Tonight I went to Willow for my range session. Randy couldn’t make it and Willow has a great price on large buckets after 4pm. They don’t allow you to hit on the grass during the week just the mats. That kinda stinks but for $6 it’s still a good deal.
This was my first range outing since playing last week at Legacy. I really wanted to work on the weight transfer that was working so well for me on the last couple of holes at Legacy. I had a really good session. The transfer was working and I was hitting the ball really well. Oh yeah, I FREAKING LOVE MY NEW DRIVER! I was blasting the back of the range with it! After I was done hitting balls at the range I headed over the putting green and putted for about 30 minutes. All in all it was a good session. Having this new driver in my bag is giving me some confidence that I haven’t felt before. Hopefully I can continue to hit it well of the tee.
I’m playing Wildhorse Golf Course on Sunday with Dan. We got an EARLY tee time. We’re scheduled to go off at 5:50am, that’s early! Should be a good time, I haven’t played on that course in a very, very long time. The place has been around forever, it used to be called The Showboat Country Club way back in the day.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Legacy Golf Club
Now that was fun.
Legacy is blast to play. The course is a great layout. It’s not easy by any means and the $25 green fee was awesome! I showed up right as Randy was coming out if the clubhouse so we hopped in a cart and headed out to the first tee. There was one guy getting ready to tee off as I got all my shit together, while I was getting on my shoes, getting out my golf, stretching out a bit the guy on the tee proceeded to hit three drives over the fence into the neighborhood. We were doomed.
So we’re standing there on the first tee waiting while this guy looks all over the place for at least three different golf balls. After about, what seemed like, five minutes of searching for them he threw his arms up in disgust, grabbed a ball out of his pocket and slammed it to the ground, which just so happened to be the cart path. Another ball over the fence, it was priceless. I said to Randy “So what’s he hitting now 9?”
Finally we got to tee off. I went first and with my brand new, never been swung, beautiful Callaway FT-9 iMix 9° driver I hit a fantastic drive right down the middle of the fairway. My approach shot was 150 out. I hit my 8 iron fat and chucky and left it short of the green by about 30 yards. A bad chip, a better chip and a putt later I had my 5. I was a little disappointed, but that went away after my next tee shot. I hit a great, probably the best, 6 iron I’ve hit. It landed about 30 feet from the pin. Birdie opportunity on hole two, this is what I needed. What I didn’t need is what followed. A terrible three putt for bogey, which just sucked!
The next hole I had my first, and hopefully last, really bad tee shot, I came over the top of the ball, pulled it left and very short. Not what you want to do on a long par 4 hole. What made it all better was the crazy guy in front of us was up to his old tricks. He was off in the desert to the left looking, I can only assume for a ball, when he again just threw up his arms, grabbed his bag from his cart, proceeded to kick the cart and start walking towards the green. What the hell was he doing? So after we hit our tee shots Randy walked over to the cart got in it and drove up to the hole where crazy guy was waiting. “It wouldn’t start.” That was his reasoning.
I ended up shooting 52 and 50 for a 102. Two blow up holes on the front, only one on the back. I did feel something that felt so right when I hit the ball. I was really making great contact with my irons on the last couple of holes. My second shot on eighteen I really felt it, I was shifting my weight to the front a lot better, I could feel the transfer of weight and it felt right. Before that shot I hit on number eighteen I was trying to concentrate on keeping my left foot firmly on the ground, and the weight transfer was just happening. I really focused on that with my second shot on number eighteen. It felt good. I had an amazing out of the greenside bunker on number seventeen. That felt good. I hit 50% of the fairways. That felt good. 37 putts wasn’t what I need to do to hit the 90’s but 2.1 per hole isn’t terrible. All in all it was a good day, except for Randy.
Randy was having a good round too, until we got to hole number fourteen. We both hit really good drives I was 244 off the tee in a nice little area of the fairway. Rangy got me by about 15 yard but his ball had rolled off the fairway and into a little grass bucker area. I hit my ball and then Randy lined up to hit his. First off let me say he absolutely tattooed the thing. It was a laser. It came screaming out of the grass and was headed right for a house. Yep, he pulled it, and pulled it bad. It was so solid, if he hadn’t have made such good contact it probably would have came up way short of the house, but he crushed it.
