The Sand Trap: for Players, Hackers and Duffers
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Warp daddy
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Ok just back from playing in British Open Conditions : Sunny BUT pants "rippling" wind . Was beautiful at home but got out to my inland course upriver and man the wind was fierce, we're talking bending flag sticks
So aim left , ball would end up on extreme right side of fw . So then shifted to teeing much lower and that seemed to work but distance was really tough as was putting believe it or not .
Had to really scramble , finished with a 39, thanks to a bird on the last hole with a 25 footer .
Man just looking out the window rather than checking wind conditions 17 miles up river was a poor call on my part.
Got home my new shaft for my old Callaway XR 15 ( adjustable 12-14 ) arrived so off to Dicks to get it put together hopefully tomorrow, been playing a Cobra Bio Cell 9-12 since i busted that Callaway over a year ago . Figured the 12- 14 will help me in my 80's
So aim left , ball would end up on extreme right side of fw . So then shifted to teeing much lower and that seemed to work but distance was really tough as was putting believe it or not .
Had to really scramble , finished with a 39, thanks to a bird on the last hole with a 25 footer .
Man just looking out the window rather than checking wind conditions 17 miles up river was a poor call on my part.
Got home my new shaft for my old Callaway XR 15 ( adjustable 12-14 ) arrived so off to Dicks to get it put together hopefully tomorrow, been playing a Cobra Bio Cell 9-12 since i busted that Callaway over a year ago . Figured the 12- 14 will help me in my 80's
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Conditions are improving with the drier weather.
The pros playing along the Potomac showed how tough wet, windy, cool conditions can be.
87 yesterday, & didn’t putt as well as usual. Greens firm and fast.
Should be a good week for golfing and doing fun things outside.
Good luck with yer new big stick Warp.
The pros playing along the Potomac showed how tough wet, windy, cool conditions can be.
87 yesterday, & didn’t putt as well as usual. Greens firm and fast.
Should be a good week for golfing and doing fun things outside.
Good luck with yer new big stick Warp.
Warp daddy
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Thanks Tski ,yeah this week looks Prime !!
87 in any conditions is good , in suboptimal conditions it is super !
87 in any conditions is good , in suboptimal conditions it is super !
Warp daddy
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And my allergies are raging , the is a pollen explosion this spring and even my allergy meds are not effective against it .
Warp daddy
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Played the longer more difficult Riverside course this am , beautiful temps , no wind , sunny .
Satisfied: shot a 40 , birdied the toughest hole an elevated uphill , tilted fairway tough par 4 , then parred 3 others , but one damn double ugh
Satisfied: shot a 40 , birdied the toughest hole an elevated uphill , tilted fairway tough par 4 , then parred 3 others , but one damn double ugh
Walked 27 today.
Good drives, mostly wedges in on a lot of holes.
Put it in the wet sand traps and made double on too may holes close to the flag but in the dang trap.
Sand traps were wet from watering the greens.
Lost $8, puts me down $4 for the year.
Excellent weather for golfing.
We won the match in the 9 hole league as a sub playing with the usual suspects.
Made a birdie 4 footer.
It ain’t over till it’s over.
Good drives, mostly wedges in on a lot of holes.
Put it in the wet sand traps and made double on too may holes close to the flag but in the dang trap.
Sand traps were wet from watering the greens.
Lost $8, puts me down $4 for the year.
Excellent weather for golfing.
We won the match in the 9 hole league as a sub playing with the usual suspects.
Made a birdie 4 footer.
It ain’t over till it’s over.
