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How did you score in your last round? - 2024
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I know, thanks. It was just one of those weekends.
The last few seasons I was so inconsistent with my driver, now after a lot of practice, I'm a lot more consistent and a lot longer off the tee, out driving some of my mates by easily 70+ yards. To then start struggling around the green is a bit of head melt.
It'll all come together for me this season and I'm sure to post a great score.
Rosapenna for the 3-links ticket in 2 weeks time, be the perfect time. Hopefully some of the same weather as this weekend.
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Frustrating game even at the best of times 😄. Similar to you I'm generally good with the driver and longer than most club golfers but not huge (I'm not carrying more than 260 very often and that would be summer). The short game just disappeared and it's head melting to be playing low 80s golf tee to green and then 100+ golf around the green. Keep the faith and grind out the short game reps. Maybe even a lesson is needed.
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I’ll add to some of the misery posted.
Picked up a chest injury at the beginning of April and a back injury at the end so played very little and what little I did play only made my golf worse. Topping driver, fatting irons,have it all
Now (relatively) healthy and struggling to score. Last few rounds have been 92,85,86,93 and plus 4 for 9. Took a lesson but need to go back as was the plan. Went from an out to in swing to over the top and a poor release and weight shift. All over having to lift something awkward. Ah well
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I think a lesson for my iron play around 100 to 140 range is required. The only lesson I ever had previously was purely to sort out my driving which worked after a lot of practice, I had a major slice issue.
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Head is telling you "dont hurt yourself".
Practice easy swings to convince yourself its ok.
Back injuries and operations taught me that one.
The game is 90 percent whats going on between your ears😃
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need to just vent.
Made mad mistake of signing up for club comp today. Strokeplay off the blue tees! HCI of 19 giving playing hc of 22 (vs 19 off the whites that normally play off).
Jazus but it like playing a completely different course. First few holes were ok, couple doubles, couple pars, couple bogeys. And then it went mad. A 4 over on index 2 6 th holes followed by par followed by 4 over.
And then it got worse. An 11 on the 11th, a 4 over again and finished with an 11 on the 18th. 120 total. Looking back in arccos haven’t had that bad of a day since using arccos (Jan 2020). Driver broke my heart With so far back and trying to get over **** in front, (had to retee 7 times), approach shots were Poor (over trying to kill the ball). Short and putter was grand thank god.
I wont be playing blues again for a long long long time. Saying that lads I was out with and 4 ball in front of us struggled also (flags were in very difficult positions also).
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What course was it?
I’ve been meaning to play the rare blue tee comp in Headfort new the last two years but missed it both times. Last time I played it I was off 23 and had a nightmare😂 It’s very long from the blues, off 8 it gives me a PH of 13 😂
Anyway, played some good golf last night for at least a few holes. Swing is getting there, tee’d off at 5pm after been up for work since 3.30am so was feeling fairly tired on the back 9. Put too many in the rough on the back 9, it’s either wedge it out or try to chop it out with a hybrid and both usually go the same distance , grass probably 3/4 of an inch above the ball 2 ft into the rough83 strokes
3 over front 9
8 over back 9 with a lost ball and two doubles 🤦♂️
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Played the final round of our 1st major yesterday. Had a decent start and cobbled together a scrappy front 9 for nett par. It included a double on a par 5 where I badly pulled a 100yd approach for GIR and also a triple where I duffed two chips. Tbf my putter was actually having a good day.
Back 9 started with a poor triple that was avoidable. A terrible punch shot that I topped into the tree I was trying to avoid, then an equally terrible flubbed pitch shot. Another poor pitch before tidying for Scrambled in a couple of great par saves before giving myself an eagle chance on Par 5 14th that I tapped in for birdie. I checked my score at this point and I was +10 with 5 shots left on my HC and thought I'd a reasonable chance of decent score with two par 5s and a short par 3 to come.
Bogeyed the par 3 and left 125yds with a wedge in hand on the next Par 5 16 for GIR. The less said about the 9 I walked off with the better (chunked into water and duffed/bladed my way) 😂. I had 150yds from the fairway on 17 Par 4 and pulled it about 30yds left beyond another tee box. That ended up with more messing before a triple and finished with a bogey for Nett +5.
Very disappointed with the two wedges and duffed chips/pitches. The big positive has been putting and scrambling other holes, especially on a day when my drivers and irons were middling. Feels like a round where there was easily 6-8 shots left behind. The weather was fantastic and with any luck we'll see more of it.
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+2 75 gross in Lucan today.
Pretty scrappy round but I ground like hell, couldnt have really have been any better.
Made a good putt for par on 1 before errant drives right on 2 and 3 led to bogies. Was only hitting a 6 iron into the par 5 4th but made par which was disappointing. Made a good par on the tough 5th then drained from 20ft odd for a birdie on the 6th to get back to +1. Then doubled 7 to throw all that away, and 3 putted the par 3 8th for good measure. Pushed drive off 9 but hit a very good, flat out lob wedge over trees to get it to 18ft and promptly nailed the putt; poorly read and struck, it had no business going in but she caught the left lip and dropped. So +3 the f9, not great but not terrible.
