Broke 90! 2 pars on front 9, 3 pars on back 9. Ball striking very solid; staying connected. Putting needs improvement (several a few inches short); accelerate thru. Sand shots need practice (1 in and 1 short); get 60 degree wedge. 6 iron very solid; 4 hybrid pulling, so practice unused 5 iron.
Shot 106 at my home course today. Here’s the scoring breakdown: Fairways hit: 10 / 14 Greens in regulation: 0/18 Up and Downs: 2 /18 Putts: 35 3-Putts: 2 Penalty strokes: 2 (1 water, 1 lost ball) Hit perfect wedge shots all afternoon, hitting full swing and pitches perfectly solid. Also used my new putting [...]
Shot 96 today. Have previously shot 96 on this course, but from forward men’s tees, this time from the middle tees (extra 420 yds). My 3 wood and irons have been solid, so the extra distance was no problem. Had one birdie and four pars. Also hit a record six (6) greens in regulation! 9/14 [...]
Shot 54 on the front 9 today. The good: a) Hit 70% of fairways. b) Hit solid three woods, from tee and from turf. c) Chip shots were mostly solid. The bad: a) Had 22 putts b) Mishit 2 chips from uneven lies (1 uphill, 1 downhill) c) Mishit 1 PW tee shot on par [...]
Played nine holes today and struck the ball very solidly, maybe the best I’ve ever done on the course. PW through 4 hybrid, tee to fairway to rough, every full swing shot connected well and was long and high. Most shots were straight, some had a slight fade. Hit 70% of fairways. Also putted fairly [...]
Shot a new personal best of 96 today! I’ve had several 9-holes scores below 50 (best 48), but rarely play 18 holes. To increase my rate of learning, decided to play 18 holes 3-4 times a month, instead of 9 holes 1-2 times a month. Playing 18 after work during the week costs the same [...]
Hello fellow newbies, Shot 56 on the back nine of the local muni today. This was a weird experience, as my ball striking has gotten really consistent, but short game and course management let me down. Highlights include par on a par 4 (4 hybrid off tee, 4 hybrid from first cut to the green, [...]
Shot a disappointing 51 today. My ball striking has improved a lot recently, and it showed on the course. Hit 4 out of 7 fairways, and no lost balls. However, I lost easily 8 strokes due to poor chipping / pitching. Will need to work on that in the weeks ahead… Regards, NG
Newbie Golfer recently vacationed in New Zealand, and played a round at the Queenstown Golf Club, on the South Island. Queenstown has a dramatic setting on Lake Wakatipu, with the Remarkables mountain range as a backdrop. The lake and/or mountains can be seen from every hole on this course, as shown in the photos below. [...]
Shot 54 on the back nine of the local muni today. This was disappointing given my practice sessions: short game felt really good, and using “target focus” I was hitting really solid irons on the range. Well my putting during the round was in fact excellent: hit only 16 putts, a personal best. Chipping and [...]