Time kinda froze as I watched the ball carry the fairway, the rough, the hills and the fence. I can’t describe the sound it made, it was almost a crashing thud if that makes any sense. It was a direct hit in a large bay window facing the fairway. You couldn’t have drawn a bull’s-eye on the glass walked up and hit it with a hammer more center then it hit. The worst and best part came next. The owner came out the house and hollered out. “YOU GONNA COME SEE ME!” Randy, waved his hand and replied “YEAH.” During the cart ride over I tried to lighten the mood, I told Randy I’d give him ten bucks if he asked for his ball back. Attempted humor but it failed he was pissed. What made it worse was the guy was being a complete ASS. Randy with due diligence apologized profusely and told the home owner that he would take care of everything for him. Randy works in the new home industry so he has some great connections. Yet still, the ass hole was persistently being a dick. At one point I wanted to yell out “HEY ASS HOLE, YOU LIVE ON A GOLF COURSE, ON A PAR 5 HOLE IN PERFECT RANGE FOR SECOND SHOTS TO HIT YOU HOUSE IF THEY GO BAD. STFU!” but my better judgment prevailed and I kept my mouth shut. Randy gave him hi drivers license to copy and his cell number to call him so he could schedule the repair, and the guy was still being an ass.
I have to give it up to Randy. A lot of people would have handled that differently. I would like think that I would have done the same, but until that moment you never know. He was all class and it was awesome to see. It could have very easily turned into a war of words but he did the right thing and for that I’m glad to call him my friend.
That event kinda ruined the last several holes for Randy and just when we about to get it off of our minds Mr. Ass Holes calls tom ake sure the number Randy gave him was legit. Dick.
I’m not going to do a course review or ranking, I didn’t get any putting or range time in, I didn’t step foot in the clubhouse or the bar afterwards. So I’ll do that the next time we play there.
On a side note the group that was two ahead of us had some little kids playing with them, and by the 6th hole we were along with crazy guy waiting for them to finish up. So we decided that the three of us would be better than two and one. Crazy guy turned out to be a decent fellow, don’t know if his meds kicked in or what, but on 6, 7, 8 and 9 he was light out! Strangest thing I’ve seen in a long time.
So I have recorded my lowest round to date with tonight’s 102. Yeah for me.
Legacy is blast to play. The course is a great layout. It’s not easy by any means and the $25 green fee was awesome! I showed up right as Randy was coming out if the clubhouse so we hopped in a cart and headed out to the first tee. There was one guy getting ready to tee off as I got all my shit together, while I was getting on my shoes, getting out my golf, stretching out a bit the guy on the tee proceeded to hit three drives over the fence into the neighborhood. We were doomed.
So we’re standing there on the first tee waiting while this guy looks all over the place for at least three different golf balls. After about, what seemed like, five minutes of searching for them he threw his arms up in disgust, grabbed a ball out of his pocket and slammed it to the ground, which just so happened to be the cart path. Another ball over the fence, it was priceless. I said to Randy “So what’s he hitting now 9?”
Finally we got to tee off. I went first and with my brand new, never been swung, beautiful Callaway FT-9 iMix 9° driver I hit a fantastic drive right down the middle of the fairway. My approach shot was 150 out. I hit my 8 iron fat and chucky and left it short of the green by about 30 yards. A bad chip, a better chip and a putt later I had my 5. I was a little disappointed, but that went away after my next tee shot. I hit a great, probably the best, 6 iron I’ve hit. It landed about 30 feet from the pin. Birdie opportunity on hole two, this is what I needed. What I didn’t need is what followed. A terrible three putt for bogey, which just sucked!
The next hole I had my first, and hopefully last, really bad tee shot, I came over the top of the ball, pulled it left and very short. Not what you want to do on a long par 4 hole. What made it all better was the crazy guy in front of us was up to his old tricks. He was off in the desert to the left looking, I can only assume for a ball, when he again just threw up his arms, grabbed his bag from his cart, proceeded to kick the cart and start walking towards the green. What the hell was he doing? So after we hit our tee shots Randy walked over to the cart got in it and drove up to the hole where crazy guy was waiting. “It wouldn’t start.” That was his reasoning.
I ended up shooting 52 and 50 for a 102. Two blow up holes on the front, only one on the back. I did feel something that felt so right when I hit the ball. I was really making great contact with my irons on the last couple of holes. My second shot on eighteen I really felt it, I was shifting my weight to the front a lot better, I could feel the transfer of weight and it felt right. Before that shot I hit on number eighteen I was trying to concentrate on keeping my left foot firmly on the ground, and the weight transfer was just happening. I really focused on that with my second shot on number eighteen. It felt good. I had an amazing out of the greenside bunker on number seventeen. That felt good. I hit 50% of the fairways. That felt good. 37 putts wasn’t what I need to do to hit the 90’s but 2.1 per hole isn’t terrible. All in all it was a good day, except for Randy.