Hit a scruffy 5wd up the middle of the par 4 10th; downwind so left me with a gapwedge in. Pulled pin high to maybe 22ft and nailed that one too. All good on the greens at this stage but did miss from 10ft on 11 after a good 7 iron off the tee. Regulation par on 12 then hacked my way up 13; longish par 5 but it was straight downwind so a birdie chance with a decent drive. Which I didnt hit. Drop kick left and could only hack an 8 iron out of cabbage to within 115 yards odd, which left an awkward pitch with the wind and the angle. Pulled a sand wedge and missed the green left, where theres a big drop off. Had a nasty 4th up a 15ft rise with no green to work with. Got that to 8ft (pretty happy with the shot tbh) and made the putt, so delighted to get out of that one with a par.
Ditto on 14. Terrible drive, pull hook, couldve gone OB for the same money. As it was, a chop out sideways was all I had. PW from 130 to 5ft and made it for a par. Decent par on 15, then a bit unlucky on 16. Decent 7 iron that ran by the pin and through the back of the green, which left a tricky chip, downhill but into the wind. Got it to a foot. Onwards, 2 par 5s to finish.
Decent drive on 17 but caught a poor lie in between the semi and the primary rough right. Had a go with the 3wd but hit a poor shot, into a fw bunker right. 60 yards from the pin. Rotten length shot, tried to pinch it clean and caught it thin, went through the green about 60ft away. From there, I hit maybe my best shot of the day, a lovely chip that made it to the top of a tier and rolled out stone dead for a par 5.
And then came 18, also a par 5, index 2. Tough hole from start to finish and kicked things off with a horrid drive, way right, one place you cant go. Hit a good 2nd, hack 4 iron that had to get over a pesky root only a foot in front of me. Still 200 plus away for my 3rd, but downhill downwind, it was a lashed 7 iron all day. Poxy shot, thin and heely short right, which left me with a nigh on impossible 4th shot, a 15 yard chip / bump, with a steep ridge only 15ft short of the hole from a fluffy enough lie. Hit the worst shot I hit all day, just a horrible torquey blade hit that scuttled through a patch of semi rough 2ft in front of me, dribbled towards the aforementioned ridge, almost stopped dead on top of it, before finding an extra foot of momentum and trickling out to 3ft beyond the hole. Putt was fast, left edge with good pace and, thank God, she dropped.
Respectable number on the face of it but it was a struggle out there. At least the thunder storms held off!
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A bit better last night, 35 points with 0 scratches.
Only for a couple of poor iron shots and a few missed putts by mm's could easily of had 40+.
Hopefully more to follow at the weekend.
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One small step for mankind, one giant leap for me - broke 100 for the first time. I’ve never managed to score well on 18 holes since I started playing last year. My best ever has been in the low twenties, once got 17 points in a 9 hole competition.
So imagine my surprise when I shot 7 over for the front 9 this morning off a course handicap of 26. I couldn’t believe it - never been anywhere close to that. 24 points on the front nine. Normal service returned on the back 9 with two scratch holes and 14 points but delighted overall. Just proves that it’s possible I can improve 😀. Had I done a bit better on the back 9 would have been in with a shout of winning the comp.Big learning for me was that at my level one good shot per hole is the difference between scoring and scratching so keep at it.
Out in the morning and no doubt will be back to 120 but at least now I know I can string a good round together. Future looks bright 👍17 -
Well done, must be a great feeling. I had my best round so far last night in a casual round of 106, makes me believe that maybe I might be able to break 100 this year. As you mentioned avoiding too many scratches and wild shots seems to be key to me at the minute too.
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Had a bit of a blow up 95 in our intermediate scratch last week. Started well with a par and a couple of bogeys. After that I just couldn't put two good shots together. Ignoring a small bit of bad luck, the rest was consistently poor. Just couldn't string two decent shots together, made a sloppy error on most holes and couldn't make a putt. High 30s for total putts to give you an idea.
The prev week I lost an inter-club singles to a 30ft+ putt on 18 in Tullamore. I was gutted but could only shake the lad's hand and say fair play. He made another monster on 10 that without the flagstick was destined for the far bunker :D.
For a large part of the match I was in control. Missed a 4ft birdie on the par3 2nd, he was in a tricky shortside swail and nearly holed it before gave him the par putt. After 9 I was 1 up. At that point I'd matched him save for his lost ball on the 5th. Was a cool -1 for the 3x front 3s.
