Thursday, July 31, 2014

Rochester: Practice (Scorekeeping) at Churchville (1st time)

Tonight I played a new course west of Rochester in Churchville. It is a flat course around a county park with open fields and sometimes a lot of trees. It is like a flat Ellison with some Chili mixed in.
It is considered a beginners course, for its short distances but some holes coming out of a gauntlet of trees or trying to throw in between trees spaced 8 to 10 feet (without an established lane) is very demanding.

I scored +10 (assumed par 54) with a birdie on hole 2.  I also had a beautiful backhand drive on Hole 17, almost made it past the boundary guards of a 20 ft bush. The throw was about 180+ft, maybe more.  I will be back and  I will post a map soon.

I want to break 56 or less here.

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Rochester: Practice (Scorekeeping) At Ellison

This morning's practice was 6:30am.
I scored a 58 (+4 par) with two birdies (2), Hole 2 and 9 and (4) on 1,6,11,16  and (5) on 13.
See post on May 29 for new configuration of Ellison. Here is the course map


Here is the hole by hole:  (short putts < 10 feet, medium 10-20 ft)

Hole 1: Uphill to left, tree & bushes midway. drive, approach, short approach, putt (+1)
Hole 2: Uphill, short & straight. Drive and medium putt (-1)
Hole 3: Downhill to left, bordered by trees and bushes. Mediocre Drive, Good Approach, Short Putt (0)
Hole 4: Sharp uphill to left. Mediocre Drive, Good approach, Short Putt (0)
Hole 5: Sharp downhill. Good distance drive to right, cross approach, short putt (0)
Hole 6: Long(est) hole through trees: good drive, appoaches x2, medium putt (+1)
Hole 7: Straight through pine trees: Tree crash on drive, good approach, medium putt (0)
Hole 8: Straight with pine tree borders: Drive to left, approach to right too much, medium long putt ! (0)
Hole 9: Through trees to right: Power forehand drive, short putt (-1)
>Front 9 : PAR
Hole 10: Straight, Open and Uphill a bit to right (ravine to right): Drive, Approach, Short putt
Hole 11 : Straight, Long, gradually uphill, past trees: good drive, approach, short approach to right, medium putt (+1)
Hole 12: Straight downhill, trees to left, open field to right: Drive, Strong Approach, short putt (0)
Hole 13: Long, early trees, bordered by trees to right, basket behind large bushes. Branch crash on drive, medium 2nd throw, 3rd throw behond bushes, 4th throw backhand hyzer over bushes, medium putt. (+2)
Hole 14: Slightly uphill to left behind trees: Forehand drive, good approach, short putt (0)
Hole 15: Long, Early tree to left, trees to right. Forehand drive, good approach, medium putt (0)
Hole 16: Long, Early tree in front, open. Forehand tree crash, long approach to left +50 from basket, another approach, short putt (+1)
Hole 17: Short, basket within trees and exposed roots. Forehand drive way to right, solid approach, short putt (0)
Hole 17: Downhill within trees. Forehand drive, good approach, medium putt (0)
>Back 9 : +4

I think my gameplan was simple.
Make every throw count,
Use my drive to get as close to the basket as possible
Use my approach to land in from or near the basket
Feel confidant that I can putt within 15 feet 

Next objectives:
68 or less for Parma (Parma 56 par)
64 or less for Chili (Chili 56 par)
60 or less for Basil (Basil 54 par, i think)



Friday, July 18, 2014

Rochester: Practice (Scorekeeping) Chili

July 18, 2014

Another early morning practice; Parma was not unlocked, decided on Chili

@throw 54 count: 5 Pars, 12 (+1), 3 (+2), 1 (+3), 1(+4)
Missed two birdie opportunities; I was tired by hole 18, +3, bad putting 


Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Rochester: Practice (Scorekeeping) Chili


Tuesday July 15, 2014

I played in the evening with friends. I am trying my backhand throw on shorter drives and surprisingly was not too disappointed. Hole 2, 3, 8, 16 was okay; hole 13 was poor.

5 pars, 10 (+1) 2 (+2), 1 (+4) 
Score 72, (before adjusted by 2-3 OBs and in tree)

I think this is Par 56, with Hole 9 and 18 being par 4

Hole 11 is the longest hole at 911 ft. The issue is the break in concentration as we look for discs. Actually we look for discs mostly every hole.



Tuesday, July 8, 2014