Week commencing 26 December 2005

[cazandpaul]

Finally a handicap break - 40 points :D and runner up in the medley comp of the day - not sure what the CCR will be.

Got beaten by Caz :oops: who had 41 :D

[Jarro]

nice shootin' there Pauly :D

[AndyP]

26/12/2005, Maryborough GC, Stableford

10/13 effective T-shots.
6/18 effective approaches.
3/5 up and down successes.
34 putts.
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1 birdie.
5 pars.
11 bogeys.
1 double.
Score 41-41-82 [36pts off 12] (Par 34-36-70)

Fingers crossed this is the way I can play golf more often.  After feeling so uncomfortable over the ball on Saturday, yesterday felt pretty damn good.  This is the closest I have got to playing to my handicap since changing my setup/swing, so I'm happy.  In fact, 36pts on a course I've never played before, is hard to complain about.

I was hitting drives straight from the start, although I am still gripping down the driver (maybe it needs to be cut down).  The irons were good in stages, relatively happy with my chipping, and I was rolling the putts nicely.

The encouraging thing is that I know there are plenty of shots out there, including several lipped putts yesterday. I've learnt from it though, and will start aiming for the cup more and not the lip, as I hit 2m or so putts pretty firmly.
I also made the mental error of not becoming more attacking when I was hitting the ball well.  Instead of aiming for the centre of the green, I should have been having a crack at pins, when the confidence was high.  As a result, I was leaving myself longer putts than necessary.

Now it's time to start knocking that cap down again.

Next round:  Social game at Gainsborough Greens tomorrow (another new course for me).

[Jarro]

AndyP ... i'm not sure if this has been covered before, but can you clarify your interpretation of an "effective tee-shot" please :?

[AndyP]

AndyP ... i'm not sure if this has been covered before, but can you clarify your interpretation of an "effective tee-shot" please  :?
A T-shot that puts me in a good position, I guess.
If I hit a great drive, that kicks a little left, and is in very light rough, then I haven't really been punished.  So I would count that as an effective T-shot.
Also if I was to aim for an adjacent fairway on purpose, to cut the dog leg on a par 5, and nailed it.  Then this would also be an effective T-shot, although not a 'hit fairway'.

Alternatively, that first T-shot that I hit at Brookwater that hit the trees on the right, but landed in the centre of the fairway (but miles away from the green) didn't count as an effective fairway. It was a crap shot, and took away any chance of making the green in two.

The same thinking applies to effective approach.  A GIR doesn't count if you are on the fringe, but if I am in a good position to putt, then I'd like that reflected in my statistics.

It's just a way of me keeping stats that are more relevant to me or my handicap.

[senecio]

This has probably already been debated before also, but I think this is the correct way to keep your stats AndyP.

Why would you credit yourself with a GIR if you are 40 feet away and a good chance at three putting, as opposed to a missed green when you are only 12 feet from the pin and a good chance of making the putt for birdie.

AndyP, do you go into detail on your course management with your stats?

What I mean is, just missing the fairway on the left but still in play with the pin on the right side of the green would be an effective drive, but if you hit the same drive with a left pin location it may not be an effective drive.

Ryan

[cazandpaul]

Follow up game yesterday and would you believe it, the form held and another 40 points :D and beat Caz who had 35 - don't want 2005 to finish now after what has been a pretty demoralising year handicap wise.

One last chance today for a reality check for the year.

[AndyP]

This has probably already been debated before also, but I think this is the correct way to keep your stats AndyP.

Why would you credit yourself with a GIR if you are 40 feet away and a good chance at three putting, as opposed to a missed green when you are only 12 feet from the pin and a good chance of making the putt for birdie.
Being from the school of Dr. Bob, I believe I am going to sink the putt when I am standing over it, so it would be very rare that I would not mark a GIR as an effective approach. Although there has been two occasions where I have chipped when on a green because of the enormity and complexes of it (National Old, Brookwater).


AndyP, do you go into detail on your course management with your stats?

What I mean is, just missing the fairway on the left but still in play with the pin on the right side of the green would be an effective drive, but if you hit the same drive with a left pin location it may not be an effective drive.
I don't go into that much detail. It's more about getting myself on the green, than having a good shot at the pin. A lot of the time I aim for a safe portion of the green, and don't shoot at the flag.
Perhaps using the stat this way would be something more relevant for a scratch golfer, but not for me.

