How did you score in your last round? - 2020

Seve OB · 17-09-2020 3:05pm

rickis tache wrote: »

Bet you wish season won't end

i wish i could just stick with it for 18 holes.... just once!

PARlance · 17-09-2020 5:28pm

blue note wrote: »

Another example would be say playing someone fairly new to golf and they grounded their club in a hazard. There's no real advantage there. So what I'd probably do is tell them the rule after the round, but I wouldn't be claiming a hole for it.

If they're fairly new to golf they might know the new rule

You can ground a club in a hazard.

blue note · 17-09-2020 5:37pm

PARlance wrote: »

If they're fairly new to golf they might know the new rule You can ground a club in a hazard.

I thought you could just clup something in your backswing but grounding was still not allowed?

PARlance · 17-09-2020 5:54pm

blue note wrote: »

I thought you could just clup something in your backswing but grounding was still not allowed?

No, you can ground away. Still not allowed in a bunker iirc.

bustercherry · 17-09-2020 6:22pm

blue note wrote: »

I thought you could just clup something in your backswing but grounding was still not allowed?

Loss of hole if you clip in the backswing.

bustercherry · 17-09-2020 6:37pm

etxp wrote: »

In Matchplay you can disregard an opponents breach of a rule. so if I see you do something I can choose to ignore it. But you can't agree to disregard the rules before the match starts.

Rule 3.2d -

The players in a match should protect their own rights and interests under the Rules:

- If the player knows or believes that the opponent has breached a Rule that has a penalty, the player may act on the breach or choose to ignore it.
- But if the player and opponent deliberately agree to ignore a breach or penalty they know applies, both players are disqualified under Rule 1.3b.
- If the player and opponent disagree whether one of them has breached a Rule, either player may protect his or her rights by asking for a ruling under Rule 20.1b.

No mention of before.

Rikand · 17-09-2020 7:14pm

Long time reader, first time poster ( yes, I've had a **** year and not felt much like talking about it lol )

We had our Junior/Senior scratch cups on at the weekend in Athlone. I worked overtime on Saturday and Sunday and went out to play straight after overtime at 3, Sunday evening. Played brilliant. 78 gross (+6) playing off a handicap of 7 and came 2nd gross outright.

Right from the first tee shot my game felt great. I gave myself one message from the first tee, backswing really slow, come through as fast as I like. Worked a treat. Started with 2 pars, double bogeyed the 3rd and then triple bogeyed the 5th. I was 6 over par after 8 and had missed 4 very makeable birdie putts in those 8 holes and rightly could have felt like it was just going to be another one of those weekends, but oddly, I still felt really good about my game and felt like i still had a chance.

Standing on the 9th tee, I just said if I shot 3 over from here, it would be a solid showing. Parred 9, 10 and 11 and then on 12, eagle! Par 5, I had driver, 3 wood to leave myself 60 yards from the green. One of the lads was up by the green, but the other fella was a guy I played with last week. Last week, I hit my 3rd shot on 12 into 6 inches and right before I hit my shot on Sunday, I turned around to the same guy and said ::" Last time I played with you I hit it to 6 inches, this time its going straight in the hole ". And it did. Guy up the green was watching it in flight and when it landed, he raised his arms half in the air and next bounce it was in and the arms were aloft. He repaired my pitchmark for me but let me have the honour of taking it out of the hole myself, lol. +4 after 12 and suddenly my card was back on track.

I bogeyed 13 and then had a great birdie on 14. 2 more bogeys on 15 and 16 and 2 pars to finish on 17 and 18, left me with a level par back 9..... and I needed it as 5 other people had also shot 78's, but my back 9 got me over the line. I was nowhere near the guy who won it. He shot an unreal 73 to win the Junior. In the conditions it was super because the wind was strong and the course was setup tough.

Delighted to win a prize. Delighted to finally have a round that I'm happy to post in this thread lol

Delighted to have achieved my first cut in 2 years. Still off 7, but went from 6.9 to 6.5. Another chance to win another prize playing off 7 the next day I get out

pakman · 17-09-2020 11:23pm

Finally had a good round playing the magnificent Baltray in a four man team with fellow boards member Rossyd. The course was just fantastic with the best greens I've played on.

I had 9 pars recorded on the card with at least one, and i think two, not on there as others had their down first. Came dangerously close to an eagle chip in from 60 yards and putted as well as I ever have. After 3-4 months of awful golf it was great to get some decent scoring going.

It was 2 scores on every hole except the last, where all four players needed to put in a score. We all had par for a final score 101 with three of us hitting out right, into maybe lost territory. You could have thrown a jumper over the three of them when we got down there just off the fairway. That score should hopefully get us in the prizes.

I can't recommend the course highly enough for anyone looking to play top quality links. The €240 team price was well worth it.

DuckSlice · 18-09-2020 8:38am

bustercherry wrote: »

Loss of hole if you clip in the backswing.

I thought this was just in a bunker? I cant find it in the rules though, can you send it on please? I love a good read of the rules.

bustercherry · 18-09-2020 11:09am

etxp wrote: »

I thought this was just in a bunker? I cant find it in the rules though, can you send it on please? I love a good read of the rules.

12.2b - Restrictions on Touching Sand in Bunker

(1) When Touching Sand Results in Penalty. Before making a stroke at a ball in a bunker, a player must not:

Deliberately touch sand in the bunker with a hand, club, rake or other object to test the condition of the sand to learn information for the next stroke, or
Touch sand in the bunker with a club:
- In the area right in front of or right behind the ball (except as allowed under Rule 7.1a in fairly searching for a ball or under Rule 12.2a in removing a loose impediment or movable obstruction),
- In making a practice swing, or
- In making the backswing for a stroke.

Penalty for Breach of Rule 12.2: General Penalty. Which is Loss of hole in match play or two penalty strokes in stroke play.

DuckSlice · 18-09-2020 11:22am

bustercherry wrote: »

12.2b - Restrictions on Touching Sand in Bunker

(1) When Touching Sand Results in Penalty. Before making a stroke at a ball in a bunker, a player must not:

Deliberately touch sand in the bunker with a hand, club, rake or other object to test the condition of the sand to learn information for the next stroke, or
Touch sand in the bunker with a club:
- In the area right in front of or right behind the ball (except as allowed under Rule 7.1a in fairly searching for a ball or under Rule 12.2a in removing a loose impediment or movable obstruction),
- In making a practice swing, or
- In making the backswing for a stroke.

Penalty for Breach of Rule 12.2: General Penalty. Which is Loss of hole in match play or two penalty strokes in stroke play.

Thanks, so just in the bunker not in a penalty area.

bustercherry · 18-09-2020 2:15pm

etxp wrote: »

Thanks, so just in the bunker not in a penalty area.

Well that was in relation to the poster saying you could hit the sand in the backswing but not ground your club in bunker. You can ground your club in the bunker as long as you're not testing the conditions, improving lie or directly in front/behind the ball.

Penalty area is different.

DuckSlice · 18-09-2020 2:50pm

bustercherry wrote: »

Well that was in relation to the poster saying you could hit the sand in the backswing but not ground your club in bunker. You can ground your club in the bunker as long as you're not testing the conditions, improving lie or directly in front/behind the ball.

Penalty area is different.

Well they said clip something in their backswing, didn't specify bunker or penalty area.

bustercherry · 18-09-2020 4:02pm

etxp wrote: »

Well they said clip something in their backswing, didn't specify bunker or penalty area.

Maybe, might have misread.

blindside88 · 19-09-2020 5:42pm

37 points today off 19 (20 on the front 17 on the back). Happy enough with my round but would have liked 1 point more to get the handicap down to 18, I’ll likely only get a .6 cut which would keep me on 19. Hit so many bunkers today but came out of them all well so happy enough

Seve OB · 19-09-2020 8:20pm

31. 4putted the first. 3putted the 7th. Snap hook on 10 into heavy muck and lost. Mystery loss on 12 in light trees right of fairway. Knew I needed to go -1 for remaining holes to get buffer. Went par, par, par, par.... flushed one down middle on 17.... to good, found bunker which splits fairway and bladed out to end up with a double. Then birdied the last

Rippeditup · 19-09-2020 8:28pm

Just played a casual 9 in 1hour 10mins.. was great. Played 2 balls pro v1 vs v1x

V1x was -2 and v1 was -1 .. was working on my rotation and flexibility the last month and drove the ball great and iron game was strong, moved to claw grip on putter and rolled them much better..

Playing AM and really looking forward to it now

VW 1 · 19-09-2020 8:47pm

Played a 4 man rumble event today. Team scored 88, one point of a prize. I scored 89 gross, 67 nett for 2 under off 22. 4 pars and a birdie in there too. Very happy with ball striking, and putting was decent, not close too good enough from 100 yards in, reall struggling with wedges and chipping, need to get practicing.

youcancallmeal · 19-09-2020 8:59pm

37 points off 18(now 17). 18 on the front 19 on the back. Still fuming over what happened on the par 5 18th. I was 37 points and had just hit a perfect drive and 3 hybrid to get to 40 yards from the green. 100% shanked what was meant to a little chip with my 52degree. Probably looked hilarious to whoever was watching from clubhouse. I wouldn't mind I already hit a few of these kind of chips during the round with great results. Anyway it took me another 2 shots to get to the green and then 3 putted for my only scratch of the round. Still a good round and a cut but I'll be having nightmares about that chip for awhile.

Deep Thought · 20-09-2020 7:03pm

35 pts.. 5 one pointers and a scratch

Struggling badly with the woods off the fairway.. maybe change them

Mushy · 20-09-2020 7:38pm

36 points today, and that included 2 scratches and 4 single pointers. Roller coaster of a round, still nearly snuck a cut if got my birdie on last but not to be. Still no .1s back this year, and dont know if will be playing any more counting competitions

kev_s88 · 20-09-2020 11:15pm

Played a charity 4 person team event yesterday. We ended up winning the thing with 78 points, despite feeling that high 80s would be needed to even contend.

Got fitted for new irons about a month ago and they finally arrived on Thursday (Cobra King SZ). With work i didn't have time to get for a few practise holes or even down to the range so 1st hole was the first time i actually got to hit them.

Kept my own card throughout the round and finished with 93 gross off 24 for a 3 under round for myself. Best round of golf i've had since I started playing seriously about 3 years ago. Amazing the difference I found hitting a set of irons that are fitted for your swing. Hitting the irons just felt effortless and getting at least 25-30 metres more on each shot (a lot of this down to the fact that the irons have much lower loft than my previous ones). It was the sheer consistency in distance and direction that I couldn't believe.

Lets just hope it wasn't a first round fluke, feels like a breakthrough could be coming in my game with these new irons

DuckSlice · 21-09-2020 8:35am

38 points this weekend off 10. Was good enough for 3rd in the weekly comp but no cut

19pts on the front.
wasn't playing well but was scoring, finished the 9th with a 1 pointer which was annoying as its an easy par 4.

19pts on the back.
got off to a terrible start. was trying to flight a 5 iron into the 10th par 5 for my third shot but pulled it in to the bunker and ended up on the downslope. thinned it through the green and scratched the hole. Played the next 8 holes in 2 over so recovered well.

Putting probably let me down, greens were very slow and I hadn't played since playing Portrush/Portstewart and took a bit of time to get used to the slow greens. Had birdie putts come up a roll short on the 2nd and 3rd

39pts won it, if I had bogeyed the 10th probably would have had it on the back 9

gypsy79 · 21-09-2020 9:56am

27 (11/16) points off 18 in enniscrone In Thursday open

1 birdie
5 pars
3 bogies
5 doubles
4 scratches

A round of many parts. Started off with 8 points in first 3 holes including a birdie on 3. Then fell to pieces for six holes

Onto the back 9. Solid start with 3 birdies in first 4, 15 points on first 6. Another crash

Back for more punishment this Thursday

pakman · 21-09-2020 10:34am

Backed up 4 man team win in Baltray with a semi-decent round out in Kilcock. 34 points with a monsterous wind blowing. I am useless in the wind generally, as any drive into the wind goes about 180 yards, even well hit.

Typical that I start to find some sort of form just as qualifying stops so I guess the handicap is staying where it is for now.

pinkdoubleeagle · 21-09-2020 10:38am

gypsy79 wrote: »

27 (11/16) points off 18 in enniscrone In Thursday open

1 birdie
5 pars
3 bogies
5 doubles
4 scratches

A round of many parts. Started off with 8 points in first 3 holes including a birdie on 3. Then fell to pieces for six holes

Onto the back 9. Solid start with 3 birdies in first 4, 15 points on first 6. Another crash

Back for more punishment this Thursday

Do you travel up and down on the same day?

dan_ep82 · 21-09-2020 9:00pm

Played South County Meath today in their open.

37 points off 16
A birdie, few pars but unfortunalty a good few doubles. Burned the edge of the hole all day mixed with a few silly shots.

Greens were rolling very well but had alot of putts turn just at the hole which is never nice, you feel you made a good putt but got slightly robbed. Tee boxes were poor on some holes with some serious slope on them, other wise really impressed with the course. Condition and layout is great for an easy going round.

gypsy79 · 22-09-2020 9:16am

pinkdoubleeagle wrote: »

Do you travel up and down on the same day?

No. I am staying about 50 yards from the clubhouse

KevH1984 · 25-09-2020 1:44pm

Singles stroke last weekend, 73 gross for 69 nett. Another cut to get me to 3.8 which I'm delighted with. Great round overall played some lovely stuff, 4 birdies and 5 bogeys. Turned -2 and had 4 bogeys and a birdie then coming in. Seems to be a bit of a theme with me this year, just can't get 9 holes together on the back. When I do I feel confident my first under par round will happen. Missed out on the prizes (beaten on count back for gross) but still another successful outing.

Just to top it off my friend who I was playing with had a beautiful ace on our 16th. Gorgeous 9 iron, one bounce and in - was never anywhere else. Great to see one in the flesh.

mighty magpie · 27-09-2020 8:59am

After around 100 attempts, I've finally won a competition at my club. Plenty of chances spurned over last 3 years.

Playing off 7, 2 doubles and a few other mistakes left me sitting +7 through 11. Probably worse than usual for me.

Managed to play last 7 holes in -2. 6 pars 1 eagle. Holed bunker shot from 5 yards on par 5 after a huge wind assisted drive and 8 iron.

Front 9 16 points
Back 9 22 points (1 under gross)

Only 2 players broke their handicap and 38 was enough to take 1st place out of 184 golfers.

2nd place 37 points.

0.6 cut. Can't understand how CSS was only 1 harder given the low scoring.

willabur · 27-09-2020 5:02pm

35 pts 17/18 from front tees

Frustrating day at the office. Course is in superb nick, the greens are in just fantastic condition. Had no 3 putts and 5 1 putts. Usually when putting that well I score 4 or 5 points more. Pulled so many shots left today, found trouble far too many times off the tee and on approaches. I'm putting it down to a slight change in grip to stop slice and some time with a swing trainer that has over corrected the problem.

Really wish it was the start of the summer rather than the end

blindside88 · 27-09-2020 5:55pm

Monthly medal today. 74 net off 19 from the back tees, 47 shots on the front and 45 on that back. Felt like a worse round than it actually was. Short irons were poor. Hopefully 74 keeps me in the buffer zone. I need another 0.3 of a cut to get me to 18, that’d have me down 5 shots since July. Unfortunately today wasn’t the day for the cut

Wichita Lineman · 28-09-2020 12:57pm

Nett 80 in Moate off 16 and although it wasnt good I was delighted to be playing after missing last week with a minor injury. Good front 9 let down by a whopping 10 on the Par 5 14th where I was unlucky to be in the water but then did even more damage to my card when I put next shot in a virtually unplayable position.

frink · 28-09-2020 2:59pm

Probably the last qualifying round for 2020 for me and thankfully saved the best to last.

Played solidly to finish at +2 gross off 5 for 39 points. Putter was hot and made almost everything inside 6 feet.

Hit my wedges poorly and never took advantage of good drives to leave myself any makeable birdies, that said shaved the hole a few times so happy with the stroke.

1 birdie
14 pars
3 bogeys

blue note · 01-10-2020 9:35am

Played yesterday, 27 points off 14, but not all bad. Parred 5 of the first 6. Scratched 2 holes due to lost sliced drives (out of 4driver holes) . Could easily go to the three woods witch still carries plenty, but I want to learn to hit to driver. The 3/4 shots got me again too - hit before the ball on 7 and 15, and hit one thin on 8. From being within 100m from my tee shots on those three par 4s I ended up with 2 points (had shots on them all).

I scratched two holes due to being unable to get out of thick rough. 4 shots from each and still not out.i should clearly have taken an unplayable lie.

13 and 14 were funny holes. 4 putt on 13, but for anyone who knows corballis that can happen. On 14 my watch didn't pick me up properly and I hit a gap wedge instead of a 7 iron. Another lost ball. It's funny how reliant you become on them. I didn't question the distance and hit it and only after I did I looked and saw the 150m marker in front of me.

xgronkjabv6pcl · 01-10-2020 10:29am

Mentioned on another thread but 2nd big cut of the year 2 weeks ago.

16 points on front and 25 points on the back for a 41, CSS was 34 points so finished with 43 overall. The 25 points on the back was my best ever 9 holes of +2.

Cut of 2.1 plus ESR of 0.5 for an effective 3 shot cut.

Played a 9 hole the other night and really felt the difference as two holes I usually have a shot on, I had two pars which previously would have put me in a good position but now simply the expectation.

Finish the year with 4 shots down(assuming new rules doesn't move needle much).

Seve OB · 01-10-2020 12:26pm

Zaniyah Bitter Stocking wrote: »

16 points on front and 25 points on the back for a 41, CSS was 34 points so finished with 43 overall.

i think your calculator is broken... or something

RoadRunner · 01-10-2020 12:36pm

Finished +6 gross for a minor cut in last weeks strokes medal. Ball striking on front nine with the longer clubs started very poor, then had silly doubles on 8 and 9 and I thought that was it. But then kicked on to have a good back nine. Irons and wedges were good. Hit the flag from about 70m out from the 10th and made the birdy putt back. But then on 12 hit a good drive and solid second in to our par 5 12th. Nearly albatrossed it!

Also, this was the ball I was using, stamped with a boards logo, won at box of them at kilkea

xgronkjabv6pcl · 01-10-2020 12:46pm

Seve OB wrote: »

i think your calculator is broken... or something

Why?

16 pts on front + 25 pts on back equals 41 points.

CSS on the day was 34 opposed to 36 so effectively 7 shots better than handicap(equivalent of 43 pts).

Displayed as follows on the website: CSS Gents 36pts Visitors 34pts

I was cut 2.1 shots as Cat3(0.3 ×7) + 0.5 ESR.

Perhaps poorly explained originally?

DuckSlice · 01-10-2020 12:52pm

Zaniyah Bitter Stocking wrote: »

Why?

16 pts on front + 25 pts on back equals 41 points.

CSS on the day was 34 opposed to 36 so effectively 7 shots better than handicap(equivalent of 43 pts).

Displayed as follows on the website: CSS Gents 36pts Visitors 34pts

I was cut 2.1 shots as Cat3(0.3 ×7) + 0.5 ESR.

Perhaps poorly explained originally?

I have never witnessed this approach before.

xgronkjabv6pcl · 01-10-2020 12:54pm

etxp wrote: »

I have never witnessed this approach before.

Neither had director in my club or anyone else for that matter. The part people couldn't understand was different CSS for visitors.

It was a Links course and we just put it down to that because there was no other reason we could think of tbh.

DuckSlice · 01-10-2020 1:06pm

Zaniyah Bitter Stocking wrote: »

Neither had director in my club or anyone else for that matter. The part people couldn't understand was different CSS for visitors.

It was a Links course and we just put it down to that because there was no other reason we could think of tbh.

I mean you considering your 41 was the equivalent to 43pts. You had 41pts which is equivalent to 41pts. Your pts are calculated to the Par of the course, not the CSS.

prawnsambo · 01-10-2020 1:06pm

Zaniyah Bitter Stocking wrote: »

Neither had director in my club or anyone else for that matter. The part people couldn't understand was different CSS for visitors.

It was a Links course and we just put it down to that because there was no other reason we could think of tbh.

It's in the CONGU rules on open competitions:

3.2 When the number of Home players and Visitors in Categories 1, 2, 3 and 4 are each twenty or more a separate CSS must be calculated for both ‘Home’ players and Visitors.

xgronkjabv6pcl · 01-10-2020 1:12pm

etxp wrote: »

I mean you considering your 41 was the equivalent to 43pts. You had 41pts which is equivalent to 41pts. Your pts are calculated to the Par of the course, not the CSS.

Lol, I didn't actually mean I feel 41 points is equivalent 43.

I simply meant that on the day in question it simply equated to 7 pts better than what would be an expectation of 36pts arising in a cut of 2.1

xgronkjabv6pcl · 01-10-2020 1:29pm

prawnsambo wrote: »

It's in the CONGU rules on open competitions:

3.2 When the number of Home players and Visitors in Categories 1, 2, 3 and 4 are each twenty or more a separate CSS must be calculated for both ‘Home’ players and Visitors.

Thanks for that, possibly something that may arise in the future.

As you can probably tell, shooting above 36 pts is not a frequent event for me so I attempt to squeeze even more out of it when it happens

gypsy79 · 01-10-2020 1:29pm

Zaniyah Bitter Stocking wrote: »

Mentioned on another thread but 2nd big cut of the year 2 weeks ago.

16 points on front and 25 points on the back for a 41, CSS was 34 points so finished with 43 overall. The 25 points on the back was my best ever 9 holes of +2.

Cut of 2.1 plus ESR of 0.5 for an effective 3 shot cut.

Played a 9 hole the other night and really felt the difference as two holes I usually have a shot on, I had two pars which previously would have put me in a good position but now simply the expectation.

Finish the year with 4 shots down(assuming new rules doesn't move needle much).

Corballis??

xgronkjabv6pcl · 01-10-2020 1:33pm

gypsy79 wrote: »

Corballis??

No never played it, I must do in the future.

Rosslare, plenty of wind behind me on the back 9 and kept it on the fairway.

Thoroughly enjoyed the course, 35e for the Open Comp, decent value imo.

17.6 to 15.0. Very much struggling in the couple of rounds I've played since to get close.

prawnsambo · 01-10-2020 1:36pm

Zaniyah Bitter Stocking wrote: »

Thanks for that, possibly something that may arise in the future.

As you can probably tell, shooting above 36 pts is not a frequent event for me so I attempt to squeeze even more out of it when it happens

Well it's unlikely to happen in the future seeing as CSS is dead come 2nd November.

It was rare enough anyway, because it required both 20 or more members and 20 or more visitors in an open competition. Generally open competitions don't see too many members entering since they're usually designated for days when members generally don't play much.

xgronkjabv6pcl · 01-10-2020 1:39pm

prawnsambo wrote: »

Well it's unlikely to happen in the future seeing as CSS is dead come 2nd November.

It was rare enough anyway, because it required both 20 or more members and 20 or more visitors in an open competition. Generally open competitions don't see too many members entering since they're usually designated for days when members generally don't play much.

So what you're saying is, the field I beat was of an even higher calibre than is normally expected?

44pts it is :cool:

Seve OB · 01-10-2020 3:59pm

Zaniyah Bitter Stocking wrote: »

Why?

16 pts on front + 25 pts on back equals 41 points.

CSS on the day was 34 opposed to 36 so effectively 7 shots better than handicap(equivalent of 43 pts).

Displayed as follows on the website: CSS Gents 36pts Visitors 34pts

I was cut 2.1 shots as Cat3(0.3 ×7) + 0.5 ESR.

Perhaps poorly explained originally?

you explained it ok, it's just that you are making things up

etxp wrote: »

You had 41pts which is equivalent to 41pts.

what he said /\

How did you score in your last round? - 2020

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