Mark Connolly Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 35 minutes ago, Day of the Lords said: 85 in the medal today At least that puts me up to 7. About the only consolation from a clusterfuck of a performance, that and a highly satisfying birdie on 15. I went through to Alyth afterwards to try out some Ping demo irons. The difference between the i500s and my own musclebacks was ridiculous. 5-PW set duly ordered. I opened with a 9 this morning then birdied the next 3. First time I've ever birdied 3 in a row in a medal. I then proceeded to shit myself again and missed buffer by a considerable distance. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Stupid fucking game. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Our comp was cancelled today after they had to take some emergency remedial action to some of the greens which had become saturated with all the midweek rain.Still played a social round, and it was one if those strange ones where i felt i was playing shite but carded a decent score, 2 over my handicap. Putter saved me a few times, holed a load of 10-12 footers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Frustrating medal round for me today. Missed the buffer zone by one shot. Took 3 to get out of a bunker on the 12th and 3 putted 5,9,14 and 15. Birdie on 16 highlight of the day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 The BMW Championship is everything last week wasn't. A proper test of golf. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 The BMW Championship is everything last week wasn't. A proper test of golf. Apart from DJ being at the top of the leaderboard. Really enjoying it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickoverayard Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Got fitted for my P770s today and I’m in love, the first time I’ve ever hit a forged iron and the feel is unbelievable. The distances I was getting from them was staggering. I’m quite a long hitter of a ball but my aliment can be a bit off but the altered that so my miss left is more central... something to do with a plus and minus! They arrive in October and I can’t wait to get out on the course with them!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Played Balmore in Glasgow last week, playing really nicely and a 6 over 40 through 9 on course for a best ever round for me, then absolutely launch it on the easier back 9 and end up an 18 over 50 for the back 9 for a 90. Absolutely seething. Plying Royal Musselburgh today so hoping for more consistency. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Is there anything more frustrating than a putt on 18 lipping out when if it had dropped it would have brought your handicap down by 0.3 ? Well I had that pleasure yesterday! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Is there anything more frustrating than a putt on 18 lipping out when if it had dropped it would have brought your handicap down by 0.3 ? Well I had that pleasure yesterday! Yep hugely frustrating. I had a putt lip out on 18 yesterday which has it dropped would have meant I made the buffer zone. Another 0.1 increase for me as a result. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Yep hugely frustrating. I had a putt lip out on 18 yesterday which has it dropped would have meant I made the buffer zone. Another 0.1 increase for me as a result.Looking back on my round the 3 putt on the 10th didn’t help. Or fatting my approach to 17 leaving it 75 yards short. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Looking back on my round the 3 putt on the 10th didn’t help. Or fatting my approach to 17 leaving it 75 yards short. Yep that’s pretty much always the case. I took 3 shots to get out of a bunker on 12 and 3 putted four times. That last putt just missing always stings though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Yep that’s pretty much always the case. I took 3 shots to get out of a bunker on 12 and 3 putted four times. That last putt just missing always stings though.What a wonderfully frustrating and addictive game it is 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Honest_Man#1 said: Played Balmore in Glasgow last week, playing really nicely and a 6 over 40 through 9 on course for a best ever round for me, then absolutely launch it on the easier back 9 and end up an 18 over 50 for the back 9 for a 90. Absolutely seething. Plying Royal Musselburgh today so hoping for more consistency. Balmore is a nice enough course, but a few too many shared fairways for my liking 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Paige-Black Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Honest_Man#1 said: Played Balmore in Glasgow last week, playing really nicely and a 6 over 40 through 9 on course for a best ever round for me, then absolutely launch it on the easier back 9 and end up an 18 over 50 for the back 9 for a 90. Absolutely seething. Plying Royal Musselburgh today so hoping for more consistency. Both decent courses although Royal Musselburgh is better. Really good bunkering at about 250 off most tees and a big castle of a clubhouse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 I've played quite a bit at Royal Musselburgh recently. Clubhouse is thie best thing about it imo. Some of the bunkers have no sand in them and it's like hitting off a cart path. It's certainly not the worst course, but a lot of the holes, particularly early in the round, are very samey. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 What a wonderfully frustrating and addictive game it is Yep. More frustration for me today. Hit the ball really well and had a very respectable 35 Stableford points. Holed a good eight footer for par on the first and thereafter putted poorly. Three putted from about 8 feet on 16th for a bogey and then missed a two foot par putt on 18 after playing a really excellent chip from an awkward lie. Couple of other 3 putts too. Should have had a nice cut today. Chance missed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 A final round 65 for Craig Howie lifts up to a tie for 5th place in the UK Championship at the Belfry. A 66 for Calum Hill gets him another top 10 to keep up a decent run of form. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 5 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: Balmore is a nice enough course, but a few too many shared fairways for my liking I don’t remember many, but there is one that is genuinely dangerous where it directly crosses another hole at a 90 degree angle where people are playing from a blind spot right onto the fairway. Not even a bell or anything to let people know you’re there is farcical. 4 hours ago, Beth Paige-Black said: Both decent courses although Royal Musselburgh is better. Really good bunkering at about 250 off most tees and a big castle of a clubhouse. 4 hours ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said: I've played quite a bit at Royal Musselburgh recently. Clubhouse is thie best thing about it imo. Some of the bunkers have no sand in them and it's like hitting off a cart path. It's certainly not the worst course, but a lot of the holes, particularly early in the round, are very samey. Shot 92 and was quite disappointed with that. Nice enough course, but as you say the bunkers are a bit of a joke tbh. Better bunkers on a lot of municipal courses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 19 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: I don’t remember many, but there is one that is genuinely dangerous where it directly crosses another hole at a 90 degree angle where people are playing from a blind spot right onto the fairway. Not even a bell or anything to let people know you’re there is farcical. Shot 92 and was quite disappointed with that. Nice enough course, but as you say the bunkers are a bit of a joke tbh. Better bunkers on a lot of municipal courses. There was certainly a bell there any time I played it, but I know a few courses have removed bells from use at the moment 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 45 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: There was certainly a bell there any time I played it, but I know a few courses have removed bells from use at the moment There were bells on a couple of the other holes so they haven’t taken them away I don’t think. Might be I’ve missed it, but I remember having a look around as I thought it was a bit of a ridiculous crossover. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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