Week Commencing 11th August 2008

[AndyP]

12/08/2008, Virginia GC, Blue Marker Stroke.

9/14 effective tee-shots.
3/18 effective approaches.
4/7 up and down successes.
31 putts.
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6 pars.
6 bogeys.
6 others.

Score 46-44-90 nett 79 (Par 35-35-70 CCR 72)

Considering I'm not playing as much as I used to, I was surprised to see my putter on fire on the practice green. I was thinking that I could potentially have a good round.

Of course, Murphy's Law applies here and I was unable to complete a full swing due to a sprained muscle in the hand thanks to a difficult child from the previous night. So while I hit with pain or tried to invent a swing that avoided it, I sprayed it everywhere for a bogey-triple-bogey-triple-double start. And that was with the putter saving a few shots.

At this point the muscle had either warmed up, or something was different in my swing, and I was able to hit with a bit more confidence. It was a bit late, but I'm happy with the way I played from then on, with the occasional hiccup. At least the putter kept rolling them in, despite the very difficult pins.

Next round: Pro-Am at Toowoomba City, Sunday, 31/8.

[Coffs_Hacker]

4bbb today at coffs, 43pt with 41pts from me

8/13 fir
9/18 gir
29 putts
2 birds

[Scottt]

Nice round Coffs! How many times did you get on the card?

[Coffs_Hacker]

15 and no hcap reduction hehehehe

[jimandr]

Very nice, Coffs. Thats the best score I can recall you posting on here.

My next 41 points is a long way off judging by todays game at Rosnay. 28 points on an easy course is an awful score. I hit the ball OK, but my short game was appalling. I think a new putter may be part of my immediate future.

Fairways = 6 of 10
Greens in reg = 7 of 18
Putts = 37, zero birdies, 3 threeputts
Up&Down = 2 of 9
4 penalty shots

[Grunt]

Played @ Rosnay today with Jim. Game was all over the place, very poor of hte tee, Putting was woeful hit some good one but as Jim mentioned I had a shocker on the second, GIR and proceeded to 4 putt.

Stats

29 Points
91 Gross
75 nett
5 Fairways
5 GIR
39 Putts (1x 4 putt, 4x 3 putts)
4 Penalties
3 Pars
1/7 Up & Downs


Next game: Bardwell Valley GC - Monday 18th August.

[Coffs_Hacker]

4bbb again today at coffs, played really well again for 40pts myself ---sweeet
Got pinged from thurs game so prob will again today.

8 fir
8 gir
32putts
1 bird

[haysey]

4bbb at Cairns today. Played as the "swinger" in my group, so two chances to appear on rubbish scorecards

37 points and 41 points of which I would have been good for about 30 points if I was lucky

[adlo]

Round 2 of club champs, Stroke round.

82/66, handicap down to 15. CCR 68
5 Fairways
4 GIR
30 putts, 8x 1 putts
7/13 U&D's
1/1 SS.

Was +4 last week and -2 this week for a total of +2 after 2 weeks in the (virtual) club champs.

[jimandr]

Another very frustrating game for 35 points today. Twice in the last four holes the ball hit the lip and trickled back into a bunker, and both times I took four to get down. One nine was cored and sanded, the other nine wasn't. I putted better on the sanded greens. I'm going to have a rest for a couple of weeks (unless 3oneday wants to play our match).

Fairways = 10 of 14
Greens in reg = 8 of 18
Putts = 34, one birdie, one 3putt
Up&Down = 1 of 3
Sand Saves = 1 of 5

[shazza_rs]

1st round club champs - Nudgee south

85/73 (par is 72)
Played like crap on the first nine (+8 ), then pared 6 holes in a row. Pressure was too much then i went bogey, bogey, triple to finish. Yep thats gunna bring me back tomorrow!

[Courty]

Same 4BBB as Haysey. My partner & I were rubbish on the first (back) nine, and would have been lucky to get 18 pts. Something twigged at the break though, and we both went around the 2nd nine at 2 over off the beater. I never saw the card or asked what we got, but I reckon it would be low 40s.

This'll only mean something to Haysey & Mike, but I let some anger out on the 2nd and drove it to 5m short of the green. Made the birdie, too!

[sms316]

Club champs in August? Can't half tell that you don't live in Canberra.

Going to be -3 tonight.

[haysey]

This'll only mean something to Haysey & Mike, but I let some anger out on the 2nd and drove it to 5m short of the green. Made the birdie, too!

Into the wind too.... I can feel an injury coming on between now and next weekend (nicely done for the front nine by the way)

[mike]

According to GoogleEarth that's about 275 metres. Yeah, pretty good.

[Courty]

I can feel an injury coming on between now and next weekend

Man up, ladybug.

[Courty]

According to GoogleEarth that's about 275 metres. Yeah, pretty good.

I don't need Google Earth anymore. JD bought a GPS.

[damoocow]

What a difference a couple of days makes in golf - On Tuesday at Virginia I had an absolute shocker - nothing felt right or was even remotely well struck................played a 4bbb stroke today and my partner and I just had it [mostly] all going right - wasn't even a case of us taking turns to play a good hole each - we were both scoring about the same each time - we won the comp with a 14 under par 57 - by my own tally I played about 7 under my own h/cap based on a stroke round..............hoping I lose a couple more off the handicap....

[haysey]

Man up, ladybug.

Righto, off to buy some D2s on monday

[snuffythewonderpilot]

well guys after a weeks break and some serious soul searching my sat morn comp play was 23 strokes better than last time, still not my best golf but at least the hadicapper will have a decent look at this round and get the jist off it, couple of pars couple of birdies, but will be on the hunt for a better 5wood and 3 wood than what i currently have cause i think that nambour definitly needs those two clubs in the bag.

[Eag's]

Nice work Damo, that Hcp of yours is dropping nicely

[shazza_rs]

2nd round club champs - Nudgee North

88/76 (Par 72)

Not entirely unhappy with the end result considering i had used my handicap up after 10 holes.

[Jarro]

Not bad Shaz.

what was it like playing a comp round on the North course for once ?

[shazza_rs]

I always play comp on the north course...... fridays and sundays....

It was freaking slow today... had to wait on every shot, two groups waiting on the 3rd and 9th. Pete teed off at the same time on 10 and was finished about 45 mins before me.

[Courty]

Played in a 2-ball ambrose today for a corporate day I helped organise. It was a long day. I was at the club before 6am to get things organised and register everybody as they arrived. No time for chipping or putting as it was a shotgun start, so I raced straight from the starters box to the 10th tee. We started with a regulation par, then used all my shots to go birdie, eagle, birdie (social tees) but then had pretty much all pars from there on in. 69 gross for 60 nett, a big box full of prizes, and a couple of trophies with my name on them.