How did you score in your last round...2015??

Pierce_1991

Dennis Reynolds wrote: »

He tapped in for a six... Or a 5 as he told me, most definitely a 6. I didn't say anything. He had a shot there also so it was halved. Thankfully went down an parred the 17th, he got caught in bunker and that was it.

Why would you not say it to him? You don't need to be rude about it, but just say 'I thought it was a 6' and go through the shots with him. I know I have to do it with a guy I play with regularly. He's not dishonest, he gets his score wrong both ways, just seems to forget what he's shot often enough.

Mantis Toboggan

Pierce_1991 wrote: »

Why would you not say it to him? You don't need to be rude about it, but just say 'I thought it was a 6' and go through the shots with him. I know I have to do it with a guy I play with regularly. He's not dishonest, he gets his score wrong both ways, just seems to forget what he's shot often enough.

Yeah as I said above I should have but I didn't say anything immediately and it's hard to say it once walking to the next tee. It's a work event also so that makes it trickier. In any case I was still 2 up with 3 to play and won it on the next hole. In the quarter final now so will definitely be saying something if it happens again.

Mantis Toboggan

35 points in the boards society outing on Saturday in Carton. Was Happy enough with that score until I went into the clubhouse. Course was playing easier than expected but the rough was up and those frickin bunkers. Scratched the first 2 and only had 3 points after 4 holes. Slowly got into the groove and was 4 over for the back nine. Woeful with the driver, didn't use it after the 4th. Very good with the irons, good around the green and decent with the putter. Sort out my driving and there's a good round in there.

PARlance

32 points in Ballybunion on Sat. Probably the easiest I've ever played the course weather wise so it was a little disappointing.
Left an eagle putt short by a couple of inches on 15... would have made my day if I had just hit the bloody thing. The search for an eagle continues...

38 points, 83 strokes, around Tralee then on Sunday. Some poor shots throughout the round but recovered well and was holing a lot of long putts. Delighted with that score, wind was up but I'm sure it was just an average day for down there.

Dr_Colossus

Had my name down to play Naas Junior Scratch Cup on Sun, with the rain overnight and it continuing all morning/day rang in hope of the competition being cancelled. No such luck so it was a day for the waterproofs in the relentless rain.
Weather was absolutely miserable with the only consolidation being that there was little wind.
It was a game of two halves, played a really nice front nine turning in -1 with the only bogey resulting from a poor drive that had to be hacked back onto the fairway. The wheels really came off on the back nine however and ruined any chance of a place with my gross 78 or 7 over. Still a respectable enough score given the conditions and didn't play all that bad on the back nine but 2 three putts and a poor short game cost me a great chance.
Thought a 75 (+4) would have had a chance so really surprised to see the scores posted. 70 won it with a level par 71 in second place and an incredible nett 64 took the nett prize.
http://www.naasgolfclub.com/results-a-fixtures/competition-results/1682-23-08-15
I guess some people thrive in rain and misery so more practice required.

dar_cool

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

Had my name down to play Naas Junior Scratch Cup on Sun, with the rain overnight and it continuing all morning/day rang in hope of the competition being cancelled. No such luck so it was a day for the waterproofs in the relentless rain.
Weather was absolutely miserable with the only consolidation being that there was little wind.
It was a game of two halves, played a really nice front nine turning in -1 with the only bogey resulting from a poor drive that had to be hacked back onto the fairway. The wheels really came off on the back nine however and ruined any chance of a place with my gross 78 or 7 over. Still a respectable enough score given the conditions and didn't play all that bad on the back nine but 2 three putts and a poor short game cost me a great chance.
Thought a 75 (+4) would have had a chance so really surprised to see the scores posted. 70 won it with a level par 71 in second place and an incredible nett 64 took the nett prize.
http://www.naasgolfclub.com/results-a-fixtures/competition-results/1682-23-08-15
I guess some people thrive in rain and misery so more practice required.

