ajbirken

thanks everyone! trending to a 4 Hcp right now. I've been as high as a 9.1 earlier this year. hope it doesn't take another year to happen again!

usually a par 71 but par 70 due to temp change on 18.

It took almost a year but I finally did it again. I've had a few one over rounds but couldn't get it done. Eagle ridge golf club black tees. Slope/rating 72.3/136. Playing about 6600 yards. Hole 1: 386 yard par 4. Driver to the middle of the fairway 129 yards left. Skull PW to fringe. LW to 4 Ft. One putt for par. Hole 2: 172 yard par 3. Seven iron to about 18 ft. 2 putt par. Hole 3: 440 yard par 4. heeled driver in fairway to 200yds. Pure 5 iron to middle of green. First putt to 2.5 feet. Yank second putt. Tap in bogey. Hole 4: 217 yard par 3. four hybrid 15 Ft right of green. Failed flop to fringe. LW to 6 Ft..sink putt for bogey. Hole 5: 451 yard par 4. Driver to right rough to about 190. Six iron short of green. LW to 8 Ft. 2 putt bogey. Hole 6: 373 yard par 4. 3-wood to 130. PW to 8 Ft below hole. Make putt for birdie. Hole 7: 540 yard par 5. Driver to right rough about 270 out. 3-wood about 5 yards short of green. LW to 6 feet. One putt for birdie. Hole 8: 166 yard uphill par 3. Five iron to about 15 ft. Two putt par. Hole 9: 560 yard par 5. Driver to about 250 out. 3-wood to 30 yds. LW to 4 Ft. Make putt for birdie. Hole 10: 579 yard par 5. layout forces 3 shots to green. Two 4 hybrids to 130. PW to 15 Ft. Make R to L swinger for birdie. Hole 11: 171 yard par 3. Six iron chubbed to 100 yes (barely past ladies tees). LW to 8 Ft. Lip first putt. Tap in bogey. Hole 12: 460 yard par 4. Toughest hole on course. 3-wood to 200 yds. 4hybrid over green. LW to 18 Ft. 2 putt bogey. Hole 13: 150 yard par 3. 8 iron to left side of green 30 Ft. Two putt par. Hole 14: 552 yard par 5. Driver to 260. Front of green surrounded by bunkers. Lay up w six iron to 95 yds. LW to 18 Ft. Two putt par. Hole 15: 230 yard par 3. Four hybrid to 20 Ft. Two putt for par. Hole 16: 449 par 4. Driver to 484. Six iron short of green. LW to 4 Ft. Make putt for par. Hole 17: 526 yard par 5. Driver pulled left hits tree and kicks to the middle of the fairway 280 out. Punch PW to 153. 8 iron to 5 feet. Fran putt for birdie. Hole 18: 155 yard par 3 (converted from par four to let fairway heal from winterkill). All carry over water. Blast 8 iron to back of a tiered green. Sink 25 foot double breaking snake for birdie! Finish w a 69! I was only thinking about shooting even again. Hope it's not another year til next time.

yep!!! that's the one! def not walker friendly

Played river islands course this morning. GREAT setup if you like a challenge. lots of water and trouble. Greens were just waking up so there were some dormant places. Not country club upkeep and the bunkers were rough but I really liked it. liked it enough that I replayed there. 78 and 82 left a few out there but happy for first time playing.

booked river islands in the AM and might try to get a PM round in at sevierville. Sevierville has the womens south atlantic conference tourney on one of their courses. I'll let you know how it goes!

Thanks for the recommendations! golfadvisor rated Sevierville golf club highly. I like that they have 2 18-hole courses to make a day of it. seviervillegolfclub.com Any ideas on these?

Hi all, I will be in Knoxville this Sunday and I am looking for a course recommendation. I'm a 5-8 HCP and am willing to pay up to 75.00 ish, maybe more if something is really great. Prefer to walk if possible but understand that many places are cart only on weekends. Thanks in advance. Adam

Ha! Next 3 rounds were: 78, 79, 84...I'm sure my ratio of 88s to 72s will still be high for a while!

I'm pretty lucky that distance is not my major obstacle. Hands of stone, no clubs inside 100 yards (full lob is about 100) and no feel for putting. I typically hit that club 220-ish and can juice it a little further if I have my hernia belt on. This shot had a slight tailwind, firm greens...ridculously luckly rollout!!!

Thought I'd share... Started playing about 6 years ago. Been steadily improving and carried a hcp index of 7-10 for the past several years. A bunch of 2 over rounds and about 4-5 1-overs but couldn't break the par barrier! Got a putting tip from a buddy a few weeks ago ( I suck at putting!). August 17th 2014 Olde Liberty Golf and Country Club: Minutemen tees. 6733 yards, slope/rating 72/132 Have only had one sub-80 round on this course (79 and felt good about it). Shot 88 in the day before in the first round of the tournament. I'm sure that I'm out of it and we start a game in our 4-some where it's a dollar a hole for bogey-free streaks (first guy that makes bogey pays everyone a dollar for each hole until they make bogey. Second guy that makes bogey pays the next two...once the last guy makes bogey it resets). This was a PERFECT distraction for me. Hole 1, Par 4, 379 yards: 4-Hybrid off the tee to about 150. 9 Iron to about 15 ft. 2-putt for par Hole 2, Par 5, 528 yards: Driver to left rough about 240 out. Sand wedge to 130. Gap wedge to 12 feet. 2- putt for par. Hole 3, Par 3, 183 yards: 6 iron to right fringe, 20 feet from hole. Chip to 6 inches. 1 putt for par. Hole 4, Par 4, 424 yards: 4-Hybrid to 170. 6 iron over the back of the green by about 30 yards, short-sided. Flop to about 10 feet. 1 putt for par. Hole 5, Par 5, 540 yards: Driver to right rough about 240. 4-hybrid to about 4 feet. 1 putt for eagle! Hole 6, Par 4, 384 yards: Driver yanked left to about 105 yards (just off cart path with backswing impeded by tree). Punch sand wedge to 15 feet. 1 putt for birdie! Hole 7, Par 4, 377 yards: Driver to left rough about 110 out. Ball above feet, pull sand wedge over green, down hill about 30 yards from the hole, elevated green. Flop to about 5 feet. 1 putt for bogey. Hole 8, Par 3, 171 yards: 7 iron to about 30 feet. 2 putt for par (second putt about 3 feet). Hole 9, Par 4, 424 yards: 4 hybrid to about 205 out. 4-hybrid pulled to left. flop to 5 feet. 3-putt for double and even on front side!!!!!! Back to reality. Hole 10, Par 5, 512 yards: Driver to 240. 5-wood to greenside bunker (took me two to get out of day before!). Holed out from bunker for second eagle of the round! Hole 11, Par 4, 443 yards: Driver to 120 (caught downslope and got good roll-out). Gap wedge to 25 feet above hole. 2-putt for par. Hole 12, Par 3, 177 yards: 7 iron to fringe. Putt downhill goes past hole by 5 feet. drained putt for par. Hole 13, Par 4, 380 yards: Driver to 105 out. Lob wedge to 12 feet. 2-putt for par. Hole 14, Par 4, 330 yards: 4-hybrid to 60 yards. Lob wedge to 20 feet. 2-putt for par. Hole 15, Par 3, 170 yards: Starting to get nervous about being under par this deep into round. 9 iron to 28 feet. Fast downhill put, leave short by 4 feet. Make second for par. Hole 16, Par 4 412 yards: Play it "safe" with 4-hybrid to avoid ravine that cuts through fairway. Pull left into the woods (lateral hazard). Have to hook 6 iron around trees to get back towards geen and put into greenside bunker. Sand is shallow and I blast out over the green by 30 yards. Flop it onto elevated green to about 12 feet. 2 putt for triple. Wind completely out of my sails. Hole 17, Par 4, 376 yards: Start thinking about best method of suicide. Driver to about 105 to elevated green. Sand wedge pin high and spins back to 18 feet. "Sally" putt 5-feet short. Make a good "all around" putt that barely catches left edge. Hole 18, Par 5, 523 yards: Driver to about 238. Lay up to 125 with a 7 iron. Sand wedge to 25 feet. Just trying to 2-putt and accidentally make birdie on last hole to shoot even for the first time and win club championship (first flight) I hope it's not another 6 years til the next one!

