How did you score in your last round?? ... 2014

dar_cool

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

Nice shooting again, 2nd place I see although of a questionable 17 handicap. Handicap must be taking another severe downward spiral after Luttrellstown and again this weekend, down to at least 4 now?

How did you find the 36 holes format, obviously not too tiring with a better second 18. Was there a lunch or anything included with the entry fee. Didn't realise this was on this weekend and especially it being a 36 hole event as would otherwise have played it over Clontarf since I've never played Naas before and you can't beat a 36 hole event as a great day out.

Yeah 17 handicap, must have been a mistake!! yeah id say down to 4 now after them 2 rounds, first time playing 36 holer, it was grand, just drank plenty of water and had bananas etc going around and yes they had a burger/curry after the first 18,
Yeah they didnt advertise it very well, seemed to be only kind of locals playing it, wasnt up on the GUI site, I heard of it from a mate who is a member there, They had the course set up very hard, greens like lightening and pins tucked away, Very enjoyable day, was playing with rollotomassi from here, always helps when you have good company and a relaxed atmosphere!!

pakman

Scored a 40 on first time playing off a handicap of 28. (standard starting point for members of society)

5 Pars and a good few bogeys with the occasional disaster in-between.

Scored a 99 in stroke play which really spoiled any sense of achievement though.

rollotomasi

dar_cool wrote: »

Yeah 17 handicap, must have been a mistake!! yeah id say down to 4 now after them 2 rounds, first time playing 36 holer, it was grand, just drank plenty of water and had bananas etc going around and yes they had a burger/curry after the first 18,
Yeah they didnt advertise it very well, seemed to be only kind of locals playing it, wasnt up on the GUI site, I heard of it from a mate who is a member there, They had the course set up very hard, greens like lightening and pins tucked away, Very enjoyable day, was playing with rollotomassi from here, always helps when you have good company and a relaxed atmosphere!!

More tidy play from dar_cool. He was never in much trouble on the day and could again have been a few shots better. Great to see someone getting cut but picking up some prizes on the way. Time for some senior scratch cups for him now!

Slicemeister

35 points around Waterford castle last weekend, 5 1 pointers and a scratch in that. Started poorly with 5points after 4. Turned in 18. Felt like a hard slog with my approaches off line due to the driver not singing. Far easier game from the fairway. Only 2scratches in my last65 competitive holes is my best run of form ever. Aim to push that out to 83 soon hopefully...

Tones69

36 pts off 6 in a wiiiiiindy castleknock there this morning! First time playing, cracker of a course but damn greens were hollow tined. Had a heap of birdie putts inside 15ft and didnt make 1!! otherwise happy with my play. Maybe a little chop?

MiniGolf

Can't remember the last time I posted here.....! Between letting my membership lapse and not having time to play I didn't have anything good to report... until now :-)
Played Medal in Ballinastoe off back sticks last Sunday - 6088 mtrs.
89 gross for 69 nett off 20.
5 pars including a chip in on the 13th ;-)
Had a lesson with David Lewis in Greystones Driving range the Thursday before and the tiny change he made made a huge difference to my consistency.
Looking forward to a week of golf in the Algarve from the middle of next week :-)

FixdePitchmark

Very hard out there today.

Played very well to get 32 pts - nothing happened coming home, as the conditions got harder.

But overall - 80 % happy. A few pulls at end caused a problem - but was in control of the ball , the wind helped me concentrate. Scratch on 18 after a great 5 iron went through.

Sadly a little short , but happy enough.

St Annes's in best condition I ever seen her - another open there on the 5th.

Tones69

+4 (38 pts off 6) in mount wolseley. Windy as fook. Bogeyed the first 3 holes otherwise it was a super round of golf (bar the double on 16!! ) hit it great off the tee and irons were good. Putting was average. Drove the 4th green then 3 putted from 25 ft for par. Down to 5 id say now. Finally a cat 1 golfer eh

Dealerz

Tones69 wrote: »

+4 (38 pts off 6) in mount wolseley. Windy as fook. Bogeyed the first 3 holes otherwise it was a super round of golf (bar the double on 16!! ) hit it great off the tee and irons were good. Putting was average. Drove the 4th green then 3 putted from 25 ft for par. Down to 5 id say now. Finally a cat 1 golfer eh

That 4th is a great hole, never drove it, but it's a very well designed par 4.

Tones69

Dealerz wrote: »

That 4th is a great hole, never drove it, but it's a very well designed par 4.

Cracking hole. Id always hit 6 iron up the left and 52 on, but didnt care this time and milled a high draw onto it. Great risk/reward hole.

