How did you score in your last round? - 2019

mighty magpie · 13-05-2019 3:23pm

dan_ep82 wrote: »

Played with the Vice Captain and he told me they're actively trying to bring the CSS/SSS up which is great.
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How are they going to do this?

dan_ep82 · 13-05-2019 3:57pm

mighty magpie wrote: »

How are they going to do this?

By making the course play tougher. Harder pins, higher rough, quicker greens were a few he mentioned.

slingerz · 13-05-2019 7:25pm

dan_ep82 wrote: »

By making the course play tougher. Harder pins, higher rough, quicker greens were a few he mentioned.

we are looking into something similar in my home course. Has CSS of 40 & 41pts last year on a number of days.

The GUI were out to assess it and i believe it has rated higher since it was last done a number of years ago they suggested narrowing the fairways as a way to bring the CSS down.

Difficulty is our membership is predominantly senior and they are against the narrowing of fairways, growing of rough generally anything that makes the course harder. same can be said of the ladies club. It leaves some of our lower golfers frustrated to say the least.

I played a comp with one of our +1 golfers last year and on the 1st tee he informed me that he wasnt playing in the comp that day. i enquired as to why and he said he reckoned the css was going to be high that day and he needed to be -5 to make standard scratch and avoid getting 0.1 back. At that level 0.1 can mean missing out on some of the marquee events

dan_ep82 · 13-05-2019 9:28pm

slingerz wrote: »

we are looking into something similar in my home course. Has CSS of 40 & 41pts last year on a number of days.

The GUI were out to assess it and i believe it has rated higher since it was last done a number of years ago they suggested narrowing the fairways as a way to bring the CSS down.

Difficulty is our membership is predominantly senior and they are against the narrowing of fairways, growing of rough generally anything that makes the course harder. same can be said of the ladies club. It leaves some of our lower golfers frustrated to say the least.

I played a comp with one of our +1 golfers last year and on the 1st tee he informed me that he wasnt playing in the comp that day. i enquired as to why and he said he reckoned the css was going to be high that day and he needed to be -5 to make standard scratch and avoid getting 0.1 back. At that level 0.1 can mean missing out on some of the marquee events

Same stories in our course but the highest we have is 39, 41 is mental.

That was the big reason they're pushing for it, too many young members leaving so they can get cuts.

dar_cool · 13-05-2019 10:28pm

dan_ep82 wrote: »

Final Comp of the week in my home course today.

Felt a bit ropey again today and I could count on one hand the good iron strikes I hit. Chipping/pitching was great, putting was good and driving was good again.

Course was in great nick and the greens were super slick today with tough positions. Played with the Vice Captain and he told me they're actively trying to bring the CSS/SSS up which is great.

Anyhow,
20F/20B 40Pts overall with 2nd place and more importantly a cut to 17.4

Scratch on the first was a pull 3i off the tee with a weak swing and didn't play out well after that and carded a 7. Get my irons back to where I want soon and I'm confident I'll go lower. Dropping two playing shots in a week is better than I was expecting so f###ing delighted

40 with a scratch!! I won't be at all surprised if I open this thread and see you have a mad score mid to high 40s in next few weeks. Fair play, you seem to be on a purple patch. Very surprised it took this long as you have all the basics right including a great swing. I'm member in headfort now if you fancy a round over the summer

dan_ep82 · 13-05-2019 11:26pm

dar_cool wrote: »

40 with a scratch!! I won't be at all surprised if I open this thread and see you have a mad score mid to high 40s in next few weeks. Fair play, you seem to be on a purple patch. Very surprised it took this long as you have all the basics right including a great swing. I'm member in headfort now if you fancy a round over the summer

Ha, thanks. I think I golfed myself out, went out for 9 this evening and hitting the ball horrendus but I have a lesson for Wednesday night so will hopefully have it sorted soon.

Cheers yeah I'd love to get out on the new again in the summer, hope your enjoying it

Remind me · 14-05-2019 9:09am

dan_ep82 wrote: »

Same stories in our course but the highest we have is 39, 41 is mental.

