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[King Colby]

#4 at firestone farms. From the tees I played, you have about 270 to work with on your drive before you end up in the fescue, then almost a 90 degree dogleg left uphill another 230 or so. Hit about a 245 drive, 175 5I, 77 yard 52 degree.

Any 5Afers ever get an Ace?

That’s the par five with the dog leg left?

I’ve only played their once, liked the course a lot. That’s an elevated green I right, hope you got to witness it go in.

No aces for me.

We saw it land really close and then disappear and kind of looked at each other like uhh I think that went in. I was pretty sure it went in but in the back of my mind it just rolled off the back so I of course brought my putter up with me and let someone else check the hole LOL

[dodint]

One of the coolest things I have ever seen on a golf course was Troy's hole out eagle at Glengarry #8.

[King Colby]

And yeah firestone farms is pretty sweet it just takes a million years to get there.

Man I haven't played Glengarry in forever because yet again it takes me a million years but might have to take a trip out to meet up with dudeint

[dodint]

Sure man, let's play. I haven't been out there yet this year. They upgraded their online booking system and, unfortunately, their prices. It's still one of the more affordable courses around but it isn't my mid-week cheap round anymore.

I need to get out there a little more. Still need to play Cloverleaf, Manitto, the rest of Mt. Odin.

[count2infinity]

No ace here either. The closest I came was actually a par 4 drove it onto the green and it was in the morning when the green was wet and you could see the path the ball takes while rolling. Rolled about an inch wide of the cup and ended up 2 feet by. Certainly would have dropped if it was on the right line.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

the closest I’ve gotten to a hole in one is hitting the green, the ball disappearing from where I on the tee could see it and then me finding out that it’s actually 20 feet past the hole over a ridge

but of course the entire March up you’re hoping you find it in the cup

[MR25]

I shot 82 at birdsfoot yesterday. Was +2 through 7 where the two bogeys were 8 ft par chances that just missed. Game felt in control, was actually just really unlucky up to that point cause I was right in an undulation 4 times leading to baseball swing shots that I chunked/came up short twice (executed the other two). Then pulled my drive on 8 proceeded to double. Pulled it back together and had a chance to break 80, but had a 3-putt par on 16, where a birdie would have got me to +7. But then 3-putt the par 3 17 and hit a bad drive on 18 leaving a completely blind approach shot from 170

How was it playing (soft, dry, etc)? Playing 18 there tomorrow morning.

[MR25]

I have 0 aces and can't say I've been particularly close (at least not memorably so).

My dad has one on 7 at Clover Hill, about 20 years ago. Never saw it good in since the hole was on the top tier of the green. We looked all around for it until the guy we were playing with checked the hole.

[Troy Loney]

I shot 82 at birdsfoot yesterday. Was +2 through 7 where the two bogeys were 8 ft par chances that just missed. Game felt in control, was actually just really unlucky up to that point cause I was right in an undulation 4 times leading to baseball swing shots that I chunked/came up short twice (executed the other two). Then pulled my drive on 8 proceeded to double. Pulled it back together and had a chance to break 80, but had a 3-putt par on 16, where a birdie would have got me to +7. But then 3-putt the par 3 17 and hit a bad drive on 18 leaving a completely blind approach shot from 170

How was it playing (soft, dry, etc)? Playing 18 there tomorrow morning.

It was rolling. My drive on 16 went about 320

[Troy Loney]

I’ve come close twice. 1st hole at clover hill almost dunked it Michael block style. Then at clover field, that one par three with the hill side on the right. I pushed it, but it kicked straight right and rolled past. Heard a huge celebration while playing the next hole, a guy had the same miss right that kicked left, but his went in

[Orlando Penguin]

None here. In fact, furthest hole out is no more than 35-40 yds. I’ve had a couple die inside 2 ft including a tee shot that rode the ground for the final 70 yards.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

Scottie is lurking…only 3 behind

[genoscoif]

Closest I've come to an ace is actually really really close, but no Lewinsky. Visited my parents in Tennessee a few years ago and we played a course my dad had never been to. Got paired with 2 guys that played the course 3 times a week. I was playing like dogsh*t most of the day. 49 on front and doubled 10. Not one good swing all day.

#11 was a 155 par 3 slightly downhill over water, which went right up to the green. Pin was back left, and the one guy we were playing with told us the green funnels back to that location, so just hit the middle of the green. I had been flipping my short irons all day, so I hit a sort of easy 8 aimed off the right edge, and sure enough it turned over. As the ball was coming down, the one dude said 'that might go in'. Ball hit pretty much middle middle and I figured it was going to stop, but it started rolling right at the pin 25 or so feet away. I heard my dad say 'oh my god'. 2 dudes we were playing with yelling 'go, go.' I was absolutely frozen.

It stopped a little over 6 inches from the hole...we measured. So a little over a roll away, rolling dead center cut..

If there is a golf equivalent to blue balls, I had it for the entire week.

Every other close call was actually a fairly poor shot that got a great bounce and roll, or a ball mark that was within a foot or 2 but the ball... wasn't.

[shafnutz05]

Just insanity on Grillo's final hole. His ball went in a flowing viaduct and has traveled backwards 100 yards and counting.

[King Colby]

I've had my ball mark be 6 inches from one side of the cup and ball ended up 6 inches from the other. You could see the roll line was slightly right of the cup, by about 2 balls (heh)

[MR25]

86 at Birdsfoot. Figured out the driver issues at the range Saturday/pre-round.

Of the 10 Par 4s, I was 3+ with 7 pars. Don't think I had a 2nd shot over 130 into the greens. My issue today was putting. I guess it's a bit different playing a real course vs NP or Clover Hill. 37 putts with 4 three-putts.

If I clean that up, I think I have a shot at breaking 80 this year.

[King Colby]

I couldn't keep my drive in play today. Golf humbles you

[shafnutz05]

Great stuff @MR25

I feel ya KC

[Troy Loney]

86 at Birdsfoot. Figured out the driver issues at the range Saturday/pre-round.

Of the 10 Par 4s, I was 3+ with 7 pars. Don't think I had a 2nd shot over 130 into the greens. My issue today was putting. I guess it's a bit different playing a real course vs NP or Clover Hill. 37 putts with 4 three-putts.

If I clean that up, I think I have a shot at breaking 80 this year.

I did a golf staycation last summer, I would go play early, come home, take the dogs to the off-leash park to tire out, then go back out for an afternoon round. By the end of that week and for the following couple of weekends my short game was good. But having a good short game quickly went away playing 1/week. I really just don't know if I will ever have the patience for a good short game. I guess that's the difference between cheap public courses and real golf courses, you don't need a good short game.

I shot an 80 at Madison Club yesterday, it didn't feel like I was playing well, I had two mini tantrums on the front and shot a 43, then played a clean back, came close to holing out on a par four again, and shot a 37. I also made every putt that was 3 -4 ft or less, that and being in play off the tee every hole is essentially my path for a decent score.

[King Colby]

I didn't have a single 3-putt in either of my past 2 rounds (no gimmes either). So literally being shitty off the tee cost me 8-10 strokes

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

literally being shitty?

[King Colby]

The definition of shitty is "contemptible" so I would say yes, I was literally deserving of contempt

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

no no no

you were pooping your pants while taking a swing

[shafnutz05]

Horschel fell off a cliff this year.

[count2infinity]

After dropping to #185 in the world, Ricky is back in the top 50 again.