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Post by phoenixjay on Mar 24, 2016 12:07:59 GMT -5
for me i found the pins on the early rounds were trickier, i like the sunday pins and my mental breakdown of doing a tincup when pitching should have warned me lol. I may have got an 80 in that tourny but the last time i played that 18 i got a 65 so its all down to avoiding underhits for me. i swung for a 100% but got a 90% and landed short on 9, very big mistake. its too steep to chip, its too steep to flop or pitch it right from down there, it was only when i rolled into the bunker that i could control it better, think i got either an 8 9 or 10 lol. crushtastic, -27 is a good score and you dont have too much worries there. i was only looking to break -10 first then aim for -20 but doubt i could get near -27 lol
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Post by JohnDH on Mar 24, 2016 12:18:10 GMT -5
In addition in round 4, I'm not ashamed to say hit my tee shot purposefully short on #4 because I saw no way to get it anywhere near the hole, plus I didn't want a 50 ft putt. Wedge pitch to 3 feet for par. On 9, I was center green with no way to stop it by the hole. Putted short just to keep it on same shelf and made a 9 footer for par. Kudos to those who shot mid 60s in last round.
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Post by davenewell on Mar 24, 2016 13:45:22 GMT -5
In round 2 I was +4 through 12. Somehow played the next 3 in -4 to get back to even so not a total disaster.
Went 65, 70 for the weekend, very happy to be under par for Rd4 though that included two hole outs and a 82ft birdie putt on 11, where I'd bet I was one of the very few to make the GIR due to the wind.
-17 for the whole shooting match, Round 2 will keep me away from the upper part of the leader board.
Oh well!
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Post by cool79breeze on Mar 24, 2016 16:00:47 GMT -5
ME: Well I think I might hit some balls at Magnolia today. I've got a competition to play in. MY WIFE: Oh don't be so ridiculous! ME: No dear, everyone's talking about this week's tournament. How hard the course is etc. And yet strangely there are still -10 and -11 being posted! Anyway, so I thought I'd have a go. MY WIFE: When are you going to grow up? ME: If I can get off to a good start, even just a -4 or -5 I would be happy. It's all about keeping calm and thinking positive. Got to make sure I don't let the course get the better of me early in the round. MY WIFE: You are weird. Anyway, I hope you manage to get all those jobs done that we discussed yesterday. I've made you a list as long as a Leonard Cohen song (from the great MT) and that is your priority today. ME: Fairways and greens, fairways and greens! This is priceless! It's probably a carbon replica convo of every player with a partner on here. Unless you're lucky enough to have a partner that plays on here!!!
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Post by cool79breeze on Mar 24, 2016 16:05:15 GMT -5
Not poking fun Yep I was sure i wrote that Maybe read that next time waggy... The +13 or whatever he shot for tourney was kinda alarming for someone that posted in the cc-a spoilers i thought Considering like i said people are shooting -30 in cc-c tourneys There are plenty and i mean plenty of guys on here this that will shoot better on 18 than i do on 9 Im sure they have earned their spot wherever they end up. ..not doubting that And i didnt say "jay" if thats who u r refering to didnt earn his spot. I was just puzzled on the whole makeup of bouncing around when clearly scores are way off from top to bottom and tier to tier thats all period lol its ok, its one of those periods when you play that nothing goes right and all the approaches i hit had either just too much or too little and i lost the plot with it. I should have just stopped and walked away and come back and tried the last 2 rounds but i finished it to get it finished and out of the way. Im not web yet, consistency is what is missing and a bit of confidence and ive scored -40 under in a tourny a month ago and better than -30 quite a few times. When it comes to the tours, it depends how they handled the q school, they might have not got on great with those courses an got placed low and then got some practice in and moved up. if you are good enough, you can move up the tours easy enough to B or A and then you will mix with a lot of top scoring players. Anyone on this game can have one of those weeks when you play awesome and beat your best score and get an exemption or win and move up but the other side can happen as well. the courses are set up in such a way that if you play it wrong, you will be punished and thats what happened this week. my flop and pitch shots seemed to want to leave the greens. ive seen some good scores so at least some have a chance this week Fast and firm is what separates the men from the boys. If you master these setups you will score well on the higher tiers. That said, we all have our bad days. Anyone, in any given tier, will have earned their spot. Oh and James, don't shoot this poor in the World Cup or there'll be words!!! ;-)
