belljr
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encaitar
Footballguy
Agreed on personal stats, although for me, it depends on the green. If I'm 80 feet away and am just hoping to give myself a look, then no...
If I'm 20 feet away I'm thinking down in two at worst and would consider it a 3 putt personally.
Yeah this is where I am at too
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Instinctive
Footballguy
Today I played 13 holes five over.
I also played five holes 17 over.
I also played five holes 17 over.
Zow
Footballguy
No.
Instinctive
Footballguy
Great lesson today. Two year journey starting to feel really close to some good stuff. I'm thinking I have a few more rounds of figuring out distances and clubs and all that and being hyper aggressive and then spend most of the summer trying to score and focusing on going as low as I can.
Really excited about this year.
Really excited about this year.
Instinctive
Footballguy
Played The Fountains course at the Welk in Southern California...best round of the year. Ten over. Only one penalty. Chipped in for par once, drained a 25 foot birdie on one.
Super fun short course. It's only par 62, 3900 yards. 8 par 4s and 10 par 3s.
Super fun short course. It's only par 62, 3900 yards. 8 par 4s and 10 par 3s.
The Gator
Footballguy
Let’s make the personal best an 84Broke 90 for the first time, 89 with 31 putts.
Five pars in a row on the back 9, eight total
Six 1 putts
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Instinctive
Footballguy
Need the Bryson grips
Zow
Footballguy
coupled with some good playing partners.
The Gator
Footballguy
I’ll pack the cbd gummies when we play.
Truebluey
Footballguy
After restarting after a 30- year hiatus last year, decided to join the men's club at my muni this year. First big event is a named scramble, big trophy and everything. ABCD teams. As the D player (29) I'm nervous as we all play 6 from the tips, 6 from the mens, and 6 from the seniors. Plus every player has to use 3 tee shots. Get paired with the club vice captain who is notorious for being the bridesmaid in this event.
First hole is from the tips, I've never teed off here before (67 so i play seniors tees a lot). Try to stay relaxed and to my surprise i absolutely stripe it down the middle, we used mine, from 135 i hit 8i to 12 feet and the A player drains the birdie. I proceed to play great all day, we used 5 of my tee shots. The B player struggled but we finish 11 under on the strength of our A player's putting.
The team with the Club Captain goes out at 7 am and had the best conditions and finishes 13 under, we finish second.
Depite his great putting, the club vice captain is bridesmaid again.
Oh well, there's always next year, right?
First hole is from the tips, I've never teed off here before (67 so i play seniors tees a lot). Try to stay relaxed and to my surprise i absolutely stripe it down the middle, we used mine, from 135 i hit 8i to 12 feet and the A player drains the birdie. I proceed to play great all day, we used 5 of my tee shots. The B player struggled but we finish 11 under on the strength of our A player's putting.
The team with the Club Captain goes out at 7 am and had the best conditions and finishes 13 under, we finish second.
Depite his great putting, the club vice captain is bridesmaid again.
Oh well, there's always next year, right?
Zow
Footballguy
Or this.
Honestly it just sounds like you gotta get out of your own head and swing freely.
Instinctive
Footballguy
Two more rounds since I played.
I think the single biggest thing that hurts my game is waiting on people every hole. It just drives me insane. Move your *** or let me come through. ESPECIALLY if a hole is open in front of you. My round Sunday took a full hour longer than it should have, even with a beginner playing partner and taking our time and letting him hit extras and practice swing.
That round...20 over.
Today, went back to the place I played 10 over and played it 15 over. Putts just would not fall, and I had a penalty. The OB was two strokes extra and then a couple three putta, two double chips...that's the difference, though I played better off the tee and mostly on approaches.
Having a great time with a real drive now. Being able to know I can put it 230+, and if I go after it and am ok with a possible slice, but connect, like 275...it's awesome.
If I can get my iron play a bit better and hit some greens, and then my next step will be to go back to intense short game practice and try to shave strokes. I think just improving the irons for now can get me to my goal of 10 this year.
I think the single biggest thing that hurts my game is waiting on people every hole. It just drives me insane. Move your *** or let me come through. ESPECIALLY if a hole is open in front of you. My round Sunday took a full hour longer than it should have, even with a beginner playing partner and taking our time and letting him hit extras and practice swing.
That round...20 over.
Today, went back to the place I played 10 over and played it 15 over. Putts just would not fall, and I had a penalty. The OB was two strokes extra and then a couple three putta, two double chips...that's the difference, though I played better off the tee and mostly on approaches.
