Week commencing 25 January 2010

[KristianJ]

My Australia Day round was spent at the par 3 course at Penrith Panthers. Hardly a fellow golfer in sight, so I got through nice and quickly.

Scorecard's in the car, so I'll update the stats in a couple of hours, but here are some:

Score: 59 (par 54)
2 birdies, 10 pars, 5 bogeys, 1 double bogey
Highlights: 9 iron from 134m on the 3rd landing about 40cm from hole, and a near perfect draw 6 iron from about 169m that landed 2m behind the hole. Both birdied.

The greens were in rather average condition, and more what you'd see an average to good fairway look like. They looked extremely lush, but the grass was a couple of millimetres too long with a few bare patches and strands of kikuyu coming through the couch. A greenkeeper was mowing a few of them as I went around, so a few rolled more evenly than others.

In the end though, I was reasonably happy with my ball striking and focus, considering the heat and humidity of western Sydney today.

[PeteyD]

39 pts at Nudgee today. Played really well for 16 holes before falling in a heap on the last 2, finishing wipe wipe. Of the 16 holes I completed I had 11 pars, 3 bogeys and 2 doubles. 38 on the front with 13 putts. 46 on the back if I take trips for each wipe. Pretty happy with how I played for most fo the day.8 fairways and 4 greens.

[Courty]

Nice score, Pete.

[WBennett]

Played in the Aus Day Cup with fellow members but non posters Giants7, Little Dougo and Bluescooter.

Bluescooter shot the lights out for 22 points on the front before hurting himself and struggling.
Little Dougo hacked his way around for 27.
Giants 7 won C Grade and a shiny new Odyssey with 39 points.

I had 33 and thought I played better than that...

[Flavzz]

A new odyssey for C grade? Nice work to Giants 7. That's a good prize.

Also Petey and Kristian good scoring guys. 10 or more pars and I'm very happy

[Bruce]

St Andrews Beach today.

28 points with 5 wipes and 5 pars.
Best day with the driver for a while. Those 100m wide fairways inspire a bit of confidence.

[WBennett]

Flav

Was $40 entry for visitors and $30 for members (including lunch and a couple of beers), so it was a fair whack entry fee. The prizes were pretty good though.

As he is using my ex-Jono Craz-e CS and shooting the lights out, I've already claimed first dibs on the newbie!

[Dado]

Shot a 95 gross, 68 net. (playing off 27 for now) but it was a casual round so it wont go towards my HCP.

Info below, courtesy of GolfShot: Golf GPS...

it wasnt a 43pt Stableford score... it was like 39, i think its calculating my HCP wrong or somethin...



http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/7651/75064123.pngHighlights, natural birdie on the 4th after a shocking 1st/2nd... missed a few birdie putts and made a few 3 putts even a 4putt.

Sand save on the 18th, Bunker shot was to within 10cm of the hole... loving my wedge play after i took a lesson on friday. Ive played one other time and scored 96.

[henno]

it wasnt a 43pt Stableford score... it was like 39, i think its calculating my HCP wrong or somethin...

Mate, that's all over the place for 27. Indexes 10-12 are wrong as par as points go. It's put you off 30. Index 13 seems ok though, so are you sure you didn't have 40 points? Net 68 on a par 72 sounds like 40 points to me.

[Lucasto23]

had 42 points at nudgee north today with the nudgee mafia. finally will be in a grade after the chop :)

highlight were
1 birdie
11 pars - 7 were up and downs for par
5 bogeys
1 double
29 putts with a 3 putt

[Eag's]

Nice shooting Pete.

[rhino62]

single stab

22/18 = 40 points

2 birds
6 pars (left 2 putts inches short in the middle of the hole for bird:smt013)
8 bogeys
2 dbls (on 10 & 11:smt093)

[ParMaster]

Nice one rhino. Well played all.

I shot 33 points at NSWGC today, but I didn't do anything great. I started double, bogey, double so it's not too bad after that start.

Anyway I had a chipping lesson from the pro, so lets see how my new technique goes in the next couple of weeks.

[Hacker09]

Played at Eynesbury this morning. Left the driver, 3 wood and hybrid in the bag and played a 4 iron off the tee for an 88. Improved my best round there by 9 strokes. Hitting the fairway makes things sooo much easier!

[ParMaster]

Great job hacker! Enjoy it while it lasts.

