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**broken tee** · 12-09-2012, 10:58 AM

Hobbit: I enjoy reading you posts and can almost picture the course you played, could be my medication, we have snow this weekend, yet, I was able to get three rounds in during the week. I'm proud to say that my over all game has much improved yet, my putting is killing me. I'm the three putt master to the right of the cup. Have a great round.

Big Hobbit · 12-15-2012, 12:49 PM

Today's round was played in decent weather for this time of the year. A brisk cross wind off the land, and a balmy 41*f. After a huge amount of rain midweek there were a number of very big 'lakes' out there, and were in areas I've never seen surface water before. The format is one I look forward to every year, Canadian Greensomes. Both tee off, you then hit your partner's ball and him yours. Then you choose which ball to finish the hole with.

The names were drawn out of the hat and I got an old friend of many years. He used to be off 7 but age, 75, and a terrible habit of regripping meant his handicap has slowly risen to 25. All that was needed was for him to get me near a fairway and we might still stand a chance. Maybe a bridge too far for us but it was a good battle, with good golf from both of us.

For me, hitting all 14 fairways was a stunning result but I left a couple of putts short. Between us we did as well as we could, finishing with a nett 2 over 74. 66 won the comp, and although we wouldn't have beat it if a few accidents hadn't happened it was great fun with a great bunch of certifiable lunatics.

Back home now putting on the dinner suit, and Mrs Hobbit is all glad ragged up for our Saturday crowd Xmas dinner... we may have eleventeen Guinness this evening, if she doesn't spot me having fun.

What a fabulous evening, and just what a member's night is all about.

It was just abottle of very good Chardonnay followed by some wicked games of snooker with the ladies egging on the banter - a great night...

Big Hobbit · 12-22-2012, 01:07 PM

Lack of judgement and senilty have finally soaked in, along with all the rain we've been having. That's got to be the worst conditions we've played in for a long long time. It was raining before we teed off - its been raining for nigh on 30hrs, and 13 of the 18 guys cried off.

Singles stableford. Out in 15pts, with 2 zero's and a 1 pt, back in 17pts, which included 2 1pointers. 32pts won the money, which I promptly handed back on the snooker table.

Shot of the day; there were plenty, including a number of 6' putts. But if I had to choose one it would be the tee shot on the par 3 15th. 173yds into a cross wind. 5 iron aimed at the front left corner of the green which drifted back on the breeze, landed about 5' short and ricocheted off the flag to about 10'. Rolled the putt in for a birdie 2 - allegedly I'm a fatherless son of a goat herder...

LasVegasGolfer · 12-22-2012, 04:26 PM

Awh dude you are crazy, It is way to cold outside for me to go golfing and I live in Las Vegas, Luckly we do have an indoor golf place out here. I am going to wait to catch the right day to go golfing, maybe this wednesday after the holidays.

**broken tee** · 12-22-2012, 04:45 PM

I played Thursday, the high of 37f bright sunny afternoon at 3pm and by the 6th hole the grass was turning to ice. Had some great shots and determined I was not standing over the ball when putting. Thanks to Hobbit I found the problem and now I have to learn how to putt again or I never learned how in the first place. Oh well I'll just keep practicing.

Big Hobbit · 12-31-2012, 05:37 PM

Rained off on Saturday, which also saw Sunday's game played on a reduced course, 14 holes. A very brisk wind across the course off the land, and although the air temp was 39*f, the wind chill took it down plenty. Only 1pt off the first 2 holes but thereafter the game perked up to see only 1pt dropped in the next 12 holes.

Driving was a bit off, and 3 missed chances on the back nine from just off the green spoilt things a bit. But perhaps a fair indication of how tough it was, my 24 points was good enough to steal 2nd.

Not bad for an old cuddly coffin dodger!

**broken tee** · 01-01-2013, 04:11 PM

Hobbit: I feel your pain with the heavy rain, but I have 6" or 8" of snow on the ground and its
25F. We do need the snow for water. That ankle biter down under is basking in the sun with a grin on his face. Come to think of it, I believe he is 1 year away of getting his degree. I can just see him on the course with a calculator (graphing/ Laptop) doing liner equations to figure what iron to use.

