WDYSTM - June 2022

[jimandr]

Even though WBennett could have started a new monthly thread, I'm glad to have the pleasure of the first official post in June for two reasons.

Firstly, because we played for the first time in a fortnight, and secondly, because I scored well, with 36 points.

I may have posted anyway, to mark the historical day of my first round in double figures for 8 years. Hopefully, I have done enough to stay in single figures for a few rounds at least, until I surrender to the inevitable.

It'll probably be inevitable, because I didn't actually strike the ball very well, but I had my best putting round for years.

With some good weather and strong winds to provide a drying effect, we should be back to regular play. It was still swampy in the spots that don't get much sun, and the rough is so deep that an announcement was made suggesting a provisional is hit every time you stray off the fairway. But it was nice to be out on the course again.

[AndyP]

Even though WBennett could have started a new monthly thread
Or a moderator could have moved the post to a new thread.....

[bdoug10]

16 over for me today on the monthly medal. Still very wet. I’m pretty happy with the result as I lost 3 balls (blaming the conditions). Putting was on today 25 for the round, 1 chip in from beside the green

[Kelsey86]

Our monthly medal got pushed back to next Saturday and now I can't play it, but had a hit today. It started better than last week's efforts, with 17 points after 9, but everything went to shit on the back and I crawled home with 9 points. I lost 2 balls, one in the middle of the fairway on 14, can only assume it plugged in the soft ground, the other was a legitimate OOB into the police academy on 17. Finished in near darkness, I thought a double bogey on the last wasn't a bad effort considering I couldn't even see my first 3 shots.
Back again tomorrow but teeing off 2 hours earlier so hopefully I can play better for the whole round this time.

[shazza_rs]

Matchplay qualifying for me today.
Had 86/71 to secure 8th spot in the A Grade matchplay. All matches are off the stick. Playing the number 1 seed should be interesting…

First comp game since end of April. Couldn’t remember how to swing a club on the first 9. Got it together for the back nine.

Have my first round of pennant tomorrow at home. I won’t be giving any putts tomorrow if the wind comes back like it did today!

[PerryGroves]

Matchplay qualifying for me today.
Had 86/71 to secure 8th spot in the A Grade matchplay. All matches are off the stick. Playing the number 1 seed should be interesting…

First comp game since end of April. Couldn’t remember how to swing a club on the first 9. Got it together for the back nine.

Have my first round of pennant tomorrow at home. I won’t be giving any putts tomorrow if the wind comes back like it did today!


Congrats Sharon, and good luck, got one positive story for you.

I qualified like you last in the round of 16 draw, the bloke I was playing told me on the first tee that he would have to change his flight when he made the final, no drama champ, when you lose 6/4 to me you can get the flight.

[shazza_rs]

Had a 3/2 win in my pennant match today. Played pretty decent all day. I was never down after winning the first two holes.

Team squared the match. Disappointing considering we were at home.

[Wools]

Bought some nice new Z Stars from Dazza, changed back to an old mallet putter (Odyssey Teron) and shot 77 for 42 points (my best score off the stick that I can recall for a long time!). Thanks Dazza.

[benno_r]

Played at Cooly Tweed River Course today. Hit probably the best I have for 18 months, managing to hit 12 greens.

Unfortunately, they had the varistimp on today, random half being fast, random half being slow. First time I have had more than 2 3jags in a round, with 6 of them.

17/15 32pts playing off 7

[3Puttpete]

First hit for a month, +6 net in a soggy monthly medal

[Kelsey86]

28 points at Oxley yesterday. Tee shots and putting were reasonable, but I don't have a lot of confidence hitting irons off the soft ground and half bladed a number of them. On a positive note the radar and distance control was on point with my wedges from 100 in. My handicap hasn't really been affected by the substandard scoring these past couple of weeks, only moving out by 0.2. Social club game coming up on Sunday, back at Oxley next weekend so hopefully it's had a chance to dry out and firm up a bit more by then.

