Shot 43 in league last night and won. Hit the ball well, but my short game was pretty bad after not playing for 2 weeks. I had 2 doubles that were just bad chipping and putting. I also doubled on our #7 par 5 after losing the ball on what looked to be a tee shot that should have just been in the left rough. I was nowhere near the trees, but I was hitting the driver further than usual and maybe I reached the 2nd hill and bounced off farther left. I had closed my opponent out on #6 so it didn't really matter and probably helped manage my currently high handicap lol. My partner lost, but we took 2/3 points so I think we are still in 1st or at least close to the lead. Somehow my opponents keep rolling over for me.
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DonM That is the dirty little secret of tournament play. Opponents are golfers too.
Very true. Really I've only had 1 opponent play very poorly against me. I have been starting the front 9 really well and getting up early on my opponents, who are playing average bogey golf, and then coasting in for a win. Just wish I could keep the good round going, but I can't seem to shake those doubles and triples.
Shot 91 in the senior league. Two birdies but carded a 9 on a par 4. One of the birdies got me a $52 skin, which was nice since I finished 2 strokes out of the money.
I had 3 very unnecessary strokes. First, I one-handed a 6 inch tap in putt that somehow lipped out. Second, I had a 2-stroke penalty for hitting another guy's ball by mistake. We were playing the same exact ball (although mine was marked). He hit his second shot from well left of the fairway, and I didn't see that it ended up near mine in the right rough near the green. When I came upon his ball mine wasn't visible sitting down in the rough about 15 feet away. I glanced at his and assumed it was mine. Dumb mistake.
I played today. The only reason I kept it under 90 was that we saw lightning on the 15th hole and quit. That's all I'm going say since I intend to forget this round.
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Shot a 49 last night. Felt a twinge in my back, struggled all night. Could not hit a drive (had two with me). Slices and lost balls adding strokes. Was able to hit irons better and putter is working well for me. Hopefully, my injury is short lived.
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Had the last two days off. Played 36 yesterday and 18 this morning in some tough conditions at Brown Co., a good quality muni....all the golfers before us did not show up so we were first off at 730 and had the place to ourself. Played very well. Stats for the round
11/14 fairways - hit driver on 13 holes and 3h on 1 hole. First cut on one miss. And narrow misses on the other two, one pace in the left rough and three places in the right rough.
12/18 greens
6/6 up and down opportunities, although 4 of the 6 were fringe or fairway just short of green. The other two were in the rough within 3 or 4 places to the green and what I would consider reasonable opportunities to get up and down...both to kick in distance, in fact almost made them both?
28 putts. Greens roll true and are quick.
Good clean fun. 3some walking in 3 hours!
DonM lol...I don't report as almost all are "practice" rounds....as occasionally extra shots are hit, putts, chips, etc. although today that didn't happen as I was dead tired from the 36 yesterday and a few beers post round
. The intent was to play another 18, but my buddy and I agreed it wasn't happening. The wind was howling worse in the afternoon!
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MidwayJ thanks. Re: Wishon 590 DIH, it is ancient history, at least.one of them is, sold the head, still have the other one. Those babies were/are hot!
Pretty basic set up for me these days, and I do still have a driving iron style at the 5i slot!
D - 10.5*
4w - 16.5*
3h - 19*
4h - 22*
5di - 26*
7-GW 32* - 48*
SW - 56*
There is a small gap from 5 - 7 but it's maybe 1/2 club, same.from 48* to stand alone SW 56* but the GW is easy enough to back off some. Back to the STi2 from the KE4 Max which is a great head, but the STi2 are much easier to flight and like the sole a bit better/turf interaction. Also I could not elevate the 30* 7i for it to have enough use.....possible it was off spec and lower than stated, but 
....I stopped fighting it. The 32* STi2 7i gets plenty of height. Getting.into geezer territory
ode There is a small gap from 5 - 7 but it's maybe 1/2 club, same.from 48* to stand alone SW 56* but the GW is easy enough to back off some.
Right now with Maltby irons and wedges I'm at 44/48/52/56. I could ditch the 48* easier than the 52. I played for a long time with a gap between 45* PW and 52. I'm still trying to figure out when to use the 48. 