[peter_rs]

27 Dec Middle Ridge Single Stab

36pts. (94 net).

avg day- tee off was 10am and was feeling the heat on the last couple of holes (it was 38 when we finished). playing with a guy getting his hcp when he last had one 8 years ago he was off 10. He was -1 through 9 holes fell apart on the back nine for a 80, be interesting to see what hcp he gets. Anyway to my day 21 on the front only 15 on the back washed over 1 point on the last 5 holes. Hit some great drives and iron shots. on the par 3 4th my new gap wedge spun the ball (hx tour 56)back 4 meters :shock: (landed past the hole mid green and was nearly of the front- there was a nice white dot in the center of the iron)

high light... I think :wink: on 18 I hit the green with my drive :shock: ..... the prac green that is :lol: scared the shit out of the people on it. It was a interesting shot back to the right green.

ps. didn't play out at roma it was 44 sat & sun at our house, it broke 40 at 8am and was still above 40 at 6pm the air con could only cool the house to 29. :shock:

[Grunt]

Played at Kogarah this morning, was it hot or what? :smt013
Did not start well for a 12 point back nine after teeing off at the 10th. Started to bring it back together on the back nine for 16 points to end with 28. My swing was coming back to me today, I could see the light at the end of the tunnel, I just hope it is not another train coming to flatten me :shock:

Highlight for the day was birdie @ the 7th, 108m Par 3, after a gap wedge to 1.25m to the pin. I know it was 1.25 because 1.23 knocked me off for NTP :? Outting was ok only one 3 putt just no one putts to save those bad holes from twos into ones or ones into wipes. :roll:

I know I can play better than this and I know some have you have seen it, but boy it is frustrating the crap out of me at the moment to hit good shot bad shot routinely.

[Jarro]

played Nudgee again this morning. Bloody hot day ... would've been unbearable without the slight breeze we had :(

79 off the stick (nett 67) hitting the irons pretty well at the moment and am also making some putts .. which is nice :lol:

7 fairways
8 GIR
4/7 up&downs
31 putts.

might have finally got down to 11 before the end of the year :D

[gazgolf1]

Nice shootin Jarrho :wink: ,how did the other boys go?

[AndyP]

28/12/2005, Gainsborough Greens GC, Social Round.

8 pars
6 bogeys
1 double
3 others (including 1 that would have been a 12 or so)
Score 15-17-32pts [H/cap 13 Par 72 ACR 72]

Hot course, pretty hard yakka on the home stretch.
Probably affected my play a little bit as my tolerance for bad shots was pretty low.

Didn't continue my good play from Monday unfortunately, and was pretty inconsistent today. The putting was where I really seemed to struggle, pulling and pushing a few.

As for the course, I didn't think too much of it, although there were some nice holes. Fairways on the back nine seemed a bit crap, Greens were ordinary, there was no breeze and plenty of flys. For the full price of $52.50, it is highly unlikely I will play there again.

Next round: Ocean Shores Back Marker comp.......maybe.

[terryand]

Nice shootin Jarrho :wink: ,how did the other boys go?

78 after a triple start :oops:

Had to have 10 straight pars to finish to play to my h/cap :shock:

Terry.

[BrisVegas]

84 (38 + 46)

6 fairways
8 GIR
35 putts

started ok, but got the sh!ts after a couple of soft triples on the back 9. No ticker, no game. Was outclassed by the 3 amigos today.

[Courty]

:evil:

Lost 4 ProV's.
Lost the bet.
Got saturated in a torrential downpour and discovered my new umbrella doesn't fit in the umbrella holder.
Got stung by a wasp.
Wiped the first 3 holes straight and 2 more, and somehow came in with 30 pts. :?







:cry:

[Bruce]

Single Par at Mildura today.

Golflink hadn't updated so I took myself in the 1.6 from Saturday to take myself from 26.4 to 24.8 and play off 25.

Carved it up again for +7 and the B-grade win. 8)

Out in +3 and in with +4. Only 1 hole where I stunk the joint up and picked up before it was in the hole and one tap in minus.

CCR will probably be 69 with a few other good scores. Not good enough to beat me though. :lol: That should be another 1.6 and a total of 3.2 in 2 rounds. Yay me!! :D

[AndyP]

Yay you, Bruce.

Another early contender for most improved??? Were you holding back until the new OZgolf year started?

[Bruce]

I wasn't really sandbagging. Just didn't get the chance to play any comp rounds after September.

I'm really happy with the way I've been playing the last month or so - and finally I can get it recognised in hcp terms.

