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How did you score in your last round... 2017 ?

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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,753 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    Looks at the post above, shuffles feet and mutters something about at least the positive thing was not loosing a golf ball during my round... :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Manach wrote: »
    Looks at the post above, shuffles feet and mutters something about at least the positive thing was not loosing a golf ball during my round... :)

    Like this? :)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,756 ✭✭✭redzerdrog


    Jawgap wrote: »
    Having trimmed just over 4 shots from handicap in the first half of April, I 'recalibrated' my golfing objectives for the year and thought it might be possible to erode another couple of shots off before the end of the summer. Still, I was left wondering where those shots might actually come from.....

    ......the answer was Seapoint!!! Took my shiny new slimmed down, 17.8 handicap out for its first spin today and shot 42 points in cool but largely benign conditions. My first objective today was not to disgrace myself, my second was to try not to give up a soft 0.1 and my third wa to try and keep any knuckleheaded triple bogeys off the card. I started well, parring the first 3, bogeying the next 2 (index 3 and 1) and just played it steady from there. Got beaten up a bit by their par 5s but still managed to close out the front 9 on 19 points.

    From there I figured I could kick on and make the buffer zone without too much effort and with a little luck. The par 5 tenth hole beat me up again, but then I parred 11 and birdied 12 and at that point I figured, "game on" and pushed a little bit harder and secured three more pars and nothing worse than a bogey on the last half dozen holes to seal the deal at 23 points on the back and 42 overall.......to say I'm chuffed would be an understatement!!!

    Looking at recent results, I'd say I could be about 6 or maybe 7 shots than the CSS for their Tuesday open, so if I'm calculating it right I'll lose 1.8 or 2.1 for the score plus the previous ESR will trigger another ESR and the average of the score that triggered the first ESR and this score (difference between my score and the respective CSS's) will be 5.5 or 6 which will gain me another ESR of 2 strokes.....which will drop me to about 13.7 or 13.8.......which is what I was aiming for, but thought it'd me next year before I'd see those figures!

    Great shooting! Birdie on 12 isn't easy to come by!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭levitronix


    Manach wrote: »
    Looks at the post above, shuffles feet and mutters something about at least the positive thing was not loosing a golf ball during my round... :)


    Ha ha love it . Went 3 rounds on the same ball . Things battered but will live for another round


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    I wrapped up my own personal Easter festival of golf by playing the regular wednesday comp at my home port (Laytown & Bettystown) yesterday.

    Following on from my result at Seapoint the handicap was cut to 15.7 (playing handicap of 16) with no ESR applied - I must've read the manual wrong!

    Anyway, pretty much the same objectives as before - no giving back a 0.1 and no triples. Conditions were fine......very little wind and occasional drizzle. Started well with 3 pars in the first 4 holes, followed by a couple of bogeys then a par on the index 2 before I registered my first double bogey on 8 which was pretty infuriating as it was a 4-putt after getting on the green in 2 - and I can't even use the excuse that I was on the 'wrong' part of the tiered green compared to where the pin was!!

    Anyway, struggled a bit to get things back firing again and finished out the front 9 with a bogey, then shot 2 double bogeys in the first 3 holes of the back 9, which I'm attributing to letting my concentration go on my putting. Finished out the last 6 holes in a steady enough fashion with 2 pars and 4 bogeys.

    All told it was 6 pars, 7 bogeys and 5 doubles for 38 pts and another cut :)

    I hit 53% of fairways, 39% GIR and had 2.3 putts per hole.

    .....and I still feel I can take more off the handicap - I very much doubt I'll get near the winner's enclosure for sometime, but at the moment I'm feeling like there's a bit more fat left to trim from my game before I hit the bone! And most of it is in the putting department!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,687 ✭✭✭spacecoyote


    Jawgap wrote: »

    Following on from my result at Seapoint the handicap was cut to 15.7 (playing handicap of 16) with no ESR applied - I must've read the manual wrong!

    My understanding of the ESR is that once you've had one applied, there is a reset. Your Seapoint score would trigger the first round of your next ESR. So you'll need another big round to qualify for the 2nd one.

    Either way, that's a fantastic run of golf you've had, I'm extremely jealous.

