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Post by hmammoth on Oct 18, 2015 13:54:37 GMT -5
Not played any rounds yet but might as well get a thread going for those that have and feel like posting, good luck all.
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Post by saintlineker on Oct 18, 2015 15:49:54 GMT -5
First post on here after playing TGC for a few months and recently following the forum. Shot -11 and -13 for my first two rounds on flight B today.
Left some out there as we all do, think on a practice round I hit 5 eagles! Expecting sub -50 to be the winning score. Especially as it's reported round 4 has light winds.
So hello everyone, looking forward to seeing what this week holds!
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Post by hmammoth on Oct 18, 2015 17:23:03 GMT -5
Welcome to cc-b, few more rounds like that and it I might be saying good bye to you as you move up. That is some nice shooting and a good bench mark for others to follow. I will be heading into this tomorrow with no practice, not ideal but should be fun. Good luck with your last to rounds.
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Post by hmammoth on Oct 19, 2015 5:23:01 GMT -5
Some good scores being posted across all flight already. Adds to the pressure a little and truly don't know what to expect from my round. Even though I have played the course, it was awhile back so and having the memory of a gold fish, I am going into this blind. One bit of good news, with money now being awarded in the challenge circuit, I did not have to get a bus to the course, I got a taxi so that might help my energy levels up. I hate starting on a par three, i am not always a fast starter and the first hole can be a barometer to how a round can go. Give me a short par five to start, get my confidence booster in early. First shot, first visit to a bunker, I did play a decent bunker shot and made par but damn you par three starting hole. Par on second also, a very poor approach had me rolling down the front of the green for a long birdie putt, I lagged it close for easy par. The third hole has eagle written all over it, a short par five, low winds, pretty much staight and I still put my tee shot in the rough but at least I was finally off the mark with a birdie. I got lucky on the forth, I did not find the green at all, my par putt was from the fringe. While I did not drop a shot, I was not giving myself birdie chances, I need to get it together if I want any chance of a decent score but that did not happen on the fifth, another bunker, another par. Short approach are not a strong part of my game, I tend to play longer approaches better, and with so many short approach shots on this course, it's messing with my score a little. The sixth hole and I am now officially not playing well, bunker, poor bunker shot, putted off the green, bogey. I have said this before, but the easier courses on tour are always the ones I struggle with and this is looking to be the same. At least my bunker shot on seven hit the pin, yes hitting a pin, the highlight of my round so far! All is not lost, I played a good shot, let's rejoice , let's sing happy songs and dance, let's move on. I finished the front nine with another birdie, I nearly messed it up with another poor approach but my long putt was straight, two under, not good enough but a chance of three birdies in a row, join me on the back nine to see if I can put a birdie streak together.
My seven year old niece has decided to be a writer, but instead of physically writing the story herself, she will dictate and pay someone to do the actual writing. When I heard the payment was a jelly baby per page, I jumped at the chance. Being a staving lower level golfer, I need to take all extra chances of food and money that come my way. I most have strained my wrist during this extra work over the last couple of days, that's my excuse and I am sticking to it, at least I got nine jelly babies, one under after ten. Finally picked up another shot on thirteen, I was in a bunker again but this time played it close enough for a tap in. A couple of pars followed before I got myself to three under. At this stage though I was just going through the motions, I just wanted to go home and eat my remaining jelly babies. I told myself one a day to make them last but I needed comfort food. I finished the back nine with two more birdies, so I did get my three in a row but it was to little to late, five under sixty seven.
There are so many great scoring chances on this course, five par fives, two par fours where a eagle is possible. I just did not give myself enough chances. It was a pretty poor day but I have to be positive, got to look forward not back. I am going to get my niece to write a novel, boxes of jelly babies, here I come.
