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I did ok, 78 (+6). Finished the front nine with an irritating birdie-bogie-birdie-bogie. Only one horrid hole (par-4). Drove the ball to the neighbouring fairway. Tried to hit a miracle-shot over some trees and water. Lucky the trees stopped the ball. Played my third safely to the fairway. Fourth: a pitch from 60yds to about 6ft and saved bogie.

The positives: putted for eagle twice (from the fringe). Also, 31 putts total - fairly good for me. My trusty 3-iron was on fire.

The negatives: chips and pitches were horrible. Only made one par save out of nine times when failed to hit GIR. Also need to work on my distance control (the reason for the low GIR).

My Aerolite bag contains:

VR Tour Driver Project X 5.5
904F 17* 4-wood Sabre Stiff
MP68 3-PW Project X 6.0
52* Vokey Spin Milled -wedge

Redwood ZB

I prefer a ball, but may occasionally hit almost anything.


Posted

I shot a 32 on the front and a 38 on the back for a not so smooth 70 (-2)... I had 5 birdies on the front with one bogey and feel asleep on the back...


Posted
Had an even par 72. 1 under on the front and 1 over on the back. 5 birdies today - fell apart coming in. Bogied 15, 16, and 18. Was seriously hoping for my second round in the 60's this summer. Oh well.

Posted
Stone Creek golf course in Oregon City, OR, it plays 6,525 yards from the Blue tees (71.4 / 127), with some really blind tee shots / landing areas on the back 9. Shot 39 (2 birdies) / 41. Gave myself a 15ft. birdie putt on the last hole that would've given me a 79, but I missed it just left of the hole. Still, I finished with 5 straight pars and a shot at birdie on the last, when I knew the number I needed to shoot 79.

I Also decided to 'embrace' the pressure a bit and told my playing partner what I needed to shoot. To add to a bit of pressure, on the last hole, I hit a decent drive (250yds, but no roll, actually bounced back a yard, most were rolling out a bit). Had another 255yds to the green, decide to layup. Chunk my layup and it only goes about 75yds down the fairway. I'm now even with my playing partner who played from the white tees (40yds closer) and hit a great drive. We're waiting for green to clear as we are about 180yds out. It's a blind landing area and I hear tee shots behind us. The 3-some started teeing off and from the white tees they were landing even with us. They come up on carts before the 4-some in front were off the green. They were nice and apologized and were sitting in their cart with us as we were hitting our next shots. The pin was in the back and one of them commented on it being 209 to the back (via his GPS). I told him, "well, I need to get it back to the pin, to try and make birdie to shoot 79". I then hit a good 4-iron that hit just short of the green and rolled to pin high, 15ft left of the pin.

Yes, I missed the birdie putt, but pulled off the shot from the fairway to give myself a chance, which was cool!

In my :nike:  bag on my :clicgear: cart ...

Driver: :ping: G10 9*    3-Wood: :cleveland: Launcher
Hybrid: :adams: 20* Hybrid      Irons: :ping: i5 4-GW - silver dot, +1/2"
Wedges: :cleveland: 56* (bent to 54*) and 60* CG10     Putter: :ping: Craz-e (original blue)


Posted
84 but shot a 38 on the back starting out with 7 pars in a row

R9
Burner 3 wood
Burner #3 hybid
R7 4-P
Vokey Spin Mill 54 58 Studio Select Midslant Newport


Posted
78! First time I've broken 80. Still room for improvement: I had a 3-putt and two doubles.

Brad Eisenhauer

In my bag:
Driver: Callaway Hyper X 10° | Fairway Wood: GigaGolf PowerMax GX920 3W (15°) | Hybrid: GigaGolf PowerMax GX920 3 (20°)
Irons: Mizuno MX-25 4-PW | Wedges: GigaGolf Tradition SGS Black 52°, 56°, 60° | Putter: GigaGolf CenterCut Classic SP3

Ball: Titleist ProV1x or Bridgestone B330S


Posted
shot an 86 yesterday...
tore up the front... pace of play was quick... rhythm was great... shots were going straight...
absolutely flubbed the back... hit the seniors league road block on #11... hooked up with a playing partner and just started chunking and pulling...
it also didnt help that i ran out of gas the longer the round went on... stomach was growling something fierce... forgot to bring snacks and didnt stop at the turn
RUSS's avg drive - 230yrds and climbing

Posted
43. The greens were painfully slow, and not taken care of at all. A kid on my high school team who has played TPC River Highlands said that the greens here were like TPC's fairway. The fairways were crap, too.

Posted
After 2 months at the driving range, this morning was my first time on the course and I shot 98. I made 4 pars, 3 of them on the last 3 holes. I wasn't keeping a running count of my score which probably helped. If I had known I needed to play the last 3 holes at +1 to break 100, I'm sure I would have choked. Granted, it was only a 5000 yard par 69 course, but I'm still pleased, and mildly addicted!

Posted
Shot a 44 through nine holes today. I will gladly take that considering the weather I was playing in. Heavy rain and gusty winds the whole started up right as we finished the first hole... go figure.

Grom Stand Bag
2009 Burner Driver 10.5*
2009 Burner Fairway Wood 15*
A7 3H, 4H 5-PW
Affinity 56* SW CG15 60* White Hot XG 330 Mallet Putter Z Star Yellow Balls


Posted
had time to get nine in today and put up 38
5 one-putts and 4 two-putts for a total of 13.

1 birdie, 5 pars, 2 bogies, 1 double
The sticks:
Driver: r5 10.5° Stiff N
3 wood: 980f 15°
Irons: RAC OS 4-9
Wedges: 48° & 56°, SV 60°Putter: TracyBall: NXT Tour

Posted
had time to get nine in today and put up 38.

Me too.

Par, par, bogie, bogie, par, par, bogie, par, birdie.

driver: FT-i tlcg 9.5˚ (Matrix Ozik XCONN Stiff)
4 wood: G10 (ProLaunch Red FW stiff)
3 -PW: :Titleist: 695 mb (Rifle flighted 6.0)
wedges:, 52˚, 56˚, 60˚
putter: Studio Select Newport 1.5


Posted
FINALLY broke 80!!!! Shot 78(39/39) today...played exceptionally faster than usual also. Can't decide if playing a bit quicker helped me or if I would've shot the same had I played slower. Nevertheless, I'm ecstatic.

In the bizzag...

Driver--TaylorMade Burner 9.5*
3W--TaylorMade Burner 15*
Hybrid--TaylorMade Burner Rescue 19*Irons--Maltby KE4 Tour(4-PW)Wedges--Cleveland CG14(52,56,60)Putter--Wilson CI1Ball--Nike One Platinum


Posted
i was 8 over for 14 holes today (got rained out), the bulk of which came from two holes - a double on the eighth and a triple on the eleventh.

Posted
I shot an 84 today after a 91 on Wed and 89 on Mon. Hit irons much better than earlier in the week.

In my Bagboy cart bag:
Driver: TM R11s 10.5 R-flex 3W: TM 09 Burner 3H: TM 09 Burner Irons: TM Tour Burner 4-PW r-flex
Wedges: Wilson TW9 GW, Ping Eye 2+ SW, Vokey SM 58.08      Putter:TM Rossa Spider Ball: TM TP/Red LDP, TF Gamer v2   Range Finder: GX-I


Posted

87 (44/43)
Felt like i played better on the front nine but scored better on the back 9.
Got 1 birdie and heaps of double bogeys

They say golf is like life, but don't believe them. Golf is more complicated than that.


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