Big Hobbit · 01-06-2013, 04:45 AM

The inconsistency continues... is that an oxymoron? The last few months have seen me return some embarrassing scores, even beating my worst stableford score for 30yrs, 24pts beating a 26pts from way back in the mists of time. Yesterday saw a new low of 21pts... and an urge in the middle of the night to be on the practice ground first thing this morning.

The venue; a 2 hour drive up the coast to Dunstanburgh Castle golf club. Not quite a proper links course but pretty much on the beach. I wish I'd taken my camera with me for some of the spectacular views, e.g. teeing off with the sea spray splashing the tee on a short par 3 with a lake and ruined castle as a back drop or the par 4 dogleg left that sees you tee from the top of a cliff with the hole doglegging around a creek.

The golf started badly with only 1pt in the first 4 holes - let's not mention the 2nd shot on the first that was a proper top which saw the ball jump backwards 3ft. And by the 10th tee I'd accumulated 9pts, and lost 3 balls in the process. Thank God for the 3pt birdie on 9!

Although the back 9 only returned 12pts, there were some great shots in there. Disappointingly the risk and reward shots I took on resulted in zero's, e.g. the 16th par 4 dogleg over thick gorse - 1st ball into the gorse, 2nd ball 2yds short of the green. And then on 17 a great drive of almost 300yds right down the centre followed by a 9iron to 10ft and 2putts par...The tee shot on 18, a par 4 with a lake and stream in front of the green, saw the back foot slip and a low duck hook into the left rough. On the green in 3 but I'd had enough by then and picked up.

Work gets in the way next week... no more pain till the week after

**broken tee** · 01-06-2013, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Big Hobbit

The inconsistency continues... is that an oxymoron? The last few months have seen me return some embarrassing scores, even beating my worst stableford score for 30yrs, 24pts beating a 26pts from way back in the mists of time. Yesterday saw a new low of 21pts... and an urge in the middle of the night to be on the practice ground first thing this morning.

The venue; a 2 hour drive up the coast to Dunstanburgh Castle golf club. Not quite a proper links course but pretty much on the beach. I wish I'd taken my camera with me for some of the spectacular views, e.g. teeing off with the sea spray splashing the tee on a short par 3 with a lake and ruined castle as a back drop or the par 4 dogleg left that sees you tee from the top of a cliff with the hole doglegging around a creek.

The golf started badly with only 1pt in the first 4 holes - let's not mention the 2nd shot on the first that was a proper top which saw the ball jump backwards 3ft. And by the 10th tee I'd accumulated 9pts, and lost 3 balls in the process. Thank God for the 3pt birdie on 9!

Although the back 9 only returned 12pts, there were some great shots in there. Disappointingly the risk and reward shots I took on resulted in zero's, e.g. the 16th par 4 dogleg over thick gorse - 1st ball into the gorse, 2nd ball 2yds short of the green. And then on 17 a great drive of almost 300yds right down the centre followed by a 9iron to 10ft and 2putts par...The tee shot on 18, a par 4 with a lake and stream in front of the green, saw the back foot slip and a low duck hook into the left rough. On the green in 3 but I'd had enough by then and picked up.

Work gets in the way next week... no more pain till the week after

Hobbit, you know I'm one of the best duffers here in the states. Do you think those new clubs give you the confidence to over swing as if you're 20 years younger? I believe I'm doing that.

Big Hobbit · 01-06-2013, 02:16 PM

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Hobbit, you know I'm one of the best duffers here in the states. Do you think those new clubs give you the confidence to over swing as if you're 20 years younger? I believe I'm doing that.

That is so true. The new driver and irons really fly, and as a result I'm subconciously trying to play a game that isn't mine. Sometimes there is a feeling that, for example, you've pulled out an all-singing all-dancing driver you have to hit it as hard and as far as you can - always been one of my failings. And confidence also breeds the desire to hit it further, e.g. you've hit the 5 iron 200yds and the shot you're faced with is 205yds... force a 5 or an easy 4? A regular 5 will see you 15ft short, and an easy 4 will see you 15ft long but force a 5 and you'll probably miss by miles.

I had a quiet hour on the practice ground this afternoon to remind myself to hit it better not harder. I spent most of the time trying to hit a 6 iron 150yds. Too much club but to hit it only 150yds you have to CONTROL your swing. Dial the power back to 80% and control the swing was my mantra for nigh on the full hour = lovely clean hits.

All will be forgotten by the time I'm next out on the course.

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