Back 9 he made that monster on 10 and I missed a 15ft for birdie to drop to all square. On 11 he lost a ball and I par'd it to go 1 up. Heavy tee shot landed short on 12 and didn't get up/down so a half after he was in position z with no shot in. 13 was poor from both and we halved. 14 I bombed my drive and straight pushed my 7w into trees after he had to chip out to the fairway. I reloaded and got off the hook as we both carded awful triples. 15 was halved after I dropped a 12ft putt for 6 (missed wedge approach and terrible chip went off the fringe down a runoff - very lucky to half tbh). 16 he birdied from 6ft and I was miles off with my chip to pull level. 17 I chunked a heavy tee shot at the last par 3 which he par'd and I couldn't get up/down before dropping 1 down.
With the honour on 18 he blasted miles to the right and flubbed his recovery even worse. I was blocked by trees and decided not to try a big cut from 190yds as he likely needed 4 to get to the green. Pitched back to position and left a 95 yd approach. For some reason I backed off slightly and landed just on the front with 40ft left for par at a back pin. He did need 4 to get to the green and was left with 30ft for his 5th. I lagged to inches and thought the match was being extended but you know the rest.
The front 9 was really good and my mid-short irons were generally excellent. My downfall was the stretch from 13-17 as well as 2x awful chips and 2x 3-putts which were all avoidable. Hard to shake the feeling that I should have been 2 or even 3 up after 15. Nonetheless, I can't take anything away from my opponent, he made two bombs, as well as a clutch birdie-par on 16/17 to tip the scales. Matchplay is a different class and inter-clubs even more so. It really magnifies the best and worst you have to offer. More importantly, we got through as a team and hopefully, I get the nod for the next round.
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I played my 2 rounds on my annual trip with my college mates at the weekend. It's often the worst golf I play every year. One of the group is off +3, I'd be next best at 13 or so and then you've probably another 10 shots to the next lowest guy. One of the group said to me one year there really is him (the plus 3) and the rest of us in terms of golfing ability. Now, I'm not so delusional that I think I'm on a similar level to the +3 lad, but I was quite offended that I'm being lumped in with the 30 handicappers. But in fairness, I didn't argue. In about 10 rounds with them, I'm not sure I've ever broken 30 points.
So was this to be the year? I'd played 6 rounds so far this year and broke 40 points twice, broke 36 another two times, a 35 pointer and a 27 in huge winds. This was not to be the year - 29 points both days.
We played Coollatin the first day and Woodenbridge the second. I didn't play too badly the first day, but it's a tricky course. And usually I get a few extra shots for a playing handicap, but not there. The more I play different courses, the more I think this new handicap system isn't set up to rate tricky courses. Trees really come into play on the course (whereas on most courses they mainly come into play when you go offline). I had 7 pars and a birdie, so the good wasn't bad at all. But I just couldn't get the hang of the shorter shots all day long. The next day in woodenbridge I stank out the place, but had the same points. It was as hungover a round as I've played in the last few years. I should have hit irons off every tee as I was in no fit state to drive. But in fairness, I made a few pars and bogeys and stuck in a bird so had a respectable 29 points again. I'd just love some year to actually play well on that trip. I don't care about prizes, I'd just love a 38 point round or something.
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Played a fund-raiser scramble around Castleknock this evening. My first time there, it's a lovely well-maintained course and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
My golf was good without being anything to write home about, apart from crushing a drive 50 yards past the Longest Drive marker, but it rolled out into the semi-rough, so didn't count.
This round proved to me that I need to warm up properly before playing, actually hitting balls on a range or into a net. It took me 4 or 5 holes to get into the swing of it.
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I got out for my first round in deer park since joining. A medal, so I got the full course experience. And a comp I couldn't win because I'm a member less than a year which I think is utterly daft, but only a problem in principle. In practice it did not matter.
I felt I played okay, struck it well for the most part. I picked up on 17 so didn't have a score. Had it been stableford I'd have had 31 points which is respectable. Some days it's hard to pinpoint what went wrong, but today it was easy. Losing 8 balls from the tee was the issue. 2 drives and 1 iron pulled badly. Of the 5 drives lost to the right only 1 was a wicked slice. The other 4 I was hopeful of finding - a combo of tight lines and pushing them a bit. Some days none is them would be lost. Today, anything that could be was.
So no good score today, but I think there's a good one there for another day.
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Finally strung a good round together today. 40 points with two scratches. First scratch was silly, as I didn't hit a provisional after pushing my 3w right, for reasons I can't quite figure out. 2nd was unlucky, with my drive just ending oob on the 13th (with is index one in my mind).
The rest was really good though. Hit some cracking tee shots, breaking my previous distance record twice today. 354 yards through the back of the 5th, and 342 yards down the middle of the 7th. Had 3 birdies and 7 pars.
First time in months that I felt in control of the ball. Knew what caused the bad shots, and wasn't questioning my swing on every shot. Hope I can keep it up in Roganstown on Friday and Esker on Saturday.
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After having a few mare's which I posted here, last 3 rounds, 37, 35, 35. Major improvement the last few rounds and have actually dropped a shot, when I was expecting to go up.
Hopefully it continues, some stupid scratches on each of those 3 rounds above, plus a few good putts just millimeters out from par's or birdies. Onwards and upwards.
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And a comp I couldn't win because I'm a member less than a year
This is weird, what's the thinking behind this rule?
I can understand people not being allowed to win medals if they haven't got a fully developed WHI, but requiring you to be a member for a year seems nonsense.
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I was representing our club in the Barton Cup this weekend, got the win in my match but unfortunately lost the tie overall. This was my second match for the club in the BC but the first one I started the first 4 holes horrible and was very nervous but having come through, winning and realising I don't need to play perfect golf I felt a lot better this time around. We were playing against a very similar pairing, a low handicap (3ish) with mid handicaps (12ish) me being the mid handicap of course and ended up playing in the same order so I treated it as though I just had to play the other mid handicap.
We started very strongly getting 3 up through 4 with two birdies on the way with my recent short game practice really paying dividends here and never really let them back into it then. Complete opposite to the last match. Through 14 we 4 up and level par for the round. A bit of bad luck on both 15 and 16 we ended up loosing those but a comfortable half on 17 gave us the match. We had the 3 home matches and another one was won comfortable on 13 but the last went down the 18 being all square. To be fair the other team sunk a great 25 foot sliding putt for birdie to win it. I'm sure there were other ups and downs in that match I didn't see but talking about it afterwards sounds like one they felt they should have won. And we lost the two away matches on 17 and 18.
Disappointing for the run to end like it did but despite the nerves I really enjoyed the competitive side of it. Definitely gives you confidence and teaches you a lot about your game playing alongside better quality players in that environment. One of the biggest for me being course management and seeing how they think about their shots. Also just dealing with your nerves and concentrating on your shots, in particular your putts.
That's the end of representing the club this year but still one maybe two match play comps within the club itself.
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Actually won the 3 ball rumble 😁
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Ah, I shouldn't have mentioned it, I could be at fault for derailing the thread now. The fear is bandits, I don't think it makes sense. Other people think it makes complete sense and that's fine, it's nice that different people can hold different opinions and everyone still gets on.
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How are you finding the experience with Deer Park @blue note?
On the list to join - so far seems pretty chill.
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I can't really give an opinion so far. That was my first comp and the group I was with were nice. Course was in good condition. It definitely starts and finishes very well, but holes 4-15 aren't particularly memorable. The greens felt slightly odd to hit onto. The ball doesn't stick like it does on most courses. So I certainly need to land it 5 yards shorter than normal.
One slightly odd thing was when I checked in I asked something about the comp and the guy there said the club is separate and he doesn't know anything about it. I know it's separate, but it's odd that they don't know anything about it in the pro shop.
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First time playing 18 holes after a foot injury last year, some 9 hole evening rounds but lots of work on the chipping ground.
35 points on my own ball in a 4 ball better ball qualifier, stuck to a game play and played some nice shots. Had 3 7's (1 was a lost tee shot) but no blow up 8 or 9's on the card which would have have been my normal.
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And we got disqualified for entering a wrong score 😑 Two 4's on the 9th hole entered by our marker instead of two 5's.
Annoyingly, the 5's would still have given us a winning score, but alas.
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Was a bit disillusioned and not getting to practice lately. Spotted my goals for the year in the other thread and chuckled as I was miles off bar birdieing index 2.
Saturday I got resoundingly beaten in singles interclub. My opponent was +2 for 12 holes and I think his index was around 12 ish. Missed a 4ft birdie putt on the first after he thumped one in from 20ft off the green. Birdied 5 to take it back to 1 down. halved 6, 3 putted 7 and then I lost everything else thereafter. I think he parred his way home 6 to 12, had a couple of chances for halves but let it slip.
Early out Sunday and was happy that I'd found a solid swing recently - ignore the 1st tee…. Car park to 1st tee mean two duffs, tug into junk but somehow took a point with a double. Flipped the script on par3 2nd with a 7w to 4ft from 210 yds to birdie that hole for only the 2nd time ever! Flubbed my way around until 11 where I drained a long birdie. Hit 14th in 2 and 3 putted - had to putt through 10 yards of encroaching wet fringe that blocked my line. I'm not the guy to hit a chip on a green. Solid iron on 15th and drained another nice mid range birdie. Two twos off the back tees left me pleasantly confused.
Driver going well so I took on the drain on 16 and left a 3w in to the elevated green. Nutted the last 4x strikes in a row and this one was the best. Lovely cut that landed softly and ran out past the hole ~18ft. I then peeled off that eagle putt to leave myself in contention. Unfortunately, a double, bogey finish meant that the local paper notes had to be re-written from what was in my head already.
As it happens I turned in 40 points but it was a mistake on the card that I missed and I really had 39. There was a bit of rushing to use the PC and chatting that distracted me. Texted the comp sec to DQ my card when I got home and I would have won my category with the correct score but scheiss happens. A mad round of golf. I've missed a few eagle putts previously so that was awesome to have my first go in. If you told me that I'd have 3x birdies and an eagle this year I'd have questioned your sanity…. Let alone off the back tees. The swing is really starting to come together and putting generally in good nick. With any luck I'll get some hours for short game practice but free time is at a premium lately.
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I played Tulfarris a couple of weeks ago now. I came in with 37 points, so I can't say that it didn't go well, but it's another round where I was prone to lost balls from the tee. I lost 3 in the round, which is a huge improvement on the 8 I lost in the previous. I didn't really play for the second half of last year, and when I got a couple of rounds in at the start of this year I was thrilled with how good my driving was. The vast majority were on the fairway or not too far off it. Basically, I wasn't losing balls from the tee. It started to creak on an open day in Roganstown where I hit some wild ones that I should not have gotten away with (I ended up winning the comp - it was a disgrace). A couple of rounds later I was on a heap of wrong fairways in Portmarnock links, but again got away with it and had a decent score. The day in Deer Park was (and I'm praying remains) the low point when I lost 8 from the tee. In fairness, if I played again I'd have taken a couple of different lines and might have saved a couple, but I didn't know where I could safely hit it. Or miss it more importantly. And then Tulfarris - a good score even though I lost 6 shots from bad tee shots. If I was American, that and the Deer Park rounds would both have been plus 40 point rounds!
I'm not entirely sure how to solve this. Realistically, I'm not going to work on it, so that means I have to solve it by thinking about it and implementing during my next round. It's not completely daft, but mostly is. Unfortunately, it's not a case that I can just put my driver away on tight holes. Firstly, it's not just the tight holes that are the problem - the bad shots can go 30 degrees left. So if I'm aiming for the centre of the fairway, I could miss it by 80 yards to the left. Or about 60 to the right. Secondly, it's not just my driver that's the problem. My 3w could have a massive hook on it that would cause the same problem. And thirdly, even the par 3s aren't safe. Both last rounds I had massive pulls with 7/8 irons. If I'd aimed 10 yards right of the greens I'd still have lost my ball left. And there was space to miss left.
I suppose the annoying thing is that a lot of my game is strong. I'm making a lot of up and downs. I'm still prone to more three putts on the longer distances that I should - I'm just leaving them way short. But my chipping is currently consistent and I'm making my fair share of the putts. Aside from the wild shots, my driving and irons have been pretty strong. But I suppose this is golf. It's never the case that you're playing well or badly at a particular time. It's always an essay - my putting is good, but also bad, my driving is good, but also bad, etc. There's that overused line - there's no pictures on the scorecard. In reality, your scores are how you're playing. All that nonsense I've just written is just nonsense that's at best only useful to me (perhaps not even). But I don't think it would be as much fun if we didn't overthink everything.
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I can't grasp your mindset sometimes @blue note
You shoot 37 points on a tough course like tulfarris where you lose 3 balls off the tee & win an open in Roganstown with a creaking swing. All that tells me is your handicap is too high.
If I'm losing 3 balls off the tee in 1 round, 30 points is likely to be a battle, never mind beating my handicap.
You swing hard and hit a long ball, so your misses will be a little bigger. And as you say, you're not putting in the work to fix any flaws that are there so you need to accept variability. Everyone, up to pros ,have wide enough misses with driver. Look at the Decade system, the advise is don't hit driver unless there's at least 65 yards of width between hazards on both sides of the fairways (or something along those lines). So if pros are allowing for a 65 yard left-right miss, a teen handicap golfer who isn't working on their swing needs some more realistic expectations.
There's a reason none of us on here are doing this for a living, so maybe try focus on accepting the fact and enjoying that you'll hit bad shots in a round but that your game is good enough that you're still scoring really well even with some big misses
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I managed a net 72 to qualify for the Captain's Prize for the first time ever last weekend. Not sure I'm looking forward to the next round this weekend, but we'll see…!
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26 points in a windy Rosses Point on Saturday. Struggled massively with a dead leg from football the night before, and barely made it around the course. Can't blame the leg on all the bad golf though, as its just been a continuation of the shite i've done all year.
Presidents prize on Friday. Strokes from the back tee's…that's not going to end well 😑
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107 strokes in our Intermediate Scratch Cup at the weekend. 😭
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21 points in the 9 hole comp tonight. Mixed bag of emotions over this one. It's my lowest gross to date, but I scratched the first hole due to a really stupid 2nd shot putting me in big trouble. Still, happy that I got that out of my mind and went pretty well in the next 8 holes.
Got a par on all the par 3s which is the first time I've ever done this. Should have had a 2 on the 2nd but it lipped out. 7th hole on our course is one I always score well on, it helps that it's a hole I get 2 shots on. Today I put my first tee shot out of bounds. Recovered to get 1 point but can't help but thinking this was a silly 2 points dropped. Pitch at the 8th lipped out too for what would have been a birdie, ended up making a bogey, these are the things I need to tidy up.
I think the thing that makes me most happy is I got 21 points but I still feel like there's more in the tank, I definitely feel like right now I'm really heading in the right direction and the handicap will hopefully start falling faster in the right direction.
