Week commencing 17TH Dec 2007 [Archive]

Flowergirl

18th December 2007, 08:02 AM

Can I put down Saturday's points.
I had 37 points which I was really happy with, as I decided to fall apart on the last four holes and only make one point on each of them.
The stack and tilt is still working for me.

Well done Julie. Did you change your handicap with the 37?

Grunt

18th December 2007, 03:33 PM

Played in a 2 Man Ambrose day yesterday @ Bardwell Valley. Had a reasonable day, highlight was my biggest drive ever on the 17th 284m Dogleg Par 4. Played the perfect fade/slice to the front edge of the green :lol:. Pity about the 3 putt par.:? Was a good day.
Bardwell Valley has made some improvements too. A few more bunkers etc. 1st hole now has bunkers short and to the right of the green for example.

Grunt

19th December 2007, 01:11 PM

jimandr

19th December 2007, 08:09 PM

I think we can safely say Grunt is back on the horse!

Having seen Grunt's 16 point effort at Campbelltown early this year, 40pts is a good score.

Grunt

19th December 2007, 08:13 PM

I think we can safely say Grunt is back on the horse!

Having seen Grunt's 16 point effort at Campbelltown early this year, 40pts is a good score.

The two games could be no further apart from one another too, weird thing is they are the at beginning and at the end of my golf year. I really struggled that day but today it just felt so easy.

kpac

20th December 2007, 04:15 PM

Well i've given the work mobile the flick and am officially away on golfing holliday. So far so good.

Played Yallourn yesterday for 38 points. More importantly the course is 5 minutes away to play the comp cost me $7 and to boot the course is quite good, it's a lot different to the goldie tracks but i thought it was pretty good, better than m'bah or hills or gold coast country club but i'mnot sure you can compare it properly to the resort courses, i'm going to take a camera next time, and post some pictures so you can have a look.

Anyway, played Moe today for 33pts. Course was nothing on Yallourn but playing Trafalgar tomorrow and it's suppose to be as good as Yallourn. Love the style of golf here aswell, so far has cost $7 each time, and there's not time sheets so you just rock up and make a group on the putting green and away you go.
Thankfully the golf has held up ok aswell so far. Getting in plenty of practice for Barnbougle :)
Still trying to arange to get into the city and play one of the top ones before i flee.

Nice weather for golf down here too.

Bruce

20th December 2007, 04:25 PM

Are you going to try and get to Mirboo Nth? It's over the hills from Traf.

Jarro

21st December 2007, 01:33 PM

Played in a 4-ball stab comp at Nudgee today. Eags was my playing partner 8)

We finished with 47 points, both of us getting on the card 9 times :roll:

Hit the ball OK, but i need to work on my short game ... new years resolution ;)

freddy a

21st December 2007, 08:18 PM

played like poo at caboolture wednesday 13over
thursday played the new set up at Royal QLD shot 4over
nice way to finish the year

Jarro

21st December 2007, 08:35 PM

thursday played the new set up at Royal QLD shot 4over

What's it like ?

kpac

22nd December 2007, 09:32 AM

Are you going to try and get to Mirboo Nth? It's over the hills from Traf.

Yeah mate, i'll be trying to get to Mirboo after xmas. You in the region?

Played (or attempted to) yesterday at Trafalgar. Had to retire hurt after 9 hole due to a foot/leg issue. New set of walkers and i'll be having a crack at the full layout next friday.. The front nine was very nice, green were very very quick! but in lovely condition (and soft underneath) pretty decent layout aswell, very impressive considering its location and size of town it's based in. Took a few snaps and i;ll put them up when i get a chance. Finished the front nine 6 over (acr is 69 tho :cry: )
Taking the weekend off from golfing to let the leg heal, and do a little work socialising with the PIL's.. :?

Fishman Dan

22nd December 2007, 06:00 PM

31 points in my final game for the year, and final game as a dink! 4 wipes in that.

Hit the ball well pretty much all day except from within a 15' radius of the hole. Could not for the life of me sink a putt, and missed a few within 3-4 feet.

35 putts. That and 4 wipes..... should have been a much better score.

Jarro

22nd December 2007, 06:05 PM

31 points in my final game for the year, and final game as a dink! 4 wipes in that.

