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#1 ·
Guys it was a great way to end the work week and the first time this year I played golf. the weather was a balmy
45f/7c and a wind chill of 41f/5c. blasted the ball driving, hit long and short irons very well accuracy needs improvement, but the putting was fair and on the last hole, a par five, 18 inchs from the cup for par I stroked it the ball went toward the hole and all I can say is *&^%$%***&895:D

it's why I play golf:thumbsup:
 
#79 ·
Well, my wife and I played today and I HAD A GREAT ROUND! Wohoo! I broke 100 for the first time at Monroe and was hitting much better than Wednesday. No birdies, but I pared 4 holes and only had one 8 (which was a par 5). I only 3 putted twice and was hitting my irons much better today, thanks for the advice guys it seemed to help.
 
#81 ·
One of those days... hit the ball well, couldn't putt to save my life. Sun was warm and breeze was cold. I got a short rain shirt recently and put that on. It was perfect after that.

The best part of the day was having a buddy from Detroit down here on a visit to see his mom. (We know her from our synagogue) Ron and I play again tomorrow. He's my best excuse to take a day or two off from the job search.

Come to think of it, then on the 22nd, my buddy comes back from Brazil and we'll mess around on guitars together. Then on the 23rd, another guitar buddy comes in from North Carolina. I may not look for a job for another week.
 
#82 ·
lol good to hear your enjoying yourself Dennis.

Now Bob you may need to turn your hearing aid up to hear this is Cajun play 20 strokes better then me that mean he was 40 strokes better then you!!!!:cheeky4:
 
#85 ·
Heavy wind today made me concentrate on the good company... The game was quite less than memorable otherwise.

I did see a guy two groups in front of us make a hole in one though. He hit a 3 hybrid 176 yards... 2 hops and into the hole. I was standing on the previous green, elevated above the tee and his green... perfect spectator position. I heard his group yelling, "GO IN THE HOLE... GO IN THE HOLE!!!" So, I turned around and looked at the green just in time to see the ball land. I don't exactly know what he said after that because all the screaming was in Spanish.

Unfortunately, it was the 15th hole and we never saw the drink girl in her cart again. We couldn't collect.
 
#88 ·
ROFL.... :D

Rosie would be much happier is I made a hole in one at Calusa because they don't have a bar where a bunch of people can congregate. The worst that might happen is that I'd have to buy a few cans of Bud for the guys I play with and if we played late enough in the afternoon, the trailer they use as a clubhouse and office for the pro might be closed.

Now, if we were playing at Miami Springs, I'd be in real trouble. Nobody ever goes home at that place.
 
#90 ·
Whats the go there if you get a hole in one you have to shout the bar???? That back to front the guy that made the hole in one should be shouted all night.

Oh and Cajun sorry but i cant help it the you are that much better then Bob.
 
#97 ·
Hey! I'm sensitive to cold. 40f is much better you won't have to thaw the balls due to cold air density, altitude and wind chill in flight. not factoring these elements in makes for a tough day on the tee:rolleyes:
 
#98 ·
No golf here, but it's the 2nd day of the 4 day USGA Rules workshop, so I wouldn't be playing anyway. Tomorrow we are actually supposed to see the sun again for the first time in 5 days... :cool:
 
#100 ·
Hey Rick - Where do you find out about a workshop like that? I'd love to go to something like that if they had it around here. Is it very costly?

I'm supposed to play tomorrow and it's cold again here in Miami, cold for us anyway. I think I need to buy a long sleeved shirt to go under my golf shirt. I can't find two long sleeved t-shirts I have. I might have accidentally left them in NC over Thanksgiving. I wore one under a shirt one day last year. It's from a guitar store in San Diego where a friend used to work and it has the store name in flames down the left sleeve. Boy, did I get teased about that one.

Sports Authority, here I come. Under Armour, please save my life...

On the other hand, if I spend enough time in the cold, maybe I'll condense from 6'7" to about 6'3" and I could buy clothes off the rack instead of Big & Tall stores... That might explain why a lot of people tolerate the cold up north, wouldn't it? :confused:
 
#102 ·
Hey Rick - Where do you find out about a workshop like that? I'd love to go to something like that if they had it around here. Is it very costly?
Each fall the USGA website publishes a list of the workshops for the next year. This year they had 2 in January in Port St. Lucie FL, and one more still to come in March. The fee this year was $300... 2 years ago it was $250. 3 Days of instruction, then the 4th day is the exam. :D
 
#101 ·
WOW, 6'7" do you play with regular clubs? I played today it was cold and VERY windy. 20mph with gusts to twice that, I played terribly to say the least. I'm not sure if it was me or the wind though. I have a tee for tomorrow and Sunday to get back in the groove. Will spring never get here?
 
#103 ·
Will spring never get here?