[KristianJ]

Played at Eynesbury this morning. Left the driver, 3 wood and hybrid in the bag and played a 4 iron off the tee for an 88. Improved my best round there by 9 strokes. Hitting the fairway makes things sooo much easier!

No doubt about it...helps reinforce the value of good course management as well. :)

[Courty]

had 42 points at nudgee north today with the nudgee mafia. finally will be in a grade after the chop :)

Nice work, Lucas.

WTF is your avatar? :-k

[qbnchopper]

WTF is your avatar? :-k

Half a hoe ?

[zacdullard]

Well I have a few scores to catch up on.

I recently got back from a trip down south where I played a few times on a couple of different courses.

I played Corowa 4 times and shot 39pts, 38pts, 32pts and 36pts.

I also ventured to Rich River to play 36 holes socially in 42 degrees heat. This course was in tip top condition for this time of year and I enjoyed it a lot.

For the first 18 I had 2 over and I played the best golf that I ever had on a reasonably tough course. On the second 18 I had something like 22 over but I was very tired.

Today was my first round back since arriving home and as I hate playing in 4balls me and a few others played socially early thismorning.

I now have a new personal best round of even par 71. This consisted of 5 birdies, 9 pars, 3 bogies and a double.

6 Fairways.
12 GIR.
29 putts.

It was just one of those days where I couldn't do anything wrong and got lucky a few times.

Junior pennats start in 2 weeks so it will be good to play on some different courses for a change.

[ParMaster]

Nice scoring zac.

GL in Junior Pennants. What other courses will you be playing at?

[Lucasto23]

single stab

22/18 = 40 points

2 birds
6 pars (left 2 putts inches short in the middle of the hole for bird:smt013)
8 bogeys
2 dbls (on 10 & 11:smt093)

Nice shooting and pity on the doubles


Nice work, Lucas.

WTF is your avatar? :-k

A broke Ho ;)


Half a hoe ?

Close


Well I have a few scores to catch up on.

I recently got back from a trip down south where I played a few times on a couple of different courses.

I played Corowa 4 times and shot 39pts, 38pts, 32pts and 36pts.

I also ventured to Rich River to play 36 holes socially in 42 degrees heat. This course was in tip top condition for this time of year and I enjoyed it a lot.

For the first 18 I had 2 over and I played the best golf that I ever had on a reasonably tough course. On the second 18 I had something like 22 over but I was very tired.

Today was my first round back since arriving home and as I hate playing in 4balls me and a few others played socially early thismorning.

I now have a new personal best round of even par 71. This consisted of 5 birdies, 9 pars, 3 bogies and a double.

6 Fairways.
12 GIR.
29 putts.

It was just one of those days where I couldn't do anything wrong and got lucky a few times.

Junior pennats start in 2 weeks so it will be good to play on some different courses for a change.

Great work mate, i hope you clean up in pennants this year:smt038

[ParMaster]

I had a game today at Royal Sydney GC and I don't really know how to describe my round except weird.

I didn't hit the ball like I normally do, I was swinging all weird and different, but my scoring was fine. I shot +6 with 2 double bogies (1st and 18th), and had a couple of birdies here and there. I hit 3 fairways (2 with driver) out of 14, so I was hitting shots from obscure parts of the course.

If only I bogied the last hole I would have won 60 dollars, so I'm pissed off about that (refer to things that piss you off thread). ;)

Well I'm back to school tomorrow, so that pisses me off aswell.

[JohnLLL]

If only I bogied the last hole I would have won 60 dollars, so I'm pissed off about that (refer to things that piss you off thread). ;)

Well I'm back to school tomorrow, so that pisses me off aswell.

Tough luck about the 60 bucks mate..oh and going back to school:cry:
Bet that came around quickly yeah?

[Webster]

44 points yesterday to win the comp. Only 26 putts which makes a huge difference - they were going in from everywhere!

[just]

Awesome!

[Scottt]

I had a game today at Royal Sydney GC.

:lol: No way!

What time did you play?

Ignore that, you were there a day before me.

Nothing special or awesome from me this week.

82 at St Mick's on Monday.
80 at Woolooware on Wednesday.
82 at Royal Sydney on Thursday.