[MAZA68]

Couple of rounds at Tully, for an 80 and a 75 off the bat. Hit the ball well off the tee, just a couple of doubles in the 80 ruined a good score as well. Course condition was the best I have struck so far at Tully, actually some run in the fairways and the greens rolled pretty good.

[Kelsey86]

Sneaked in a 9 hole practice round today, front 9 at Oxley. Didn't go too bad considering no warm-up, 40 (+6), a couple of silly doubles from short game mistakes but otherwise I was reasonably happy with it. 4/6 fairways, 3 greens. I feel like I'm getting back to where I was before the crappy weather forced break.

[WBennett]

33 points in the cold and wind today. Missed 4 four footers, made 3 over 15 foot so it pretty much evened out. Happy with how I hit it, just not the short putts.

Back out to 6.0, which gets me a shot for the matchplay 4th round match this weekend. It will be needed, I am now only giving 12...

[Hatchman]

Stableford @ Balaklava

Compass was busted on the driver sending the ball wider than I had ever been when previously a member on a few holes.
Like magic my old short game had come back to me on the day and I was able to make a heap of pars making the score much better than how I hit it.
Stumbled home with 1-0-1-3pts to finish with 33pts which was enough for 2nd in A-Grade.

[WBennett]

Handicap matchplay. Had to give 14 shots.

Was 4 up after 5, being one under off the stick, but he didn't give up and we were square after 15.

I parted 16 to go one up, rolled in a solid 10 footer on 17 to halve it, then halved 18 after being in huge trouble off the tee.

Now into Semis. Woo

[Kelsey86]

Played at wolston park today in my social club. Started terribly over the first couple of holes being frozen stiff, made par on the 3rd then lost a ball in the soft ground on the next hole. Sort of got it together a bit more for the rest of the 9 but posted 48 at the turn. The back 9 was going along a lot better, was +2 for the 9 when we got to the 17th, but 4 putted on that crazy green for a 7, finished with a bogey for 38, and 86/69* overall. Also played a match play against a mate, gave him one shot but won in the end 5&3.

Then we got to the car and I'd lost my bloody key, must have fallen out in the cart (I normally walk so things don't tend to fall out of trouser pockets) went back out to have a look but no idea where it'd been lost so not much chance of finding it. Someone later found it on 17 and handed it in so I got it back at least.

*I'd have been off 10 on my GA, I must play all my crap rounds in this club since they've got me off 17.

[AndyP]

12/06/2022, Wolston Park GC, White Tees, Social 10 holes (1-9, 13).

PPbXBPBBB P; 44 (+6)

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I was also at Wolston today, for a social hit with a mate, to ease myself back in after a break. The break was only three weeks, but it feels like longer. Maybe because, I have been playing nearly every weekend, plus some form of practice during the week.

Started off by bombing my first two drives, and rolling in a putt on the 3rd to be one under. Easy game! Unlike Kelsey86, I did not lose my ball on the fourth, because I found my drive a metre or so out of bounds (soft ground on the highest hole of the course, Kelsey? Near the green?). Triple bogey. Easy game! Bogeys with a couple of pars from then on, with iron shots that became annoying left misses. The greens have also become super fast after all this wetness from the sky; very hard to adjust to.

[Kelsey86]

Yeah, just to the right of the green, I hit a pitching wedge in from the fairway and it drifted right. Went back and hit another one, this time properly and wound up with bogey.
I found it difficult adjusting to the green speed as well, every other time I've played there they've been slower than I usually play on, so that was different.

