Very nice day but breezy.
83 with 5 greens and 31 putts. My putting was much, much better. I switched from a counter balanced mallet to an anser style, and I lined up the ball. I hit my start line way better today and made some good putts for pars.

The bad holes were really bad, though. The wet dormant Bermuda around the greens can make you look real stupid. I’m in my third winter and I still struggle.

    We had a 73 year old shoot 72 last week. He said he’s shot his age a few times. Jeesh.

      DonM We had a 73 year old shoot 72 last week. He said he’s shot his age a few times. Jeesh.

      Let's hear it for the old guys......!!!!!!

      DonM it's been damp and a little easy to chunk a wedge here. I've been using a 9 nine iron to bump and run, just to get onto the green. I did use my 7 iron to bump and run from about 95 yards, got onto the green and 2 putt bogey...

        Walterjn I've been using a 9 nine iron to bump and run, just to get onto the green.

        Yeah I need to do that more often. Today I was always down in a deep hole and had to use loft.

          DonM I just started doing that late last year. Only because I was hitting my wedges fat, and when I didn't hit it fat, I skulled it badly. 9 iron was the best way to avoid that issue.

          Gave up on the PXG Blackjack putter, just didn't feel right. Put the good old PXG Closer back in the bag today.

          Hit 14 greens in regulation. The 4 misses were all good misses, got all chips within 6 feet. And yet still, 35 putts. Miss 4 greens, no lost balls, and still shoot +4.

          It just goes to show you it's always something.

          C-Ray goes back in the bag next week.

            Sparky

            My normal putter earned a timeout for a few rounds so it can sit and think about what it has done!😁 Nice round despite the extra putts Sparky.

            Played the simulator yesterday. Stone Canyon golf club in Oro Valley, Arizona.
            We played a two-man scramble. My partner and I shot +1 with 5 birdies. Fun day when your hitting the ball good. 🙂

              Nice day today but windy. Cold front coming in as I type.

              I shot 82 with 6 greens and 32 putts. With the top half of my bag, I'm a 6 handicapper. With the bottom half, not counting putter, I'm a 16. I'm killing my fairway woods with the electric yellow FGS Plus shafts. I was on a par 5 in two, which is real rare for me. Driver, then XR16 4 wood, and it was all carry, not rolled up onto the green. That is a lot of fun for a weak sister like me. I had a 70 foot eagle putt with big break and got it to 3 feet for birdie. I birdied another par 5 and par'd the other two. One of them I had to use the Acer SR1 7 wood to get there. It was a great shot. Our par 5s are tough because of fairway bunkering and guarded greens. I am sure I averaged lower on the 5's today than on the 4s. I had four 6's on the par 4's today.

              Because: still missing greens with short irons, and the short game was OMG awful. The last two rounds should have easily been in the 70s. I need to do something before I get the chipping heebie-jeebies.

              Giphy - Losing My Mind GIF

              Alright, I’ll try this.
              https://www.golfdigest.com/story/short-game-chipping-wet-grainy-dormant-bermuda

              If you live and play south of the Mason-Dixon Line during the winter months, I am sure you consider yourself one of the lucky ones. A 12-month golf season makes a lot of Midwest and Northern golfers jealous. The downside is that you may regularly experience the most daunting short game lie in golf: tight, wet, dormant Bermuda grass. I’ve coached over 100 PGA, LPGA and PGA Tour Champions players over the years and every single player—without fail—has asked how to navigate this situation.

              FauxAmish Stone Canyon golf club in Oro Valley, Arizona.

              Was lucky enough to be invited and play this course in person back in 2005/2006’ish…it was definitely LEGIT…

              Today, an 82 year old shot 74 from the normal MGA tees. He’s a stick. He has won the club championship 7 times. He carries a 4.1 index and gets 1 stroke from those tees. Drives it about 240.

              He has some kind of tremors and has had to switch to a long putter.

                Played better today, for half the round. 47-40 @ Mission Royale in Casa Grande. Only hit one fairway and that was with an iron. Front nine everything was right. Back nine,everything missed left. 20 putts on the front, 15 on the back. Not great, but better. I get to tee it up again tomorrow, so maybe I can string together two good nines.

                  DonM

                  $67. Course was in decent shape minus the greens. Looks like they took some frost damage a couple of weeks back when we got really cold. They were almost back in decent shape but they were a bit bumpy.