Randy was having a good round too, until we got to hole number fourteen. We both hit really good drives I was 244 off the tee in a nice little area of the fairway. Rangy got me by about 15 yard but his ball had rolled off the fairway and into a little grass bucker area. I hit my ball and then Randy lined up to hit his. First off let me say he absolutely tattooed the thing. It was a laser. It came screaming out of the grass and was headed right for a house. Yep, he pulled it, and pulled it bad. It was so solid, if he hadn’t have made such good contact it probably would have came up way short of the house, but he crushed it.
Time kinda froze as I watched the ball carry the fairway, the rough, the hills and the fence. I can’t describe the sound it made, it was almost a crashing thud if that makes any sense. It was a direct hit in a large bay window facing the fairway. You couldn’t have drawn a bull’s-eye on the glass walked up and hit it with a hammer more center then it hit. The worst and best part came next. The owner came out the house and hollered out. “YOU GONNA COME SEE ME!” Randy, waved his hand and replied “YEAH.” During the cart ride over I tried to lighten the mood, I told Randy I’d give him ten bucks if he asked for his ball back. Attempted humor but it failed he was pissed. What made it worse was the guy was being a complete ASS. Randy with due diligence apologized profusely and told the home owner that he would take care of everything for him. Randy works in the new home industry so he has some great connections. Yet still, the ass hole was persistently being a dick. At one point I wanted to yell out “HEY ASS HOLE, YOU LIVE ON A GOLF COURSE, ON A PAR 5 HOLE IN PERFECT RANGE FOR SECOND SHOTS TO HIT YOU HOUSE IF THEY GO BAD. STFU!” but my better judgment prevailed and I kept my mouth shut. Randy gave him hi drivers license to copy and his cell number to call him so he could schedule the repair, and the guy was still being an ass.
I have to give it up to Randy. A lot of people would have handled that differently. I would like think that I would have done the same, but until that moment you never know. He was all class and it was awesome to see. It could have very easily turned into a war of words but he did the right thing and for that I’m glad to call him my friend.
That event kinda ruined the last several holes for Randy and just when we about to get it off of our minds Mr. Ass Holes calls tom ake sure the number Randy gave him was legit. Dick.
I’m not going to do a course review or ranking, I didn’t get any putting or range time in, I didn’t step foot in the clubhouse or the bar afterwards. So I’ll do that the next time we play there.
On a side note the group that was two ahead of us had some little kids playing with them, and by the 6th hole we were along with crazy guy waiting for them to finish up. So we decided that the three of us would be better than two and one. Crazy guy turned out to be a decent fellow, don’t know if his meds kicked in or what, but on 6, 7, 8 and 9 he was light out! Strangest thing I’ve seen in a long time.
So I have recorded my lowest round to date with tonight’s 102. Yeah for me.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Legacy bound.
I stumbled across something in the web today by total accident. I was looking for tee times to see what course have good twilight rates and found www.golfhub.com
Some decent rates, not the best out there but not bad either. What I did find that was a little jaw dropping was Legacy was listed after 4:50pm for $25 with a cart.
I want to play a full round again so bad now that I have my new driver and this is a perfect opportunity to get in a round during the week! One of the benefits of summer and daylight savings time is in July, out here in Nevada, you can play until 8pm. So I called up Randy and asked if he thought we would be able to get in eighteen holes. Why not he said I think we could do it, if not will at least get in fourteen or fifteen holes.
So I booked it a we tee of at 5:00 Thursday. I'm going to have to go from Car to Cart leaving work at 4:30pm, but I should be able to make it. I can't wait. I haven't played Legacy since I shot around there with my brother in law back in 2004. Wow that was a long time ago.
Some decent rates, not the best out there but not bad either. What I did find that was a little jaw dropping was Legacy was listed after 4:50pm for $25 with a cart.
I want to play a full round again so bad now that I have my new driver and this is a perfect opportunity to get in a round during the week! One of the benefits of summer and daylight savings time is in July, out here in Nevada, you can play until 8pm. So I called up Randy and asked if he thought we would be able to get in eighteen holes. Why not he said I think we could do it, if not will at least get in fourteen or fifteen holes.
