week commencing 24th feb 2009

[Flowergirl]

Stableford today. An uneventful 35 points. Played better - played worse!!!!! Putting was woeful on the front nine but settled down on the back nine.

Gee - isn't this a great game report

Off to Tasmania tomorrow. Barnbougle here we come!!!!!!

[shazza_rs]

go barny! hope you have a fab time!

[PeteyD]

I hate you

[adlo]

Yeah, very jealous on the Barny front. Take pics and share.....

Played Scroungers with Johnnie Canuck today in the worst weather for months. Drizzle and a minimum 2-3 club breeze all day.

A frustrating day. Poor start, and when the game improved I burnt the hole ALL day. Chips/putts.... nothing wanted to drop. Also frustrating that I lost skins to JC depsite whipping him in stableford points.

31 points (13/18 )

Another 9 or 10 fairways today, the TMTB HMOI is an absolute beast.

[Johnny Canuck]

Aldo actually swung hard enough to make some sound through the air with his driver. I was impressed. He has a lot of power hiding inside that body. He just needs to release it!!!

[adlo]

Like I said Johnny, it is lucky to be a big bastard and still hit decent length with minimal effort. Unleash some power when I am flushing it (like today)

[Johnny Canuck]

Maybe one day I'll put full effort into my swing too!

[adlo]

No, please don't. Your driver face will cave in.

[oldmannoodles]

One of favourite days ever - playing Barnbougle with my old man last year. Enjoy the golf (and the wallaby pie served up at the local pub - highly recommended!)

[Scottt]

I know this fell a day before the "week" started, but I can't be arsed finding the old thread

21/2 - Royal Cinque Ports
Turned +4, was +5 on the 16th tee and finished bogey, triple, double. Perhaps the most frustrating round of golf I have played.
13/15 fairways
9 greens
2/9 U&Ds (inc. one sand save)
34 putts (inc. two three-putt bogeys!)

22/2 Prince's
Again turned +4, was over a 25-footer for birdie on the 13th to go back to +4 and shot +11 again.
11/14 fairways
8 greens
3/10 U&Ds
36 putts (inc. two three-putt bogeys)

Absolutely minted it off the tee all weekend, flushed my irons, didn't mis a putt inside five feet, but still shoot a pair of +11s. Life is not fair!!

My long putting was poor on the occasions I left myself 50-60 feet, and I had a few brain farts (two triples and four doubles for the weekend - so I played 30 holes in +6 and six holes in +14!).

Still great fun though.

[adlo]

I know this fell a day before the "week" started, but I can't be arsed finding the old thread

21/2 - Royal Cinque Ports
Turned +4, was +5 on the 16th tee and finished bogey, triple, double. Perhaps the most frustrating round of golf I have played.
13/15 fairways
9 greens
2/9 U&Ds (inc. one sand save)
34 putts (inc. two three-putt bogeys!)

22/2 Prince's
Again turned +4, was over a 25-footer for birdie on the 13th to go back to +4 and shot +11 again.
11/14 fairways
8 greens
3/10 U&Ds
36 putts (inc. two three-putt bogeys)

Absolutely minted it off the tee all weekend, flushed my irons, didn't mis a putt inside five feet, but still shoot a pair of +11s. Life is not fair!!

My long putting was poor on the occasions I left myself 50-60 feet, and I had a few brain farts (two triples and four doubles for the weekend - so I played 30 holes in +6 and six holes in +14!).

Still great fun though.

It sounds to me like you have some bad karma.... something to do with the 16th.... have you been slagging anyone off.... something to do with the 16th hole and a golf cart?!?

Oh well, at least you are hitting them well. The good scores will follow.

Your new course looks amazing btw.

[Scottt]

Does repentence involve a golf cart, a hairpin turn and a slab of bourbon cans?

[adlo]

... and changing your name to incorporate "c*ck" in there somewhere

[Scottt]

Scockkk?

[adlo]

I like it. I sense the curse is broken Scockkk

[Johnny Canuck]

Just wait Scott. When you are lining up your putt to par the course, Zigwah's brother is going to pop up just like the guy from Happy Gilmore and yell "You will not make this putt Scottt, ya COCKHEAD!"

[Scottt]

Then I must arm myself with an albino caddy, clearly

[Johnny Canuck]

You'll have to fly Aldo over.

[Scottt]

No chance. I only carry one hybrid, so I can just see it: I'd be half way down the first fairway and he'd be strolling along with it under his arm, having left the rest of my clubs in the locker room

[adlo]

No chance. I only carry one hybrid, so I can just see it: I'd be half way down the first fairway and he'd be strolling along with it under his arm, having left the rest of my clubs in the locker room

JC didn't notice, but I only had one hybrid in the bag yesterday!

[henno]

With cally fusions, isn't every club a hybrid?

[adlo]

Shhhhhh.... thats the secret. From address they look like irons.

[The Wet Coaster]

i played on a course(Belmont) Sunday where they let you play, whatever the weather, frost or no frost. so stupid us, show up at 7:30 and have at 'er. shot a 93 on a frozen wonderland. it's quite the thing to hit a perfect approach shot, hit mid green, watch it bounce 30 feet into the air, land on the frozen pond behind the hole, and bounce into the fairway on another hole. that's winter golf! Here's the first hole, 350 yards long, 100ft above the hole.

[razaar]

Seems to be alot of divots on the tee. What is the arrangement with the grounds staff during the winter. Paid holiday?

[Courty]

Took an RDO to play at Sea Temple today. BrettM was kind enough to tuck all the pins in corners for us and make the course play as long as possible.

I had a lazy 30 pts with only one wipe. I'll do the rest of the stats later, but it was nothing special.

Edit: Stats are in

84 gross
30 points

9 fairways (I think, seems a bit high but I'm struggling to remember a couple of holes)
6 greens
35 putts (a couple of 3 putts from a long way away, the greens are frikkin huge!)

7 pars
9 bogies
2 doubles