best round so far this year. 72 from the tips. even par both sides 35-37. missed 3 or 4 5-6 footers as well. the game is back!

106 --- tips no touch,

I learned that if I hit my hybrid off of all the tees I will scores consistently lower rather than spewing drives all day and trying to recover.

highlight=chipped in for birdie on a par 3 i over shot the green and had to chip back 25ft, executed perfectly and rolled ever so slowly for the last couple of feet down the sloping decline until it funneled into the hole.

I do this too. I have no idea why I hate doctors so much.

I couldn't breathe for a week and just figured, meh it will go away. It's starting to feel better, I was clearly right.

40 (par 37). Hit the ball very well, chipped in once and putter like complete [censored] [censored] [censored], including a 3 putt from 8 [censored] feet.

Shot 86 (Par 72) on a new course. I should've shot a few strokes lower but the course was SOAKED today after a little rain storm this morning. I left some chips and puts pretty short.

Shot a very poor 47 in St. Louis with my Dad this weekend on a short, easy course. Never found my swing. I blame using my uncle's clubs, which I never got comfortable with. Chipping got better, putting was still poor, but improved as the round went on. Greens were uber-slow compared to Vegas and took a while for me to get comfy crushing my putts.

114 from the blues on a course I usually hit from the whites and shoot 105ish on....

...terrible fron 9....slow and dragging backed up at every hole and then wide open back as it was like 95 and humid as [censored] and all the old folks had to run for shade that were in the way...

...only reason shot from blues is because my buddy I played with ALWAYS shoots from blues and I thought what the hell why not.... He shot an 88 and its only the 4th time out this year...his putting was atrocious or would probably have been mid 70s....

Overall felt good about it...probably get out twice more and need to amp up my game for my Vegas trip 8/5 - 8/11 as will be playin with friend who shoots mid 70s consistently and dont wanna embarass myself

I shot 90 today on my usual course, Valle Del Sol in Costa Rica. I was having a fantastic (for me) round unil 14, when I hit a big drive and then hit a bad 9, a bad wedge, a bad wedge, a mediocere wedge, and two putted for a triple.

odd note: A player was struck by lightning and died on that hole last week. I had been curious to see what the hole would look like (eg, memorial? charred ground?). It looked the same as always.

43-49=92 on the same course today. 30 putts -- one three-putt, five one-putts, and one chip in (for par, after my sand shot rolled over the green).

A couple of bad holes on the back really ruined my round. On ten, a 467-yard par five (I think that was the distance), I pulled my three-wood approach pin high but left of the green, and was faced with a tricky decision: make the safe play and chip to the left of a large tree, leaving myself with a very long birdie putt, or try to squeeze the ball in between the tree and the trap on the right hand side. Somehow, I managed to go right AT the tree with my third shot, resulting in a one-putt bogey six when the dust cleared.

My three-putt resulted in a bogey, and was thanks to the worst lag putt I have ever hit in my entire life.

I also tripled one hole where I managed to hit my drive BACKWARD: My five-wood off the tee on this short par-four went screaming off the toe and hit a tree like 10 yards away to the right. The ball flew backwards and landed in the woods to the left of the tee box. Played the hole okay once I re-teed (bogey).

Made some good putts today, and am experimenting with a driver off the tee. I am hitting it okay and it's giving me a few extra yards, but I'm still not hitting it very far (230 at the most). Any time I really concentrate on shifting my weight and bringing the clubhead through quickly, I end up with a snap hook.

Playing Blue Mash tomorrow.

-McGee

Weekly league 9 this week, shot even par 36. Three birdies, three pars, three bogeys.

Best round of the year. Not the hardest course in the world, but I've posted 47 there this year. Amazing how you can shoot both scores within the span of a few weeks. I love golf.

81. Five doubles, one bogey, two birdies. Putting was much better, but lousy sand play resulted in two stupid doubles.

Out in 43, in in 49 for a solid 92. All this despite a triple after a perfect drive on the first and 22 putts on the back.

The course is nice; the front nine is as close to a links course as I've ever played, and the back retains some element of that while bringing trees and water into the equation. They take driver out of your hands on a few holes and there are many decisions to make, many different ways to play the same hole. The greens are very tricky and they aren't shy about about putting the pins in tough spots. I wish it weren't so expensive ($89 to ride on the weekends, where I can play the course I played yesterday for $30), because it's a fun challenge.

-McGee

shot an 82 Friday while hitting 13 greens. lowlights include missing a 3 foot birdie putt on a par 5, driving a 310 yard par 4 on the fly and three putting from 20 feet, hitting a short birdie chip 3 feet, and taking back to back double bogeys on both the front and the back (two of which were caused by hitting short irons OB on par 3s)

tbh I can't complain too much because I putted great in short stretches and drove the ball fantastic (6 drives over 280, the longest of which was about 330), and all in play.

83. Short game pathetic.

Me too... shot the best 9 in my life using a 3 iron hybrid off the tee (180-220 drives). Shot a 46, but pretty easy course (slope 106)

51+51=102

Putting fantistic...made some great 10-20footers....

...chipping and pitching from 20-60 yards was also on fire.....

...still having big trouble of tee...and with 5-7 irons....once that is settled...think can get into 90s consistent...

....hopefully soon

97 @ Bethpage Green.

44 on the front. A horrible 53 on the back when my short game really abandoned me. I did birdie the first hole so for the first time ever in my golfing career I was under par during a round.

Wolf Creek this weekend. Played awful, never had any confidence. Brutal rough.

66-60-126 (44 putts)
51-64-115 (40 putts)

I played Stone Tree in Novato and Bodega Harbour in Bodega Bay over the weekend. Was in the 90s both rounds, I think 93-95.

Stone Tree is a nice course. Johnny Miller design, and he hates me...my hdcp is currently 15.6 and I'm pretty sure I've never broken 90 on a course with his name on it.
Off the top of my head:
- Eagle Ridge in Gilroy
- Brighton Crest in Friant [Fresno area]
- Genoa Lakes Resort Course [formerly Sierra Nevada]
- Whitney Oaks in Rocklin
- Entrada in St. George, UT

Bah

Which tees did you play?
How was the weather?

Shot my third 46 in four rounds at the local course. Set a cool to play a bogey round and then I'd buy the new irons I've been needing for quite awhile. I can't escape the head games my mind always plays on me when I have a shot. Last round it was three putting the 9th from about 18 feet and the round before that it was double-triple on the first two par 4s to not even have a legitimate shot. This time I got to the par 5 6th at only 4 over and proceeded to sky my teeshot OB, top an approach, and two putt from 8 feet for a triple which totally rattled me and caused me to double the 7th as well.

Such a frusturating game especially when you suck.

The 6,400 blue tees.

108 and breezy day 1.
102 and very windy day 2.

Yuck. Go back and play in November.

That place is a "yardage trap"...I'm a short hitter, but would still rather play a little longer course than 5800. However, I've only played the whites the two times I've played there because it's like every miss with a club other than a putter is an extra two shots. I dunno.

Third-hand (now fourth, I guess) story: We played with a guy last year who said he was chatting with someone in the pro shop who claimed John Daly came out to play and drove the green on 14 from the tips. I would like to have seen that shot in person...

Yeah, that was my problem.

A friend playing with us shot 77-71 the two days. Pretty awesome to watch.

Re: Driving 14 - I find that hard to imagine.

42 for 9. Poor driving cost me several shots. Actually felt like the short game was on for a change, except for a bunker on the last hole that cost me a triple.