That was the big reason they're pushing for it, too many young members leaving so they can get cuts.

One of the big reasons for pushing up CSS is NR’s. They cause havoc with it.

Young_gunner · 14-05-2019 9:30am

dan_ep82 wrote: »

Same stories in our course but the highest we have is 39, 41 is mental.

That was the big reason they're pushing for it, too many young members leaving so they can get cuts.

is it not the other way round, if the CSS is low, it's easy to get the HC cut?

(apologies if i'm being silly...)

slingerz · 14-05-2019 9:40am

Young_gunner wrote: »

is it not the other way round, if the CSS is low, it's easy to get the HC cut?

(apologies if i'm being silly...)

it balances itself out really. but it comes back to the idea that 36 points is a great round whereas currently if people dont hit 36 points in our place they say they've played terrible. it shows that shouldnt be there handicap really.

for our scratch cups no visitors come as they feel they havent got a decent chance. Junior/Intermediate scratch against people who expect to have 41/42pts to be cut not to mind in the shake up.

Young_gunner · 14-05-2019 10:02am

slingerz wrote: »

it balances itself out really. but it comes back to the idea that 36 points is a great round whereas currently if people dont hit 36 points in our place they say they've played terrible. it shows that shouldnt be there handicap really.

for our scratch cups no visitors come as they feel they havent got a decent chance. Junior/Intermediate scratch against people who expect to have 41/42pts to be cut not to mind in the shake up.

Many thanks - clearly explained. 41/42 pts to be cut is a bit nuts.

what course is that out of interest?

spacecoyote · 14-05-2019 10:17am

A very poor round at the weekend. It was the Vice-Presidents prize, which was strokes, off the whites.

Didn't have any serious blow-ups, just didn't do anything particularly well.

Ended up with 90 strokes, first time shooting that high in a while (last October was last time I shot in to the 90s.

Driving - was bordering on a hook for most of the round. Big change for me in the last year where traditionally my miss was a pushy slice (so I'll try to take that as a slight positive, as I've been trying to work a draw with the driver. Needs a bit of calibration)

Approach - made a lot of poor club choices. Wasn't striking particularly badly, but left far too many approaches short

Short-game - was either excellent or terrible. Hit a few lovely chips in dead, but mixed in a few chunky contacts that left longer than necessary with the first putt

Putting - Distance control was very poor. Hit a lot of putts far too firmly leaving longer than necessary second putts. Also missed a few short ones for up & downs. Only had 1 3-putt, but that's more tied to the fact that I hit so few greens, so was chipping in to the bulk of them.

90 Strokes (4 Pars, 10 bogeys, 4 Doubles)
40% FIR
17% GIR
32 putts

0.1 back. Ah well, just have to bounce back as Esker Hills at the weekend

pakman · 14-05-2019 10:25am

41 points off 21 at St Margarets Open yesterday for the win. Never played the course before so I just decided to be straight and easy off tee and if in doubt club up.

Left about 6 putts short by 3-4 inches when right on line so could have been more.

Think that accepting that if I want consistency for now, hitting more club and letting ego fall aside might be key to getting down to sub 20. Felt a little boring as never really tried hitting a decent drive but I was scoring so well I kept at it.

Does anyone know if away Opens get considered for lowering handicap? I expect that they would but not seen anything yet.

davegilly · 14-05-2019 10:29am

pakman wrote: »

41 points off 21 at St Margarets Open yesterday for the win. Never played the course before so I just decided to be straight and easy off tee and if in doubt club up.

Left about 6 putts short by 3-4 inches when right on line so could have been more.

Think that accepting that if I want consistency for now, hitting more club and letting ego fall aside might be key to getting down to sub 20. Felt a little boring as never really tried hitting a decent drive but I was scoring so well I kept at it.

Does anyone know if away Opens get considered for lowering handicap? I expect that they would but not seen anything yet.

You will get cut, same as you would if you won at home. The actual cut may not be the exact same due to the CSS of the course you played on though!

