Im out of action for a while with a shoulder injury . This is going to suck.

Was just getting into the groove now the good weather has arrived

first time out this year and shot an 87. but that's because i wasn't expecting to do well and didn't care. next time out i'll be lucky to break 100

an ace after 3 years golfing? life ain't fair. congrats but i hate you.

I guess I should have changed putters sooner.

35-41-76. 9/13 fairways, 10/18 greens, 32 putts. 1 eagle, 1 birdie.

I had a chance to set an all time personal best with a par on the last hole. Instead I made a triple with my only 3 putt of the day. In my defense it was pretty ****ing dark and I couldn't really see well enough to line anything up. It's also imo the hardest hole on the course, a 430 yard dogleg right with no landing area if you hit a draw. Sigh.

The eagle was driver, 3 hybrid to four feet on the easiest hole on the course a short par 5. I chipped in for the birdie on the hardest hole on the front nine. Stuck the ball OK, kept it in play. Chipped very well. I wasn't concentrating real hard early on the back nine (thought we would only play 9) and failed to convert a couple of very makeable up and downs.

Oh well. I'll probably do everything the same tomorrow and shoot 96.

Shot 92 yesterday morning, went and had a lesson right after, then in the afternoon....

...shot 81 - never broke 80 before, and this is my all-time best score (previously an 83 earlier this year). I had a 70 going into #17, a tight 220-yd par 3 that is dead on the right side - took a 3-iron as the pin was up front and it was playing 205-210.... bad choice, hit one of the worst shots I've ever hit dead into the trees on the right - knew exactly what I did and what happened with the swing but was already dead. I didn't know my score at the time (shot 40 on front) but had two birdies and a few pars on the back so I knew where I was headed - needless to say I was pretty shaken up by the mistake I made and made a 6, then a 5 on the closing par 4 for an 81.

I questioned my choice of club for hours after the round, but knew deep down that I had hit the 3-iron off the tee twice already in the round and stroked it pure, and I had worked on long irons with the pro earlier in the day so I was confident I was going to make the shot - I could have taken 5-wood or even gone the route of taking like 5-iron/wedge and get in with a 4 just to force the issue of breaking 80, but I was confident that I'd hit the 3-iron well and if I was in the same situation today, I'd do the same thing. Sure the goal was to break 80 but I have to trust that I can make the shot too.

Ohwell, personal best (and 40th round of the year already!) - heading down to the clubhouse now for a 9am tee time, maybe today will be the day <end BBV style post>

West Mid 28 stableford points

Played in the rain that never helps. I was pretty poor over all from tee to green but did better on the back nine, 19 points and finished with a par.
The eighteenth is a par four dog's leg left and I never make the turn with a good look at the green even in the hight of summer, but today cold and overcast and into a head wind I make the turn and I have no idea what I did differently.

37 on the front
50 on the back

fml

46/41 = 87
10 Fairways, 6 gir

I would have loved to take back 3 holes today and trade them for pars or bogeys even. Two triples and a quad today. I could have easily been 7 strokes better if it weren't for a complete lack of concentration on those 3 holes.

c'es la vie

i suckkkkk... fairly new to golf

57/46 - 103

am i the worst ever??? 9 on the 1st didnt help. lol

42-37-79. 2 birdies, 2 doubles. 6/13 fairways, 10/18 greens, 34 putts.

Played up a set of tees this morning. Ball striking wasn't great on the front and I kept leaving the blade open on the putts. Best back 9 of the season (par 37) - a double and the two birdies. I had four other birdie putts inside twelve feet on the back.

Also went to Golf Galaxy and bought a new hat. Officially BOC.

40/45
10 girs
8 fairways
One of the worst putting days of the year, everything else was s-o-l-i-d.
I hit the best 3-wood of my life from 250 out in the fairway and had a 9 foot eagle putt, made birdie. On the back 9 I hit one of the best iron shots i've hit this year, a nice 190 yard draw through a chute which left me pin high in the fringe for eagle, made the birdie too.

things are looking up after this w/e

54/62 w/ 38 putts yesterday

Starting to get almost comfortable hitting driver and woods, but my chipping is horrible. I can prob drop ~20 strokes if I improve chipping so that's what I'll be working on the next few times I go out.

This was the first round I ever played as an adult with my dad, so that was humbling.

43-46-89. 7/13 fairways, 8/18 greens, 37 putts. No birdies, 6 doubles.

Hit the driver very well starting on number seven. Otherwise, a pretty crappy day. Seventeen two putts and a three putt. Greens are running at about 3 on the stimpmeter.

46-44-90

new to forum but an avid hacker! had 7 pars and only one triple for my season low 90.

92 yesterday, 87 this morning, gonna go after it pretty hard this afternoon and shoot for the low 80's again

In about 3 weeks, I'm playing for my club in a competition called the Junior Cup. It's a team event for people in handicap range of approx 5. We had our first practice at the course where it's being held, today. Nice tight track, but generally short. 3 of the 4 par 5's are reachable in two with a drive and long iron from the back tees and several of the par 4's are a drive and a chip. After starting +3 for the front 9, I was +5 after 12 and then went birdie, par, birdie, birdie, birdie, par for the last 6 to shoot +1. Dead happy with that finish!

