The Links...2011

[jrmagic]

Soooooo, Sunday mornings are getting expensive. Donated another $20 bucks, AND lost 6 bucks in one Nassau, pushed on the other. Down 46 bucks for the year so far, damn. I'm makin birdies (3 yesterday), prollem is I'm makin birdie on the same holes as everyone else :-x.

You need to start playing wolf for some real entertanment.

I can't wait for some more grass to grow in. The greens are ridiculous. Its just like Augusta but with lots of bumps:-o

 

[campgottagopee]

You need to start playing wolf for some real entertanment.

I can't wait for some more grass to grow in. The greens are ridiculous. Its just like Augusta but with lots of bumps:-o

Yup, wolf can be fun. We're more of a Nassau/skins crew. Normally we play a $2 Nassau w/ 2 down auto's and press when you're pissed....that makes it interesting enough, then there's the $20/man for skins. Oh the fun we have!!

 

[pro2860]

Why I oughtta.....:smash:

 

[Nick]

Gonna hit up Blissful Meadows right down the road from me

Also going to Myrtle Beach in July to visit my in-laws, they have a condo in Murrel's Inlet on a golf course. Yay!

 

[drjeff]

Gonna hit up Blissful Meadows right down the road from me

Also going to Myrtle Beach in July to visit my in-laws, they have a condo in Murrel's Inlet on a golf course. Yay!

Nice course. I also really like Blackstone National in that same general area too

 

[campgottagopee]

Was nice to play golf yesterday NOT all bundled up, and the ball actually flew instead of drop right out of the sky. Got 18 in be4 Pro2860 showed up....then, of course, the clouds rolled in and we got rained out. Sux too, pro got off to a birdie, birdie start :razz:

 

[drjeff]

Was nice to play golf yesterday NOT all bundled up, and the ball actually flew instead of drop right out of the sky. Got 18 in be4 Pro2860 showed up....then, of course, the clouds rolled in and we got rained out. Sux too, pro got off to a birdie, birdie start :razz:

And i'm guessing in the 19th hole that there was talk about 7 more birdies to follow up on that start :lol:

I'm really good at shooting 67/68 in the 19th hole, I just have a problem doing it on the 18 before that :lol:

 

[campgottagopee]

And i'm guessing in the 19th hole that there was talk about 7 more birdies to follow up on that start :lol:

I'm really good at shooting 67/68 in the 19th hole, I just have a problem doing it on the 18 before that :lol:

LOL, I razzed him a bit about his start, and then the rain...." I don't think the heavy stuff will come down for a while...I'd keep playing" :beer:

The rain did blow thru, I went home and Pro went back out....says he needs the practice. From what I saw he just needs to tee it up!!

 

[drjeff]

LOL, I razzed him a bit about his start, and then the rain...." I don't think the heavy stuff will come down for a while...I'd keep playing" :beer:

The rain did blow thru, I went home and Pro went back out....says he needs the practice. From what I saw he just needs to tee it up!!

There's a couple of guys at my course like that too. You see them out, ask them if they've been playing much (they usually say something like "not really" or "if I'm lucky maybe twice a month") and then ask them how they're hitting them/what they shot today, and the answer is something like "I shot an ok 70 today, but missed a bunch of putts" :lol:

 

[ChileMass]

Gonna hit up Blissful Meadows right down the road from me

Also going to Myrtle Beach in July to visit my in-laws, they have a condo in Murrel's Inlet on a golf course. Yay!

Nice course. I also really like Blackstone National in that same general area too

We must be in the same neck of the woods. Only played Blissful once and it kicked my butt. I ran out of balls on 18 and had to walk off.......pissed. Blackstone is also a great track. In our area, I like Kettle Brook a lot, and Cyprian Keyes is always a tough challenge. I play Juniper in Northboro because it's so convenient to me. Marlborough CC is a nice old Donald Ross course.

Finally got to the range on Sunday and hit surprisingly well. Now gotta get on the course cuz I will be in Myrtle (actually Litchfield Beach) in about 3 weeks for my annual boys weekend. Playing Litchfield CC, Willowbrook, Tradition and Heritage. Looking forward to cold beer, warm temps and lots of Spanish moss.....

 

[jrmagic]

There's a couple of guys at my course like that too. You see them out, ask them if they've been playing much (they usually say something like "not really" or "if I'm lucky maybe twice a month") and then ask them how they're hitting them/what they shot today, and the answer is something like "I shot an ok 70 today, but missed a bunch of putts" :lol:

Our reigning club champ is like that. He's currently sporting a +0.9 handicap and claims he isn't playing much or working on his game:razz:

I'm really looking forward to playing this weekend. Yesterday I pulled the trigger on the Taylormade tour Preferred CB irons. They felt buttery soft at the range and were pretty easy to hit. The only thing I'm gonna have to work on is getting the distances down. They are definitely longer than my old set but it was hard to guage the distances under the range lights.

 

[drjeff]

Our reigning club champ is like that. He's currently sporting a +0.9 handicap and claims he isn't playing much or working on his game:razz:

I'm really looking forward to playing this weekend. Yesterday I pulled the trigger on the Taylormade tour Preferred CB irons. They felt buttery soft at the range and were pretty easy to hit. The only thing I'm gonna have to work on is getting the distances down. They are definitely longer than my old set but it was hard to guage the distances under the range lights.