RoadRunner · 14-05-2019 10:36am

pakman wrote: »

Does anyone know if away Opens get considered for lowering handicap? I expect that they would but not seen anything yet.

Just checked masterscoreboard. The css was 34. You are about to get a savage cut. Well done!

pakman · 14-05-2019 10:42am

davegilly wrote: »

You will get cut, same as you would if you won at home. The actual cut may not be the exact same due to the CSS of the course you played on though!

RoadRunner wrote: »

Just checked masterscoreboard. The css was 34. You are about to get a savage cut. Well done!

Cheers lads. Maybe should have kept that round in the bank until after Esker

davegilly · 14-05-2019 11:15am

RoadRunner wrote: »

Just checked masterscoreboard. The css was 34. You are about to get a savage cut. Well done!

Is it every shot above the CSS you get cut, is that correct? So if you scored 35 points then you would get cut 1 x 0.4 (in Pakmans case) so is he now going to get cut 7 x 0.4 = 2.1?

I played in two comps recently, scoring 37 in both but only got cut for the second one. I must check the CSS for both as I cant remember. Its all a bit confusing!!

spacecoyote · 14-05-2019 12:25pm

davegilly wrote: »

Is it every shot above the CSS you get cut, is that correct? So if you scored 35 points then you would get cut 1 x 0.4 (in Pakmans case) so is he now going to get cut 7 x 0.4 = 2.1?

I played in two comps recently, scoring 37 in both but only got cut for the second one. I must check the CSS for both as I cant remember. Its all a bit confusing!!

It would be 7 cuts, yes. It would be 0.4 until he gets to 18.4, then it would be 0.3 per cut as he'd drop to a cat 3 golfer.

Roadrunner, do you have an away CSS as well as members comp CSS. Could be a bigger cut again?

RoadRunner · 14-05-2019 1:29pm

spacecoyote wrote: »

Roadrunner, do you have an away CSS as well as members comp CSS. Could be a bigger cut again?

No, I don't think so. 34pts css is lower than normal. Must have been tough enough conditions on the day.

pakman · 14-05-2019 1:59pm

RoadRunner wrote: »

No, I don't think so. 34pts css is lower than normal. Must have been tough enough conditions on the day.

It really wasn't. Bit of a wind but sunshine all day. Maybe the heat played a part because I was lobster red coming off the course

KevH1984 · 14-05-2019 3:42pm

First strokeplay event of the year for myself at the weekend, the club Masters one of our majors. Started with a disastrous double on the 1st and the 3rd but managed to finish 77 gross for a nett 71 off 6.

Course was playing tough due to the rough and thought I might have a squeak for my class but lo and behold it turns out I won. Shocked was an understatement but obviously delighted. Strokeplay is a great leveller and give us low handicap guys a better chance than normal if keeping things together.

2 doubles, 2 bogeys, 1 birdie and 13 pars. Very disappointed with the doubles, taking 4 to get down from 30 yards both times.

CSS was 74 so a nice 0.5 cut gets me down to 5 and halfway to my goal of 4 by year end. As it turns out only 3 players managed 72 or better all weekend which is a bit of a shock.

Hopefully a green jacket awaits for the prize.

CackHand · 14-05-2019 4:07pm

31 points off 18 playing as a visitor in Dunmurray Springs on Saturday. I find this is the one of the only courses i can get an early weekend tee time on when playing with friends who are not members anywhere.

Yet another round that got away. 19 points after 8 and 27 standing on the 14th tee but a stretch of 3 scratches in 4 holes put an end to a promising round.

I am not sure if it was fatigue due to carrying the bag around but i always seem to struggle on holes 14 -17 on this course which is strange as there are 2 par 5's in that 4 hole span.

Overall i enjoy the course despite being home to the single worst hole (Par 5 6th) i have ever played. Would be interested in hearing other peoples opinions on the course and its difficulty level to more capable golfers than myself.

OffalyMedic · 16-05-2019 3:44pm

Don't know what to say about today's round! I've never been so inconsistent. Had slices, hooks, thins, fat everything.