[Eag's]

Played Nudgee today in a Single Stroke
Shot 83
6 Fairways
5 Greens
28 Putts 8)

I was 8 over after 4 :oops: but got it together to play the last 14 in 4 over :D

[terryand]

just worked out my stats for todays round at Nudgee.

1 fairway :oops:
5 greens :oops: 1 on the front,4 on the back :?
26 putts :shock:

Thank God I can chip and putt occasionally :roll:

Terry.

[Eag's]

just worked out my stats for todays round at Nudgee.

1 fairway :oops:
5 greens :oops: 1 on the front,4 on the back :?
26 putts :shock:

Thank God I can chip and putt occasionally :roll:

Terry.

Bloody hell Tez :shock: and you thought I was holing everything :wink:

[terryand]

just worked out my stats for todays round at Nudgee.

1 fairway :oops:
5 greens :oops: 1 on the front,4 on the back :?
26 putts :shock:

Thank God I can chip and putt occasionally :roll:

Terry.

Bloody hell Tez  :shock: and you thought I was holing everything  :wink:

I was only holing 5 and 6 footers.You were holing 10 and 15 footers :shock:

Terry.

[Flowergirl]

Way to go Bruce..good to see you're finally playing down where you should be. I reckon you need to drop another 7 by New Year so you won't be known as "the burglar" :wink:
Nice scoring there :D

Played social comp with John this morning - 5.45 am tee off!!! And talking about burgulars - old Johnny boy had 41 points. He is really hitting them well at the moment - it was his short game that let him down today. I played pretty ordinary Gross 93 - around my home course - i should play better than that.

[Grunt]

Played Concord this morning again I failed to get 30 points, 25 points with 5 wipes; :shock: but there was enough good things in my games to walk away reasonably happy. 1 Birdie & 2 Pars. :lol:
If I could only get off the tee consistently my scoring would be so much better. Driver was not working today and was very inconsistant, at least before I knew it was going right with a slice but now I pull it left as well :? Got 2 drives away safely and resulted in a paring and birdieing the hole
Iron play was very good today so much so a few holes overclubbed not trusting the distances that I was hitting them. :lol:
Putting was ok but could have been better if I could get the pace of the greens right, quite a few putts were online only to see them stop just short of the hole. :?

The light at the end of the tunnel is getting closer.

[jimandr]

Concord today with Andrew and Grunt.

28 points. Played awful. A lot of really bad shots. No facet of my game performed well. Found myself in a lot of bunkers with long bunker shots to the pin. Three par 5's , three wipes :( Lowest point was a par 5, 90 metres out in two. A hack into a bunker, a semi duff out and three putts for a horrid wipe :evil:

Fairways = 8 of 12 (seemed worse)
Greens in reg = 4 of 18 :(
Putts = 33, 1 three putt, 1 birdie
Up & Down = 0 of 5 :(
Sand Saves = 3 of 9

[Fishman Dan]

I'm going to sum up several days here...

Basically - i am under-prepared mentally and physically from taking on Ocean Shores tomorrow!

Last Saturday - Too hot in Casino for golf... way too hot. I struggled in 40+ heat, going through about 5-6 litres of water. 4-ball and i didn't hit a ball on the 18th (after par'ing 17), i couldn't swing another stick.

Tuesday (Ballina) - I hate this course. Sorry Drunken, i hate it. Hate. Index 18, 17 and 16 holes? All par 5's. Mozzies infest 3 seperate sections of the course. The greens were slow and crap, and the uphill 16th always plays into the sun. With a billion leaves on the fairway, be stuffed if you can ever find your ball.

Oh, and i played terribly for 25 points.

Today (Casino) - 30 points (12/18). Finally found some form coming into tomorrow gut-buster at Ocean Shores. Found some consistency with the driver, and par'd the 2 longest par 4's. If i had a short game i would have saved the 6+ strokes i was off the pace.

[Grunt]

Well played one of my best rounds ever 83 off the stick 63 nett, pity it was not in comp :cry: Could not find a person to mark my card. I put it in the card for handicap we will see if they take it. Hit the ball soooo well it was unreal. Hope the form continues to tomorrow only one day left to reach my goal. :?

[AndyP]

Grunt, I don't see why they would accept your card from a social round for handicap purposes. And why would someone who didn't witness it, sign the card?

BTW well done on the low score.
Maybe you need to relax a bit more for your comp games and don't have expectations of yourself or your score. Look how well you did today, when the score didn't matter.

