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Well Larters today , I doubt we see a group of 5 or 6 :thumbu:
Next round will likely be 2 weeks after this storm, we could sure use the moisture.
Enjoy the Masters folks
 
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Nice day today, is it me or our summers getting shorter ? :( :laugh: Hopefully we can play a week from now.
 
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JetsWillFly4Ever said:
Fired a tight 76 yesterday, finished birdie birdie and was just flagging my irons. Got a tip from a guy at the course and my irons have just been a thing of beauty since.

Today I felt like shit and went for a covid test, figures something had to be wrong with my to be playing that well on april 10th lol.
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Yeesh. Hopefully it's not COVID!

I can totally relate to the 76 though. I shoot that at least that much every round!
 
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JetsWillFly4Ever said:
Fired a tight 76 yesterday, finished birdie birdie and was just flagging my irons. Got a tip from a guy at the course and my irons have just been a thing of beauty since.

Today I felt like shit and went for a covid test, figures something had to be wrong with my to be playing that well on april 10th lol.
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76 ??? You are not allowed to post here anymore damnit . :laugh: Nice game. :nod:
 
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JetsWillFly4Ever said:
No covid for me woot woot!

Doesn't look like golf any time soon either though, my goodness there's a lot of snow out there.
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I think we have more snow now than we had all winter. :confused: Going to be a few days after the snow melts just because the course will be soaked.
 
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Snow sucks, weather sucks. Good to get all this moisture though, just wish the form was different. Good for the courses, good for the farmers, good for the yards and playgrounds.
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Yea its feeling pretty gross out today but nothing a couple of nice days won't fix.
 
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Pleasant morning walk this morning, only somewhat tarnished by some truly horrendous golf. 94.

I had 5 drives in the 300+ range straight down the fairway, leaving myself with shots between 20 and 60 yards, and I bogeyed ALL of them.:help:

Edit: looking at the scorecard, I had 3 drives that long on the fairway. One was a 2i on a short par 4 (probably around 240), and one was a drive in a greenside bunker. So not quite as bad, but leaving those holes with a +5 is... not great.
 
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Romang67 said:
Pleasant morning walk this morning, only somewhat tarnished by some truly horrendous golf. 94.

I had 5 drives in the 300+ range straight down the fairway, leaving myself with shots between 20 and 60 yards, and I bogeyed ALL of them.:help:
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Those 20-60 yard shots can be tough, make sure you're practicing them! I have to remind myself to practice them too, that's where you can really take advantage and make some birdies if your driver is working.
 
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Romang67 said:
Pleasant morning walk this morning, only somewhat tarnished by some truly horrendous golf. 94.

I had 5 drives in the 300+ range straight down the fairway, leaving myself with shots between 20 and 60 yards, and I bogeyed ALL of them.:help:
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In my younger longer days this is one of the things I got most frustrated with although 5 times in one round is a record.
 
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JetsWillFly4Ever said:
Those 20-60 yard shots can be tough, make sure you're practicing them! I have to remind myself to practice them too, that's where you can really take advantage and make some birdies if your driver is working.
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Yeah, I definitely need to find some place to practice my short game. We do have a small golf course in Evanston that I might hit up late in the evening and just practice irons and short game when no one is trying to rush through.

ps241 said:
In my younger longer days this is one of the things I got most frustrated with although 5 times in one round is a record.
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Realizing that I'm nowhere near good enough to get angry at golf made playing it a lot more fun. My last one was on the 18th, and there I basically burst out laughing after leaving the chip a yard or two short and it rolled down in the sand. Just felt like a nice summary of the round.
 
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Romang67 said:
Yeah, I definitely need to find some place to practice my short game. We do have a small golf course in Evanston that I might hit up late in the evening and just practice irons and short game when no one is trying to rush through.


Realizing that I'm nowhere near good enough to get angry at golf made playing it a lot more fun. My last one was on the 18th, and there I basically burst out laughing after leaving the chip a yard or two short and it rolled down in the sand. Just felt like a nice summary of the round.
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My course practice facilities are...adequate. Now the positive is there is a range and we can hit unlimited balls, but no short game area, no greens on the range and the balls are limited flight balls.

Generally what I do is pick a ball and try to hit it to that ball. I'm more of a feel vs. yardage with those wedge shots but you could get a yardage with a rangefinder (if you have one) as well. You probably won't get perfect results with how much spin, how it's going to roll out etc. but at least you learn how far it's going to carry and get comfortable with making a swing for certain yardages.

Your point about getting angry about golf is what I stress to my friends that don't play much. You guys 1. only play once a week and don't practice and 2. aren't very good, stop expecting to hit perfect shots every time and just enjoy the ones you do hit!

