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...

Sparky

Played yesterday. The new Wilson D9 irons finally clicked (12 greens hit, and only 1 miss was a D9, and that was the first hole which flew right over the pin and long). The driver was back after a bad round (12/14 fairways). Of course, the golf gods had their ways, and no putts went in at all.

Spartan

Another beautiful day in St. Louis (for late November. About 44* at tee off, 55* on the 18th green. And Sunny.

The round was meh. The driver was good for the first 14 holes but was terrible after that. My lag putting, which normally decent wasn't today. 4 3 putts. Everything was short. 3 lost balls didn't help. 47/46, so not out of my normal range.

Even though it was CPO, we got around in about 3:15, so that was good.

MidwayJ

Shot 46/43 today in the senior league, which was a net 72 and 5th in my flight. No birdies, but some solid stress free pars to offset the doubles and one triple. To my surprise, I won a $50 skin with a par (net birdie) on one of the par 5s. Usually net birdies are only good enough to prevent someone else from getting a skin, 😏 but the hole was playing long into the wind. No one birdied it and nobody else with a stroke parred it.

DonM

I had a rough 85. 35 putts with the armlock putter. Strangely for an alternative putting style, my lag putting is awesome. But I am not making anything in the birdie range. The greens are just about dormant, and they are FAST. Downhill putts are like glass. That’s where some of my 35 came from.

I had 9 GIRs but it sure didn’t feel like it. It’s been a rough stretch lately.

rsvman2

DonM Most of the hackers at the local muni aren't sniffing nine greens, and would never stop bragging about it if they ever got good enough to do it.

DonM

rsvman2 I’ve been there. Before I switched to the Moe Norman type swing 20 years ago, I averaged mid 90s. Now I average 81 and when I get into upper 80s, it feels crappy. If I was a 4 handicap I would cry about a 79. People are never satisfied with their levels of golf, or income. 🤪

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gllama

DonM
Don, curious about your Moe Norman swing. I’ve tinkered with a single plane swing going back to the Natural Golf days. Never fully committed to it even though it is a very efficient swing. Thinking about it again as I’ve aged and dealing with back issues/joint replacements and a shorter backswing.
Have you looked into the Graves Golf info? As you may know, Todd Graves was the main protege of Moe.

DonM

gllama I’ll start or find a thread on it.

DonM

Started out on a very crisp 8am tee time. But it was a nice day for December.
82 with only 5 GIR. 29 putts using my normal putter, not the armlock. Including missing a couple of six footers. My full swing was pretty crappy throughout the bag. The short game was pretty good though. I’m trying a more aggressive short game stroke that should work better on soggy Bermuda grass. It does, but I have to get confident with the more forceful strokes. Weight more forward, some shaft lean, and steeper into the ball. As compared to a shallow, bouncy stroke. Not playing the ball back, necessarily.

KCee

Shot an 85 this weekend. My ballstriking was good enough to shoot an 80 or less, but not my short game. Some of it was definitely the slow aerated greens that I 3-putted 4 times 😡

That was definitely the last full round at my course as they are closing the back 9 and putting temp greens on the front until Spring. If I don't play again it was nice to finish hitting the ball that well. All I tried to do was take the club back slower and square and then start the downswing with my body rather than my arms. I drove the ball farther than usual and I did it in 45* weather with an OnCore Elixr that I usually find a bit shorter hitting. If I do remember this feeling of course it won't work next year 😕

Sneakylong

75 at Heritage Harbor. Had 4 birdies. My buddy shot a 78 and had 2 birdies. We had a birdie fest. lol Just two of us this morning and we went around in a little over 3 hours.

Mattyv

Sneakylong

4 birdies is crazy talk! Nice shooting!

MidwayJ

Sneakylong Had 4 birdies.

Nice shooting!

braveheart

50 degree day here in CT. Walked 9 holes on a wet golf course that still has lots of leaves. I have not played outside in a few weeks, shot a 42, with one birdie. Short game has some rust on it but overall very pleased with my ball striking.

MidwayJ

Shot 48/40 at Tangle Ridge, Grand Prairie, TX. Rough start with a triple on #1 and another on #5. Couldn't hit a solid iron shot until my first GIR on the par 3 9th, which I 3-putted.

The back 9 was like a reboot with 4 GIR and nothing higher than a bogey. The greens were fast like most courses here lately, as the grass is becoming dormant.

Sparky

MidwayJ Tangle Ridge, Grand Prairie, TX.

I grew up playing at Prarie Lakes in the 70s. Man I loved that place.

MidwayJ

Sparky I've played Prairie Lakes a fair amount. The dreaded "Bermuda Triangle" on the "white" nine, lol.

Sparky

MidwayJ I remember that I got my first par ever on #9 on the north 9 holes. And then about a month later, got my first ever birdie on the same hole.

MidwayJ

Sparky They call them the red, white, and blue 9s now. I guess the north 9 would be the red. One of my claims to fame at Prairie Lakes is hitting power lines with a drive.

DonM

Same score as yesterday, 82. But completely different. This time my swing was fine but I couldn’t get up and down and couldn’t putt. 10 GIR and 36 putts, not even including fringe putts. I missed a putt inside of 2 feet. Gah! I was +6 after 4 holes and then only +4 on the last 14. Birdied the tough 18th. 🙂

Eguller

DonM This time my swing was fine but I couldn’t get up and down and couldn’t putt

In the Cosmos - error must go somewhere. 😵‍💫

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