I play alone alot and can often be seen fist pumping on my local 9 hole course...can't help myself sometimes!

Shot 45-43 at Ridgemark-Gabilan yesterday (70.9/130/6336)...significant because it's the first time I've broken 90 in almost exactly two years. (I hardly played in '09, but still... )

41-42-83

Really good round for me. It was at a harder course than where I shot 76 a few weeks ago.

Had the best start I'll probably ever have. #1 is a short par 4 listed at 309. Hit a good drive about 60 yards out but in the left first cut which has two trees and a bunker blocking the hole. Hit my LW between the trees, praying it clears the bunker... it does and looks like it'll be close, but I can't tell for sure since there's a little ridge you can't see over. Friend is on the other side of the fairway and throws his hands up in the touchdown sign. It went in! My first ever eagle!

Sadly I just need to shoot +1 on the last three holes to break 80, but I get the yips with my wedge... happens to me a lot. Tend to fan everything straight off the toe. I thought I had it cured. Ah well.

46-47 93.. easy track.

Opened with two triples (+6), and closed with a double and a triple (+5).

Pathetic +11 on #1, #2, #17, #18..
Very solid +10 on #3 thru #16 (6 pars)

Doh!

just finished a stretch of playing a ton, was on a golf vacation, and played 162 holes in 8 days.

one question, can someone please explain course and slope ratings, and what the numbers mean?

i don't have those ratings for my small course back home, so i can't really compare these courses, but some of them were much tougher. now some scores from my trip:

whispering pines (AB) 58-48-106 (115/67.6)
trochu golf club (AB) 50 (116/67)
dinosaur trail golf club (AB) 49-49-98 (119/68.8)
three hills golf club (AB) 58 (126/70.1)
innisfail golf club (AB) 57 (128/69)
meadowlands golf club (AB) 50-52-102 (112/68.5)
hanna golf club (AB) 43-44-87 (117/69.4)

springs course at radium (BC) 50-51-101 (117/67.5)
eagle ranch (BC) 47-53-100 (126/67.4)
greywolf golf course (BC) 54-42-96 (135/69.7) *chipped in from ~80yrds for eagle on hole #10, par 5 535yrds*

tl;dr i know, but then you kinda know where i'm at with my golf game lol. i included the province in brackets so that you guys can check out the courses if you want. the ones in BC were friggin' awesome!

You are probably best to look up slope and course rating to get a deeper understanding of what they mean, but they are basically a sliding scale of how difficult a golf course is. A slope of 113 is a fairly easy short course without too many hazards or difficult approach shots. Slope can go up to a max of (I think) 160 which would be in the Bethpage Black or Torrey Pines (during a US Open setup) category.

Each tee at a course has a different slope as length is one of the factors, but they also factor in the handicap and abilities of someone playing from the appropriate tees. Such as, if a 10 handicap hits the ball 240, is there trouble at 240 (bunkers, smaller fairways, etc) from the correct tees?

Another Alberta 2p2 golfer? Amazing.

I'm going on a trip to the Kimberley/Fairmont area for a week in August, about the same as you (9 or 10 rounds in a week) and we are playing all three of Radium Springs, Eagle Ranch and Greywolf, among others.

42 (par 37). No birdies, no doubles. 4/7 fairways, 3/9 greens, 15 putts.

Wedge FAIL. I especially enjoyed being 15 yards short in two on a par 5 ... and making a one putt six. Yeesh.

45-43-88

First round with my new set of clubs and I hit them pretty well. Other than triple bogeys on #1 and #10 I played pretty well, I just couldn't chip to save my life.

37 (OMG) - 46 (boo) - 83

Played my best 9 ever on the front as far as ball-striking/putting goes. It was at a legitimately tough course for me (71.4/124), not the ones where I've shot low scores at before.

Had my second eagle ever one day after my first ever on a 475 yard par 5. I got a great bounce on my drive just hitting a downslope at the right place to give it a bunch more roll than usual, then striped a 4i hybrid from about 200 out to within 15 feet and made the putt.

