What'd You Shoot Today?

[NeilV]

99 on Friday. Again put together a tidy front 9 (43) and had a couple of disaster holes on the back 9. At least this time it wasn't bad course management. I'd been driving well round the front and then hooked 2 in a row OB on 11 followed by a big slice on 13.  I love days when I have a 2 sided miss going on 😞

  

[dagolfer18]

Hey guys! I’m gonna start posting here again, and I’ll update in my blog as well soon. Here are my most recent five rounds:

5/23: Teed it up with a few buddies at Umstead. 40-42-82. A 9.5 differential from the blues. Doubled the fifth hole but apart from that limited the damage to just bogeys. 

5/29: Played Croasdaile after work, from the blues as per usual. 45-40-85 and a 10.9 differential. I was -1 for the back going into 15 but choked the last four holes. An ugly three-putt double and three bogeys.

5/30: Played Wildwood Green with a few guys from work. 44-40-84 from the blues (70.3/131) and an 11.8 differential. Highlight of the day was hitting my second shot on the par-5 13th to 15 feet. I was a little timid on the eagle putt but cleaned up for birdie without much trouble.

6/4: Another round after opening. 44-48-92 from the gold/blue hybrid at Croasdaile (6744 yds, 72.9/139) so a 15.5 differential. I was putting myself out of position off the tee a lot this day, but I made a few good putts that kept that 92 from being even worse.

6/5: Yesterday was another trek, to Forest Oaks in Greensboro. I shot 44-41-85 there from the blues (definitely on the longer side at close to 6900) for a 9.9 differential. I butchered the first three par 3s, all with awful tee shots leading to doubles, before parring 17. 

The day prior, the driver was inconsistent and the putter was solid. This day it was the opposite. I had five three-putts en route to a total of 37 putts on the day. As for the driver, I was hitting it well, and even when I wasn’t in the fairway (I hit 9/14 fairways) I was still in good position to hit the green except for one hole.

 

Tomorrow I’m going to update in my blog, going through some highlights of the last part of the semester and the first few weeks of my internship, and some things I’m working on with my game. I’m looking forward to getting back to posting regularly here.

[Dunit507]

Broke a toe in mid April so it’s like I’m starting the year now. 2nd time back from injury. Played 9 again. I’m not ready for 18 this early in a season. Inconsistent. First 2 holes made 2 putt pars and was feeling good. 3-4 played back into the wind and driver wasn’t hit well. Bogeys. 2 putt par at 5. Up and downs for par at 6-7. Bogey at 8 and finished with a long bomb off the fringe at 9. Played the side 2 over. 12 putts only. I’ll take the putting and short game, but hit a few bad tee balls. Missed some greens I shouldn’t miss. But it’s progress.

[Darkfrog]

Shot 85 on Sunday, 7 GIR / 12 nGIR, and 2 penalty strokes.

Didn't hit the ball great, and 85 was probably about as good a score as I could have hoped for. Need to improve putting, been losing strokes on the greens all year, inside 10 feet and from 10-20 feet. This round was no different.

[StuM]

I'm a little slow posting.

On Tuesday I shot a 51 but I felt I should have scored much better.  One hole I cursed myself.  I had a 2 footer for par and my opponent said "That's Good" and I replied, "No, I always putt for par" then I rushed the putt and missed. That and a couple other mental lapses hurt.  I actujally felt I was hitting the ball well, just not finishing.  I don't think it helped that we waited on virtually every tee box.  On #8 (a par 3) we waited at least 14 minutes but we did have a nice chat with the group ahead of us that was also waiting for the group on the green that just waited for the group that just moved to #9 tee that was waiting on the group that was in #9 fairway.  Those kinds of rounds never bode well for my game.

Yesterday was comical.  I ended up taking 5 penalty strockes on 9 holes and still shot 47 (Par 35 course).  Before I say much more, the course was short and we playing the back tees and it was only 2832 yards so I should have scored low.  First hole started great with a 234 yard drive leaving @ 45 yards to the front edge of the green.  Of course I screw up the pitch and land 7 yards short of the green.  Another chip & 2 putts for Bogie.  2nd hole was a Par 3, hit my tee shot directly left into the trees...hitting 3 from the Tee on a Par 3 is never good.  3rd hold Par 5 I sclice into crap for a drop but at least I finished that in Bogie.  4th hole pulled my tee shot into the trees and thought it was a goner but luckily it richocheeted a few times and landed in the center of the fairway, not very long but better than a lost ball.  But not to be outdone, I pull my 2nd shot into the trees but did not get the lucky bounce leading to another drop and a double-bogie.  I then got a par followed by triple-bogie where I had a good lie from some heather but chunked it a whopping 35 years and stayed inthe heather.  After that I went Par-Par then on #9 hit my tee short right into more trouble for yet another drop.  As for putting, 7 2-Putts and 2 1-Putts so at least I was OK there.  

[Elmer]

50! on the front 9.
I made good contact. I hit the ball well.
I just happened to land in the high grass or behind a tree.
I carded a quad boogie on thr 3rd hole because my drive was behing a tree. My 2nd shot ricochet off said tree. My 3rd shot clipped the top of that same tree. My 4th short cleared the tree but bounced off the cart path in front of the tree and ended up behind the green!

I should have just punched my way out under the tree!
🪓🌳🪓 

[saevel25]

Shot a 41, two doubles, one birdie, and 6 pars. Three mishits through trees. One of the luckiest 41’s I’ve played. 

[saevel25]

27 minutes ago, saevel25 said:

Shot a 41, two doubles, one birdie, and 6 pars. Three mishits through trees. One of the luckiest 41’s I’ve played. 

I can’t math. Three doubles, one birdie, and 5 pars. 

[BabaYaga]

74 @ Toad Valley in Iowa.

69.5/115 @ 6221 yards

First round of the year for me. 

[bkuehn1952]

On a much less difficult course than one might typically play, 76 (70 net). Good enough to tie for 6th in the Flight and miss being in the money. Our 97 year-old founder shot a 75 (66 net) to win. 22 strokes under his age, not too shabby.

[ChetlovesMer]

I too have been very slow to post lately. I did want to post my Wednesday Night League round, however. 

Of course, shooting 42 for 9 is not my final goal. Having typed that, there are many things I'm really excited about from this round. 

1. My average driving distance according to Shot Scope was 274... best in a long long time. 
2. 5 of my drives were really good, 2 were good enough. 
3. My approach play can still improve, but I had 3 GIR's and 5 NGIR's, ZERO scabby approaches. All my misses were either long or left. (BTW - The par 3's were set up brutal on this particular day.) 
4. Although I didn't make any putts, I putted well. All 2 putts. One time I left a 3-footer, all the rest were tap-ins. So, even though they didn't drop, they were close. I feel like some of those would/should drop eventually. 
5. No 6's on the card. 😁

My approach play is still a weakness that needs to improve. In addition, I need to be able to chip it closer. However, I feel like I'm getting close. Obviously, I don't always make par or birdie, but at least now I'm at the point where standing on the teebox I feel like I CAN make par or birdie. 

I really wish I had more time to practice, but my real life has been and continues to be insane the last couple of months. I think the practice I am getting is paying dividends. 👍😁👍

 

[Carl3]

1 hour ago, ChetlovesMer said:

I too have been very slow to post lately. I did want to post my Wednesday Night League round, however. 

Of course, shooting 42 for 9 is not my final goal. Having typed that, there are many things I'm really excited about from this round. 

1. My average driving distance according to Shot Scope was 274... best in a long long time. 
2. 5 of my drives were really good, 2 were good enough. 
3. My approach play can still improve, but I had 3 GIR's and 5 NGIR's, ZERO scabby approaches. All my misses were either long or left. (BTW - The par 3's were set up brutal on this particular day.) 
4. Although I didn't make any putts, I putted well. All 2 putts. One time I left a 3-footer, all the rest were tap-ins. So, even though they didn't drop, they were close. I feel like some of those would/should drop eventually. 
5. No 6's on the card. 😁

My approach play is still a weakness that needs to improve. In addition, I need to be able to chip it closer. However, I feel like I'm getting close. Obviously, I don't always make par or birdie, but at least now I'm at the point where standing on the teebox I feel like I CAN make par or birdie. 

I really wish I had more time to practice, but my real life has been and continues to be insane the last couple of months. I think the practice I am getting is paying dividends. 👍😁👍

 

Not a bad round assuming my math is correct, and you may have shot a differential close to or a little less than your index. It is always a good day when that happens. I played in a lot of golf outings out there and it brought back memories looking over your card and picturing the holes. Your driving average is something to definitely feel good about.