    I've played 3 comps since qualifying started & pulled in 3 0.1s :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    My understanding of the ESR is that once you've had one applied, there is a reset. Your Seapoint score would trigger the first round of your next ESR. So you'll need another big round to qualify for the 2nd one.

    Either way, that's a fantastic run of golf you've had, I'm extremely jealous.

    I've played 3 comps since qualifying started & pulled in 3 0.1s :(

    Thanks.

    I had a -5 ND on 1 April - to my reading that 'triggered' the ESR - then the -4 ND on 16 April 'activated' the ESR, so I lost a further stroke on top of the UHS adjustment......

    ......my reading of the manual is that the second 'exceptional' score, in addition to triggering an ESR, serves as a marker or trigger for the third one......which would be the score from Seapoint.......

    ......I also re-read the manual and it seems the system makes a "recommendation" - it's not automatic, and it's up to the handicapping committee to apply it or not.....

    .....anyway, we'll see.


  • Registered Users Posts: 31 dconnolly81


    Finally got my 3rd card in today shot an 85. So my 3 cards were 83, 85 and 87 so happy enough with that left a lot behind me again today but plenty of room for improvement. Played of 14 2 years ago so be happy to get back to that or lower. Not sure what I'll get.

    So i got my handicap today got 13.5. So happy with that start of where i finished. Now to start moving down hopefully


  • Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭WheresMyPar


    5 over par for 69 net in medal today
    3 birdies
    10 pars
    3 bogeys
    1 double
    1 treble😂


  • Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ Ariyah Wailing Drivel


    It was a fourball so not 100% sure what I scored on my own card but played my best golf in probably 5+ years today. Always struggled massively with my round just falling apart on the back 9, but my last 7 holes were par, par, bogey, birdie, bogey (STUPID three putt), par, par so couldn't be happier that I managed to keep it together for the whole thing. Holes 9 through 11 had an OOB on 9 and then a double on 11, with another three putt bogey on 10 so I really felt the wheels were going to come off for a disaster of a back 9. Was probably in the region of 39 to 40 points myself. Thrilled.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 31 dconnolly81


    32 points in connemara golf course played okish but left so much behind again


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,756 ✭✭✭redzerdrog


    Two rounds this week and both pretty poor. Played Lough Erne last weekend and shot 25 points really struggled with distance control with irons and wedges, also putted poorly.

    Played my home club yesterday in near perfect conditions and yet another 25 points, putting was just awfull and missing everything left, missed 4 putts of less than 3 feet. I'd say the longest putt I held was about 2 feet. One bright point was I chipped in for birdie on one hole but apart from that it was a bad day and struggled to get going.

    Something I have been considering a while now is getting a fat grip on my putter so think I am finally gona bite the bullet and do this.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,246 ✭✭✭sofireland


    After having a shocker in Druid's Glen on Good Friday - 19 points - I had a slight hand injury which i shouldn't have played with but hey ho.
    Returned to Knightsbrook yesterday, and played a solid 36 points with two scratches.
    I had 16 after nine, and had 20 on the back nine. Finished out the last four at -1 including a chip in for a two at the 18th.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    A steady weekend of golf.......following on from my recent handicap cuts I wasn't looking to do anything except play to the new handicap and score in the buffer zone.

    I've also set myself the challenge of keeping double bogeys off the card.

    Saturday was a singles stableford.....calm conditions with a barely perceptible wind from the north. I started well and, in some ways, played my best golf in a long time. There was nothing spectacular to report but the first 7 holes were consistency itself, then a wobble on 8 followed by another 8 holes of consistent scoring before I messed up 17, then finished with a par for a total of 37 points which turned out to be the CSS.

    5 pars, 11 bogeys and 2 doubles - and the annoying part was that one of those doubles came on the index 18 (17th holes) after a pretty decent drive, but where 'old me' would have brooded on that and probably turned the 18th into a trainwreck, the new me brushed it off and focused on finishing solidly :)

    In total I hit 60% of fairways, 33% GIR and 2.1 putts per hole.

    Today, was qualification for the club matchplay and again the objectives remained to score in the buffer zone and qualify. Conditions were near perfect with zero wind and again I started well with some consistent scoring. This time Mr Double Bogey made his presence known at hole 6, and then I completely cocked up the par 3 9th to shake hands with his cousin, Mr Triple Bogey:(

    Again I didn't dwell on it and set off down the back 9 with some more consistent scoring - nothing spectacular and very boring in fact. Came to 17 again, only this time I birdied it to slay the demons from the day before. Finished with a nett 71, and even though there'll be some fine scores recorded today, it should be enough to see me into the knockout stage of the competition.

    Today, it was 67% of fairways hit, 50% GIR but 2.3 putts per hole - putting is definitely an area where I culd pick up some more strokes. I could argue that the greens are a bit of a lottery at the moment, but they are that way for everyone......and averages aside, I'm having waaaaay too many 3-putts (6 today, along with a 4-putt).


  • Registered Users Posts: 787 ✭✭✭mafc


    Gross 80 , nett 72 in the Monthly Medal
    2 brain farts cost me two doubles
    11 pars
    5 bogey's
    2 doubles


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,729 ✭✭✭dan_ep82


    Sadly my best competition round of the year so far off the back back tee's and tucked pins. Easily the hardest layout I've seen in Tara.

    First hole I must have lasered the tree behind the green because I flew the green by about 50 yards, then had to chip around the tree :o

    Lots of silly mistakes with even a 4 putt in there and a few thins and duffs around the greens.

    Still, driver behaved more than usual and my iron strikes were excellent for the most part.

    Shot I remember most was a 4i to pin high on the 215yd par3

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 417 ✭✭martinkop


    Monthly medal - +10 net :(

    Started well par, par then steady enough until the 15th (-2 net) including a bird:), then bang!!! blew up, ran out of steam

    Finished quadruple, sextuple, quintuple and a double:mad::mad::mad::mad:

    Just ran out of energy I think, but still no excuse for that finish :confused:


  • Registered Users Posts: 348 ✭✭frink


    Two rounds this weekend.
    V Par in the Fourball matchplay qualifier on Saturday, finished 7up. Had 18 pars, qualified 4th. Missed a few birdie putts between us but also scrambled a few pars so could have gone either way.

    39 points off 8 yesterday so a great feeling to get the first cut of the year! Need to start holing more birdie putts to continue improving


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭ChippingSodbury


    Jawgap wrote: »
    Today, it was 67% of fairways hit, 50% GIR but 2.3 putts per hole - putting is definitely an area where I culd pick up some more strokes. I could argue that the greens are a bit of a lottery at the moment, but they are that way for everyone......and averages aside, I'm having waaaaay too many 3-putts (6 today, along with a 4-putt).

    F-ing hell: 41 putts!!! That, in any man's language, is shocking as I notice you did the same last week. You should be disappointed with 36 putts per round, that would be a five shot improvement. What do you practice when you're putting? I've noticed a good few players who struggle with pace for long putts is that they don't strike the ball square (the face is often open). This really affects judgement of pace on the longer ones so make sure that's not happening. Another simple one is pace out the distance of the putts. Make yourself a good putter and you'll be a single figure handicapper in no time...


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    F-ing hell: 41 putts!!! That, in any man's language, is shocking as I notice you did the same last week. You should be disappointed with 36 putts per round, that would be a five shot improvement. What do you practice when you're putting? I've noticed a good few players who struggle with pace for long putts is that they don't strike the ball square (the face is often open). This really affects judgement of pace on the longer ones so make sure that's not happening. Another simple one is pace out the distance of the putts. Make yourself a good putter and you'll be a single figure handicapper in no time...

    Actually, when you putt (:D) it like that, it's quite shocking.....also I checked......it was 42 putts :o

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    I think the main issue at the moment is the conditions of the greens on my home course - they've been heavily pole-forked, sprayed, seeded and sanded in the last few weeks and even this week, there was a very noticeable 'grain' on most of the greens that was a nightmare to putt across.

    I checked, and I think it's telling that when I played Seapoint, with fine, smooth rolling greens, I had 37 putts and my last round at home before the pole-forking began, I had 35 putts.......even if I was to just putt close to my long run average (2.1 putts per hole) I'd save between 3 and 4 strokes per round, compared to Sunday's efforts.