[Hatchman]

27hole Open Championship Ambrose Sunday
Had great day with breakfast before start, food after each nine and at the end. Booze cart was doing the rounds of the course keeping everyone lubricated.
Team consisted of the following Hcp's 7,8,11 and 18 so we were going to be pushing it up hill competing against some of the strong teams with scratch and low singles players for the gross (Main Prize).
Over the course of the day we combined well from tee to green and all holed our fair share of putts beyond 10 foot. With what we holed for birdies it was strange we all missed the shortest one we had all day (3 lip outs from 8 foot)
We ended up 14 under for the 27 holes which I thought was a great result for us and only 5 behind the winners on 19 under.
We were good enough to take out best nett for the day.

[BobsYourUncle]

Hard to come back from +4 after 3 holes, when playing off 2. Lack of practice is killing my game. Frustrating, as I've been really good off the tee - but I guess short iron distance & direction control needs practice to maintain. Chipping and putting has help up pretty well considering.

BXBPXPBBb-bPPPPXPPBP 79/29pts

[WBennett]

Delightful conditions in the first group out today. Heavy frost, real feel of minus 8 allegedly... No wind, so it was short sleeves by the third tee.

Greens were frozen solid until the sun rose - a nice PW into 2 bounced like it hit concrete and spat me 20m out the back of the green.

15/16 - 5 3 pointers, 3 wipes, and a ton of ones. No birdies but putting on ice which gathers on the ball and generates a bias is "challenging"

[MAZA68]

Delightful conditions in the first group out today. Heavy frost, real feel of minus 8 allegedly... No wind, so it was short sleeves by the third tee.

Greens were frozen solid until the sun rose - a nice PW into 2 bounced like it hit concrete and spat me 20m out the back of the green.

15/16 - 5 3 pointers, 3 wipes, and a ton of ones. No birdies but putting on ice which gathers on the ball and generates a bias is "challenging"

Oh, how I miss playing in those conditions....not!

[WBennett]

Oh, how I miss playing in those conditions....not!

To be honest. I prefer it to 32 degrees and 100% humidity. You can keep taking layers off in winter. I run out of appropriate layers to remove in the heat!

[jimandr]

My first round worth recording for a few weeks, for 35 points off 10. I think my last few rounds have all been 31 or 32.

Today could have been the same, but instead of having a late choke I actually got up and down for pars instead of chunking chips and 3-putting. I still did a few of those, though.

More importantly, a few weeks of good weather and we have a golf course worth playing again. No more drive/3 wood and still short on 350m par 4's, thankfully.

[benno_r]

My first round worth recording for a few weeks, for 35 points off 10. I think my last few rounds have all been 31 or 32.

Today could have been the same, but instead of having a late choke I actually got up and down for pars instead of chunking chips and 3-putting. I still did a few of those, though.

More importantly, a few weeks of good weather and we have a golf course worth playing again. No more drive/3 wood and still short on 350m par 4's, thankfully.

Has it fully dried yet Jim? I am busting to give it a go, but am home for a couple of weekends yet. Figure it should be primo by then.

[chappy1970]

First game for 6 weeks.
34 points on a wet and soggy course.

Tees well forward, and with 5 holes to play, leaked far too many shots, with 2 wipes and a 1 pointer.

Pretty good all things considered

[LeftyHoges]

Bushy and I played in the Cairns GC Foursomes Championship on Sunday, shooting 78 & 77, double bogeying the 16th both times around. :roll: Good enough for runners-up in the Gross and the Nett. I quite like the format as it's challenging to find a rhythm only hitting every second shot.

We played...... interestingly. Wouldn't have said either of us struck the ball overly well. Solid, but unspectacular. By **** did we make some putts though. We both made a couple of 30-footers each as well as some good 10, 15 & 20 footers, and I dropped a bomb on the 2nd in the arvo that I'll estimate at 45 feet, but could easily have been closer to 60.

Brutal game for what you can do to your partner and their previously spectacular shots though. Bushy hit a bomb down 9, must have been 270... I had 180 in to a tucked left front flag, so 5 iron in hand.