FixdePitchmark

Tones69 wrote: »

+4 (38 pts off 6) in mount wolseley. Windy as fook. Bogeyed the first 3 holes otherwise it was a super round of golf (bar the double on 16!! ) hit it great off the tee and irons were good. Putting was average. Drove the 4th green then 3 putted from 25 ft for par. Down to 5 id say now. Finally a cat 1 golfer eh

Great golf today Tones, i was thinking i did well.

It was hard out there.

jokser250

Played rosslare today in a stableford competition. It was my first time playing a links course and won't be my last . I scored 24 points (8) points front 9 and (16) points back 9 in very windy conditions . It took a while to adapt to the conditions and a links course but I made a better stab at it the longer the round went by and I'll defiantly be playing a links course again soon .

Benicetomonty

Won today's semi open fourball with my dad, off 2 (me) and 12 respectively in Lucan.

Delighted to put a score together on a tough day; the rain held off to be fair but enough wind to make it interesting. Got off to a great start, with dad making a solid par at number 1 with a shot and a trio of birdies from me on 4,5 and 6 driving home the initiative. A poxy iron ob from me on 7 put us back in our place and dad did well to salvage a point. Made good pars on 8 and 9 to turn with 22, a good number considering an increasing wind.

I missed a 6 footer for birdie on 10, a pity after dad secured the 2 points, but was satisfied to make a par 3 on 11 after he hit it ob. Made a nice putt for birdie on 12 then a great one on the index 1 14th for a nett 4 points. Good pars on 15 and 16 ensued before I squeezed another bird on 17, the down wind par 5. Not a great drive there it must be said, but a good recovery and a nice chip and putt got the job done

That put us 8up standing on the 18th tee. Back into the wind, it's always a stern test and I was relieved to watch the old man bust a solid one down the left. Pressure off, I milled one down the middle. Dad got a bad break unfort, finding a deep divot in the semi rough, presenting a tricky lay up shot. He dug a solid 7 iron out, within around 170 yards and I decided to have a lash with the driver. Hit it well but wind dragged it slightly left into an awkward spot adjacent to a spinney, all but eliminating the chance for a birdie 4.

Thankfully, the old man seized the moment. With me in his ear, he nailed a 4 iron to within 20 feet; sounds decent but with no good place to miss, it was much more than that! A solid 2 putt consolidated a really good day's golf and we were delighted to see our score cling on. Two 44s came in on our heels so it was a close call!

We've been close a couple of times this year so thrilled to scrape out the win at last. Happy with my own play too; 6 counting birdies represents a major upturn in form for me so really hoping I can replicate in at least 1 of the year's remaining singles comps!

SEORG

35pts yesterday in very blustery conditions..

Front 9
8 bogeys
1 par
2 FIR(8 & 9), 0 GIR .

Back 9
1 birdie
6 pars
2 bogeys
4 FIR & 5 GIR

Very odd round, rescued a decent score with a 1 over back 9.
Off the tee I was mostly terrible, hit my irons ok but didn't hole anything outside 8ft.

TheDoc

Went out practice last night. Horrible conditions only lasted five holes, but got some good work in using my new putter grip for the first time ( superstroke)

Holy ****, talk about instant improvement. Stock my wrist action and I was holing everything or leaving it dead weight. Can't WAIT for the weekend now!

Irons were ropey but wind was mental. Snap hooked all my drives which wasn't great either

FixdePitchmark

33 points - in very strong winds at times in "Royal" Curragh.

Years since I was there - and an amazing course - way better than I remember.

Played my 6 iron a good bit off the tee and went well.
Again on the way home (last 5), just not much happened - a putt drop , an approach close a good up and down. Parred the index 1 - was a serious test today - Drive 5 iron to a par 4.

So another buffer (i'd say) - at least I'm in the buffer area - If I keep playing like that, a cut will come.

I love playing on a course like that, in the wind.

dan_ep82

Played Ardee in an open today

26pts.
Irons were hit and miss, sliced damn near every drive. 3wood didn't help. Sometimes it didn't matter what I hit off the tee, just wasn't a good day for me.

Short game was decent, just found it hard to get the ball to stay on the green no matter how soft I landed it or how far off the green it pitched. As soon as it got on is was off.

Plan is to hit the range over the next week to get back to where I was before the break, then go for a lesson.

charlieIRL

I think myself and barnaboy were having our own competition within a competition today at our Thursday open.....to see who could have the most 3 putts!!! Christ my putting has gone to bits!!

