Mattyv Great round! While I hope it didn't get to 107 degrees, FWIW I think I play better in hot weather b/c it keeps the old bones nice and loose!

    Mattyv Great round! Yeah it sounds like you did things differently, and it paid off.

        DonM

        Playing as a single is just so much different. I am not thinking about cutting it up with my buddies or worrying about where my cart partner hit his ball. I tend to play a little better in the winter months when I can walk the course and focus on my round a little more. My friends are my handicap.🤣

            Mattyv Buddy, I realized the SAME thing a few years ago when I stopped playing my regular course. Played there with a group of guys for years 3 times a week and was just always, not realizing it, hitting stupid shots because I wasn’t thinking golf. We were kibitzing and the course was so familiar, I’d hit shots to the same place all the time, never think.

            Once I got a job at a course near my house and didn’t know anybody , just played by myself, I realized it. Now I was paying attention to golf. I thought I played fine before but now it’s a new level.

              Was a bit brisk and chilly this morning for my 6:55 am tee time. 50*, overcast and a 25-30 mph wind out of the North......didn't have my best, but went 39/43 with triples on 2 and 11.

              46 - 42 = 88
              Tournament #6
              Bad driver swing on hole #1 , and a cocky driver swing led to a push onto a cart path and OB led to 2 triple bogeys
              OUCH
              Otherwise, the driver is back, saving me $200 for an LTDx driver......with a new found freer swing, finding more fairways and improved geezer distance off the tee.
              More importantly, my confidence is coming back.
              The greens that have given me trouble reading seemed way easier today. Could confidence and patience be the difference? Four to six foot putts, no problem.
              In the past I would be pissed to throw away so many strokes today but I feel like I'm a few swings and brain farts away from some decent scores.

              75 at Longniddry on a breezy day earlier today - very much a round of two halves, as I couldn't make a par early on (five straight bogeys before my first par at 6), and then a pretty solid back nine. The hole positions hadn't been changed since the Professional's Day scramble tournament on Saturday - the par 3s were all in the middle of the greens (probably because of the hole in one prizes), but tough locations on the other holes with a lot of big-breaking putts. Add in firm conditions, and it made for some interesting golf - hit an 8-iron shot over 160 yards on the 9th (downwind), and 3-wood on the 13th from about 165 into the wind. That was the right club for the shot, too, as it finished about 6 feet under the hole for one of my two birdies - the other was a holed pitch shot from 65 yards on the 17th (bounce, bounce, roll, disappear...)

              ode or Team Shitt

              😂
              I really do need to find out who was on that team so I can start my jabbing…LOL

                  I shot 37-39-76 this morning at Bella Vista GC in Coldwater, Mich. Our travel group took a road trip (about an hour and a half from Toledo) b/c one of our guys commutes from there every week to play with us. Great course in beautiful condition!! 8 GIR, 1 birdie, 30 putts.

                  I shot 41-38-79 at Detwiler Park GC in Toledo, OH this morning. The greens today were the fastest I've played all season, combined with some "challenging" pin positions, which made putting a real challenge. 10 GIR, no birdies, and 35 putts.

                  I failed to beat the temp today. Was only 75* when I got done, and I needed to birdie that Par 5 18th hole to tie. Missed the 15'er.
                  37/39.....yeah, another 76. With yet another set of irons (new build, Acer XV standard) and different drivers in the bag than the last 3 76s.

                    Got 9 in early this afternoon. Really good weather. Started with 3 consecutive bogeys, but from 4 through 9 I was only one over, hitting all greens in regulation except one. Couldn't make a birdie putt, but I had a lot of chances, which is good. The more greens I hit, the lower my scores will go.

                    I played a rare Sunday round with #2 son who happened to be in town. We played Detwiler Park in Toledo, the same course I played just a couple of days ago. I shot 38-39-77 to his 83. I can see why we seniors play on weekdays only, as it was VERY slow (waited on nearly every shot!), but still a good time playing with my son.