Im pretty sure Ive missed 2647389292 birdie putts in my life, its the worst especially the short ones.

I guess the only thing worse is the 3 putt bogey

Writing up my torrey pines north round hopefully its cathartic for me and not painful for you, played pretty bad but scraped it around for an 87 (blues).

1) par 5 good drive but off the toe slightly, right rough, ugh bad lie, should have probably hit a 6 iron but tried to hit my 3h and popped it up, leaving 190 into wind for third shot. Hit 4h very nice strike but wind caught it, just short in rough. Mediocre chip to 15 feet, 2 putt bogey.

2) short par 4, hit driver off the toe worse than the first one, popped up right rough. ball is right on the upslope in the grass before a fairway bunker, I expect the ball is going to come out super high in the air and the wind is behind me, so I hit 56* from 100 yards. I think my thinking was awful / didn't have enough experience with the shot, it went high in the air, but I got like no distance out of it and the wind didn't help enough, left it 10 yards short in the rough. ok chip to 8 feet and missed the putt, bogey.

3) short par 3 its always a 52* i hit a nice crisp one, pin is front right i pull it slightly to center of green, ball spins back a bit, have a nice uphill putt from 12 feet or so. pretty bad putt, par.

4) medium par 4, hit a good drive a little off the heel (lol overcorrection) but pound it pretty good, barely in left rough. have 156 and hit an 8 iron, strike it very well but misread the wind slightly I guess and leave it short of the green, surprising / disappointing. hit excellent chip to 6 inches, par.

5) shortish par 4 crush a driver center of fairway, leave 115 downhill into the wind pin back. Decide to choke down on PW (my pw is 46* and my next wedge is 52*) and hit it pretty good, just short of flag, about 10 feet, just miss the putt, par.

6) fun par 3 huge downhill signature north course hole I think, usually its an 8 iron. we have to wait for at least 10 min as there is a logjam here, I hate waiting. finally get up there and chunk a tee shot that doesn't even make it down the hill, have 80 yards left (lol) on nasty downhill lie. Tough stance and don't catch it clean and leave a 56* short too. third swing from like 30 yards and I put it to 6 feet, miss a pretty easy putt, ugly ugly double.

7) tough par 4 tough tee shot, hit it clean but block a bit to the right, just short of fw bunker, bad spot to be, I'm there a lot. second shot is 170 uphill and I need to cut it a good 10 yards around a tree, lie is pretty bad too. Decide to hit 4h, again probably should have just hit a wedge onto the fairway and tried to get up and down from 80 yards, I need to learn to do this sometimes instead of always going for the tough shot. Anyway I barely touch the ball and put it into nearby bunker. Now have 160 uphill and hit 7 iron, hit it thin, catches lip, rolls out to 125. Hit a PW to 12 feet, two putt double. what a mess

8) long par 4, hit a hard drive but block into right rough again. leave 200 downwind, hit 4h, well struck, rolls through green. good chip to 4 feet and make it, par.

9) easy par 5, hit a bad drive off the toe to the right again, second shot have to hit a big slice around a tree and/or keep it real low. Hit a clean 3h but don't keep it low enough, clangs off branch to left rough leaving 215. hit 3h again and just hit a crappy shot from a bad lie on tilt from last swing, leave 60 yards right rough. Try to get cute with a half swing 56* to a front pin, leave it short in rough (huge mental error, the play is to put it on the damn green and take a 2 putt bogey), mediocre chip and 2 putt double instead. 44 going out, didn't really do anything well.

10) bad drive blocked right again, tree trouble. have to hook this or pitch out lay up again, obv I try for the hero hook, gets past first two trees, slams into next one, now have 105 and have to hook again, no choice here though really. hit a hook shot 52* to 8 feet, that was fun. Miss the putt, bogey.

11) pretty good drive pulled it slightly, left first cut, long par 4. 210 left hit 3h pretty well but somehow leave it short, no clue what's up with my inconsistent distances all day. good high chip shot that was required but somehow the ball actually checks up on first bounce and i don't get much roll out, leave 15 feet, miss that, bogey.

12) long par 3 into wind uphill, 4h from 180, off toe again, short and right. tough chip shot have to keep low under tree to a front pin, no chance to get it close, hit it to 25 feet, awful first putt, 3 putt it for double. bad 3 putt.

13) pound a driver down long par 4 leaving 200. hit 4h and feel like i pured it, instead its 10 yards short in the rough AGAIN, really no clue what's going on. weird lie and my club goes basically under the ball on first chip, leave it in rough, second chip much easier shot i hit it to 2 inches, bogey again.

14) easy par 5 pound a good driver in fairway, good 3h to 70 yards. back pin right to left wind uphill shot, decide i can hit a full 56*, hit it good, somehow leave it short in the center of the green. terrible first putt that i leave 10 feet short, 3 putt bogey, awful.

15) medium par 4 good drive but a little thin, leave 170. hit good 6 iron, leave it short again, hate myself at this point but i'm hitting my irons really well, just can't seem to get the wind / my distances figured at all. good chip to 3 feet, make it, par.