Congrats on the new sticks. And hope your chipping and putting is on as you're getting the distances dialed in on them, since I know that every time I put some new sticks in the bag, I tend to spend the next few rounds either chipping on from just short or just long

 

[campgottagopee]

Congrats on the new sticks. And hope your chipping and putting is on as you're getting the distances dialed in on them, since I know that every time I put some new sticks in the bag, I tend to spend the next few rounds either chipping on from just short or just long

Heck, as much as I chip you'd think I'd be good at it. :-x

 

[drjeff]

Heck, as much as I chip you'd think I'd be good at it. :-x

Me too! Especially on the occasional green where I get to chip from BOTH the front and back :lol:

 

[campgottagopee]

Me too! Especially on the occasional green where I get to chip from BOTH the front and back :lol:

Hear ya, I've been known to play a little ping-pong myself.

few years back I was playing a Pro-Am w/ Pro2860 and watched him play a little bunker ping-pong on a 3 par, eventually ending up in a quad (may've been a triple), BUT, the big difference is he battled pack to a score of 1 under for his round.... To me that was one of the greatest rounds I've ever watched first hand.

 

[campgottagopee]

I hope to be attending this: http://www.notah.com/event-overview-2011.html

 

[drjeff]

Hear ya, I've been known to play a little ping-pong myself.

few years back I was playing a Pro-Am w/ Pro2860 and watched him play a little bunker ping-pong on a 3 par, eventually ending up in a quad (may've been a triple), BUT, the big difference is he battled pack to a score of 1 under for his round.... To me that was one of the greatest rounds I've ever watched first hand.

My absolute favorite pro hacked up bunker play I've seen personally was in the 2nd round of the 2006 US Open at Winged Foot. Shortish par 3 (can't remember off the top of my head if it was 11,12, or 13). Stewart Cink hits his tee ball into the front right bunker. from my vantage point from the back grandstands I could see most of the ball so I figured that it must be a decent lie. He gets up, makes his swing, bam a full blade, the ball launches over the green, bangs of the front hand railing of the grandstand and ends up in the back left bunker. Bunker shot #2, runs it back across the green into that *cough* "short" *cough* USGA greenside rough. Hacks it back across the green (of course the contours of the green were going away from him) and onto the back fringe. 2 putts later, the triple is on the card, and most of us in the grandstands are nodding our heads going "yup, I can relate to that!" :lol:

 

[jrmagic]

My absolute favorite pro hacked up bunker play I've seen personally was in the 2nd round of the 2006 US Open at Winged Foot. Shortish par 3 (can't remember off the top of my head if it was 11,12, or 13). Stewart Cink hits his tee ball into the front right bunker. from my vantage point from the back grandstands I could see most of the ball so I figured that it must be a decent lie. He gets up, makes his swing, bam a full blade, the ball launches over the green, bangs of the front hand railing of the grandstand and ends up in the back left bunker. Bunker shot #2, runs it back across the green into that *cough* "short" *cough* USGA greenside rough. Hacks it back across the green (of course the contours of the green were going away from him) and onto the back fringe. 2 putts later, the triple is on the card, and most of us in the grandstands are nodding our heads going "yup, I can relate to that!" :lol:

Tanks for the good wishes! I've already had plenty of chipping practice this year all on one hole Our 9th is pretty steep back left to front right and there wasn't much grass yet. I hit my tee shot long left and made a nice (so I thought) soft chip which almost stopped in tap in range but continues past the hole and built up speed until I was 8 feet below the surface of the green. I chipped up and almsot made it but the ball came back to my feet So then I hit long and was in the back fringe:-x and 3 putted from there for a smooth quad:blink:

I think you might be talking about #10 which is a tough hole. Its about 185 or so. #13 is almost 220 unless they played a forward tee. Good story :beer:

 

[campgottagopee]

My absolute favorite pro hacked up bunker play I've seen personally was in the 2nd round of the 2006 US Open at Winged Foot. Shortish par 3 (can't remember off the top of my head if it was 11,12, or 13). Stewart Cink hits his tee ball into the front right bunker. from my vantage point from the back grandstands I could see most of the ball so I figured that it must be a decent lie. He gets up, makes his swing, bam a full blade, the ball launches over the green, bangs of the front hand railing of the grandstand and ends up in the back left bunker. Bunker shot #2, runs it back across the green into that *cough* "short" *cough* USGA greenside rough. Hacks it back across the green (of course the contours of the green were going away from him) and onto the back fringe. 2 putts later, the triple is on the card, and most of us in the grandstands are nodding our heads going "yup, I can relate to that!" :lol:

It's nice to know these dudes are human, or at times they are any-a-ways,

 

[pro2860]

Hear ya, I've been known to play a little ping-pong myself.

few years back I was playing a Pro-Am w/ Pro2860 and watched him play a little bunker ping-pong on a 3 par, eventually ending up in a quad (may've been a triple), BUT, the big difference is he battled pack to a score of 1 under for his round.... To me that was one of the greatest rounds I've ever watched first hand.

Thanks for bringing back these memories..I topped it last year though...made a 13 on a par 3 when asked how, I say because I lipped out a 5 footer for 12...:beer: