Is it Sunday yet? After going to the range on Wednesday, I've been busting to go out on the course.
69 -1 at Brighton Lakes (local track)
78 +6 at Dunheved (with a triple and double)
79 +7 at NSW (blowing 40-50kph then storm off the blacks) but awesome fun
22/11/2020, Wolston Park GC, Stableford.
Stats: 4/11 fairways, 7/18 greens, 32 putts.
Score: PPPBXXBPP PXPPBXXXP; 41:40:81; (+6:+8:+14); stab 15:12:27pts.
Early on, I thought I was finally in for a good round, but it turns out that range form is not the same as course form, and I struggled for consistency for the round. I made par look easy on some holes, then would play absolute trash on the next, especially when the pulls came into my game from who knows where.
The driver wasn't as bad as the fairways stats show, I finally hit some greens, and the putting was solid, without sinking any long ones. Chipping stinks, although I feel that I was short sided for many of my misses.
The 17th is the hardest hole on the course, and for my stats, I'm recording it as a par, but unfortunately my scorecard says differently. A guy in a social group picked up my ball amongst a cluster of 3 (also a Srixon) before I got to the area, and I didn't discover that he had grabbed my Srixon until I was about to putt after my flushed hybrid approach. Wipe, instead of the three points. Two more of our groups balls got picked up on the next hole. Bloody idiot social players!
Next round: As much as I prefer comps, it looks like it will be a Sunday social 18 at Oxley next week at social green fee cost. Blegh! I might look for a comp somewhere on Saturday, as well, in that case.
36 points today. No birdies, a 4 putt and 3 3 putts. Lazy and dumb.
New driver must go ok, I found fairway bunkers I have rarely reached before.
So it should have been better, but I might finally get off my anchor.
Chopperlink
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Callaway Smoke AI::Cobra Speedzone Tour 3 wood, 5 wood: Mizuno H5's, :Mizuno 50, Mizuno 56 and 60*:Odyssey #7
AndyC will always be my AndyB(unny)
35 points at Penrith yesterday off 6
Birdie on the first, missed a 3 footer for bird on the last
TaylorMade 2016 M2 driver proforce V2 STaylorMade 2016 M2 3 woodMizuno mp fli-hi 21*Mizuno mp h4 4-pw KBS c-taper lite 105 rTitleist sm4 50, 54* & 58* Taylormade Itsy Bitsy Spider cs
40 points today, could have been anything.
19 points going out, with 20 putts
21 points coming in, with 17 putts
Should seriously have been 45 points, but I couldn't buy a putt today.
As I've drifted out to 11 for the first time in 15 years and played off 12, I saluted and won A Grade today.
No idea how with such a cold putter, but was very good tee to green
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Srixon 565 - 10.5 deg stiff Miyazaki
Srixon 565 - 15 deg stiff Miyazaki
Srixon H45 - 90gr Stiff Whiteboard
Fourteen DI w/ SPB Stiff
Bridgestone J15CB 4-PW SPB's Stiff
Fourteen MT28 TS Spec 53 & 58 DG Spinner
Piretti Cortino
GOLF Link
BENCH
Drivers/Fairways/Hybrids
Yamaha v202 9.5* - Tourspec x flex
Sonartec SS-03
V Steel 3wd
V Steel 4wd Attas T3 8x
Titleist 585h 19*
Irons
Mizuno MP33 3-P
Putters
Ping Anser, Anser 2, Scottsdale
Wedges
Cleveland 54
Fourteen 48
I think it was about 10am to 11:30 or something. My group teed off around 10:40. Played off 15 today and ended up making my goal of over 30 points with 34 from 89 off the stick with two wipes to finish 4th. I was +5 after 9 holes but started getting tired in the last 5 or 6 holes and got a little erratic. I was hitting the driver pretty well although some rolled off the edge of fairways so I only hit 5 but had good looks at the green from most of the others. Also hit 5 greens but was pretty happy with how I hit the short irons despite that. No shanks, topped or chunked ones. Overall pretty happy with the round, had a few lately that have been pretty crap.
32. 3 wipes, 1 birdie.
Most notable was a 3 putt par on the par 5 8th.
I'd be tempted not to post another woeful score, this time 27 points, particularly not one with 39 putts ans zero 1 putt greens.
But something happened to me today that should never happen to a remotely competent golfer. I can't call myself competent after hitting the wrong ball WHILE IN A BUNKER. I was irritated that a wicked bounce put my ball into the bunker and not next to the flag, and while another player was driving back down the fairway to replay a lost ball I thought I'd play first to get my ball out of the way. I didn't even consider that my ball, which had rolled into the bunker, would be further into the bunker than the other ball, which went in on the fly. Round ruined, and a lesson learned.
"There are 50 things to remember in the golf swing. Trouble is that I can only remember 49 of them" - Bob Hope.
Thankfully, relatively normal service has been resumed after three horrendous putting rounds in a row. A pleasing 35 points for me today, with a few putts holed and two genuine up and downs. One bunker disaster wipe, but apart from that, a good day and a badly needed flag round (now that I'm not handicap farming.
The sad point is that I may have finally worked my putting out, only for the greens to get torn up and resanded next week.
"There are 50 things to remember in the golf swing. Trouble is that I can only remember 49 of them" - Bob Hope.
PePPPPPPB-BPBPBbPPB
73 gross for 40 points... except we're not running comps at the moment. I'm still counting it as my lowest ever round, it was played in the same conditions.
Good putt on the second after a monster off the tee left me ~150 out for my first eagle on that hole. Birdie putt lipped out on 6, and fluffed a chip on 9.
I enjoyed the slightly heavier shaft in the M5 (Hzrdus smoke 70), with 3 280+ drives. A couple of pushes, but only 1 miss really cost me. U510 was again solid off the tee.
WITB
Driver: Ping G430 LST 10.5 w Tensei Orange AV Raw 65g S
5 Wood: Ping G425 w Tensei Orange AV Raw 75g S
7 Wood: Ping G430 w Alta CB 65g S
4 hybrid: Ping G w Alta R
Irons: 5-PW Ping i210 w PX LZ 5.5
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM8 50-10*, SM8 58-10*
Putter: 2022 Bettinardi BB-8W, 35 inch
Bag: Jones Original Carry Bag
Thanks. Too early to say for sure, but possibly. I don't think the M5 is longer than the ST190, I just feel a bit more in control. Which probably lets me swing a bit harder and hit it a bit further.
Thanks. Yes, a few things are starting to come together at the moment, iron striking is the best it's ever been, putting is solid, and I'm playing well off the tee. Having a driving iron that I know I can hit well is helping there, lowering risk on some holes where 200m in the fairway is plenty.
fine form BYU, fingers crossed that handicap gets super low by the time Champs 2020 v.2.0 comes around
Otherwise you may as well hang onto the jacket until November
Covid is just a worldwide plot by BYU to eliminate golf competitions in SA as he hits peak form whilst his cap does not drop any further to put himself in prime position prior to Ozgolf champs. Change my mind.
WITB
Driver: Ping G430 LST 10.5 w Tensei Orange AV Raw 65g S
5 Wood: Ping G425 w Tensei Orange AV Raw 75g S
7 Wood: Ping G430 w Alta CB 65g S
4 hybrid: Ping G w Alta R
Irons: 5-PW Ping i210 w PX LZ 5.5
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM8 50-10*, SM8 58-10*
Putter: 2022 Bettinardi BB-8W, 35 inch
Bag: Jones Original Carry Bag
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