92 today in the senior league, which was decent considering the conditions. It was cloudy and 44 degrees with 14 mph winds (gusting to 20) when we teed off. It stayed windy and only warmed up to 52. I carded a quadruple bogey 8 on the second hole we played but parred the last 2 holes. I figured I finished in the money in my flight but was surprised to see 1st place by a stroke. The harsh conditions beat up the field, lol.

    DonM You played in today’s conditions? You’re a better man than I, Gunga Din.

    I never would have played a casual round today (especially at 8:00 am, lol), but they didn't cancel the tournament. We had 116 at Bridlewood in Flower Mound. Thirteen players withdrew.

        MidwayJ If you have a full field, you must be A and B groups going off most of the tee boxes? How long do the rounds take?

            DonM Too long. Today was 4 hrs 50 minutes. Its often 5.5 hours. I will probably skip most of the July and August tournaments because I can't stand waiting in the heat.

                44-36

                Good grief. 3 doubles on the front. Opened the back nine birdie, birdie. 🙄

                80 at Tarpon Springs. No birdies. 63 degrees when we went out at 7:00. Beautiful morning for golf. Wore shorts for the first time in awhile. Clear sailing today. Didn’t run into anyone off the back. Went around in 3:20.

                  MidwayJ DonM Too long. Today was 4 hrs 50 minutes. Its often 5.5 hours. I will probably skip most of the July and August tournaments because I can't stand waiting in the heat.

                  Yup… at our place it’s 6 hours. Scrambles are are to play in. It’s nice because it’s a charity but I just can’t do it.. Just because you may like golf doesn’t mean 6 hours of it.

                    I had a "stopped on the way home from golf to buy a new putter" round today.

                    Put the new Vivid Golf wedges in play today. #1 - put a 3/4 56* shot 3 feet from the hole - birdie. #2 - put a 95 yard 52* to 10 feet - birdie. #3, after chunking a 7i approach, had a 30 yard chip with the 56*, put it to 2 feet. Yep, love the wedges.

                    Anyway, the fast start cooled a bit, but only because I missed 3 birdie putts under 15 feet. One bogey, back to -1. Then on #9 had a 10 footer for birdie, a I got one of those viral video moments where you hit the putt dead center, where it hits dead center back of the cup, hits the raised lip because the cup wasn't sunk low enough, and hops up in the air back out of the cup. My partners said to take it, but I felt odd, and was happy at -1 anyway. Although I could have easily been -4.

                    #10-#12, I missed birdie putts under 10 feet on all 3. Frustration set in and I fell apart. A few bogeys, and then a triple when a lake got me. Of course, after the triple I drill a 20 foot birdie on 17. And then on 18, 60 yards from the green in two, decide to try the 60* wedge and chunked it twice for a double bogey. Brutal last 6.

                    Funny thing was, I have lived here in SoCal for 27 years, but this was only the 2nd time I went to this course (Industry Hills). It is a nice 36 hole facility, but it is towards LA for me, so big traffic. 40 miles takes me 1:30 usually. Anyway, the 1st time I played, I got paired up with an Actor, Howard Lefstein. He was a prototypical SoCal surfer dude. I googled him after, and he had been in several movies, always credited as "stoner" or "Surfer dude". Really nice guy, we had a fun round. And this time, on my 2nd visit, I get paired up with.....an actor. Tommy Martinez. Just finished a 5 season run on Hulu's "Good Trouble", and his girlfriend is also an Actor - playing Kitana in the next Mortal Kombat 2 movie. Again, a very nice guy. Good place to go if you want to meet actors I guess.

                      Sparky Problem on hole 9 doesn't exist if you leave the pin in. You and have made the putt.

                          rsvman2 Problem on hole 9 doesn't exist if you leave the pin in.

                          I've had the pin reject the ball a lot more times than it has helped me. And visually, I just can't get used to seeing the pin in there on a 5 foot putt. It bothers me.

                              Giphy - 76 GIF

                              Finally!

                              11 greens, 2 sandies, 32 putts.
                              One birdie, no doubles.
                              Driver worked well. Short game was on 🔥

                                Sparky Interesting. The pin helps me more than it hurts me. And on short putts, lt seems to focus attention better for most golfers.

                                I don't think i've taken out a single pin since the rule change unless i was asked to do so for somebody else.

                                    Nice going Don.....what are the new driver specs?

                                      fatshot Same driver but a different ball position.

                                      TM M4 12°

                                        rsvman2 I stopped taking it out due to laziness after COVID.....the pin will richichet balls away from the hole when off center....and I've had multiple putts richochet to the lip and out that would have been in..... no doubters. The two scenarios where I see it potentially help; a ball with speed that would have had no chance to go in but the pin gets in the way (dead center strike) or when I've power lipped one and yet the pin barely catches it just right and slows momentum and it goes in.....would that putt have stayed in without the pin in🤔. If I were playing for something that mattered the pin would be out!