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[passedpawn]

I got to the course 5 min late today and ended up behind a large group of ladies. The course mgr was cool and put my son and me in front of them - started on the 5th hole. We had a great day out there.

Course was covered with fox squirrels. This is a small one. Not sure where else these guys are found, but they are 2x chunkier than the normal squirrel and walk really weird. And they are really not afraid of people

 

[applescrap]

Heres a few shots of arrowhead. Just ok play today. Lots of weddings, im standing and facing the range and party tent in one pic from wedding spot. It looks down the beautiful 10th. A pic of the tenth. Depending on which tee played, you hit out of the rocks a pic of that.

 

[passedpawn]

Heres a few shots of arrowhead.

Man, nothing looks like that in Florida. Amazing.

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

Holy crap!!!! Just had the best round of my life! I shot an 88!!!! 2 birdies and 5 pars. With 3 penalties. I was on fire. Im so friggin stoked right now!!!! Shot a 102 yesterday. Hahaha

 

[applescrap]

That is so cool wildginger. That is how it happened for me, i remember being so excited to break 90. Awesome work.

I'm the same way one day shoot in the 70s the next day I'm shanking wedges. I literally started the day yesterday shanking a wedge and then ended with confidence. All I did was strengthen my grip a little bit. As you get better that's one thing you'll learn is how to find what you're doing wrong real quick and fix it.
Playex with this huge stud yesterday. I asked and he said he was Club champions in 2004. He could hit the ball PGA Tour long and he also putted very well. From the tips he was hitting irons into all the part fives with ease. Older guy but big, 6 4 maybe 6' 5". And big like a tight end. His buddy could spank it too and was about my size. His buddy was driving it out with me. He hit a lot of bad shots too, but 5 birdies made up for them.

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

Played a lot golf this weekend. Fri, shot a 99. Sat played 36 and shot a 92 and 94. Today, shot a 99. Thats five in a row under 100. I’d say i’m getting better!

 

[applescrap]

Played saturday and had a cool shot. I was 3 under through six! But the wind, and it was the only time that day, picked up on 7 and I somehow managed to double it and 8. So then playing on tilt I bombed one down the narrow par five 9th. Short yardage left drilled a 5 iron but a left and saw it hop into a tree. Already sad to see my good round go here I was in trouble after lacing one down the middle. Turned out i was really in trouble. My bil couldn't believe it when I told him I was going to play it. Man I hit it dead pure. Came out, got down the hill and was tight. Of course missed the birdie put dammit. Haha, it was pretty cool though.

 

[SEndorf]

I love reading this thread at night.
I played 18 with my grandson last week.
Shot a 67. I would have done better but on the last hole my ball got stuck in the clowns nose. He's 2 and kinda hockey sticks the ball in the hole. Adorable........

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

Have a tee time booked for Sun but the forecast shows rain all weekend. Maybe I’ll walk on at my home course tomorrow before it starts. Last 5 rounds under 100. I cant slack off now!

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

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[schematix]

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

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Awesome! Can't wait for the TPC FedEx Cup up here. Ive gone every year.

 

[applescrap]

Thats pretty cool. I only saw pros play once at castle pines invitational. Man they pure it.

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

I went to the 101st US Open. It was really cool.

Played two rounds today. Shot a 96 and a 95. Not bad. Mid-90’s consistently now.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

I played Bethpage just before they closed it down for the last US Open. Then went down to watch it. Played with a weekly group of guys from Queens. I played the back tees but it wasn't the same length played by the pros. The rough was deeper than tournament conditions. The locals said they've never seen it so thick and overseeded. They cut it down for the tournament. It was a long and fun day.

 

[schematix]

We went to the PGA Friday and Saturday and it worked out really well. Got there really early both days.

On Friday we watched a lot of groups come through the 14th green (par 4), the 6th green (par 3) and walked most of the front nine. Didn't see a lot of big names but we got a good feel for the course and how we were going to watch Saturday. By luck we left about an hour before the rain came out of nowhere and ended the day.

Then we came back early early early on Saturday and easily got seats in the top row of the grandstands on the 18th green. We were able to watch all the big names make the turn onto 10 and also finish their 2nd round. Then for the start of the 3rd round we headed out to the 3rd green (par 3) and watched a bunch of groups come through before we decided the place wasn't fit for human life support. It was hotter than hell, there were so many people you couldn't move around, and the line for water was 2 hours long.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

They'd set up the course well all week. Good competition on the final round.