Off 12 had 9 pars, 3 bogies, 1 doubles and 5 scratches

Started off with 3 scratches after being made to feel unwelcome in the locker room prior to the draw. Unfortunately my local club would mainly consist of older women off handicaps 32-45. So when I came out for draw this morning there were comments made along the lines of

' we can go home now we don't have a chance with 12 handicapper playing'
' I saw you have featured a bit lately. With that handicap here sure all you need do to win is turn up'
When draw for partners was made the ladies marking for me out loud said ' how was I unlucky enough to have to play with her'

Havnt been playing great lately so all this got into my head and I scratched first 3 holes. Once I settled I played a bit better ( started to score) but just never confident over the ball.

Can safely say I'll be organising my own playing partners in future and not going out to the draws. Very disheartening. Might look at moving to a slightly further away club next year for a bit of competition and younger members

charlieIRL · 16-05-2019 4:04pm

Crikey that’s very bad form. Fair play to you for still playing and not heading off home again.

OffalyMedic · 16-05-2019 4:15pm

charlieIRL wrote:

Crikey thatâ€™s very bad form. Fair play to you for still playing and not heading off home again.

I was seriously considering it after 5 but we were out in 2 balls so although it was far from a nice welcome I wouldnt leave someone stranded.

8 people showed up and someone had the bright idea of 4 2-balls off 2 tees cause it's be quick. It was 3.5hours. definitely not quick!

mighty magpie · 22-05-2019 3:30pm

Played in the first round of our club matchplay.

Was giving away 7 shots. Went 2down but won 4 in 5 holes to go 2up. He won 2 holes on the way in where he had shots so we finished level through 18.

Managed to par 1 and 2 in sudden death, he had shots there so his bogeys matched my pars.
I missed the green on the 3rd and didn't get up and down. He 2 putted from about 20 yards.

Great game through 21 holes. I played them in +6.

38 points through 18, he had 39 points.

My best round at my home course and still couldn't get through!!

Goodluck2me · 22-05-2019 10:42pm

Played the 9-hole comp in Sutton golf course. 17pts through 9, off 16.
5 pars
1 bogey
1 double
2 scratches

Greens were rock hard, so despite not scoring well the short game was best it’s been for a while.

slave1 · 23-05-2019 8:58am

Nothing spectacular but a consistent round in the Moate Intermediate Scratch for a 0.6 cut

spacecoyote · 23-05-2019 10:33am

slave1 wrote: »

Nothing spectacular but a consistent round in the Moate Intermediate Scratch for a 0.6 cut

Following up your Boards performance, seems like you're on a good run at the moment. Well done!

TitianGerm · 23-05-2019 10:47am

30 points in Bunclody yesterday. First time playing in over a month and tired badly on the back straight, completely losing the feel for my swing. Ended up scratching 14, 15, 16 and 17 due to one horrible shot on each hole losing 3 balls in those four holes.

Add to those another scratch on the first and two 1 pointers on 2 and 3 I was happy enough overall with my score. Highlight was a nice birdie on 18 to bring me back the next day.

dan_ep82 · 23-05-2019 9:13pm

Found out on Sunday I was in the Members Cup Matchplay ( name goes on a wall etc) by coming in the top 30 one of the days.

Had to be played by Monday so played today.

I got 6 shots against an 11hc.

Won on the 18th. He had 5 pars and 4 birdies, played super well but my shots got him in the end.

I had alot of pars, a birdie and a few doubles and bogies.

27-05-2019 8:30am

Saturday 39(17/22) off 23 for a first cut in new club.
1 birdie, 4 pars, 8 bogies, 3 doubles, 2 scratches.
Driving wasn't great for front nine but something clicked on back nine and managed to play last 5 +1.

Sunday 33(17/16) off 22.
1 par, 10 bogies, 6 doubles, 1 scratch.
Again driving was poor wind was up and leaving myself with some bad second shots.