[BrisVegas]

44 points yesterday to win the comp. Only 26 putts which makes a huge difference - they were going in from everywhere!

hot sutff jack.:smt038

[Lucasto23]

great work jack, 26 putts is awesomeness

[Courty]

Nice work, Jack.

I played a Scratchie Grudge Match against Haysey this afternoon somewhere between preffered lies and compulsory tee-up. We were only 1 shot apart after 6, but I came home with a (literally) wet sail and scored 9 pts in the last 3 holes (-1 gross) to take it convincingly. As we speak, Haysey is over in WITB thread spamming it up 'cos he's pissed that he has to buy the scratchie. :lol:

37 gross (+2)
20 pts

5 fairways
6 greens
17 putts

1 birdie
5 pars
3 bogies

[Eag's]

Well played Jack, I would kill for 26 putts.

Played Wynnum single stroke today 84/74
Got off to a shocker going double, double and it didn't really improve much throughout the day.

8 Greens
5 Fairways
36 Putts (3 x 3 Putts)
2 Sockets :roll:

1 Birdie
7 Pars
6 Bogeys
3 Doubles
1 Triple

[haysey]

Nice work, Jack.

I played a Scratchie Grudge Match against Haysey this afternoon somewhere between preffered lies and compulsory tee-up. We were only 1 shot apart after 6, but I came home with a (literally) wet sail and scored 9 pts in the last 3 holes (-1 gross) to take it convincingly. As we speak, Haysey is over in WITB thread spamming it up 'cos he's pissed that he has to buy the scratchie. :lol:

37 gross (+2)
20 pts

5 fairways
6 greens
17 putts

1 birdie
5 pars
3 bogies


Where's the can't buy a putt so I have to buy a scratchie emoticon:roll:

[Courty]

Where's the can't buy a putt so I have to buy a scratchie emoticon:roll:

:lol:

[sms316]

44 points yesterday to win the comp. Only 26 putts which makes a huge difference - they were going in from everywhere!
26 putts around Wynnum today for 1 over. I think Jack's ball striking may have been a bit better.

5 sand saves out of 6. The one I didn't get up and down was left in the bunker and then got up and down the second time.

[Yossarian]

Chopper.

[Daves]

83/70 around Wynnum today. My putting was poor and let down some reasonably good ball striking. Parred the first 3 holes in regulation and should have picked up at least 1 bird:roll:. Bogeyed ever par 3, and parred all the par 5s:?

6 GIR
6/13 FIR
36 putts, including three 3 jabbers when I was on in regulation:cry:

7 pars
9 bogeys
2 doubles

An unplayable on the 14th when my approach shot skipped through the green and ended up dead inside a fig tree:cry:

CCR was 67 (par 70) so back out to 13.5:cry:

[PeteyD]

89/74 around wynnum. Putted awfully with 34, nothing was even going close on first putts. Hit a nice 8iron onto the road on 17, and had a couple of snap hooks in there. 6 fairways and 2 greens I think. a handful of pars and a triple chucked in for good measure. I hope the greens are better next week!

[Lucasto23]

some nice play their boys and unlucky for the not so nice play. Was there alot of run at wynnum?

[PeteyD]

Fair bit, pretty dry and hard on the fairways.

[ParMaster]

Tough luck about the 60 bucks mate..oh and going back to school:cry:
Bet that came around quickly yeah?

Well I'm not glad to be back at school (as golf is much better), but the subjects I'm doing are craploads of fun. 8)


44 points yesterday to win the comp. Only 26 putts which makes a huge difference - they were going in from everywhere!

:smt038 Crazily good golf for a low(ish?) marker for yourself. Great stuff Jack. :D


:lol: No way!

What time did you play?

Ignore that, you were there a day before me.

Nothing special or awesome from me this week.

82 at St Mick's on Monday.
80 at Woolooware on Wednesday.
82 at Royal Sydney on Thursday.

Was off at 12:30 Scott.

BTW what is Woolooware GC like? Never played it myself.


Nice work, Jack.

I played a Scratchie Grudge Match against Haysey this afternoon somewhere between preffered lies and compulsory tee-up. We were only 1 shot apart after 6, but I came home with a (literally) wet sail and scored 9 pts in the last 3 holes (-1 gross) to take it convincingly. As we speak, Haysey is over in WITB thread spamming it up 'cos he's pissed that he has to buy the scratchie. :lol:

37 gross (+2)
20 pts

5 fairways
6 greens
17 putts

1 birdie
5 pars
3 bogies

Nice 9 holes mate.