Having a great time with a real drive now. Being able to know I can put it 230+, and if I go after it and am ok with a possible slice, but connect, like 275...it's awesome.
If I can get my iron play a bit better and hit some greens, and then my next step will be to go back to intense short game practice and try to shave strokes. I think just improving the irons for now can get me to my goal of 10 this year.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
I can’t take it either
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I went out last Wednesday and walked off after Hole #1. There were two groups of four already waiting on the second tee.
As I played #1, I could hear the guys teeing off on hole #3 that runs parallel the opposite direction. At least three of them yelled "Fore".
Good news is I only paid for 9 and got a rain check for 18.
It's okay to suck at golf. Just do it faster.
CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
played sunday at Oak Quarry in So cal, was playing lights out through 8 holes sitting at 1 over on an extremely tough course when I made the mistake of looking at the live standings. With my handicap I was 4 clear of second place 
and that's when suddenly I forgot how to hit the golf ball. I doubled 9 and rebounded a bit on 10 before imploding with back to back triple's and at that point I said **** it and started drinking beer. **** Golf, playing sat/sun/mon this memorial day 
and that's when suddenly I forgot how to hit the golf ball. I doubled 9 and rebounded a bit on 10 before imploding with back to back triple's and at that point I said **** it and started drinking beer. **** Golf, playing sat/sun/mon this memorial day
Zow
Footballguy
I think an FBG manages this course.played sunday at Oak Quarry in So cal, was playing lights out through 8 holes sitting at 1 over on an extremely tough course when I made the mistake of looking at the live standings. With my handicap I was 4 clear of second place
Judge Smails
Footballguy
Judge Smails
Footballguy
the main reason I joined a private club. Rounds in the 3+ hour mark vs in the high 4's or even 5+. I looked at our tee sheet today and there is exactly 1 time booked after 12pm today. Wide open. 80 degrees - perfect day. I played a public course on Monday with friends since our club was closed and there were FOUR groups waiting on 18. Ridiculous.
Zow
Footballguy
Same here. I view it as a terrible two putt and probably means I'll have 30+ putts for the round.
Zow
Footballguy
Yep. That's absolutely where the value lies. My private course was, up until very recently, managed by the same greens keeping company as the public course next door. So, basically, same conditions (though I like our layout much better as they have some gimmicky holes). But I can always play my course in a four ball between 3 and 4 hours where they regularly push 5 hour rounds.
I had snapped the shaft on my Ping 2 iron a few months ago and got the call it was fixed so I picked it up yesterday at my local golf shop. I tested out some putters and bought a new Cleveland putter. First Putter I have bought in 30 years so it should help with some practice. I also bought some new shoes and pro v 1s.
Instinctive
Footballguy
Played the Dye course at Stonebridge in Dallas yesterday. 91! Had a back 9 stretch of Bogey par par birdie par par that was amazing. Tough course...AND I had to use rental clubs because airline put my clubs on the wrong flight home. Rentals were solid (Callaway Elyte set) but problematic - they were shorter than my clubs for sure, and they had a 3 wood 5 wood 4 hybrid 3 hybrid...and one 58 degree wedge. Would have loved a 54 and/or a 50 in there. Plus it was one of those 2-ball mallet putters - worst I have putted in a long time. I'm a blade-ish guy for sure. Putter was WAY less upright so I kept struggling to hit it straight or I'd have my normal putting motion but it wouldn't come out of the middle of the face. HATED it. Front nine was a disaster adjusting and back nine had great moments but mostly because I was close to the pin.
Upside? Airline already reimbursed me ~$300 for rentals, two boxes of balls, two gloves, a hat, a divot tool, a ball marker, sunscreen...everything I had in my normal bag that I would have used in a round! (Lots of balls because I suck, right?). So I feel like I won anyway.
Upside? Airline already reimbursed me ~$300 for rentals, two boxes of balls, two gloves, a hat, a divot tool, a ball marker, sunscreen...everything I had in my normal bag that I would have used in a round! (Lots of balls because I suck, right?). So I feel like I won anyway.
