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Post by hmammoth on Jun 16, 2019 5:17:43 GMT -5
In the forum thread for this weeks course, acesgalore described his course as a concept course. There are three types of people that use the word concept when talking about their work. First is the pretentious twat that considers his art to be on a higher level of intellectual and artistic skill compared to anyone else’s and that anyone who dares to criticizes his concepts is a moron with the intellectual abilities of an amoeba. The second type of person, is the artist whose time in the real world is generally only when sleeping off his latest drug and alcohol fueled binge. This artist spends that majority of his time high on his drug of choice where hallucinogenic images from the nightmare landscape of his mind find there way into the real life art they create. Strangely enough, it is generally the pretentious twat, that can “understand “ this art. And finally we have the person that thinks and sees everything a little different from everyone else, whose creative abilities bring interesting and unique concepts to his chosen art form. A person who thinks outside the box, a person who can bring something mundane and normal to the table and transform it to something that bit special. So which one of these types is our course creator Chris, well that’s for you to decide. So what type of course do we have this week. Do we have a course where the one infinite fairway symbolizes the intellectual battle between artistic and popular culture, the never ending battle between the niche and the mass, where the worlds sheep just circle around the focal point (on this course, the lake) of internet popularity, while the intellectual superior stick to the long and never ending fairway of alone.. Do we have a course of drug fueled nightmares, where golfers can sell their soul to the devil for better scores at multiple fairway crossroads throughout the course while avoiding the sirens on the lake, whose songs and beauty attracts both ball and golfer to a watery doom. Do you have a course that is unique in both design and looks, a course that challenges the players to think outside the box, where the obvious is not always the best, where the right fairway might just be the wrong fairway. A course where shot choices and course management is just as important as hitting the ball straight. Well all that is for you to decide, have fun out there.
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acesgalore
Amateur Golfer
Posts: 294
TGCT Name: Chris Hall - Gamer Tag: H4LLY9
Tour: CC-Pro
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Post by acesgalore on Jun 16, 2019 6:17:13 GMT -5
Honestly, I'm a bit of all three. A drug fuelled twat with a couple of interesting ideas.
Have fun out there guys.
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Post by hmammoth on Jun 16, 2019 6:44:14 GMT -5
Don’t sell yourself short, there is more that a couple of interesting ideas on this course, and it’s great to see a designer pushing his creativity.
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Post by mick0210 on Jun 16, 2019 15:10:00 GMT -5
Not my kind of course I'm afraid unless my putter starts working. Created lots of chances within 15 ft but every time I was still left with a difficult putt which almost never went in. Must have made like 30 putts. Other flags were almost unreachable becouse the green sloped away to both sides in front of the flag. Ended up a sour -3. Maybe I can do better next round but it's gonna have to be a really good one to make the weekend.
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acesgalore
Amateur Golfer
Posts: 294
TGCT Name: Chris Hall - Gamer Tag: H4LLY9
Tour: CC-Pro
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Post by acesgalore on Jun 16, 2019 15:53:40 GMT -5
Not my kind of course I'm afraid unless my putter starts working. Created lots of chances within 15 ft but every time I was still left with a difficult putt which almost never went in. Must have made like 30 putts. Other flags were almost unreachable becouse the green sloped away to both sides in front of the flag. Ended up a sour -3. Maybe I can do better next round but it's gonna have to be a really good one to make the weekend. Hopefully your putter warms up so you can enjoy it a little more. It was designed for the pros in mind so there are pin placements where par is a good score. There should be plenty of other birdie opportunities out there though so keep grinding.
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Post by mick0210 on Jun 16, 2019 22:14:32 GMT -5
Not my kind of course I'm afraid unless my putter starts working. Created lots of chances within 15 ft but every time I was still left with a difficult putt which almost never went in. Must have made like 30 putts. Other flags were almost unreachable becouse the green sloped away to both sides in front of the flag. Ended up a sour -3. Maybe I can do better next round but it's gonna have to be a really good one to make the weekend. Hopefully your putter warms up so you can enjoy it a little more. It was designed for the pros in mind so there are pin placements where par is a good score. There should be plenty of other birdie opportunities out there though so keep grinding. Yea I got enough chances so I have to keep that in mind. Just got to take them. Thanks for hosting the tournament this week
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Post by mick0210 on Jun 17, 2019 3:48:36 GMT -5
Turns out more people had difficulties. But 32 putts. That's not going to do it.
