I’m a shitty golfer...

[DWC]

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Played Los Sorranos yesterday it’s in pretty good damn shape!

That hole is a beast. In the afternoon, it’s just brutal.

 

[YeahYeah01]

So when you’re not sure where or what type of shot is coming the best defense is to narrow your focus. Most people start “aiming for the middle” but if you actually shrink your target and pick a very specific place you want the ball to go you’ll improve your chances for success

More of an aim small miss small. Good advice!

 

[BingerFang]

Bettinardi SS Thompson - Limited Edition 196/500.

I paid $900 for it a few months ago, willing to let go to RDP member for $700. Putter is in perfect condition with original grip.

Not my listing, but for price reference:

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Bettinardi SS17 Thompson Limited Run 303SS 239/500 . Condition is New. Shipped with UPS Ground.

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[DWC]

Bettinardi SS Thompson - Limited Edition 196/500.

I paid $900 for it a few months ago, willing to let go to RDP member for $700. Putter is in perfect condition with original grip.

Not my listing, but for price reference:

Bettinardi SS17 Thompson Limited Run 303SS 239/500 | eBay

Bettinardi SS17 Thompson Limited Run 303SS 239/500 . Condition is New. Shipped with UPS Ground.

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NEW Bettinardi SS17 Thompson 303SS Limited Run 35" Putter Golf Club w/ COA & Box | eBay

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That looks a little cleaner than mine.

Good looking club. GLWTS.

 

[BingerFang]

That looks a little cleaner than mine.

Good looking club. GLWTS.

She looks like she’s just getting broken in

 

[DWC]

Played Los Serranos North today. Booked it as a single late last night. Ended up playing with the longest hitting 65yr old I’ve ever seen. He carried it 270/280. Played a Krank driver xx stiff. If he could hit wedges it would’ve been a low round.
I backed into an 80. Didn’t hit anything impressive, made quite a few 4-6’ par putts. Course is in good shape overall. Greens are pretty dialed considering the heat they’ve gone through the last few months.

 

[Mandelon]

So La Quinta was nice, but most courses are still closed for reseeding. I hit Silver Rock on opening day. Teeing off at 7:12 we were the third group out on the new grass. No divots, no skid marks, it was in amazing shape. It is tucked right up against the mountainside. The development is called Talus. It has new $3MM homes being buitl now. all presold. Two hotels, convention space and a clubhouse. Apparently the City of La Quinta is the owner. I did OK at a course I never seen and shot an 86. Hard to sink putts. Greens were young and slow. I played as a single, and was paired with a 78 year old beast of a man. He's 6'3" and weighs 240. Arms like my thighs. He'd still kick ass in a bar fight. Every one knew him as he's a regular there. He said he shoots his age a few times a season. Friday he put down an 83. It helps to know the layout. I'd play here again. Cost was $179 for me, but $68 for a resident.

Home - SilverRock Resort

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[Mandelon]

Saturday my tee time was at 6:56 so I was up and out before the sun came up. We stayed at a really nice complex next door to the La Quinta Resort. I couldn't get a time at any of their courses this trip due to overseeding schedules. Since it was 104* during the mid day I picked a bargain spot for Saturday's round just because of the early tee time. Indian Palms. They are an old resort with three 9 holes courses. Built in the 1940's. I played Mountain and Indian. Both were in pretty rough shape. There's no overseeding going on here. Lumpy greens and rough patches interspersed with overgrown brown rough. LOL I think I lost five balls that should have been in play if they mowed the place. The photo is of the nicest holes on the way in on 8 and 9. The grass by the clubhouse definitely gets more water than the grass out in the boonies. For $50 I didn't really expect a lot. Fees did include a cart and a half dozen tees. At Silver Rock they had a cart girl, and a cooler with ice and waters and a ball washer included on your cart. This cart... not so much. No GPS either. Between the shit conditions and my tired muscles I carded an embarrassing 98 at this place. I would not go back if there was another option.