    But as I mentioned earlier - it doesn't seem to be a significant problem for others as we've had some decent scores over the last few weeks. Anyway, matters are already in hand as after Sunday's round I went straight in to book a lesson with the pro......I don't think I'm an inherently bad putter, but I'm certainly not dealing well with the state of our greens and its causing confidence issues!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭ChippingSodbury


    Sorry for shocking you! Sometimes people lose perspective: a 300yd drive counts the same as a 6" putt on the scorecard i.e. one shot.

    Most important thought when you stand over anything inside 20ft: "I'm going to get this"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    28 points off a 21HC at the Gleneagles PGA Centenary course (Ryder Cup course) yesterday.
    First round of the year so it was a tad presumptious to think it was going to go swimmingly.
    Happy enough with it though, 3 scratched holes, 1 was over at the tee, the other two were just brainfarts from the bunker.
    Lost out on nearest to the pin by 1 foot, longest drive by 10 yards, my bull landed in the first cut of the roof and it killed the speed, a few feet to the right and I'd have been up there, though admittedly still probably short.


    Greens weren't in great condition, they're battling heavy winds over the last few weeks they were saying. Playing some of those long par 4s into the wind was an absolute head wrecker.

    Still not a fan of the course, much prefer the King's.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    razorblunt wrote: »
    28 points off a 21HC at the Gleneagles PGA Centenary course (Ryder Cup course) yesterday.
    First round of the year so it was a tad presumptious to think it was going to go swimmingly.
    Happy enough with it though, 3 scratched holes, 1 was over at the tee, the other two were just brainfarts from the bunker.
    Lost out on nearest to the pin by 1 foot, longest drive by 10 yards, my bull landed in the first cut of the roof and it killed the speed, a few feet to the right and I'd have been up there, though admittedly still probably short.
    .........

    That makes sense if you read it in a Scottish accent ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Jawgap wrote: »
    That makes sense if you read it in a Scottish accent ;)

    Ha ha, I've lived here too long, I've started phonetically typing out words.

    Ach aye the nooo.


    I'm not even amending the original post, that can stay.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6 CrunchyBear


    32 points of 18 in Galway Bay this afternoon.

    Bit of a mixed bag, 13 on the front 9 but 19'on the back 9 including an absolute shocker of a 7 on a relatively simple par 3. Driver was good on the back 9 but really struggled with my distance control only hitting 2 GIR. Was disappointed with my putting with 38 putts which wasn't great considering I was trying to get up and down on a lot of the holes.

    Out again on Saturday, hopefully can continue with the back 9 scoring!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭slingerz


    34 points on an away day today. Putting struggled I found the greens to be an awful lot slower than the putting green which is very unhelpful.

    Was only 3 inches from my first ever hole in one! Looked destined to drop but the heartbreak when it didn't!


  • Registered Users Posts: 36 Righthammer


    I see you had 3 putts on the par 3 16th...and still had a 3 ..you must have taken a putter off the tee ..lol !:confused:




    Jawgap wrote: »
    Actually, when you putt (:D) it like that, it's quite shocking.....also I checked......it was 42 putts :o

    415526.JPG

    I think the main issue at the moment is the conditions of the greens on my home course - they've been heavily pole-forked, sprayed, seeded and sanded in the last few weeks and even this week, there was a very noticeable 'grain' on most of the greens that was a nightmare to putt across.

    I checked, and I think it's telling that when I played Seapoint, with fine, smooth rolling greens, I had 37 putts and my last round at home before the pole-forking began, I had 35 putts.......even if I was to just putt close to my long run average (2.1 putts per hole) I'd save between 3 and 4 strokes per round, compared to Sunday's efforts.

    But as I mentioned earlier - it doesn't seem to be a significant problem for others as we've had some decent scores over the last few weeks. Anyway, matters are already in hand as after Sunday's round I went straight in to book a lesson with the pro......I don't think I'm an inherently bad putter, but I'm certainly not dealing well with the state of our greens and its causing confidence issues!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 821 ✭✭✭SEORG


    I see you had 3 putts on the par 3 16th...and still had a 3 ..you must have taken a putter off the tee ..lol !:confused:

    4 strokes for a nett 3 no? (4/3 in the Strokes row)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 612 ✭✭✭boomtown84


    What app is that you're using?


