I really miss playing a course where you could miss the greens in safe places. We don't have that. Let me think out loud here. Number 5, 8, 11, 12, ... that's it. 4 greens that you can play to include reliable misses in safe places in front of the green. And honestly, those greens aren't that hard to hit and the misses aren't too bad, so there is no reason to play safe on them. The other 14 greens, you either hit the green or fringe, or you are probably facing a fairly difficult short game shot. Not always of course. Some of the misses end up okay. But most of the time the misses are down in a deep hole, or a bunker, and short sided to boot. Then throw in the bermuda grass. It's like I walked 4 miles to school, uphill both ways.

Our A player yesterday shot 75. I was trying to think back to his round. It felt like he was on a lot of greens. I know he hit all the par 3s, and they are hard for most of us to hit. It was windy as usual. He used a driver on 1 or 2 of them and a 3 wood on the others. I barely missed one with a 9 wood, hit one with the 9 wood (birdie!), and hit one with the 7 wood. The other one was 6H, not enough club, into the bunker. Should have used the 9 wood there but chickened out because of the winds. All in all that was a good showing on the par 3's for me, but he was better.

He is a master with his 3 wood. He uses it for like a 4 club range of distances. And he's great with his driver that way too.

I just don't remember him being in any bad spots yesterday. Maybe he was. Had to be. His short game is good.
His lag putting is much better than mine. His birdie length putting, no better than me.

So there you go. I need to hit more greens (irons!!!), somehow not get in as much trouble, get better with short game, and especially lag putting.

    DonM So there you go. I need to hit more greens (irons!!!), somehow not get in as much trouble, get better with short game, and especially lag putting.

    Yeah, that's basically the recipe for good golf. Drive it in the fairway (stay out of penalty areas), hit your approach shot on the green or close to the green, so you can get up and down and don't 3 putt. Easier said than done as we know. lol

        Par4QC 15 GIRs and 27 putts

        My magic number was always 14 GIR and 29 putts. That was my goal.

        Don’t mention the TV thing to Landon… he gets pissed at me😂😂

            Typhoon Yeah, not an easy thing to put those 2 stats together. Typically we get 1 or the other. It might sometimes look like I may be the worlds best putter. But, I don't get caught up in those type stats as I know why/how I only had X amount of putts. I/anyone might go under Par if we hit every green, but we'd have to be making some hellish putts, no doubt.
            And none of us are going to make money from any of it. But we can post about it, and discuss it.
            Who gets best 'bragging' rights......21 putts or 15 GIRs???? 😅

                I shot 39-42-81 at White Pines GC in Swanton, Ohio today. Played pretty well on the front, but chipping and putting deserted me on the back. Hit 7 greens; 35 putts; no birdies or doubles. The best thing about my round IMO was that I walked the whole way, and seemed to have plenty left in the tank on 18. Ever since getting home from FLA (where I had Covid) I've been tired on the second nine.....even rode a cart last week. Glad to be able to make it
                on foot this time!!

                Par4QC Who gets best 'bragging' rights......21 putts or 15 GIRs????

                This would be a good topic actually! I vote for 15 GIR. If you have the skill to hit that many greens, then you are a good golfer. 21 putts... if that guy that hit 15 GIR's had an off day, he could do 21 putts and still be around par.

                    Typhoon Yep, 21 putts is just a by-product of missing most greens in reg.. Could do 21 and shoot 85 or higher, in reality. I've had my share of 1 putt bogeys.

                      Par4QC Also tried out the newest TaylorMade ball....the Speedsoft.
                      May well be the softest ball I've ever hit, and that is not a good thing at all🤮. imo, it is shit. Might be fine for old women and small children.

                      Must have been the “Blue” Ink version…try out a different color and report back!

                          VigilanteTrail White. I had the red ink with me but never used them.
                          I'll try them again tomorrow, but I'm tellin' ya, they are soft!!! With every club.

                            VigilanteTrail Must have been the “Blue” Ink version…try out a different color and report back!

                            We got these Callaway Splatter 360 balls in the pro shop🙄... I thought the whole idea was NOT to get " overspray" on shit. This is stupid... all the colors and shit...

                                Played outside today on home course.
                                Shot 43 on the easier side and 42 on the tougher for an 85 with 11 fairways hit , but only 4 gir's. 31 putts saved my ass. Forgot to say 2 birdies.
                                Another fun day 13 miles from the Ohio border in NE Indiana.

                                First round of the year for me at del Lago GC outside Tucson. Very nice course got a Golfnow deal for $46, a steal at that. Nice shape, fast greens, elevation changes. I shot miserable 90. Only hit 3 GIRs. I missed greens from 54 -82-100 and 106 yards before I quit paying attention. Drove it OK just nothing else remotely good. Absolutely gorgeous day though.


                                Another beautiful Missouri day. I fear we'll pay for it this summer. Sunny and 61 at tee time and 72 when we finished. The course was in the process of aerating their greens and four of the holes had a temporary pin out in front of the green. Just a flagstick with a circle around it so if you were within the circle, add a stroke and move on. My playing partner was aware of the greens being aerated but not the temporary greens.

                                Shot 46/42 which is good for me. Driver was pretty good again and shots from the fairway were better than last week. Putting was better too. Make several putts of decent length. Only one three putt, on the first hole.

                                Still CPO, got around in under 4 hours.

                                38/41 on a 'shorts' day. Wearing of and approaches!!
                                Had so many 1 putts I'll not even post the total, so embarrassing it was.

                                Cranked the loft up on the DARKspeed and it was much better. Then after a few holes I switched out the shaft to what I've been using in all my drivers. Huge mistake. All over the face and direction. Put the heavier, stiffer shaft back in after a couple holes and BANG! Center face and dead straight. Need to see if these shafts can be had for $12 shipped.😆

                                  We had a beautiful day but extremely windy. Everyone got beat up. I shot 85 with only 3 GIR. Downwind greens were real hard to hit and hold. My fairway woods swing went real bad, costing me 4 or 5 strokes. The Mezz putter was great. No three putts and 6 one putts.

                                  Par4QC Had a Paderson velocity D20 regular flex arrive today. I have stiff plus d30+ as well that I like but really want to go softer.