 

[Albert]

Played Los Serranos North today. Booked it as a single late last night. Ended up playing with the longest hitting 65yr old I’ve ever seen. He carried it 270/280. Played a Krank driver xx stiff. If he could hit wedges it would’ve been a low round.
I backed into an 80. Didn’t hit anything impressive, made quite a few 4-6’ par putts. Course is in good shape overall. Greens are pretty dialed considering the heat they’ve gone through the last few months.

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Nice round

 

[Albert]

Playing Sierra lakes tomorrow then Dos Lagos Weds. we will see how it goes!

 

[Joker]

Played Avi on Friday after getting stuck behind one of Laughlin Ranches unending tournaments. Took 1.5 hours for 2 holes there on Wednesday. We just signed up for another year there so we’ll see how it goes.

 

[Boatymcboatface]

Playing Sierra lakes tomorrow then Dos Lagos Weds. we will see how it goes!

Worked at Sierra lakes way back before houses. We’d make up our own holes! Tee off on hole one and play to hole 3 green. Did the same thing at a couple country clubs I worked at on Mondays too. Good times.

 

[Albert]

Worked at Sierra lakes way back before houses. We’d make up our own holes! Tee off on hole one and play to hole 3 green. Did the same thing at a couple country clubs I worked at on Mondays too. Good times.

Nice!

 

[DWC]

She looks like she’s just getting broken in

I’ve had it for 25ish years. First trip out was a vendor deal in Monterrey. New sales guy was a bit of a jackball, pretty inexperienced in sales and golf. He did the “unhook the strap” deal on the cart for my bag on the first hole. I took off, he was dying laughing. New putter ended up with a “huge” gouge on it. Now it just blends in.
Old school caddies always get a kick out of it.

 

[BingerFang]

I’ve had it for 25ish years. First trip out was a vendor deal in Monterrey. New sales guy was a bit of a jackball, pretty inexperienced in sales and golf. He did the “unhook the strap” deal on the cart for my bag on the first hole. I took off, he was dying laughing. New putter ended up with a “huge” gouge on it. Now it just blends in.
Old school caddies always get a kick out of it.

You are a nicer man than me. I would have thrown his entire golf bag in the middle of the pond and then kicked him in the nuts. Lol

 

[DWC]

Played Iron Wolf this morning. It was a little cold but not too crazy. Started off very slow, couldn’t make a putt the first 4 holes. Couldn’t miss the last 3 holes! Went birdie, birdie on the par 5’s and then holed out from 140 on 9!

 

[YeahYeah01]

Played Iron Wolf this morning. It was a little cold but not too crazy. Started off very slow, couldn’t make a putt the first 4 holes. Couldn’t miss the last 3 holes! Went birdie, birdie on the par 5’s and then holed out from 140 on 9!

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Holed out from 140!?? Dam that's bad ass.

 

[DWC]

Holed out from 140!?? Dam that's bad ass.

Yeah, pretty crazy. I hit it flush and dead at it. My neighbor started yelling it went in. It’s dead uphill so we couldn’t see it. Hell of a finish to the round. The first birdie was a 50’ to 60’ putt. 2nd was a 2 putt. Left the first one 8’ short.

 

[ChumpChange]

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[Activated]

My wife decided she wanted to take up golf. We play this par 3 and 4 old peoples course not far from the house. It is only $35 and my wife was finally able to play a full round last week. She’s had a few lessons and we are trying to play once a week here.

As close as I have ever been on a par 3. I think it was 142 yards.

edit…and I missed the *&^%$,ing putt. Lol

 

[Albert]

Played Los Robles in Thousand Oaks short course , nice course , tough greens , narrow fairways .

 

[wzuber]

Nice, looks challenging...

 

[wzuber]

Here's a couple pix of the Old Mill course in the Cottonwood Heights area of Salt Lake City. Beautiful course, lots of elevation change, obstacles and fast greens.