Well played Jack, I would kill for 26 putts.

Played Wynnum single stroke today 84/74
Got off to a shocker going double, double and it didn't really improve much throughout the day.

8 Greens
5 Fairways
36 Putts (3 x 3 Putts)
2 Sockets :roll:

1 Birdie
7 Pars
6 Bogeys
3 Doubles
1 Triple

Unlucky again eags. Imagine what could have been minus the blowout holes! And what is a socket??


26 putts around Wynnum today for 1 over. I think Jack's ball striking may have been a bit better.

5 sand saves out of 6. The one I didn't get up and down was left in the bunker and then got up and down the second time.

Solid game shaun. Great job and sand saves.


83/70 around Wynnum today. My putting was poor and let down some reasonably good ball striking. Parred the first 3 holes in regulation and should have picked up at least 1 bird:roll:. Bogeyed ever par 3, and parred all the par 5s:?

6 GIR
6/13 FIR
36 putts, including three 3 jabbers when I was on in regulation:cry:

7 pars
9 bogeys
2 doubles

An unplayable on the 14th when my approach shot skipped through the green and ended up dead inside a fig tree:cry:

CCR was 67 (par 70) so back out to 13.5:cry:

:( Those 3 jabs hurt aswell.


89/74 around wynnum. Putted awfully with 34, nothing was even going close on first putts. Hit a nice 8iron onto the road on 17, and had a couple of snap hooks in there. 6 fairways and 2 greens I think. a handful of pars and a triple chucked in for good measure. I hope the greens are better next week!

Horrible game petey. Better watch out now cause henno is on your tail. :wink:


Next game for me is at NSW tomorrow. Stroke round and off very early at 7:15 or whenever.

[henno]

Better watch out now cause henno is on your tail.

He must have a f**king long tail!!

[Eag's]

Pup, a socket is a shank :(

[henno]

Socket Rocket!

I'm oh too familiar.

[rhino62]

Sat 30/1 single stab

21/21 = 42 points

drove like a busted arse for the 1st six holes but played some good second shots/chips to be only 4 over after 6 & then another 4 over for the last 12 holes.

[ddasey]

4BBB aggregate stableford.

As a pair had 60 points. :neutral:

On a better note I managed 42 points :lol:.

Highlight was the 327m par 4 4th. Driver, PW to 2 inches. Tap in birdie :D

[Courty]

Compulsory tee-up single stab at Cairns GC this morning. Wait til you see the pictures :shock:

I was going ok, but faded on the back nine as I just got too weary from pushing the buggy through the slop all day.

83 gross
33 pts

10 fairways
8 greens
34 putts (including a 4-jab :oops: I blame the cored greens)

1 birdie
8 pars
6 bogies
3 doubles

[ddasey]

Compulsory tee-up single stab at Cairns GC this morning. Wait til you see the pictures :shock:

I was going ok, but faded on the back nine as I just got too weary from pushing the buggy through the slop all day.



Sounds like tough going.

The inlaws have mentioned it is slightly wet up that way.

[Courty]

Sounds like tough going.

The inlaws have mentioned it is slightly wet up that way.

Understatement of the year!

[Ned]

4BBB aggregate stableford.

As a pair had 60 points. :neutral:

On a better note I managed 42 points :lol:.



Nioce shooting Dave!!!:smt038



Highlight was the 327m par 4 4th. Driver, PW to 2 inches. Tap in birdie :D

You are a http://www.ozgolf.net/forums/image.php?u=624&dateline=1262916333

[Courty]

Compulsory tee-up single stab at Cairns GC this morning. Wait til you see the pictures :shock:

Haysey has all teh good ones, but here's the only one I took during a break in the rain: Chopper71 retreiving his ball from where the 4th fairway used to be.

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5404/img0085z.jpg

[Ned]

So did you test drive the water proofing in the new shoes or got out the old mud runners ?

[Courty]

So did you test drive the water proofing in the new shoes or got out the old mud runners ?

I'm saving the new ones for after the wet. 8)

I've got a stinky old pair of synthetic Adidas that are perfect for this kind of weather.

[Eag's]

Compulsory tee-up single stab at Cairns GC this morning. Wait til you see the pictures :shock:



Did they hand out flippers as well mate :smt107
How the hell did you play in that?

