My good play came to an end yesterday. Shot 41-45 @ Power Ranch Golf Club. Started out with 3 straight pars and it went downhill from there. My short game was awful. Had a case of the yi%$ with chipping and my putter took the day off. 36 putts compared to the 30 or under I have been having. Teed off at 12pm with the temps reaching around 108°. The course appeared to be in good shape. It was accept for the rock hard greens. I hit a couple of towering shots that landed next to the flag, on to bound 10-15 yards off the green. I probably won't tee it up for a few weeks until the courses open up after the winter grass overseed.

KCee I always go last so they have no pressure knowing they have people behind them to hit. Worst case with nothing in the fairway I could 5 iron one out there 200.

      Typhoon I thought they would have less pressure, but 2 of them were way worse going first. The first hole is 310 yards straight out and the widest hole and they were all in the trees. I just bunted driver out there. 2nd hole is a narrow dogleg and I had to do the same. 3rd hole the half a colon guy did keep it out of the trees. The other 2 guys kept aiming way left and missing left....which I did on the 4th hole, but they picked me up there.

      They were fun to play with and actually hitting some decent shots after the first few holes. I actually got to go for #7 par 5 in 2 which I never do. Hit a good drive and then I pummeled the new Ai Smoke 5w just short of the front edge. I usually lay up with 5h or an iron as I suck with 3w off the deck, but the 5w is a weapon. Both Half a Colon guy and I lipped out eagle putts 😡

          Yesterday was one of those days......

          #12 - I had 115 to pin. Downwind 1 club. Didn't want to be short, so I hit my PW (115 club). Hit it well, right at the pin, 5 yards short, falls back into bunker.

          #13 - Par 3 going right back the other direction. 120 yards, into the 1 club wind. Pull out my 9 iron (125 club). Hit it well, right at the pin. Right over the pin. Right over the bunker behind the green. Ended up 15 yards past pin.

          I hit 7 greens. Of the 11 missed - 9 were on line with the green and had the wrong distance. Most were long.

            Sparky Was it warmer than usual? Different golf ball? Just wondering why you were long so often.

            Our typical summer wind is 10-ish, and in the other three seasons it's 15-20. I do not enjoy trying to pick the club for the downwind shot. And I hate going home thinking about the shots that were well-struck but I picked the wrong club. Sometimes it's obvious that the golf gods were having fun.

                I shot 40-36-76 at Eagles Landing GC in Oregon, Ohio this morning. A little frosty and cool when we started, but got up to 65* by the time we finished......full sun and little wind....just about perfect! Chipped and putted poorly on the front 9, but improved on the back.....9 GIR, 1 birdie, 32 putts.

                DonM Was it warmer than usual? Different golf ball? Just wondering why you were long so often.

                Temperature was 10 above average, that wasn't it. Ball - maybe. Used the latest Kirkland Signatures, which I haven't used much. Haven't heard any reports that they were long, most people think they are below average.

                I'll just chalk it up as a strange day. My iron distances have been dead on for the last few rounds.

                    Snuck out again for a quick 1:43 18 holes. Played the other course at the slumpbuster, played the senior tees which are really short at 5400 yards.
                    Shot 76 including my first ever under par nine. I hate to count it because of how short the course is, but it's still a first.

                      garyt1957 Not sure how old you are, but I do hope you aren't '1 of those'.
                      'Those' being the old(er) guys that think they just have to play further back than what they should. They might hit driver 230-250, but then take 2-3 more shots to get to green. I see them every round....EVERY round. Driver does not determine tee box usage! imo
                      I got to a certain age and just said F it, I'm moving up.....I've earned it. If I hit drives 230, 240, so be it.

                      5400 is juuust right for me.
                      And apparently for you also😉.

                        garyt1957 Snuck out again for a quick 1:43 18 holes. Played the other course at the slumpbuster, played the senior tees which are really short at 5400 yards.
                        Shot 76 including my first ever under par nine. I hate to count it because of how short the course is, but it's still a first.

                        Nice shooting Gary, but I'm calling bullshit on 5400 being short!😂. Your day will come when you'll be hoping it's 5000. 😉. Golf is already hard, play it forward.👍

                            The MGA combo tees that I and most of us play are 5800, 67.9/121. It's slightly short based on the 5i x 36 and driver x 27 suggestions. But I like it. I get to hit several short irons per round.

                            Everyone here thinks the ratings of the MGA tees are too low. When I compare to other courses I've played a lot, I definitely agree.

                            The rating system gives a lot of priority to distance, but much of our trouble is on the approach shots. The tips are 7000, 73.6/133. They have the same difficult approach shots as we do from the MGA tees. Well, except for the par 3's. Even on those, the long hitters are using about the same clubs as I do from the shorter boxes.

                            garyt1957 That makes sense. In my experience, a 110 slope is pretty basic golf. Usually simple greens with simple chips when you miss. In other words, fun! 🙂

                              Played 5771 yards today and played like shit. One GIR. Got 14 Stableford points against a quota of 21, shot 94. 🤬🤬🤬