Friday evening in Ringside

To be honest, I am not a fan of Ringside. Never was and most likely never will. Somehow the course carries a bad karma for me. I have never had a round here without difficulties. Today the strong wind added it touch for the game. 

13th hole

At the first look the course looked nice and green. Must have been the greenest course this year. The greens were however in poor condition and the 12th green was still not in use. The wind felt colder than it probably was, but I could have used mitts, if they would have been along. 

First lost ball was already on the first hole. I tried to hit the ball over the water from (too) far away and missed the carry over the water by few metes. 

Second lost ball on the 10th. Having the strong wind from behind, the ball flew too far and got lost behind the green in the water. OB. 

Third and last lost ball went swimming on the 15th after a bad spoon. All in all it was a rough round.

Number of lost balls: 3

In total: 95

Season best: 95

First time at Cooke

I finally made it to play the Cooke course at Vierumäki. I have known the MD for a few years and today I managed to drop by. The course was the first one this year that actually was dry and the ball rolled on the fairway nicely. The greens will be in good condition as well pretty soon.

Birdie time on 13th

The course had a nice layout with nicely rolling fairways, quite many bunkers and few water hazards along the way. The driving was good today and so was the chipping with the great Bob Vokey's! They just made my day! All FIR-GIR combinations lead to Pars (3) and Birdies (2).

The wind was hard and chilly, but I did enjoy the round a lot. I cannot wait to play it again pretty soon.

On the 7th I shot from tee box too lightly and it did not carry over the water to the green. That was the only ball I lost today.

Number of lost balls: 1

In total: 87

Season best: 87

After work golf in Muurame

The good thing about my job, is that I am quite much on the road and sometimes (with good planning) have to possibility to play a round of golf before dying at the hotel. Today the change was at Muurame Golf.

12th hole

The course is physically challenging. Specially the the back nine. Unfortunately the signature hole 16. was still played on the winter green, so this had to be counted as practice round. The course was also wet and 17th has huge repair zone making the play of the hole difficult. The greens were bumpy and the speed varied a lot. The fairways and greens have been holed and the earth plugs stopped the ball from rolling.

One lost ball on the 8th. Over the green and into the water it went. Totally wrong club choice for the hole.

Hole19 had maps taken in the winter, so the app did now help much the game. Hope they will update them soon.

Number of lost balls: 1

In total: 85

Season best: 85

Park with Hole19 app

12th hole

Park was kinda wet in several places. I was quite surprised by that as I did not realize, that it would have rained that much. Never the less, playing golf on the Labor Day is much nicer way to spend your day, than getting drunk at Kaivopuisto.

Hole19

I did try the Hole19 app for the round. I have to say, that I liked it. Playing on a familiar course, gave me the opportunity to play along with the app without any pressure. It showed the distances based on the GPS and from what I can judge quite accurate. The stats were good, the only thing I would add are the chips. Then one would get an overall picture of the game. The great thing is that the app works without network connection! Great for games abroad with expensive roaming costs.

To the game. It was quite well with great FIR - GIR play. Some bad putts and missed opportunities would have looked nice on the score card.

One lost ball as I totally fucked up the drive on the 5th. It barely made it to the water in front of the tee box. Unluckily it did.

Number of lost balls: 1

In total 94 shots.

Season best: 85 shots