[Courty]

How the hell did you play in that?

We're bred tough up here. ;)

[Eag's]

Yeah with webbed feet ;)

[BrisVegas]

Medal today, played shite. 84 nett! New hybrid went well tho, used it on the par 3 7th from 195m.

0.1 back :(

[Courty]

Yeah with webbed feet ;)

Seriously though, if you don't like playing in the wet, you might not play for 2-3 months up here at this time of year. Ask Mike.

[mike]

Haysey has all teh good ones, but here's the only one I took during a break in the rain: Chopper71 retreiving his ball from where the 4th fairway used to be.

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5404/img0085z.jpg
That. Is. Just. Stupid.

How many idiots in the field today courty?

[haysey]

As per the Counts post.

I had:
33 points
1 birdie
7 pars
8 bogeys
2 doubles

And a bad case of mold. Loved it today lads. Great fun:lol:

[Eag's]

Seriously though, if you don't like playing in the wet, you might not play for 2-3 months up here at this time of year. Ask Mike.

I hear ya mate, I lived in Townsville for 20 years :)
Willows golf club was closed for 3 months straight one year :(

[Chopper71]

I was the other idiot with Haysey & Courty....almost pulled the pin after 9 holes, but found some courage in the bottom of a can of bundy.

34 points
78 Gross
1 Birdie
11 Pars
5 Bogeys
1 Double
29 Putts

** still drying out the chicken skin underwear!

[haysey]

How many idiots in the field today courty?



I believe there was 9 intrepid golfers in the field today:wink:


Normal field would be +200

[Jarro]

You guys are mad for going out in that !!!!

[KristianJ]

Haysey has all teh good ones, but here's the only one I took during a break in the rain: Chopper71 retreiving his ball from where the 4th fairway used to be.

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5404/img0085z.jpg

You could go spear fishing with the tips of your umbrellas in that, surely!

[PeteyD]

First round of the Summer Cup at reddy bay today. Very blowey most of the round, and showering this afternoon (sure glad I played in the morning). Finished with an 89/74. Played solidly except for a 9 on 14 (Bladed iron into hazard, and then my drop bounced into a divot :( ). Couldn't buy a putt, had 5/6 shave the edge or stop on the edge, 36 putts. 6 pars, 9 bogeys, 2 dubs and the disaster. 7 Fairways and 2 greens.

[oz]

41 points at Albury today. Took 2 from the bunker on the last hole (the par 3 10th) and made a bogey 4, finishing with 71 (+1) for the day. Didn't putt super well, missing a few makeables, but did hole a couple of mid range putts.

Late to the party, but well payed Jack. 26 putts is pretty sweet.

[TheNuclearOne]

Nice rounds Dave, Rhino and oz.

Vs par event today

+3

+4 on the back where we started. Par, three boges then 1 under the last 5 for a two over 38.

-1 on the front, double, three pars, boge, boge, par, boge par for a 5 over 40 and 78 off the stick and would have been 40pts in stabe.

Mate off 16 went ballistic on the back, 2 over for +5 but back to back birds on holes he got a stroke went unrewarded in this game.

[henno]

0.1. If you could get back 0.8 I would deserve it after today.

Nothing else to report.

[Tongueboy]

played stableford at Morrisset and had 35 points
had 26 putts,hit about 4 greens,hit about 5 fairways and played shite!!!!
15 and 20 and thank God for the putter.
the old ping pal 2 got back in the bag and the other shit is going to the bay

[idgolfguy]

Hit 80 net. Missed only three fairways and greens in total. Hit the driver and irons longer than usual. Landed behind the greens/past the pins 14 times. 4 bunkers required 12 shots in total. 42 putts with birdies on 1, 2, 17 and 18. Missed three other 4 footers for birdies.

I haven't had a chance to practise with the new putter config. I was amazed at how well I jave been striking the ball in the last two rounds since retiring the S59s and getting back to the blades.

Today's poor round was can be attributed to poor bunker play as I had tried to finess them all out. The putter let me down due to distance control. The strong windy conditions did not really affect the ball as it was against us most of the time but still left the ball too long. The Vines have very large undulating greens with up to a three club differential. Some greens are around fifty to sixty metres across.

Amazing that I can have such a bad score but still think I struck the ball better than I have done off late.