So I booked it a we tee of at 5:00 Thursday. I'm going to have to go from Car to Cart leaving work at 4:30pm, but I should be able to make it. I can't wait. I haven't played Legacy since I shot around there with my brother in law back in 2004. Wow that was a long time ago.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Revere Golf Club - Concorde Course
I’m at the range, and it’s HOT, like REALLY, REALLY HOT. One of the good perks about living in Vegas is if you can handle the heat, outdoor activities are a lot cheaper in summer then in spring, fall & winter. I actually prefer to play in the heat. In my opinion its way better then having to bundle up to keep warm when it’s cold as hell out.
Since the course is so close to my house I decided to get there way early. I was there probably about an hour and a half before out tee time. I wanted to get in some good work at the range with the Demo club and Revere has an awesome chipping and putting area. Free range balls with the round, you know I love that. I hit for about 30min and I was soaked. It was a little bit more humid than normal for this time of year. It was going to be brutal by 1pm.
After the range I went over to the chipping area and chipped for another half hour. They have a ton of range balls at the chipping area, and they even have a PVC pipe ball sweeper so you can quickly collect up more balls. I was practicing from about 20 yards off the green then moved to a couple feet outside the fringe. Had some good success, I need to do this more, a lot more.
So everyone else shows up and we make our way to the first tee.
First hole is an incredible downhill dogleg to the right. Now on the range I was killing it with the driver, so I step up and crush a ball that sliced so far to the right I think it went over the 9th fairway! Breakfast ball! So my Re-drive was a lot better, not where is should be but because of the dogleg I had a nice shot at the green. 2nd shot came up short; I chipped on and left myself a thirty footer for par. One little tiny freaking inch short from making par, man that pissed me off! Bogey number one and off we went.
Concorde is a tough course, a lot of elevation changes. Some long up hill holes that are very challenging. I hit the most fairways I’ve ever hit before with ten. I only had four penalty strokes, which is a about where I’ve been the last couple of rounds. The bad is my Greens in Regulation. I’m getting killed at this stat, only two GIR. Maybe with time and practice with the new driver, yes I’m going to order it, I can improve that stat. My putting stunk, except on the first hole. I just couldn’t get it going. Three, 3 putts and a 4 putt, ouch. No birdies, no pars either. Five blow up holes. That number needs to go away!
I had a good time, even with the high score. This round ended my improving my score every round streak at five. Have to start a new one. The next time we play here I think we’ll play Lexington. When I played it I liked it more than Concorde.
Next up, ordering “my” driver and hitting the range!
GREEN FEES = 7
CLUHOUSE/PRO SHOP = 10
STAFF = 10
DRIVING RANGE = 10
PUTTING GREEN = 10
GOLF CARTS = 9
OVERALL COURSE CONDITION = 9
FAIRWAYS = 9
GREENS = 9
BUNKERS = 6
SNACK CART SERVICE = 6
BAR = N/A
SCORE = 7.81
Since the course is so close to my house I decided to get there way early. I was there probably about an hour and a half before out tee time. I wanted to get in some good work at the range with the Demo club and Revere has an awesome chipping and putting area. Free range balls with the round, you know I love that. I hit for about 30min and I was soaked. It was a little bit more humid than normal for this time of year. It was going to be brutal by 1pm.
After the range I went over to the chipping area and chipped for another half hour. They have a ton of range balls at the chipping area, and they even have a PVC pipe ball sweeper so you can quickly collect up more balls. I was practicing from about 20 yards off the green then moved to a couple feet outside the fringe. Had some good success, I need to do this more, a lot more.
So everyone else shows up and we make our way to the first tee.
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| Me, Randy, Dan & Jimmy |
First hole is an incredible downhill dogleg to the right. Now on the range I was killing it with the driver, so I step up and crush a ball that sliced so far to the right I think it went over the 9th fairway! Breakfast ball! So my Re-drive was a lot better, not where is should be but because of the dogleg I had a nice shot at the green. 2nd shot came up short; I chipped on and left myself a thirty footer for par. One little tiny freaking inch short from making par, man that pissed me off! Bogey number one and off we went.
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| Me tee off on #15 |
I had a good time, even with the high score. This round ended my improving my score every round streak at five. Have to start a new one. The next time we play here I think we’ll play Lexington. When I played it I liked it more than Concorde.
Next up, ordering “my” driver and hitting the range!
GREEN FEES = 7
CLUHOUSE/PRO SHOP = 10
STAFF = 10
DRIVING RANGE = 10
PUTTING GREEN = 10
GOLF CARTS = 9
OVERALL COURSE CONDITION = 9
FAIRWAYS = 9
GREENS = 9
BUNKERS = 6
SNACK CART SERVICE = 6
BAR = N/A
SCORE = 7.81
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