How did you shoot today at Golf

I played yesterday for the first time since mid October. The results were about what I expected.
I hit some good shots and more bad shots. I had a bad case of "peeking" and I topped several shots.
Over all I was satisfied for the first round of the season. I'm finding that every year older I get it takes me more time in the spring to get my swing back to feeling natural. I used to just show up on the tee box
and hit the ball. By the end of the first round I was back to normal. Now my first time on the range I
really struggled and the second range session was a bit better. Yesterday's round was a bit more consistent but I still have a long ways to go to get back to feeling good about my swing.

KCee Yes I definitely want to try a different set of hybrid irons

Fixed it.

Very nice day but breezy.
83 with 5 greens and 31 putts. My putting was much, much better. I switched from a counter balanced mallet to an anser style, and I lined up the ball. I hit my start line way better today and made some good putts for pars.

The bad holes were really bad, though. The wet dormant Bermuda around the greens can make you look real stupid. I’m in my third winter and I still struggle.

We had a 73 year old shoot 72 last week. He said he’s shot his age a few times. Jeesh.

DonM We had a 73 year old shoot 72 last week. He said he’s shot his age a few times. Jeesh.

Let's hear it for the old guys......!!!!!!

DonM it's been damp and a little easy to chunk a wedge here. I've been using a 9 nine iron to bump and run, just to get onto the green. I did use my 7 iron to bump and run from about 95 yards, got onto the green and 2 putt bogey...

Walterjn I've been using a 9 nine iron to bump and run, just to get onto the green.

Yeah I need to do that more often. Today I was always down in a deep hole and had to use loft.

DonM I just started doing that late last year. Only because I was hitting my wedges fat, and when I didn't hit it fat, I skulled it badly. 9 iron was the best way to avoid that issue.

82 at Tarpon Springs. No birdies. Drove the ball real well.

Gave up on the PXG Blackjack putter, just didn't feel right. Put the good old PXG Closer back in the bag today.

Hit 14 greens in regulation. The 4 misses were all good misses, got all chips within 6 feet. And yet still, 35 putts. Miss 4 greens, no lost balls, and still shoot +4.

It just goes to show you it's always something.

C-Ray goes back in the bag next week.

Played the simulator yesterday. Stone Canyon golf club in Oro Valley, Arizona.
We played a two-man scramble. My partner and I shot +1 with 5 birdies. Fun day when your hitting the ball good.

Sim last nite, Played the front 9 on Caledonia. Shot -4. Drove it like crap but stuck some irons.

Typhoon Caledonia is awesome!

Nice day today but windy. Cold front coming in as I type.

I shot 82 with 6 greens and 32 putts. With the top half of my bag, I'm a 6 handicapper. With the bottom half, not counting putter, I'm a 16. I'm killing my fairway woods with the electric yellow FGS Plus shafts. I was on a par 5 in two, which is real rare for me. Driver, then XR16 4 wood, and it was all carry, not rolled up onto the green. That is a lot of fun for a weak sister like me. I had a 70 foot eagle putt with big break and got it to 3 feet for birdie. I birdied another par 5 and par'd the other two. One of them I had to use the Acer SR1 7 wood to get there. It was a great shot. Our par 5s are tough because of fairway bunkering and guarded greens. I am sure I averaged lower on the 5's today than on the 4s. I had four 6's on the par 4's today.

Because: still missing greens with short irons, and the short game was OMG awful. The last two rounds should have easily been in the 70s. I need to do something before I get the chipping heebie-jeebies.

Alright, I’ll try this.
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/short-game-chipping-wet-grainy-dormant-bermuda

If you live and play south of the Mason-Dixon Line during the winter months, I am sure you consider yourself one of the lucky ones. A 12-month golf season makes a lot of Midwest and Northern golfers jealous. The downside is that you may regularly experience the most daunting short game lie in golf: tight, wet, dormant Bermuda grass. I’ve coached over 100 PGA, LPGA and PGA Tour Champions players over the years and every single player—without fail—has asked how to navigate this situation.

DonM Impressive.