[Bruce]

Stab at Mirboo.

Got very unlucky on the 1st when my ball hit a hose and jumped sideways 30ms right under a tree. Wipe.
Got it together a bit after that with a nice little string from 4 to 11 where I birdied 8 and 11. I got to the 16th tee with 35 points in my pocket. Finished with 36 :(
Totally gassed it.

[Eag's]

Played Nudgee single stab today 13/18 31Points
My iron play was poor today missing everything left.
My short game saved me from racking up a lot more.

2 Greens :oops:
9 Fairways
29 Putts

[henno]

I payed with Eag's, Daves and kpac at Nudgee North. My goal today was to get my confidence back in my chipping and putting, and I think I can safely say mission accomplished. I was missing some very long putts by inches, and after a while they started to drop.

Driver cost me a few shots, as did a bit of poor luck. I had more than my share of shanks as well - two in succession on the last. I was tearing up the back nine for a while, but ended up with "only" 19 points for the nine even with a 1-0-1 finish. Choke much? 15 points on the front for 34 total.

[adlo]

So 16 points through 6 holes?

Great signs for you Henno. Keep it up.

[henno]

So 16 points through 6 holes?

17 points on my count. 3-3-2-2-4-3-1-0-1 was the way the points fell. I only just missed the putts on the 2-pointers as well; tap-ins basically. The last 3 holes sucked a bit. Bad luck missing a green and resting on a root on 16. Drive on 17 was smoked over the corner, but just not high enough and clipped a stray branch, landing 1-inch from the tree trunk. 18 I just screwed up. Two shanks will do that. Lucky to get a point.

[Johnny Canuck]

44 points yesterday to win the comp. Only 26 putts which makes a huge difference - they were going in from everywhere!

Nice shooting, Tex. What's the new handicap?


Haysey has all teh good ones, but here's the only one I took during a break in the rain: Chopper71 retreiving his ball from where the 4th fairway used to be.

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5404/img0085z.jpg

I can respect this. I'd have been dumb enough to join you.

[adlo]

Oops my bad, I read 1-1-1 for some reason.

You can't help bad luck in golf. I had a shocking run which has finally stopped. The positive thing is that your good golf is well above your handicap. Keep it up. You need confidence, fwend.

[Courty]

I can respect this. I'd have been dumb enough to join you.

:lol: Come over for a visit next January. ;)

[henno]

I should also mention that I pinged myself for the ball moving just as I hit a short putt on 9. It's almost like a double-penalty because it hit the toe and missed the hole, plus the penalty. Was a wipe.

[Johnny Canuck]

If you have already started the swing, I don't believe there is a penalty, young Henno.

[sms316]

Doesn't really matter when you are putting for a triple.

[Johnny Canuck]

Hit 80 net. Missed only three fairways and greens in total. Hit the driver and irons longer than usual. Landed behind the greens/past the pins 14 times. 4 bunkers required 12 shots in total. 42 putts with birdies on 1, 2, 17 and 18. Missed three other 4 footers for birdies.

I haven't had a chance to practise with the new putter config. I was amazed at how well I jave been striking the ball in the last two rounds since retiring the S59s and getting back to the blades.

Today's poor round was can be attributed to poor bunker play as I had tried to finess them all out. The putter let me down due to distance control. The strong windy conditions did not really affect the ball as it was against us most of the time but still left the ball too long. The Vines have very large undulating greens with up to a three club differential. Some greens are around fifty to sixty metres across.

Amazing that I can have such a bad score but still think I struck the ball better than I have done off late.

I think it is safe to say that you are the only person EVER in the history of golf to come in with those stats.

My wedges and putter are crying just thinking about you.

[Daves]

37pts at Nudge today 19/18 with 1 wipe on the back.

3 GIR
6/15 FIR
26 putts

7 pars
9 bogeys
2 doubles

Short game was very solid, driver wasn't too bad, most of my misses were only a metre or two off the short stuff. Tried to get too greedy a couple of times and fly the corners on the doglegs and paid the penalty but was generally happy with the way I swung the driver.

[Grunt]

27 points at Highlands today.
Not many fairways hit maybe one or two
2 GIR
5 Pars
5 Wipes
Putts Lots!

Not too much good except for the purist 4i I have ever hit on the 17th 200m Downhill Par 3 to 7 feet from the Pin!. Horrible downhill putt left though. if the greens were any faster it would have been impossible, back swing of 1" put it a foot past the hole!