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,729 ✭✭✭dan_ep82


    31 points today. 20 front and 11 back :o

    Again irons are super,really happy with them and short game was quite good but drove it crap on the back 9. Played an iron where I could but still cost me two scratches. This will be the main aim of the lesson Saturday.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,729 ✭✭✭dan_ep82


    Counted it up wrong on the card, 32 points going by howdidido, I'll take it


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    I see you had 3 putts on the par 3 16th...and still had a 3 ..you must have taken a putter off the tee ..lol !:confused:
    SEORG wrote: »
    4 strokes for a nett 3 no? (4/3 in the Strokes row)
    What he said.

    boomtown84 wrote: »
    What app is that you're using?

    Garmin Connect. It takes a download from my golf GPS (a Garmin).


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    This week, so far, has been a reminder that any notions I had about having the game licked were illusory!!

    On Wednesday I played in a FBBB comp at Forrest Little in fair conditions. And ok, while it was more four mates having a laugh, it was still a comp. In total we scored 36 pts. My individual scores ran to 26 pts, with 64% of fairways hit but only 17% GIR and 2.2 putts per hole.

    Good course, though, I enjoyed it. Not too much rough around but if you do decide to go off the fairway you're almost guaranteed that your next shot will be over, under or around a tree. There's also some heavy bunkering on some holes which was put to good use with some tasty pin positions, but everything is visible in terms of the bunkers.

    Today, was a singles stableford, and my own course finally prised the 0.1 from my grip that I'd been jealously defending. The wind blew - and it blew from the 'wrong' direction. Coming out of the south meant the back 9 were a real slog, if you hadn't done your scorign by the turn then it was unllikely you were going to register a decent score.

    I started well and finished reasonably, but the bit in between was a bit of a horror story. In total I hit 47% of the fairways, had 39% GIR but a mangy 2.4 putts per hole (this after I had a putting lesson on Thursday - I reckon I'm still trying to find a new routine to accommodate and 'automate' the changes!!).

    I also lost my first ball in about 2 months, and had 7 double bogeys or worse!!

    I'm scratching for some highlights but there was one or two. For a start I got a 2, and I scored 9 pts in total on the three Par-3s.......and that's where the highlights end :D

    Anyway, it's golf so there's always the next round tomorrow.


  • Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ Ariyah Wailing Drivel


    32 points today off the back stakes in a really strong wind. SS was 31 points so madly enough got cut 0.3. Please with some aspects of my game but just tend to have holes where I have a complete meltdown, two OOB on one hole for example, topped a drive on another which resulted in a scratch. Frustrating overall.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭Damo 2k9


    Long time lurker here lads, your usual 100+ round :p

    Got out for a last minute round up at Hollystown, normally hit between 100-110 because of a horrible slice off the tee. Changed a few things around with my grip and went out and shot a 47-45 for a total of 92, couldnt believe it.

    Driving the ball like never before, short game has come along but my irons are still something to be looked at, itll all come in time :)

    Not as impressive as some on here, but everyone else is sick of hearing about it so thought id come on here and let it out! :D


  • Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ Ariyah Wailing Drivel


    Damo 2k9 wrote: »
    Long time lurker here lads, your usual 100+ round :p

    Got out for a last minute round up at Hollystown, normally hit between 100-110 because of a horrible slice off the tee. Changed a few things around with my grip and went out and shot a 47-45 for a total of 92, couldnt believe it.

    Driving the ball like never before, short game has come along but my irons are still something to be looked at, itll all come in time :)

    Not as impressive as some on here, but everyone else is sick of hearing about it so thought id come on here and let it out! :D

    Good stuff! You should consider a lesson or two, a decent pro will iron all this out for you in no time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭Damo 2k9


    Good stuff! You should consider a lesson or two, a decent pro will iron all this out for you in no time.

    Cheers pal! Got lessons as a kid, stopped playing when I was about 10-11 and started in november again (now 22) so ive still got a decent base, just need to iron out the silly stuff and I reckon I could drop even a few more.

    One card left to get my handicap and then I can start my goal of dropping shots from there! :cool:


  • Registered Users Posts: 900 ✭✭✭seamie78


    Got my first handicap last week shooting similar scores to yourself, got a 26 looking forward to bringing it down


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,175 ✭✭✭kieran.