Rikand

charlieIRL wrote: »

I think myself and barnaboy were having our own competition within a competition today at our Thursday open.....to see who could have the most 3 putts!!! Christ my putting has gone to bits!!

Pace, line or both ?

lester76

34pts with 2 blanks on the card not a bad days wrk really. Waterford castle was looking great they had golfer digest comp there last wk. Happy with my game hoping I got another couple of cuts b4 the season ends.

charlieIRL

Rikand wrote: »

Pace, line or both ?

yupp!!

I got to the course about an hour early for some practice chipping and putting. Chipping went great and got me close a good few times on the course during the round but holy god my putting was woeful. Couldn't get pace right at all, I bombed a few miles past the hole on uphill and downhill putts. Sunk one for birdie on the 4th but i reckon it was pure luck as nearly every other hole was 2 or 3 putts. Missed a 3 footer for birdie on the tough 185m par 3 after nailing a 5 iron pin high:mad: I just couldn't get the ball in the hole!!

Had:
1 Birdie
2 Pars
8 Bogies
5 Doubles
2 Scratches
Nearly all the bogies / doubles and one scratch were because of poor putting.

Slicemeister

33 points around Cahir Park on Wednesday. 6 1 pointers thrown in. was surprised to see I missed the buffer as it was a pig of a day. 2 scratches in my last 5 comps, delighted with that. admittedly there must be near on 25 1 pointers in those rounds but it's showing improvement. ..

kieran.

33 points in a open competition in Rossmore this afternoon in very windy conditions. Stood on the the 17th tee with 32 points finished scratch - DB for one point . Dissappointing but at least its progress from recent rounds. Should get me in the buffer at least.

ballyk

87 shots, 38 points off 17 in the President's Prize in Ballykisteen today off the blue tees. 1 birdie, 4 pars, 11 bogeys, 1 double and 1 triple (1st hole). Hopefully it will be enough to make the playoff.

Update: Made the playoff alright but played crap in it except for the last three holes when I went bogey, par, par. Winner came from 2 shots behind playing the last to win on countback, he made par. Runner up had a bogey putt to win but missed it and got beaten because of a worse playoff score.

GreeBo

72, +4 in second round of captain's today.
Was coming along nicely and then had a 9 on par 5 and followed it up with a double.

:-(

Dr.Rieux

Played terrible in Grange Castle today. 119 strokes. Started with 8,7,7,8. Very erratic the whole way round. Hooked all my tee shots using the 3 and 5 wood. Then sliced most of my irons. Every swing felt unnatural out there. Although, for the first time my putting went well when I eventually got to the green.

I am seriously considering joing GC. I know I can play a lot better out there.

spacecoyote

Dr.Rieux wrote: »

Played terrible in Grange Castle today. 119 strokes. Started with 8,7,7,8. Very erratic the whole way round. Hooked all my tee shots using the 3 and 5 wood. Then sliced most of my irons. Every swing felt unnatural out there. Although, for the first time my putting went well when I eventually got to the green.

I am seriously considering joing GC. I know I can play a lot better out there.

If you do join & are looking for someone to sign a card I'd be happy to head out for a round of I'm free

Dr.Rieux

spacecoyote wrote: »

If you do join & are looking for someone to sign a card I'd be happy to head out for a round of I'm free

Thanks a million, they have a fantastic offer at the moment, but unfortunately this months wages are already earmarked but I'll keep an eye on membership over the coming weeks.

ifaptwohanded

I went out today for a around with a couple of friends full of confidence and by the 18th i scratched at least14 holes in total. I started off well but my ball striking was awful and letting me down. I couldn't hit a drive or a decent iron shot. I have had lessons and was told my stance, grip is perfect. When i was getting lessons i was hitting the ball as good as ever but with no consistency. The pro told me i need to get out and play but it doesn't matter how much i play i can't put a decent round together and it's soul destroying to say the least. The only part of my game that has improved is my putting.

When i go to the driving range i usually hit 100 balls. I start off with a 7 iron and down to a 5/4 iron and then on to my driver, hybrid.

Barnaboy

charlieIRL wrote: »

I think myself and barnaboy were having our own competition within a competition today at our Thursday open.....to see who could have the most 3 putts!!! Christ my putting has gone to bits!!

Thankfully played Rathcore yesterday and the putting was much better! Out again tomorrow for more fun!

Benny Cake

36 Points off 13 in Mount Juliet. The place never disappoints, one of the truly great Irish parklands.

Has to be played off the whites to be properly appreciated...