Get ready for a lot more wipes in the new year Dan ;)

Fishman Dan

22nd December 2007, 06:26 PM

Problem is my 4 wipes today really stunk - just to continue the theme ;)

Congrats to Sydney_Hacker who came runner-up in A Grade with 39 points (on c/b).

pom

22nd December 2007, 08:03 PM

Total of 30 stableford points with 4 washes & 5 hours 20 minutes on the course. Makes for a very ordinary days golf.

AndyP

22nd December 2007, 08:52 PM

22/12/2007, Nambour GC, Stableford.

5/12 effective tee shots.
7/18 effective approaches.
1/8 up and down successes!!!! (I average 50% over the last 6 months and my one U&D was after I putted off the green ffs)
37 putts!
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5 pars.
10 bogeys.
3 others.

Score 42-42-84 stab 30pts (Par 34-34-68 CCR 66)

Pretty ordinary round by me today. It started with a great tee-shot, but the missed green from 70m was more reflective of the days play.

My short game was terrible. I couldn't get chips close, and I couldn't hit putts (or read them very well in the first place). There were a few shocker shots in the round too, such as a couple of shanks, that I could do without. After a while, the mental game went on holiday too. I was surprised my score wasn't under 30 points, because that's what it felt like.

I think I'll just write this one off as a warm up for the coming week of golf.

Next Round: Tomorrow, Return to Caboolture.

BrisWesty

22nd December 2007, 10:46 PM

4BBB Stab at Caboolture today. 47 points.

Caboolture is currently playing as a par 70 due to water grid infrastructure works along the high voltage lines. The 15th is playing as a short Par 4 - 285m instead of a sharp dogleg Par 5. Would have had 82 off the stick including 2 triple bogeys. 31 putts.

Forgot to mention, they've recently put distance markers on the sprinkler heads too.

Moe Norman

22nd December 2007, 11:10 PM

Friday 21/12/2007 Brisbane GC

75 Gross
68 Net

I've been putting solidly for over a month now, with minimal 3 putts and/or short misses. Nothing great but glad to be in the 30-34 putt range pretty consistently.

I'm not hitting the ball any better, but the key to my last 3 games that have all been Gross scores in the 70's I've only hit it in 3 greenside traps, all three resulted in doubles too!

I'm not kidding myself that my shortgame issues are gone, but I've trained myself to hit away from trouble I know I can't get out of and scores have settled. Once I get a bit more confident about getting up and down (i have bladed every bunker shot for a month now) I might start firing at pins again and will have potential for even better rounds.

Only club in the bag on notice is the driver.

Back to the round details.

3 birds, and made double on 17 and a soft bogey on 18 to ruin what could have been a great round. Next game is a while away as I've just arrived in Melbourne sans clubs!

Back down to 6, hopefully I can play to it for a change!

Grunt

23rd December 2007, 12:16 PM

Played at Campbelltown this morning. Very good round of golf.
Played really smart golf and for a change I got out of trouble well. Only blemishes on the card were a wipe and a one pointer. Wipe was from hitting wrong club into a par 3 and having an unplayable and the 1 pointer was just plain poor golf. Looks as if I might have one final handicap reduction for the year then.

40 Points:lol:
84 Gross
66 nett
7 Pars!!:shock:
9 Bogies
A double and one triple:roll:
33 putts (Zero 3 putts:smt038)
8 Fairways
5 Gir
3/11 Up & Downs

Just gave Campbelltown a ring as I had not seen any results in Golflink. Was informed that I got done in a countback, bugger:roll:, thought 21 on the back would have been enough. They could not work out why my results were not on golflink though. Hopefully the handicap reduction will be there soon, On the downward spiral hopefully.

Jarro

23rd December 2007, 02:35 PM

31 points at Nudgee today ( 13/18 )

Don't have a clue where the driver is going at the moment ..... and the ironplay isn't much better :roll: Thank god the putter is behaving and getting me out of serious trouble.

Next stop .... lessons .... gonna make an effort next year to at least practice once a week and see where that takes me.
I'm sick of having no idea what i'm doing out there :(

jimandr

23rd December 2007, 05:14 PM

After my first 6 holes today I thought I'd solved the mystery of golf, but after a terrible back nine I know I haven't. 33 points in total after being even par after six holes.