3 hour lunch
Footballguy
Out of curiosity, what are your favorite courses ever played, and what would be on your wish list (feasible, not Augusta). For me:
Pebble Beach, Wolf Creek, Manele, Whistling Straits, Black Desert, Payne’s Valley, Bandon Dunes, Pacific Dunes, Tobacco Road, TPC Scottsdale
Wish List: Kiawah, Pinehurst, Cabot cliffs, shadow creek, pga west stadium, and several in Scotland/ireland
Pebble Beach, Wolf Creek, Manele, Whistling Straits, Black Desert, Payne’s Valley, Bandon Dunes, Pacific Dunes, Tobacco Road, TPC Scottsdale
Wish List: Kiawah, Pinehurst, Cabot cliffs, shadow creek, pga west stadium, and several in Scotland/ireland
Judge Smails
Footballguy
My all time favorite is Kingsbarns in Scotland. Pebble, Torrey Pines, Old Course, Pacific Dunes, Bandon Dunes, Carnoustie, TPC Sawgrass, TPC Stadium (La Quinta), Cypress Point. Loved County Sligo in Ireland. Mauna Lani on the Big Island. Locally I’ve never played Pasatiempo - very high on my list. I want to get to those courses in St. George soon. Obviously the big private courses like Augusta National would be a dream should I ever get an invite. I’d like to play in the many other golf meccas across the country in the right season. I’m a fair weathered golfer. Hate humidity. Played a lot of the courses in the RTJ golf trail but Alabama in the summer wasn’t fun for me. Not a mudder either. Don’t want to play bundled up with cold/rain. Only acceptable at Bandon or Scotland/Ireland, and hopefully only for a round to get the full experience.
3 hour lunch
Footballguy
Yeah Kingsbarns looks amazing. Jealous you got to play Cypress, I didn’t have on my list because I don’t even consider it feasible.
TLEF316
Footballguy
My good friends are NOT golfers which has drastically limited my ability to play out of state bucket list type courses. No buddies trips. Real bummer. I need new friends.
But...top 5 favorite I've I've played
Baltusrol lower- Dad knows several members
Bethpage black- Public
Troon north Monument- Public
Hamilton Farms- Really nice private course I played for my company outing a couple of weeks ago. I could theoretically join this place if I wanted but its not walkable and basically required caddies every day. No thanks.
Ballyowen- Top Public course in NJ
Top 5 privates I want to play that I actually have a potential way on
Somerset Hills (I live 5 mins away....gotta run into a member at SOME POINT)
Cypress Point- My dad knows someone
Plainfield- dad knows a guy
Fishers Island- one of my bosses is on the waiting list and will likely be in at some point in the next couple of years
Ballyneal- Anyone can technically call up and get a 1 time pass if you stay on property for a night and pay.
Top 5 trips i want to take
- Bandon
- Sand Valley
- Rest of Wisconsin (Whistling Straits, Erin Hills)
- Pinehurst
- Monterrey Peninsula
Scotland/Ireland just doesn't appeal to me as a trip. The idea of paying all that money, spending all that time and energy getting there only to potentially be bundled up in rain gear getting blown off the planet the entire time just seems like a nightmare. I get that's a risk with Bandon as well but the odds of you losing an entire trip out there to bad weather are lower than the UK. (plus you've got all 5 courses + the short courses right on the property plus a much better food experience)
Yeah, if could snap my fingers and be on the first tee at Adaire Manor or one of the great Scottish courses on a perfect weather day...sure. But knowing my luck, I'd go out there and it would be a week straight of sideways rain and 40 MPH wind gusts.
VERY Hot take....the Old Course at St. Andrews looks absolutely stupid to me and I have no desire to play it. 6,000 tiny impossible bunkers strewn around a concrete parking lot.
But...top 5 favorite I've I've played
Baltusrol lower- Dad knows several members
Bethpage black- Public
Troon north Monument- Public
Hamilton Farms- Really nice private course I played for my company outing a couple of weeks ago. I could theoretically join this place if I wanted but its not walkable and basically required caddies every day. No thanks.
Ballyowen- Top Public course in NJ
Top 5 privates I want to play that I actually have a potential way on
Somerset Hills (I live 5 mins away....gotta run into a member at SOME POINT)
Cypress Point- My dad knows someone
Plainfield- dad knows a guy
Fishers Island- one of my bosses is on the waiting list and will likely be in at some point in the next couple of years
Ballyneal- Anyone can technically call up and get a 1 time pass if you stay on property for a night and pay.