[shazza_rs]

38 points at Nudgee today. 17/21. CCR is 35 points so thats a 0.9 drop. Ah crap back down to 10.6.

[Johnny Canuck]

38 points at Nudgee today. 17/21. CCR is 35 points so thats a 0.9 drop. Ah crap back down to 10.6.

Don't tell me your one of these people that doesn't want to lower your handicap Shazz!

[sms316]

38 points at Nudgee today. 17/21. CCR is 35 points so thats a 0.9 drop. Ah crap back down to 10.6.
Well done Shazza. Proud of you.

:smt082:smt082:smt082

[shazza_rs]

Don't tell me your one of these people that doesn't want to lower your handicap Shazz!

No, i'd like it to be as low as i can go. I only just got back out to 12 (11.5). And with matchplay against sms next week that got me one extra shot. I did say to Just on the 14/15th hole that I had better start to throw the anchor out if i didn't want to lose shots. Had 3-2-3-2-3-2-2-1-3 on the back nine.

My previous lowest was 10.4... itching to get lower!

[Johnny Canuck]

Good luck, you'll get there, and take him down too.

[Eag's]

Nice shooting Shaz :smt023

[Daves]

Nice shooting Shaz :smt023

Looks like she snagged R/U in the comp as well! Well done Shazza.:smt038

[SeldomEagles]

Pile of stinking animal waste today. -7 great for stroke but massive suck when it was a par event. 1 fairway all day, 36 putts, more visits to the sand than Lawrence Of Arabia and even managed to hook my attempt to put a wedge back in the bag from 20 metres.

[moree golfer]

Shot 84 off the stick in yesterday's stroke event at Moree. Best gross score since April 09. It's about time I had something other than 0.1 back. It equated to 67 net but didn't stick around for presentation as our round already took 4.5 hours with no break at halfway and the pregnant wife was keen to get some help.

Highlight of the round was 3 pars then 2 birdies from the 4th through to the 8th. I then bogeyed the par 5 9th, after reasonable tee and 2nd shots, to finish with 39 round the front. Stuffed what could have been a new low round as I preceded to take 45 shots round the back, including a triple on the 13th.

[matty]

Had 40 points in the comp on Friday and 37 today. Got my first ever eagle.:D Par 4. Drive up the middle, 7 iron from 150m, always looked like it was going to be all over the pin, landed 5 feet past and spun back in.

The crowd went wild..............:smt038

I did anyway.:roll:

Was a mixed bag though. Two wipes, two birds, the eagle, couple of 1 pointers. Had the works.

[moree golfer]

Had 40 points in the comp on Friday and 37 today. Got my first ever eagle.:D Par 4. Drive up the middle, 7 iron from 150m, always looked like it was going to be all over the pin, landed 5 feet past and spun back in.

The crowd went wild..............:smt038

I did anyway.:roll:

Was a mixed bag though. Two wipes, two birds, the eagle, couple of 1 pointers. Had the works.
Nice shooting Matty. Where did you play?

[henno]

An eagle two is more than just an "eagle". Well done.

[just]

Nice rounds Matty!

[AndyP]

Nice one, matty. Visit the first eagle thread and give us all of the gory details.

[Eag's]

Nice shooting and congrats on the Eagle Matty :smt038

[jimandr]

33 points today with the NSW Ozgolfers at Highlands. It doesn't sound like a good score, but I played reasonably well. Two bad holes and some bad luck hurt the score.

[Chopper71]

Single Stab @ Cairns today....sun made a rare guest appearance

34 points
78 gross
1 Birdie
12 Pars
3 Bogeys
2 Doubles @#$@&$!@!!

[haysey]

I was the other idiot with Haysey & Courty....almost pulled the pin after 9 holes, but found some courage in the bottom of a can of bundy.

34 points
78 Gross
1 Birdie
11 Pars
5 Bogeys
1 Double
29 Putts

** still drying out the chicken skin underwear!


Single Stab @ Cairns today....sun made a rare guest appearance

34 points
78 gross
1 Birdie
12 Pars
3 Bogeys
2 Doubles @#$@&$!@!!



Hey....at least your consistent:wink:

[Courty]

Chopper by name... ;)

[Lucasto23]

well played shazza and matty

[Scottt]

Was off at 12:30 Scott.

