The golf thread...

I shot a shitty 96 today.  Took an 8 on hole #1, then followed it up with a birdie (3) on #2.  Finished with a 9 on #18.  Fuck this game.  I hit the ball much better today.  I just suck around the green so damn bad.

posted by ernest_t_bass

Where did you golf?

Sugar Creek in Elmore. Course was in decent shape for the most part.

posted by ernest_t_bass

I shot a shitty 96 today.  Took an 8 on hole #1, then followed it up with a birdie (3) on #2.  Finished with a 9 on #18.  Fuck this game.  I hit the ball much better today.  I just suck around the green so damn bad.

If I could stop 3-putting on my usual 5 holes, I'd finally have a legitimate chance to get into the 80's.

Hopefully by late summer/fall I can put a round together.

Shot a 52 last night. Didn't have a single penalty stroke until the 9th hole. I was just missing on a lot of my approach shots and duffed 3+ chips which I'm usually very consistent in hitting. I also missed about 3 putts that should've gone in. The way I was swinging the club it felt like more of a 43 or 44 type of round.

Played a tough course (Bolingbrook) in the Chicago burbs on Saturday. Hit the ball beautifully for 7 holes, then the wind went nuts (semi links style). Lost 7 balls in 12 holes (5 in 6 tee shots). 2 hit water but the other 5 couldn’t have been more than 10 yards off the fairway. 
 

Ended with a 92 on what could’ve been best round in about year (mid to low 80s). I lost a ball in lateral hazard on 580 yard par 5 and ended up still with a par. I’m still upset I didn’t score better hitting driver and irons as solid as I was. Not to mention some solid chips to tap in for once!

Played today at my new club. First time playing 18. I’ve only played 9 the other times. Shot an 82. It’s not an overly tough club.  The greens are slower than most private clubs. Good shape though and a lot of hills so elevation changes and some blind shots. It’s been good to get back to golfing again. I haven’t golfed at all besides an outing or 2 in the last 5 or so years. 

Went out at 12:20 with my brother-in-law today. There was a twosome ahead of us, and an incredibly slow, erratic foursome ahead of them. We caught up to the two guys ahead of us on 3 and joined them for the front nine. They mentioned to the pro the group ahead was slow, so he went and talked to them, it looked like they switched to a scramble for the rest of the round and played in a reasonable time.

BUT. The 5th hole is a awkward par 3. The first guy puts his shot about 8 feet away. The second guy drains it for a fucking HIO and we all lost our minds. The best experience I've ever had on a golf course. My BIL puts his just off the green. And of course I put mine short and give myself an uphill chip.

At the end of the hole we had:

1 Hole in one
1 Birdie
1 Par
1 Bogey

We hit for the cycle.

Shot a 93 at Shaker Run. Felt good about my game. Probably about as good as I could play. 

Has anyone used no1 grips? I picked up a wedge with one on it and I really like it. I never heard of it before, but they seem pretty good. 
www.nowon-no1grip.com/concept/index3_e.html

I shot a 54 last night and had a bad case of the shanks. Shot a 42 tonight. Golf is stupid. I love golf.

posted by justincredible

I shot a 54 last night and had a bad case of the shanks. Shot a 42 tonight. Golf is stupid. I love golf.

It’s a crazy game

Golfing Windy Knoll Monday.

big Mirg carried us in our scramble league Wednesday although i did have some solid wedges 

Man, I need to get out on the course with Mirg sometime. What course do you play for your league?

I’ll let Mirg know lol

Jaycees Zanesville 

Gotcha. We should play Eaglesticks or Virtues sometime. 

we are playing sticks today at 3. I’ll have him chime in set something up. love me some virtues one of the best tracks in all phases 

Played 9 at Liberty Hills this afternoon.  45.  Gave at least 2 strokes to the course.  Yuck.

Played at Carrington Golf Club up in Monroe, MI on Saturday. Nice course it was just really wet from all the rain overnight.

Playing at Maumee Bay Thursday morning. We will see how that goes.

I played the muni by my house 3 weeks ago, shot a 101 but i had a 6 hole run where i was only 4 over (Par, bogey, double, birdie, bogey, par, bogey) then i had 2 11's on par 5's  where i was chop suey.

2 weeks ago we went to myrtle beach and i played 36 holes 1 day and another 18 the last day of that trip. i played well, but 2 of the courses we played were humbling (like 135-140 slope ratings) i shot 112 at prestwick, 95 at indigo creek (honestly i can attribute 5 strokes to how poor that course's condition was). then i shot a smooth 102 (I'm proud of that score actually at Tidewater.

Last week I played Montour Heights and shot a respectable 106, that is a fun course and it was my first time seeing it, i was aiming at the wrong green on 2 different holes and added some strokes doing that.