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Post by Doyley on Jan 17, 2016 18:46:13 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2016 19:06:38 GMT -5
My game has finally come together after over 4 months playing TGC. Had my best tourney at 28 under. Not really looking forward to an exemption as I don't quite yet feel confident to compete in D Class but whatever happens, happens. It's kind of out of my hands now. I'm just glad I'm finally starting to get some consistency in my game.
My thanks to all those who helped me get to where I am.
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Post by martkal44 on Jan 18, 2016 8:22:48 GMT -5
My game has finally come together after over 4 months playing TGC. Had my best tourney at 28 under. Not really looking forward to an exemption as I don't quite yet feel confident to compete in D Class but whatever happens, happens. It's kind of out of my hands now. I'm just glad I'm finally starting to get some consistency in my game. My thanks to all those who helped me get to where I am. Well done on your round, get the exemption and enjoy playing in the Circuit above. A few weeks ago I was sitting in Challenge D and then I won the Wayne Enterprise tournament to find myself an exemption. I then went ahead and gained myself exemption again the week after. So 2 weeks down the line I was playing B and gained full promotion. What in trying to say is be excited that you're moving up and don't play to win next week but think about the top 70 finish and either in top 3 of exemption players or within 10 strokes of the top exemption player. This will gain you promotion and you can slowly get a footing in that Circuit. You'll probably find your game as now clicked another level and you'll hold yourself fine. Congrats again and good luck!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2016 8:53:08 GMT -5
My game has finally come together after over 4 months playing TGC. Had my best tourney at 28 under. Not really looking forward to an exemption as I don't quite yet feel confident to compete in D Class but whatever happens, happens. It's kind of out of my hands now. I'm just glad I'm finally starting to get some consistency in my game. My thanks to all those who helped me get to where I am. Well done on your round, get the exemption and enjoy playing in the Circuit above. A few weeks ago I was sitting in Challenge D and then I won the Wayne Enterprise tournament to find myself an exemption. I then went ahead and gained myself exemption again the week after. So 2 weeks down the line I was playing B and gained full promotion. What in trying to say is be excited that you're moving up and don't play to win next week but think about the top 70 finish and either in top 3 of exemption players or within 10 strokes of the top exemption player. This will gain you promotion and you can slowly get a footing in that Circuit. You'll probably find your game as now clicked another level and you'll hold yourself fine. Congrats again and good luck! Thank you. Yeah, it's been a long grind trying to get here (with still a long way to go to get really good) but it's been worth it. I see what areas I still have to work on but they're not so wide spread. There are very specific things that are still giving me some trouble. 1) Tail winds on wedge shots. For example, I recently had a 132 yard pitch to the green with a 5 mph tail wind. I allowed for that much in my loft but noticed that I fell way short. Appears that tail winds have very little to no effect on wedge shots. Do you find this to be the case as well? 2) Green slopes. This will always be my weakest link. I'm getting better but still missing too many putts under 10 feet by inches. Once I can really nail these, or get closer on my approach shots, my scores will improve that much more. That's about it. Everything else now is pretty good. Strong winds (over 10 mph) still give me some problems but not as much as before. In fact, I shot a 7 under in practice on this course in winds about 15 mph. Didn't equal that in the actual round but I think nerves played a big part of that going in having such a good score to that point, thus the 2 under last round. I'm content where I am with my game for now. As long as I don't back peddle, I'll be fine.
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Post by mikenym84 on Jan 18, 2016 9:26:46 GMT -5
My game has finally come together after over 4 months playing TGC. Had my best tourney at 28 under. Not really looking forward to an exemption as I don't quite yet feel confident to compete in D Class but whatever happens, happens. It's kind of out of my hands now. I'm just glad I'm finally starting to get some consistency in my game. My thanks to all those who helped me get to where I am. Way to go wags! I haven't played the course yet as I'm still away but I'm getting some TGC shakes! How'd you like the course?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2016 9:58:41 GMT -5
My game has finally come together after over 4 months playing TGC. Had my best tourney at 28 under. Not really looking forward to an exemption as I don't quite yet feel confident to compete in D Class but whatever happens, happens. It's kind of out of my hands now. I'm just glad I'm finally starting to get some consistency in my game. My thanks to all those who helped me get to where I am. Way to go wags! I haven't played the course yet as I'm still away but I'm getting some TGC shakes! How'd you like the course? I actually liked it a lot. Not because I did well but because each hole was different. The course left a very big impression on me. I especially enjoyed the challenges of 14 and 16. The greens weren't too tough but also not easy. Some easier than others. Some a little tricky. Winds didn't play too much a role until round 4. Between that and the pin positions, round 4 was a tough one. I think it's going to separate the men from the boys and I think will be the round that does me in as far as an exemption. I'm looking at the early returns and with 13 players reporting, I'm estimating that my 28 under will only be good enough for aout 45th place. I'll know better when we get to about 25 to 30 players posting round 1 scores. But make no mistake about it, a 28 under for this tourney is not going to be of the same impact as a 28 under when we played CrazyCanuck's course a few weeks back. Scores will be very low, even in E Class.
