83 at Tarpon Springs. No birdies. 48 degrees when we went out at 7:13. Had three layers on and kept them on. Only had two of us today and we were done at 10:10.

4 days later

78 at Timber Greens. Had two birdies. Haven’t played there in a couple months and it’s in excellent shape. We were first out and went around in an hour and a half on the front 9. But they have members go out on the back and slowed us down.

    7 days later

    First round since November. Shot 46-45-91. Can't do anything right. Played Coral Oaks in Cape Coral, Fl.

      Typhoon

      Yup, unless you live on the Cape. lol But when I lived in Haverhill many put their clubs away at the end of October. I may start just playing golf here in Florida in the summer (April-October) because it’s getting too expensive.

        44-41-85 at The Club at Westminster in Fort Myers. I am such a hack. Lost 2 club lengths off all clubs. But I'm still hitting them pretty straight so how can you misfit it that bad that you lose that much distance but still hit it straight?. Such is my golf life.

          Eguller costs at least 1 club

          garyt1957 good point but I'm still one club shorter , then

          At least depending upon elevation. I spend a fair amount of time on the Southeast coast and
          always plan 'at least' one extra club, potentially more.

              Played yesterday in cold and damp. Stocking cap weather. CPO and the course was a soggy mess. Packed wet sand. I hadn’t played in 5 weeks and most of us hadn’t played in a few weeks at least.

              I shot 84 with 4 really bad holes. Sand shots sailing over the greens into bad spots, and the same for flop shots. Lot of woulda coulda shoulda in my decision making. I should have known better but I specifically practiced sand and flops before the round, and did great on both of them. Why even practice?

              9 GIR, 32 putts. Kinda humorous stroke averages:
              Par 3s: 3.50
              par 4s: 5.10
              Par 5s: 4.75

              Looking at the app today, I see the course got an overnight PCC adjustment of +2 for yesterday. (From the USGA black box algorithm.) That means yesterdays scores were pretty bad on average. It really means we played a much tougher course and/or conditions than usual. So my 84 effectively became an 82 for handicap purposes.

              Our foursome sucked the least and we were the big winners.

              I played my first round of 2024 today at a place called Zellwood Station Golf Club, north of Orlando. A hilly course, esp. for Florida, and in really nice shape. I shot 42-42-84, and was pretty happy, although I missed a couple of putts and messed up a chip or two on the #$%^&* Bermuda turf. I liked the place well enough that I'm playing there again next week! Oh yeah....$45 green fee!

              Played last Saturday at Western Skies golf course. Shot 39-46. Couldn't hold it together on the back nine due to the pace slowing to a crawl. Started out, par, par, par. Finished with 666, bogey, double, double. 4:45 to play one of the easiest courses in town.

                Mattyv Gotta love Never Ready golf. Or do all the groups stop at the turn to load up on food and beer like they’re going away for 10 days? That’s usually the problem

                    Typhoon

                    There are just so many people on our courses right now. They pack the courses as well.
                    Saturday golf is the worst here in the winter months. To top it off, this was the cheapest regulation course close to home and my greens fee after tax was $101.🤬

                      46-43 with the 20+ year old X-14’s that I have never used before…legit irons for sure.

                      Obviously a bit shorter than today’s offerings but really not by all that much…and this particular head is definitely a forgiving one and does not seem chunky to play at all.