Sadly it was a non-counting competition, so it won't go towards getting my handicap down despite being off the back tees

Was just browsing this thread and saw this post. Just wanted to say that I grew up in Monterey and San Juan Oaks was in our league rotation during high school matches so we would play it every year. This has always been one of my favorite courses ever, absolute gorgeous scenery, very fun and interesting holes, and a crazy goose on hole 9 that used to chase me. I used to drive 35 min and have full day golf adventures because their practice facility was so top notch.
Sorry for the rant, but seeing that name just brought back a lot of good memories. I definitely recommend it to anyone traveling down that area. Also, check out Dona Esther for some great mexican food and you can cruise by the mission there and see where parts of "Invertigo" where shot.

Cliff notes : I love that place!

41-44-85. 1 birdie, 3 doubles. 8/13 fairways, 12/18 greens, 40 putts

Eight three putts. Jeez. I'd lag it up decently to inside 3 feet and then not even hit the hole on the second putt. Ball striking was pretty good - hit the last six greens in regulation (and of course I was +3 fml)

51 on the front- missed 3 pretty ease par putts
44 on the back- 3 pars, the rest bogies except for one triple on 17

95- My personal best score

Thursday: 43-42-85 (par 66, 4420 yards) - Nice little course, really challenging with lots of trees, water and sand, have to be pretty accurate if you don't want to lose a massive amount of balls so I was pretty happy with this score

Friday: 46 (9 holes - par 35, 3014 yards) - Only got to play 9 holes as we got stuck behind a 4-ball who just would not let us play through (had about 4 opportunities) and it was getting late so we walked off after 9.

Sunday: 50-50-100 (par 73, 6648 yards) for my 3rd lowest score at home club - Wasn't too unhappy with the front 9 and thought I could pull it back on the back 9 but just couldn't get anything together. Missed an eagle putt by half an inch on the par 5 18th which would have given me another sub-100 round....grrrrrrr.

Monday: 48-48-96 (par 73, 6648 yards) for my 2nd lowest score at my home club. Hit the driver well, hit quite a few duff irons, short game from within 125 yards was good and I was v. happy with my putting which seems to be coming along nicely now!

Handicap down down to 21 so overall a pretty successful weekend...Gotta love bank holidays!

http://www.glencoegolfclub.com/

41-38 - 79

This course plays very easy for long hitters like myself, even though I couldn't hit the fairway to save my life. 8 par 4's under 400 yards. 17 putts on the front, 17 putts on the back. Doubled the 1'st and had 2 birdies, 1 on the front and 1 on the back.

Hoping to play again this weekend.

Feet are healing well so I got out for a cart round on Monday morning. Maumee Bay State Park - one of my favorite courses.

I had my best ball striking round of the season so far. Hit 11 fairways, but only six greens and shot 83.

18th hole was funny. Easy par 5 hole playing downwind. Hit 270 yard drive down the left that rolled into a bunker. I tried hitting 3-wood and blasted it into the bank 20 feet in front of me. The ball went sideways into the fairway leaving me 218 yards to an elevated green. I hit the 3-wood again with a little fade it was my best shot of the day. Carried the front bunker by a few feet and left me about 25 feet for birdie - lipped it out. Bah!

Shot a 94 (46-48) at an easy track today. 5947, 67.8, 114. Better than what I had been shooting this year. Struck my drives and irons very good (for me). But couldn't make the 8-12 foot putts to save my life. My lags were ****ty too. A heavy shower came through right before we were about to tee off and really messed with my head the entire round (after I had gotten there early to work on my putting).

Anyone have a cheap putter they can recommend?

42 (par 37). Easy setup. No birdies, 1 double. 6/7 fairways, 3/9 greens, 16 putts

The fairways number is a bit skewed because two were poorly hit shots way short of where they should have been. But they were in the fairway so that's that.

I'm at a complete loss with the putting. I got a good tip yesterday, changed back to the putter I've been using and rolled the ball beautifully. I made a twelve footer for par on the first hole, and then the golf gods said "no more putts for you LOL".

Instead I got this ****:



I'm serious. I had five putts that were dead nuts in the center of the ****ing jar three inches from the cup. The ball took a look, said LOL no and missed the ****ing hole. These misses could not be explained by break. They could not be explained by the stroke as they were on track until they got close. ****ty poa infested greens maybe but come ON.

I'm almost (ALMOST) looking forward to a few days off.

54-46-100
7/14 fairways
4/18 GIR
34 Putts

At Northview Ridge Course, Surrey BC.

How do I go from shooting an 82 to a 100...FML!

One of the 4 greens I hit was on my second shot on a par 5 from 230yds...yet I couldnt hit the green from a green side bunker on a drivable par 4...bleh.