One More Mulligan

I played a round at the beautiful Emerson Golf Course in Emerson, New Jersey this weekend and have to say that I am really starting to improve my game as a whole. I continue to hit greens from distances up to 170 yards out, hit fairways, and finally have started to pitch and chip effectivly. That combination led to my career best score of 103 on a not so easy course.

The course’s site just doesn’t do the course justice. It was in superb condition and had some of the toughest rough I have seen this early in the season. They also employed a system that started some groups on the front 9 and some on the back 9 to speed up play. A brilliant move if you ask me. More than anything the course made you use your course management abilities if you were going to score well, this wasn’t a long drive competition. [Read more →]

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I appologize for the lack of updates this week but I have been playing a ton of golf. I have hit all the usual courses: West Sayville, Timber Point and Indian Island. There were many positives and negatives from each round with certain parts of my game shining at different times. I’m not going to do a formal round review because there were no ground breaking round. That isn’t to say I didn’t learn anything new, just that they were very typical of the rounds that I have already reviewed so far this year.

I started the weekend a little early by playing nine holes after work on Thursday at West Sayville. It was the first really nice day of the year and I just couldn’t resist playing. Myself and a friend of mine found the course to be in very good shape. I played some pretty good golf driving the ball very well and hitting some really good approach shots from up to 150 yards. The highlight was a 154 yard approach shot on the ninth hole that landed softly on the green. I shot a disappointing 53 considering the vast improvement in driving and my iron shots. As usual my work on and around the green involved a lot of skulled wedges and three putting. [Read more →]

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Course Rating: 69.0 Slope: 120 Par: 72 My Score: 118

Putts: 47 Fairways: 3 G.I.R.: 0 Sand Saves: 0 Up & Down: 0 Penalties: 1

Another new course was on tap on Thursday. It is a local muni that is part of the Green Key program that gives discounted green fees to county residents. Overall it is one of the most well kept courses I have played in my area. At $28 a round it is also the best bargain. [Read more →]

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Course Rating: N/A Slope: N/A Par: 72 My Score: 113

Putts: 38 Fairways: 4 G.I.R.: 0 Sand Saves: 0 Up & Down: 1 Penalties: 2

I played Timber Point again only this time I played with my good friend Joe S. and there was a little twist. There was a lot of rain the night before so my favorite part of the course, the Blue Course, was closed. That would mean that we would have to play the Red Course for both the front and the back nine. I wasn’t really happy about it but there was no choice. The conditions were wet and windy making for a challenging and cold day

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