The course has a nice practice range, but a smallish putting green. Maybe that is why you feel the chipping could be better? That is something that can be squeezed in. I would go over to Oakhaven early on a weekend morning and just spend hours chipping on their two practice greens. I would often be home before the whole family was up and moving. 

[ChetlovesMer]

34 minutes ago, Carl3 said:

I would go over to Oakhaven early on a weekend morning and just spend hours chipping on their two practice greens. I would often be home before the whole family was up and moving. 

I may have to try that.

Thanks for the idea. 

[Nail]

Shot a new PB today. Beating my previous best of 79 by 4 for a 75. My goal was breaking 80 this year so delighted to have flew past it already a few times. 
 

[iacas]

3 minutes ago, Nail said:

Beating my previous best of 79 by 4 for a 75.

That's not beating it. That's demolishing it!

[NZ Golfer]

Solid Golf after I put some time into my putting game during the week ...pretty much the difference for me between winning my first medal Comp and being mid-pack .. cold grey conditions ..greens tough .. funny didn't think I was in the winning after a good few duff chips and poor putt reads ... should have had another couple birdies 

(course distance in Metres)

[NeilV]

89 on Saturday which is the best round since the op in January. Pleased with it as there was only one triple in there because I made some good choices when out of position. Maintained concentration all the way round. Didn't hole anything outside 6 feet all day, so it was a good job that my distance control was good with the first putts.  

Really focused on not making 7s, and to be fair I didn't as the triple was on a par 5 😉

And round in 3.5 hours, which is (sadly) gold standard for my home course.

[WillieT]

Been a while since posting - a couple of rounds to report.  The first is the recent trip (last week) to the Dominican Republic to Club Med (Christmas gift from the kids) at Punta Cana.  Of course they wanted to make sure I got at least one round of golf in - had option of Corales (where Fed Ex Cup had been in March) or La Cana.  Knowing that I wanted my first course at a resort be really good, I opted for La Cana.  Also meant renting clubs as I opted to not ship my own just in case I decided to not play.  Getting to the course, we (my wife (just riding along) and I) got checked in, met our caddie, Forshay and picked up the cart and clubs.  The clubs were a real treat - full set of Titleists - TSR2 driver, fairway, hybrid (lofts all similar to what I hit), T300 irons (4-PW), SM9 wedges (48-54-58) and Scottie Cameron putter (forgettable model - was not my friend).  A few minutes on the range and I was feeling good about the clubs.   The course is set up as 3 9hole tracts.  The first was Tortuga.  Being on a new (to me) course, I was leaning totally on the caddie's instruction.  Push fade off the tee and we're off.  Managed a bogie on one, so I'm feeling better. BTW - these are some huge greens (most were larger than the practice green at my home course!)  Bogie on two, double on three (a par three) and finally nail a par on four.  FIve is a neat seaside par three that hit the green, ball releases to green side bunker, out of the bunker across the green into the ocean....Still the view is awesome! Finished the rest of Tortuga bogie-double-par-bogie.  So 47 it is.    The second nine is the other seaside tract named Arrecife.  Opened it with a par, then back to double, bogie (X's 3), par, dbl, bogie, dbl.  So 46 it is.  On the plus side - the Titleist clubs were the bomb and I felt at home with the clubs.  On the double plus side - it was a great adventure with the missus and our caddie was the man.  He was always encouraging and had great advice.  The biggest negative was the putter - I could not feel the ball coming off the head and I never was in sync with it like the Odyssey Versa I normally game.  Great memories and photo ops are to be had there.  Highly recommend and if we go back, I plan to play it again and of course set up a time to play Corales.  

Second post is about my round yesterday at my home course of Minnesott.  It was a solid 84 (41 front, 43 back).  It was as close as I have come to a "no-sixes" round with 4 total (two par 5's with a 6 bogie) and two fours with 6 dbl!  No trips or worse nor any penalty strokes!  Had 6 GIR, 10 nGIR.  Putting was decent, but not great with 33 putts.  Had a number of birdie ops that either barely missed right or left, or stopped less than an inch short.  Still tap ins for par are nice.   Best part of the round was knowing that my grandson was enjoying his first day of jr golf camp....