Mid-Atlantic Outing (April 9, 10 2016)

[Jeremie Boop]

1 hour ago, DaveP043 said:

If I remember right, our handicaps will range from 3 or 4 up to about 18 or 19.  Given the range, I think we should play net rather than gross.  If someone doesn't have an official handicap, I think we can trust their best estimate, its not like we're trying to get rich off one another.

 We'll have 10 players on Saturday, but its probably not fair to try to take money from @davechen's son, so we'll have 3 3-somes for competition purposes.   I think taking two nets on each hole would work out.  We could play $5 a man for total score, or do a 3-way $1 nassau (maximum exposure of $6).  We do round-robin nassaus in our weekend games with multiple groups, and reading the cards off at the end is a big part of the fun.

Sunday we'll have 6, we can do something similar.  

How does that sound?

I'm half afraid of how I'll play since I haven't touched my clubs since last November. I'll have to get out at least to the range this week to get some swings in, but I'll be surprised if I play anywhere near my index.

[dsc123]

33 minutes ago, Jeremie Boop said:

I'm half afraid of how I'll play since I haven't touched my clubs since last November. I'll have to get out at least to the range this week to get some swings in, but I'll be surprised if I play anywhere near my index.

Wow, two weeks out and the excuses are rolling in already!

[GolfLug]

1 hour ago, DaveP043 said:

If I remember right, our handicaps will range from 3 or 4 up to about 18 or 19.  Given the range, I think we should play net rather than gross.  If someone doesn't have an official handicap, I think we can trust their best estimate, its not like we're trying to get rich off one another.

 We'll have 10 players on Saturday, but its probably not fair to try to take money from @davechen's son, so we'll have 3 3-somes for competition purposes.   I think taking two nets on each hole would work out.  We could play $5 a man for total score, or do a 3-way $1 nassau (maximum exposure of $6).  We do round-robin nassaus in our weekend games with multiple groups, and reading the cards off at the end is a big part of the fun.

Sunday we'll have 6, we can do something similar.  

How does that sound?

Actually the $1 Nassau sounds great! 

Again, since these will be team matches, math can be done after the round, so you don't have to fuss over net (not that it is rocket science) score during the round.  

[Jeremie Boop]

24 minutes ago, dsc123 said:

Wow, two weeks out and the excuses are rolling in already!

1 week out, jeeze man, give me some credit for not starting too early!

[RandallT]

2 hours ago, DaveP043 said:

How does that sound?

Sounds good to me. If helpful, here's what I've got by day and posted handicaps, if we want to pre-plan how to best divvy up the teams (sorted roughly by handicap):

Saturday, April 9, Stoneleigh (10 players)

@k-troop 2-4

@SavvySwede 3.9

@jsgolfer 4.3

@DaveP043 4.6

@GolfLug 8.7

@dsc123 10.1

@RandallT 14

@Jeremie Boop 17.7

@davechen 18 (and son as non-competitor?)

Sunday, April 10, Springfield (6 players)

@SavvySwede 3.9

@jsgolfer 4.3

@DaveP043  4.6

@GolfLug  8.7

@RandallT 14

@Jeremie Boop 17.7 

 

I've never done this before, but if anyone is up for it, I can crunch numbers on Monday for strokes gained putting.  All I'd need for each person is:

1. Total # putts (eg, 34)
2. Initial distance of each putt for all 18 holes (eg, 6,15,22,15,3,29,32, and so on, for each of 18 holes). 

Although we each will have different initial putts, it might be fun to see who did the best relative to how a pro would've putted those same distances.  For those of us playing both courses, it might be fun to see if one course's greens are significantly more difficult than the other. Maybe we all putt 1 or 2 better on Stoneleigh v. Springfield or vice versa. Would be interesting. Or if we felt we did better putting on one course than the other, but the numbers tell a different story. Just a thought I'd throw out there and send me your numbers if you're interested.

[jsgolfer]

All,

For those playing at Springfield, I need everyone's name for the tee request.  I have GolfLug and Dave, just need Savvy, Jeremie and Randall.

