People are funny, and can definitely change the experience. Played Bandon last year and our first day at Pacific had a great group of younger guys who were there to drink beer and have fun. Second day at Bandon Trails we played with this guy who was probably a 15 handicap, and he took everything SO seriously. Whenever there was ANY sound as he was standing over a shot, he'd back off it. We were teeing off on a par 3 and a maintenance card drove by quite a ways away from us. He actually stopped, turned around, and GLARED in the cart's direction. Funny thing was his partner/friend was super relaxed and jovial. He had to know his friend was an *******.

43-44-87. No birdies, 3 double bogeys.

Rare midweek round, poor scheduling as it was cold as **** out there.

40-44-84
1 birdie, 6 pars, 2 doubles.

Probably my best round of the year, surprising since wind was howling around 30mph. Did not really strike the ball great but no big misses and had my best chipping/putting day in forever.

Solid work. I HATE wind days, which isn't great for my game since I live on the Oregon Coast and it's always blowing SOMETHING. I have a high ball flight with every club, and haven't been able to consistently control it. If I wake up in the morning and check the weather, I'm way more likely to bail if it's super windy than if there's a bit of rain.

I'm near the SF Bay and it always seems to have been windy as of late.

I had a neat little practice chipping session today. On one round of 12 balls I zipped them in with a lot of spin from 22 yards and putted out 8 for up and down, which was more than a notch above my ordinary level. I was sure this guy behind me was gaping at me, but when I turned around he was looking the other way.

I've actually been a bit obsessed with practicing lately since I've been hitting well at the range. I even went out there two days ago after work AND the gym, hitting under the lights. Today and that day I was able to hit my driver respectably, which was a plus. I feel like getting the timing right on the driver makes it easier to get the timing right on the shorter clubs.

44-40-84

Made zero putts today. I'm getting REALLY close with getting the swing back to normal. I'd say give me 2 weeks and I should be back to pre-surgery strength. Perfect timing as I leave for Vegas on a 4-day golf bender in 3 weeks.

48-47-95. And it was probably worse than that, I think the scorekeeper started shaving strokes out of sympathy.

Pretty sure this was the windiest day I have ever experienced on a golf course. Several times had tree limbs zip past. On one hole a tall pine/evergreen tree split in half and came crashing down.

Couldn't do anything right. Just going to forget this one and try again tomorrow.

55-44-99, one birdie

the first hole just always kills me. quad. it's not the hardest hole but the uphill approach with trouble long gives me fits.

starting quad-double-triple is just a killer.

Colts Neck Golf Club 52-47-99 (Par 71) with FIVE triple bogeys!

I took a week off. My driver was completely messed up. Watched some youtube videos, let it sink in. Meant to go to the range but never got the chance. Dad and brother in law outing with a friend of mine.

This was the Jekyll and Hyde round. FIVE triples is completely inexcusable and the most I've ever had in a round. All 5 were because I couldn't get off the tee. Either OB, duffing or slicing so bad the ball was in thick nasty stuff that took 2 strokes to get out of.

It also some of the most incredible holes and shots I've ever had, including 3 pars and a birdie. The birdie coming on a par 5 which I have never done before. One of the pars was on a long par 3. Sliced my drive. Duffed my iron shot out of thick rough to semi-rough right on the edge of a bunker. Did my hybrid putting stroke from about 45 yards out and drained it. It's definitely the luckiest/most increidble shot I've ever hit in my life, especially with the edge of the bunker in my way.

Other incredible shot/hole was a par 4 with a 180 yard carry over water. I can't drive it 180 right (sad I know) yards so I was completely ****ed. Gave it my best and came up just short. There was a marked drop zone on the other side of the water. I don't understand how this works, because I thought you couldn't drop in front of where a ball goes OB ever, but my buddy plays all the time and said it's a marked zone so that's what you dropped. Hit my hybrid 160 from the drop zone and put it 2 feet from the cup. Tapped in for par with a drop penalty. Extremely satisfying hole.

My hybrid is so on fire right now. As the round went on I really committed to hitting down on it and it just kept getting longer and straighter. The par 5 I birdied I crushed my 2 fairway shots to give me a nice 15 foot breaking putt which I didn't think about or stand over and just walked up and sunk. I was able to hit those 2 perfect hybrid shots because my tee shot was actually in the fairway for once.