Top 5 trips i want to take
- Bandon
- Sand Valley
- Rest of Wisconsin (Whistling Straits, Erin Hills)
- Pinehurst
- Monterrey Peninsula
Scotland/Ireland just doesn't appeal to me as a trip. The idea of paying all that money, spending all that time and energy getting there only to potentially be bundled up in rain gear getting blown off the planet the entire time just seems like a nightmare. I get that's a risk with Bandon as well but the odds of you losing an entire trip out there to bad weather are lower than the UK. (plus you've got all 5 courses + the short courses right on the property plus a much better food experience)
Yeah, if could snap my fingers and be on the first tee at Adaire Manor or one of the great Scottish courses on a perfect weather day...sure. But knowing my luck, I'd go out there and it would be a week straight of sideways rain and 40 MPH wind gusts.
VERY Hot take....the Old Course at St. Andrews looks absolutely stupid to me and I have no desire to play it. 6,000 tiny impossible bunkers strewn around a concrete parking lot.
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Zow
Footballguy
I got a July Bandon invite with my boys I can’t keep. Want it?
Judge Smails
Footballguy
got here in La Quinta for our annual 24 guy boondoggle. Tournament round tomorrow followed by Ryder Cup matches Thurs and Fri, then final tournament round Sat. Friday’s single matches are at PGA West Stadium. Will be epic. This place (Chateau at Lake La Quinta) is PERFECT. 24 guys. 24 rooms. We take the whole place over for a week. Tonight we had tomahawks and all the fixings plus big wines, cocktails and 2 humidors of great cigars. Hope I play well but it’s a blast no matter what. 35th year!
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
Well, I got a 7 wood. I've been trying to play more conservatively in general, but especially off the tee. We'll see how it goes. Used it for one round so far. I got the Ping G440.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Instinctive
Footballguy
Tee game was awesome this weekend.
Been focusing on it a bit too much I think though. Now just need to maintain it, and get some of my short game touch back. Putter has been quite good as well.
Losing strokes on approach play and chipping. Chipping at least is because I've neglected practice, and approach play will come as I continue lessons. It's the best it's ever been but still not quite consistent enough.
Been focusing on it a bit too much I think though. Now just need to maintain it, and get some of my short game touch back. Putter has been quite good as well.
Losing strokes on approach play and chipping. Chipping at least is because I've neglected practice, and approach play will come as I continue lessons. It's the best it's ever been but still not quite consistent enough.
TheDirtyWord
Footballguy
Question for the group here...To what extent are you using or have you used simulators to work on your game?
Zow
Footballguy
To "work" on my game? Very little. To keep the swing muscles feeling spry during the snow-ridden winter months? Sure.
TheDirtyWord
Footballguy
WDIK2
Footballguy
A buddy and I built one this last Winter. I've used it a couple of times during the golf season because it's closer than my local course, weather, and the driving range at my local course is currently in bad shape.
Zow
Footballguy
Pretty much never.
However, I am about to use it to test some new irons for potential purchase to get the spin rates.
SouthJersey
Footballguy
Have my club's member-guest this weekend. Pretty pumped since it's the first time I'm in it. It always fills up and 80% of the field is based on seniority (how many years did you participate in the MB out of the past 10), and the last 20% is a random lottery. Finally had my name pulled from the waitlist of newer members.
Any tips aside from have fun and don't get too bombed? Is there a strategy for parimutuel betting?
Any tips aside from have fun and don't get too bombed? Is there a strategy for parimutuel betting?
Zow
Footballguy
Do you know your fellow members well? Does your club monitor handicaps via something like cap patrol? What's the format?
Once I have these answers I can be more specific. Ultimately though it usually boils down to finding out what you can about the guests as they provide the greater chance for variance whereas regular members should have a legit handicap and stay within a reasonable range.
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
Playing in a four-man scramble this weekend. And the "winner" will be just one of a handful of teams that blatantly cheat. Last year, two teams basically refused to turn in scorecards. One of them finally did, and lo and behold, their score was just barely better than all the other posted scores. The other group walked up and turned in their card 10 seconds later and it was one shot better. So stupid.
It's for a local baseball fundraiser, so whatever. But all the people in this know everyone else either directly or through someone else. It's always the young guys that cheat. They have no shame. I actually yelled out "good one" when the last group walked up last year and it almost turned into a brawl.
It's for a local baseball fundraiser, so whatever. But all the people in this know everyone else either directly or through someone else. It's always the young guys that cheat. They have no shame. I actually yelled out "good one" when the last group walked up last year and it almost turned into a brawl.
Zow
Footballguy
I used to love these things (scrambles are fun for the inconsistent player because just the great shots are highlighted) but I now actually avoid these sorts of things or just go in to them with the mindset that it's for charity and the result shouldn't matter.
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