16) pound driver short par 4, leave 100 uphill. hit 52* to 6 feet, miss a tricky putt, par.

17) solid 6 iron from 170, center of green, bit downhill so probably am not hitting balls as far as i expect, miss a 12 footer, par.

18) closing par 5 in the dark, pull drive a bit left, not great lie, hit 3h to 135. yank a PW left rough. good chip but it rolls out too much, tough green, hit it 10 feet past after it burns the edge, miss that, bogey. 43 coming in, 87 total.

34 putts but the two 3-putts were both unacceptable, neither was particularly tough, inconsistent driver, good irons but my distances and wind were messing with me all day, played awful on the par 5s which should be four easy pars, oh well.

Just got 18 holes in this morning at my home course (Rating 73,7. Slope 135)

Sick windy out there, but I made it round in 2h, 15m. and shot 84 which is pretty good under these conditions. Had two balls in the rough I couldnt find, and a hole where the wind made it impossible to hit fairway.

Fairways: 50% all misses were left.
GIR: 61.1%
Putts: 2.1 average.

All ok stats, though my putting should have been better since my short game was actually good today.
Bonus: Due to the wind I had two 330y+ drives uphill today, and came up short on a 170y par 3 with a 3iron.

It also seems that I can´t make a correct body movement with a strong wind into my back, failed everytime while the opposite is no problem. Anyone else have in same situation?

So much win. 2h 15 min into my league round yesterday we'd hit our tee shots on #6 and were randomly filling divots while waiting (and waiting and waiting) for the green to clear. So. Very. Slow.

39 (par 35). There is hope. By far the best I've hit my irons this season. Made two doubles off wayward drives. Chipped in for a birdie. I'll take it.

I have problems with strong wind in general, but on the back seems to be the only time I can swing with it. Side winds and head winds really drag on my club during my swing.

To clearify. Wind in my back means wind from left to right. It´s when I stand over the ball it is blowing into my back. The other 3 directions are fine though, from behind of direction causes the most club distraction for me.

Ok. Then yeah, I have a huge problem with it lol. My balance feels fine, but my club ends up getting tossed around by the wind it feels like.

Played a scramble at Andrews Air Force Base today and shot 59. pretty awesome for 3 guys who shoot in the 80s and me who shoots in the high 70s

51 today, 2 pars 3 bogeys 2 doubles and 2 triples...havent played in over 2 weeks due to weather and it showed...

only thing i did well today was putt which is for sure a good thing but i had been hitting my driver and iron so well latley and i feel like the long lay off really hurt (no range either in that time)

Ha... I usually play a couple of scrambles there a year (one Spring, one Fall). Pretty easy course(s)... flat and fairly straight. My team is not so balanced. We probably take 50%+ of my shots (excluding putts), and usually end up in the mid-60s (lol mulligans). But, it's always great fun with lots of trash talk. Plus, Miss Virginia always shows up for pictures... nice.

shot an 88 from 6800 yard gold tees. decent result. wide open course, moderate wind (often tons of it at this course but not today) and extremely fast tricky greens. Meadows at East St Paul in Winnipeg if anyone cares.

made a 518 yard green (the rough over the green) in 2 (wind-assisted), then took a 6 on the hole.

need to concentrate on having a wider stance. really takes the variance out of my shots.

driving fairly good. although need to straighten it out for tighter courses. again wider stance.

fairway woods/hybrids were awesome. i have finally put some time into practicing with them instead of avoiding them in practice and hating the results on the course. i think 3I is gone permanently from my bag. definitely facing my FW/hybrids issues head-on is a benefit from playing gold tees.

short irons/pitch/chip coming around pretty nice. the 6 notwithstanding.

big problem area is tee shots on 185 to 215 yard par 3's. some reason leaving clubface open. maybe i fear pulling the ball badly and overcompensate. gotta get this fixed.

too many 3 putts but not used to pga-quality tricky greens. not sure i had one easy 2 putt the entire day. always at least 3 feet to finish a 2 putt.

one thing that has really helped my game is going less than full speed on alot of 150 yard and under shots. finesse the ball more

i'm the opposite. i hit the ball straight or draw it naturally. so it's natural. opposite is bad for me. having to fade the ball into the wind. does fading ball into wind work in general? it seems to me like draw action is much more powerful. but i think i'm probably wrong about that.... i used to fade the ball alot, unintentionally though

I don't know. I think fades go farther since I don't play courses with hard fairways. Pros can get like 70 yards of roll if they draw it on those nice ****ing fairways. And they can keep it lower and out of the wind.

Usually just hitting a straight shot when there is a cross wind is best, because any spin you have on the ball can sometimes not mix well with the wind.

Shot a 49 yesterday. Started poorly but improved as round went along. Parred 2 of last 3.

Probably only my 15th round of golf in my life. Never play consistently, so I'm kind of stoked. Ready to get in a groove.

I´m not talking about wind regarding the ball flight. I am talking about heavy wind where I have to stand/swing.