[Grunt]

I was pissed off that I waited for 2 hours in the club before I teed off after being told to turn up and you will find someone to play. I shot 45 points 39 won the day :? Hopefully tomorrow :)

[Ona]

Played yesterday at Portarlington GC with my bro-in-law and a couple of his mates, was his birthday and he was trying out his x-mas/birthday pressie (set of irons) for the first time.

We played from the green fee markers, they were often well in front of the ladies tees :x Couldn't take driver a few times coz they were too short and hit 7i or more only 4 times, including the par 3's :evil: Highlight, three putting for par from a few metres :cry: Might put the driver in the cupboard for a while, doesn't do me much good anyway.

My score sucked and I had ten over with 35 putts :oops: But my bro had a great day shooting better than bogey golf (Pb) with his new clubs :D He was soo pleased that he even shouted the first round at the 19th :shock: I may have failed to mention the theory of the honeymoon period, but the cheesy grin on his face all day was too good to spoil.

[BrisVegas]

Played Ocean Shores today from the Blue Markers.

88 gross for 80 nett
9 fairways
8 GIR
37 putts

4 x 3-putts... :( huge greens and I struggled with the pace.

[Matt 3 Jab]

played today, nothing great, had 31 points off 7 handicap.
2 fairways, 1 was with a 6 iron :? ducks all day with the big stick
7 greens, new irons were ok but i had the hooks, maybe the shafts are a little weak
34 putts, with 4 three jabs, putted right handed but cross handed, only missed 1 short one all day.
other than that the short game was good but got some unlucky breaks and the driver was awful!

[Grunt]

Played this morning in the heat,
Shot 97 off the stick, had a great back nine after a sluggish start, 42 7 over. game is ont he improve I know I have said it before but noadays I am getting into trouble by hitting it too far :? Lets see if I keep it up for next weekend :shock:

[BrisWesty]

3 rounds this week.  Love holidays

26/12 - Maryborough - ozgolf day
36 points - 85 off stick 39 (+5) / 46 (+10).   7 fairways, 3 GIR, 25 putts (left a lot of balls just on the fringe,  but even so still putted the lights out)
Just about shaved the cup on the 4th for eagle, then 2 putted.

29/12 - Hervey Bay - Mrs BrisWesty said, "I don't mind if you play today", so popped over on the off chance and there was a place available.
31 points - approximately 93 off stick (fortunately not stroke, "picked up" on the 4th still 150 metres out, and really picked up when over the back for 8), played 10-13 for 2 points.  9 fairways, 1 GIR, 6 bunkers (2 sand saves), 27 putts (if counting the pick up as 2 putts).  Lovely smooth greens, played with a 4 marker who doesn't carry a pitch repairer, you literally cannot leave a pug mark on those greens.

Was wayward with my approaches both rounds, guess that shows in the fairways v GIRs, moreso on Thursday, Hervey Bay has a lot of smaller raised greens that shed slightly off line balls.

31/12 - Caboolture - 39 points with 2 lost balls but no washes -
83 off stick - 9 fairways, 7 GIR, 32 putts with only one 3 putt (from a GIR :evil: ), nothing fell in, but left nearly every first putt from up to 18m away to within 1 metre.  9 pars, 6 bogeys, 3 double bogeys.  41 on the front 9, my best ever, including playing 1-5 in 1 over.  Good solid golf,  but I know there were shots left out there (not as many as the previous 2 rounds though).  

Lost 0.6, so back to 14.2 (my = lowest ever)

If I could play this often more often, I'd be a lower marker.

[Courty]

87 nett 81 :cry: :smt100

Hit some great drives, but could not hit a damn green. :smt102

[markTHEblake]

Might have to do a re-count for the Most Improved of the year, COurty's dropped 4 clangers in a row.

either that, or start up the Improvement rankings for 2006 already and guess who is coming last - :D

Courty, life is tough at the top isnt it.

[shazza_rs]

Played a game at St Lucia yesterday morning... teed off at 5:30am and it was still 27 degrees. :shock:

Had a 93 off the stick.... wasn't really interested in the score, was more worried bout working out my new driver. Driver went well.... chipping was woeful.

Had 32 putts, only 1 3-putt. yay!

Highlights of the round....... having a wedge into most of the par 4's... hehehehehehe :lol:

Pete had a 92 off the stick, with a triple, triple, double, double to finish. Talk about protecting a handicap... he even does it in social rounds. :D :wink:

[Courty]

Courty, life is tough at the top isnt it.

