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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: RedTop on April 29, 2008, 05:35:57 PM
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Ok...been playing and practicing like crazy....And this last week and a half...been playing welllllll....very well....So today I tee'd it up with the guys I play with and couldn't really get a fair match...So I told em I'd play them 3 against me. Their best ball against my score.
Here's thier score....
3 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 3 = 33 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 = 35 68 3 under
My Score....
4 4 5 2 5 4 3 3 3 = 33 3 3 2 4 4 3 4 6 4 = 33 66 5 under
LOLOLOL they were
As you can see I beat em pretty good.....6 birdies in a row will help tho
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On Xbox or PC? :lol
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On Xbox or PC? :lol
Putt-putt
NUTTZ
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On Xbox or PC? :lol
No... :lol Here www.Starranchgolf.com
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Who was keeping score?
I agree you won but you need to check your math or typing skills ... or theirs? ;)
Out winter browns are just turning green again. Time to get out the orange practice balls ... they show up well in the snow. :D:D:D
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With those scores you could turn pro...or are you already a pro?
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That looks like my 9 hole score.
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Good stuff RT! That course looks like it can get a tad windy...
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I played two rounds this weekend.
My driving and approach shots are really starting to come around, but my putting kept my scores high. Couldn't sink a putt in either round.
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I played two rounds this weekend.
My driving and approach shots are really starting to come around, but my putting kept my scores high. Couldn't sink a putt in either round.
Rounds like that can be hair pullers. On the other hand just take some good from hitting it better and work on your putting a bit.
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shoot, I had made a funny comment in this one, it got deleted :(
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shoot, I had made a funny comment in this one, it got deleted :(
yes ya did....try again :lol
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I played two rounds this weekend.
My driving and approach shots are really starting to come around, but my putting kept my scores high. Couldn't sink a putt in either round.
I'm generally the opposite; My driving sucks, short game is good, putting is great.
I'm going out this Sunday with my neighbor at dark-thirty just so I don't feel embarassed. Since kids, I've played about 5 times. I used to be a 14 handicap (not bad for a redneck...)
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finding that majic time when all is right with the golfin gods....is tough. :pray alot....it doesnt really help , but makes ya feel better. :D
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Nice loops top!
I'm up to 7 rounds this year.
1.) A number that shall not be named, starts with a "9" and included a new personal record 5 lost golf balls. On my old home course no less! :furious
2.) 87 http://www.darbycreekgolf.com/sites/courses/view.asp?id=423&page=12111
3.) 84 http://www.lakemichiganhills.com/
4.) 85 http://www.berrienhills.com/
5.) 82 http://www.tattersallgolfclub.com/layout9.asp?id=161&page=2652
6.) 74 (doesn't really count, was a Par 68) http://www.calntownship.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={1352C162-0D6D-466F-AEAF-32C5EE06C1AA}
7.) (today) 77 with a loaner putter, demo driver and shared my co-pilot's clubs since I left mine at home. http://www.eagleslandinggolfclub.net/home/index.php
The best part is, 5 of the 7 went on the company card! :rock
I've had more fun than I could imagine as opposed to being a better than 2 handicap once upon a time and having no fun whatsoever. That's not stopping me from going to the driving range a few times to look for what I once had :D It's coming around though, like riding a bike. Course management is still there, putting is zeroing in and my tee ball is finding the fairway. Middle irons and touch around the greens is still on vacation and an up/down turned 2 putt is where I'm adding strokes. Hitting poor iron and approach shots is putting me into that position.
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LOL Golfer I'm playing Darby Creek next Monday in an Apprentice Event... never seen it could use some local knowledge to beat up on the chodes up there.
:pray
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Stang...email addy...got some business to send ya.
Golfer,
I'm having a blast to be honest. Hitting balls is just as much fun to me as playing. (genuine fruitcake)....Stang is actually helping me out with an issue I'm having.
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I've played it I'd say more than 100 times through high school.
Best round for me was 66 and the worst was...well...listed above :confused:
Front side is links style, back is woods.
#1. The center of the green from the tips should be left center of the cart path as it goes over the hill, it's drivable with bunkers right and heather sure to allure any ball gone astray.
#2. If you hit a draw start your tee shot right down the middle of the two fairway bunkers. 260 to carry and you've got fairway for days on the other side.
#3. I always thought it played about a half club longer than is listed in the yardage. Never stopped me from trying to mash on the "right" club and come up short a third of the time.
#4. Nice par 5 that you might think twice about going for in two. Fee free to swing for the fences but watch overdoing it and coming over the top. OB and a corn/soybean field guarded by a wooden fence hinder the search for your wayward ball. Greenside bunkers guard against rolling it up and a 300 yard tee shot leaves you over 250 to carry every inch of the way.