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Post by phoenixjay on Mar 24, 2016 16:32:20 GMT -5
lol its ok, its one of those periods when you play that nothing goes right and all the approaches i hit had either just too much or too little and i lost the plot with it. I should have just stopped and walked away and come back and tried the last 2 rounds but i finished it to get it finished and out of the way. Im not web yet, consistency is what is missing and a bit of confidence and ive scored -40 under in a tourny a month ago and better than -30 quite a few times. When it comes to the tours, it depends how they handled the q school, they might have not got on great with those courses an got placed low and then got some practice in and moved up. if you are good enough, you can move up the tours easy enough to B or A and then you will mix with a lot of top scoring players. Anyone on this game can have one of those weeks when you play awesome and beat your best score and get an exemption or win and move up but the other side can happen as well. the courses are set up in such a way that if you play it wrong, you will be punished and thats what happened this week. my flop and pitch shots seemed to want to leave the greens. ive seen some good scores so at least some have a chance this week Fast and firm is what separates the men from the boys. If you master these setups you will score well on the higher tiers. That said, we all have our bad days. Anyone, in any given tier, will have earned their spot. Oh and James, don't shoot this poor in the World Cup or there'll be words!!! ;-) lol cool, yes ive got those 2 rounds to play and also my 4 rounds in the stableford 5 lol
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Post by INOVASHN on Mar 24, 2016 21:45:54 GMT -5
Not to stir the pot from my previous post on this thread....but there is right now 7 out of the top 30 in cc-b on exemption from the cc-c If that doesnt scream out of place conestants or mix bag of particpants in lower classes nothing does It doesnt make sense to me but whatever If the class above is so much higher in skill suposedly why are the exemptions so close all the time? !?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2016 22:12:46 GMT -5
Not to stir the pot from my previous post on this thread....but there is right now 7 out of the top 30 in cc-b on exemption from the cc-c If that doesnt scream out of place conestants or mix bag of particpants in lower classes nothing does It doesnt make sense to me but whatever If the class above is so much higher in skill suposedly why are the exemptions so close all the time? !? :sigh: I've tried to explain this but I guess I didn't do a very good job. The tiers do not ascend linearly. And the reason for this has to do with Q School. It's not a bad system but it has its flaws. 1) The courses in Q School are much harder than what the CC players are used to running into. The reason they have to be made this hard is because of the players who are PGA level. If they can scores well on ridiculously hard courses, then it is obvious they belong in the PGA. The problem with this is that it doesn't give a true evaluation of everybody else once actual tourney time comes because the courses in CC, relatively speaking, are a cake walk, with few exceptions. So, somebody can totally wipe out in Q School and yet, when it comes time to play "normal" courses, they actually do very well. However, they've already qualified for whatever tier, let's call it E Class, and have to start from there. They may not actually be a Class E player and if they're not, you'll find them quickly moving up the ranks. Multiply this by all the new players we're getting daily and you can easily get 7 or 8 guys who are clearly superior to the class they're in all moving up at the same time. But it doesn't end there. As they're moving up, new guys are being fed into the lower tiers who are also better than where they are, either because of the flaws in Q School, OR...and this is even more common, somebody who wasn't very good for a long time and suddenly gets a hold of this game and runs away with it. I shot my first 14 under in practice today on a CC level course. It took me 6 months to get there. If this continues, I will also be starting to move up quickly from C and maybe pass guys in B and even A. 2) Some people just have no patience for Q School. The courses are a b%& and they just fly through them, not really trying. Obviously, they're not going to be placed properly either. And then there are those who really try in Q School, realize how bad they are, and then go and practice like crazy. When they come back, they are clearly superior to the class they're in. Multiply all those variables out over the span of thousands of members, all starting to play OR mature at different times and you end up with players with Class A level skill, or higher, moving up from D or even E. Yeah, it would be great if everybody was placed in the class that they actually belong. But many are not for the reasons stated above OR no longer belong in those classes because they've improved. I can't explain this any better than I have. This is not a linear league and never will be.