First time i broke 90. Nasty "9" and "7" included. Many of the 1 Putts are done after a greenedge texas wedge or sth. So truly GIR might be better
http://oobgolf.com/golfers/score.php?id=1546567

43-43-86. No birdies, 2 doubles, 1 triple. 2/13 fairways, 3/18 greens, 28 putts.

For once I actually felt competent from 100 yards in. I hit good wedges. Had a nice sand shot out of only bunker I visited. Putted well - felt very confident over the ball which is NOT normal.

The problems was everything else. Poor driving, although I did have several that just leaked into the rough. Terrible irons. Several chunked shots. The triple was due to some misadventures in a waste area.

56-54-110 ....

Shot 116 on the same course last week, Just as bad of conditions and no carts so I walked 18 for the first time in an unknown time. I definitely lost steam on the 16th but and had a terrible hole but caught a 4th wind and ended 3 putt bogey on a par 3 and bogey on a par 5.

its crazy how much things change from week to week... last week my irons were decent and I couldnt pitch and chip for ****, yet these week my irons were mediocre yet I was pitching darts out there on numerous occasions. Everytime I would have to hit it over sand and had limited room to stop it I would hit the perfect shot between 5-15ft over and over. I even lipped out from the sand at one point.

My driver was killing me at points, on like ~6 holes or so I literally hit it under 100yds and had to fight to stay reasonable.

Basically I had ~10 bad to terrible shots that no one should ever hit if they want to put up a decent score.

I had 4 ****ing 3 putt doubles. Greens were so unpredicatable as some were wet and slow and some were dry and fast.


....I do have a check up lesson I just scheduled for the 9th, Thank God

I have noticed that in my game, GG. When my drives are on, my short game/putting isn't. Or vice versa. Or my fairway irons are on but my drives and short game suck.

I can never get all aspects working together. It's maddening.

Does this have something to do with gearing up for shots? Like if you're ripping drives all day are you too worked up to putt delicately? Or chip delicately? I guess I need to work on calming down throughout the hole.

i often have the excact same problem. 1 day woods work well, other day irons are huuuuge but i loose 5 ballz with my drives...
Still waiting for the day it all works up.

89. I hit 7 fairways that were fairways from other holes. I hit at least 12 trees/branches. First time touching a club since last September.


The boy can still putt...

45-37 (82) ... 6400yd 70.8/124

Not bad for not playing on a real course for 2 years IIRC. Also, 64 degree trial is more favorable this time around but thats what I get for using a CB last time.

Shot 83 today, could have been much better. I putted like a champ and played the front nine +3 but had a string of 3 straight double bogeys on the back.

Played like ass today and bent the **** out of my 8-iron when my ball was apparently on top of a hidden tree root. Golf ****ing sucks.

Can't wait to hit the range tomorrow.

Spent 22 hours on the golf course this weekend and did not hit a single shot.

Nobody cares about this but I'll type it out anyways since I'm bored. All sport in Denmark is played in clubs as opposed to how it works in the US where everything up to pro level seems to be organized by schools.

So my clubs best team plays in division 2 after being relegated from division 1 last year. All the players from that team quit for a variety of reasons so the team that ended 3rd in their pool of 4 in division 3 last year now has to play divsion 2 this year - looks like an ass whooping right? I'm on the team this year as well but have sat out the first 2 matches which we surprisingly won playing away from home. I'm sitting out the first match on Saturday as well but since we're playing at home I'm going to support the team and help out where I can. This means I have to get up at 5 o'clock to go watch my mates get their asses kicked by a team who has hcp's ranging from 0,4-2,4 where ours are between 2,1 and 4,3. Of course I end up getting hijacked to work as a starter, collect and report scores and so on.

Our home course is a pretty difficult (at least for Danish standards) course, 7134 yards 76.3/144 par 72. We're playing 3 foursomes before lunch and 6 singles after lunch. Surprisingly we're up 4-2 after the foursomes and need 3 singles. Of the first 5 we win 2 and they win 3 and now our 15 year old 1st single is out playing their best player. Of course our player is short being a smaller than average 15 year old but he is scrappy as hell and very very good in the short game, he's also good at making smart decisions outthere as opposed to the rest of us yahoos. So he gets up and down from 40 yards on hole 15 to tie the hole in birdies, gets up and down from 40 yards on hole 16 to win the hole in par and is 1 up with 2 to go. Everyone else is done playing so we're all watching. The 17th is a 210 yards par 3 hole, downhill with water all the way from the front left to the back left and bunkers long right. Our guy tops his ball out to the right, it takes a huge bounce, runs down onto the green, all the way through the green and into the water. Other guy makes par and they're onto 18th a/s. 18th is a par 5 where you have to carry your drive between 208 and 246 yards downhill depending on how much of a lake you have to cut off. With the rain, howling wind and this guys distance carrying the 246 is definitely not an option. He knows this and picks the shortest route but mis****s it and dunks it into the water after the other guy hit a perfect drive. Nowhere back from there and we end up losing 10-8

Oh well at least we put up a good fight and won our match on Sunday 16-2 against a team who got their asses kicked completely by our home course. I was out there all day Sunday as well doing all the practical stuff again. But getting up at 5 and 5.30 in the weekend is not much fun...