BTW what is Woolooware GC like? Never played it myself.

Not great. A few interesting holes, and drive placement is important or you get blocked out here and there, and generally very good condition for a course that gets the traffic it does.

[adlo]

Played Royal Freo today with Yoss.

I hit the ball well. First full round with the new driver/shaft combo and hit it great. 10/12 fairways with the driver. My best in a fair while. The hard and fast, small greens proved difficult to conquer, as I missed a heap of GIR and struggled to get up and down. I didn't putt badly, but had 20 putts on the front, thankfully recovered with 15 putts on the back.

35 points.
10/14 FW
4 GIR
1 bird

Royal Freo is a good layout. I have enjoyed my last few rounds there a fair bit. Getting around in 3.5 hours on a Sunday is rare. God bless quiet, private tracks.

[Scottt]

What's the track like, Aldo? We had a group go there a few years back for R. Freo's centenary and the guys say it was a pretty enjoyable place.

[adlo]

It is a pretty solid parklands layout. Very undulating, a good mix of lengths and straight/dogleg left/dogleg right.

It is being slowly renovated, mainly around the greens. The old greens are typically very flat and small. The new greens are larger (but still on the small side) and have much more movement. Sometimes a bit overdone IMO. Greens are a little below the standard of Hartfield, Mt Lawley, Yokine etc.

The fairways are kikiyu. There is ample width. Bunkering is used sparingly, but then sometimes overdone (like totally blocking out a running shot into the only reachable par 5 in two- what is with that?). Some of the mounds are very clumsy too.

So apart from the odd mickey mouse moment, it is a good, fun place for golf. Great condition and not a boring stretch of holes to be found. If I could add anything I would add a short par 4 or two, and a more reachable par 5. The course is set up well for the predictable sea breeze. Blows across on the front 9 and on the back 9 you play either with a tailwind or directly into the breeze.

When you make it to Perth we'll head there for a hit. I have full reciprocals, which is nice.

[Scottt]

Cool, thanks for the rundown. I have reciprocals as well, so it will be a nice cheap day! Save the coin for some Little Creatures!

[adlo]

Too easy. I am also partial to a few beers from the lesser known Mad Monk Micro brewery a few hundred meters from Little Creatures.

[Webster]

adlo, I have seen Royal Freo referred to as the worst "Royal" course in the world. Could this be true? (I've never played there). Is it better than Cottesloe?

[matty]

Thanks boys. The 40 points was at Everglades on the Central Coast. The 37 was at Lynwood, which I will join when we finish building and move down there.

[Pieface]

A real Jekyll and Hyde battle with myself on Saturday. 6 pars - good. 6 triple bogey and worse - BAD. Finished nett 80 with only 31 putts...sigh.

Will have to make time for a range session this week, I lost my swing completely for large periods of time and struggled to hit the ball which sent the blood pressure soaring :smt093

[adlo]

adlo, I have seen Royal Freo referred to as the worst "Royal" course in the world. Could this be true? (I've never played there). Is it better than Cottesloe?

Jack, unfortunately I cannot compare to Cottesloe as I have never played there. From what I am told, Cott is better.

It would not surprise me if Royal Freo, or more likely, Royal Perth, were the worst "Royal" course(s) in the world.

[Scottt]

Jack, unfortunately I cannot compare to Cottesloe as I have never played there. From what I am told, Cott is better.

It would not surprise me if Royal Freo, or more likely, Royal Perth, were the worst "Royal" course(s) in the world.

We also have reciprocal agreements with Royal Calcutta, Royal Colombo, Royal Harare and Royal Nairobi. My gut says they may give Freo and Perth a run for their money! :lol:

[Yossarian]

Royal Freo is def a better layout than Royal Perth IMO.

[PeteyD]

There is a Royal Freo and a Royal Perth? They **** one up and try again?

[qbnchopper]

Jack, unfortunately I cannot compare to Cottesloe as I have never played there. From what I am told, Cott is better.

It would not surprise me if Royal Freo, or more likely, Royal Perth, were the worst "Royal" course(s) in the world.

Having played both I would say that Cott is better - except for 2 pretty ordinary par threes .... both are enjoyable tracks though ...

I too concur that Royal Perth would qualify more easily than Royal Freo for worst in the world !