I'm a Ping fanboy and will try just about any new club they put out. So I bought their new Bunkr sand wedge and went out to try it yesterday.

And of course didn't find my way into the sand all day. Even when I do something good it's not what I want in this game.

I finally got the Mrs interested in golf this summer in CO. We go play 9 with unlimited mulligans, fluffing every fairway shot and moving everything into the fairway. She's shooting 70 under this system.

Day 4, she hits the Par 3, 130, plays 110, split level, over a creek in 1, hard pin placement so she somehow pulls off a 3 putt for a natural bogey. I miss off the back, it's 15' up to the green which sits on a plateau and over shoot to the fringe and 3 putt from 25' for a double.

Day 7, we're playing with my neighbors wife, late 70's who I play with often. Same hole, wife is 10 right of the green, I've got a 12' for birdie. She chipped 17' past the hole and drains it, miracle, for the natural par. Pandemonium ensues, but at least I saved par.

Bonus, I have played this summer far more than I was expecting while teaching her as she's been asking me to take her often.

Poot said:

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2 lost ball duck hooks, 2 hosel rockets in a row on 16 and 17, 4 duffed/chunked irons, 2 three putts and 2 crappy work calls. All in a day's work! F GOLF!

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I think I found those two balls of yours today. They were in plain sight on the forest floor within 10 feet of each other and not more than 20 feet out of play. You were too *issed to even make a cursory look for them, right? Been there brotha...F GOLF!

Still getting back into the game. Opened par par yesterday and thought I was turning the corner. Ended up with 5 pars on the front nine and somehow shot 47

I know the feeling. I had 2 birdies and 4 pars on my front 9 Friday and shot 43. F GOLF

Or this,

10/10 course management 💯

(Via IG / gazrollings23) pic.twitter.com/oRFqf8jjeB

— Tour Golf (@PGATUOR) August 4, 2025

Got hit with the ol' tale of two 9's yesterday at Memorial

Started par-par on the first two holes, then proceeded to shoot a 41 on the front. About average for me. Would have gladly walked away with an 82. Nope, the back 9 kicked my a**. Shot a 49 to finish with a 90. Driver was all over the place so there was a lot of scrambling and layups. F GOLF.

I retired from the military January 1st, settled into my new job and bought a house in April. Somehow I convinced my amazing wife to let me buy new clubs and build a simulator in our house because I wanted to start taking golf seriously now that I had a stable schedule.

Up until July, I had never broken 100, but I had also never played consistently. The last time I played was about 7 or 8 years ago prior to this year.

Using the simulator 5 times a week and playing live rounds as I can, my game has started to improve like crazy. I just started using Tangent, so my previous scores of 109 and up aren't listed here, but man I am really feeling good right now. My approach shots were money today, but I took 3 penalty strokes due to 1 rehit (3W) and 2 drops due to OOB (Driver).

How is Stone River and Buffalo Creek? I haven't played out there yet

I like them quite a bit. I live just a few miles from Stone River, so I will play there a lot. I like that it isn't busy when I typically go so I can play 18 in about 2:40.

Edit to say I would not go out of my way and drive from Dallas to play Stone River, but I like it for what it is.

Wrong thread…

This has to be the most misjudged putt in golf history. pic.twitter.com/TfHiFByCd7

— Alex Myers (@AlexMyers3) August 8, 2025

Poot said:

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Wrong thread…

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Well I guess now I am in the right place. Same course, one week later, and shot a 113…

I didn't realize it until after the round. I don't think I was keeping my lead arm straight. I was so inconsistent today. Had some really nice hits and many really bad ones. Had a 275 yard drive, my longest yet and on the fairway. I bladed or chunked a lot of shots today where last week it was minimal.

Welcome!

Ya, this is worth a F golf!