 

[Albert]

Here's a couple pix of the Old Mill course in the Cottonwood Heights area of Salt Lake City. Beautiful course, lots of elevation change, obstacles and fast greens. View attachment 1303132 View attachment 1303133

Man the second cut looks tough to hit out of

 

[LHC Kirby]

Played Oak Valley in Beaumont for a two day tournament. Very challenging course, played about 5 over my handicap. The course is in great shape, the pro? shop was empty of merchandise..... 3 pairs of shoes, 14 shirts total. about 20 gloves...... didn't see anything else. Looks like it is about to close. but employees said no, just low on stuff.....

If you anywhere close, I would go play it.

 

[JayBreww]

Played Oak Valley in Beaumont for a two day tournament. Very challenging course, played about 5 over my handicap. The course is in great shape, the pro? shop was empty of merchandise..... 3 pairs of shoes, 14 shirts total. about 20 gloves...... didn't see anything else. Looks like it is about to close. but employees said no, just low on stuff.....

If you anywhere close, I would go play it.

I played it about a month ago. It’s a fun track

 

[Boatymcboatface]

Played Oak Valley in Beaumont for a two day tournament. Very challenging course, played about 5 over my handicap. The course is in great shape, the pro? shop was empty of merchandise..... 3 pairs of shoes, 14 shirts total. about 20 gloves...... didn't see anything else. Looks like it is about to close. but employees said no, just low on stuff.....

If you anywhere close, I would go play it.

I doubt it will close. Ownership has very deep pockets and a golf school they run out of there for students from outside the USA. Not saying it won’t close just saying not likely

1st course I ever worked on the maintenance crew while going to college.

 

[DWC]

I doubt it will close. Ownership has very deep pockets and a golf school they run out of there for students from outside the USA. Not saying it won’t close just saying not likely

1st course I ever worked on the maintenance crew while going to college.

Haven’t played there in quite awhile but it was on the regular rotation for a long time. Great track. Not a boring hole on the course.

 

[DWC]

Hit Iron Wolf again this morning. Course is coming along nicely. The greens are filling in and they’re letting the rough get a little longer. Really looking forward to the back 9 getting completed.

 

[satellitemike]

Hit Iron Wolf again this morning. Course is coming along nicely. The greens are filling in and they’re letting the rough get a little longer. Really looking forward to the back 9 getting completed. View attachment 1304198 View attachment 1304199 View attachment 1304200 View attachment 1304201 View attachment 1304202 View attachment 1304203

I talked to iron wolf last week, they said all 18 should be open before new years!
I'm looking to get at least one round in next week if anyone would like to join, I'll be rolling in Tuesday evening thru Sunday.

 

[Albert]

 

[Machally]

Another round of guess that course?
This public course has a decent layout and is typically in good condition. The best part are the views from most every hole!

 

[DWC]

Yeah Mike. @satellitemike

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[DWC]

Another round of guess that course?
This public course has a decent layout and is typically in good condition. The best part are the views from most every hole!
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No idea. Looks beautiful though.

 

[Machally]

Morro Bay, the views are incredible.

 

[satellitemike]

Yeah Mike. @satellitemike

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I give those to Ron cuz I hate to see a grown man cry when he misses, or worse yet throw his putter into the lake again!

 

[DWC]

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I give those to Ron cuz I hate to see a grown man cry when he misses, or worse yet throw his putter into the lake again!

PS. Good morning.

 

[satellitemike]

PS. Good morning.

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Chino hills?

 

[DWC]

Chino hills?

Yep, Los Serranos north.

 

[Mandelon]

Played Twin Oaks in Vista on Friday. It was a bit chilly. So was my putting. And driving. LOL

Missed two birdies by inches. A handful of pars was nice, but a couple lost balls cost me.

 

[Albert]

 

[Machally]

Played Twin Oaks in Vista on Friday. It was a bit chilly. So was my putting. And driving. LOL

Missed two birdies by inches. A handful of pars was nice, but a couple lost balls cost me.

I like that course. The par 5 on #2 is Pretty narrow off the tee, pretty daunting considering it’s only the second hole.

