Week Commencing 31st December 2007

[AndyP]

31/12/2007, Indooroopilly GC Temp 18, Social Round.

7/13 effective tee-shots.
5/18 effective approaches.
6/10 up and down successes.
28 putts.
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2 birdies.
9 pars.
5 bogeys.
2 others.

Score 41-37-78 nett 68 (Par 35-36-71)

I don't recall doing anything too special through the green, some good shots, some not so good. My short game was awesome on the back nine though, generally leaving tap ins from chips and long putts.

Next round: No idea. 2 or 3 weeks time.

[mike]

Played 7 holes this morning on my own starting at 5.20 am. Got to the 14th ( played the back 9 ) and couldn't be bothered walking all the way to the men's tee so I dropped a ball on the ground about 50 metres past the ladies tee. Hit a 3 wood off the ground to about 40 metres short of the green. Hit a gap wedge from there and holed out for an eagle.

Does that count ?

[goughy]

In my book, yeah, sure it does!!!!!

Hey AP, the ravens did the job well today??

[AndyP]

Better than the i3s, but with only 6 irons in the bag (excl Vokey wedges), they don't always get a lot of shots.

[markTHEblake]

I played 9 holes night golf last night. Had a warm up on the range just before and it was quite cyclonic, was hitting 8 irons as best as i could 100m (though a mistimed one probably was going only 80ish)

was looking forward to playing in that much wind as its so much fun to work out how to manage it, and even birdied the 10th (first hole crosswind) but then it started raining and the wind died off a bit. I think it rained 3 or 4 times and it never blew anywhere near as hard as it did before we hit off. So never got to hit any real fun wind shots.

Dissapointing in the end, got a wet bum, and just a crappy night It was just misty showert rain but swirling about so you couldnt use a brolly. Its not much fun with slippery grips and trying to hit over trees from a semi-dark spot in the rough, especially when you hit a palm tree and it never came out

[jimandr]

Sydney weather was almost perfect for us today at Castle Hill. However, my last round of the year was one of my worst. 26 points, with no redeeming features. The claw putting grip is on the way out, as I just can't get the feel and pace of greens. I'm sick of not being able to get 35 footers within 5 feet, and it is usually short, not long.

Fairways = 10 of 14
GIR = 5 of 18
Putts = 38, 4 3putts, no birdies
Up & Down = 1 of 5
Sand Saves = 0 of 4.

[Courty]

On a whim I decided to go out & walk 9 holes (carrying even! ) this afternoon. I played 2 balls on each hole in an effort to work out some ball-striking issues. It certainly worked. It was my best ball-striking effort in a long while. In the 18 holes I played, I made 3 birdies (lipped out another) and 2 bogies. The rest were pars which makes a total of 69 shots for 18 holes (par 35 x 2).

Now I just gotta work out how to do it every time I play.

I'm playing a comp round tomorrow morning which will be a good test.

[amanda]

Played the Rum Corps Golf Course out near Windsor this morning - a little 9 hole course. I think I shot +12 over 8 holes plus one hole where I lost 2 balls and just gave up!

[Courty]

Walking around the shops yesterday I bumped into an old workmate who left Cairns a number of years ago (visiting his family over the holidays). We went out for a hit at Cairns GC this morning in the comp.

Yesterdays afternoons form was noticeably absent. Looking at my stats, there is a definite pattern forming...

Fairways: 7/14
Greens: 7/18
Putts: 34 including a chip-in (3 x 1s/ 3 x 3s)
Putts per GIR: 2.4

The putting has become really frustrating lately. Extremely inconsistent and mainly due to lack of feel/ distance control. Maybe I need a new putter.

[PeteyD]

35 points around nudgee in the monsoon (93 off the stick). 30 putts, 7 fairways. No GIR (not good in a wind ) 4 pars, 2 triples. Played solidly but again had difficulty getting of the tee. Need more practice ...

[AndyP]

The putting has become really frustrating lately. Extremely inconsistent and mainly due to lack of feel/ distance control. Maybe I need a new putter.

I think you need a new signature.

[BrisVegas]

had a casual 9 holes this morning. It's nice to get out first and have the course to yourself. Played 3 balls on the 190m par 3 7th. I tried 4 iron, 3 iron, 3 hybrid. All went about the same distance (180 to just carry the front edge). The 5 wood is about 10 metres longer and is easier to hit. Think i'll stick with 4 iron & 5 wood for now.

[Courty]

I think you need a new signature.

Mike has only ever played with guys who putt worse than me.

[Flowergirl]

Social 9 holes tonight. 42 (par 37). Been playing well the last few weeks - watch me fall in a hole when I play with the Ozgolf boys next week.
Putting has improved - thank God and am hitting the ball solid. It's the shot from 100 meters that is letting me down - but I guess that's the hardest shot to make.

Best thing was Johnny played the best he has for AGES. Some great drives - he was a happy chappy.

[rick3003]

Played in the comp at Strathfield today.