Great first nine, pity about the back, played myself, hard to keep concentrated when it never stopped raining. Had a 79, no major disasters but no good either.
70 is really good on a day like that, not suprised all local Lads as well
66 won the senior as well!!

Norfolk Enchants_

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

Had my name down to play Naas Junior Scratch Cup on Sun, with the rain overnight and it continuing all morning/day rang in hope of the competition being cancelled. No such luck so it was a day for the waterproofs in the relentless rain.
Weather was absolutely miserable with the only consolidation being that there was little wind.
It was a game of two halves, played a really nice front nine turning in -1 with the only bogey resulting from a poor drive that had to be hacked back onto the fairway. The wheels really came off on the back nine however and ruined any chance of a place with my gross 78 or 7 over. Still a respectable enough score given the conditions and didn't play all that bad on the back nine but 2 three putts and a poor short game cost me a great chance.
Thought a 75 (+4) would have had a chance so really surprised to see the scores posted. 70 won it with a level par 71 in second place and an incredible nett 64 took the nett prize.
http://www.naasgolfclub.com/results-a-fixtures/competition-results/1682-23-08-15
I guess some people thrive in rain and misery so more practice required.

Strange distibution of the prizes, the 1st nett guy shot a better gross score than the guy who got 3rd gross.

idle

81 gross for 40 points off 14 in the presidents prize at the weekend.

9 pars
8 bogies
1 double (annoyingly on the 18th)

PARlance

35 points around St. Anne's today. Should be enough for a cut as the wind was up. 3-4 clubs at times.

Had a 7i for my second on the Par 5 first. Got an unlucky bounce into a greenside bunker and then an even worse piece of luck as someone previous decided they didn't want to bother raking it. Could just see the top of the ball.. hacked out and a poor 3 putt for bogey.
3 putted the next for bogey too.

Things started to pick up from there though. Out in 15 and home in 20. CSS could be 33-34 today even though it was a cracker in terms of sunshine.

Golfgraffix

Solid 35 off 10 today in tough conditions in Dun Laoghaire

FixdePitchmark

I'd a good round today - could have been very very good - but putter was poor - 3 3 putts.

37 pts ( 4 over).

Hit 14 greens - and hardly hit any bad shot tee to green.

Just that bit of magic wasn't there - but solid.

Good all round - two weeks solid practice coming up , hope to get a big round in before season out.

These 0.1 cuts are a disaster, very slow to get anywhere. :eek::)

Dr.Rieux

40 points yesterday, including 2 scratches, both caused by being stupid with the putter. Off the tee I was either very good or miserably bad. If I could sort that to be average the whole way I should be able to get my handicap to plummet. My iron play on the whole was pretty good. My short game was in good shape apart from lapses of concentration.

After that I don't know if I'll get out in the next two weeks now, just when I found some form after playing well in a scramble on Saturday also.

thewing

37 pts - should have been more - 3 putted from 3 feet on one hole and lipped out on a couple of others. Putter needs practice.

Ciaranra

Played Sat in the semi final of club 4 ball match play we won on 16,
Also won the weekend 4 ball with 52pts,
Played the round of my life

Mantis Toboggan

Ciaranra wrote: »

Played Sat in the semi final of club 4 ball match play we won on 16,
Also won the weekend 4 ball with 52pts,
Played the round of my life

52 points.... What handicap are you off?

Rikand

Dennis Reynolds wrote: »

52 points.... What handicap are you off?

Important to note that he said fourball. He's only responsible for half that score

Mantis Toboggan

Rikand wrote: »

Important to note that he said fourball. He's only responsible for half that score

Ah my bad

Ciaranra

Forgot to mention it was full handicaps before people get a few digs in👊

JJTippBhoy

Got my 2nd ever eagle on Saturday in club matchplay. Chip in from 80 yards.
Scored 41 yesterday to come 2nd. Things are looking up.

thevinylword

4 pars in a (basic enough to be fair) 9 hole while on holidays. Haven't played in over 10 years, thinking of taking it back up!

galwaylad14

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

I'd a good round today - could have been very very good - but putter was poor - 3 3 putts.