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Out foreign at the moment and played a really gorgeous course out in Malaysia, 9 holes for €20 with clubs included.
Travelling with the girlfriend and she came around with me and by god I played some absolute muck. Couldn't get any consistency with the irons or wedges, it was a rental set and different grass but still.
Fatted a four iron into a lateral hazard and just had a mini meltdown at myself and immediately felt really stupid. So lucky to be travelling, nevermind playing such a beautiful course, and here I am crying about a few bad holes when I've only been back since October and barely played since March.
Said to myself I wouldn't take things too seriously when I got back, but forgot how you can trick yourself into thinking you're better than you are with one good round.
Mind you, already looking into booking the next one!
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Stableford singles today 41 points..12 over with 2 triple bogey 7s.
Front nine 41 strokes 19 points..7 over.2 pars 5 bogeys triple bogey and birdie on par 3 ninth for a share of the money(closest ever to a hole in one without dropping).
Back nine 42 strokes 22 points..5 over.4 pars 3 bogeys triple bogey 7 and birdie on par 4 17th.Went around last 5 holes in 1 under gross.
Shot of the day lovely 5 rescue 178 yds to 3 feet from pin on 17th.
I reckon WHI will drop from 18.2 to 15.5 after that.
Nice to see focussed zoned practice bearing fruit.
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Solid weekend of golf for me. 2 rounds sub 80 strokes.
Needed one decent one this weekend, as was dropping a 4.6 today, and managed 2. A 4.6 diff yesterday, 77 strokes off the white, and a 4.5 diff today, 78 strokes off the blues.
Didn't do anything spectacular overall.No birdies, no doubles, just bogeys and pars for 2 days. No 3 putts either which is always a good sign for being able to score. When I hit a bad shot I took my medicine, was never greedy, and it worked well.
Bit of a stressful start to the medal this morning. Set my alarm incorrectly last night so woke at 7.35 and had a tee time at 8.15. A mad rush and arrived onto the tee with about 3 minutes to spare. Obviously proceeded to knock down my drive, and follow it up with a badly struck recovery. a par 5 and could only knock it to the corner with a wedge so left me 200 yards hitting my 4th. Struck it well, left it greenside and made a good up&down to salvage the bogey. Was the 3rd before I settled and got on a great run of pars. Back 9 was a little loose off the tee, but kept things going overall.
Nice to have 2 rounds on the bounce sub-80 in the same weekend, don't think I've managed to do that before.
As a bonus found out I got a bye into the semis of the club matchplay so all-in-all a decent weekend of golf
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Have started to play well recently (for my handicap) and starting to compete in club competitions which makes it more enjoyable. So was surprised with how badly I played on Saturday in my first medal - 112! Was a bit worried that I may have lost whatever I might have found recently but then a 98 today for 36 points so all was well with the world. Off for a few golfless weeks holiday so hope I don’t forget how to play😀
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I've been struggling for over a month now with a wrist injury but it finally feels like its coming around and this is the first weekend I played without the need for strapping and without thinking about it.
I've been steady enough considering my wrist issue and this weekend was a continuation of that. Two comps and scores of 37 points and 35 points. So playing to my handicap which is always a good thing but both rounds consisted of one scratched hole and one double bogey. One hole in particular, the 16th our longest par 5 is by far and away my worst hole consistently and I regularly loose my drive on it. It is just a difficult driving hole for me given it's shape and position of the hazards for my distance. I think I'm going to have to move away from driver for it and see if that changes things.
Overall though lots of positives, while my approach play wasn't always the best I am regular getting up and down from around the green thanks to very consistent chipping and putting. My driving accuracy is also improving, slowing the swing speed down and I feel like I have a bit more control over swing path and club face. I'm probably loosing a bit of distance but not getting in nearly as much trouble as I had been.
It feels like I'm getting closer and closer to breaking the 80 mark and our Captains Prize is this weekend which would be a great time to do it. But if i end up with two rounds like I did this weekend I'll be more than happy. I can leave breaking 80 for the next boards outing 😁
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Played Adare last week by pure chance after a work contact pinged me out of the blue a few weeks back. 100% had to take the opportunity and it was a great experience. Almost had a HIO on the 6th and drove the green on 15th, a whisker from dropping the eagle putt. Won the 4ball with my partner on the day and had an 87 which matched my course handicap on the whites. Delighted to do that on a new course. The tee shots are simply bang driver all day but the green complexes are no joke. 9 will give me nightmares for some time 😂. Putting on the quick greens was fine, just that the runoffs are so punishing if you're even slightly off.
Yesterday I turned in a new pb of 81 at home for my best score in a competition (part of a classic team) and Ireland (Prev 83 comp and had 80 on holidays last year). I felt that I'd been putting well, driving solid and ball striking as good as I remember. Short game confidence is creeping back and having navigated some nightmares in Adare it gave me a boost. I had one double on the card after a snapped drive, duffed fairway wood and eventual 3 putt. It was the only hole I had multiple or compounded mistakes. Tbf I did duff 2x chips and got up/down on the follow-ups in the round. Had a couple of lip outs too, so on reflection there are potentially more strokes there to shave. The big difference for me was eliminating doubles and scrambling. After struggling to get back under 90 again, I've turned in a couple of 87s (inc away), 85 and now 81 over the last few weeks. My chipping is progressing and this is a real boost given that the rest of my game is healthy. Looking forward to our next major qualifier at the weekend.
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Had a tale of two 9's at the weekend. Major rd1 qualifier and felt in good form coming into this after recent good scores. Went out with the intention of posting a low one and felt I could get pb or close to it. Playing HC 16 on the day.
Front 9 went really well. Struck the ball sweetly, missed in the right places, got up/down and made my putts. Turned in plus +3 which was a new best- delighted as it was strokeplay and off back tees. Felt good to perform as I set out to do.
Back 9 went horribly wrong, unfortunately. Wobbled on ten with a double where I couldn't scramble a bogey. Scrambled par on 11. Missed from 4ft for par on 12. On 13 I knocked down my drive and blocked a 7w off the planet OB from the rough. Wasn't a horrible lie just terrible execution and slightly poor decision on reflection. Trundled my way to a triple. Steadied with two pars. Took percentage iron on the 16th but tugged into a tree and slashed out of the penalty area to behind another tree. Laid up and took 2 ugly swipes with a wedge before 3 stabbing for another triple. Piped an angry drive down 17 and tugged my PW but stayed on. Too aggressive on a long downhill slider and another 3 putt for bogey. 18 I blocked my drive into trees. Rushed my second as I was playing into a group walking up the adjacent fairway. Duffed underneath a small tree and checked out mentally at that point, taking 4 more to get home and home for a nett 72 (88). I didn't even qualify as scoring was ridiculous, more than 1/3 of the field were nett par or better.
It was crushing to put in 3x triples and a double on the back 9. Especially when I normally score better on it. Apart from the OB ball the rest were poor shots combined with bad choices. I genuinely didn't snap until I got stuck under a small tree at 18 for my 4th.
For now, it's a case of erasing the bad and focusing on the good golf (9 GIRs and great front 9). I know there is a sub 80 round in there and I don't think I'll gift as many shots to the field for quite some time. No comps for a couple of weeks but hopefully getting a round with an old colleague and a little short game practice over the next week.
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Had my best ever round at the weekend.
After joining a club this year. (Have been a casual player over the years) Had set myself a loose goal of trying to break 100 and getting my handicap into the 20's this year but over the last few weeks the scores seemed to be trending in the wrong direction (109/116/113).
Signed up for a stableford comp at the weekend and long story short ended up shooting 103 for 39 pts. Couldn't believe it when I entered my score on the computer. I knew I had a steady enough round going (no scratches & only lost 1 ball on the 13th) but didn't think I had scored in the high 30s.It opened my eyes a bit too on how to score as I would normally hope to get 1-2 pars & end up with a few scratches in a round but I didn't have any of either at the weekend. Shot 54 on the front 9 (2 bogeys, 6 doubles and a triple) and 49 on the back 9 (6 bogeys and 3 doubles) which was by far the most consistent 9 holes I have played up to now. I definitely left a few shots behind as always but who knows maybe breaking 100 is realistic after all……
Cant wait to get out for a round again this week but I am fully expecting 110+ again to bring me back down to earth :)6 -
Fair play to ya.
I try..and often fail..to keep doubles off my card by playing within myself..laying up short of greens etc.
Generally..but not always..works.
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Always nice to see someone shoot their lowest ever score. Well done! My guess is you'll beat it often now that you've done it. And 100 is very realistic. If you keep the big scores off your card you're bound to roll in plenty of bogeys and a par or two. One piece of advice I will give though - is don't be afraid to re-adjust what the score you're trying to avoid on a hole is. I'd love to keep doubles off my card, but if I've a 15 foot putt for bogey I'll be thinking more about avoiding triple than making double. A double bogey in that instance is an easy point. Whatever you're trying to achieve you're not going to do it if you don't take the easy points.
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After Portarlington with the society I was inspired to head out again. I'd played well and wanted some good scores on my handicap so headed out to Roganstown. Disappointingly, it was off the yellow tees. I asked why and the girl in the pro shop said that they just use the whites for medals and the blues not at all basically. I call BS on this, the yellows were a stupid tee to play from in perfect conditions. However, gripe aside I played very well for most of the day. I pulled a few drives at the start but got away with them. I'd 20 points after 9 and had putts shave the hole on 4 of the front 9 holes. I hit my rough patch from 11 to 13 - ball above my feet on 11 and instead of just punching down the fairway I decided to try to pop it onto the green. I went long and left and into trees. I did well to salvage a point for a double bogey. 12 wasn't the worst - I hit my iron fat on the par 3, hit a decent chip to a distance I'd make more than I'd miss and I missed it. And then a perfect drive on 13 and I just took a club too much to the green. I was lucky to find it over the back of the green and did okay to make a double bogey for a point. Then the next 4 holes - I left myself at most 15 feet for birdie and nearly made them all (unfortunately I made none!). And then an annoying finish, my pull came back from the tee on 18 and I hit into a lake that I didn't know was there and ended up scratching the hole. Still though, 37 points wasn't half bad.
