King City 3/19/15
John and I are coming off a win against Dave and Jim which is nice. For a 2 or 3 year period we only won once or twice, including I am pretty sure we were shut out 2 years ago and only one once last...
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Sah Hah Lee 3/20/15
It may have been a stressful week at work, this I can neither confirm nor deny. I was going to the Nelon concert at 7 towards Molalla so I headed that way early to "beat" traffic (wherein "beat" means...
View ArticleKing City 3/21/15
After breakfast with the wife I snuck over to King City for a quick round. By which I meant another slow round. You probably know how I played already...I did hit the fairway with my first tee shot,...
View ArticleKing City Multiple Rounds
Been a while since I have updated. Back on Friday the 27th I was put in a fourseom with 3 Koreans. One of them, Jimmy, he and I hit it off really well and have golfed together a couple times since....
View ArticleKing City, Multiple Rounds
After the fitting/lesson, I was anxious to get out and try the new thoughts. I knew going in that I was likely to play poorly while implementing these things but I wanted to see what would happen....
View ArticleRacquetball
Thursday Scott was unable to make it but Tim and David did and both were playing well.The first game I was lob serving and for the first round so were they. But David was doing his blistering corner...
View ArticleKing City Catch Up
Lately I have just been using the Grint for scorekeeping so I don't have score cards, but:Shot 50 for 996 for 18 Saturday, April 4th without benefit of a single par46 on Sunday, April 5th with a single...
View ArticleCamas Meadows
After work Wednesday i went to the driving range to check out the new clubs. Started with an 8 iron. Lined up carefully, tried the "swing to right field", the swing felt good, sounded good...never...
View ArticleKing City 4/10/15 Round 20
After Camas Meadows I was anxious to see how I could do. Got joined by "Rich" on first hole. I promptly tried to justify yesterdays score and hooked the first ball left over the houses. But I HOOKED...
View ArticleKing City rounds 21,22,23 4/11/15
I was at the course by 6:30, teed off at 7:05. 4H long but straight...which since I was playing for a draw meant into the 9th fairway.But a nice wedge over trees to close, chip to 4', 1 putt par....
View ArticleRound 24
Went out with a vendor and it started well. Drive was long and just barely left of center. Overshot green by 20 yards but chipped to 6' and 1-putted for par.Next hole a little rougher...no draw on tee...
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4/18/15: Vernonia, king City Round 25
Got together with Kristy, Patrick, Nick and JJ in Vernonia. I got there early and worked on a putting maneuver used by Justin Spieth where you look at the hole, then move your hands forward to start...
View ArticleRounds 26, 27, 28 and 29
Sis was in town so no r-ball Sunday. Monday went out and played. Nobody in front of me and I was flying. I blistered through the front with 2 pars, a double, the rest bogeys. Only 16 putts. I was...
View ArticleRounds 30-33
Played 18, shot a 97. Not good but birdied the last, had 3 pars and a birdie on 9. Drive was mid-length and left. With ball below my feet and tree sort of in way, took it from 75 yards to 4 feet and...
View ArticleRound 34: So close!
My goal is to break 40. I did it once many years ago at Gearhart. With a 29. There is some question in my mind if I really did it. Naturally I would rather do it on a par 36, but I will take what i can...
View ArticleRound 35: Made IT! except, not really...
I started off killing it. Hole 1 was a Fir-Gir-Par. Textbook with my 4 Hybrid being a solid 260ish yards, my 10ish yard chip leaving me a long makeable putt I did not feel bad about missing, and the...
View ArticleRounds 36,37
Fresh off my near miss, I went a few days between chances to play. I had a double lesson, spent some time working on chipping.Mostly I was working on air time v roll time, I carefully paced it off,...
View ArticleThis year in golf (so far)2015 as of 9/22/15
Until this year I have never played much golf. 4, 5 rounds a year, sometimes less, rarely ever as many as 10 and even then only 1 or 2 would be for 18.This year the wife and I talked about it, I wanted...
View Article7/15/17 Elk Ridge
J and I were taking on D and JA up at Elk Creek in Carson, WA. They elected to play blue tees. I was good with that, though somewhat concerned as my game is really bad. My driver and 4h have deserted...
View ArticleWildwood 8/5/17 Personal Best for 9
I have been scuffling a bit lately but after a range session last night, had a plan. Would play for bogey today. If I hit a spectacular shot I might get a par but should stay out of trouble. Went to...
View ArticleRed Tail 7.17.19
I want to analyze my round from Red Tail on 7-18-19. I had a few minutes on the putting green, had some speed issues…still putting past the hole, but that may not be a bad thing…a lot of them were...
View ArticlePlanning Summerfield
We are playing Summerfield. It is a pretty soft course, looks like a 116 slope, 2300ish yards. 6 par 4s, 3 par 3s, par 33 course. I have played it several times of course. I am looking to play a stress...
View ArticleSummerfield 8/14/19
Well, last night I laid out my plan. How did it go? Hole 1 we were joined by a guy who for whatever reason rubbed me the wrong way. He was friendly enough and all just…off. Anyhow, hole 1 Jim uses...
View ArticleQuail Valley 5.25.20
I have been on a really nice run recently. After being high 90s or low 100s most of year, I had a run of 3 rounds in the high 80s that dropped my handicap lower than it had ever been. Then I regressed...
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