Fairways = 10 of 14
GIR = 7 of 18
Putts = 34, 1 birdie, zero 3putts
Up&Down = 1 of 6
Sand Saves = 0 of 3
2 penalty shots.

Sydney Hacker

23rd December 2007, 06:42 PM

Problem is my 4 wipes today really stunk - just to continue the theme ;)

Congrats to Sydney_Hacker who came runner-up in A Grade with 39 points (on c/b).

Thanks for that Fishman, it was an enjoyable day except for the ANZAC golfer in the group with us....

AndyP

23rd December 2007, 09:53 PM

23/12/2007, Caboolture GC, Stableford.

7/13 effective tee shots.
5/18 effective approaches.
4/8 up and down successes.
2/3 sand saves.
30 putts.
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9 pars.
7 bogeys.
2 others.

Score 45-36-81 stab 35pts (Par 36-34-70 CCR 69)

Today's start was a solid drive, nice iron to a few metres and a missed putt that should have been sunk. I continued to miss opportunities with the putter on the front nine, and announced after the 8th, after missing a 2 footer, that I officially had the yips. There wasn't much I was trusting about my putting stroke at that stage, particulary my feet alignment, which I'd been stuffing around with.

I decided to go back to whatever I was doing before, even if my alignment was stuffed, because it hadn't stopped me from sinking putts previously. This lead to a huge improvement in putting and confidence on the back nine, where I sank some great putts, gave me a very respectable score. It really is a mental game.

However, it's still +0.1 for the handicap. I feel like I'm playing pretty ordinary, but I've still been thereabouts for most rounds. Come on irons, get your bloody act together.

Next round: Social game on Thurs at Caloundra, unless I play pitch 'n putt with Mitch tomorrow.

dc68

24th December 2007, 08:37 AM

37 on Satdee done for r/u on a c/b.....now down to 3.9. Aim for 2008 is to get down to 3.

Courty

24th December 2007, 08:43 AM

Well, wtf? Expecting to continue my run of crap form, I went to Paradise Palms yesterday fully expecting to get 0.1 back and slide out to 8.5 (9). I hit it ok on the front 9 for +6 and 16 points, then after the turn something clicked. I made a stack of pars, a few bogies, then came in bird, bird, almost bird (par) to finish +1 for the back 9 and +7 for the round, my best score ever on that course. It's the first time I've broken 80 at Paradise Palms so I'm pretty stoked at that.

Edit: I just checked golflink and find that they chopped me 0.6 :roll:. But the good news is, I won the comp! :mrgreen:

Grunt

24th December 2007, 06:21 PM

Moved to correct week

Fishman Dan

24th December 2007, 09:32 PM

Thanks for that Fishman, it was an enjoyable day except for the ANZAC golfer in the group with us....

He also goes by the name of Rowdy. I mean, you can't shut him up on the course!! He must have said 4 words all day, and they were about cricket.

Great shooting Courty, although that Paradise Palms is an easy track ;)

Courty

24th December 2007, 11:15 PM

Great shooting Courty, although that Paradise Palms is an easy track ;)

Yeah, you must have had 40-odd pts that day. :roll: ;)

Fishman Dan

25th December 2007, 10:49 PM

Yeah, you must have had 40-odd pts that day. :roll: ;)

I would have after 26 or so holes... :lol:

BrisVegas

26th December 2007, 07:42 AM

Played 9 holes Saturday morning in the monthly medal. I was still drunk from a work Xmas party the night before.:smt078 Oddly enough, hit the ball very straight. Only blemish was a bladed greenside chip on the 4th for a double. 2 over for 9. Used my 5 wood on the 195m par 3 7th and it was the perfect club. High soft fade stopped and dropped nicely. Had to bail on the round as it was painfully slow and I had to get to another party across town.

Not playing til next Wednesday at Pac Harbour at this stage.

BrisVegas

26th December 2007, 07:47 AM

Friday 21/12/2007 Brisbane GC

75 Gross
68 Net

3 birds, and made double on 17 and a soft bogey on 18 to ruin what could have been a great round. Next game is a while away as I've just arrived in Melbourne sans clubs!

Back down to 6, hopefully I can play to it for a change!

Great stuff Moe! Keep up the good work. :smt038