Left some putts out there too, could have been better. New course, new greens. Too many 3 putts but I don't even care about those right now. I know I can putt. Getting off the tee is the key. If I can ever hit my driver consistently straight, not even far right now, I can be a decent golfer. More studying, more work. We will get there. So many positives to take from the last round. Any time I break 100 (even though this was a par 71) I'm happy. Especially with FIVE triples

I'm always all jitters on the first hole. When that's coupled with being a tough one it's pray to survive for me

ugh, you don't wanna know.

i've hit rock bottom.

stuff like this is fun to read

40-44-84. 1 birdie, 1 triple bogey.

Could have done without the triple on 18 but that hole kills me pretty much every time I play this course.

Still a little gusty, worked to my advantage on the birdie as I managed to be over the green in two on a 450 yard par 5 with driver-6h. Chipping and pitching was notably better than usual, not quite to the level of "good", but close. If I had been just a bit better (or better at converting four foot putts) this could have been in the 70s which, after yesterday, is hard to believe.

So as a relative golf no0b how come on the hole I described above why was the drop zone in front of the hazard? I'm glad it was bc I was probably never clearing the hazard, but isn't the rule you either hit 3 off the tee or drop any point behind where the ball went OB?

At many courses they have drop zones on the far side of the hazard for pace of play purposes. You would not see this in high level amateur or professional events.

But very common for the majority of golfers.

Makes sense. So for guys like me lol. I mean I'm maybe hitting one more off the tee if there's no drop zone and swinging as hard as I possibly could with poor results and just dropping on the other side of the hazard to keep it moving anyway. Realistically I'm probably just acknowledging I can't clear the hazard and dropping in front of it even if there's no drop zone there lol. But that makes perfect sense why they have it. As long as they have it you're completely within your rights to drop it there?

I'm so glad you mentioned pace of play! I have pace of play questions too!

My last 2 times out we were a foursome sandwiched in between 3somes. Two different courses. Both times we had the ranger harrassing us that the group in front of us was a hole ahead of us and we needed to pick it up. But 1) that's bullshit bc it was a 3some in front of us and behind us so of course they're going to play faster and 2) we were on a 4 hour pace. We were ahead of the time on the scorecard comfortably in both instances. Do we really have to keep up with the group in front of us or do we play to the time on the score card? The first round we ended up finishing in 4h7m and the second in 4h2m

Quick answer because I’m going into an appointment.

The USGA pace of play guideline states you must EITHER finish within the time guidelines OR finish no more than 14 minutes behind the group in front.

Wow. I did not know that. Good to know. Thanks. I personally play fast but some guys like to look for their ball, read their putts etc... Either way 4 hours feels like a really fast pace. I guess if you have a good group in front of you, especially if it's a 3 some you're just pretty screwed if you shoot in the 90s.

If you had a 3some behind you, did the ranger discuss with you the possibility of having that group go through? If they were not in position to do that (were not pressing you from behind), then there really isn't a reason to hassle you about your pace.

If you're playing in 4 hours as a foursome I would try not to worry about it too much. Pace of play is one of the hardest things to get right -- from the course side, if you push people too hard to play fast they get pissed off. If you let things get backed up people get pissed off. From the player side, you can only control your group's pace so much -- you can be the fastest player in the world but if you're paired with three turtles you're going to be slow.

It's great that you are sensitive to the issue -- too many people are completely oblivious as to how long they're taking -- but don't worry about it too much imo.

Had a bit of drama re: this at my club's annual invitational, which is pretty darn competitive. Ninth hole is a par 5 with a tee shot over water. The water continues the entire length of the hole after narrowing once you hit land. Guy hit it into the water, never having flown over land. As he's walking off the tee without hitting another a volunteer tells him he has to hit again from the tee, but he ignored him and went and dropped in the usual drop zone, which had been "erased" for the tournament. Player just assumed the drop zone area was the rule.

Yeah, the big member guest always has drama. What was the result? And was this noted on the rules sheet? It doesn’t have to be, but any change to normal routine on a course should always be noted for an event.

If we played a 4 hour round at my club people would want to kill us. The perks of Country Club living!

Decided to travel a little a play a different course today, Shame we decided to do this on a day with a ton of wind, Such a struggle. Couldn't even warm up either as the range was basically closed.

Didn't really score all that well but had a few alright holes here and there.

you ain't kidding. was in a 4some yesterday. got up to 1st tee and just a 2some behind us so we let them go 1st. on 10 tee a 3some pulled up behind us so again, we told them go ahead.

still finished in 3:40