The Links...2011

[campgottagopee]

Weekend golf set

9 holes of drinking, er, I mean practive after work saturday

Match and skins game sunday with pro2860 JR as my partner (he's really a pro too and long as noon mass)

Pro-Am monday with pro2860

I can dig it 8)

 

[Warp Daddy]

Weekend golf set

9 holes of drinking, er, I mean practive after work saturday

Match and skins game sunday with pro2860 JR as my partner (he's really a pro too and long as noon mass)

Pro-Am monday with pro2860

I can dig it 8)

Wishing u " short grass and 2 putts" Camp

 

[campgottagopee]

Thanks Warp....short grass and 2 putts, hell yes!!

 

[drjeff]

Thanks Warp....short grass and 2 putts, hell yes!!

Or if worse comes to worse.... long grass, 2 beers, who cares! :lol:

Hit 'em well (but not too often!) there Camp!

 

[campgottagopee]

Or if worse comes to worse.... long grass, 2 beers, who cares! :lol:

Hit 'em well (but not too often!) there Camp!

As long as I can keep my "turn" going and not friggin slide (bad, bad, bad habit of mine when I get it going sideways) I think we'll be just fine.

 

[ChileMass]

Got back Sunday from 4 days in Pawley's Island, SC. While it was cold and foggy and rainy up here, it was sunny and 74*F on Wed and got a couple degrees warmer each day after. Never saw any rain. Nice....

Wed 5/18
Ole buddy Wild Will and I got off the plane and played a fast 18 at the River Club. Lots of sand (holy crap look at the size of that waste bunker), greens that were cut tall, heavily watered, very slow but very true, blue sky and no one on the course when we teed off at 2:15PM. Played 9 in 1:35, 18 in 3:30 but shot crappy golf. Ahhh - wtf...... I think I finished 50-45 for a 95, so not too bad for me shaking off the winter rust and the plane ride.

Thu 5/19
The rest of our crew flew in at noon, so we got to sleep late. Played 18 at The Tradition which is laid out just like the River Club with lots of sand, but the greens were kinda burned up and gravelly. It was like putting on cement, which took some getting used to. Of course my driver decided to abandon me, so I was screwed. Shot 54-49 which sucks. Not a fun day, but a bunch of drinks with my buds turned my attitude around.

Fri 5/20
18 at Willbrook Plantation, which is one of my favorite courses. Tall oak trees with hanging Spanish moss, beautiful clubhouse, lush layout - what's not to like. Of course, I had had waaaaay too much to drink the night before so my head was killing me when I teed off. Shot a lovely 52 on the front and expected a repeat of Thursday. My college roomie and his bro put some money on the game for the last 7 holes, so of course my other college roomie and I dropped the next 3 holes without putting up a fight, so it got worse. But - just when all seemed lost, my best friend yummy yummy alcohol came to my rescue (about 5 beers in 3 holes), and I kicked in the afterburners. I went birdie-birdie-par-par to finish and won the last 4 holes to take their money (a whopping $5 bucks each). My back nine was a 39, which is about as well as I can play. Nice to finally come thru and play some decent golf.

Sat 5/21
Finished with 18 at The Heritage Club, which is part of The Legends Group, and I recommend this course big-time. It may be my favorite in the Myrtle area. It's kind of the bigger brother to Willbrook in that it has even more huge oaks with Spanish moss lining several holes, a Gone with the Wind clubhouse, a championship layout and greens that you just have to see. Each one is absolutely perfectly kept, no blade of grass out of place, and almost all have huge swoops and rolls that are like putting on a roller coaster. Be on the wrong side of the hole and you could be putting up or down 4 feet. Played like crap, of course, but no matter. A beautiful day on a great course with my best friends. Good times. Final story - my buddy Dave's approach on 18 wound up on a hump all the way across from the hole, which was cut in the far corner, down a steep slope, and this putt would need to navigate a thin ridge all the way across the green just to have a chance to go in. The putt would fall away on both sides of the ridge into enormous swales that guaranteed Dave a 3-putt when he eventually did go off the ridge with his putt. So I just had to try it. I put my ball right where his was, lined it up, my buddies stood over at the hole, and damn if it didn't scoot right across the ridge, up the hill, down the slope and into the jar. Fuck me. My buddies went nuts and bought me a cocktail. I stepped it off after, and it was 93 feet. True story and a great way to end.

My group of nitwits has been doing this trip every May since 1995. I'm back home, but boy do I wish I was still in SC......

 

[campgottagopee]

Got back Sunday from 4 days in Pawley's Island, SC. While it was cold and foggy and rainy up here, it was sunny and 74*F on Wed and got a couple degrees warmer each day after. Never saw any rain. Nice....

Wed 5/18
Ole buddy Wild Will and I got off the plane and played a fast 18 at the River Club. Lots of sand (holy crap look at the size of that waste bunker), greens that were cut tall, heavily watered, very slow but very true, blue sky and no one on the course when we teed off at 2:15PM. Played 9 in 1:35, 18 in 3:30 but shot crappy golf. Ahhh - wtf...... I think I finished 50-45 for a 95, so not too bad for me shaking off the winter rust and the plane ride.

Thu 5/19
The rest of our crew flew in at noon, so we got to sleep late. Played 18 at The Tradition which is laid out just like the River Club with lots of sand, but the greens were kinda burned up and gravelly. It was like putting on cement, which took some getting used to. Of course my driver decided to abandon me, so I was screwed. Shot 54-49 which sucks. Not a fun day, but a bunch of drinks with my buds turned my attitude around.

