A bit of a strange round for me today - mixed results in terms of ballstriking, but the bad ones ended up in decent places and my short game was working well (several chips and pitches that ended up close). Add in a few nice putts from mid-range, and a real bonus on the 13th (25 feet with about 4 feet of break, with the ball going into the hole sideways), and I had 21 putts in a one-under 67.

    DonM Nice! What’s your best at that course?

    I've had a 66 from the yellow tees (which are the normal everyday tees), and 68 from the white/back tees. I did have a 64 early this year, but that was on a short winter course.

      Was not looking forward to getting up at 5:30 a.m. on a Sunday to play any type of golf, esp. in the rain. Best ball 4some started at 8 and it was raining. Got to the point it was intermittent, but still got wet. Wind picked up a bit and kept it going South, so after a few holes we were good, but still soaked. Temp steady at 66.

      Great day, as it turned out and very glad I didn't fake illness and miss it.😄

      There were chip-in birdies, there were Par 4 greens being driven😲, and not always with the driver....fer chrissakes! Very strange feeling standing on a Par 4 & be putting for eagles; a couple of which did make the card, along with several birdies....nary a bogey even though we did butcher a Par 5, for a par, which gave us -12. And we all know that was never going to be good enough.
      Had 1 hella putt for longest(& birdie), and then stood and watched a fella behind us wipe me out. He ended up with the prize.

      Most shocking part of the whole day..........4.5 hours!!! No backups on any hole, and there were more than 18 teams.

        Par4QC Most shocking part of the whole day..........4.5 hours!!! No backups on any hole, and there were more than 18 teams.

        The scramble I was in yesterday had 30 teams and we finished in 4 hours 20.

            I played a scramble yesterday, too. Gave us ten feet of string but no mulligans. Tao of the guys on my team likely only play twice or three times a year.
            I hit some really good shots, including a 9-iron to three feet on one hole, but the also some pretty bad ones. My putting, normally my strong suit, was middling. Greens were super slow and I never really got used to it.
            We shot 19 under and finished fourth.

            I hurt my right wrist hitting a mid-iron fat in wet ground, then aggravated it bu doing it again after the round hitting a bucket of balls. Hurts a little but still, but I think it'll be fine.

            Really wanted to finish in the money and it's my mediocre putting that kept that from happening. 😟

              Managed to get out and it was nice not to have to play the close tohome slumpbuster. Everyone must have been watching the Lions as I only saw one other group on the course.
              I played 18 in 2:17. Shot 39-42-81. The pitching yips are back and cost me a really good round on the back nine. Had back to back birdies on the front but two doubles and a triple kept me from a great score.
              Played The last 6 holes In a light drizzle but was just happy to be out there.

              Excellent play for me continues. Shot 38-39 at The Duke in Maricopa. Only 4 fairways and 8 greens. Wedge play and putter were on fire. 27 putts on the day due to several chips inside a 3 foot circle. Made several 10+ foot putts including a 20 footer on 18 for my only birdie on the day. Had one triple on the card, 13 pars 1 birdie. 3 of my last 5 rounds in the 70's. Handicap is down to a 9.7. I am happy.

                Big match play tournament this past weekend. We won 3/5 in our flight which was good but disappointing. The first 9 hole match my partner and I had 7 pars and 2 bogies and we lost by 2. One player beat us both with a maybe 60+ ft birdie putt and maybe 40-50 ft bird putt....he lipped out 3 other long ones. The greens were the hardest and fastest we've ever had them and this guy was unreal. His partner made only 1 par, but on the lone hole this guy needed him.

                Next round we made 7 pars and 2 bogies and we won 7 up lol. Pretty sure we had 7 pars and 2 bogies in each match and we won 7 up, 4 up and 2 up and the 2 losses were both 2 down. The other lost match it was 1 hot guy as well, but he was just perfect from tee to green that round. Not too often an 18 cap shoots even par for 9 on a windy day with fast greens and a # of difficult pins. He's not a sandbagger either, he just had the 9 holes of his life.

                First round in a week, I shot 38-42 with 9 greens and 34 putts including two 3 putts. I didn't make a putt today.
                I started even par through 6 holes, and the course gets easier after hole 7. But I seemed to lose focus by about the 13th hole. I made a bunch of crappy approach swings coming in.

                Eguller The strings, the mulligans…. Turns it into a sideshow. I know the money goes to the charity, which is what it’s all about, but it ends up just not being golf.