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Post by mcbogga on Sept 17, 2015 11:12:55 GMT -5
71, 72 in rounds 3 and 4. Missed a couple of shots and some bad recoveries kept me from going any lower. -7 total I'm guessing might not be that bad - but will it get me in the tour championship??
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Post by Pubknight on Sept 17, 2015 11:33:47 GMT -5
71, 72 in rounds 3 and 4. Missed a couple of shots and some bad recoveries kept me from going any lower. -7 total I'm guessing might not be that bad - but will it get me in the tour championship?? Well, you're 47th in R2D standings now aren't you (when looking at active/eligible players)? And 60 get in. So I'm thinking you should be very safe.
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Post by mcbogga on Sept 17, 2015 11:42:04 GMT -5
Just figured that out. Thanks Pub! Says 74 so I was comparing to 60th but then notice that the standings are jumping over numbers....
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Post by Nemecyst on Sept 17, 2015 13:36:47 GMT -5
I had to give this course a try after hearing all the fuss about it. Played the first 2 rounds and went -4, -3.
Realistically should have been -6 in round 1. I hit the bunker on I think #8 and it took 3 shots to get out for some reason. Ended up being my only bogey, well technically double bogey lol.
It's a tough course for sure, but not overly bad. I can see how the designer imagined you to attack almost every hole for the most part, even if I could never pull off that kind of shot. The only hole I couldn't understand was #17 in round 1. I just couldn't picture any possible type of shot that would leave the ball within a country mile of the hole.
I think if you got really good at aiming and hitting huge draw/fade shots into greens, you could score a lot easier on this course. I looked at a lot of the holes and thought 'man if only I could hit a massive fade into this green and land it in that spot it would roll right to the hole'. But I, for one, almost never practice that and would have no idea how far over to aim if I were to use say 2-3 boxes of fade on a shot. I can use enough draw/fade to straighten out side winds perfectly fine but using it to land a ball going almost sideways on a green is way over my skill level lol.
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Post by hershalcrustofsk on Sept 17, 2015 15:25:31 GMT -5
I struggled, finished up +1. I have to say I'm not sure what all the fuss with course firmness is. If a course is a links or highlands course there's a good chance it's going to be firm and you're going to have to play the bounces (might get some good, some bad) it's links golf. I enjoyed the challenge, nice to see tournaments with a higher winning score. I liked the slopes and tiers, my only problem was some of them just felt way too small and the punishment was a little severe for missing by 10 feet (with no safe miss). But that's a minor gripe, we all play the same course and having played a good bit of links golf I think this course did a nice job of capturing the essence of it.
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Post by Brighttail on Sept 17, 2015 15:39:52 GMT -5
Like Bradley can do. He is very good at large swinging fade/draws. He was like a kid at a candy factory on this course.. win by 10 strokes i bet.
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Post by blueorfe on Sept 17, 2015 17:13:27 GMT -5
Brad Garcia. -14 after 36. Bogey free. 75% GIR. No hole outs. Longest putt holed 18feet. Biggins - I stand corrected. Bradley - but can you do it without training wheels? Ok, I played a round with all help off around the tour setup version of the course. I found the course completely playable, just extremely difficult. The wind was fairly low, maybe 5-9 mph? Might have been a different story if it was blowing hard. I started badly 3 putting from 5 feet on the second after hitting my tee shot into a bunker. But I made plenty of birdies, so on another day could have gone under par?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2015 18:17:48 GMT -5
I have a feeling Jimmy Tarbuck will show up next week for the "Winner Takes All" between Brad and Ian.
Is there any chance of a sneak peek as to how the money will be divided up for the last event between the final 60 players? I assume if Brad or Ian wins then they will win the R2D, just curious if someone else wins the event would a 2nd for Brad be enough to beat Ian if he finishes 3rd if this weeks event ends as Brad winning and Ian 2nd?
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Post by biggins on Sept 18, 2015 0:39:15 GMT -5
I should point out that I fully understood that players would find this course frustrating. I certainly do. I accept criticism that the course is too difficult entirely. But that was always my intention. It was designed for The Open and birdies were to be well earned so the true cream of the crop rose to the top.
