How did you shoot today at Golf

Mattyv · 2021-02-06T03:18:59+00:00

I figured we could have a thread on golf rounds. I'll go 1st. Played Whirlwind Cattail course today. I was hitting the driver far. Pushing 290-300 75% of...

Typhoon

Walterjn Walter,!you play a short course… have you tried not using driver? Don’t know how good you are with irons or hybrids but teeing off with one of those amd leaving still a short iron to the green. Might save you more strokes than you think.

Walterjn

Typhoon I have done that. Probably should try that again. Tee off with my 5 wood like I did on #16. That hole was 5 wood, 5 wood, wedge 2 putt bogey. It wasn't all trouble caused by my driver, I screwed up and hit my 7 iron fat a few times. There were a few times I pulled the wrong club for the conditions and fell short.
My driver did leave me out of position a few times, yet I was able to advance the ball and get back into position fairly well. I'm thinking that even with my driver nor working really great, a few poor iron shots, 3 lost balls, that I walked off with 8 strokes over my absolute best round. I just need to play the bigger courses more often. The course yesterday was 6126 from the whites.

garyt1957

Typhoon Screw that! Pay big money for the driver I'm hitting it, score be damned

KCee

Walterjn I started out playing some nearby shorter courses using 4i off the tee, then a large 3w, then a short heavy 12* driver before using a "regular" driver. Partly to use what worked best to keep in play and then to add distance as I got older and shorter.

Par4QC

garyt1957 My man!! You bring the tears of happiness when you post like this. 👍👍

garyt1957 Screw that! Pay big money for the driver I'm hitting it, score be damned

😄

Typhoon

garyt1957 Another idea that I’ve done on short par 4’s is to hit a stinger driver. Tee it at normal height, take it halfway back and halfway through. Mid height running shot that’s dead straight. If Walter plays a flat course this would be an option. I hit it probably 20 yards shorter than an average drive

sdandrea1

Monthly Saturday scramble at our club today. I subbed into a men's division team. We managed -9 gross, -14 with cap. 2 strokes out of the $. Lunch was included, though. 😏

MidwayJ

sdandrea1 I subbed into a men's division team.

What division do you usually play in? 😏

Walterjn

Typhoon I hit something like that yesterday. I teed it up lower than normal and one of the guys playing from the blues was only 10 yards beyond me, he flat out drove me by 20-25 yards, and mine was dead straight and a runner. I just can't always make good contact when on the course with my driver. I'm inclined to keep playing it, and just try to get used to hitting it on the course. On the range I have all the time in the world to set up perfectly and not worry about how much time I'm taking. The course kinda requires less time spent on most everything, to keep pace of play. Been told a lot, you can suck at golf, just do it quickly. No 5-10 minute set up per hit.

garyt1957

Typhoon I do that also. I'll also choke up to the end of the grip and use it on long par 3s. Trust it more than a 3 wood.

garyt1957

MidwayJ What division do you usually play in? 😏

The "don't ask, don't tell " division.

Sneakylong

77 at Timber Greens (par 71). Had 1 birdie. Made a long putt from off the green. Lag putted very well today. Typical of a high functioning hacker I didn't have my best stuff, but managed to hustle my ball around the course for a decent score.

MidwayJ

Sneakylong The word "hacker" should never even be said with the scores you shoot. 🙂

MidwayJ

Shot 39-48/87 today with a birdie on the par 5 #9. I played about as well as I can on the front, and then the back nine was more of an adventure. Felt like I shot over 50, lol.

braveheart

Walked 9 at my local course here in CT. High 40's temp starting out, windy but sunny and got in into the 50s as I moved along. Shot a 41, with two birdies despite being inconsistent with the driver. Everything else was clicking though. Nice to get out.

DonM

Beautiful cloudy cool day. I shot an 82 that felt a lot worse. One birdie and one double. 11 greens but 38 putts. I couldn’t make anything. 🤢🤢🤮

Our team got our butts kicked. It looks like we lost the full ante of 10 bucks each.

The counter weighted SS (Swing Science) irons are awesome. Seriously. I’m going to have to try it in the hybrids next. Plus, the SS irons spin a lot more than my TS2s. It’s night and day. I am convinced I need very low COG irons. The TS2s are not that. Or maybe it’s the spring face thing that is making less spin.

Weirfan

After a long good run that saw my handicap drop 3 points since late August, In a little funk past week or so. Hit some good shots today particularly on the back where I hit 8/9 greens in reg but could not get any putts to drop

42/40

Mattyv

potbunker

Just catching up on some pots. I have been very busy lately. This gets my vote for post of the year. Happy belated birthday, hope the pacer is working well and nice round!

potbunker

Mattyv Just catching up on some pots. I have been very busy lately. This gets my vote for post of the year. Happy belated birthday, hope the pacer is working well and nice round!

Thanks!

Pacemaker is doing it's job! Don't even know it is there.

Mattyv

Played on Friday the 13th. The wife and I took a long weekend trip to Laughlin. I got to play one of my favorite courses and the wife got 3.5hrs in the spa at the course.

Shot 46/42 at Laughlin Ranch. Wind was blowing a steady 20mph for most of the round.
No birdies but I hit 8/14 fairways in that wind. Only 2 girs and 30 putts on pretty slow greens. Green cost me a couple of strokes but the course was coming off of overseed. Played with 2 course employees and a member. I was consistently out diving them even though my tees were a good 1000 yards longer. They got a kick out of watching it. I played from 6550 with a 71.4/137 rating. Really fun day and the old timers were great to play with.

Lunch and a beer with the wife on the clubhouse patio capped off a great day.

fatshot

I shot 38-39-77 at Bedford Hills GC in Temperance, MI today. 7 GIR, 30 putts, 2 birdies, including a chip-in. Just a perfect fall day, sunny with temps in the low 70's!!! We have about 2 more days of this weather in store, and then the shit's gonna hit the fan. Low 40's, rain and wind in the forecast all next week.....

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