84/75 doesn't sound great, but second in A Grade in the midweek medal and in the $ again.
The rough is diabolical.
84/75 doesn't sound great, but second in A Grade in the midweek medal and in the $ again.
The rough is diabolical.
Chopperlink
WITB
Cobra Speedzone::Cobra Speedzone Tour 3 wood, Cobra F6 5 wood: Mizuno H4's, :Mizuno 50, Mizuno MP 56 and 60*:TM Works #7
AndyC will always be my AndyB(unny)
Comp round at Brookwater. Course is starting to look really good, greens are still a little soft after the renos by are rolling well.
BBPPPbXPb-bPPPBXPbP 74/36pts
Nearly a great round, killed by 2 blow ups - double from the bunker on 7, triple from the penalty area on 15.
Chip-in for birdie on 6, nice putt on 9. 50* to a foot on 10, and 'saved' birdie on 17 after running the eagle putt a good 5-6 feet past the hole.
Ordinary 27 points yesterday with 3 or 4 wipes. I was hitting the irons reasonable but the driver was horrible, constantly out of position off the tee. Probably should have just left it alone and used the 3 wood which I was hitting pretty well. Oh well, live and learn.
Today I was at Wynnum with the social club and it was a lot better. Ended up shooting 80 for a nett 64/41 points off their handicap, nett 68 if it was my proper one. Also won the match play final 4&3. I was hitting the driver a lot better today, 8 fairways but just two misses in position Z, both of which I was able to limit the damage to a bogey. 7 greens and 31 putts with a chip in birdie along the way. New pb off the stick for 9 holes (turned at 36) and 18. Nice way to end the weekend
12/11/2022, Wolston Park GC (Scr 65 Sl 107 Par 67), Blue Tees, Par vs SS.
Strokes Gained vs Scratch
Scoring: BPPPBBBPP PPPPPPBB; 39:34:73 (+4:+2:+6) par 1-.
Played to 8.4. Golflink 8.2 (-0.1).
This week, rustiness or a hangover couldn't be used as an excuse for smothering my first drive along the ground again. I did increase distance from 40m to 60m and avoided the hazard this time though, so that's some serious strokes gained...
Driving in general was ordinary again and is starting to become a worry; I'll have to work on it after I've finished on pitching lessons and practice. The rest of the game was good. Plenty of tap in pars, but they just wouldn't drop for a birdie.
I'm not shooting low at the moment, but there is some good consistency to my game. My 5 round self-calculated all rounds played to average, 8.2, is at the lowest it has been for the two years of tracking, and the 10 round average (9.9) isn't far off a 2-year low either. I just want to get that handicap moving lower accordingly, as I've frustratingly only lost 0.1 this whole year so far. Let's blame the weather....
Last edited by AndyP; 14th November 2022 at 12:16 PM.
A ****ing lot left handed Saturday, then a ****ing lot more right handed Sunday.
**** golf.
Played Pennant on Sunday at Innisfail against HMB. If I’m being honest I was a little second hand after a few bottles of red at a BBQ at Solarmans new crib.
A few frothies after being 2dn thru 2 turned the tables in my favour.
Made a ton or birdies against a lone bogey to go 2up through 11 sitting at a few under the card. He got one back when i made a bogey somewhere around 13 or 14.
I then birdied our 16th and 17th holes to close it out at 3 and 1 which I made out to be 4 under the card.
Wednesday comp at Sandy Gallop. Greens were renovated ~2 weeks ago, so are still slow, bumpy and sandy. They'll be able to mow them shorter again soon and they'll be good - although looks like a temporary green is going back in on 6, which is still struggling to come back from the flooding earlier in the year.
PPPPbPPPP-PPPBPPPbP 69/38pts
Hit 13 greens, and had quite a few good looks at birdie, but only sunk 2 putts of any length - an 8 footer for par on 10 and a 20 footer for birdie on 17. The birdie on 5 was a 6 inch kick-in from 110m. Some nice solid golf.
Played at Long Reef yesterday, cracking day, greens were superb, couple of club breeze.
Started well including a 9 iron into the cup for an eagle on 8, then put in a diabolical short game effort post to limp home for 33.
Hard to think of a better clubhouse for a few beers afterwards. Probably should join,
I had a rough 35 points today, just good enough to justify a post.
Rough in two ways. I never felt quite in control of my swing, so a disaster was always just around the corner. I had one total disaster and twice hit 8 iron for my third shot onto a green to save bogey. Also rough were our greens, which are still terrible, and two-paced terrible to make it worse. I holed a lot of 4 foot second putts, and missed a couple as well.
"There are 50 things to remember in the golf swing. Trouble is that I can only remember 49 of them" - Bob Hope.
Gympie GC
DQ I thought I was playing stableford, it was stroke did have two over for my didn’t matter back nine with a stupid missed putt from 2 foot
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
If it aint for sale the right price has just not been offered
19/11/2022, Redcliffe GC (Scr 72 Sl 123 Par 71), Blue Tees, Stableford.
Strokes Gained vs Scratch
Scoring: BBPPBBBPB XPXPBBPBX; 41:47:88 (+6:+11:+17) stab 17:13:30pts.
Played to 12.9. Golflink 8.2 (-0.0).
I'm starting to feel like a home course hero with this run of ordinary scores stacking up away from home, not that Redcliffe played easy with the wind getting pretty strong throughout the afternoon.
Putting was good, but everything else needs improving. I am currently working on partial wedge shots with the pro, but in the short term it has made me worse on any partial swing shots, and this cost me several shots (shanks or poor distance control); strokes gained for 25-100m was -4.5. I got short sided a lot with my misses too, which made it very difficult to get up and down.
Last edited by AndyP; 20th November 2022 at 11:04 AM.
Bit of an ordinary 29 points yesterday. Drove it ok but the rest wasn't great.
36 points today which could have been better if the heat didn't drain me towards the end. Drove it pretty well again but the iron play, short game and putting was better.
I've been getting better distance with my driver lately (and the rest of the clubs really), warmer weather probably helps but I've been working on a small change from my last lesson that I'm getting more used to now. Last few rounds I've averaged about 240m drive distance, getting a few out to 270-280m. Certainly makes the next shot a bit easier.
Forgot to post Sunday's round. Game of two nines. I didn't think I played that badly on the back, but Brookwater punishes you more than SG does if you're a bit off.
PBbPPBPbb-XBBXbBBPX 78/31pts
Played off 0 for the first time this morning, and didn't start well. Ball tried to go for a swim on the first (stayed dry in the penalty area by about a metre), but still made double after hacking it out. Ball succeeded in going for a swim on the 2nd when my second shot clipped a tree. Played OK after that, birdie putts just didn't drop.
XBPBPPPPb-PPPPPPPPP 73/33pts
Monthly medal round at Brookwater off the black tees. Plays a bit longer than the usual gold tees (6500 vs 6100), and the greens were pretty slick - mowed to 10.5 stimp. Two lost balls leading to two 8's on the the first two par 5s, but otherwise played pretty well, with some good up-and-downs. Three putt on the last was a waste.
PBPbPPPXP-BPbXPPPPB 77/72
Three backwards chip outs from completely dead behind trees, a stupid wipe on 15, and 35 points, missing A Grade by 2 due to the aforementioned brain implosion.
Fun day though. Course is dry for the first time in 6 months and is playing brilliantly.
Chopperlink
WITB
Cobra Speedzone::Cobra Speedzone Tour 3 wood, Cobra F6 5 wood: Mizuno H4's, :Mizuno 50, Mizuno MP 56 and 60*:TM Works #7
AndyC will always be my AndyB(unny)
Yesterday was a 4BBB Stableford, only managed 38 points in that. Swing was a bit inconsistent which is pretty much the way on Saturdays at the moment.
Today I had a better day but still only managed 34 points. Was a bit disappointed with that after turning at 36(+2) and 19 points, just got a bit erratic with the approaches on the back. Driver was working pretty well all day other than a couple I lost right, I'm enjoying the extra distance I'm getting from it lately, had 6 iron into a couple of the par 5s which is unfamiliar to me 😂 unfortunately couldn't take full advantage but no damage done with pars on them. Avg distance 256m with a longest of 273, so I was hitting it pretty consistently today.
9/14 fairways, 4 greens (all on the front) and 28 putts. GA dropped by 0.2.
Dropped a shot overnight.
16/20-36, 81 off the stick.
No flags for a few rounds now, the only way is down
Chopperlink
WITB
Cobra Speedzone::Cobra Speedzone Tour 3 wood, Cobra F6 5 wood: Mizuno H4's, :Mizuno 50, Mizuno MP 56 and 60*:TM Works #7
AndyC will always be my AndyB(unny)
39 on Saturday, cored fairways and greens, driving is coming back thank goodness.
Must have played easy, 44 won A Grade.
Tore a muscle down my left side of the ribs and kidney on Tuesday, made swinging a club yesterday f...n painful. Could only swing the driver about 50%, but go a bit harder at the irons. Managed my way around the course, played pretty well and never put myself into trouble.
34 points
No wipes
1 birdie
Picked up a ball in the daily
Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
Had a new PB in the prestigious Sunday ball comp. Had 43 points / 2 over off the stick. It somehow didn't trigger the exceptional round so only lost 0.9 shots instead of 1.9.
Still not sure how it happened, I think was just managing to play golf and not think about it too much. The 4 iron punch game was also on point which helped .
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)