#5. Short par 4 usually into the wind from the southwest. Careful of squirting out to the right because there's a fairly long fairway bunker to catch your ball if you stray right of the fairway for your sand wedge layup.
#6. Wail away, just don't hit that fairway bunker on the left. The fairway narrows to not much right where the bunker is so accuracy is paramount if you want any chance of getting home in two.
#7. Was always a nice easy 8 iron. If you're like me and have a tendency to hit your nice easy 8 iron heavy, you'll be getting a fair test of your greenside bunker skills.
#8. Carry the water anywhere left of the center of the lake and leave yourself an uphill short iron.
#9. A fair par 4 that works well with a draw. Start it up the left quarter of the fairway and leave yourself an 8 iron into the green. Don't miss right, there are bunkers. Don't miss left, there's heather.
#9.5. If they're still using all-beef franks, have a hot dog!
#10. Hope you brought your sunscreen because this hole is a beach! Not really, it's a mid-long iron off the tee and a wedge into the green. Greenside bunkers, heather and you're getting ready to bid farewell to the scottish links side of Darby Creek. Slight uphill shot into the green IIRC and there's a rise just ahead of the green making the actual putting surface blind.
#11. Don't be short, long, right or left. Plays into the wind 90% of the time so that mid iron has a tendency to stick very well if you pick the right one.
#12. Stay on the right half of the fairway for the best angle into the green. Trees right are tighter than the trees on the left. You'll have a downhill lie into the green which will be ~50' under your elevation.
#13. Mid length par 4 with a fairly tight fairway and trees lining both sides. Left half of the fairway if you can gives you the best option into the undulating green protected by bunkers. Humpty bumps down the right hand side in the rough, don't be there unless you're on a dirt bike.
#14. If you can carry the fairway bunker then you're my hero. As far and as right as possible gives you the best chance at getting home safely in 2 but you need a 300 yard carry to do it. I'd start it at the left edge of the bunker and be happy with a 6 iron in. Carry the bunkers, I've been in every single one...be sure to tell them I said hello.
#15. Wouldn't you just know that the fairway narrows near the fairway bunker...really. 300 gets you an easy wedge into the green. Throw a dart and make a birdie.
#16. Safe play is middle right to the green. If there's a sucker pin to the left then I'm a sucker and usually quack my way into the sand on the left thanks to the wind from the right. Not a lot of green to work with if you do that and the further away you are the better you'll be able to place a sand shot with lots of spin. If you actually hit the green as the game intends, the green slopes back to front and don't be above the hole.
#17. Let 'er rip! Another decent par 5 that will be having you wondering "why" when you're walking up the greenside bunker because you hit a 3 wood into it. Simple, straightforward hole that will eat your lunch if they've grown in the rough and I've never had a "member bounce" out of the trees, FWIW.
#18. Pretty straighforward hole. Back into the links world now with heather/undulation to the right. 300 gets you an 8 iron into the green which slopes from back to front yet again. Water left that shouldn't be a problem unless, you guessed it, you hang your iron up and the wind blows it away. Ask me how I know.
I'd even caddy for you but I'll just be getting back from a trip to Naples, FL. With my golf clubs this time :D
I think you'll like the course. When it's in good condition (now should be PERFECT) it's every bit of country club quality and it's a nice little gem in the middle of Hickville, OH.
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Good to hear top. I'm trying to find a course to call home in my new area but they're either private and WAAAY out of my pay grade or they're dog tracks.
Can't seem to find a good balance because I need a practice tee. I want to hone my game down but this time it's for myself, not for competition. I don't like playing sloppy even though I'm having a good time doing it.
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I leave tomorrow to go to Miami. Going to a conference. Naturally the first event of the conference is a golf tournament (which should be standard for any accounting conference). It is a captain's choice which is my favourite format and I return this year after being on the winning team last year in Atlanta.
We are staying and playing at the Biltmore...ever played there?
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Well I played the event at Darby Creek today, lost by a shot to finish 2nd shooting 71 in the howling wind. Played fairly tough being so windy but I shoulda torched it... been so busy at work getting ready for our member guest and our head pro took a month off for his new baby and it's been killing my sharpness not being able to play except in Monday events. I putted like a frikkin blind man today, like I have been all month. If you want to see how to turn a 65 into a 71 then today woulda been the day to see it, arrrg. I feel like venting so I'll go hole by hole on what you wrote up.
Thanks for the write up it did help.
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I've played it I'd say more than 100 times through high school.
Best round for me was 66 and the worst was...well...listed above :confused:
Front side is links style, back is woods.
#1. The center of the green from the tips should be left center of the cart path as it goes over the hill, it's drivable with bunkers right and heather sure to allure any ball gone astray.
Ripped a high cut off the tee to get it in play w/ driver, had 92 yards in into a stiff breeze, pin front right. Debated between full 54 or flip PW, hit the flip PW and it cut through the wind to the back f the the green (grr). Rolled the 30 footer over the edge, tap in par.
#2. If you hit a draw start your tee shot right down the middle of the two fairway bunkers. 260 to carry and you've got fairway for days on the other side.
Lost driver right, ended up 85 yards out in the right rough, decent lie crosswind left to right pin on top the middle shelf. Good 60 deg to 8 feet, played a hair too much break from the right tap in par.
#3. I always thought it played about a half club longer than is listed in the yardage. Never stopped me from trying to mash on the "right" club and come up short a third of the time.
Dead into a big wind, knocked a 4 iron to a back pin, again knifes through the wind and goes over by 10 yards. Good lob shot and can a 6 footer for par (wow I actually made one frikking put today)
#4. Nice par 5 that you might think twice about going for in two. Fee free to swing for the fences but watch overdoing it and coming over the top. OB and a corn/soybean field guarded by a wooden fence hinder the search for your wayward ball. Greenside bunkers guard against rolling it up and a 300 yard tee shot leaves you over 250 to carry every inch of the way.
Played downwind, hit a high skanker left fairway to 240 out. Pin back left but severe downwind so hit a floater 4 iron but kinda skanked it right, went just through the green, easy bump and run almost canned it, birdie.
#5. Short par 4 usually into the wind from the southwest. Careful of squirting out to the right because there's a fairly long fairway bunker to catch your ball if you stray right of the fairway for your sand wedge layup.
Stinger driver into the wind, 55 yards left to a center left pin. Oh is my feel gone, took what I thought was a 60 yard swing and it went 35 yards, doh. Two putt from 35 feet, wasted opportunity. Gah.
#6. Wail away, just don't hit that fairway bunker on the left. The fairway narrows to not much right where the bunker is so accuracy is paramount if you want any chance of getting home in two.
Wailed away right of the bunker, 204 yards in (used the bushsnell yardage finder all day :aok) Wind hard from the right, unloaded on a 6 iron way high and landed 18 feet short of the stick on the green. Horrible putt but left a tap in birdie.
#7. Was always a nice easy 8 iron. If you're like me and have a tendency to hit your nice easy 8 iron heavy, you'll be getting a fair test of your greenside bunker skills.
Wind hard from the left, pin middle left, chipped the 7 iron to keep it down and control the spin. Best swing all day, nestled 8 feet left of the stick pin high crisp as can be. Another horrible stroke pulled it and missed. Par.
#8. Carry the water anywhere left of the center of the lake and leave yourself an uphill short iron.
Had no idea where to hit it lol. Played 3 wood trying to carve it around but be safe but tugged it into the mound through the fairway. 178 yards in to a back pin dead downwind from the rough, took a 130 yard swing with a wedge and it went over the green it was so downwind haha. Easy up and in 4.
#9. A fair par 4 that works well with a draw. Start it up the left quarter of the fairway and leave yourself an 8 iron into the green. Don't miss right, there are bunkers. Don't miss left, there's heather.
Guided draw w/ driver to 115 yards, fanned a sand wedge right (grr), good chip and tap in 4.
#9.5. If they're still using all-beef franks, have a hot dog!
34 going out, Only two birds on two par 5's, coulda been a lot lower. Oh well...
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Cont...
#10. Hope you brought your sunscreen because this hole is a beach! Not really, it's a mid-long iron off the tee and a wedge into the green. Greenside bunkers, heather and you're getting ready to bid farewell to the scottish links side of Darby Creek. Slight uphill shot into the green IIRC and there's a rise just ahead of the green making the actual putting surface blind.
Fan driver right, ended up pin high right but 50 yards away, but dead into the wind for the pitch. Another feeless pitch that went 18 feet past, the I 3 jack the thing lol. Bogey on a driveable par 4 lol. Now I'm mad.
#11. Don't be short, long, right or left. Plays into the wind 90% of the time so that mid iron has a tendency to stick very well if you pick the right one.
Fan 6 iron to the right rough off the green, bad chip and crappy putt from 6 feet for bogey. Crap. Now utterly pissed. Gone from shoulda been way under par to even. %^&&
#12. Stay on the right half of the fairway for the best angle into the green. Trees right are tighter than the trees on the left. You'll have a downhill lie into the green which will be ~50' under your elevation.