Jerry

[Jeremie Boop]

35 minutes ago, jsgolfer said:

All,

For those playing at Springfield, I need everyone's name for the tee request.  I have GolfLug and Dave, just need Savvy, Jeremie and Randall.

Jerry

.... ? really? Lol

*edit* My name is my username.

Edited April 4, 2016 by Jeremie Boop

[jsgolfer]

Sorry, not many people use their real name. But cool, now I only need Randall T

[jsgolfer]

Everyone wear your long underwear on Saturday, high of 48. Brrr.....

[RandallT]

36 minutes ago, jsgolfer said:

Sorry, not many people use their real name. But cool, now I only need Randall T

Oh how I wish my last name were just T, just for the comedy value.

 

[k-troop]

7 hours ago, jsgolfer said:

Everyone wear your long underwear on Saturday, high of 48. Brrr.....

At least the snow dropped out of the forecast for Friday night!  Afternoon tee times and it'll be sunny, so we should be pretty good.  As long as the wind holds off.

[Jeremie Boop]

10 hours ago, jsgolfer said:

Sorry, not many people use their real name. But cool, now I only need Randall T

I realized that it was a bit unfair to expect you to know, that's why I edited it. Just struck me as funny at first.

[dsc123]

On 4/1/2016 at 5:07 PM, RandallT said:

Sounds good to me. If helpful, here's what I've got by day and posted handicaps, if we want to pre-plan how to best divvy up the teams (sorted roughly by handicap):

Saturday, April 9, Stoneleigh (10 players)

@k-troop 2-4

@SavvySwede 3.9

@jsgolfer 4.3

@DaveP043 4.6

@GolfLug 8.7

@dsc123 10.1

@RandallT 14

@Jeremie Boop 17.7

@davechen 18 (and son as non-competitor?)

Sunday, April 10, Springfield (6 players)

@SavvySwede 3.9

@jsgolfer 4.3

@DaveP043  4.6

@GolfLug  8.7

@RandallT 14

@Jeremie Boop 17.7 

 

I've never done this before, but if anyone is up for it, I can crunch numbers on Monday for strokes gained putting.  All I'd need for each person is:

1. Total # putts (eg, 34)
2. Initial distance of each putt for all 18 holes (eg, 6,15,22,15,3,29,32, and so on, for each of 18 holes). 

Although we each will have different initial putts, it might be fun to see who did the best relative to how a pro would've putted those same distances.  For those of us playing both courses, it might be fun to see if one course's greens are significantly more difficult than the other. Maybe we all putt 1 or 2 better on Stoneleigh v. Springfield or vice versa. Would be interesting. Or if we felt we did better putting on one course than the other, but the numbers tell a different story. Just a thought I'd throw out there and send me your numbers if you're interested.

 

I haven't updated that in a while, I'm at 11 right now (only until the rest of my good scores drop out!).  Here's my official record: http://www.msganetwork.org/Score/ScoringRecord.aspx?id=1466030

Edited April 4, 2016 by dsc123

[k-troop]

My HCP is a wild guess.  When I'm playing a lot, 2 is a safe number.  I haven't played a real round of golf since August, though.  5 is probably over-confident, but I'd feel like a sandbagger if I asked for much more.  

[jsgolfer]

Just noticed chance of snow now for Saturday.   

 

[Jeremie Boop]

26 minutes ago, jsgolfer said:

Just noticed chance of snow now for Saturday.   

 

Oh lord, it's hard enough to find my ball in regular conditions rofl.

[DaveP043]

42 minutes ago, Jeremie Boop said:

Oh lord, it's hard enough to find my ball in regular conditions rofl.

Don't worry, the wind will be blowing so hard the snow won't be able to stick to the ground.

[Jeremie Boop]

1 minute ago, DaveP043 said:

Don't worry, the wind will be blowing so hard the snow won't be able to stick to the ground.

Fantastic, haha, cold and windy. Perfect early season golfing weather.