WDYSTM - April 2023

[Kelsey86]

Bit of a return to form on the home track today shooting 78/67 in the monthly medal to win gross and nett for B grade. I think that's the first time I've actually won a grade in medals. Bit scratchy on the front 9 with some good holes and a few not so good to turn with 40(+6). Birdie on 10 brought it back a bit then pars all the way around the back until a silly double on the 18th ruined my chance of going under par over 9 holes for the first time. The putter helped me out a bit with 12 on the back. Almost landed in the hole on 15 from 90 out, it hit the edge then bounced off the flag and ended up a couple of metres from it. 8 fairways, 6 greens, 27 putts. GA back under 9 but not enough to beat my lowest.

[AndyP]

Good to see that watching me play for a couple of rounds has improved your game.

[3Puttpete]

+5 net. So many triples.

[Kelsey86]

Good to see that watching me play for a couple of rounds has improved your game.

So did the lack of opportunities to pull draw tee shots into water 🤣Back again tomorrow off the whites this time, handicap four shots lower than today's.

[WBennett]

40 points off 6.
Three birdies, five bogies, 27 putts.
74 off the Blues is my best ever in 20 years of membership. Bang.

[JoeS]

MM yesterday
78/74 windy and light drizzle
1 birdie
1 wipe
Happy with the score, but the game to get there was horrible
30 putts

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[AndyP]

40 points off 6.
Three birdies, five bogies, 27 putts.
74 off the Blues is my best ever in 20 years of membership. Bang.

Great round, Wayne. Congrats!

[Kelsey86]

30 points today, had a pretty crappy back 9 with 3 wipes after 17 points on the front. Oh well better than working 😜
3 rounds next weekend along with watching the Masters, hopefully I can shoot at least one of them sub 80.

[JoeS]

Then we had round 2 of Pennant today at home vs Elsternwick. Being handicap is shit, I had to give 7 shots today, again. Finished the first 9 and we were all square, but I still had to give 4 more shots on the back 9. We halved the 10th and 11th, before giving another shot on a 142m par 3. I hit my tee shot to 2 feet, he missed the green and conceded my birdie. Failed to get up and down for half, I went 2 up after birdie on 13, 4 up after he put 2 in the water in front of the 16th tee giving me a 4&2 win. I was 2 over and playing some solid golf. We are in 3rd after 2 rounds, but have 2 more home games before we finish with an away game.

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[chappy1970]

Wow, you are in fine form Benno

[BobsYourUncle]

Managed to get 5 birdies on Saturday and still shoot 1 over.

Then shot 79 of a daily of 4 at Pacific Harbour for 33pts yesterday, which isn't bad for the first time playing a tough course. Putter was the hero, and was good off the tee, but let down by poor approaches. If you win a long drive hole with a demo driver, you have to buy the driver, right?

[3Puttpete]

Managed to get 5 birdies on Saturday and still shoot 1 over.

Then shot 79 of a daily of 4 at Pacific Harbour for 33pts yesterday, which isn't bad for the first time playing a tough course. Putter was the hero, and was good off the tee, but let down by poor approaches. If you win a long drive hole with a demo driver, you have to buy the driver, right?

To go with the new putter

[AndyP]

02/04/2023, Wolston Park GC, Blue Tees (Scr 65 Sl 117 Par 67), Stableford.

Strokes Gained (SG) vs Scratch




Scoring: PPPBPBPPP PXPPPbPbP; 37:32:69 (+2:E:+2); stab 18-21-39pts.
Played to 3.9. Golflink 6.3 (-0.7).

Lots of just misses for the first 8 holes, whether it was the drive or the approach, but I managed to get up and down most of the time, although there was one penalty shot. Turned in 2 over, hitting my first GIR on 9, but missed a very gettable bird.
Double bogeyed 11 with a yippy shanked pitch but had started to hit greens otherwise, although it felt a little thin off the irons. Found a really good swing on 15 and birdied two of the last three to shoot even par on the back, and two over for the round, with nine of the last 10 GIR.

Two over is my second lowest score against par, only beaten by my one over at Wolston Park in Jan 2015. Since it is a rolling stableford comp during the week without divisions I'm looking forward to my second best ever score winning a ball in the rundown; still leading after Sunday/Monday though.

I will be changing my username to golfer69 now.

[AndyP]

Two over is my second lowest score against par, only beaten by my one over at Wolston Park in Jan 2015. Since it is a rolling stableford comp during the week without divisions I'm looking forward to my second best ever score winning a ball in the rundown; still leading after Sunday/Monday though.

Someone had a 43 pointer today. Back to second.

[BobsYourUncle]

Wednesday morning comp. If I could stop making bogies I'd be a good golfer. Putted well, but stuffed up a few approach shots. Bogied 13 from 60m out, missed the green from 50m on 14 but got up and down.

PPPPXPbbb-PPPBPbbPB 69/38pts

[PeteyD]

80 off this stick for 39 points (par 70 at the moment). Started with 2 doubles otherwise ok. No birdie putts fell, no 3 putts. First decent round in a while.

[Dazza]

Not I.

But a great round from James Goffman at the Alice Springs Open today.

[JoeS]

31 points today. Wiped 2 holes, no birdies but felt i played better than my score.


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[3Puttpete]

Consecutive wipeless rounds for the first time in living memory.

[Kelsey86]

Didn't really do much of anything in my 3 rounds over the weekend. 29, 25 and 29 again. I did have some fun in the wind the last two rounds though, managed it pretty well today hitting some good drives (8 fairways and several others still in good position) and 9 greens. Unfortunately I forgot how to chip and putt.

[AndyP]

10/04/2023, Oxley GC, White Tees (Scr 70 Sl 116 Par 71), Stableford.

Strokes Gained (SG) vs Scratch


Scoring: BPXPBBPPX BPPPPPPPB; 42:39:82 (+8:+2:+10); stab 12-19-31pts.
Played to 10.7. Golflink 6.3 (-0.0).

I had a virus all weekend, and had already canned my Brookwater round with BYO, but saved some energy to play with some friends at Oxley. I didn't feel quite right, and played like it, plus a few days of being sedantary had stiffened the body up a bit. The irons were out of sorts, and I had six shots from bunkers in the first nine, only to read on a board near the 10th tee that bunkers were out of play. Doh! A lost ball on 9 didn't help, although it likely disappeared into casual water just in the trees on a slushier part of the course.

Got things going on the back nine with seven consecutive pars, the first few from saves, then flushing it for the next four. Nice to comeback and have a tidy score after a poor start, but I'm not liking making a habit of it.

[Kelsey86]

I thought it was only the staked bunkers that were out of play, but I didn't land in many across the 3 rounds.

[AndyP]

I thought it was only the staked bunkers that were out of play, but I didn't land in many across the 3 rounds.

It was on the board near the 10th, where it says which tees comp players and social players play from. It just said "bunkers are out of play", without any qualification about stakes. I assume the other side of the sign facing the first said the same.

[WBennett]

Played Friday in torrential rain. The 7th green at Augusta was how all out greens played, and that's what I will blame my 4 putt and 3 X 3 putts.

31, 3 birdies.

Saturday, perfect day, 33 points, 4 birdies, 2 balls in the drink for wipes.

Now have 6 free hits to get 35 points to get into the 3.* for the first time ever.

Let's go!

[Kelsey86]

It was on the board near the 10th, where it says which tees comp players and social players play from. It just said "bunkers are out of play", without any qualification about stakes. I assume the other side of the sign facing the first said the same.

It would have yeah, but I didn't think to look at it either, I just assumed they were in play unless staked. Fortunately I only landed in the right one on 15.