Dead downwind, worried driver can reach the pond greenside so I stinger a 3w that ends up 70 yards out to a tucked front pin. Too close to spin it enough dead downwing, it lands pinhigh but so downwind it careens all the way over the green down the slope. Hit a great pitch (finally) and it rolls over the edge for a tap in par.
#13. Mid length par 4 with a fairly tight fairway and trees lining both sides. Left half of the fairway if you can gives you the best option into the undulating green protected by bunkers. Humpty bumps down the right hand side in the rough, don't be there unless you're on a dirt bike.
Slight scare wind hard from the right I tug the driver left but it stays in. Great soft 125 yard Pw to 10 feet, followed by another great putt and a tap in par. Waste another one why don't ya, Dave!
#14. If you can carry the fairway bunker then you're my hero. As far and as right as possible gives you the best chance at getting home safely in 2 but you need a 300 yard carry to do it. I'd start it at the left edge of the bunker and be happy with a 6 iron in. Carry the bunkers, I've been in every single one...be sure to tell them I said hello.
Wind hard from the right, try to keep driver low left and hit it too far left but fine in the left rough. Buried lie to a center right hole location w/ raging crosswind from 185 yards. Felt the lie out and decided to unload on a high cut 8 iron hoping for a jumper. Nuke it and it lands on the front right and nestles up 7 feet from the hole. Rediculous I got it to stop from the lie. So then what? Left the 7 footer for eagle dead in the heart 1 inch short rofl. Birdie. handsomehunk!
#15. Wouldn't you just know that the fairway narrows near the fairway bunker...really. 300 gets you an easy wedge into the green. Throw a dart and make a birdie.
Driver to right center of fairway to 130 yards. Wind now opposite hard from the right, pin front left. Wind is so hard I actually aim right of the green w/ a Pw to the left hole location. Hit it nicely and it still ends up left of the hole and sucks off the green into the fringe about 12 feet away. No biggie, still an good look. Except I half flub the shot and skank it in for a par. Keep wasting shots amazinhunk...
#16. Safe play is middle right to the green. If there's a sucker pin to the left then I'm a sucker and usually quack my way into the sand on the left thanks to the wind from the right. Not a lot of green to work with if you do that and the further away you are the better you'll be able to place a sand shot with lots of spin. If you actually hit the green as the game intends, the green slopes back to front and don't be above the hole.
Dead into the wind, had to knock a 6 from 169 and fan it a bit right, hits the mound right and spins right down the slope. Pin is right side of the green so I'm shortsided w/ a pitch running away downwind, hit it decently to 6 feet off a thin lie. Oh the putter again... miss, make bogey. Fudge.
#17. Let 'er rip! Another decent par 5 that will be having you wondering "why" when you're walking up the greenside bunker because you hit a 3 wood into it. Simple, straightforward hole that will eat your lunch if they've grown in the rough and I've never had a "member bounce" out of the trees, FWIW.
A little red bellybutton in this swing, hit driver to 207 yards away in the fairway. Pin middle right behind the bunker, rip a 5 Iron into the left-right crosswind at the left side of the green and it cuts back perfectly and ends up 10 feet from the hole, again, for eagle. Don't even sniff it, powered thru the break. Nice two putt birdie again love muffin.
#18. Pretty straighforward hole. Back into the links world now with heather/undulation to the right. 300 gets you an 8 iron into the green which slopes from back to front yet again. Water left that shouldn't be a problem unless, you guessed it, you hang your iron up and the wind blows it away. Ask me how I know.
Driver to 167 yards, pin left into the wind, rip 7 iron to 25 feet (didn't let it hang hehe) then skankily get it in in two for par.
back nine 37, total of 71.
I'd even caddy for you but I'll just be getting back from a trip to Naples, FL. With my golf clubs this time :D
I think you'll like the course. When it's in good condition (now should be PERFECT) it's every bit of country club quality and it's a nice little gem in the middle of Hickville, OH.
Loved the course, the kind I can eat alive if I'm scoring well. You weren't kidding that it's in the middle of nowhere though haha.
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Hiya Stang.....Played today with local guy whose interested in being my swing coach....known him 22 years or so. Shot 3 under in a 20+ wind. Putted much like you. 68 from the blue tees. Played the Blacks yesterday...Only 9 tho as it was SLOWWWWW....2:40 for 9 holes is to long for me on a Sunday with things to do. Shot 1 under. Your tip about staying on the inside of that right leg is paying dividends. Still need to work on it more tho.
Rolex...thanks for the advice as well.
Stang,
find a Job in Texas.....It's golf year round here with a few days off for some chilly weather....dang sure not like in Ohio. :lol