WDYSTM - February 2021

[Hatchman]

I haven't had a round in February. I just wanted to mess with Jims OCD and start the month

[Steve57]

I haven't had a round in February. I just wanted to mess with Jims OCD and start the month

You had better rename it by adding the year to the title, otherwise he may start another!!

[Hatchman]

You had better rename it by adding the year to the title, otherwise he may start another!!

Great call - done

[backintheswing]

First comp game for 3 months due to injury

32 off 1

[jimandr]

I don't want to be the threadstarter. But I do like to whinge when people post in the wrong month.

There will also be some whingeing from me in this report, even though I had 38 points.

I hit the ball really well, and blew a couple of scoring opportunities by leaving putts from just off the green well short. But I hit a lot of really good shots with the long clubs. 3 wood distance from the green? No problem. I hit GIR with 3 wood 4 times.

Here's the whinge. In amongst all the good play were two shanks, both from 30 metres out, when I was looking for up and down and more glory.

[Hatchman]

I don't want to be the threadstarter. But I do like to whinge when people post in the wrong month.

There will also be some whingeing from me in this report, even though I had 38 points.

I hit the ball really well, and blew a couple of scoring opportunities by leaving putts from just off the green well short. But I hit a lot of really good shots with the long clubs. 3 wood distance from the green? No problem. I hit GIR with 3 wood 4 times.

Here's the whinge. In amongst all the good play were two shanks, both from 30 metres out, when I was looking for up and down and more glory.

Sounds like the Golf Gods put you in you place when giving in to the Sin of Greed.

[MAZA68]

3/02/2020 Gungahlin Lakes GC - Stroke - Nett 71

Stats: 100% Fairways, 56% Greens - 34 Putts
Score PPDPPBPPP PBPPPDPBP 39:40:: 79 (+3:+4:+7) Slope 127 Scratch 71

Good solid round today on a course that I have never played before, so pretty happy with that!
Some poor putting cost today, with two 3 putts and some poor execution on a few birdie opportunities, although one did a 360 of the hole and would not drop.
The blokes I played with gave some good advice on the lines to hit and I managed to stick most of them.

[BobsYourUncle]

A better round this morning.

BbPBBPPbP-PPPPPPBPB 74/37pts

Driver was good - only miss that really cost me was on the 1st, and a less bad 2nd shot probably could've salvaged par. And maybe 15, where I wasn't able to go for the green in 2. Irons & wedges were really good.

Disappointed to only get 1 birdie between holes 7 and 13 - GIR on each, all within 15-20 feet, and only made 1 of them. The miss on 7 was horrible, paying too much attention to where my son was (he was being still & well behaved, I didn't need to worry) and not enough focus on the 3 foot putt. Oh well.

[Flavzz]

A better round this morning.BbPBBPPbP-PPPPPPBPB 74/37ptsDriver was good - only miss that really cost me was on the 1st, and a less bad 2nd shot probably could've salvaged par. And maybe 15, where I wasn't able to go for the green in 2. Irons & wedges were really good.Disappointed to only get 1 birdie between holes 7 and 13 - GIR on each, all within 15-20 feet, and only made 1 of them. The miss on 7 was horrible, paying too much attention to where my son was (he was being still & well behaved, I didn't need to worry) and not enough focus on the 3 foot putt. Oh well.

Very solid mate!

[Hatchman]

MM at North Haven in strong wind with showers on and off throughout the day.
Golfs a funny game.
No blemishes on th card and was 1 under after 7. Finished the 9 with 2 bogies.
Boarded the bogey train and got off at the 13th with Par then stepped off the platform at Par 3 14th with a double after 2 chunked fat shots and a miss from 4 foot to save bogey.
Then went birdie par in a token effort to save the wreck only to throw it away finishing with a double and a bogey.
1 over on the front and 7 over on the back. I can still smell the handbrake burning now

[Flavzz]

MM at North Haven in strong wind with showers on and off throughout the day.Golfs a funny game.No blemishes on th card and was 1 under after 7. Finished the 9 with 2 bogies.Boarded the bogey train and got off at the Par 3 14th with a double after 2 chunked fat shots and a miss from 4 foot to save bogey.Then went birdie par in a token effort to save the wreck only to throw it away finishing with a double and a bogey.1 over on the front and 7 over on the back. I can still smell the handbrake burning now

Seems to be some signs of good golf in there Hatch.

[Hatchman]

Seems to be some signs of good golf in there Hatch.

Was like I’d wound the clock back 12yrs for nine at least.
Apart from stuffing 14 with the fat shots all the dropped shots were short game. Really bad chip shots, good putts that weren’t good enough burning the edge and one bad pulled putt. All the chips were from not a long way off the green.
2x bladed
2x chunked
Every drive was in play

[JoeS]

First round of match play knockout,got the job done 3&1.I had to give 2 shots,was able to halve the first shot hole with a tidy par,but couldn't do the same with a par on the second shot hole.Played steady golf,then made a move with 6 to go.
Next week I am giving up 15 shots,any tips

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[3Puttpete]

First round of match play knockout,got the job done 3&1.I had to give 2 shots,was able to halve the first shot hole with a tidy par,but couldn't do the same with a par on the second shot hole.Played steady golf,then made a move with 6 to go.
Next week I am giving up 15 shots,any tips

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Ask those basketball kids. Their coach seems to know what he’s doing.

[PeteyD]

88/72 in medal today. Putted like Stevie Wonder ...

[backintheswing]

34 off 1 in my second game back, birdie putts keep burning the edge.

[3Puttpete]

Heaps. Narrowly avoided raising the bat.

[AndyP]

07/02/2021, Jindalee GC, 9h Social.

Stats: 1/6 fairways, 3/9 greens, 16 putts.
Score: BPPXBXPPP; 39 (+6); Played to 6.3.

Arrived at the club, then drove back home to get my golf shoes. An ordinary start, that continued with the golf game. Bad driving, shocking hybrids and several putts burning the edge made it tough work The highlight of the round was having a five iron back after a year of having it as an annoying gap in the bag, then flushing the first one onto the green. A few pars to finish on the easy holes stopped a complete blowout.

Next round: I was playing Gailes on Tuesday, but my partner pulled the pin, so I'll probably wait until next Saturday at Lowood now.

[AndyP]

13/02/2021, Lowood GC, Stroke/Stableford/Flag.

Stats: 3/14 fairways, 7/18 greens, 35 putts.
Score: BBBBPBPPP XBBXPPXPP; 41:44:85 (+5:+8:+13); Stab 17:12:29pts; Flag 217m from tee in left trees on 17th. Played to 16.4.

That was a bit of a deflating round, where I couldn't get any part of my game going. I'm sick of missing with the driver to both sides, but then my approaches were off and kept short siding myself, so my short game never had a chance; not that I was draining putts anyway. Maybe I'm just overthinking things out on the course at the moment.

Next round: Wolston Park on Sunday.

[jimandr]

I had a rain stopped play round last Wednesday, and I was looking at the same outcome today, after a bad start and rain starting to fall. But instead of getting worse on the holes near the clubhouse, where the temptation is to pull the pin, it cleared up and I played a good back 9.

32 points doesn't sound like much, but I actually played well considering a wet course, no run on the fairways and a strong breeze. Only the early missed putts cost me a good round.

[AndyP]

18/02/2021, Oakey GC, Solo.

Stats: 5/13 fairways, 4/18 greens, 27 putts.
Score: PXBPPBbPB PXPPBBXPP; 39:43:32 (+4:+7:+11). Played to 13.2.

I'm still struggling with drives and approaches, although 40kph winds didn't help, but scrambled around okay except for a couple of holes where a shank from good position destroyed the hole. The low chip and putter were going alright though.

Next round: Wolston Park on Sunday.

[AndyP]

21/02/2021, Wolston Park GC, Blue Tee, Stableford.

Stats: 6/11 fairways, 6/18 greens, 31 putts.
Score (B9 first): PBBPPPBXP PBBBBPBBP; 37:41:78 (+5:+6:+11). Played to 13.7.

Much better ball striking today, with one of the best days with the current driver, and some good iron shots too, particularly off the tee. Unfortunately, there was the occasional shocker that crept in costing shots. Positive signs though.

Pace of play today was "interesting". First off the 10th in a group of two, getting around that nine in under 90min, then we had a 30+ min wait before we could tee of the first, and the second nine took an additional 2.25 hr. Painful!

Next round: Same again next Sunday.

[AndyP]

28/02/2021, Wolston Park GC, Blue Tee, Stableford.

Stats: 3/11 fairways, 5/18 greens, 32 putts.
Score (B9 first): PPXPXBPBB PPXXXBPBP; 39:44:83 (+7:+9:+16). Played to 19.0.

When it went wrong, it went very wrong. Five doubles or worse, including a stretch of three in a row. Possibly a coincidence that it might have taken about an hour to play those three holes; seriously ****ing slow back nine (2h45m).

The improvement since my return has well and truly stopped now. There is a good swing somewhere in there, but I'm just not finding it enough at the moment.

Next round: Definitely not the same again next Sunday. Maybe a social hit at Gailes on Sunday afternoon.

[Toxic]

2man Ambrose
Tocumwal

Nett Scores
64 Saturday
63 Sunday

[Flavzz]

35 points today off 14 at Thaxted.(20/15)

Bogeyed the first and then played a great 5 hole stretch of consecutive pars which left me at +1 through 6 holes. I thought I had the ball on a string at this point. Then as it often does my game off the tee left me. Seems none of the practice yesterday found its way into my game. Hit some bad hooks and left myself no second shots. I still managed to make good pars and bogies with solid iron play and putting. A couple double bogies in the last 3 holes is also getting way too familiar. I didn't miss anything within 5 feet all day on the greens. If I could have kept it on the fairway I'm pretty sure I would have been on the verge of breaking 80. Anyway, some good steps in the right direction.