That's the question we're are asking here in the high country. Not much snow, but cold enough to make you stay in doors "Cabin Fever" does exist.:( We are wondering if the weather report is accurate snow tomorrow and partly sunny Sunday. The arm length is proportional to ones height, So if you measure from finger tip to finger tip the distance should equal your height. try it you'll be amazed :eek:
 
#107 ·
I don't know if the CGA has a minimum requirement. The USGA does require a minimum score of 85 on the 100 question exam to even be considered for an officiating position at a USGA tournament. I made 86 this year, so technically, I qualified. My only plans though are to try and help out at some CGA events here in Colorado. I might get lucky and get to do a US Open local or sectional qualifier, although that is not likely in my first year.

BTW, there are 2 exams and you have your choice of which one to take. If you aren't taking the course for any sort of credit, you have the option of taking a slightly easier 70 question test. I always do the 100 question test because I want to know how I stack up... or maybe I'm just masochistic. Each test is half closed book and half open book. Part of the reason for the test is to evaluate your ability to navigate the Rules and the Decisions books and find what you are looking for.
 
#108 ·
Well, I played yesterday and boy was it bad. I stopped keeping score off the first tee and stopped playing after the fourth hole. My score was in the 40s after the 4th green including 3 lost balls. I played Friday and did pretty good, almost breaking 100, missed a few easy putts, but yesterday, WOW....

Off the first tee I was going to play with this group of three young men that I was the group in front of me. Being by myself, they invited me to join their group. Well, these guys looked like they knew what they were doing and were playing from blue, but I thought I could keep up. I topped my first shot barely made it past the white tees, I sliced so bad with my second tee shot that I hit the end of the fence they put up to protect the ballroom building from hackers like myself. I told the boys at that point to go ahead and play their game and I'd be someplace behind them.

SO now behind me I have a couple about twice my age, I'm so rattled at this point I ask them to go ahead and play and I'd take off behind them and hit from the white tee. I thought it would give me a chance to settle down, and just play it out as a practice round. Of course the old timer blistered his drive with about a 40mph swing....

Anywho...I hit two more shots from the white tees and topped both. The rest of the four holes was just downhill from there. I couldn't drive, I couldn't hit irons, I couldn't get out of the sand, and I couldn't putt in gimmeies. I was getting so frustrated I knew it was time to leave. I went and got some mexican food, then went and hung out at a buddy's bar. I'm going back today and I'm going to hit a medium bucket before I play instead of a small and maybe hit the "swing lube" in the parking lot. :D
 
#109 ·
Well, today was a much better day. I shot a 104, same thing as I shot on Friday. Like Friday if my putting had been just a little better I would have broken 100, I three putted way to often. I did not drink while I was playing today even though I joked about it, I don't want my game to rely on me being impaired, physically or mentally.

It's crazy how your game can come and go, one day to the next. I have no idea what I was doing today verses yesterday but it was a completely different golf day for me. I do believe you can cause your own mental spiral down if things go bad early and I had a great first hole today. I had a nice drive and I two putted for a bogey (5), I missed the up-and-down by 1/4", rolling past about 6". Yesterday I picked up with a 10, big difference mentally.

I'm gonna try to get one more round in tomorrow before the forecast snow on Tuesday (what!?!more snow!?!::dunno:), but the front is closed for a local senior tourney, so I may play the back twice. I should be able to break 100 easy that way, the back 9 is normally about 4 or 5 strokes better for me. It will be interesting to see what I can score on the back cold tomorrow for the first nine since I always hit hole 10 well warmed up from the front.
 
#110 ·
Oh that sounds like a very fun experenice Cajun. I played on Sat when we were down that coast with friends and I had a a couple of bad holes one I lost a couple of balls and finished with a 10 not that hurts. Then a had and ok hole after then. I had a big change of luck next with a chip in birdie on a par 3 and the a par to finish the round making shots like that is what keeps us coming back to this game after round like yours I your next round is heaps better!
 
#113 ·
I played again today and had an even better round. I was able to play the front before the tourney started and shot a 99. I only had a one par, but I didn't have any triple bogeys. I was pretty happy with the round. I have to get my putting down, of course the greens are VERY difficult right now, they're sprayed, basically dorment bermuda so they're like putting on concrete. If you miss, you miss BIG and the front 9 greens are very elevated so when you miss big, you're back to chipping. Anywho, COME ON SPRING TIME! :D
 
#114 ·
great work on breaking 100 Cajun. Sound like you should practise your putting on the side walk for that course!
 
#115 ·
Thanks Surtees! Once again I sold myself short, I actually pared two holes. The one I forgot, and not sure how I forgot it, is the fourth hole in the front that has been my nemesis at Monroe. It's a medium length par 5, but the hard part is the elevation change. The tee and the green are at the same elevations, but there's about a 60' drop to the center of the fairway then back up to the green. Also after reviewing my card, I did have one triple bogey, it was a par three on the back that I duffed off the tee then proceeded to three putt. Oh well, there's one of those holes in every bunch. :D
 
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