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9th today I hit a low 5 iron through the green and on to the back fringe. 30 feet or so and dropped the bomb for a bird. First of the year. Only have 18 holes in (pair of 9’s) as I’m coming off a mid April broken toe that set me back for the season. Well it’s a start.

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.

Broke a toe in mid April. Really put my 2023 behind. Been 4-5 weeks without playing and decided to give it a try. Was awful on the range. More shanks in a bucket than I’ve hit in 2 years. Had little confidence. Played 9 and it was rough. 10 over with 2 doubles. Made one par, at 6, the worst hole on the course for me and this is the day I par it. The day I shot my -2 a few years back I couldn’t make a damn 4 here, but I make a great up and down on it when I’m having one of the worst 9 hole scores I’ve ever had on this golf course. Golf can be cruel! I guess it wasn’t all bad. It was more of one bad shot per hole, most my approach shots. Was pushing my mid-short irons. I pulled my gap wedge from inside of 100 and missed the green left 2x. Awkward lies in thick rough tho. I didn’t put myself into great scoring position at all. The rough around the greens was grown out some and had to just chop a few out and take my licks. Honestly, as bad as my range session was, coming off that layoff, it wasn’t nearly as bad as anticipated.

I have never kept track or even as much as attempted to. A couple years ago, I got 3 dozen for Xmas and I didn’t buy a box until August. So I would estimate 4-5 dozen a year, on a guess. Also depends on where I’m playing. If I spend more time visiting courses that I don’t know all that well, I’m going to lose more than I will playing at my normal course.

2021 I almost made all 18. 2022 was a wasted season. Going to come back strong in 2023!!!

Haven’t posted or even visited in a while. Western PA weather hasn’t exactly been great. Bought myself a new 52 before heading to the course. Got the Ping Glide Forged Pro. Great wedge! Extremely happy with it so far. Only played 9. Pace of play kind of died. I felt myself tiring from not playing since October, I played the front at 6 over. 3 pars. 6 bogeys. No big numbers. Hit the ball solid off the tee. Irons could use work. Short game was ok. 15 putts. Something to build on. Planning to play A LOT since it appears I won’t have to hear my “wife” or what looks like a soon to be ex wife nagging me every time I want to golf.

We did a scramble on Sunday. We had a pretty solid team. With mulligans and throws we ended up 20 under. 2nd place. The weather was not the best. Didn’t get a warm up at all. Had to hit my first shot of the day, cold, with a 5 iron at a par 3. Not at all the way I wanted to start the day. Did not hit any kind of a solid shot there and continued to struggle to get any kind of feel for the swing. Had a ton of wedges into greens but just couldn’t get a yardage I liked. We were playing a lot of drives from one guy, because he hit the thing a mile, and just felt off. I’m sure the large quantities of beer that I consumed didn’t help with the swing at all either. Still a decent day all things considered… but the rain delay before we played our final hole and having to slush through the last bit of time on the course really did suck!

I had been totally struggling with the game when I picked up the clubs for 2022. I was losing interest in golf for the first time in years. Just couldn’t seem to hit good shots. Playing average rounds high 70’s-low 80’s and never having those days where it felt like I could get any kind of streaks of good shots together. I put my clubs away for almost all summer. Played in early July and hadn’t touched the clubs until 9/20. Went to the range and just focused on the basics. Watch the club hit the ball. I had my best ball striking day in maybe 2 years. Guess all I needed was to step back and get away from the game for a while and then come back with low expectations and a clear head. I don’t think I’ve hit 10 fairways off the tee in over 2 years. 9 GIR after that many days away is not too bad. To have a feel for the greens with several up and downs and only needing 30 putts for the round was above my expectations.

I’m so far behind. I’ve barely played this year. Way too much going on in life and haven’t had the time to play. I did chip in for a bird at 7 yesterday. One of those chips that as soon as it hit the green and started rolling you knew it was dropping. 14 is a par 4 with a steep hill in front of the green. A well struck hybrid will get me near the base of the hill. Absolutely smoked a hybrid. Had a 40ish yard shot straight up the hill. Can’t see the hole, just the flag cut in the front. Nipped a wedge with some spin and I knew when it hit that it was going to be a good look at 3. When I parked the cart at the top of the hill and looked over I could see that it wouldn’t even be necessary to take my putter with me. Just go and pick that ball up. Inside of 6 inches from the hole. Wondering if that ball hit the stick or touched the hole. Regardless a 3 looks good on the card!

Well I haven’t played much. Car problems. Problems with the wife. Job change. It’s been since early July. Hadn’t been playing well and I took time away. Went to the course yesterday and hit the range and swing actually felt went out and hit the green on 1-2 and actually nearly made birdies. Chipped in at 7 for birdie. Shot one over on the front. Made another birdie at 14 and ended up 2 over on the back. Drove the ball as well as I have in 2 years hitting 10 fairways. Got up and down a few times after hitting 9 greens. Somehow had feel for the greens with only 30 putts. Can’t remember the last time I shot a 73. Guess time away was all I needed! Have an outing Sunday. Let’s see how it goes when I add a few beers to the mix!

Kinda fell out of love with golf. Had been struggling and then I injured my thumb to point I couldn’t play if I had wanted. Played an outing on 5/27 and didn’t hit a ball until Wed 7/6. lowered my expectations. Hit the ball better than I really thought I would. Slow start with a +6 through 5 holes. Hit one out of play off the tee at 3 and took a double. Had a flubbed chip on 1. At 6 my swing started coming back. Par at 6-7. 3 putt at 8 but at least had a GIR. 9-10 solid pars. Lost one in water at 11 and made a bogey but bounced back with a par at 12. Terrible double at 13 but par at 15-16. Hit my best drive of the year at 16. Ended up playing the last 12 at 5 over after the bad start. It’s something to build on and 81 was better than I expected after the break.

They wouldn’t do this to the pros… why would you do this to these poor girls!!!

Another day playing golf and another day of absolute misery when it comes to the weather. Outing this morning. We had to take a delay for a literal monsoon a few holes in. Rained off and on the first 14 or so holes. As has become the norm I just can’t get a decent day to play this year. I hit the ball like dog shit. Thank god I wasn’t playing my own ball… I’d have been lucky to break 100. We shot 15 under but didn’t place. I at least had 8-9 beers I guess.

I’m going to say not breaking 80 and a higher chance of doing damage to the arm/shoulder than breaking 80.

It’s become a chore to me to play golf. Can’t remember the last time I was on the course and having fun. It was another miserable wed evening for our league night. Missed the last 2 at work since they had me at another store helping out and just couldn’t accommodate my need for the night off. Well the weather was awesome those days. Last night, as has become the norm, the weather was dreadful. It wasn’t raining. The winds were just as strong as I’ve played in prob 2-3 years tho. Hit a drive on the screws on 12 and I had 200 to the green. I’ve never had to hit more than a 7 iron to that green. Some days a nutted drive leaves me a gap wedge. Nope I’ve got a damn 4 iron. Didn’t hit a green from 10-16. Didn’t make a putt. Didn’t do much of anything but at least pace of play was good. That changed on 17 with 2 groups waiting on the tee and a group on 17 that has no clue. I took double double on 17/18 and left. Hell with it. 2nd straight trip I left before I finished. Losing my desire to play the game on overcrowded course every damn week. Have an outing Friday morning. I get to get drunk at least.