Can and will break 80 = start of 2021= 11.3.

finished 2020 well with 80 OTS at Warragul.

It will be an interesting 2021, We will be homeless for most of the year, but will still be able to focus on golf.

Tournament schedule mapped out and focus will be on playing well in selected key events, with lots of Personal best scores on those courses.
goal for end of year = 7.4 or better.

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Francie, xrman

excellent choice of course GPJ, welcome to the home of golf, hope you enjoy the golf course and all its challenges
I see that your mate Bradley has also joined.
best value course around.

OldBogey wrote:

Stab at Warra today.
Only 3 pars, one wipe, 33 points.
Caught up with CB80 and Dancer who played a few holes behind us and I was still in the lounge when they came in. They both scored better than me. Dancer is now a Warra member.

Yes Dancer is a member now. he played well with a Vision grey BOB and had 38 points.

I finally got over my Warragul hoodoo where i haven’t broken 88 and finally had a Personal Best score for course of 80 OTS for 37 points.

so a good finish to the years golf.

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xrman wrote:

I was out of bed early and teed off at 7:30 It was mild a slightly sunny, with little if any wind at first.

I was trying to play stress fee golf, hitting shots I know I can hit in a effort to keep the ball in play. In essence, club up one club and swing a bit easier.

On hole #1 I aimed at the corner of the dogleg left and hit an easy Driver shot and popped the ball within an 8 i range. I had the distance right but the ball drifted out right, so I was short sided and had a rise to get over. I tried a bump and run with my 5 -Hybrid. I didn’t quite hit it hard enough, but got in the hole with 2 putts. This stress free golf might just work. A bogey on this hole isn’t a bad start.

For the rest of my round I managed to hit the fairway all but 4 times. two left and two right in the light rough, which resulted in one par and three bogeys. Arccos is telling me I need to work on my distance off the tee. I think I will need to get a bit fitter over the next months before I start any speed training though. The old body is groaning a bit of late.

Anyway I was much happier with my 6,7,8 iron approach shots @ 115 m-135 m ( 8 GIR today) and I managed two up and down pars. Approach shots 135-165 m were not so good today, where my SL hybrids were going left.

Chipping went well today, getting closer to the pin, hence the better putting numbers. I am getting confident with my 60 and 56 CBX2 wedges, rather than always coming in low with an 8 i, PW. I was running past the pin a lot when short sided.

The putter was on song for all but two holes. One of the three putt hole was a brain fart, tap in putt that turned more than a Shane Warne flipper. 33 putts ( 5 by one, 11 by two and two by 3)

2 birdies, 8 pars, 7 bogies, one double for 79. How I wish I could do this in a competition round!!

awesome golf to end 2020. All goes well hope you can convert your practice round form into a comp round in 2021.

Lang Lang Saturday. 27 points . consisted of 4 par, 6 bogeys and 8 doubles. 34 shots to get ball inside 100m. 56 more to get ball in hole from there. greens were good course excellent. work on short game needed over Christmas break.

Sunday played in the PGA Super 6 amateur qualifying at Warragul. course in good conditions and greens were nice to putt on.
91 OTS net 81..
4 pars, 8 bogeys 6 DB. process good ,a few bad bounces sideways from middle of fairway. putting inconsistent 38 putts.
34 shots to get inside 100m. then 57 to get ball in hole.
The games showed me how I need to better prepare for events, hitting a medium bucket of balls on range on Friday afternoon, gave me the result I got.
These were my last competitive game for 2020, which has been a poor year all round business wise and golf wise. In process of moving house, so no practice until mid January. Game schedule for next year prepared and will be more focussed for first event at end of January.

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OldBogey wrote:

Veterans’ golf resumed today, conveniently playing stab at Drouin. Drouin is somewhat longer than Warra with a heap of par5s and long par4s.
Shotgun start from the 6th, I had three 1-point and a 2 point on the front. Back nine had a wipe and some 1s but enough 3-points to garner 17 points. Returning to the front I had a 4-point birdie on the 1st but also a wipe and too many 1-points for another 15.

Total: 32 points.

Second in A grade was 37 points which suggests it might have been a bit tough out there, with showers rolling through. But C grade was led by two players with 46 points. The course was in excellent condition although I found the greens a bit slow.

Back to Warra tomorrow.

we will have to better line up the Vets games so I can come and play some West events, the venues which are closer than some of the South ones.

fun day today at langy with little man and dazzle.(first game in over 12 months)
wind blowing but greens softened a bit after rain overnight so not usual speed.
game was good overall round today in wind, as I punched drivers low under tree line and kept ball in play all day. found a couple of bunkers but got out no problems.
solid finish with 5 GIR and 5 pars from 14 to 18, but Little man won the day.

Playing at Leongatha tomorrow in vets final day. I always go well here. course is on sand so dry. Its an Ambrose so will be lots of fun will try out the new vision prototype which has been sitting in box since lock down.

OldBogey wrote:

MM stroke at Warra today.
Except for one hole, I pIayed reasonably. One par, three doubles, one Bo Derek.

The 5th hole is a short, level par4 with no bunkers. But there’s a road down the left side and a gully along the right side. My first drive went nicely up the left side but my ball took a sharp bounce left and through the fence OOB. Second drive repeated the first, bouncing through the fence. Third drive was deliberately pushed right but nestled against the trunk of a huge cypress with the only option being a chip onto the fairway, for 6. Hit up the fairway for 7, on for 8 and two putts.

Nett 80.

The 5th is indeed a tough hole and only 330 ish m in length = So 6I off tee, 9 I short, chip on take your 5. look happy