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Post by saintlineker on Oct 19, 2015 7:22:23 GMT -5
Some good scores being posted across all flight already. Adds to the pressure a little and truly don't know what to expect from my round. Even though I have played the course, it was awhile back so and having the memory of a gold fish, I am going into this blind. One bit of good news, with money now being awarded in the challenge circuit, I did not have to get a bus to the course, I got a taxi so that might help my energy levels up. I hate starting on a par three, i am not always a fast starter and the first hole can be a barometer to how a round can go. Give me a short par five to start, get my confidence booster in early. First shot, first visit to a bunker, I did play a decent bunker shot and made par but damn you par three starting hole. Par on second also, a very poor approach had me rolling down the front of the green for a long birdie putt, I lagged it close for easy par. The third hole has eagle written all over it, a short par five, low winds, pretty much staight and I still put my tee shot in the rough but at least I was finally off the mark with a birdie. I got lucky on the forth, I did not find the green at all, my par putt was from the fringe. While I did not drop a shot, I was not giving myself birdie chances, I need to get it together if I want any chance of a decent score but that did not happen on the fifth, another bunker, another par. Short approach are not a strong part of my game, I tend to play longer approaches better, and with so many short approach shots on this course, it's messing with my score a little. The sixth hole and I am now officially not playing well, bunker, poor bunker shot, putted off the green, bogey. I have said this before, but the easier courses on tour are always the ones I struggle with and this is looking to be the same. At least my bunker shot on seven hit the pin, yes hitting a pin, the highlight of my round so far! All is not lost, I played a good shot, let's rejoice , let's sing happy songs and dance, let's move on. I finished the front nine with another birdie, I nearly messed it up with another poor approach but my long putt was straight, two under, not good enough but a chance of three birdies in a row, join me on the back nine to see if I can put a birdie streak together. My seven year old niece has decided to be a writer, but instead of physically writing the story herself, she will dictate and pay someone to do the actual writing. When I heard the payment was a jelly baby per page, I jumped at the chance. Being a staving lower level golfer, I need to take all extra chances of food and money that come my way. I most have strained my wrist during this extra work over the last couple of days, that's my excuse and I am sticking to it, at least I got nine jelly babies, one under after ten. Finally picked up another shot on thirteen, I was in a bunker again but this time played it close enough for a tap in. A couple of pars followed before I got myself to three under. At this stage though I was just going through the motions, I just wanted to go home and eat my remaining jelly babies. I told myself one a day to make them last but I needed comfort food. I finished the back nine with two more birdies, so I did get my three in a row but it was to little to late, five under sixty seven. There are so many great scoring chances on this course, five par fives, two par fours where a eagle is possible. I just did not give myself enough chances. It was a pretty poor day but I have to be positive, got to look forward not back. I am going to get my niece to write a novel, boxes of jelly babies, here I come. Great write up mammoth, thoroughly enjoyed reading that! As you said, there are so many opportunities to score on this course it's actually frustrating when you shoot what would normally be a good score! People are going to be shooting -14/-15 on a single round here so a 60 something score isn't going to be enough. Good luck with round two! Don't eat too many jelly babies!!
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Post by hmammoth on Oct 19, 2015 10:04:55 GMT -5
Glad you enjoyed reading my round report. Sometimes they take longer to write than playing the actual round but I do enjoy writing them, all part of the fun for me. I played with your ghost ball during my round. What a difference in accuracy? I am now going to use my amazing detective skills, are you a Spurs fan? Of course the Lineker in your name might have nothing to do with football. Oh, maybe you just like walkers crisps. Just call me Sherlock.
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Post by bigglb1950 on Oct 19, 2015 10:13:33 GMT -5
I can see where your niece gets her writing skills I enjoy your reports its my first port of call on the forum - good luck for the rest of the tourney.
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Post by hmammoth on Oct 20, 2015 5:59:13 GMT -5
The first hole has a amazing view, while waiting to tee off. You can look right down over the beachside road, at people relaxing and enjoying themselves, some even taking a moment of their time to cheer on us golfers doing our hardest to impress and improve. So you could imagine my dismay when it was my turn to tee off today to see the entire web.com field having their annual who looks best in speedos contest. I am not going to name names but some of those people should not be wearing shorts in public let alone tight fitting, skimpy speedos and when the flex it part of the contest started, well it put me right off my game, a easy birdie putt missed because of the horrors going through my mind. With howls of laughter ringing in my ears ( they stopped to watch my putt) I moved on to the second tee, I would show them, I would prove to them I am every bit as good and putting my approach within two feet was the perfect way to do it. Sadly, yet again, I made a mess of the third hole, it plays easy, I try to hard and par is the result. Over the next two holes, there was a big improvement in approach accuracy compared to yesterday, the birdie chances were not tap ins but there was chances, I picked up one of those chances and was happy with par for the other. That slope on the sixth caught me out again, it was a gentle putt and yet it still rolled down and off the green, a double bogey was the result when I played to safe to avoid it happening again. I got one of those shots back on eight but between that double and flashbacks to the first hole, my mind was all over the place. The front finished with a birdie to bring me back to two under.