Only 2 3 putts over the two rounds so delighted with that, been working on this a lot with puttout at home so starting to pay off

Young_gunner · 27-05-2019 9:10am

ronnoco13 wrote: »

Saturday 39(17/22) off 23 for a first cut in new club.
1 birdie, 4 pars, 8 bogies, 3 doubles, 2 scratches.
Driving wasn't great for front nine but something clicked on back nine and managed to play last 5 +1.

Sunday 33(17/16) off 22.
1 par, 10 bogies, 6 doubles, 1 scratch.
Again driving was poor wind was up and leaving myself with some bad second shots.

Only 2 3 putts over the two rounds so delighted with that, been working on this a lot with puttout at home so starting to pay off

That's great shooting, keep it up!

i had 25 points (off 18) on Powerscourt West last wkend. honestly feel like i struck the ball better than that, but my short game was just so rough. Found the greens really tough and you're not gonna make much headway when i was 3-putting and even the odd 4-putt.

beautiful course - really fantastic. i think it would be tough to be a member there, quite hilly so you may not be keen on a casual 9 after work.
But a superb track.

pakman · 27-05-2019 10:43am

Second medal of the year. First tee I went OOB, in the trees, chip out to fairway, in the front bunker, Over the back, duffed chip, three putt. That was a 10, so round over.

Things settled down into some reasonable to poor play after that but ended the round with 4 back to back pars when I 'figured out what I was doing wrong'.

I'm taking solace in that and the fact that I didn't walk off after the first.

frink · 27-05-2019 10:49am

Funny round on Saturday.
+1 on the front 9 with 9/9 GIR and one silly 3 Putt. Only really left myself 3 makeable birdie putts.

Started off the back 9 with 2 scratches and then a few more pars with another scratch and then parred in from there. Again just one real birdie opportunity at all.

Round summary;
14/18 GIR
2 bogeys
13 pars
3 scratches
33 points

Driving the ball as well as I could possibly be and starting to find some range with my new irons. Carrying my 7Iron 185 yards which is an additional 15 to my previous irons. Just need to tidy up a few shots and have a good score in there

TitianGerm · 27-05-2019 10:53am

pakman wrote: »

First tee I went OOB, in the trees, chip out to fairway, in

You chipped your OOB ball back into play?

pakman · 27-05-2019 10:58am

TitianGerm wrote: »

You chipped your OOB ball back into play?

No I chipped my second drive that went into the trees back into play.

idle · 27-05-2019 1:11pm

31 points in a gale yesterday. Should have been 32 but Kevin Na’d a putt that horseshoed out and I was committed to the pick up!!!

charlieIRL · 28-05-2019 4:37pm

Am kind of coming into form the last few weeks, my driving is the best its been in years and, hopefully without cursing it, had become very consistent in direction and distance. Saying that I mandaged to drive a ball into the drain on the 15th in Tullamore, a whopping 300 plus yards off the blue tee's and nearly drove the 11th green. Nearly all the rest of my drives were between 220 - 225m.

Finished up with 30 points and that included 3 silly scratches, one was totally avoidable. We were on the 7th and my 2 playing partners were slow enough and they commented to me that we needed to up the pace - one of them was an older guy in a buggy and he was still slower getting around than I was. Anyway, hit an good drive 220m down the fairway and rushed my second shot and hit it slightly left into long grass - the auld buggers wouldn't give me a hand look for the ball as they wanted to hurry up as we had lost the group in front of us - they were on the next fairway. I didn't go back or hit a provisional meaning i scratched the hole. Not wanting to let this get to me, I played the next 9 holes in 4 over which is great going for me. Had the usual mumblings on how i was playing too well for my handicap etc.
I agree, in patches, I'm much better than my handicap -I just struggle with consistency. I was hitting the ball really well just sometime the accuracy was slightly off or i rushed a putt or two. Get these right and it should come down!
Am getting close.

spacecoyote · 09-06-2019 5:18pm

A really good weekend of golf this weekend. Friday played in a scramble in Beech Park. Had good craic with 3 mates. One a member of a club but only took up golf this year, one a regular society golfer, but not much more, the last who plays in the same scramble each year but never much more. We had a good day & shot -6, team handicap of 8 for a -14 total. We finished 4th in the end, 0.6 behind 3rd, so 1 birdie would have had us in the prizes. Was a relaxed day, so was swinging easy & played some really nice shots.

Then yesterday we had a club swap with New Forest. Hadnt played it since a boards outing about 3 years ago. Played with my Dad in pretty patchy weather. Rain jacket was on & off all day.

Got off to a solid start & just kept going for the entire round.

Had one bad 3-putt bogey (missed a putt from a max of 2ft) & one poor approach that found a hazard resulting in my only double of the day, but had a shot on the hole so saved a point.

Ended up shooting 78 for 41 points off 11 & won the competition. On top of that, the CSS was 33 on the day, so a cut of 1.6 & down to my lowest ever handicap of 9.7. Singles figures is actually in sight for the first time ever.

2 birdies
9 pars
6 bogeys
1 double

78% FIR
56% GIR
32 putts

Will miss almost the whole of July from golf with holidays, etc... so need to get things over the line soon hopefully

dan_ep82 · 09-06-2019 6:05pm

Class shooting in New Forest, I'm still giving it time before I head back after the beating I got.

dan_ep82 · 09-06-2019 8:45pm

Two comps this week. I had been playing casuals lately due to picking up a dose of the shanks that I'm still not completely shot of

Thursday Open

6 was my number that day :pac:
Couldn't hit an iron at target and if I did it was knee height. The few good irons you can make out from the blue and greens on the scorecard.

Overall just poor but I was happy to be out. Scratched the 18th with a 4putt in the lashing rain and missed my buffer to drift up to 17.5/18. I thought the CSS would be 39 like usual but it was actually 37 so I was not a happy bunny as two putts would have got me there. The first one lipped and threw it down the slope, next was short then stopped on the lip

The new holes were open today (2nd and 8th) so I went out in the medal.

Irons were better apart from a few loose ones and chipping/putting was back where it should be. Two sevens were just one bad shot followed by another, wasn't really in the medal mentality.

Finished 6th and CSS of 36 so off 16.9 now, first time with a 16 in the HC

Slightly off topic but one of the playing partners was so bad today I actually wrote his name down so I wouldn't forget it. Absolutely horrible etiquette.
Asked him not to tell me my score on the 9th and he immediately told me my score.

Kept giving me swing advice after asking twice to not do it. I actually stopped in the fairway and asked face to face really clearly and it didn't stop him. Not "your aiming a bit that way" more like your taking the club face away shut, your closed to target,your taking that too much on the outside even when I hit a good shot.

If I didn't chip it within 5ft "that was a bad chip"

Everytime I'd par he would get on a rant that I was going to win it now,just par the last 3 etc after asking him not to go on like that.

"Thats your round ruined" after I made a 7

The list goes on, absolute joke of a man. Maybe I should have just been more direct and told him to **** off

dar_cool · 09-06-2019 8:53pm

dan_ep82 wrote: »

Two comps this week. I had been playing casuals lately due to picking up a dose of the shanks that I'm still not completely shot of

Thursday Open

6 was my number that day :pac:
Couldn't hit an iron at target and if I did it was knee height. The few good irons you can make out from the blue and greens on the scorecard.

Overall just poor but I was happy to be out. Scratched the 18th with a 4putt in the lashing rain and missed my buffer to drift up to 17.5/18. I thought the CSS would be 39 like usual but it was actually 37 so I was not a happy bunny as two putts would have got me there. The first one lipped and threw it down the slope, next was short then stopped on the lip

The new holes were open today (2nd and 8th) so I went out in the medal.

Irons were better apart from a few loose ones and chipping/putting was back where it should be. Two sevens were just one bad shot followed by another, wasn't really in the medal mentality.

Finished 6th and CSS of 36 so off 16.9 now, first time with a 16 in the HC

Slightly off topic but one of the playing partners was so bad today I actually wrote his name down so I wouldn't forget it. Absolutely horrible etiquette.
Asked him not to tell me my score on the 9th and he immediately told me my score.

Kept giving me swing advice after asking twice to not do it. I actually stopped in the fairway and asked face to face really clearly and it didn't stop him. Not "your aiming a bit that way" more like your taking the club face away shut, your closed to target,your taking that too much on the outside even when I hit a good shot.

If I didn't chip it within 5ft "that was a bad chip"

Everytime I'd par he would get on a rant that I was going to win it now,just par the last 3 etc after asking him not to go on like that.

"Thats your round ruined" after I made a 7

The list goes on, absolute joke of a man. Maybe I should have just been more direct and told him to **** off

Jesus he sounds like a right w@nker. This is the reason I play very few "blind" opens. I too have been paired with some bloody morons.
Was paired up with 2 hot women before but that's for another thread...

dan_ep82 · 09-06-2019 9:02pm

dar_cool wrote: »

Jesus he sounds like a right w@nker. This is the reason I play very few "blind" opens. I too have been paired with some bloody morons.
Was paired up with 2 hot women before but that's for another thread...

Ah it wouldn't put me off joining as random, nearly all the people I know from golf are from joining four balls. Apparently he complained because when he'd add his name to the time sheet the slot would empty so he's well known for it.

In all the four balls I've joined in my club, easily 60+ people, this guy and one really slow player are the only one on my "list" to avoid.

spacecoyote · 09-06-2019 9:20pm

dan_ep82 wrote: »

Two comps this week. I had been playing casuals lately due to picking up a dose of the shanks that I'm still not completely shot of

Thursday Open

6 was my number that day :pac:
Couldn't hit an iron at target and if I did it was knee height. The few good irons you can make out from the blue and greens on the scorecard.

Overall just poor but I was happy to be out. Scratched the 18th with a 4putt in the lashing rain and missed my buffer to drift up to 17.5/18. I thought the CSS would be 39 like usual but it was actually 37 so I was not a happy bunny as two putts would have got me there. The first one lipped and threw it down the slope, next was short then stopped on the lip

The new holes were open today (2nd and 8th) so I went out in the medal.

Irons were better apart from a few loose ones and chipping/putting was back where it should be. Two sevens were just one bad shot followed by another, wasn't really in the medal mentality.

Finished 6th and CSS of 36 so off 16.9 now, first time with a 16 in the HC

Slightly off topic but one of the playing partners was so bad today I actually wrote his name down so I wouldn't forget it. Absolutely horrible etiquette.
Asked him not to tell me my score on the 9th and he immediately told me my score.

Kept giving me swing advice after asking twice to not do it. I actually stopped in the fairway and asked face to face really clearly and it didn't stop him. Not "your aiming a bit that way" more like your taking the club face away shut, your closed to target,your taking that too much on the outside even when I hit a good shot.

If I didn't chip it within 5ft "that was a bad chip"

Everytime I'd par he would get on a rant that I was going to win it now,just par the last 3 etc after asking him not to go on like that.

"Thats your round ruined" after I made a 7

The list goes on, absolute joke of a man. Maybe I should have just been more direct and told him to **** off

Well played Dan, handicap has been slowly progressing the right direction this year for you.

Guy sounds like a grade A prick! Have had it once before, in the final day of Captains in my previous club. Having said I didn't want to know my score, announces it to me coming off the 16th & tells me if I parred the last 2 I'd win the captains...needless to say i finished bogey-bogey

dan_ep82 · 09-06-2019 9:28pm

spacecoyote wrote: »

Well played Dan, handicap has been slowly progressing the right direction this year for you.

Guy sounds like a grade A prick! Have had it once before, in the final day of Captains in my previous club. Having said I didn't want to know my score, announces it to me coming off the 16th & tells me if I parred the last 2 I'd win the captains...needless to say i finished bogey-bogey

Thanks, feel like I'm finally starting to put the scores in I knew I could.

Yeah it's horrible, sure I should deal with pressure but the added pressure for no reason just gets my goat and that would be the reason for a blow up if there was one.

Mushy · 09-06-2019 10:20pm

Had 35 points yesterday. Was level with handicap on 14th tee, then had 3 single pointers in a row. Reclaimed two anyway with a par-par finish which was happy about. Only 3 terrible shots in the round, no scratches as lovely.

Got an email then to say I bet the CSS on the day, so a cut if .6 to get to 13.7. Movement at last!

mighty magpie · 09-06-2019 10:31pm

Played 36 holes this weekend in 9 over.

Saturday. 38 off 7. +5 (at the time best personal comp score at my home course)

4 birdies
7 pars
6 bogeys
1 treble

Sunday. 39 off 7. +4 (now my best ever score at home course - joined jan 2018)

3 birdies
8 pars
7 bogeys

Great weekends' golf. 4 three putts. Few poor chips and one awful tee shot on 18th hole on saturday, duffed 3 wood that went 80 yards on a 550 yard par 5.

Got a ball stuck up a greenside tree today (7 yards to flag, very punishing for such a small miss) and had to take a penalty drop which was heartbreaking as i was +2 through 14 at the time

Cut a full shot to 6.0, hope i can kick on now and put myself in similiar positions rest of summer and also contend in a couple of junior scratch cups.

pakman · 10-06-2019 9:55am

Played the June medal in my local club. I generally keep my stableford as a guide and I had 38 points which I was very happy with after losing 3 shots a few weeks ago.

Complete jekyll and hyde round where I was either on fire or playing like I was actually on fire.

6 pars
1 birdie
6 bogeys
4 doubles
1 quad

Net: 70

Still, happy with a .6 cut to leave me at lowest ever of 18.0 and showed I can break 90 again, even with some disasters in my round.

martinkop · 10-06-2019 1:25pm

dan_ep82 wrote: »

Kept giving me swing advice after asking twice to not do it. I actually stopped in the fairway and asked face to face really clearly and it didn't stop him. Not "your aiming a bit that way" more like your taking the club face away shut, your closed to target,your taking that too much on the outside even when I hit a good shot.

Think everyone has come across this at some point. Last time it happened me , I referred him to Rule 10-2, advise allowed during competitive round.

Seve OB · 10-06-2019 4:23pm

been playing ok myself lately. Peaked at the Boards outing in the European with a round of +9 which included 9 pars on the trot from 9 to 17. haven't really had much chance of proper golf since then, been playing teams, foresomes, matchplays.

So Saturday last week I was out in medal in Greystones. Couldn't really get it together which really bugged me as I had been playing so well. Few sloppy putts, pars were hard to find. then striped it up the par5 9th to be greenside in 2 and a nice chip and putt for birdie. this got me back to +8 for the round, not great off 12, but hanging in there. it was back to average after that though till I got to 17. Probably the best birdie I've ever made after a poor drive which found the rough, under an evergreen christmas tree with low branches. 140 yards from pin. I say under a tree, but I could still get a swing on it. just had branches between my face and the ball!!! if I caught it right, 80%chance I would not catch any branches coming out. but I had to catch it right. water in front of a narrow green with bunker at back, it's a hard one to hit. i'm already running up a cricket score so with a slight breeze behind me there was only one thing to do..... go for it. Pitching wedge, caught perfect, missed the branches, landed on front of green, 2 hops and rolled about 5 foot up to the hole to leave me with a 1foot birdie putt

well at least I had something to take away from the day after shooting +18 off 12

then Saturday just gone. I played Castleknock. for the first time in I don't know how long, but genuinely something like 10 + years I started with 4 scratches, thankfully broke the run with 2 solid pars (no shots) then another scratch ….. 8 points for the front 9 :eek:
then I almost eagle the 10th!! greenside in 2, pin high, lovely chip, 2 inches from dropping... then average again. held onto a respectable 17 points though on the back 9, 25 points though, my worst score in yonks. to be honest, drinking the night before, and up early for kids birthday parties was not the prep to play golf and I was just shattered by the end of it. (that's my excuse anyway)

anyway, now 12.3 and danger of slipping further if I don't get my act in gear. not what I wasn't when i'm targeting getting to singles figures

How did you score in your last round? - 2019

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