We quickly discussed how much room there was right of the flag and that was the only place to miss it. Proceed to me hitting the ****ing rankest shot you'll ever see, a 15m block that missed grooves and landed in the bunker close to the front lip, 30m short of the flag. This was one of the 30-footers for par that was made after I also ****ed up the Texas Wedge. Good hole. :lol:

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To be fair, Bushy paid me back about 3 hours later when I hit my drive to a similar spot and he missed pin high left also. Good times. :lol:

We also played in the same group as the Gross (and also Nett) winners, a pair of 2 markers (though both have played off +'s in the past) and their 69, with a double bogey mind you, in the arvo was one of the best rounds of golf I've ever seen. To shoot that in that format was outstanding to watch.

[Steve]

Well done. Good darts

[Dcanto]

36 points at Half Moon Bay (20 / 16). My swing felt the best it has in a while and only two bad holes half way through the back 9 prevented me from shooting under my cap. Hopefully I can keep the same swing feeling going next time I play.

[Kelsey86]

34 points at a much better condition Oxley today. I couldn't get the wood going well off the tee, kept hitting big high draws for some reason. Didn't hit a single fairway on the front 9 but turned at +4 for 20 points which included a couple of 4 point birdies, one of them from the middle of the trees. Didn't fare so well on the back 9 but did enough to keep it respectable.

4 fairways, 2 greens, 28 putts.

[3Puttpete]

34 with a wipe, 5 x 1s and a birdie.

7 eleven coffee into the thermos on the way might be the best idea I’ve ever had.

[AndyP]

19/06/2022, Wolston Park GC, Blue Tees (Scr 65 Sl 107 Par 67), Stableford.

BPbPBXBBP BPBPPPPPB; 40:35:75 (+5:+3:+8)
Played to 10.6. Golflink: 8.6 (+0.0).

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Quite happy with how I played yesterday, although as usual my iron approaches limit my scoring potential.

Three great drives in the first four holes for even par. It turned to pull hooks in the middle, including one in the hazard, and the scoring followed with it. Two big bombs, for me, on the last two, to leave me with some confidence with the big stick.

Putting was good, and more importantly, I felt really solid in my routine and stroke. There were a couple of forgiveable 3-putts, but I hope the putter continues with that feel.

Irons, meh. I can't hit a green from 100m out with a full swing regularly, but I can hit two punch runners under trees within a few metres of the pin, and hit a full 3 iron dead straight. Go me! I might head to the range this week to see if it is a problem just for the full swing; maybe a reduced swing will go alright.

[BobsYourUncle]

Reasonable round at Brookwater yesterday, generally better short irons & wedges.

PBPPBXPPP-PXPBBXPbP 79/33pts

Great sand save on 3 after a horrible wedge into the bunker from 100m. Lost ball on 6 off the tee - thought it was just in the left rough, but couldn't find it :(
Really nice 5i picked up the NTP on 7 (105cm) - but missed the putt. I don't want to say the "y" word - but missed a couple of short-ish putts with questionable (wristy) strokes.

Generally an improvement from Wednesday though, which is good. Playing at Brookwater has really forced me to tighten up my game off the tee - although off the yellows (6100m) I'm only hitting driver 3 times. Forced me to get better with my 3w and driving iron - I've been hitting the ZX utility really well off the tee since re-shafting it.

[JoeS]

Par comp today
-5


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[BobsYourUncle]

A bit of an improvement today, game has been trending upwards.

bBPBPbBPP-PPPPBPPPP 72 (+2) / 37pts

2 3-putts on the front, and missed 6-8 foot birdie putts on 10 and 16. Sunk some good putts too though, like the birdies on 1 and 7.

[WBennett]

Tore up my meniscus on Sunday. Could barely put any weight on my knee, but had the semi of matchplay today.Five down after seven, opponent had 21 points after 9.Fought back, but rolled 2 and 1, on track for 20 on the back.2nd consecutive year knocked out in the semis. Maybe next year

[JoeS]

Played another par comp on Tuesday, this time -1.

