What'd You Shoot Today? (Golf BBV Thread)

[redsox105]

Shot a 68 today at a par 3 in MA which is my best round for this course (28-30 handicap). Was 55 degrees out which is amazing for this area at this time. Shot 6 pars, 1 birdie, 8 bogies, and 2 doubles and a 6, slowly improving and hoping to get my handicap to 18 or less this year

[smbruin22]

92 at TPC at Harding Park. great driving poor irons. the blues which are pretty,far back. and yes, they call it TPC now. could easily have been mid to high 80's but stuff got away from me.

97 blues Wente (Greg Norman) in the East Bay. driving sucked again. some decent lag putting. par 3's getting away from me very badly.

been getting more and more distance on drives but i think it's leading to flip. not hitting or staying down on ball with irons (ie driving swing is affecting iron swing)

[AJW]

England's in the grip of a cold snap and the ground was frozen solid. I had to use those rubber tees that sit on the turf. Played Match play because the conditions meant no one was going to score well. I was three down after three but fought my way back to one up on the fourteenth. Despite my trying to throw it away on the last three holes my opponent couldn't capitalise and matched me miss hit for miss hit.

[Pelican86]

47-44-91 (par-70) for my new personal best

1 birdie
3 pars
9 bogies
2 doubles
3 triples

6/14 fairways
4 GIR
11 GIR+1
30 putts (no three-putts)

And that includes one lost tee shot, three lip-outs from 15-21 feet (one of them on the last hole), and two balls in the water on #17. Highlights included a chip-in (for bogey, lol) from 30 yards on #15 and a 21-foot left-to-right putt for a birdie on #16.

Really pleased with the round. Drove the ball decently, had a high draw working pretty well for about half of the round. Wasn't going too far (probably due to the ground being soggy), but reasonably consistent. All 4 of the GIRs came on par-4s after hitting the fairway and then hitting good second shots (one 9-iron, one full lob-wedge, one half-wedge from 60ish, one short pitch from a few yards off the green). Usually when I have a couple GIRs it's because I lucked into them on par-3s, but that wasn't the case today. Short game was pretty good, no major screw-ups. Putting was very good aside from two missed putts from 3-4 feet.

I haven't really been focused on trying to break 90, but now that I'm this close it has to be a big goal. Mostly I'm trying to shave another 3 strokes off my handicap. Trending handicap is down to 26.9 at the moment.

[maine2spain]

40-34 on my home course in the wind today. I made maybe 3 good swings all day. I've played more during this Winter in North Alabama than since I was a kid but I've still gotten progressively worse the last two months. I just show up and play, no range or short game work so I guess I should just be happy to be out.

[prohornblower]

Nice round Pelican. Draining a bomb from 20+ feet for birdie is an awesome feeling! Keep focusing on executing good shots and your HC will plummet before you know it.

[Booker Woodfox]

35.

Oh, okay, fine. 35 for 6 holes. Played 6 at a local course that had 11 holes open. It's Michigan, it's ****ing February, any golf is bonus golf. I couldn't believe it they even let carts out! We walked - behind an eightsome in carts, lol. Even better, it was only $8.

[prohornblower]

50-55-105 today

2 pars
7 bogeys
1 penalty
2 sand bunkers
9/14 FIR
2/18 GIR
42! PUTTS (worst putter ever)
6 3-putts
2 4-putts (WTF?)

Had a stretch of 4 holes with 13 total putts. I just don't have any ****ing clue out there on the green. Complete AIDS.

Anyway I guess not a terrible round considering how badly I putted, it's a 71.1/122 course which is tougher than most I play. Conditions were soggy and greens were full of ball marks. Chipping was terrible as I kept digging out mud by hitting them fat. Blew up a par 3 with an 8 where I hit my tee shot short into some mud then chipped it 3 damn times to get on the green then 4 putted from there as I was just laughing maniacally at that point but did keep a legit score there. Turned around and chucked that ball into the lake.

Annnnyway driving was terrific. Baseball grip is working wonders for me as the last 3 rounds I've been 42.9%, 50% and 64.3% Sacrificing a little distance but no horrific drives and it's been pretty easy to keep them in the fairway with a slight fade. Crazy that I played so bad beyond that. Had so many par 4 approach shots with a perfect line to the flag hitting a 9I or wedge and still would walk away with bogey or double. Disgusting.

Only 1 water ball on a wedge approach shot that hit right of the green and kicked down into the water. 2 bunkers. 1 was a fairway bunker that I tried to pick it out of cleanly with a 6I to the green but skulled it and it hit the lip then bounced up and settled in the fairway leaving me an 8I still to the flag.

Other bunker was greenside I was laying 2 and had about 30 yards to the flag so I basically tried to hit it as hard as I could while keeping a quiet lower half and hit a perfect out to 4' then sunk the putt for par. That was best shot of the day.

Hitting my fairway wood well. Almost reached a par 5 in 2 after a nice drive left of the fairway on a berm. Was left with a ball a few inches below my feet and some tall grass so had no idea if my FW wood could make any kind of good contact but my round was already ruined so I like to really go for it in these spots. Somehow ripped it low and it stayed left (water right of green) and rolled up and settled in tall fairway grass about 20 yards short of green. Got on in reg then 3 putted of course. lol.

Was weird on the front 9 my irons kept landing a club too short (normally I'm not "that guy" who doesn't take enough club). At the turn I just decided to adjust my yardages a club or two and naturally every iron shot was going a club too far. Great.

Had a par 3 170 yards my normal club is a 6I there for a tee shot but this was after the turn so I grabbed the 5I and flew the green, landing just past the green (but right over the flag of course) then kicking down the hill. That was frustrating. I suppose I could have been making a bigger turn to compensate in addition to taking more club but normally my distances are pretty consistent.

I played so bad today I got home and guessed my score to be around 115 (I don't look at it while playing) then found it was only 105. Amazing what staying out of penalty and sand does for you...

[Pelican86]

53-42-95

Stunk on the front, played well on the back.

[UCBananaboy]

This thread depresses me. I'm not checking back til late March

[durango155]

lol we are playing golf in shorts and shortsleeves...I have to put sunscreen on already around here in Scottsdale

[LFC]

Originally Posted by UCBananaboy

This thread depresses me. I'm not checking back til late March

+1

-15 celsius degree here
but on Saturday going on snowboard trip for 3weeks so waiting for spring will be less painful

[Brown Keeper]

73 Cabo del Sol Ocean Course

[bigpotpoker]

Love being able to play in the middle of winter, 79 degrees today.

Played a short course, Starfire. 3 different 9's i think total it was 6200 yards par 34 on 1st 9 and 36 on other. Shot +2 on front and eagled the 18th to shoot -1 on back.

[Pelican86]

27 holes: 51-50-54

Started off with three 3-putts in a row. Driver was erratic most of the day. Still, considering it was a pretty bad round and I still almost broke 100, I guess it's not so bad. Only highlight was a 20-footer from the fringe for a birdie.