The back nine started with the web.com guys jogging along that path in front on the tee box. The, bouncing, the jiggling, it was just to much, another double bogey. After that, all focus was gone, I parred the next three holes before I dropped another on fourteen. I was getting the putting speeds all wrong, but it's been that way for two days. Putts that should have dropped were lipping out, bouncing over the cup and just rolling past. What a difference a few weeks make, a third place forty four under to this. Ah the joys of a golf game, ups and downs.( God, another speedo flashback). I got back to even par on the seventeenth before I came across the web.com guys again on the eighteenth. They were posing on the rocks for the web.com speedo edition of the web.com Christmas Callander. I managed to focus enough to par the hole before I got the hell out of there. As I left, I heard the shout of bay watch run time. So glad I did not see that, going to have enough nightmares as it is, both from my round and what I have seen today.
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Post by saintlineker on Oct 20, 2015 6:59:58 GMT -5
Glad you enjoyed reading my round report. Sometimes they take longer to write than playing the actual round but I do enjoy writing them, all part of the fun for me. I played with your ghost ball during my round. What a difference in accuracy? I am now going to use my amazing detective skills, are you a Spurs fan? Of course the Lineker in your name might have nothing to do with football. Oh, maybe you just like walkers crisps. Just call me Sherlock. Haha - My surname is Lineker. And no..I'm most definitely not a Spurs fan! Going to head out for rounds 3 and 4 tonight (subject to free time before the Arsenal v Bayern Munich of course). Will let you all know how it goes.
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Post by LSUtiger924 on Oct 20, 2015 8:41:08 GMT -5
Dan, just checking in on my rival. Moved up to CC-A for a week or maybe more(not sure if that would be a good thing). I played all 4 of my rounds last night. My first and fourth rounds looked to be terrible, -2 and -1 at the turn respectively. But both times I rallied on the back. The second and third rounds look to be out of this world.... until I hit the back. But all in all, they were 4 well put together rounds. I really loved this course. Short par 5s that where eagle was possible. But if you make a mistake and land that second shot in the wrong spot. It made for a tough birdie. Same thing with the two par 4s. I usually HATE long par 3s (especially IRL) but the use of backstops on every hole made birdie a possibility. Good luck Dan!! If I get my promotion I'll be looking for you to do the same soon.
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Post by LSUtiger924 on Oct 20, 2015 8:41:32 GMT -5
R1: -11 R2: -11 R3: -10 R4: -8
Total: -40
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Post by DetFan1984 on Oct 20, 2015 8:45:18 GMT -5
Man. The what ifs. I shot 66 in round 1. A round that included 2 bogeys and. Triple. Ugh.
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Post by gfoss1986 on Oct 20, 2015 8:56:04 GMT -5
I came across the web.com guys again on the eighteenth. They were posing on the rocks for the web.com speedo edition of the web.com Christmas Callander. Cheers for that one Dan, Kenny Chris & Dean in speedos will forever haunt my dreams
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Post by hmammoth on Oct 20, 2015 10:21:46 GMT -5
Dan, just checking in on my rival. Moved up to CC-A for a week or maybe more(not sure if that would be a good thing). I played all 4 of my rounds last night. My first and fourth rounds looked to be terrible, -2 and -1 at the turn respectively. But both times I rallied on the back. The second and third rounds look to be out of this world.... until I hit the back. But all in all, they were 4 well put together rounds. I really loved this course. Short par 5s that where eagle was possible. But if you make a mistake and land that second shot in the wrong spot. It made for a tough birdie. Same thing with the two par 4s. I usually HATE long par 3s (especially IRL) but the use of backstops on every hole made birdie a possibility. Good luck Dan!! If I get my promotion I'll be looking for you to do the same soon. Fingers crossed you get promoted, it will not be easy this week with so many good scores coming in. It is a nice course but for some reason a course that does not like me. Next weeks course also top class, some amazing courses and it's great to get to play them on tour.
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joey
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TGCT Name: Joey Hall
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Post by joey on Oct 20, 2015 10:55:23 GMT -5
Just played round 3. Left soooo many birdies out there. The wind makes it tougher.
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