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93 off the whites.

personal record split of 15/3 ie 2 pars & 13 bogies against 1 double & 2 triples (I am usually in the 12/6 or 11/7 zone)

that was with 9 fairways and 31 putts.

if  i could learn to exit  bunkers more easily my score could easily drop into the 80s

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81 in a tournament.  I started poorly and then got it going.  Unfortunately, the rain poured on the last two holes and I went three over on those holes.  Yuck.


 


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Shot a 94 tpday, while it was the best round ever for me, i just recently started playin more regularly and i know i could break into the 80s easily.. Dumb mistakes like bladin chips, trying to be cute with lob wedge and 3 or 4 putting a hole Hopefully next week will be better!

Bag:  M9 Cart Bag

Driver:  VR STR8-FIT 9.5

Wood:  SQ Sumo2 3-Wood

Irons:   Slingshot 4-PW

Wedge: 53 Degree

Putter:  TPA III


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Shot a damn 41-41-82 at Dubsdread last night. Started par-double-double-double-birdie...bogey golf without making a bogey.

I need to trust my swing.


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Shot an 89 yesterday at one of our tough local courses, first time I've broken 90 playing at this course. At other courses I shoot in the 80's but this one has always been tough for me. I played well my drives were a little off but everything else was clicking besides my sand shots, again.


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74 with 14 GIRs and 34 putts. Sooner or later, something's got to drop. Law of averages!

Stretch.

"In the process of trial and error, our failed attempts are meant to destroy arrogance and provoke humility." -- Master Jin Kwon

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Shot a 45 playing 9 after work. Rolled 2 putts to less than an inch. Drove the ball like crap, putted good.


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45 today. 3 pars, 3 doubles, 3 bogies. Had some nice short game shots as Ive been practicing more with the wedges

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37 (+2), 3 bogeys, 1 birdie, 5 pars, 3 Fairways, 5 GIR's, 1/4 up and downs

Matt Dougherty, P.E.
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What's in My Bag
Driver; :pxg: 0311 Gen 5,  3-Wood: 
:titleist: 917h3 ,  Hybrid:  :titleist: 915 2-Hybrid,  Irons: Sub 70 TAIII Fordged
Wedges: :edel: (52, 56, 60),  Putter: :edel:,  Ball: :snell: MTB,  Shoe: :true_linkswear:,  Rangfinder: :leupold:
Bag: :ping:

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73 with 13 GIRs and 32 stabs including a chip-in on the 16th. Greens were freshly hollow tined and heavily dressed -- was like putting on the beach.

Stretch.

"In the process of trial and error, our failed attempts are meant to destroy arrogance and provoke humility." -- Master Jin Kwon

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91 last night... So many lipped putts and poor chips.  Probably one of my best driving rounds and ball striking days but the short game was awful.  Oh well, kind of expected that after not using this wedge yet this year.

Next round will be better!

Tony  


:titleist:    |   :tmade:   |     :cleveland: 


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Shot an 82 yesterday. Putted really well. Got up and down 5 times. Driver has sucked lately and once that improves I can play a little better.

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2nd round of the year. Really struggling on the front nines. No driving range to warm up may be the culprit.

12 over frnt nine oday 3 over back

15 over front nine on tuesday 4 over back gotta get that front nine working like the back does haha

Iron and driver contact is bad not hitting things dead on but green play was quite good


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41 but boy were the conditions tough! About 40*F with a 25 MPH wind and rain. Didn't hit my irons that well definitely need to work on that.

 913 D2 8.5* with V2 66g stiff shaft

 910F 14.25 with Diamana stiff shaft

 i20 17, 20, and 23 hybrid 

 AP2 712 5-PW with Dynamic Gold S300 shaft

 54 and 60

 D66

 Tournament Edition 1600

 

 


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95 today.

All going well until a drive hit a tree and bounced back 30 yards. dropped a shot there.

Then a sweet 5 iron went left and found a bad lie - another one.

Tried a draw around a corner but found the rough and lost a couple more.

A poor pitch came up short - one more.

Finall y a shanked 4 iron off the par 3 - one back.

So I reckon there was an 89 gone begging.

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44-48-92.

An 8 at the 14th and a 7 at the 17th really sunk what could have been a decent round for me.  Bright spots were a 12' birdie putt on 9 and a 7-iron to tap in distance (for birdie) at the 18th. Only my second round this year. Should get better.


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43. On the same course I shot 45 on yesterday. 4 pars, I think three bogies and two doubles.

FIR improved by 17%

GIR doubled

Putts per green increased by .8?

Anyway, always glad to break bogie on this course. Its long enough at 3105, with some challenging greens (not to mention that ALL greens are bumpy as a slalom slope due to aeration holes growing through but no mowing done??)

I've conceived a new swing style, slow follow through followed by RIPPING down swing, has improved distance by 15-20% with no perceived difference in accuracy.

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Got some twilight golf in yesterday, shot a 42 on the front then a 46 on the back. 60% fir and 33% gir, hardest part was trying to find my ball when it started to get dark lol.


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