So inspired again, I headed out to Balcarrick for another go. I won't give as much detail of that round, but safe to say my inspiration has now disappeared. I couldn't get a handle on the greens all day - a four putt being the worst of that. In fairness, my irons I couldn't fault. They somehow got me in with 30 points. Whereas my driving was shocking. I don't know how I didn't kill someone. So for a few weeks there I felt like I could play golf. I'll put them away for a couple of weeks until I forget that I can't again.
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Torn muscle in shoulder has curtailed my game somewhat over the past few weeks.
Doped up on prescription painkillers headed out today mostly to see if i could play pain free..or nearly.
39 strokes on front 9 for 21 points was nice.
Shoulder held up well.
44 strokes on back 9 for 20 points with 2 double bogeys from 14 on as painkiller wore off.
83 strokes 41 points.
Striking good..wedges good..putting very good.
Shoulder very sore afterwards..heat treatment and massage gun plus painkillers needed.
Cancelled tomorrow. Need to be pain free for Boards outing next saturday.
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Came in 7th with that score.
Winner was 19 playing hc with 47pts..11 under net.
He is off 12 now😄
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Just started getting back into golf after not playing since my teenage years (~20 years),
Played three full courses (with some par 3/pitch and putts in between) in the last month or so, don't currently have a handicap/club etc. so just looking at strokes. Was targeting shooting under 100.
New Ross: 103 - Yellow weather warning so was rough wind wise but very enjoyable.
Kilkea Castle: 111 - Out with work society, narrow fairways and had one or two lost balls off the tee. Second nine was 10 shots better than first nine so positive progress.
Silloge: 95 - Had some great holes, but also left a few putts out there that should have gone in. Reckon that 90 would have been possible if I had been a little more dialed in.
Very happy with the improvement so far, would be happy to stay around the 95 mark on the next few outings or if possible push down a bit further, but really enjoying it so far!
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I was playing quite well and due to lose my two best rounds, so about enjoy that odd time of my handicap going up while I feel I'm playing well. But since I was playing well I thought I'd try to capitalise and cram in some golf to return some decent scores. So I played 6 rounds of golf in a month - I haven't done that since I was a junior.
If the first had gone badly I'd have lost a 7.1 differential and seen it replaced by a 19.4. A shot and a half back in one go! Thankfully that was the best round of the 6 and I only got .4 back. And fast forward to now - 5 of those 6 rounds are counting. I really feel like I'm not getting the low rounds I'm capable of, but I'm coming in with low - mid teen score differentials while really leaving some shots out there. But I'm far more content that my handicap isn't going to shoot up now. Before those 6 rounds my counting rounds ranged from 7.1 - 18.6. Now they're 10.5 - 14.5. And in my next 9 rounds I'm only going to lose the 14.5 so surely to God I'll come down another bit. In those 6 rounds where I was worried about gaining a shot or two, I actually managed to come down by .3. So I'm happy with that, although coming down by a shot or two would really have been nice.
As regards the rounds themselves, I shot 90 off the whites in Portmarnock links. 3 scratches / triple bogeys. A couple of shots thrown away in those, but I'd a few nice up and downs and nicely played holes in general.
Then an 87 in St Annes on a very windy day. I hit some good shots and got up and down very well all day there. I was fairly tired and hung over so was particularly happy with the round. Some really dodgy shots on the day which I put down to pints, but as I say overall very happy. I lost 4 drives though which I wasn't as happy about. Again - surely some room for improvement there.
Then an 85 from the greens in Portmarnock. Two triples / scratches on the day - both as a result of pulled drives. But the odd thing in that round was that I just couldn't buy a putt. My chipping was a bit off and putting a mile off. The only up and down I had on the day was on 15, other than that I wasted chance after chance all day. The most annoying one was on 5 when I probably hit my best shot of the year - a 5 iron into a severe wind to about 8 feet of the pin. And I left the putt a foot short. But I left myself greenside 6 times that day and only got up and down once. That was very disappointing, especially when I three putted twice too.
So overall, I'm pretty sure based on my last few rounds that I'm playing well. But you never know when that will utterly disappear. And I'd love to get the handicap down in this opportune time.
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108 strokes in our Captains Prize qualifier. Was going ok (4 over after 6) then had a 14 on the par 5 7th, with 4 balls off the tee. Picked myself up a bit getting some pars on 8th-11th, then had another 14 on the 12th. Why not play it safe after losing one off the tee you may ask? Your guess is as good as mine to be honest. I pretty much gave up after that.
One of those rounds where i question why i play this game 😣
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