How did you shoot today at Golf
johnnydoom Lots of great advice here:
Read that thread. Not going back in.
sdandrea1 Yeah you need to keep expectations really low after a long layoff. I haven't swung a club since early November and have a golf trip coming up in 3 weeks and I'm expecting to suck. On the plus side no one else going on the trip has probably played either.
I'm looking at the positives of playing badly. I will probably get at least 5-6 rounds in on this trip, I think I can post them and I have 3 low rounds immediately dropping off my index. I may start the season at my club a few strokes higher myself
Got another 9 holes in today. Played the Blue (senior) tees (5200 yards). Looks like this will be the appropriate box for my wimpy tee distance. Finished in 5 over par with 3 par putts just missing, but they would have been 1-putt pars, and we're not short putts. I was hitting the ball much better, but still struggling to reach greens in regulation. I managed to par 4 holes, and bogied 5. Walked behind a push cart.
Got out to play one of the free executive courses at The Villages. It was actually a nice set up, attractive holes. First swing of the day was a beauty from 140 to 3 feet. Made the birdie. Birdied the second hole too but that shot wasn't too pretty. Hit it on the ground the whole way to about another 3 feet, lol. A birdie's a birdie. A couple pars then mostly bogies to finish two over for 9. Glad to get the rust off for today's round at a full course.
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I played today for the first time since November 13 and it showed. The front was a real struggle but I started playing better on the back. I even managed to chip one in on a par 5 for a birdie!
It was a beautiful day for St. Louis for February, About 50* when we teed off and about 70* when we finished. Nice and sunny too. A little slow as it was CPO.
EDIT - My back feels like I haven't played in 2-1/2 months too!
Got the back nine in today on my new (old) course. It's closed on Mondays, but members can walk after 12 noon. I hiked the back in 5 over. Still hitting it straight, but my best drive today was on #18. It went 170. Solid, straight. The course is soft right now. I might get a few more yards in warmer weather. Par 4s over 325 are getting longer. I'm hitting my 7 hybrid from 120. Ugh.......
Played Red tail GC in Sorrento FL today. Nice layout, greens and tee boxes were excellent but the rest was sketchy. Had been recently underwater (7th hole had just reopened today) so hard to judge conditions. But only $28 apiece for 18 and a cart.
Shot 43-42-85, a tale of two nines even though only one stroke difference. Had 4 more putts on the back. Didn't hit a really good shot on the front but found something on hole 11 and went 3 pars and a birdie, then a 7 when I had a 60 yard 2nd shot and dunked it, then finished well. Hopefully the good back 9 carries over to the next round.
The weather was nice enough for me to play today, and I had the day off work... unfortunately, I had a minor surgery five days ago and I am not allowed to play golf for two weeks.
We don't always have beautiful days in February. I was pretty sad about having to bypass this one.