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[JoeS]

Tore up my meniscus on Sunday. Could barely put any weight on my knee, but had the semi of matchplay today.Five down after seven, opponent had 21 points after 9.Fought back, but rolled 2 and 1, on track for 20 on the back.2nd consecutive year knocked out in the semis. Maybe next yearBad luck on both, knee and being knocked out.

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[WBennett]

Bad luck on both, knee and being knocked out. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk Tore it playing footy a decade or more ago. Tore it again last year, went thru some rehab, got it good enough.It went again the other day. Guess it's time to see the surgeon.

[BobsYourUncle]

Lowood cup with a few of the Qld OzGolfers. Bit of a choke at the end but sunk an ~6 foot par putt on 18 to hold on for my first ever under-par round.

PPBPPPbbB-PPPPbPbBP 71/70

Was tied for the (gross) lead when we left, but a few low markers still out on the course. First time at Lowood, the course exceeded my expectations, fairways in particular were mint. I was a bit concerned when I saw there were no preferred lies, but we didn't need them - I had no bad lies, and only 1 mud ball.

[3Puttpete]

No penalties, no lost balls and I very nearly raised the bat at Lowood. 97/88.

[Kelsey86]

Played a 4BBB today at Oxley. As a team we shot nett 65, but I played like absolute arse. Just out of sorts for whatever reason, swing was erratic, kept pushing and pulling putts, short game was as bad as a 36 handicapper. Hopefully I've got that out of my system now and can have a better time tomorrow at Maleny.

[JoeS]

9 holes before rain saw us in the bar. I had 17points, 2 over and was feeling good.



Just ordered my pick up because I am feeling better. Long live the 19th

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[Kelsey86]

I did go a bit better today. A bit erratic off the tee but since Maleny doesn't have a lot of trees, it didn't affect me too much apart from when I decided to play hide and seek in that long rough. I ended up with 37 points off the social club handicap of 17, but for my own purposes I recorded it off my proper handicap of 13, which somehow resulted in 34 points 🤔.
Couple of highlights were a birdie on the 2nd after deliberately hitting a pitch past the pin to let it roll back down, and five pars in a row from 12-16. I putted much better than the first time I went there (41), this time 32 putts. Enjoyable day overall, I like going up there and playing something different to the standard tree lined courses around Brisbane.

[LeftyHoges]

Took the Righty cap out for it's first run on Saturday, just a regular Stableford comp. Started the day off well, nuking a drive down the first 265m. Shame about the 3-putt...:roll:

4 x 2-pointers to start the day, an unlucky penalty on 5 catching the cart path but still nabbing a point, and another 2 pointer on 6 (another 3-putt... :roll:) garnered me 11 points through 6 holes, not horrendous. The wheels fell off from there. Struggled with short game (no surprises there), throw in a few three-putts, chunked or flared 3/4 wedges and flop shots and the chance to convincingly break 90 slipped through the fingers, finishing with 91 off the bat for 29 points. Hit some great shots, some mediocre shots and a few very ****ing ordinary ones.

4 Pars
9 Bogeys
4 Double Bogeys
1 ****ing Other

6 / 14 Fairways
7 / 18 GIR
6 / 17 Up 'n' Downs (lots of double chips, FFS)
34 Putts

Handicap moves from 13.2 to 14.2.

[AndyP]

I found it difficult adjusting to the green speed as well, every other time I've played there they've been slower than I usually play on, so that was different.
I found out a week ago that the club now has a roller, and I also saw it in action today. The greens look a bit dead now, but they roll so much faster than before, but they do roll true. I like it for putts within a few metres, but I'm struggling for anything longer. And it has made it even more important to not short side yourself when missing a green, as it is very hard to get up and down.

[WBennett]

16/16 around Coffs Harbour Westlake course.

In a strong wind, I was a cluub short on almost every approach, never missed so many greens with 50 or 56 in hand. Short was better than long most of the time.

