Won Club Championship This Weekend
 

Well, I managed to win the club championship at the little SCGA affiliate club I am a member of. It was a 3-day event starting Friday played at 3 different courses. The club has about 6 or 7 mid-single digit players that typically vie for low gross. This year I managed to play least worst the final two days to win by 3 @ 239. I did back into the win however (a little). Oh, one more thing, I did not take advantage of the guys and "play up". All A-flighters, including myself, played the same tees (6750, 6500, 6300).

The leader by 4 going into the final round had a horrible last day. His chipping was the worst I have seen by a good player. Another guy, who was one stroke back of me, also had a bad day. I played an abysmal front 9 missing every green and shooting a 45. I did, however, come home in style shooting an even par 36 with a birdie-birdie finish to clinch the win. I also hit a 9I over the pin on the 123 yard 17th to about 3' and watched it suck back to a foot before stopping. I thought I had a holey!

The final round key: chipping with extensor action and a bent right wrist. I got up and down for par 6 times with chips to inside of 3'. I missed one putt of 2' for par as well (don't ask) on another nice chip. It validates, once again, joining this forum and participating in the SoCal LBG school last year.

Steph - you just made my day!
Great job. :clap:

Thanks

Bagger

The cream rises to the top. Congratulations Steph!

Now, are you going to tell your fellow competitors how you did it :read: ?

Thanks
 

It turned out to be surprisingly low key for me. I just never thought I had a chance. The two guys who should have beat me have indices less than 5. Sometimes the scrappy get lucky!

With a birdie, birdie finish, you deserve every bit of your win! Congrats Steph, well done...

Just A'Grindin
 

Thanks. I played well the first day and shot a 76 (good ball striking - 11 GIRs on a long, but easy course).

On Saturday I started well with a 38 on the front, but we got behind and the marshal started hassling us (NMF - we had a C player who was very slow). He threatened to bump us up a hole which DQs us. Play deteriorated rapidly and I hacked my way to a back nine 44.

Started the final day 4 back with no chance to win (in my mind). Ball striking went south and the rough at the shortest course was U.S. Open (3" - 5"). I did not see a ball hit the green all day in our group from the thick stuff. My chipping saved me until the ball striking kicked in the last 5 holes. EA plus BRW plus vertical hinging saved me. The vertical hinging allowed me to play high soft shots out of the super thick rough (pure hitting technique on the chipping). I did not get up and down that way (putter, arrgghh), but no doubles. Others were blading / chunking balls back and forth across the greens. It was painful to watch.

Once the ball striking came back at the end, I poured it on with the 9I 123 yards to 1 foot on 17. I hit driver 265 (downhill - don't get excited) on 18 and hit another 9I uphill 105 to 15'. Made the putt which felt really good since the putter was a block of ice all weekend.

Wait a minute....you won against the men??

Same Tees, But a Pink Ball!
 

Yes. I am in the A-Flight because of my index. If I play the same tees as the boys, then I qualify to win low gross which determines the club champion. I did, played least worst, and won. Our club doesn't have any low single digits. Our lowest player currenly is around a 4. Most are 5s and 6s with a few 7 - 9 class players. We have maybe 8 or 9 SDs including myself.

Bring on Bobby Riggs!
 

Hey Birdie,

Ever hear of Billie-Jean King :king: ?

A win is a Win!
 

Congrats Steph! :) Pretty exciting stuff!

Michelle Wie turns green with envy!!

Congrats - Bruce

Most extremely excellent!! :) :)

Fantastic job Steph! I'm so happy you kicked their butts with a pink ball, that is probably even better than finishing birdie-birdie! Hmmm, what will I do if someone beats me with a pink ball . . .

Matt

It Is a Really Good Ball, Too
 

Thanks much.

I use the Precept Lady S III Tour (Paula Creamer's ball). It is a special edition in pink and is a 3-piece ball with a urethane cover. It is a tour quality ball. Great distance with enough spin to stick on anything but rock hard greens. It has a nice medium trajectory and you can see that pink sucker for miles!

I didn't doubt it was a good ball. You seem to take a very intelligent approach to your golf.

Well, Maybe
 

I have to admit I shotgunned this one a little. I was enamored with the idea that the Lady S III Tour could be a pink tour quality ball. I fell prey to the endorsement disease: Paula plays it therefore it must be good for my game! LOL! Ordered some and tried them. I got lucky. They really are good balls and do fit my swing. It is a shame that they don't have them in white anywhere I have seen because I would recommend them to you guys. You could play the Pink, but you must have alot of self confidence to do so. :shock: :toothy1:

congrats steph
 

way to go :salut: ... i entered our club championship 4days over two weekends first two days great last two got every bad bounce imaginable good learning experience...

I Got Some of Those Also
 

Thanks. I know what you mean about the bad bounces. I took a triple on the back nine Saturday on a par 3 when I hooked a tee shot, wind caught it and blew it way left of the green, and it hit the cart path never to be seen again. I might have lost it anyway, but the cart path stuff just steams me.

nine's are dangerous
 

steph be proud of that nine(i'm at 8.4) ..at times we are the burr in those 1-4's.. when i was playing in my cc i kept wondering when it was my turn cause you see all this carnage around you...but thats whats fun about seeing how you react to new situations...:happy3:

Lost in Translation
 

Sorry, I did not write some of that well. My women's index is currently a +0.2, but my men's equivalent index is 5.3 (I use a spreadsheet to keep the men's and the SCGA does the women's). I had roughly the 3rd or 4th lowest index of those who played in the tournament. Given my index it was not unreasonable that I could win, but most folks would consider the courses too long for me to have a chance unless they knew how far I can hit the ball. Length off the tee these days allows me to play reasonably well out to 6700 - 6900 yards as long as the slope isn't too crazy.

Never heard of 'er.

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Good job tho Steph. A+++

-Paul

Good playing Steph! Well done!
Alex

Club Champ -- Don't Mess With Steph!
 

Congratulations, Steph!

I'm just in (midnight getting home!) from your neck of the woods -- SoCal and the Titleist Performance Institute. This is the first time I've logged on since I left, and when I saw your thread, I headed right to it.

Great stuff!

Hope the Weather was Fine
 

Thanks very much. I hope you had a nice trip and interesting times at the Titleist Performance Institute. I think many of us are anxious to hear how things went. Of course, you have a busy schedule ahead so I expect we will have to wait a little longer. Have a safe and pleasant trip to Germany.

well done
 

Good job!

If you wanted to salt in the wounds :twisted: , you could use one of my favorite quotes from one of my Tour ladies. She always says (after beating a man senseless), "you're pretty good, ...for a guy."

Mucho Thanks
 

I couldn't. The guys are mostly real nice. I really felt bad for a couple of them. They only needed to shoot average rounds to win. The eventual A-Flight net winner and the 2nd day leader (our president who should have won) both commented during the round about the inability to swallow. :shock: I have been there and felt their pain so rubbing it in would have been inappropriate. However, there are folks on occasion who I might slide one between their ribs, but they have to earn it!:twisted:

Wow!
 

:Steph,well done:salut:
You would reeeealy p# me off in the club championship!:eyes: