2024 TST Birdie Challenge

[iacas]

Practiced on the front nine today (tried to birdie #8 but just made a par, was still somewhat practicing), and then played a bit more on the back nine.

• Missed a 25-footer on 10.
• Forgot I needed 11 still but almost made a birdie there.
• Narrowly missed a birdie on 14 after a 54° approach.
• Reached 15 in two with a driver and a hybrid to the back fringe. Missed the eagle putt, tapped in for birdie.
• Missed a 20-footer on 16.
• Forgot I needed 17 and didn't putt. Just hit some chips to practice.
• Hit a decent drive on 18, a decent 8I to 18 feet, and drained it to knock that hole off the list too.

Not a bad day.

[billchao]

Birdied #13 at Quail Brook, which is new. Blocked tee shot right which ended up being fine because I didn't hit it well enough to reach the fescue. Had 110 to the flag and was ready to hit a 3/4 GW to it (even tagged the club) but felt the wind pick up behind me so I decided to club down to the SW and hit it to 4'.

Lipped out a 15-footer on #17 for birdie for a tap-in par that also would have been new.

[Hardspoon]

Played my first round at my Home Course last weekend.  No birdies, but got 6 pars on the card, including three in a row from 15-17.  For me, a realistic goal is to Par every hole this year, so this was a good start, including the #2 and #3 handicap holes.

[iacas]

I need… 1, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, and 17.

Today I:

• Hit it in a bunker on 1 and didn't hole out (par).
• Hit it just short of the green on 8 and didn't hole out (par).
• Hit a 9I to 10 and just missed the birdie putt.
• Missed the green on 11 and didn't chip in (bogey).
• Hit 14 to 20 feet and didn't make the birdie.
• Hit 16 to 15 feet and didn't make the birdie.
• Didn't chip in on 17 after an indecisive second shot (par).

So… a lot of near misses. Giving myself plenty of chances lately. I'll get 'em.

[DeadMan]

Got a birdie on 11 yesterday. Had opportunities to fill a few more out (1 and 16 especially), but couldn't cash the 10 footers. 

6 holes left - 1, 4, 5, 13, 16, and 17. 

[billchao]

Birdied #14 at Green Knoll but already had it on my composite list. Missed a 6-footer on #10 that would have been new.

I’m definitely making birdie at a higher rate this year than any other but it still feels like the composite list will be hard to complete. Still lots of golf ahead, though.

[iacas]

I bumped off 16 today during a playing lesson. I drove it between the two bunkers on the left, chipped it to three feet, and made the putt.

I birdied #15 too, so I'm now -6 the last six times I've played it. Hit another 5I to it today.

Played the whites on 1, 8, and 10 so those didn't count. Pulled it left on 11 and almost chipped in. Hit a PW to 12 feet on 17 and just missed the putt. Hit my tee shot on 14 to the back of 15 tee, so no dice there. 😄

1 8 10 11 14 17

[iacas]

I need… 1, 8, 10, 11, 14, and 17.

Today…

• On 1, my alarm went off mid backswing, but I was playing a blue SuperSoft anyway and hit it okay, but just moved my ball up to where Sculley's was a bit as we were pressuring a threesome that jumped out ahead of us.
• On 8, I hit a good 3W, a really good 9I, and lipped out the 12-footer.
• On 10… good drive, god-awful second. Chipped to four feet.
• On 11… pulled left onto a slope, chipped just past the hole to four feet.
• On 14, left the 50-foot putt three feet short.
• On 17, good 3W, good 9I, pulled the putt a few inches, so missed it a few inches left from 16 feet.

[DeadMan]

Knocked out 1 and 4 yesterday. Had a good look at 5 from about 15 feet, but just missed it on the high side. I also got an eagle on number 7 with a hole out from 177. Pretty good day! 

I need 5, 13, 16, and 17 to complete it. But I am now a little worried about needing to play 18 to get those last 3, especially if I'm still missing them in, like, October.

Edited July 6 by DeadMan

[billchao]

Birdied #7 at Quail Brook which is new. Flared my drive right onto the 6th fairway and couldn’t see the green. Played PW over the trees to the middle and the hole happened to be there. Hit it to 3’ and made the putt.

Missed a 3-footer for birdie on #14 though but I have that one already.

[iacas]

Knocked out #11 yesterday. Made about a 12-footer.

[iacas]

Let's see if I can add any to the away course today… birdies on 9, 11, 15, and 18. The only one of those that counts is 15. I had the others. On the away, I still need… 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 10. Dang, I'm killing it on the back nine. Not so much on the front, ha ha.

[billchao]

I still need 1-4, 10-12, and 15-17. I lipped out a 12-footer on 11 today, so just missed getting that one. I’ve already birdied the hardest four holes by handicap and none of the remaining holes feel unobtainable; I have haven’t gotten it done.

[iacas]

Birdied 5 at Cog Hill #4, so knocked that one off the list.

[iacas]

Made 7 birdies today, so you'd think I'd knock some off…

• Horrible start on 1 today, so bogeyed it.
• HIt a super high, floating 3W that left 195 in to a front pin on #8. Slightly thin toed it… to 12 feet and made the putt. So, knocked that one off.
• Had about 30 feet on 10 after a driver up the right rough and an 8-iron, just missed.
• Hit it in the left bunker on 14, didn't hole the bunker shot.
• Hit it right over the flagstick on 17 to about 12 to 15 feet. There was an old brown ball mark right on my line that even if I repaired I didn't think I could get truly flat (sometimes they kinda turn into depressions), so I went just on the right side of it with very little pace and… missed it just high.

So a successful day for at least getting #8. Lotta chances on the other holes, too. They'll come.

[Sammydreep]

After not managing to birdie it over the summer when we had all the run, birdied the long par 5 14th last week in midwinter .

Only the other long par 5 12th to go, Could be waiting awhile  😀 

You have to keep your second shot left of the trees on the right at the dip.

From the middle of the fairway, the big trees on the left of the green block about 70% of it ,  they are tall, I can clear them with a wedge ,but can’t get that close at this time of the year.

This green was originally a par three  to the right of the fairway . The original Green was just 100 yards past the dip , you then walked about 70 yards to the right to the tee and you could fire right through the gap to the par 3.

No longer the case as  most of it is behind the trees

[billchao]

Played Green Knoll today and added two new holes to the composite sheet.

• Pushed my drive right on #10 into the rough on #18, had about 105 left to a front pin (left from my angle) and hit it to 3'.
• Hit a perfect draw off the tee and ended up having 80 yards left to a front left pin. Was pulling my wedges slightly today so I aimed a little bit right and almost holed it. Had <1' for a tap-in birdie.

Lipped out a 4-footer on #1 for birdie, which not only would have been new, but would have closed out the front 9 for me. On the composite sheet I have #1, #12, and #15 left to go.