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acesgalore
Amateur Golfer
Posts: 294
TGCT Name: Chris Hall - Gamer Tag: H4LLY9
Tour: CC-Pro
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Post by acesgalore on Jun 17, 2019 4:32:31 GMT -5
Well it sounds like it's mission accomplished!
As long as you're all struggling then it's a level playing field and a fair test.
Hit the right spots people and putt well.
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Post by joegolferg on Jun 17, 2019 5:35:26 GMT -5
🤔 I'm going to have to be slightly controversial here and say that there are many funky and clunky green complexes with some very questionable pin positions. Pin two on the 17th doesn't even meet the 9 box rule standards (which is a poor rule for measuring the fairness of pins, by the way) I think most of the difficulty is coming from the fact that a lot of pins are too punishing. Having front pins on 500yd par fours, where the green slopes away from you is not the ideal way to add in difficulty, in my honest opinion. Got to give players a chance on long fours.
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Post by hmammoth on Jun 17, 2019 5:50:33 GMT -5
Nothing controversial there Joe, it’s a tough course where at times exceptional shots are needed to make birdie. A different type of challenge this week, where playing for par is the smart option. Anyway 3 under for me on round one, played ok but my putting let me down. Played a lot better on round two, but again some poor putting, I could have been 7 or 8 under after nine, but so many putts just short. I think the combined distance of missed putts on the front nine would have been less than ten feet. But was giving myself chances which was good. Then on 13 played two shots I should not have, pure stupidity on my behalf. Then missed my 5 foot bogey putt. Dropped another shot on 14 to be just one under. Recovered quickly to shot 4 under over the last 4 holes. 8 under at the cut, might sneak in, time will tell. Good luck everyone still to play.
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Post by illinoisgator on Jun 17, 2019 11:51:28 GMT -5
Wow that’s a tricky course...gotta be super careful with approach shots and on the greens. Glad I played a practice round first in which I shot even. Played -6 for the first round...could have easily been 2-3 shots better or worse that’s how fine a line there is here
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MikeB
Amateur Golfer
Posts: 255
TGCT Name: Mike Branca
Tour: Elite
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Post by MikeB on Jun 17, 2019 22:38:15 GMT -5
-8 round 1... So lucky. Sunk a 49 foot putt aiming 45 degrees to the left. It was running out way too fast and an inch left or right would have left me another 40 foot putt.
2nd round was tough all around. Missed 2 7-foot putts.
I had some lag while putting on 4 holes and pushed it 20 feet past the hole. Dont know if I hit a single perfect/perfect approach. I didnt have it in the first rd so must have been my PC and connection. Should have put it down for the night because I smacked the ball all over the course in rd 3 for a +1.
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HairyHose
Caddy
Posts: 27
TGCT Name: Alex Huard
Tour: Web.com
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Post by HairyHose on Jun 18, 2019 13:02:08 GMT -5
Interesting design style but definitely not for me. Not even going to play my 2nd round even if i could make the cut. probably should've just taken the week off, good luck everyone there are definitely plenty of birdies out there
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Post by gregfordyce on Jun 18, 2019 15:18:00 GMT -5
I'm not in the Web.com Tour, but I come here weekly now just to read Dan's posts about the new courses. I'm becoming quite addicted to his humorous and philosophical musings and expositions.
Also, it isn't every day that you get to hear the phrase "pretentious twat," let alone from the Web.Com Scheduler. Ahh, these are momentous days that we live in!
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Post by hmammoth on Jun 18, 2019 17:28:51 GMT -5
Interesting design style but definitely not for me. Not even going to play my 2nd round even if i could make the cut. probably should've just taken the week off, good luck everyone there are definitely plenty of birdies out there You do know there will be a double demotion strike if you don’t play your second round? There is a chance of a single digit cut line this week, a good second round and you could still make the cut, even missing the cut could mean avoiding a strike all together. What ever you decide, hopefully in the coming weeks there will be a course that suits you better, we all have courses we play well on and ones we don’t.
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