Had 38 points. Even par with 3 to go and I choked. Bogeyed the last 3 holes with a 3 putt on the last.

[goughy]

I am so glad that I left it to today to play my first MM in many years! Started double, double. Then hit a sliced 3 wood off the 3rd back down the 2nd fairway. Find my ball about 2" oob, which is a good effort with a 3 wood. Backup the hill and hook one oob. DQ time!

Stats for the round, bugger me. Too much to count. 2 pars, 4 doubles, 2 triples and on my DQ hole I'd guess at least a quintuple.

Anyone that's played with me will know that m irons are what keeps me in the game! Today they deserted me huge time, and the score reflects that. 40+ putts wouldn't help either. But I played the 4 par 3's at 6 over par. Speaks volumes for my game, since I'm pretty good at paring the 3's.

[Moe Norman]

I shot 90 today for net 84.

I made 10 on the 12th (my 3rd) and 8 on the 13th (my 4th) for consecutive quintuple bogeys.

It was hard to get motivated after that, for the 10 on the Par 5 I was greenside for 2 and for the 8 on the Par 3 I was hitting a greenside pitch for my second shot.

How I managed to walk away with quintuple bogeys on these 2 holes is beyond me!

[goughy]

Oh, forgot two things. I saw a promo poster for the club today that had lots of various shots of people playing golf. The bottom left corner is me putting and wearing my ozgolf shirt. Unfortunately the poster was in the toilets

The second is that I got to the first tee, pulled out my club and went and sat on the chair on the edge of the tee box. I looked down, and realised my shirt was inside out! Oops!!!

[JimBob]

Played MM today, 73 for a nett 66.

Probably the worst I could have shot......14 birdie putts, alas only made 1.

[Courty]

Monthly Medal today also. My story is much like Moe's. I had a couple of doubles, a triple, and a quintuple bogey. Not bothering with stats... it hurts too much to think about it right now.

[Bruce]

Taking the new bats out for their first run on the course today. Perhaps MM day isn't the best time to do this sort of thing.

Disgraceful play. Near tears at some point with how badly I messed up holes. Making doubles after driving to the middle of the fairway. Couldn't buy a putt. If I did that 'distance made' count for the 18 holes I would have made about 5m in putts. I was AWFUL.

Yet still somehow came in with nett 72 (par 71). Expectation is a funny thing. Geez my short game is disgraceful.

[BrisVegas]

77 gross for 39 points today at Pacific Harbour (gold tees). Fairly benign conditions as far as wind goes. Much easier than last year's champs.

12/14 FIR
13 GIR
32 putts (3 x 3-jags)

other highlights... 3 shanks. 2 x bunker lips hit, ie. took 2 goes to extracate. 3 consecutive birdies on back 9. irons were pretty solid. wedge game was good, except the three J-Arthurs... finished double, bogey, triple. noice.

[PeteyD]

Single stab at reddy bay yesterday in constant light rain on a flooded course with tee up. Played solidly, first time ever with no wipes in a round, but did manage 8 x 1 pointers in a row. Went out with 18 points and came home with 11 . On a pleasing note the temporary green on 7 is no more!

[shazza_rs]

Saturday 5/1/08 Nudgee South (Ladies Comp), Single Stab
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37 points (15-21) (1 wash)
Putts: 29+ (5 x 1 Putts; 12 x 2 Putts; 1 hole not finished out)
FW: 10/13
GIR: 3/18
U/D: 5/13 (1 x sand U/D)

8 x Pars; 8 x Bogies, 1 x DBogey; 1 Other (hole not finished out)

Didn't seem to get into too much trouble off the tee. Although i only hit 3/18 GIR, i wasn't going for them on par 4's if i was 150m+ out from the hole, so i was usually laying up and trusting my short game. Seemed to work okay as i had 5 U/D's. The hole i washed was just a stupid 2nd shot followed by a stupid 3rd shot (tee shot went right into the trees and it took me 2 shots to get back into the fairway).

Hcp should drop from 14.4 to 14.1 if CCR is ACR like it should be.

[shazza_rs]

Sunday 6/1/08 Nudgee North, Single Stab
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32 points (14-18 ) (4 x washes)
Putts: 30+ (4 x 1 Putts; 13 x 2 Putts; 1 hole not finished out)
FW: 11/14
GIR: 4/18
U/D: 3/14 (1 x sand U/D)

1 x Birdie; 7 x Pars; 4 x Bogies, 2 x DBogies; 3 x TBogies; 1 Other (hole not finished out)

Didn't seem to get into too much trouble off the tee. Once again, although i only hit 4/18 GIR, i wasn't going for them on par 4's if i was 150m+ out from the hole, so i was usually laying up and trusting my short game. Worked okay again with 3 U/D's but didn't feel as good as yesterday. Game was pretty slow today as we followed a social group; got beyond the joke towards the end as the group 2 infront of us was a group of 5!!

Hcp should go back out 0.1 to 14.2... net 0.2 reduction for the weekend.