 

[Albert]

 

[Albert]

 

[77charger]

Golfed this morning locally and typical i practiced at range 2 days ago was getting consistent with driver today i played 9 holes and hit everything but the fairway with driver,I landed in a lake hit a house and landed one in playground next to the course.But irons were great

 

[wzuber]

Golfed this morning locally and typical i practiced at range 2 days ago was getting consistent with driver today i played 9 holes and hit everything but the fairway with driver,I landed in a lake hit a house and landed one in playground next to the course.But irons were great

Sounds like your muscles got hi and forgot wtf to do.....it happens some times. It's as if they have a mind of their own....haha

 

[Boatymcboatface]

Haven’t played since June! Always fun to start out at a nice country club with lots of elevated tees, water, bunkers, fast greens and narrow fairways!

 

[Mandelon]

Made it out to Sea n Air yesterday. My old Navy golf buddy had his 73rd birthday. He retired as a Command Master Chief after 20 years. Viet Nam vet. He's slowing down, but still loves to play. Its sad to see his loss of strength over the years but he is dealing with tumors and cancer issues. Agent Orange exposure is a thing.

His retired status gets him on bases to play the golf courses and I am happy to be his guest. There's a few military courses in San Diego. MCAS Miramar has a flat basic course. Sea n Air is on NAS Coronado. A couple holes run right along the beach. You can see the beachfront bar that was the basis for the bar in the Top Gun movies from the green on hole 15. Camp Pendleton's course is along the bottom of canyons so it is a bit more challenging. We don't get there too often due to the long drive but it is a nice course. Admiral Baker is now open to the public, but was previously not. Baker is not on a base. It has two 18's, with a South and a North Course. The North being more of a challenge. At Sea n Air there's often fighter jets landing, transpo planes coming in and out and the hearty thumping of helicopters in the air. At 08:00 the National Anthem plays out over speakers. Everyone comes to a stop and faces towards the music or a flag if you can see one. It's kinda special.

Played well yesterday, and would have broken 80 if my putter was bit more finely tuned. Played the same ball for the whole round. That's a bit of a rare occurrence. Hope to get out again soon.

This is just a stock pic but conveys the idea.

 

[YeahYeah01]

Made it out to Sea n Air yesterday. My old Navy golf buddy had his 73rd birthday. He retired as a Command Master Chief after 20 years. Viet Nam vet. He's slowing down, but still loves to play. Its sad to see his loss of strength over the years but he is dealing with tumors and cancer issues. Agent Orange exposure is a thing.

His retired status gets him on bases to play the golf courses and I am happy to be his guest. There's a few military courses in San Diego. MCAS Miramar has a flat basic course. Sea n Air is on NAS Coronado. A couple holes run right along the beach. You can see the beachfront bar that was the basis for the bar in the Top Gun movies from the green on hole 15. Camp Pendleton's course is along the bottom of canyons so it is a bit more challenging. We don't get there too often due to the long drive but it is a nice course. Admiral Baker is now open to the public, but was previously not. Baker is not on a base. It has two 18's, with a South and a North Course. The North being more of a challenge. At Sea n Air there's often fighter jets landing, transpo planes coming in and out and the hearty thumping of helicopters in the air. At 08:00 the National Anthem plays out over speakers. Everyone comes to a stop and faces towards the music or a flag if you can see one. It's kinda special.

Played well yesterday, and would have broken 80 if my putter was bit more finely tuned. Played the same ball for the whole round. That's a bit of a rare occurrence. Hope to get out again soon.


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This is just a stock pic but conveys the idea.

If the putter was finely tuned then that would throw driver out of tune lol.

 

[YeahYeah01]

Coming into the sort of off season for CA I got slammed with work and not putting much practice or even rounds in and it was showing, when I did have time we would just go play, no warm up just go. Scores were horrible. Played and practiced a bit more over the last month or so and played once this week and things were starting to come back to normal. Shot an 84 with a strange front 9, 5 pars, 1 bogey, 2 doubles and a triple. The doubles and triple came in row 2nd though 4th holes.