What'd You Shoot Today?

[mirv]

today was my birthday, and we (my father and a couple of golf buddies) had planned on heading about 90 mins north to a pretty nice course we all like quite a bit.   however... 90% chance of rain/thundershowers pretty much put a stop to that.  i had the day off, though, and around 1 decided, you know what... screw it.  i'm going to play golf.  there's no lightning, just a steady rain shower.  as luck would have it, the storms broke up a bit while i was playing and i only had to deal with rain for about 6 of 18 holes.  the course conditions, of course, were less than ideal... casual water everywhere, and what wasn't underwater tended to be very soggy.  given those conditions, though, i didn't feel an 81 (par 70) was too shabby.

[Rebel_Golfer]

Set a new personal best yesterday at the home course with a two over par 74. One bogey and one birdie on the front and two bogeys on the back. I really wasn't hitting my irons very well but the chipping and putting were pretty good, particularly my lags. Had several long putts that I was able to roll up close to keep it to a two-putt. No three-putts on the card along with 5 one-putts.

[bunkerputt]

I played 9 holes and shot 38.  It was really pretty frustrating for me, but I stayed positive and just kept plugging away.  Only 1 birdie, but I lipped out a couple.  Just couldn't get them to drop.  Tried to play fades on almost every shot, working on maintaining the flying wedge.  The last hole, I held off a 4-iron and hit a little 200 yard draw.  It's weird holding it off and hitting draws.  Feels really strange to me, but I'm keeping at it.  Either shape, they don't move much.

[MiseryBusiness]

Not good at all. 53.

It was looking good after 5 holes, only 6 up, which is OK for me. But then my 3 wood cracked, and I went +10 on the last 3 holes to finish 18 over - using my brothers wood. Mostly due to sliced drives and irons, and a few bad chips. Highlight of the round was getting a ~20 foot putt for bogey on a par 5. Straight uphill though.

2 3 putts on the last two holes, mostly due to my frustration from my bad tee shots and approaches.

[mvmac]

Played in an alternate shot tournament with my Dad today, had fun, we shot 72 gross and finished 2nd.  4 birdies, 4 bogeys.  Hitting the driver really good right now

[poser]

Shot 74 at tobacco road today.  Front nine started off really bad with some really bad tee shots.  Ended up 5 over on the front and -2 under on the back.  Back nine could have been alot better I hit 8 greens and missed alot of really short putts.

[mirv]

played 45 holes today.  woo!  it was pretty soggy/slushy out there due to heavy rains last night, and i was having some trouble getting my weight shifted back to my left side, but despite all that, held on to a +10 for the first 18, +8 for the second 18, and then +4 for the last nine.  so +22 total for 45 holes.

[mirv]

still cold, still wet from the rains, but played 36 today and shot 75/73 (one birdie, 26 pars, nine bogies).  today might have been the first time that i played consecutive rounds with nothing worse than bogey on the card.

[meenman]

Shot a 93 at the Bobby Jones British course in Sarasota - first time playing the course. Big thing was nothing over a double on a hole - 12/14 fairways, 35 putts, 3 pars, 9 bogies and 6 doubles. My only complaint with the course was only mats on the range - something that I am not used to.

[mirv]

well shoot.  played another 36 today but not nearly as well... 82-79.  bumped the ol' handicap back up to a 6.2.

[Jmdmbike]

90 - hoping for better things next year

[zeg]

Shot a 93.  Not bad, considering I haven't touched a club in 2.5 months.  I didn't track stats on this one---don't track 'em when I play with my dad---but hit a few GIR and my putting was pretty good for the most part.  Made 5 pars and 5 bogeys, and my driving was phenomenal for my own standards.  Hopefully this means things will come together in the spring when I can hopefully start playing regularly again.

Also nice because it pushed my handicap down to 24 or slightly below.  Been chasing that number for a while now.  I think I'll probably start an official handicap now.

[raygrinberg]

82 today.  Pretty happy since its only my second round after a 6 week layoff due to back issues.  Temp was a balmy 46.  But it was dry!

[jpalermo]

87 on a 7000 yard course, drove the ball horrible, hit my irons like crap.... lucky it was as low as it was....

[MiniBlueDragon]

Played Stableford today and scored 25 points. Considering I scored 0 on 8 holes I'm happy with that score.

For me the eye-opener today was the point at which I stopped trying to hit the ball. The swing felt effortless and like I couldn't be bothered to swing the club but I think that's exactly what my game needs.

Par 3 200 yard hole I chose my 4i and somehow over-shot the back of the green by 10 feet.

Par 3 148 yards with front-pin I hit my 8i and somehow managed to plop the ball a foot past a bunker ready to roll down onto the green but it spun back into the bunker instead; happy with distance however.

125 yard par 3 tee'd off with PW and landed pin-high 5 yards right. Looked at the pitch mark and it was a foot left and forward of where it landed up.

Several bunker shots and got out with lovely loft and pace for soft landings.

Used my dreaded 58.08 wedge greenside and managed to stop the ball 5 ft from the pin.

Over-all a nice day today.

[UruguayanPGA]

Shot 87 today

ball striking was horrible.

3 fairways hit and 4 greens all day but i putted 31 times. My short game saved me

[jpalermo]

81 at Las Sendas... first time ever seeing the course, thank the big man upstairs that I was paired with some members who showed me the way around....

[B-Con]

Shot a disgusting score over Thanksgiving break. Every part of my game was at least OK, except my driving. I hit two decent drives all day. I called it quits due to daylight at hole 14 and haven't applied my handicap yet, but I think it's going to bring my score to about 95, my first over 90 game in months. I was doing so well, eeking out 88s and 89s, but that one day just killed me. I was playing so badly, I wouldn't be shocked if I'd have gone two or three strokes over whatever my handicap gave me -- the daylight was a score-saver. :roll: