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

It was supposed to be spring

I have never quit a round due heavy snow before. Now it was time to do so. :)

We were attending to ITK 2015 days in Hämeenlinna and decided to play a round of golf at the end of the day. Great idea, despite the arriving rain showers. The rain did not come, instead came snow... Some hail on the fourth and fifth hole. We decided to continue the first nine holes, but on the sixth green the ball gained its size of snow on it. The putting became no-go-game.

The pictures above have been taken on the sixth hole. The one on the left marking the place for the second shot. The green is up the hill roughly 135 meters from there. Played the iron 6 with max power and got the ball to the right corner of the green as the picture to the right shows. Good chip and two putts later the ball was in hole and the player soaking wet.

We just played the closes to the pin competition on the 7th and went home.

That was sad, I started the round very well and would have liked to continue, but the conditions did not allow. Starting with two pars and playing a great birdie on the fourth, after a bad tee shot. The spoon from roughly 185 meters to 1,5 meters and birdie was in the cup. Until next time Tawast golf!

Number of lost balls: 0

In total 28 shots on the first six holes.

Season best in Tawast: DNF :D

Sometimes it is harder than always

Go dig a hole!

Well...this round in Tapiola did not leave much to say. The putting game was solid with only 31 putts, but the way from the tee box to green contained loads of action. Playing from difficult spots do not make the game easy.

The condition of the course have improved in the past weeks and will continue to improve as long as the sun will shine and some rain will come.

Number of lost balls: 0

In total 100 shots.

Season best in Tapiola: 99 shots

Round number 10 goes with a BOOM!

Yesterday's round at Park did go very goooood! The sun was shining and the wind was strong. I was hoping to catch a beer before the round, but the restaurant was not open yet. So I did spend some 20 minutes on the practice green putting. Wise choice as it showed to be. ;)

The round started with a par, saved by a good chip and a great put. The combination, that I would be seen during the round a several times.

The greens were quite sandy, but otherwise the Park was in great condition.

The parliamentarian elections are just a few weeks away, so that might explain why my drives were on towards the right. But they did have a good length and I managed to continue from there without any problems. As the roughs will rise, then I will be in trouble with my driving.

After a few rounds with the new Bio Cell spoon and Bob Vokey wedges, I start to really dig them! I can play more aggressive with those bad boys. They suit my play.

Great spoon after a bad drive on the 7th with a 4 meter long birdie put, made it the first ever birdie for me on that hole. I had a change to make a birdie on the 11th and 16th as well. Missed the hole with just a few centimeters, but made the easy pars. All in all 6 pars, 1 birdies and 0 lost balls made a nice total of 85 shots.

Number of lost balls: 0

In total 85 shots.

Season best: 85 shots