43-43-86. No birdies, 4 double bogeys.

At least I umm chipped halfway decent.

41-35-76

3 birdies, 1 double

About time I have a back 9 better than the front. Was not even close to having it early. Then was knocking down pins late.

I'm down to just 2 holes that I haven't birdied on my courses.

what is challenging about them to you?

45-47-92. No birdies, about 5 double bogeys. May have been six.

Played a longer, soggier course and I noticed one thing -- despite the extra 250 yards (6400 vs 6150) on the card, I never pulled a fairway wood until the last hole, where yesterday I had fairway woods into more than half of the par 4s and a couple par 5s. Did have to hit driver on two of the par 3s today.

Greens were seedy and no putts were made. Otherwise, despite the lousy score I was reasonably pleased, hit a few decent shots and finally compressed a couple irons. Not consistently, but it's a start.

About the 2 non-birdie holes yet I assume.

#5 south, 390y par 4



Dogleg left with a fairway bunker on the right. If you are in it you are basically blocked out by a tree on the corner unless I can hit a hook, which in the bunker is likely not to happen for me. If you are too far left you are blocked out by trees. I usually hit hybrid off of this tee because the landing area is super tight with anything more. Approach shot to the green with bunkers guarding the short left and short right of the green. You need to be below the hole to have a decent look, which brings in the bunkers. So basically this is all about the tee show and the 15 yard window you need to land it in, without going too far or too short.

#12 north, 350y par 4



Dogleg left with a super tight window to hit it through off of the tee. Anything a little ways off gets knocked down about 50 yards off of the tee. You can go over the trees with some effort. If you are in the fairway bunker left or left of that you are in jail with just a pitch back to the fairway. If you go through the fairway you risk hitting the backside of a slope or the cart path and bounding into the trees. If you keep it just short of the trees then you are likely blocked out by a tree about 40 yards short of the green. The green is guarded by bunkers left and right. Green is super narrow in the front and slopes back to front making downhill putts hard to stop at the hole. This one is really about the tee shot too. I have hit everything from driver, to 3 wood, to hybrid and still don't like any of those options.

Letting you guys live through the life of a growing no0b golfer LOL. I'm finally hitting iron shots fairly consistency which is the biggest relief there is. When I say consistently I simply mean I'm making contact more times than not and limiting the total duffs or topping of the ball through the rounds. I still have them on big par 5 because I try to swing too hard but getting over that for that most part (still a loooooong) way to go has made the game so much more fun.

Yesterday I woke up at like 4:30am and couldn't get back to sleep. Checked the tee times for our local par 60 course and they had the first tee time, 6:00am, available. I'm very anxious about playing with strangers because I completely suck and feel bad about holding them up and donking the ball around the course, but I said **** it and went. First shot I hit beautifully and parred the first hole par 3. Then holes 2,3,4 it was back to duffville. Couldn't chip and was hitting shots from the rough just beside the green over the green and then back over the green. Crushing them without getting it in the air. I was so embarrassed not because I expect to be anything but a shitty golfer but because the older country club looking dude I was paired with went par, birdie, par, par on those holes.

After that though I played the best round of golf I've ever played in my life. Ended up shooting a 78 (+18) but a 36 (+6) on the back 9. It felt so amazing and just hooked me even further into loving this game. The 6:00am time is now my new favorite time and I'm going to look for it more often. Having the hole course to yourself with no one in front of you is the best feeling ever.

I've also learned I love walking a course. I can't wait to be consistently good enough to just book solo tee times at the par 72 courses and not worry about being a dead weight in the group. This sport rules

I got back into golf last year after playing about once a year for 10 years. Yesterday, I was able to get 45 holes in. I started off with a 103 then played the front nine three times - 45, 44, 44. I'm a 19 handicap so I was pretty happy about string of front nine scores after the 103. Right now, my short game is really bad.

43-45-88. 1 birdie, 4 double bogeys, 1 triple.

Struggling. Wasn't good off the tee, irons shots were inconsistent and the putting was bad. Did nearly have a hole in one on a 200 yard par 3, ball may have lipped out and ended just over a foot from the cup.

Alright, Booker. Nice birdie.

Broke 80 for the first time ever! Took 10 years was not sure I'd ever get there.

39-39-78 +6
2 birdies, 8 bogeys

I'm a 15hc, last 3 rounds have all been over 90. Not sure where today's round came from.

Irons were actually not great, but had my best day with the driver I can remember. Short game solid, chipped in for birdie, made a bunch of bogey saving putts.

Honestly could have been better, got nervous at the end and bogeyed the last 3. Had a legit chance at 75. Still beat my previous best by 4 strokes.

Sick!!! Congrats

This has to be the most amazing feeling! Congrats. You give guys like me hope. Goal for me is to break 100 this summer

Lot of good things going on here. Congrats everybody!

35-38-73

3 birdies, 4 bogeys

Burned a lot of edges today for birdie from reasonable distance. If half of em fall I would have shot 68.

Great stuff Rev. Way to get over the hump!

It's coming. LFG_LFC

Thanks all! Was exciting, I was definitely tight on those last few, but very happy to have accomplished a long-time goal.

LOL thanks. Played again today. My brother in law bailed at 6am bc it was foggy lol. Got paired with 2 old guys. I'm still nervous about being paired with people bc of my ability. One old guy duffed his first 2 tee shots on the first so that relaxed me right away.

The other old guy was cursing from the beginning and was a real slap dick so it made it fun. Played great on the front 9 by my standards 38 (+8) but completely fell apart on the back 9. Couldn't hit a drive but the positive is my irons and short game have been solid. Old man was making me make every putt no gimmes lol. I loved it. He insisted on keeping score too. Think it felt good beating a youngster lol. This sport is so fun. My wife made me do the Murph crossfit workout Sunday too and I was pretty sore from it. Felt legit fatigued on the back 9

LFC - keep getting up early and playing! random people care more about your attitude than your ability. understand the basic etiquette, don't act frustrated at your own game, and move along at a reasonable pace.

revots - nice work on that round, like the symmetry. my HC is just a little lower than yours and i've only had one as well. my HC will be higher than yours as soon as it works its way out of my GHIN calculation in the next couple of rounds .

i also encourage folks to play through all different types of weather and not let things like dense fog or heavy wind stop you from going out. many of my favorite stories have extreme weather of one kind or another as a backdrop.

Completely agree. Some of my best shots are from that extreme focus, club drying, and dart throwing that can only be done in a downpour.

+2 for four holes. Chipping onto hole 5 when we got chased off the course by a popup supercell. Absolute downpour, 50mph gusts. Finally stopped, were going to continue, then another cell hammered the course with more of the same. Gave up.

What's the deal here on nice courses? Like if you dropped $100+ to play a round and this happens on hole 5 do you can any sort of reimbursement?

Most courses in my experience will offer a rain check if they can’t let you back out. Come back another day. But if it’s possible to send you back out they may make you wait and see.

Should have kept playing. You may have missed out on the best round of your life.