Played a pretty frustrating course today..

Played all the way back and still was hitting like 5 irons and 6 irons off tees only to have to hit like 5 irons and 6 irons into the greens, which were rock hard and lightning fast. Shot 42 on the front with 21 putts () and 39 on the back with 19 putts. 40 putts....granted I wasn't hitting approach shots within 8-9 feet but I wasn't leaving myself 60 footers on every hole either. I managed to 3 putt on the 9th hole from like 12 feet or so. A bit downhill and downgrain....barely touched it and it goes like 6 feet past and then I lip the comebacker. Pretty frustrating as I really felt my putting was starting to come around...

Twilight, 14 holes, first 9 par = 35 shot 44. Next 5 holes shot 20 for +4.

Not sure WTF happened to my driving. I played THE best round of the summer (83) on the Michigan college course one week ago and can't hit **** now.

But I suck so hard at putting, had at least 5-6 birdie putts that ended up either Par or Bogey. One of them a par 3 I put it within 4 feet only to bogey lmfao. But it was one hell of a putt. Missed it only to roll farther away then my original 4 feet. Then missed the par putt by an inch uphill.

Another one the 18th hole par 5, put it on green in two within 10 feet for eagle, only to par the hole. ****ING HATE PUTTING!!!1

But can't wait to go up north for 45 holes worth of golf next weekend.

45-43-88. Urgh.

Did make a 60 footer for a birdie though.

89 with a hole-in-one on #3. 118 yds, choked down on a PW, hit it great, two bounces and in the cup. Too bad I played like crap on the back.

Grats on the Ace

95 on a local course in Melbourne. 4th scorecard that I am putting together this year for a fresh handicap since I do not have one yet.

thanks guys!

Nothing amazing for me. Shot 39 in my first nine of the year (yes, i've been busy). Better yet my 10-year old daughter shot her best nine ever (54 from the junior tees) in her first time out, almost getting her first birdie. Man, I hope she hooks onto this sport!

130 at Rio Honda blue tees yesterday. The course felt impossible with water and OOB area everywhere along with super narrow fairways and trecherous sloping quick greens and i think im not going to be playing blue tees again for a long time (peer pressure yesterday ldo)

This makes me feel so pathetic. Not that I play from the junior tees, but man

I saw a twosome on Friday playing from the blues even though neither one of them could hit it more than 100 yards at a time. I just can't figure it out.

30 stableford points
Very frustrating round no consistency and a different mistake on every hole. Good drive then sliced approach. Good approach then thinned chip. Good chip then missed putt.

Good putt then gopher steals ball.

Shot 45 & 40 on par 35 & 37 respectivly.

Drove par 4 #15 and 2 puts for birdie (317 yards but its really only 270 if you go over the water and trees). Ive drove this green 3 of the last 4 times i've played the hole (the other time I was 10' short) I think I like that hole. Then I made 3 par saves on 16, 17, 18 to shot 3 over on the back. #16 i put a ball in the water too so I could have went birdie birdie for the first time that I remember. Probably made ~70' worth of puts on the last 4 holes, which was nice after 3 putting for double from 15' on the 14th hole.

44-40/84...I bladed at least 3 wedges around the green that turned tough par/bogeys into doubles. I shot 10 over on the front, without anything worse than a 6...including 3 straight doubles. Bounced back well on the back and was even going into 15 before I shortsided myself and made a bad double. Then hit a hybrid from 245 that clipped a tree greenside and deflected back 40 yards under another tree leading to a bogey.

Normally, Id probably be a little irritated, but had a blast with some friends I havent seen in a while, so it numbed the pain...along with the red bull and vodkas. Only had 28 putts tho.

53 - 50 - 103

Same course as last week but this week I have a bad hand from Softball which left me with no grip strength in my left hand which somehow helped my driving (weird) but cost me big time on long irons/hybrids and touch shots couple holes took me 2-3 chips/pitches to get on because I was just too tentative etc...

4 3putts but I also had 4 1 putts which seemed to either follow or precede every 3putt... 1 of the 3putts was on my devil hole par 3 110 yd hole that I put within 15feet and then blew it but choking on the first putt which was a big left to right putt I hit like a girl who doesnt know how to putt...

Had a nice par on a par 5 with a tee shot that just leaked off the fairway and hit a worm burner 2nd, 3rd into a greenside bunker which I pitched and 1 putted.

Hole of the day was great because it was a par 5 I shot a ****ing 10 on last week without losing a ball. This week I hit a dead center FIR and then a 4hybrid didnt turn over and went into a sand bunker pin high but I managed to get out and 1 putt birdie.

I shot 1 shot worse on the front but 10 shots better on the back.. If I wouldnt have been so tentative with my hand and hit at least 5 or so bad long irons because I didnt want to catch them fat I think I could have been in the mid 90s.

Next Friday is a best ball tournament that benefits a scholarship for a guy who died a couple years ago, as opposed to last year I will be hitting my shots and not just ripping shots without care... it really ****ed me up last year and I do not want to do it again.

The good thing at this age is that she rarely can hit it far enough to get in trouble. I think she lost her first ball as well (and received her first penalty stroke for it!). I know a lot of people who start the game in their older years have a lot of trouble with errant shots and penalties, mainly due to those softball swings!

42-45-87. I may be lousy but at least I'm consistent.

Best round of my life probably. Not many great shots, just kept hitting green after green. Easy game when you're playing average and hitting greens.

http://www.oobgolf.com/golfers/score.php?id=1624227

82 on a 6,900 yard course with very fast undulating greens but not much major trouble

THE GOOD:

driving in general.

nailed a few medium to longish putts.

par 3 tee shots were excellent. really excellent i'm inclined to say

choked up driver worked really well. i think it may go further than normal drive. you can really, really go after the ball with choked up driver.

some decent pitches/chips

tamed some nemesis holes.

THE BAD:

sand shots need some work. somewhat wet bunkers though.

big problems with fairway bunker lips. not much i could have done except not leave the ball there.

3 wood from fairway was disaster. may just take out of bag.

irons into greens weren't very accurate.

played par 5's in aggregate at +2 or +3. need to eat these up.

THE UGLY:

3 putts. lag putting. missed tons of shorter birdie putts.

wow, that's a short list.

NEED TO WORK ON:

lag putting. hover putter over ground so that contact is square to ball's equator. if it's lower, can hit ground before or during ball hit and you can be hitting up on ball. not very reliable.

distance control wedges better. accuracy with longer irons.

have trust in choked up driver and longer 60 degree flopped shots. both worked really well for me. but i get away from them for some reason.

decide on a grip set up for clubs.

work on stuff i've learn at lessons re: different set-up. decide whether to go whole-heartedly or just incorporate a few concepts. iron accuracy really suffered because of this.

Course management!!!! get that 3 wood out of my bag. 5w, 3I, 2H and choked up driver should cover everything.

43-44-87. Did I mention that I'm consistently lousy?

34 Stableford
Frustrating round again the first three holes made me fell that I might put a score together then I fell to pieces for a couple of holes. Thought I had sorted it out before realizing I didn't know what I was doing.

84 this weekend at Osprey Valley Toot course. Didn't do much particularly well except for chipping.. I hit every chip to within tap-in range for once. This weekend i'm playing Tangle Creek which is one very well conditioned but tough as nails course. I predict 95.

I aspire to be that consistently lousy.