37 pts ( 4 over).

Hit 14 greens - and hardly hit any bad shot tee to green.

Just that bit of magic wasn't there - but solid.

Good all round - two weeks solid practice coming up , hope to get a big round in before season out.

These 0.1 cuts are a disaster, very slow to get anywhere. :eek::)

nice shooting, slightly better putting you'd have got a great cut.

I share your frustration about losing the .1's. So hard to make progress. When you get into category 1 first you look at guys playing off 2 or 3 and think they are only a couple of shots a round better than me, but quickly you realise that when there's a buffer zone of only 1 and only getting cut .1's you come to realise the amount of good, consistent golf it takes to get down to those sort of handicaps

PARlance

Ciaranra wrote: »

Forgot to mention it was full handicaps before people get a few digs in��

Apologies about that, feeling a bit under the weather today

Ciaranra

PARlance wrote: »

Apologies about that, feeling a bit under the weather today

Took a while felt something was missing and then it happened, you made a comment

Boskowski

91 (77) in intermediate scratch in Fota Deerpark on Sunday. Doesn't sound like much and isn't really, but I was happy enough at the same time. Ball striking was only OK. Found the water twice resulting in two trebles but they were the only real slip ups and more down to not knowing the course at all.

This wasn't like anything I ever played before, loads of par 4s well over 400 yards, brute of an index 1. You're out of position you're in trouble. Fantastic greens. Never had a bad lie. Just a proper championship course and an awesome experience and we were only off the whites. My new favourite course. I would go back tomorrow, hell I'd move in there tomorrow...

Kingswood Rover

Played well today in the open singles in Blessington Lakes 10 pars 1 birdie 5 bogies i double and a 9 on the par 5 9th. 38 pts/82 gross off 11, should get a .4 cut which will be my 4th cut in the last 5 comps. The weird thing is my driving during this streak has not been great so using my 13 degree super strong 3 wood more off the tee. Short game is solid at the mo.

Eric the Eagle

A tale of two nines!!

Two over for front nine and 11 over for back nine, very frustrating.

The front nine was the best I had ever played and could have been better, I had two three putts!

Was looking like getting a nice cut and ended up just making the buffer.

Loire

Played 7-18 in Cobh with my Dad yest evening. First time swinging a club in a month. Started par, double-bogey, double-bogey..."here we go again".

Then I just said to myself, take an extra club and concentrate on a smooth swing.

Then:

10 - birdie
11 - bogey
12 - par
13 - par
14 - par
15 - par
16 - par
17 - bogey
18 - par

1 over for the back 9. Moral of the story.......play golf once a month and take it handy!

Rikand

thevinylword wrote: »

4 pars in a (basic enough to be fair) 9 hole while on holidays. Haven't played in over 10 years, thinking of taking it back up!

You really should and the boards.ie golf society is a great place to start. See the stickys at the top of the forum for details on upcoming events

Senna

Play semi final of club matchplay, level match against last year's winner (2nd time winner). Was a back and forth match for the most part, neither of us pulling away and both of us playing well to our handicap. It was very scrappy and both of us having great shots just to half some holes.

The 14th I was 1 up and we were both pin high but left of green, I was a good 5 yards left and he was on the fringe. I weakly chipped it to 10ft and he put his 6ft by. I holed my putt and the pressure was on his putt, which he missed.
The 15th, stroke index 1, he won with a great par that I couldn't match, back to 1up. Halfed the 16th after he thinned his approach straight through the green into a horrible area with no green to work with, but he played a brilliant chip that a pro would have been proud of.
The 17th is a par 3 and he hit his tee shot well left of the green with a bunker between him and the green, I put mine pin high with a 15ft putt.
Walking up I was thinking this could be the end, he chips his a good 20ft past the pin and I'm very confident. I make sure just to take my two putts for par, thinking he has no chance, I shouldn't have counted my chickens, he holes the putt!! On to the long par 4 18th.
We both hit good drives and he hits his second just short of the green, which is a good place to be.
I thin mine and it sounds like I hit a rock with a pole, I hang my head and I could see he was feeling confidence. We walk up towards he green and somehow my ball is 6ft from the pin.
He needs to hole his now for any chance to keep the match going, a good effort but it sails by the pin, in the end I won it with a huge fluke 2nd shot on 18.
Shake of the hands and it's onto the final.