I had nowhere else to go but down... :smt102

[terryand]

Courty, life is tough at the top isnt it.

I had nowhere else to go but down...  :smt102

Yeah but it would be nice being the target rather that the arrow for a while 8)

Terry.

[markTHEblake]

Avatar suits you Dazza, i Mean Tezza.
I guess that means Jarro must be Bazza - poor buggar.

[Jarro]

Avatar suits you Dazza, i Mean Tezza.
I guess that means Jarro must be Bazza - poor buggar.

shudup father of Macca :P

[markTHEblake]

I thought Macca was your love child :? (mother must have been awfully good lookin though)

[mike]

Second 18 hole comp in 2 months and I actually played to my 11 handicap for the first time in a squillion years. 36 pts.

Highlight . Tap in bird on the 15th .

Lowlight. Hitting the index 1 hole in regulation and then 4 putts for a double.

Who cares. It's just good to play golf again.

[mike]

Lost 4 ProV's.
Lost the bet.
Got saturated in a torrential downpour and discovered my new umbrella doesn't fit in the umbrella holder.
Got stung by a wasp.
Wiped the first 3 holes straight and 2 more, and somehow came in with 30 pts.  :?


What happened to the 2 month lay off ?

Couldn't stay away ?

[Courty]

Lost 4 ProV's.
Lost the bet.
Got saturated in a torrential downpour and discovered my new umbrella doesn't fit in the umbrella holder.
Got stung by a wasp.
Wiped the first 3 holes straight and 2 more, and somehow came in with 30 pts.  :?


What happened to the 2 month lay off ?

Couldn't stay away ?

It was only 1 month, and it has been postponed to the 9th of January (I couldn't get into see the physio before then) :oops:
I actually can't wait for the break. Hopefully it will be the end of my frustrations. :x

[Courty]

Who cares. It's just good to play golf again.

So how is the new job going :?:
Have you sacked the committee or signed off on plans to sell off the course to build a retirement village? You must have something juicy to share with us? :wink:

[mike]

So how is the new job going :?:
Love it. Settling in just fine, thanks.


Have you sacked the committee or signed off on plans to sell off the course to build a retirement village?
Have you gone mad ? We're waiting for the right moment to buy out Cairns G C and turn that into a turf farm. :wink:

[Ona]

Played at Toolish's home track today, East Geelong GC. May have even seen the man working it out on the praccy fairway next to the final hole. Nice 9 hole layout, fairways were in ok nick and the greens seemed somewhat slower than I remembered.

4over on the front burning the edge of the hole too many times to count, 18 putts. 1over the second time around with a bogey on the last :x Hit some bloody beautiful hybrid shots and one that almost took out an 8 year old :oops:. Won the day by 3 and played a course I hadn't seen in a few years in nice weather, no complaints! except for the sh!thouse putting, wayward driving and poor chipping

[Pinglauncher]

37 points today. Really happy with my game tee to green but the flat stick was a bit of a handful.

[Moe Norman]

played the West Course at Indooroopilly yesterday.

21 Points, had the snap hooks off the tee and then cold topped the 3-wood 'backup' three times. A forgettable day out!

Did manage to birdie 2, 7 and 8 though which accounted for 10 of my points!

[Jarro]

25 points today at Caboolture. Too hot for golf really but we braved the elements :roll:

Hit a few good drives with the new shaft in the driver ... so all's good there :D Just have to work a bit more on my ironplay now ... got a bity messy towards the end of the round.

[BrisWesty]

40 points at Caboolture. 81 off the stick. Birdied 9 & 11. 28 putts, 7 fairways and 6 GIR. Dropped another 0.9 to 13.3hcp.
Sometimes this game just feels so easy.
Agree with Jarro, stinking hot day for golf.
(Me at the start of the round :oops: Me at the end of the round.)

[AndyP]

31/12/2005, Ocean Shores CC, Back Marker Comp

6/12 effective T-shots.
3/18 effective approaches.
1/10 up & down successes.
40 putts.
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1 birdie (temp forward tee area).
2 pars.
7 bogeys.
5 doubles.
3 others.
Score 53-45-98 nett 85 (Par 36-36-72).

Started the Xmas break playing ordinary, looked good in the middle, then finished badly.
I would've liked to have got to the range the day before this round to work on driving and putting, but it was too hot. Of course, this is what let me down during the game. Bad drives were punished and putting was tough on the massive greens.

Oh well, I'm over it.

Next round: ????, I'm on a break.