Golf tournament this weekend

[Curval]

Played in the monthly BGA (Bda Golf Association) Medal this weekend.

Results are in the email I got below:

What a fabulous day for our second last Monthly Medal of the season!  Thank-you to Ocean View Golf Course who hosted the event.  We are wishing a speedy recovery to Betty Ann Sudbury who had to withdraw at the 15th due to injury and hoping that she is fit and ready to play in the Bermuda Seniors Championship to be held at Port Royal from 15th – 17th June.   
 
The results of today’s monthly medal are as follows:
 
Mens Low Gross Winner – Will Haddrell
Mens Low Gross Runner Up – Nicholas Mansell
Mens Low Net Winner – Christopher Morris 
Mens Low Net Runner Up – Derel Alleyne
 
Ladies Low Gross Winner – Pat Morgan
Ladies Low Gross Runner Up – Katyna Rabain
Ladies Low Net Winner – Elizabeth Carpio
Ladies Low Net Runner Up - Ann Symonds
 
Mens Longest Drive - Nicholas Mansell
Mens Closest to the Pin - Will Haddrell
 
Ladies Longest Drive - Tracy Nash
Ladies Closest to the Pin - Ann Symonds
 
Thank-you to everyone for coming out and supporting the BGA and a special thank-you to Goslings who sponsor our Longest Drive and Closest to the Pin prizes.   
 
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My goal for this, my first, season has been accomplished...with only one tournament left in the season. 

Sure it is only a "net" win, next year I will win gross.

[ACE]

Good job man!  I love playing golf. Got a little cut/fade I am trying to work out of my swing, I hate them so much they look ugly to me lol.  I would much rather have that beautiful draw!

[Triton28]

Good job man!  I love playing golf. Got a little cut/fade I am trying to work out of my swing, I hate them so much they look ugly to me lol.  I would much rather have that beautiful draw!

Just do like I do and try to work the ball either way depending on the angle, etc.  That way, you can have a two way miss and have no idea what's going on when you're not 100% on your game.   

On the bright side, it usually leads to me drinking heavily by the time I hit the turn.  That's a good thing, right?   

[Curval]

Drinking and golf don't mix.

1.  It screws up my game entirely
2.  I had a girlfriend almost kill us in a golf cart once after I got drunk and let her drive.  LOL

I tend to hit draws when I swing now.  I wish I could say it was on purpose, but it isn't.

[Triton28]

Drinking and golf don't mix.

1.  It screws up my game entirely
2.  I had a girlfriend almost kill us in a golf cart once after I got drunk and let her drive.  LOL

I tend to hit draws when I swing now.  I wish I could say it was on purpose, but it isn't.

Oh me too.  And for the record I only start drinking once it's clear 80 is but a dream.   

[Curval]

Well, I have been trying to solve parts of my game bits at a time.  I am now confident on my drives, long iron and short irons 100 yards or so out.

Where I am getting very frustrated is getting myself on the green and close from 20 yards out.  On Saturday I was TWICE just off the green in 2 shots on the big par 5s.  One was in a bad lie under a mound of grass and the other was in the bunker.  I walked off both of the holes with 8s.  Ridiculous.  500 yards in 2 shots and 6 shots to get 20 yards. 

I was struggling with the putter recently, but thankfully that was a confidence thing only and I am back in the grove.

[Triton28]

Where I am getting very frustrated is getting myself on the green and close from 20 yards out.  On Saturday I was TWICE just off the green in 2 shots on the big par 5s.  One was in a bad lie under a mound of grass and the other was in the bunker.  I walked off both of the holes with 8s.  Ridiculous.  500 yards in 2 shots and 6 shots to get 20 yards.  

Ehh... bad lie is a bad lie.  Not much you can do except to practice that silly stuff from time to time.  It does pay off though.

As for the close in stuff, are you a "This is my <100 yard club and it is all I use" or are all 14 clubs in play?  I used to be firmly in the former club, but have recently said screw it and started hitting whatever I feel like at that moment will get me dancing.  Paradoxically, this has helped me not think about all the technical stuff so much and seems to be giving more consistent results.   I've hit some wonderful gap wedge pitches lately and have found out that 8/9 irons really are pretty easy to get close in a lot of situations. 

[Curval]

I'll go with what works, but nothing seems to work.  A buddy of mine uses a 7 iron almost exclusively, to chip balls.  He is absolutely deadly around the greens.  I tried one of those and pushed it off the back of the green on Saturday....went back to the lob wedge because I feel more comfortable with it.

I went and hit a bucket of balls yesterday after watching some youtube videos of Phil Mickelson demonstrating his "hinge and hold" chipping technique and may have found my answer.  We'll see.

[Triton28]

I'll go with what works, but nothing seems to work.  A buddy of mine uses a 7 iron almost exclusively, to chip balls.  He is absolutely deadly around the greens.  I tried one of those and pushed it off the back of the green on Saturday....went back to the lob wedge because I feel more comfortable with it.

I went and hit a bucket of balls yesterday after watching some youtube videos of Phil Mickelson demonstrating his "hinge and hold" chipping technique and may have found my answer.  We'll see.

I have the DVD. 

It should give you more consistent contact after you've gotten used to doing it.  After that, it's a matter of picking your spot on the green and hitting it.  The ball should release just like you think it will because your contact won't vary as much.

That's the theory, anyway.   

[Curval]

LOL

I totally understand why you'd have the video.  He makes a pretty compelling case for his method and the results speak for themselves.  (I am dying to try the reverse bunker shot one day, have you seen him do that on the dvd?)

There is a family championship that my youngest son and daughter are planning to play in on Saturday.  (my wife is leaving today to go and pick up my oldest and take him to Miami for a week to reward him for a spectacular year in school abroad, so we are short two players.)  Big pressure for me, it is captain's choice but the kids are too old to take advantage of the fact that ages 0-6 can hit from the 100 yard markers and 7-8 can hit from the 150 mark.  My daugher (the youngest) is now 9.  So, on the par 5s and long par 4s I will have my work cut out for me.  The kids have to hit from the red (lady's) tees. 

Their reaction is funny when I mishit a shot - so dissapointed in me.  "Awwww DADDY!!!"  Meanwhile those who have young kids are hitting shot #2 from less than 100 or 150!!

I can't complain though, we have a few trophies from when they were younger..lol