JJTippBhoy

Well done. A bit of luck is nearly always needed & nice to get it on the last hole.

MaxPower89

Shot +18 off 14 in Naas in Captains Prize(stroke) last Saturday, a tale of 2 9's, +12 for front, +6 for the back. Was all over the place to start, but pulled it together on the back, although a triple really killed the chance of a nice back 9. Scraped into the second round tomorrow thankfully.

Hoping to knock a few shots off the handicap by year end, I feel I am well capable of it.

Onwards and downwards!

OffalyMedic

Played tullamore scratch cup (27 holes) off 11 today. +10 after 18 with a quadruple bogie and 3 doubles happy enough with my game at that stage. Then proceded to shoot +12 for last 9....very disappointed leaving the course but sooner or later something has to click!!! Have to just keep powering on

slave1

Got my arse kicked on heavily sanded greens and newly topped up bunkers in Lahinch Old Thursday, fried egg lies from just wandering into a bunker and the sand like flour...then shot my lowest ever round on Lahinch Castle in the afternoon, a 78 on a par 69, go figure

Dr.Rieux

Had my second 40 points in a week, that should get me an ESR if I'm not mistaken, hoping that'll get me down to 22.

AhHaor

Having done nothing all year Co leading (leading on count back) druids heath captains after round 1. 69 nett off whites. No idea where that round came from.

PARlance

37 points, 83 strokes around St.Anne's.
Good enough for 5th overall. Yet again a tale of 2 very different 9's. Put my first tee OOB but rescued a point. Rest of the front 9 was littered with at least one poor shot per hole. Turned with 14 points.

3 putted the 10th for a bogey but went home in level par from there, the only real flaw was another 3 putt shocker. Played some great stuff on the back 9 for 23 points.

Need to get myself off to a better start and I should see a few more cuts.

Rikand

78 gross for a 72 nett. Played really well the whole day and I was +4 for 17 holes. Then from the middle of the 18th fairway, duff pulled my second shot into a bush and walked off with a 6. Cost me a prize in our presidents prize.

One real stat I'm delighted with though. 18 out of 18 on putts from inside 8 feet since switching to cackhanded. Horseshoed out on another 6 putts from 8-15 feet. Season's almost over and finally my game is starting to look up.

moycullen14

12 GIR, 41 putts, 34 points. That's all. I hate this game.

spacecoyote

Some better golf after a bit of a lull (which I'll blame on weekend boozing )

81 strokes, 39 points off 12 around Castlewarden in the Sunday singles.

12 pars (which I think is a record in a single round for me)
3 Bogeys
3 Doubles

2 of the 3 doubles were scratches too, as they were on the index 17 & 18

The third double was due to a very bad "take your medicine" shot. Was blocked off from going at the green by a tree. Had an angle to punch out under the tree to leave about 100 yards in. Overhit to knock out through the fairway & under another tree. It was probably a good double in the end!

33% FIR
50% GIR
33 putts

Even though that putting number is not great, I actually putted really well. Made every putt inside 6 feet except one, which resulted in my only 3 putt on the day.

40 points won the comp, which is frustrating, having scratched the two easist holes on the course (on paper). A step back in the right direction. Was much more sensible with my club selection & with the targets I was taking. Instead of trying to muscle up I was taking the extra club & making a good contact, and generally speaking took on the middle of the green rather than agressively taking on tucked pins.

one man clappin

Open singles yesterday in my club. I had 29 points after 14 holes off 20 handicap. Was playing very well by my standards. My playing partners left after the 14th hole to watch the hurling match, so could not play on.

charlieIRL

one man clappin wrote: »

Open singles yesterday in my club. I had 29 points after 14 holes off 20 handicap. Was playing very well by my standards. My playing partners left after the 14th hole to watch the hurling match, so could not play on.