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Post by mikenym84 on Jan 18, 2016 12:39:02 GMT -5
Way to go wags! I haven't played the course yet as I'm still away but I'm getting some TGC shakes! How'd you like the course? I actually liked it a lot. Not because I did well but because each hole was different. The course left a very big impression on me. I especially enjoyed the challenges of 14 and 16. The greens weren't too tough but also not easy. Some easier than others. Some a little tricky. Winds didn't play too much a role until round 4. Between that and the pin positions, round 4 was a tough one. I think it's going to separate the men from the boys and I think will be the round that does me in as far as an exemption. I'm looking at the early returns and with 13 players reporting, I'm estimating that my 28 under will only be good enough for aout 45th place. I'll know better when we get to about 25 to 30 players posting round 1 scores. But make no mistake about it, a 28 under for this tourney is not going to be of the same impact as a 28 under when we played CrazyCanuck's course a few weeks back. Scores will be very low, even in E Class. Ya that always ends up being the case doesn't it? Regardless you should be happy about your score. Improvement week to week is the key and from the last couple week scores you've posted, you should feel good about that! I'm going to be back Wednesday so I should be able to post a couple rounds by the days end. Again nice job my friend
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2016 13:45:03 GMT -5
Okay, there is enough data for me to call this. Mind you, last week, with only 25 players reporting for round 1, I predicted I'd finish between 48th and 52nd place. My actual finish was 47th. My probability and statistics education was NOT for nothing.
So, with 25 players in, unless the top slots fall apart on round 4, my average score of 7 under per round is going to finish me somewhere between 32nd and 36th place, just missing out on losing my one strike. An exemption for this tourney isn't even on the radar.
So it will be Class E for me again next week, still with my one strike that I'd like to get rid of. But it will have to wait another week.
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Post by martkal44 on Jan 18, 2016 19:26:05 GMT -5
You say a 132 yard pitch. If you're using the pitch shot then that's probably why it dropped shorter with the tail wind. I use around 1 yard for every 3mph wind.
Normal shots I just use 1 yard for every 1mph of tail wind regardless of what club. This works pretty well for me.
So a 132 yard shot with 5mph wind I would play for 127 carry to the hole. For this I could hit a couple different shots; 9 iron slightly lofted for example but I would most likely hit an 8 iron lofted 1 bar to carry 125 and roll to about 128 depending on the greens.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2016 19:31:36 GMT -5
You say a 132 yard pitch. If you're using the pitch shot then that's probably why it dropped shorter with the tail wind. I use around 1 yard for every 3mph wind. Normal shots I just use 1 yard for every 1mph of tail wind regardless of what club. This works pretty well for me. So a 132 yard shot with 5mph wind I would play for 127 carry to the hole. For this I could hit a couple different shots; 9 iron slightly lofted for example but I would most likely hit an 8 iron lofted 1 bar to carry 125 and roll to about 128 depending on the greens. Ah, okay. So then it's not a 1 to 1 correlation on pitch shots with the wind, as I suspected. You say it's 1 to 3? So if I have a 132 shot and a 6 mph wind, I'd only subtract 2 yards making it 130 yards I have to carry instead of 126? that would explain why I was coming up so short. Thanks. I'll try that the next time out.