I see a few people claiming this course is 'tricked up' yet not elaborating on exactly what they mean. What is it that you feel is tricked up?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2015 1:02:05 GMT -5
I should point out that I fully understood that players would find this course frustrating. I certainly do. I accept criticism that the course is too difficult entirely. But that was always my intention. It was designed for The Open and birdies were to be well earned so the true cream of the crop rose to the top. I see a few people claiming this course is 'tricked up' yet not elaborating on exactly what they mean. What is it that you feel is tricked up? If I remember correctly, wasn't this course the first or 2nd option for The Open and there was an issue with TGC updates making the design not available due to no more than timing? If not, then ignore this. If so, this would have been a great Open venue. I didn't find it tricked up, per se. I did find above average shots, average shots, and below average shots all collecting to a similar spot on greens. It would take a very good to excellent shot to get close. It's not your design that caused this, but I believe the infamous "ball squirt" played a role in a few of these. In the end I found this a tough challenge. Some holes had very little area to get close, but that is the nature of a very tough course and I completely accept that. We play a video game and we expect birdies, so many of us have the thought process of: "Well, if I bounce it out of the rough, it will roll out and the backslope will roll my ball back towards the hole." This was the perfect case on #2 (Sorry I forget what round.. 3 or 4). This is how a video game golfer approaches the game to the most part. Real golf tells you to bail out for a safe two putt on a bigger part of the green. But therein lies the problem as you encounter the first issue I brought up... you get the rollout away from the pin from an above average, average, or poor shot to a similar spot. So then there is the issue of links golf and the random bounces and undulating slopes of the greens. You did well there, but as a result I saw a lot of ghost balls in a similar spot when they took different approaches to their approaches. That isn't meant as a slight, just stating what I observed. I think in the end the course mostly played how you wanted it to. I didn't care that #12 had OB so close to the green, but had the Euro tour been my regular tour, I would have played practice rounds and would have noticed that it was so and adjusted accordingly. I double bogeyed #12 in round 2 after going OB, but in round three I chipped in for eagle, and birdied it in round four. Risk/reward personified on a short par 4. Kudos to you. I am glad that the wind was moderate/bearable for the tournament as I think it got a very proper test out of players because the course itself was the challenge, and not the wind.
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Post by AFCTUJacko on Sept 18, 2015 6:10:16 GMT -5
Brads 4 round score makes me want to cry.
I've looked back over my rounds and even if I cut out every bogey and make 3 or 4 more putts, I would still have been 6-7 shots short.
All i can say is Bravo Sir. This will probably be the biggest winning margin we've seen so far
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Post by mcbogga on Sept 18, 2015 6:56:39 GMT -5
I should point out that I fully understood that players would find this course frustrating. I certainly do. I accept criticism that the course is too difficult entirely. But that was always my intention. It was designed for The Open and birdies were to be well earned so the true cream of the crop rose to the top. I see a few people claiming this course is 'tricked up' yet not elaborating on exactly what they mean. What is it that you feel is tricked up? Still don't get the front pins on 17 - Biggins. What gives?
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Post by drlowdon on Sept 18, 2015 7:31:36 GMT -5
All is forgiven Biggins, I just had my first ever TGCTours hole in one during my 3rd round!
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Post by biggins on Sept 18, 2015 23:13:37 GMT -5
I should point out that I fully understood that players would find this course frustrating. I certainly do. I accept criticism that the course is too difficult entirely. But that was always my intention. It was designed for The Open and birdies were to be well earned so the true cream of the crop rose to the top. I see a few people claiming this course is 'tricked up' yet not elaborating on exactly what they mean. What is it that you feel is tricked up? Still don't get the front pins on 17 - Biggins. What gives? To be honest, I can't remember exactly how that was setup. I may have got it wrong, especially with a tail wind.
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Post by Knock25Out on Sept 19, 2015 0:16:39 GMT -5
Childs play from the Bradley Garcia... Only able to get 32 strokes away from par? What is this, amateur hour? I got to 33 easily. Oh wait, I was over par. In all seriousness, thats some crazy playing by the top players, congrats and I get to finish my season with a dead last place finish. Yay
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