That was fairly lousy of them. Pity they didn't say before the round that they were leaving early and you could have played with someone else.

charlieIRL

I don't want to talk about my last round only i have one birdie and 2 pars!! It was that bad!!

one man clappin

charlieIRL wrote: »

That was fairly lousy of them. Pity they didn't say before the round that they were leaving early and you could have played with someone else.

We had spoke about it before hand, as we had a couple of lads from the same hurling club playing in the match. I was not too bothered at the time, as I was only writing down my score and not adding up points. It was only when I went and added up the points and thought there was a good score left out there.

Ah hopefully next week.:D

FixdePitchmark

Em that was strange.

10 over after 8 - level for rest.

Hit my first shank of the year on 1 - was worth waiting for. Everything I did sort of went wrong - have been working on only short game and was expecting a big round.

3 birds on back and some of my best golf of the year.

To be honest not sure how to put together a good round - seems to be very random.

Not sure if this is more to do with unrealistic expectations or trying to hard.

At least there seems to be a good 9 in me all the time - but sadly golf is a game of 18

Eric the Eagle

7 Fairways, 1 GIR (A par 3!), 27 putts, 39 points.

12 Pars, 11 of them up and downs! Crazy game!

redzerdrog

27 points off 10

Had 2 Birdies and 5 Pars

Unfortunately I also Had 5 scratches:mad:

I know there is a 10hcapper in there somewhere just need to eradicate the stupid errors

FixdePitchmark

Well that was fun .

1 over, best ever round in competition - felt a good one was coming , didn't think it would be with a 1 (hole in one).

Had shown a bit of form over 9 holes, but not 18 for a month or so.

I've just been practicing short game , but was not the full story today - Hit 12 greens and made a few putts. Short putts still not great - but got 2 birds and hit the flag and lipped out to miss 2 others - the hole in one was a total bonus.

Was 8 iron (156 yds) - let the wind drift it into pin - called it, got outrageous side spin from 8 feet - in straight from side.

Great laugh.

As they say - a hole in one is a distraction - so did well to come home in 20 points also. Did tighten up on back and start pulling it down 17 and 18 - a slight downer I didn't get a par round.

I guess it goes to show how hard it is to get a par round

So will be lowest ever handicap - I think for the 4 th time this year.

Anyway - What next ?

Dealerz

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Well that was fun .

1 over, best ever round in competition - felt a good one was coming , didn't think it would be with a 1 (hole in one).

Had shown a bit of form over 9 holes, but not 18 for a month or so.

I've just been practicing short game , but was not the full story today - Hit 12 greens and made a few putts. Short putts still not great - but got 2 birds and hit the flag and lipped out to miss 2 others - the hole in one was a total bonus.

Was 8 iron (156 yds) - let the wind drift it into pin - called it, got outrageous side spin from 8 feet - in straight from side.

Great laugh.

As they say - a hole in one is a distraction - so did well to come home in 20 points also. Did tighten up on back and start pulling it down 17 and 18 - a slight downer I didn't get a par round.

I guess it goes to show how hard it is to get a par round

So will be lowest ever handicap - I think for the 4 th time this year.

Anyway - What next ?

Ace, well done

FixdePitchmark

Yes is a strange one Dealerz - not sure If I'm happiest , with lowest score, lowest handicap or Ace , great compliant to have such confusion (lol)

PARlance

Was there with him for the ace, great to see. Serious golf Fix.

I'm off to work on my side spin now.

32 points for me, a run of 4 bad holes on the front 9 costing me. Finished strongly again with 19, that's my worst back 9 in a month (20,21,23,19).
Good to know that I can score well on it but I really need to give myself a chance on the front. A combination of being the tougher 9 and a mental thing at this stage.