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Post by martkal44 on Jan 18, 2016 23:02:42 GMT -5
You say a 132 yard pitch. If you're using the pitch shot then that's probably why it dropped shorter with the tail wind. I use around 1 yard for every 3mph wind. Normal shots I just use 1 yard for every 1mph of tail wind regardless of what club. This works pretty well for me. So a 132 yard shot with 5mph wind I would play for 127 carry to the hole. For this I could hit a couple different shots; 9 iron slightly lofted for example but I would most likely hit an 8 iron lofted 1 bar to carry 125 and roll to about 128 depending on the greens. Ah, okay. So then it's not a 1 to 1 correlation on pitch shots with the wind, as I suspected. You say it's 1 to 3? So if I have a 132 shot and a 6 mph wind, I'd only subtract 2 yards making it 130 yards I have to carry instead of 126? that would explain why I was coming up so short. Thanks. I'll try that the next time out. From my experience yeah, generally affects around that rate of 1 to 3 but I've never used my pitch shot from that far out. Would usually use it around under 100yards in head wind, as I can never tell how much to add on to a normal wedge shot head wind. (I wrote this next paragraph after the last one as it just sprung to mind) Just looking at the loft spreadsheet chart I can't see that any club pitches a distance of 130ish yards? The furthest carry distance is 100 yards and that's with the 6 iron. That's the biggest club you can pitch with. So you could be hitting the wrong shot type or something with your maths? Perhaps you're confusing pitch and punch through the bag when it gets to 5iron? I find that using the normal shot type and controlling my loft works best. What I suggest is next time you use the pitch shot look at obviously the carry distance you believe to be correct for the adjusted wind and then watch on the shot how many yards that ball carries. Then make some mental notes and you'll get an idea of the wind affects. You might find in the 6mph wind for example you don't need to take anything off, as this means the ball has a chance of dropping in the hole and only being a couple yards passed at worse, depends on green slopes I guess.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2016 16:35:31 GMT -5
Just a quick update on scores. With over 70 players posting first round scores, it looks like 28 under for the tournament is going to be good enough to just make top 30. 32 under appears to be the tipping point for top 10.
This is going to be a real close one as the log jam at the top is huge. One good or bad round could make a big difference.
Should be interesting to see how this plays out. I'm calling between 28th and 32nd place for myself as a finish depending on how the last 3 rounds go. Would be nice to get rid of my one strike but there's a 50/50 chance it won't happen.
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Post by digsb on Jan 20, 2016 13:37:05 GMT -5
Just a quick update on scores. With over 70 players posting first round scores, it looks like 28 under for the tournament is going to be good enough to just make top 30. 32 under appears to be the tipping point for top 10. This is going to be a real close one as the log jam at the top is huge. One good or bad round could make a big difference. Should be interesting to see how this plays out. I'm calling between 28th and 32nd place for myself as a finish depending on how the last 3 rounds go. Would be nice to get rid of my one strike but there's a 50/50 chance it won't happen. Long time lurker. Followed your ups and downs wag. Good to see you up the top of the leaderboard as I have had the same troubles. I am hoping you predictions are off as I finished -29 under. I was hoping for a crack at cc-d, had a awful round 3 (+1, four putted the 17th, from 8 foot.) but came storming back round 4 -10, could have been -15 if I made my putts. but as you said, can't wait to see how this plays out.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2016 14:39:12 GMT -5
Just a quick update on scores. With over 70 players posting first round scores, it looks like 28 under for the tournament is going to be good enough to just make top 30. 32 under appears to be the tipping point for top 10. This is going to be a real close one as the log jam at the top is huge. One good or bad round could make a big difference. Should be interesting to see how this plays out. I'm calling between 28th and 32nd place for myself as a finish depending on how the last 3 rounds go. Would be nice to get rid of my one strike but there's a 50/50 chance it won't happen. Long time lurker. Followed your ups and downs wag. Good to see you up the top of the leaderboard as I have had the same troubles. I am hoping you predictions are off as I finished -29 under. I was hoping for a crack at cc-d, had a awful round 3 (+1, four putted the 17th, from 8 foot.) but came storming back round 4 -10, could have been -15 if I made my putts. but as you said, can't wait to see how this plays out. This is gonna be a real dog fight. The log jam is worse than I've ever seen it. One stroke can mean the difference between 10th and 30th. My round 4 (2 under) is what's going to do me in unless the majority had problems with the strong winds and tougher pin positions.
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Post by bafl99 on Jan 20, 2016 20:07:07 GMT -5
The tale of two halves for me. -20 after two rounds and sitting in 2nd place. Then an true to form implosion for two -4 rounds and a total of -28. Thought this was my breakout tournament where I got my first win and then the wheels fell off. I guess I will have to wait til next week to get my first victory.
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