Brooks is a beast

 

[jrgtr42]

If Tiger can get that driver straightened out, he'll be contending every week. Can't expect to hit close out of the rough and trees all the time.
I haven't gotten out in a couple years. having a 3 year old will do that... can't be spending 4 hours on a course with the little guy waiting around. I am planning on playing in a couple weeks - be heading out to Kelowna BC for a family wedding. My brother, dad and I want to hit the links one morning. I should probably try to sneak out to a driving range this weekend to at least get an idea back of hitting at full tilt...

 

[applescrap]

Agree, koepka played amazing. Was fun to watch. That shot on 16, wow. If thats the future the little man is out, no? Wonder if a shorter course gives everyone more equitable chance.

You played bethpage from the back. Wow. Whats it like?

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

The locals I played with were really helpful. There were some tee shots that all you saw was tall grass and had to aim for distant trees. One I remember in particular was one that Phil drove into a bunker. The hole next to the Nathan's hot dog stand I did the same thing. The bunkers are huge. He chipped out backwards I tried for the green and failed.

It is a long course. The back tees I played were probably 300 yds shorter than the open but the rough and reseeding wasn't mowed yet for the pros so the rough was wicked. Luckly I used my GPS to walk to the point were my ball SHOULD be and did a 10yd circle to finally find it. I still lost 3 balls and shot 91. I was betting with the locals. On one par 5 I was about to declare a lost ball when I almost stepped on my ball 1' from the green. Very easy to loose balls.

18th hole I hit 3i off the tee to a small island of grass in a bunker. Everyone agreed we should find it. The diameter of the grassy island was no bigger than 10' wide. We didn't find it and I had to do the walk of shame back up the hill to rehit.

It took 6hrs to play. The subtleties of the course is I was hitting the ball long but the room of error is small and you run off the fairway often. The greens also have very small breaks I couldn't see. They seemed concave so I just couldnt see the breaks. A lot of 3 putts

I think I didn't get a par until the 7th hole.

Best shot was on the first hole tee. There's the warning sign saying u should not be here. An auditorium ring of people watching you. There were a bunch of Japanese tourists taking photos of everyone teeing off. I smashed my drive 40yds from the hole. I accidently pulled it (lefty) and my playing partner asked if I was trying to drive the green. I straight faced said trying to get close. I was under a tree and chipped to the back of the rough and was afraid to pull out the flop shot and bogeyed.

I'll never forget that trip.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Yeah whatever!

 

[applescrap]

Awesome dude. Nice write up. Thanks. My friend used to joke about this course here, do we have to play here? Loved to play it but damn.

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

Shot an 89 today! Second best round ever. Should’ve been an 86 but I shot an 8 on the #1 hcp hole. That hole always kicks my butt. Dang happy overall though.

 

[passedpawn]

I got a set of golf lessons for my birthday. Better late than never

 

[applescrap]

Yes sir. The first one is the best. Stance, posture, grip, are so important.

 

[Pyg]

47th annual Fudge open scramble.
If you can’t get the second shot close you don’t score well.
We didn’t!
-4 under 71

 

[applescrap]

I'm focusing really hard right now and working on using the bounce of the wedge. I don't know why I've been trying to use the Leading Edge but the bounce give so much more forgiveness. Check out Stan Utley talking about pitching, or Rodger Cleveland. Cleveland seems very strong in his belief that the Leading Edge should rarely be used. When done correctly and with the right bounce for the situation I can hit behind the ball and pitch it nicely. No wonder I've been nervous when pitching, any error has been horrible if leading edge digs.

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

Looks like i’ll be rained out for the second weekend in a row. Dammit!

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

Looks like the rain might finally be done. Tee time tomorrow. Tourny on Mon. And three more tourny’s in Oct. cant wait to get back to some golf!

Go TIGER!

 

[applescrap]

Awesome wildginger. Have you been out hitting any lately? I havent, sucks. I do aligment work sometimes.

How are the courses down there. So many awesome golfers are from Texas. Would love to play there and drink pianomans killer beer while chilling in the pool. Bbq for tournaments as lunch? Wow, come to think of it I could probably kill two birds with one stone by tasting great Texas barbecue and golfing at the same time. Have to remember that one has as a good excuse for the wife Here its spicey breakfast burritos.I havent played in 1 month? This is probably the longest I've Gone without hitting balls in 10 years without being injured. So, have some fun for me too!