How did you shoot today at Golf
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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.
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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.
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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.
Played 2 days ago, first time out in a couple months, picked up like I was playing in high school again, except this time I understood course management a little, cruised around to a 45 for 9. BUT that was with a triple at the last and really solid contact all day, so in my mind it felt like a 42, I’m going to mentally bank it as such. I had a really good (for me) day with 7 of 9 holes in regulation, I did however conclude either my putter got bent or I need a new one bc I can’t get that thing lined up comfortably and it’s driving me nuts.
77 today on The Oaks. Team won 3rd place $, I won a CTP.
I played my first round of the year today in St. Louis. A beautiful February day, 50 at tee time, mid 60's when we finished. Sunny although it did cloud up towards the end.
I shot 45/42 which is pretty good for me. It could have been better as I had 5-6 3 putts which isn't my norm. It was one of my better driving days and irons were mostly decent. I only had one penalty stroke and played the entire round with the same ball.
It was CPO so a round of about 4:10 wasn't too bad. We did wait a fair amount.
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I played a miserable round on Monday. I have a condition that involves meds, and some days I just don't feel right. I probably should have bailed but i didn't.
92, 37 putts, 12 fairways, 6 greens. Worst score since I've been at this course. The driver and woods were the only things working. Irons were godawful. Almost every shot was fat and I couldn't find a workaround. Chipping and putting were awful too. Anything that required touch was bad. Our C & D players didn't break a hundred, and our other guy wasn't doing well, so overall we got squished like bugs. It was a beautiful day, though. :/
I went to the range yesterday with heavier irons and also feeling more normal, and struck them fine.
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4 clubs and a putter today. Sloppy short game/putting led to an 84. Not having a SW hurt.
I was 6 strokes short of my quota, but my teammates carried (me) the day. We got 2nd.