Linthorpe

I find them to be a good all-round ball, I now use them as a replacement for the Titleist NXT, they are a lot cheaper and I have not noticed any negatives.

If you average 5 you are doing better than most. According to the course website the hole averages 5.79 off the White Tees and 5.97 from the yellow. I am not sure how they get their statistics, but out of 8410 rounds from the whites there have been 792 pars, 3013 bogies, and 4578 double bogies or worse.

I think that I can sum up my complete season with that phrase, I had hoped to drop a couple of shots but I have gone up a full one instead.

I have just realised that I recognise that hole, and I have played it a few times. At stroke index 1, even low single digit golfers get a shot, so I would dismiss any idea of a Par. The biggest landing zone is going over the small bush and up towards the yellow bullet point on your diagram, from memory I would not think that your 5 wood is going to get to the fence. Yes you will be a long way from the green and its OOB all the way down the left but at least you are up on the top level. Two or even three sensible shots should get you on the green from there. The adjacent fairway is a great deal lower and the trees do not help so there is no point in trying to cut the corner and going down there.

I currently carry: Driver, 3W, 2,3,4H, 5-PW, 50 & 56W To be honest I am not sure that I need another club.

Todays score was 88: Out in 40 (37) playing really well but it slid into a poor performance with a 49 (34) on the back nine with a diabolical 3 attempts to get out of the greenside bunker on the 18th.

I started the year at 12.2 with the goal of getting down to 9.5. As I have slowly dropped back to 12.9 I am going to need a dramatic turn around in the few remaining qualifiers.

I know exactly how you feel Mark, there are about eight of us who play with a small 'winner takes all' pot. A couple of us lower guys always tend to play around our HC but the higher's tend to take it in turns to have a great day and take the cash.

I personally would go for the yellow route as I feel the 100 yard remaining is a good distance for me. It may leave a long two putt for Par but there are some holes that you need to except that Par is a reasonable score.

There were gale force winds over the course this morning so I cannot be too disappointed at a 5 over handicap 89 (Par 71) I even managed a laugh on the SI1 hole when my third shot left me with an 18" tap in for par, by the time I walked up to the green the ball had rolled back another 20 feet and it took me another 3 shots to get up and down. The real bonus was that I stayed focused on every shot.

I did a full tour (30 year plus) in the Military. I now just do a few hours casual gardening which pays for my golf.

Hi everyone. I stumbled on this site over the weekend and after a good look round thought that I would join you. I have played the game sporadically for quite a few years, but started to take it seriously in 20011. I got my handicap down to 16 in the first year and then to 12.2 last year. I had hoped to be in single figures this summer but so far I have slipped back to 12.9. With only a couple more qualifying competitions left this season it looks like I have missed the chance this year. I did take a few months off in the depths of last winter, but I plan to play right through this one, weather permitting.