Slicemeister

89 strokes off 17 in the intermediate sc today in my home club. would've had a nice .3 cut only ballsed up my card on the computer, it's showing me down as a birdie where I only had par. Gonna ring it in Monday.:-(

Rikand

Dr.Rieux wrote: »

Played terrible in Grange Castle today. 119 strokes. Started with 8,7,7,8. Very erratic the whole way round. Hooked all my tee shots using the 3 and 5 wood. Then sliced most of my irons. Every swing felt unnatural out there. Although, for the first time my putting went well when I eventually got to the green.

I am seriously considering joing GC. I know I can play a lot better out there.

Are yoi back in dublin or still in athlone ? Get you a good deal for athlone ?

Rikand

spacecoyote wrote: »

If you do join & are looking for someone to sign a card I'd be happy to head out for a round of I'm free

The good doctor is a lovely man and you'd be blessed to have his company!

the lawman

Absolute shocker in Day 2 captains yesterday in Rathcore. 85 nett off 9.

Hit 2 greens in regulation.
Lost about 7 balls to water.
8 penalty shots.
Hit 6 bunkers.
Only 1 birdie and 2 pars.
I was like a sausage with no meat.

I'm staying away from Fix's Hit the Wall thread for now but I may be there soon.

Forced myself to play again today to find some refuge.

Dr.Rieux

Rikand wrote: »

Are yoi back in dublin or still in athlone ? Get you a good deal for athlone ?

Thanks Rik, I'm working in Athlone but commuting daily from Dublin, unfortunately that means mid week golf is pretty much out

Wichita Lineman

86pts in a team event in Moate today. Great turn out for our annual fundraising / development Classic no doubt helped by the attraction of an opportunity to win a Renault Clio with a hole in one on the 15th. Unfortunately none of us threatened the green and overall nowhere near form for any of us really. Format was all 4 to count on par 3's (3 of them) and 2 to score on the rest. Last years winning score was 105pts so needless to say we wont be in the prizes. First 9 really let us down.

the lawman

82 off 9 for 36 points around Rathcore today in Stableford comp.

Had a train wreck yesterday so delighted to get back a decent enough round today. Probably one too many putts but good ball striking.

11 Pars
4 Bogeys
3 Double

FIR 93%
GIR 50%
Putts 35

Barnaboy

83 strokes, 37 points off 12, today in second round of our President's prize today. Nice to put a decent round together again after 36 in the qualifier. It was a serious marathon event, 27 holes today on top of the 18 last week! Only managed 17 on the last 9, pure exhaustion played a big part. Think I finished in the top 15 or so, so I have to be happy.

Bloody frustrating that I missed a cut by 1 shot for the second time in a few weeks. All the more so as I could only manage a double bogey on the last hole.

11 Pars
4 bogies
2 doubles
1 scratch

Rikand

Andy Dunne11 wrote: »

86pts in a team event in Moate today. Great turn out for our annual fundraising / development Classic no doubt helped by the attraction of an opportunity to win a Renault Clio with a hole in one on the 15th. Unfortunately none of us threatened the green and overall nowhere near form for any of us really. Format was all 4 to count on par 3's (3 of them) and 2 to score on the rest. Last years winning score was 105pts so needless to say we wont be in the prizes. First 9 really let us down.

My brother in laws team came 6th in that. Shot 100 points today

HarshOstrich

Short game is killing me at the moment as haven't played to my handicap in weeks.one positive is I had my first hole in one today

Dr_Colossus

76 (+6) today off 7 in the JSC in Slade Valley. First time playing the course and with Dar_Cool. Ideal conditions really and ended up getting my first ever hole in one on the second which plays uphill a little so we weren't sure if it had holed from the tee. Was right at it and pitch mark about 10 feet in front of the hole with the ball at the bottom of the cup.

Great feeling but wasn't long being brought back to reality with a pulled 4 iron OB on the very next tee. Pretty erratic on the first 9 with a double on the 3rd, a bad 3 putt on the 4th and another 3 shots to get down from the apron of the par 3 5th hole. Steadied the ship somewhat after that but another poor bogey on the one and easy par 5 7th after pulling the drive left. Turned in 40 (+5) so looked like another dreaded 0.1 on the cards but played a solid back 9 to finish +6 which amazingly was enough to take 2nd place overall. CSS was 72 so a nice 0.6 cut on the way to bring me to 6.7 and closer to my target.

I hadn't heard a whole lot about Slade Valley before playing apart from it being tricky and it certainly was that. Very tough greens with some serious contours and rolling quite fast. A lovely mix of long and short par 4s and a great strategy course where you have to plot and plan your way round. Apart from the 3rd all the dog legs were to the right so favours a fader more so than some of my violent pulls/hooks. The two members we were out with said you never get crazy scores much in the place and CSS is usually around 34-35pts so that's a welcome break and a big positive in my book. A very enjoyable day out and as always a few shots left behind but moving in the right direction.

dar_cool

Played with Dr_Colossus in slade valley scratch cup, Great to see the hole in one, pitched perfectly in front and then disappeared! Hard to tell if it was in the hole or over the green!! Great shot, nice steady round aswell, easily could have been a couple better,
Had a 77 myself, with no less than 4 double bogies, and 2 bogies, 3 birdies thrown in there aswell, came away very dissappointed but silly mistakes cost me alot, trying to be to clever with pins and ending up in very tricky bunkers, course in lovely condition!! Not many scratch cups left this season:(

pinkdoubleeagle

Level Par in the first round of the Captains prize in Carton House O'Meara on Saturday night. It literally was night by the time we finished. Last hole was finished in the dark. Four Birdies on 4,13, 14 & 16 were offset by 2 bogies on 5 & 8 and a double in the dark on 18 when you couldn't see fifty yards in front of you.

Hitting the ball better half decent again after a poor month but short game is not sharp at all. Winter will be spent trying to groove this again as it's costing me at least 3/4 shots a round.

bustercherry

pinkdoubleeagle wrote: »

Level Par in the first round of the Captains prize in Carton House O'Meara on Saturday night. It literally was night by the time we finished. Last hole was finished in the dark. Four Birdies on 4,13, 14 & 16 were offset by 2 bogies on 5 & 8 and a double in the dark on 18 when you couldn't see fifty yards in front of you.

Hitting the ball better half decent again after a poor month but short game is not sharp at all. Winter will be spent trying to groove this again as it's costing me at least 3/4 shots a round.

Not bad, your only 12 shots of the lead I suspect

There was 61 net in the clubhouse when I finished up and I doubt that was bettered :eek:

pinkdoubleeagle

bustercherry wrote: »

Not bad, your only 12 shots of the lead I suspect

There was 61 net in the clubhouse when I finished up and I doubt that was bettered :eek:

Some shooting. Guy off 13. Only in my wildest dreams

bustercherry

pinkdoubleeagle wrote: »

Some shooting. Guy off 13. Only in my wildest dreams

Yeah was chatting to him after and he lost a ball on the 9th too. Could have been under par only for that.

Can't see him being caught.

Dr_Colossus

pinkdoubleeagle wrote: »

Level Par in the first round of the Captains prize in Carton House O'Meara on Saturday night. It literally was night by the time we finished. Last hole was finished in the dark. Four Birdies on 4,13, 14 & 16 were offset by 2 bogies on 5 & 8 and a double in the dark on 18 when you couldn't see fifty yards in front of you.

Hitting the ball better half decent again after a poor month but short game is not sharp at all. Winter will be spent trying to groove this again as it's costing me at least 3/4 shots a round.

Nice shooting, how come it was so dark finishing? Late tee time around 17:00 or an unexpectedly slow course/round

pinkdoubleeagle wrote: »

bustercherry wrote: »

Not bad, your only 12 shots of the lead I suspect

There was 61 net in the clubhouse when I finished up and I doubt that was bettered :eek:

Some shooting. Guy off 13. Only in my wildest dreams

That's ridiculous, it's a par 72 isn't it? Guy of 13 shoots 2 over on what I can imagine is a tough Captain's Prize set up course, what tees were in play? That's seriously embarrassing and makes a bit of a mockery of the game and his handicap.

pinkdoubleeagle

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

Nice shooting, how come it was so dark finishing? Late tee time around 17:00 or an unexpectedly slow course/round



That's ridiculous, it's a par 72 isn't it? Guy of 13 shoots 2 over on what I can imagine is a tough Captain's Prize set up course, what tees were in play? That's seriously embarrassing and makes a bit of a mockery of the game and his handicap.

No, Its a par 73 on the O'Meara Course. Played off the white tees which are not the back tees.

I was down in the 2nd last group at 3:17 but there was a huge backlog and half an hour delay before we got off at 3:50. With it being the Captain's prize and strokes, It was 20:40 before the final putt went in. The double on the last was played in the dark

bustercherry

pinkdoubleeagle wrote: »

No, Its a par 73 on the O'Meara Course. Played off the white tees which are not the back tees.

I was down in the 2nd last group at 3:17 but there was a huge backlog and half an hour delay before we got off at 3:50. With it being the Captain's prize and strokes, It was 20:40 before the final putt went in. The double on the last was played in the dark

Yeah I was out around 8 and still took 5 hours, way to much d1cking around in front of us.