I have to remind myself this still too lol.
 
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Romang67 said:
Yeah, I definitely need to find some place to practice my short game. We do have a small golf course in Evanston that I might hit up late in the evening and just practice irons and short game when no one is trying to rush through.


Realizing that I'm nowhere near good enough to get angry at golf made playing it a lot more fun. My last one was on the 18th, and there I basically burst out laughing after leaving the chip a yard or two short and it rolled down in the sand. Just felt like a nice summary of the round.
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Not being good enough never stopped me from getting mad in my past golf life :laugh:
 
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ps241 said:
In my younger longer days this is one of the things I got most frustrated with although 5 times in one round is a record.
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I remember golfing in my younger days at a corporate tournament. I was paired up with the director, a buddy of mine and this "old" secretary from the main office. I use old in quotations because I believe I'm older now than she was then.

I was swinging about a million miles an hour, absolutely crushing drives. Crushing them to the left mostly, sometimes straight out, but generally 250-300 out and probably 100 yards in lateral movement. I was a pretty good scrambler though so I could come back from that on occasion. Thankfully we were out at Warren so there was room to be an idiot.

The secretary was plinking the ball off the tee, maybe 100 yards out. She'd then proceed to get to her next shot, plink it straight up the fairway. She was taking lessons at the time and very concerned with her form, so everything was quite rigidly structured and looked very unfun from my perspective.

After the 18th, we tallied up our scores. She shot 104 plinking the ball 100 yards at a time. I crushed the ball all over the course and scored...104. Bit of a lesson there. Not that I learned it, but there was a good lesson to be learned.
 
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buggs said:
I remember golfing in my younger days at a corporate tournament. I was paired up with the director, a buddy of mine and this "old" secretary from the main office. I use old in quotations because I believe I'm older now than she was then.

I was swinging about a million miles an hour, absolutely crushing drives. Crushing them to the left mostly, sometimes straight out, but generally 250-300 out and probably 100 yards in lateral movement. I was a pretty good scrambler though so I could come back from that on occasion. Thankfully we were out at Warren so there was room to be an idiot.

The secretary was plinking the ball off the tee, maybe 100 yards out. She'd then proceed to get to her next shot, plink it straight up the fairway. She was taking lessons at the time and very concerned with her form, so everything was quite rigidly structured and looked very unfun from my perspective.

After the 18th, we tallied up our scores. She shot 104 plinking the ball 100 yards at a time. I crushed the ball all over the course and scored...104. Bit of a lesson there. Not that I learned it, but there was a good lesson to be learned.
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Yes good lesson...

There was a gentleman named Barry Sanders who was the top senior out at Carman G.C.

The last time I played golf with him many years ago he was was in his mid 70's...

He never hit it much more than 200 yards...

Shot his age I know it was mid-70'ish...

I was hitting 270 plus with an old style driver and 240 plus with the 3 wood...

I Shot 78... he beat Me...

I learned the same good lesson that day...

Last time I was at Warren... got a 2 on the 18th hole...

Playing behind My Dad with a buddy...

It rolled in as they were playing their last putts...

He saw the ball hit the apron at the front of the green and was going to give Me shit... but as he saw it role in...

He waited for Me and shook My hand... and said great shot...

Miss My Dad...

Thanks for the story Buggs...
 
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Ontario shutting down all golf courses for at least 6 WEEKS !!! because of Covid. Please, please, please don't happen here , especially when you've paid thousands of dollars to golf . :(
 
Jets 31 said:
Ontario shutting down all golf courses for at least 6 WEEKS !!! because of Covid. Please, please, please don't happen here , especially when you've paid thousands of dollars to golf . :(
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This is only the beginning.
Rules will keep changing.
Get used to it.
 
Shutting down outdoor activity is one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard. We should be encouraging people to go outside. Golf is not spreading Covid that is absolutely bananas.
 
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JetsWillFly4Ever said:
Shutting down outdoor activity is one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard. We should be encouraging people to go outside. Golf is not spreading Covid that is absolutely bananas.
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Yeah, it feels like a decision driven more by the idea that if some activities are canceled, all of them should be, than that golf spread disease. Hopefully you guys can keep playing up there.

Otherwise I'll post play-by-plays from my rounds to cheer you up.

"Day 5. Still in the sand trap. Switched to the 58° to scoop myself out."
 
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Romang67 said:
Yeah, it feels like a decision driven more by the idea that if some activities are canceled, all of them should be, than that golf spread disease. Hopefully you guys can keep playing up there.

Otherwise I'll post play-by-plays from my rounds to cheer you up.

"Day 5. Still in the sand trap. Switched to the 58° to scoop myself out."
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Calls for a hand wedge.
 
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