My golf game

[phins]

You shot a 48 on the back nine???

Hell, I'm jealous...I haven't had a chance to play a single round yet this year.

That needs to change....and fast.

Yeah, I've been upset I've only played like 10 times...

[EastonBlues22]

The weather in my part of Iowa has just been crap all year. My course has been under snow or standing water for all but a handful of weekends...and those I've been out of town.

I was hoping to get in a round this weekend since the course was juuust starting to dry out after the latest flooding...but, of course, it's been raining all day and there's thunderstorms projected for tomorrow as well. I'm going crazy...I'd go out there in waders if I had a ball that floated.

[Popeye_Card]

You shot a 48 on the back nine???

Hell, I'm jealous...I haven't had a chance to play a single round yet this year.

I feel your pain. I've only been out once.

And boy was I terrible.

[cardinalkarp]

Yeah, I've only got a few rounds in too.

The last time I normally ALWAYS play (Father's Day), my dad decided he wanted to go sailing instead and since it was Father's Day I had to oblige.

[Richie Allen]

Fairly encouraging week for my golf game. First time I've picked up a club in two years and I got out three times in less than seven days.

Day One: 10 great shots and the rest were absolutely horrible. No in-between. No shot that could just be considered good. Five or six really good drives (only played 15 holes) which is the last thing I expected to come around.

Day Two: Less great shots but a lot less bad ones. In fact, quite a few "good" shots. After dicking around with my swing and sometimes hitting more than one ball on a hole for most of the day I decided to challenge myself to play even over the final 7 holes, adhering to the rules of golf. I missed by one shot. Probably would have shot somewhere in the mid 70s overall.

Day Three: Way more comfortable than the first two days. Was in (almost) complete control until I started to tire midway through the back nine. I still found the strength to hit #14 in two (534 par five, up hill with 3 wood, 5 wood) and made my second two putt birdie of the day. Had to pick my daughter up from cheerleading camp so I only made it through 15 again. Very encouraging day for week one of the season.

I'm really loving this course I've been playing. It was designed by Bruce Borland who was in the plane with Payne Stewart when it went halfway across the country, unmanned, before eventually crashing and killing everyone on board. It's only a mile from our house so it's ridiculous that I've only been a few times in the last three years. The greens are the best I've ever played on and I've played some great courses regularly (Bellerive, St. Louis CC, etc.). Lets you play some of those creative shots like you see on the tour (chip the ball 30 feet to the right of the pin and let it feed to the hole) and, although lightening fast, are very receptive and hold if you're hitting out of the fairway. Not a long course but lots of thinking is demanded. Certain pin positions reward an approach from 100 much easier than a half wedge from 40-60 yards. And very tight! No margin for error on most of the holes. A scratch golfer that I used to play with shot a 91 in a tournament there a few weeks ago. It can get bad real quick if you're unsure of where the ball's gonna go.

Anyway, sorry for the "journal entry" but I haven't contributed to any of the golf threads since finding this forum (actually, I haven't had much to discuss) and felt like joining in. Golf has been pretty enjoyable for me this week. We'll see how things go from here.

[stlouie_lipp]

Anyway, sorry for the "journal entry" but I haven't contributed to any of the golf threads since finding this forum (actually, I haven't had much to discuss) and felt like joining in. Golf has been pretty enjoyable for me this week. We'll see how things go from here.

Please share any golf stories.

I will say sorry in advance that the enjoyment that you feel from golf this week will quickly go away.

[Richie Allen]

I will say sorry in advance that the enjoyment that you feel from golf this week will quickly go away.

It always does. Even if I play well. After playing practically every day for almost 10 years, I went another ten years where I would play just enough to get my game in shape to the point where I proved to myself that I still had it. And then I'd quit.

[stlouie_lipp]

After playing practically every day for almost 10 years, I went another ten years where I would play just enough to get my game in shape to the point where I proved to myself that I still had it. And then I'd quit.

What was your handicap when you played that often?

[Richie Allen]

After playing practically every day for almost 10 years, I went another ten years where I would play just enough to get my game in shape to the point where I proved to myself that I still had it. And then I'd quit.

What was your handicap when you played that often?

I only once held a USGA handicap card and it claimed (erroneously, I'm afraid) that I was around a +2. This was not at the peak of my game and, as I mentioned, I didn't feel that it was representative of how I played that year. Lots of mid to low 70s rounds on a pretty easy course. I would have guessed about 2 on the other side of par. But then again, handicaps are often more indicative of what the best round you're capable of shooting is rather than an average. Which is why I rarely bothered to keep one.

One of the things I was proudest of at my golfing peak (and it never seems to stir anyone that I tell) is that I went over two years having never shot over a 77. With all the rounds I played on different courses of varying difficulty and condition, practice or tournament, regardless of how off I was on a particular day, I still found a way to scrape out 77 or less. A somewhat boring tidbit, but one that was representative of something I always prided myself on. Find a way to get the ball in the hole.

[phins]

If I ever shot a 77, I'd lay my clubs down on the course, middle of the green, and walk off into the sunset Cowboy style, never to play the game again.

I'm a pretty bad golfer.