Fri 5/20
18 at Willbrook Plantation, which is one of my favorite courses. Tall oak trees with hanging Spanish moss, beautiful clubhouse, lush layout - what's not to like. Of course, I had had waaaaay too much to drink the night before so my head was killing me when I teed off. Shot a lovely 52 on the front and expected a repeat of Thursday. My college roomie and his bro put some money on the game for the last 7 holes, so of course my other college roomie and I dropped the next 3 holes without putting up a fight, so it got worse. But - just when all seemed lost, my best friend yummy yummy alcohol came to my rescue (about 5 beers in 3 holes), and I kicked in the afterburners. I went birdie-birdie-par-par to finish and won the last 4 holes to take their money (a whopping $5 bucks each). My back nine was a 39, which is about as well as I can play. Nice to finally come thru and play some decent golf.

Sat 5/21
Finished with 18 at The Heritage Club, which is part of The Legends Group, and I recommend this course big-time. It may be my favorite in the Myrtle area. It's kind of the bigger brother to Willbrook in that it has even more huge oaks with Spanish moss lining several holes, a Gone with the Wind clubhouse, a championship layout and greens that you just have to see. Each one is absolutely perfectly kept, no blade of grass out of place, and almost all have huge swoops and rolls that are like putting on a roller coaster. Be on the wrong side of the hole and you could be putting up or down 4 feet. Played like crap, of course, but no matter. A beautiful day on a great course with my best friends. Good times. Final story - my buddy Dave's approach on 18 wound up on a hump all the way across from the hole, which was cut in the far corner, down a steep slope, and this putt would need to navigate a thin ridge all the way across the green just to have a chance to go in. The putt would fall away on both sides of the ridge into enormous swales that guaranteed Dave a 3-putt when he eventually did go off the ridge with his putt. So I just had to try it. I put my ball right where his was, lined it up, my buddies stood over at the hole, and damn if it didn't scoot right across the ridge, up the hill, down the slope and into the jar. Fuck me. My buddies went nuts and bought me a cocktail. I stepped it off after, and it was 93 feet. True story and a great way to end.

My group of nitwits has been doing this trip every May since 1995. I'm back home, but boy do I wish I was still in SC......

Great report!!! I sooooooo much enjoy great golf courses, sounds like you played a couple of them. Almost makes you feel bad just walking on the grass not to mention taking a divot...almost feel guilty.

Great putt!!!! That shit is cool...I dig it.

 

[Warp Daddy]

Chile !!!! ------------------ A a 93 footer on the 18th is "the Shizz" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ChileMass]

Chile !!!! ------------------ A a 93 footer on the 18th is "the Shizz" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you, thank you.....

 

[drjeff]

Got the 1st of what will be literally 4 Fridays of Charity scrambles in a row out of the way yesterday. One of those rounds where the team didn't play bad at all, but never reallly played great either. Ended up ay -9 (-14 won the thing). I was kind of "stuck in neutral" tee to green for the 1st 12 or so holes (was chipping + pitching the ball phenomenally though - but then again in a scramble when you're chipping and pitching a bunch, that's NOT a good thing for scoring ) Finally caught fire for the last 6 holes, where as my team was running out of gas in the high 80's temps and 1st real bit of humidity of the year (or maybe the beer consumption kicked in too much for them :beer: ) I went -4 on my own ball over the last 6 holes, including our 17th hole, a 130yard par 3 with the closest to the pin, where I landed my wedge 4" left of the cup, spun it back to 4'8" and won the closest to the pin award (picked up a nice loooking new Taylormade RAC 56* sand wedge with that shot )

Bottomline though is the local summer camp for special needs kids raised a bunch of $$ yesterday, and thats more important than a few missed opportunities on the course! Up next Friday another scramble to raise some $$ for my local rotary club

 

[jaywbigred]

Whoa, this thread was hard to find because of "Links" in the title as opposed to "golf".

Anyway, my post ski season depression has lifted so I ventured back to AZ this evening while smoking a stogie and having a glass of wine on the deck over looking Barneget Bay.

Quick recount of golf season so far: Fairly typical start, hitting the ball the best I ever have off the tee, with consistency, esp. the last few weeks. Posted three rounds of 80, the latest of which saw a double on #1 and a triple on #18, with the middle 16 played in 3 over. Ha. Also posted an 83 playing the tips on a 7100 yard course with a 72.9/140 rating. Was by myself and finished in 2 hrs 25 minutes. Driver is dialed in and my chipping is lethal right now, getting up and down like 80% of the time but everything in between is mediocre at best. Index is at 9.5.

Still waiting on the first sub 80 round of the year, should come soon if I keep hitting it the way I have been the last few weeks.

Still a frustrating game, but I am relaxing more and enjoying being outside after a rainy, cold spring.

Drjeff, a lot of my weekends are taken up by wedding crap, but if your in VT in August and want to tee it up, let me know!

 

[jaywbigred]

Oh I forgot, had 3 eagles this year so far, including a 140 yd hole out in a scramble for work. My longest hole out of my life, perfect wedge, 6 feet passed the hole, spun back, hung on the lip like Tiger's pitch at 16 (??) at the Masters, then dropped in full view of 3 foursomes, won me some brief fame and some beers (which were free, ha!) at the dinner afterwards.

Damn blow up holes are killing me!

 

[jaywbigred]

Oh I forgot, had 3 eagles this year so far, including a 140 yd hole out in a scramble for work. My longest hole out of my life, perfect wedge, 6 feet passed the hole, spun back, hung on the lip like Tiger's pitch at 16 (??) at the Masters, then dropped in full view of 3 foursomes, won me some brief fame and some beers (which were free, ha!) at the dinner afterwards.

Damn blow up holes are killing me!

 

[Nick]

That's awesome. I played twice this year, I got a par which I was super excited about, I'm usually hockey stick / snowman on every single hole. :lol:

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