i bogeyed 18 yesterday to shoot 80...not happy.  79 sounds better.

BTW....first time out.  

Shot a 41 at league tonight. Was killing it off the tee with my 3W. Two crummy putts from shooting in the 30s for the first time ever. 

I had 3 3-putts tonight. My worst hole was a double. Three pars and the rest bogeys. 

posted by justincredible

I had 3 3-putts tonight. My worst hole was a double. Three pars and the rest bogeys. 

bogey golf....always fun

I was cool with it. Had a ton of fun. It was nice not topping my 3W 40 yards every swing like last week when I shot a 49. 

I can never seem to put it all together. 

My driver is usually strong. Now I’m hitting my irons exceptionally well and hitting every green and I’m duck hooking my driver off the tee lol 

i had an exciting round yesterday. 64 on the front and 48 on the back. the greens were WILD fast. the reason i did so much better on the back is that i just used 1 club less than the distance on all approach shots on every hole on the back. I left it short and just chipped it on. I couldn't get anything to stick on the greens.

I’m playing Worthington Hills CC tomorrow. I hate paying 100$ to golf but it’s with some old muskingum college buddies so well worth it IF I play well lol. I’d like to shoot 88 but I’ll take anything under 93

posted by Spock

i bogeyed 18 yesterday to shoot 80...not happy.  79 sounds better.

BTW....first time out.  

79 is 4 shots better than 80

39 is 3 shots better than 40

Golf math

Playing that course today^ looking forward to it. Played it last year but was piss drunk and barely remember it

Hopefully that link worked. I can’t see it anymore but I saw it the first time working. 

Laley—you ever play Lost Marsh?

Where dat?

Just an fyi, sometimes when you paste a youtube link it'll embed the video twice for some reason. It's an issue with the wysiwyg itself, not really something I can control without going through their code. If you see it pop in twice just delete one of them and all is good.

where is that at?

84 (41/43) at Riverby just now. Course was meh, the rain last night left standing water in a few places. Greens were unfathomably slow. Had 2 birds and left a few 10’-15’ putts woefully short, which pissed me off.

posted by SportsAndLady

Hopefully that link worked. I can’t see it anymore but I saw it the first time working. 

Laley—you ever play Lost Marsh?

Have not. In Chicago?

It’s in Munster IN so just south of the IL IN border. It is incredible. Shot a -7 in a scramble. I came 8’inches from my first hole in one. 

Shot a stupid 46 last night to combo with my 41 for a posted 87 to GHIN.

Started out putting like shit but fine off the tee. Then couldn't get off the tee but was nails on the green. Had 3 doubles, 1 triple, and 3 pars. My nemesis hole got me again, and as it does, I tend to suck on the next two holes.

posted by justincredible

Shot a stupid 46 last night to combo with my 41 for a posted 87 to GHIN.

Started out putting like shit but fine off the tee. Then couldn't get off the tee but was nails on the green. Had 3 doubles, 1 triple, and 3 pars. My nemesis hole got me again, and as it does, I tend to suck on the next two holes.

Try playing them a different way to avoid the issues that get you. Maybe hit to 5 irons instead of a driver and hopefully a wedge for example. Do something to change the mindset

I ended up doing that on 9 last night, hit 7 iron off the tee, 9 iron to 8 feet, 2 putt par.

posted by justincredible

I ended up doing that on 9 last night, hit 7 iron off the tee, 9 iron to 8 feet, 2 putt par.

Golf is so darn mental. Most amateurs are bogey golfers and there are endless amount of ways to bogey every hole. I know bogey isn’t the goal but if you are having a good round and you are a 90 golfer....the mental side often overtakes and gets you.

I essentially sucked on every hole today except 18. Even my pars were from chipping it close to save pars. Except I tee off on 18 and rip a baby draw down the middle. 130 out and pure a wedge to about 3 ft. Tap in bird. I’m not sure how you hit 2 perfect shots in a row after messing up the previous 30 or so. 

I played Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport WV yesterday. FUCKING AMAZING course.

Well...my first time out in 2 years. Some of you know I was diagnosed with cervical dystonia last June and  many things haven’t been possible and golf would’ve been impossible. My treatments in May have worked and I tested me myself good with 9 holes of golf. Score didn’t matter, able to get through it did. 6 pars, 3 bogeys and a 38 on a par 35. I’m still king of damage control. I could swing about 85-90% and that’s what I did. Basically had a mess of 155 yard shots in and I can no longer knock an 8 iron there....instead it’s more like an easy 5 iron, but never playing and I’ve lost my iron play so I took the old man utility club I call it (can murder it 210-220) but instead opened up almost like chipping and gave it a soft 2/3-3/4 chip type of swing.....worked several times and when it didn’t I got up and down 2/3 times. Made one long putt and got lucky on a tough number 9 but all in all I was quite happy to be back out there.