Dayton, OH

[CarlSpackler]

First competitive round... 92. I tripled the two easiest holes on the course.

[CarlSpackler]

101 today. Two worst rounds in recent history. About time to call it a year.

[Jeremie Boop]

  CarlSpackler said:

101 today. Two worst rounds in recent history. About time to call it a year.

I think being the first time playing a tournament would cause just about anyone to have trouble. I'd hate to even think about how I'd play in that situation. Hell, I couldn't even play for crap in the fun Erie outing last year, and that wasn't even a proper tournament.

[CarlSpackler]

  Jeremie Boop said:

I think being the first time playing a tournament would cause just about anyone to have trouble. I'd hate to even think about how I'd play in that situation. Hell, I couldn't even play for crap in the fun Erie outing last year, and that wasn't even a proper tournament.

I wasn't nervous or anything. I played with some really cool guys. I was already out of it. I Just couldn't hit anything. I did hit a 294 yard drive on #2 before I hit the next way right, 3 in a bunker, 4 in a different bunker, out, then two horrible pitches and a 3 putt. Kittyhawk is a piece of **** and if you don't keep it in the fairway, you are hitting out of nappy crabgrass or weeds. The greens are slow and inconsistent, so I wasn't putting worth a crap. I'm playing a scramble tomorrow at a nice club. I'll see how it goes there.

[iacas]

  CarlSpackler said:

101 today. Two worst rounds in recent history. About time to call it a year.

Not yet…

[CarlSpackler]

  iacas said:

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I saw that. It will depend on the job situation. Playing it by ear. I'm fighting a relocation to Buffalo. I had a first interview this week that went well. If I get a new job, I'll probably have limited vaca and be extremely busy getting up to speed. Might just drive up early Saturday. To many ??? To commit at this point.

[CarlSpackler]

Looked at the calendar. That's air force marathon weekend and I have a bunch of friends coming in to town. Won't be able to make it.

[Jeremie Boop]

Holy crap the wind out there today. It really tore me up the first 18 I played. On a positive note though, because it was so strong I got 2 drive 340+ recorded on game golf, though those were offset by a couple of 240ish drives too rofl.

[saevel25]

  Jeremie Boop said:

Holy crap the wind out there today. It really tore me up the first 18 I played. On a positive note though, because it was so strong I got 2 drive 340+ recorded on game golf, though those were offset by a couple of 240ish drives too rofl.

Wind didn't seem to bad this morning in NE Ohio, or while I was driving back to Dayton this afternoon.

[Jeremie Boop]

  saevel25 said:

Wind didn't seem to bad this morning in NE Ohio, or while I was driving back to Dayton this afternoon.

Not sure what to tell you, but it was pretty strong around here. GG had it at 13 mph, but it was gusty. I think it probably got up to mid 20's mph. Even now it's still showing 11 mph winds. I wish my phone had enough charge to record 2 rounds, because I was able to handle the wind better the second time around and had a few more really long drives with the wind. But really drives with the wind don't really count, they're cheater drives :-) but it's fun to see them nonetheless.

[mcanadiens]

  Jeremie Boop said:

As someone who went to school at Bowling Green, I can tell you that NW Ohio is a whole different game as far as wind is concerned. I think @Jeremie Boop is just far enough north to get into those flat areas where the wind can really rip.

[mcanadiens]

  CarlSpackler said:

Me to. I've shot rounds that bad but not back-to-back. Totally gutted and too embarrassed to actually admit the final result. Hopefully they throw away those scoreboards in short order. Somehow, I snapped the shaft on my driver on the third tee Saturday. That didn't help. I popped $90 to get an old demo Nike Covert from Dick's to replace it for Sunday's round. That ended up being the only club I could hit on Sunday. Taking a bit of a break from golf might be in order. My swing is complete trash and I don't know what to do about it.

[Jeremie Boop]

  CarlSpackler said:

First competitive round... 92. I tripled the two easiest holes on the course.

  CarlSpackler said:

101 today. Two worst rounds in recent history. About time to call it a year.

You know what... Those are pretty close to the 2 rounds I just had yesterday. 103 and 91, sad thing is that the 91 actually ended up lowering my trending handicap too... I think the main things that kept me from getting upset about my rounds were that I was spending time with the middle child who's about to leave to Texas for a year and I was just out there to try to learn to play in the wind. Hopefully things go better today for you.

[Jeremie Boop]

I'm starting to get a bit annoyed looking at my differentials... I score pretty darn consistently no matter what course I play, but because there is only one course here that has a decent rating (70.2/121) almost all my lowest 10 scores are from that one course. It makes it feel like, if I want to keep my index going in the right direction, I have to play that same course all the time. The problem is, I like to play other courses to help keep from getting bored and to keep my index more legitimate because I know playing the same course constantly could lead to an index that doesn't transfer to other courses.

I need to find another course or two that has a decent *read as near/or true par rating* that I can add to my regular courses. Maybe I'm off on this, but it makes me feel like any rounds played at these low rated courses is just a waste of my time from a HC index improvement standpoint. I mean, I still have a good time playing whatever course I play, but putting in a score that looks good but ends up being a crap differential kind of taints the experience for me.

[CarlSpackler]

Played an outing at The Oasis Club in Liveland today. I was hitting the ball pretty good. Won closest to the pin on a tight sucker pin. Stuck it to 6' and it stood up all day. It's amazing how much better I hit the ball on a nice course. My putting wasn't great, but the aimpoint reads I gave my partners were dead on. They weren't believing me at first, but they were believers by the end of the day. ;-)

[Jeremie Boop]

  CarlSpackler said:

Played an outing at The Oasis Club in Liveland today. I was hitting the ball pretty good. Won closest to the pin on a tight sucker pin. Stuck it to 6' and it stood up all day. It's amazing how much better I hit the ball on a nice course. My putting wasn't great, but the aimpoint reads I gave my partners were dead on. They weren't believing me at first, but they were believers by the end of the day.

Glad things went better today.

[CarlSpackler]

  Jeremie Boop said:

Glad things went better today.

Thanks. Oakland Hills next Monday. I'll be out of town the rest of the week. Need to polish my short game.

[Buck Nutz]

  CarlSpackler said:

Played an outing at The Oasis Club in Liveland today. I was hitting the ball pretty good. Won closest to the pin on a tight sucker pin. Stuck it to 6' and it stood up all day. It's amazing how much better I hit the ball on a nice course. My putting wasn't great, but the aimpoint reads I gave my partners were dead on. They weren't believing me at first, but they were believers by the end of the day. ;-)

How was Oasis? My wife has worked summers at TPC Riversbend since college (teacher by school year). She has a co worker who also picked up a PT job at Oasis. I get out to riversbend a few times a year and have been extended an invite to Oasis. Is it worth the hour drive?