc. 

I've noticed a pattern- on my approach shots, I am almost never long, almost always short.   Same with my chipping- almost never long, almost always short.   I think maybe I'm just too conservative.   Being short of the green is almost always better than going over the green.   I'm playing too safe.   I need to be more aggressive. 

 

 

[bkuehn1952]

116.  Well, it was 27 holes so maybe 116 isn't too bad.  Plus it is the first week in February and I played in SE Michigan.  My score was helped immensely by the short par 35 nines I played but I am okay with the effort.

[baller7345]

A very frustrating 89.  I know, its early February and I literally spin back my driver in these conditions, but I'm still annoyed.  Not so much by the score, though it is higher than I like to see, just the process that got me there.

Terrible, terrible putting.  I was putting for par on 17 of 18 holes, some of these were not going to drop, but still I had a lot of 10-15 footers that could have dropped.  Unfortunately I only had 3 pars, and only two of which were of those 10 foot putts.  I 4 putted a par 3 for bogey, 3 putted 3 holes for double bogey, and flubbed several chips leading to then having to go up and down for bogey.  Only really good hole was #2, where I put my drive in the fairway, hit a great 6 iron layup, wedge to within 15 feet on the green, and one put for birdie.

[Patch]

Finally had some good weather to play in. 4 of us went out early, and by the 5th hole the jackets were off. Shot a 77, which is much better than those cold weather 80+ scores I have been carding lately.  Had 13 pars, and 5 bogies. Also putted well with 30. Low score in our group was a 71. High was an 81.  We are most likely going again tomarrow,  to a different course. 

[Patch]

Just shot my 3rd consecutive sub 80 round today. I have not shot three straight rounds in the (high) 70s in years. I actually matched the ambient temp today. Plus this was done on two different courses. 

Just playing good consistant golf. Enjoying it, as I know this is the exception, and not the rule for my game. I probably owe most of these scores to my December/January practice regimine. 

Edited February 10, 2016 by Patch

[flopster]

77 front 37 back 40 slope 131 index 3.6

Been a while since last posting but had a good round the other day and figured I would post it, broke my pinky toe yesterday so I think I'm off the course for the next week

[Pendragon]

Best score in a while today, shot 71 on my home course (rating 69.4, slope 123). I missed shooting my age by one, but was actually lucky to get the 71. I chipped in once, made a 30 footer on 18 for birdie, and made several 5 to 6 footers for pars. It hasn't rained in a couple of weeks, so the fairways are drying out, and it's nice to see a tee shot actually bounce and get some roll. It helps!

 

[stealthhwk]

After an awful 106 last week, shot a 105 today. :'( My game seems to be falling the * apart for the millionth time. Very discouraged this evening. The more I try to learn and the more tips I get, the worse I get.

[Golfingdad]

Funny game, this.  I made 5 birdies today and shot a 161.

[stealthhwk]

27 minutes ago, Golfingdad said:

Funny game, this.  I made 5 birdies today and shot a 161.

Whaaaaaat???

[Golfingdad]

27 minutes ago, stealthhwk said:

Whaaaaaat???

I played 36 holes.  :P

[Patch]

Played in a tough wind today on a some what open course. (not many wind breaks) Shot an 92, and got lucky a few times just for that. Even had a few wind aided putts run up hill. Several more were blown off line. It was a tough go, but someone had to do it. We pretty much had the course to ourselves.

 I'd like to thank  our California neighbors for sending this windy weather our way.

On another note, while golfing in the Laughlin NV area a few days ago,  I saw my first rattlesnake this year. A bit on the early side for those critters.