I fell apart on the back hitting a few drives out of bounds and missing lots of putts. Still I'm happy--been playing almost every day since May and feel like I'm finally getting decent.

thanks, i will take some more time to check it out via google now that i'm at home again

yup, i'm from alberta, but way the hell up north. it was a treat for me to play something other than the local course.

i'm not sure if you have played the courses in the fairmont area before, but if you haven't you are in for a great time. very scenic courses, and i was treated really well by all the staff.

next year i will make a point of booking more tee times in advance, was not able to golf at a few of the courses because of poor planning by me. definitely going back there to golf in the future, and hit some of the courses i missed

Awesome day. My coworker texted me last night to come to work early and bring my clubs. He had booked us a 4:30 tee time for Half Moon Bay Ocean course for $40(normal rate is 200+ iirc). Got there for absolutely perfect conditions and no one within 3 holes of us. We finished 18 by 8pm and I shot a 90 on one of the harder courses I've played on and was VERY satisfied. I think I went 47-43 and the course is a 35/37. So 6 over on the back, which is just insanely good for me. Very stoked on the day. I think I have fixed my driver problems, but now I'm seeing some problems with my short irons, which are definitely a new thing and a tad worrisome.

83 today at Carlisle. 6 3-putts, should have been a MUCH better round.

50/45 at Lynx Ridge. Nicely groomed course but ridiculously overpriced. That score includes a 9 on both the front and back (bleh).

37-45-82.

"Accomplished" a lifetime first: 18 holes without a single bogey.

Pity about those six doubles though.

Two birdies. 3/13 fairways, 8/18 greens, 30 putts

36-42-78. Two birdies, one double. 6/13 fairways, 10/18 greens, 32 putts

Driver was much much better today. I'm still on a run of hitting solid iron shots. Putting has been better, only one 3 putt today. Chipping is still hit or miss.

I nearly joined the Golf Forum 300 yard club too. A good drive for me is usually 250. Maybe 260. I got 295 out of one today. Of course it was with the help of an elevated tee (a good 25-30 feet of elevation), but it was into the wind. It was a good 20 yards past the spot where a really good drive normally ends. The most enjoyable thing about it was that I could actually feel an uncoiling - something that pretty much never happens with my joke of a swing. That was pretty cool.

Played twice this weekend... understanding wife ftw!

Morning Round - 47/49 - 96

Very happy with this as it was the joint 2nd best round i have had at my local course.

Afternoon Round (post pint of beer and a double gin and tonic) - 52/47 - 99

Rubbish front 9, lots of lost balls which caused the one quadruple, one triple and 3 doubles...meh. Better back 9 but still had one triple and two doubles... double meh.

Still, happy with 2 rounds under 100 for the weekend!

Havent played in a few weeks. Hoping to get out tomorrow (weather permitting).

Had a bit of rain last few days so not going to get the 50+ yards of run of the tee

87 today for a lifetime best round, yay. Course was Assartorp GK. http://www.assartorpsgk.se/

Congrats!


Shot 48/52 yesterday at The Links at Glen Eagles in Cochrane, AB. Played it last year and probably shot upwards of 130 (stopped scoring after I got angry) so there was big improvement there although didn't get my goal of breaking 100. Used to be a former Nationwide stop I believe too? Anyways unfortunately my game from about 100-150 out was just awful. A bunch of holes I set myself up really really well and then would leave a PW or GW short of the green and cost myself several strokes a hole. Really need to work on those shots.

37-41-78. Same score as yesterday, wildly different way to get there. Hit the ball miserably today but made a lot of putts - might be a career low number there. No three putts!

6/13 fairways, 4/18 greens, 27 putts.

LOL just ended a round on one of the countries toughest courses (long but not that tricky) and they have set their greens up to 12 on the stimpmeter ended 13 over par with several balls lost lol, but whatever.

Btw I´m down to hdc 4,3 after my last tournament

43-49-92

I can't hit my new driver for my life, I think switching from a Regular shaft to a Stiff one is messing with me a bit. I hit 2 fairways all day, managed to scramble for a decent front nine but was just way too frustrated by the entire back nine to even care what I shot.

shot a 43 yesterday, and a 47 today on the local 9-hole course. really need to find a way to hit some greens and make more pars. i hit 6/7 fairways today, but only managed 2 greens yeah, my short game is a total disaster

72 on monday

4 birdies, 3 bogies, 1 double, 10 pars