    Nett 74 in a 3 -4 club wind for one of my best stroke play results...
    4 pars 7 bogies and 7 others was sitting level par to my handicap teeing off on the 18th and finished with a triple bogey when a bogey would have seen me in the prizes plus a handicap cut as the CCS was -1. Unlucky as I put one OB in a place where I haven't in 5 years in the club

    Highlight of the round was a 300 yard plus on the first drive leaving a 7 iron to the 520 yard par 5 for a 3 putt par :) (wind assisted)

    4 no 7s leaves plenty of room for improvement

    Progress following on from my highest result in a boards outing last weekend (6th)


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,729 ✭✭✭dan_ep82


    32 (12F/20B) points in the Curragh Open
    3 scratches on the front, 1 one the back.

    Strike is terrible since the lesson but inside 100 I was very good for the most part with alot of up and downs.

    If I played it last week I would have comfortably shot 40 points.

    Still, happy seeing as it was my first time there.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 592 ✭✭✭rickis tache


    first round in 2017 that I felt good with.
    37 points off 13. 17 out 20 back in cregmore galway. truthfully 3 bad drives cost me breaking 40, irons were ok and putting was fine.


  • Registered Users Posts: 31 dconnolly81


    29 points in athenry today absolutely shocking stuff. From the 1st tee to the 18th tee the lad i was playing with did not stop giving out about his missus. Couldn't get going at all


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,729 ✭✭✭dan_ep82


    29 points in athenry today absolutely shocking stuff. From the 1st tee to the 18th tee the lad i was playing with did not stop giving out about his missus. Couldn't get going at all
    I got the history of the club I was playing at, have to say it was a nice break from the usual ****e


  • Registered Users Posts: 787 ✭✭✭mafc


    36pts,gross 79 today in beautiful conditions.
    7 pars
    2 birdies
    8 bogey's
    1 double

    Played well ,missed two putts for birdie on second and twelfth that I'd make 9 times out of ten.
    Once again a silly double from centre of fairway and a 3 putt on the last, where I went to tap in from less than a foot and missed.

    Still going well so far this year with no .1 yet.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,477 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    27 points yesteray in athlone.

    Hit the ball super - the changes I have put in over the winter are really starting too pay off. Sadly, with how little golf I am playing, my short game has suffered and I had the touch of an elephant around the greens.

    Conditions on the day didnt help either, but still - It was nice to get out and play and hit the ball well :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,290 ✭✭✭dar_cool


    First time ive played in weeks. Not getting out to practise lately this year due to moving into a new house and baby getting bigger.
    Played scratch cup in bunclody off the black tees. Had a super front nine of 35(-2 gross ) back nine much harder in the wind and 2 silly doubles left me with a 77 gross for second place. Pity as there was a seriously good round there but rustyness and a small bit of misfortune came to bite me in the ass.
    Cant wait for the next one!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 592 ✭✭✭rickis tache


    dan_ep82 wrote: »
    I got the history of the club I was playing at, have to say it was a nice break from the usual ****e

    I played with a 19 handicapper who had 44 but should of had 50. big fan of Peter pan


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,729 ✭✭✭dan_ep82


    I played with a 19 handicapper who had 44 but should of had 50. big fan of Peter pan
    Don't get that :confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Sunday was a match against God......or it felt that way in the gale, the rain and the sand being whipped up from the beach. It was v-par comp and I was quite happy with how I played. God beat me by three which is to say I finished three down, but considering that three up won it and level got a prize, the result wasn't too bad and it was in the buffer zone, so quite happy with that.

    Yesterday, I went out to play the Intermediate Scratch Cup in Hollywood Lakes.....nice course, lovely weather and good company but my game was the worst!! Started with a par (tap in one following a near miss chip for birdie) then just went to pot.....on reflection I think on such a long course I was overcooking my drives to try and squeeze a few yards extra from them.....then failing to adequately deal with having to play from the lush first cut when I inevitably sent them right. Looking at my stats there is a noticeable difference between the holes where I found the fairway and those where I didn't. So lesson learned for the next time.

    Anyway, I finished that game hoping I'd get mugged before I got to the (very nice) clubhouse to put my card in.......no such luck!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 348 ✭✭frink


    Scratch Cup Qualfiying on Saturday off the Blue tees, first time this year. Tricky conditions on the back 9 and finish +9 so managed to qualify in the top 32.

    CSS was 77 Nett so got cut 0.6 to 6.5 so nearly at my target!


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