Well I am headed back to raleigh tomorrow. I made it to Coyote Hills, Black Gold, Oak Creek and Pelican Hills. They were all really nice. I thought that Coyote hills was a better value than Black Gold, Oak Creek is a really nice course (very fair) and Pelican Hills is nice and it's fun to gawk at rich people. Thanks again everyone. All of the rounds were last minute so sorry that I didn't contact anyone. adam

Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.

Thanks, When I am at home (Raleigh, NC) I cringe when I fork out over $50, but when I am out of town I'll consider up to $100. If you know some gems that are in my "normal" price range, that would be sweet!!! I'll send you a PM or email before I head out. adam

Headed to Anaheim in about a month and looking for some courses. Black gold and Coyote Hills are two that I am looking at. Any other suggestions near the anaheim convention ctr? Anyone want to hack it up with a mid-handicapper (about a 12) June 8-12th? Thanks adam

I got smoked by an 11 year old kid. Our group all played from the tips which was about 6300 yards. I played pretty well and shot an 81. I came in third out of three in the group. The 11 year old boy came in second with a 79 or so and the winner was... His 13 year old sister who posted a 76! It was actually quite fun. I also got my but whipped by a girl that plays here on our college golf team from the tips.

maybe he is just dyslexic if you flip it around and upside down etc. a 98 could be and 86, 89 or even a 68... You guys are sure quick to judge...joke

Interesting. So my handicap is 10.8 my anti-handicap is 17.1. That's way too big of a difference for me. I look forward to the time where there ar just 1-2 strokes difference between the two (as long as it's not like 2.5 and 2.7 NOT 25 and 27 LOL)

Darn chart didn't show up well, but my low score is 78 and my high score is 97!!!

How many people out there are "good" handicaps vs. your 10 lowest scores and your 10 highest scores look like they were played by different species of golfers? Here are mine. Date Rating Slope ESC Score Differential 7/19/0968.3 123 78 8.911 7/19/0968.3 123 8818.098 7/18/0969.9 128 9017.744 7/14/09 & 7/11/0968.9123.58211.986 7/13/0968.3 123 8313.504 7/13/0968.3 123 8717.179 7/13/0968.3 123 8212.586 7/11/09 & 7/8/0966108 7711.509 7/11/0968.3 123 8313.504 7/11/0968.3 123 8212.586 7/8/09 & 6/27/0968.4123 8414.331 7/5/0968.3 123 9120.854 7/3/0968.3 123 9120.854 7/2/0968.3 123 9726.366 6/28/0968.3 123 8515.342 6/27/09 & 6/24/09641087612.555 6/27/0968.3 123 8313.504 6/26/0968.3 123 799.83 6/23/0971.9 135 8410.128 6/22/09 & 6/21/0968.4123799.738 My index is 10.9 for now, but I wish that I didn't have a 20 stroke range between my highest and lowest!!! It really does speak more to potential than average round! Just curious how many people can keep it tight vs. all over the place like me.

Open less than a week and already your home course! Did you get in early? I played tuesday and shot a 40 on the front, but unfortunately sprained my ankle and did not finish the back. I'm an RGA hack. Maybe I'll catch you around some time. Welcome to NC! for the OP. adam

Do you guys enter total scores or individual holes? I've noticed small differences between the two. What is the "right" way to do it? Just curious. my oobgolf and "official" (club only accepts total) are different. adam

Thanks for all of the tips and encouragement. I have posted a few more sub-80 rounds (some sub-80 18s and some sub-40 nine-hole rounds) and basically didn't feel any pressure. I guess it was just first-time jitters. I have had some end of round blow-ups that I've still managed to keep out of the 90s, but it is really just because the back nine on my home course is much more difficult. Hopefully my next "choke" will be trying to beat even par!

Never been to Waynesville inn. My mother in law owns a bed and breakfast in the area that you can check out. http://www.cloud9relaxation.com/ I've played high vista country club and thought that it was a nice course. http://www.highvistagolf.com/