Fun track, played with a great bunch of retirees including Tony Webecks dad Cliff.

[Kelsey86]

I found out a week ago that the club now has a roller, and I also saw it in action today. The greens look a bit dead now, but they roll so much faster than before, but they do roll true. I like it for putts within a few metres, but I'm struggling for anything longer. And it has made it even more important to not short side yourself when missing a green, as it is very hard to get up and down. That makes sense. I rather enjoyed the change as I'm not a fan of slow greens, the speed wasn't much different to what I'm used to at Oxley so it shouldn't have been too hard to get it, but I guess I expected the slower speed I've found there in the past. We used to have a roller at Oxley when I worked there back in the day, not sure if they still have it. It moved sideways to the direction you sat on it, was rather fun zooming across the dewy greens in the early morning 😅

[AndyP]

25/06/2022, Lowood GC, Blue Tees (Scr 69 Sl 110 Par 72), Lowood Cup - Stroke.

BbBPBPbPB XPPPPBPXP; 38:41:79 (+2:+5:+7)
Played to 10.3. Golflink: 9.2 (+0.6).

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Nice score, but it could easily have been better. Driver was a inconsistent, and I don't think I went after it enough. With the exception of a couple of shots, the irons were off until I made a slight change on the second nine; it was the same change that I had made during a practice hit on Thursday, so I must have slipped back.

I'd like three shots over again, as they were complete wastes. The thin and long approach on the 9th with wedge in hand, when the round had momentum. The heeled scrubby drive on 10 that went into the hazard, leading to the shot out of the water. And the shank with a 40m approach on the 17th, where I over thought the shot, instead of just getting it on the green.

Glimpses of the good stuff, but just not putting it altogether yet.

[LeftyHoges]

25/06/2022, Lowood GC, Blue Tees (Scr 69 Sl 110 Par 72), Lowood Cup - Stroke.

BbBPBPbPB XPPPPBPXP; 38:41:79 (+2:+5:+7)
Played to 10.3. Golflink: 9.2 (+0.6).

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Nice score, but it could easily have been better. Driver was a inconsistent, and I don't think I went after it enough. With the exception of a couple of shots, the irons were off until I made a slight change on the second nine; it was the same change that I had made during a practice hit on Thursday, so I must have slipped back.

I'd like three shots over again, as they were complete wastes. The thin and long approach on the 9th with wedge in hand, when the round had momentum. The heeled scrubby drive on 10 that went into the hazard, leading to the shot out of the water. And the shank with a 40m approach on the 17th, where I over thought the shot, instead of just getting it on the green.

Glimpses of the good stuff, but just not putting it altogether yet.

Just curious, what handicap do you compare yourself to for your strokes gained?

[AndyP]

Just curious, what handicap do you compare yourself to for your strokes gained?
I post the scratch SG here, and for myself look at that and 5. I've been working on my game this year, and the handicap has gone from 8 to 9 in that time, so Arccos has worked wonders for me.

[Dazza]

17 points today at Alice Springs GC
Played like absolute custard.

[AndyP]

17 points today at Alice Springs GCPlayed like absolute custard.Yikes! Wipe that one from the memory.

[Kelsey86]

24 points yesterday in pretty ordinary conditions. Today the conditions were a lot better, and I managed 32 points. 9 fairways, 2 greens (+ 3 "fringes in regulation" though 😅), 28 putts. 58% up and downs.

I began the process of getting fitted for new irons before the round as well. Today was just testing swing speed with a 7 iron, which came in at 88mph. After that I hit a few balls with an AP2 head on what I'm assuming was a shaft similar to what would suit my swing. I liked the smaller head, and it also felt a lot lighter to swing compared to my current irons. Looking more forward to upgrading now.

[Dazza]

Yikes! Wipe that one from the memory. Indeed!
Ah well, still beats working!