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Post by Giraffe72 on Jul 11, 2023 6:41:40 GMT -5
Opening round 71 has killed me this week, it was a shocker. As soon as you start doubting yourself in this game it's very hard to pull it back. I'm usually quite positive with the putter even on faster greens. Got burned a by a couple of long misses and then stopped hitting them. And even when I did hit the hole the ball seemed to find a way of staying out. To quote Jim Lahey, do you know what happens when two sh*t plates collide? Sh*tquake Randy, sh*tquake.
Salvaged some pride with a second round 62 but two red marks incoming I feel. First since I've been here. I've made a few changes as a result. Ever since getting the Wolverine and climbing back through the tours I've concentrated on power and swing path fittings. I've changed my irons fittings to improve timing and transition, replaced my hybrid with a 3 iron and changed my putter. To be fair I had to, the last one is in two pieces.
See you next week!
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Post by Tombanator on Jul 12, 2023 5:41:12 GMT -5
-12, -10 to be at -22 at the halfway point. 2 cuts made in a row and buying more time in Elite by finishing this week. Good round 1 with very few complaints, if any. 2 early hole out chances, one to about 2 feet and then one less than a foot away from HIO. Front 9 of round 2 went slower than I wanted, turned around by going -6 from hole 12 and beyond. Trying to go from 4 down to all square, if using golf terms to describe my goal here. Also trying to stick it out all the way to the end of the season here, so I've had back to back seasons with near demotions from this tour but just escaping away. Cheers, good luck!
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Post by Giraffe72 on Jul 14, 2023 6:27:19 GMT -5
Looking a bit like I won't be seeing you next week after all. After my abomination in this tour I'm currently T8 in the Open qualifier. A week with the posh boys!
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Post by Tombanator on Jul 15, 2023 14:25:30 GMT -5
-11, -8 finish for -41.
Never was in contention for more than my demotion mark erasing promo mark, although with a rabbit out of a hat for R4 I may have had a miniscule chance... if I hadn't bogeyed first 2 holes of R4.
Well, no pressure to be demoted next week at least!
Cheers, good luck!
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Post by SkyBlueBen on Jul 16, 2023 5:30:25 GMT -5
Rushed out of the blocks a bit this week and played poorly. It’ll be completely my own fault when my 18 under falls well short of the cut line. Most annoying as I really enjoyed the course.
Hope I can avoid a demo but not looking good ☹️
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Post by Pen Knight on Jul 16, 2023 15:28:42 GMT -5
Not sure how they let me back in here? I can't even break 40 under in CC!
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Post by SkyBlueBen on Jul 16, 2023 17:07:35 GMT -5
Decided to crack on and finish despite being pretty sure of a missed cut. Really enjoyed the course. Felt real, not that I really have a clue what "real" is as I only play the pixel version of golf. If I fancy a good walk, I'll take the dog rather than hump a bag of clubs around!!
Anyhows, banged out two 12 under's to finish at -42. All good practice....
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Post by Pen Knight on Jul 16, 2023 17:41:33 GMT -5
Enjoyed the course in my 11 under practice round. Tilted Early into a Snowman. Tripled in Round 2. Score is irrelevant. Two Red Balls Please. Thanks!
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Post by SkyBlueBen on Jul 17, 2023 1:04:14 GMT -5
Enjoyed the course in my 11 under practice round. Tilted Early into a Snowman. Tripled in Round 2. Score is irrelevant. Two Red Balls Please. Thanks! I saw your 11 under looking for ghosts. Thought that was your actual round. Then I saw the scoreboard when it came up!! Was rather surprised. You’ll be back next week firing on all cylinders.
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Post by Pen Knight on Jul 17, 2023 1:21:40 GMT -5
Enjoyed the course in my 11 under practice round. Tilted Early into a Snowman. Tripled in Round 2. Score is irrelevant. Two Red Balls Please. Thanks! I saw your 11 under looking for ghosts. Thought that was your actual round. Then I saw the scoreboard when it came up!! Was rather surprised. You’ll be back next week firing on all cylinders. Maybe. Or Maybe I'll just fall down the F---ing Ladder Forever!
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Post by Pen Knight on Jul 18, 2023 19:20:10 GMT -5
I saw your 11 under looking for ghosts. Thought that was your actual round. Then I saw the scoreboard when it came up!! Was rather surprised. You’ll be back next week firing on all cylinders. Maybe. Or Maybe I'll just fall down the F---ing Ladder Forever! Nobody laughed at this post? You should hear the way I say it in my mind. Hilarious!
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Post by Tombanator on Jul 19, 2023 1:47:40 GMT -5
-7, -10 = -17 at half.
Missing a makeable birdie putt on 36th might cost me this week... probably on the group that's first out this week. Would be surprised if -17 holds.
Cheers, good luck!
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Post by stadiumrocker on Jul 19, 2023 14:21:45 GMT -5
Well after a few horror weeks and starting to question whether it's worth bothering anymore as I can't seem to iron out the same swing/ tempo errors that haunt my game at times, I sit at -20 this week and am going to get rid of a red demo. Woop woop! Missed the cut last week on -19 which, I think I've said on a previous post that, no one should be missing cuts shooting -18/ -19 on this tour. It almost feels worse missung a cut when shooting scores like that than it does a misses cut with horror tempo. Anyway, something to celebrate and two more rounds to play.
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Post by twofor22 on Jul 19, 2023 18:27:55 GMT -5
Only got to -14 this week so no weekend for me. More time to watch the open though I suppose!
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Post by Pen Knight on Jul 19, 2023 22:11:33 GMT -5
Well after a few horror weeks and starting to question whether it's worth bothering anymore as I can't seem to iron out the same swing/ tempo errors that haunt my game at times, I sit at -20 this week and am going to get rid of a red demo. Woop woop! Missed the cut last week on -19 which, I think I've said on a previous post that, no one should be missing cuts shooting -18/ -19 on this tour. It almost feels worse missung a cut when shooting scores like that than it does a misses cut with horror tempo. Anyway, something to celebrate and two more rounds to play. It seems that the tours are a bit top heavy at the moment so this tour is more like a combination of Elite and Plat as many Plat Players are currently on this tour and just killing it.
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