79 at Old South in Bluffton. Cupcake of a course from Green tees @5135y. I coulda- shoulda gone lower! Lost a little focus on the back. Played with 3 college students from the Cincy area. Nice kids, good players! SWMBO is at the beach. I'm headed there now. Got around in 3.5 hours.

    johnnydoom Any residual issues from Tropical Storm Debby, or is everything pretty normal there?

    When we played Shipyard right here on Island, no evidence of the storm. Today I went off island to Bluffton and it's apparently lower there. There were quite a few residual puddles from where water hazards had overfilled. Nothing that affected play except a few green front approaches that were mushy.

      So today wasn’t in the plan but why not. 3rd day in a row. Tees were up on both par 5’s as they attempt, rather poorly as you will see in the picture, to reseed the tees. So both par 5’s I hit driver 9 iron and driver wedge. Ended up 2 putt birdie on 1, par on 2. Birdie on 3 tap in. Only time you can get it close is if the pin is back because the green is a rock. Birdie the par 5 4th. Hit it to 4 feet on the par 3 5th playing at 100 yards. Hit my longest driver ever on 6… 342 yard par 4, drive was at the base of the rise to green.. 20 yard pitch, up and down for birdie. 7 th hole was 150, partially blind tee shot, drew a 9 iron to 10 feet and made the putt. Parred 8 and 9.

      Took only the Qi10 driver. Yesterday I had 2 drivers and used the SIM for all but 1 tee shot. Today it was about slowing down. Very forgiving head, I slowed down a bit too much and pushed a few. On 6 I made a better swing and hit my longest ever on the hole. I’m not used to hitting a new driver and the stock Diamana is really a great shaft.

        I shot 38-38-76 this morning at Chippewa Golf Club in Curtice, Ohio. Kind of a strange round with 7 GIR's, 1 birdie,
        2 double bogeys, 1 penalty and 28 putts. Chipped and putted very well, which I find is a MUST DO at my
        age, if I'm going to be able to score at all....!!

          Typhoon Today it was about slowing down. Very forgiving head, I slowed down a bit too much and pushed a few.

          My opinion it's all about smoothing out your transition time and "fitting" your release to the heft/shaft weight/swing speed so one winds up with a longer impact area down the line. Even quick transition time players like Nick Price are/were great at getting that sync'ed up.

              fatshot Chipped and putted very well, which I find is a MUST DO at my
              age, if I'm going to be able to score at all....!!

              Agreed at our age it's all about the short game! Good scoring!

                Out to the local muni this morning. Another meh start, +3 through 10. #13-#18 are the tough ones on this course, so for a "good" round I need to be around even through 12. I did at least birdie 12 to get back to +2 heading into the tough part.

                Proceed to birdie 3 of the next 4 to get to -1. A bad easy chip on 17, bogey. A bad iron shot on 18 into a greenside bunker, but nearly holed it, tap in for an Even 72. First even par round in a year, but still shaking my head over that chip on 17.

                Sneakylong 78 at Tarpon Springs. Had two birdies. First out at 7:00 and were done at 9:53. Nice ball striking day.

                I'd ask "what was for lunch", but you finished at 9:53. 🙄

                  43 - 43 = 86
                  Hit 9 / 14 fairways. Not great but much improved finally using the driver exclusively and not the 3 wood off the tee.
                  Zero made putts. No one putt greens.
                  Just can’t get the read of these greens.
                  Missed 6 and 8 footers for birdies.
                  Getting my humbling new geezer yardages dialed in. So…. I focus on playing smart and on the short game.

                  Played The slumpbuster yesterday, 38-40-78.
                  I use the Gary Edwin RSS and he's a bit cryptic in what he gives away for free. But I happened to catch a tidbit about the grip when watching some of his youtube videos and it worked great. Missed one fw and picked up yardage.
                  Wife and I are doing an overnighter at Sawmill Creek Resort in Ohio. Nice Tom Fazio course. Continued the great driving, missing only one fw. Second shots were not as crisp, hit 7 GIR but left myself some long putts on fast greens. Downhill putts are no joke. Shot 86 with 38 putts. Had 4 straight 3 putts at one point. Playing again tomorrow, expect much better.

                    garyt1957 doing an overnighter at Sawmill Creek Resort in Ohio. Nice Tom Fazio course.

                    The head greenskeeper there is a friend of mine.....I worked for him at another course where he got his start
                    a hundred years ago, LOL! I agree it's a nice course, and usually in perfect condition!! Play well tomorrow!

                      Got out for a quick 18 at a muni I hadn't played in several years. The reason became apparent on the first green. Pretty much all the greens were a disaster.

                      Played mostly poorly except for a stretch between holes 7 and 13. In that stretch I had two birdies, a tap-in par that should've been a birdie, and hit 5 of 7 greens in regulation.

                      On the 13th hole my approach shot hit the flag on the fly, about a foot above the green surface. I thought I had dunked it. When I got up there I saw my ball mark about five inches right of the hole; it made that mark after hitting the flag. The ball settled about three feet away which was my second birdie.

                      But I also hit some real stinkers, especially on holes 2, 4, 10, and 14. I didn't keep score.

                      It was really hot and humid, and I was glad to get back home for a cool shower when it was done.

                      Annual Herc Hackers gross score (no handicap) 4-ship work scramble today…our 67 was good enough for 3rd place & $200 cash…definitely left a few shots out there but my putter was on 🔥