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Post by cool79breeze on Mar 25, 2016 3:55:20 GMT -5
Not to stir the pot from my previous post on this thread....but there is right now 7 out of the top 30 in cc-b on exemption from the cc-c If that doesnt scream out of place conestants or mix bag of particpants in lower classes nothing does It doesnt make sense to me but whatever If the class above is so much higher in skill suposedly why are the exemptions so close all the time? !? Who cares? They are where they are. Deal with it. Their tier, over time, will level out to their ability.
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Post by cool79breeze on Mar 25, 2016 3:56:11 GMT -5
Not to stir the pot from my previous post on this thread....but there is right now 7 out of the top 30 in cc-b on exemption from the cc-c If that doesnt scream out of place conestants or mix bag of particpants in lower classes nothing does It doesnt make sense to me but whatever If the class above is so much higher in skill suposedly why are the exemptions so close all the time? !? :sigh: I've tried to explain this but I guess I didn't do a very good job. The tiers do not ascend linearly. And the reason for this has to do with Q School. It's not a bad system but it has its flaws. 1) The courses in Q School are much harder than what the CC players are used to running into. The reason they have to be made this hard is because of the players who are PGA level. If they can scores well on ridiculously hard courses, then it is obvious they belong in the PGA. The problem with this is that it doesn't give a true evaluation of everybody else once actual tourney time comes because the courses in CC, relatively speaking, are a cake walk, with few exceptions. So, somebody can totally wipe out in Q School and yet, when it comes time to play "normal" courses, they actually do very well. However, they've already qualified for whatever tier, let's call it E Class, and have to start from there. They may not actually be a Class E player and if they're not, you'll find them quickly moving up the ranks. Multiply this by all the new players we're getting daily and you can easily get 7 or 8 guys who are clearly superior to the class they're in all moving up at the same time. But it doesn't end there. As they're moving up, new guys are being fed into the lower tiers who are also better than where they are, either because of the flaws in Q School, OR...and this is even more common, somebody who wasn't very good for a long time and suddenly gets a hold of this game and runs away with it. I shot my first 14 under in practice today on a CC level course. It took me 6 months to get there. If this continues, I will also be starting to move up quickly from C and maybe pass guys in B and even A. 2) Some people just have no patience for Q School. The courses are a b%& and they just fly through them, not really trying. Obviously, they're not going to be placed properly either. And then there are those who really try in Q School, realize how bad they are, and then go and practice like crazy. When they come back, they are clearly superior to the class they're in. Multiply all those variables out over the span of thousands of members, all starting to play OR mature at different times and you end up with players with Class A level skill, or higher, moving up from D or even E. Yeah, it would be great if everybody was placed in the class that they actually belong. But many are not for the reasons stated above OR no longer belong in those classes because they've improved. I can't explain this any better than I have. This is not a linear league and never will be. Don't waste your metaphorical breath, wag.
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Post by Andrea on Mar 25, 2016 6:40:22 GMT -5
Guys what about that EXEMPTION LINE in CC-A?? Will this week be more than 5 exempt from A to WEB?? I'm asking cause my CC-friend is making voodoo rites and human sacrifices since he saw he could've a chance
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2016 6:44:51 GMT -5
Guys what about that EXEMPTION LINE in CC-A?? Will this week be more than 5 exempt from A to WEB?? I'm asking cause my CC-friend is making voodoo rites and human sacrifices since he saw he could've a chance Tell him to just hire a shaman and be done with it. LOL.
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Post by Andrea on Mar 25, 2016 6:46:14 GMT -5
Guys what about that EXEMPTION LINE in CC-A?? Will this week be more than 5 exempt from A to WEB?? I'm asking cause my CC-friend is making voodoo rites and human sacrifices since he saw he could've a chance Tell him to just hire a shaman and be done with it. LOL. I'm forcing him to abandon his family for the week-end and practice the next WEB-course just in case LOL I'm so tired to play CC-events with him
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Post by crushtastic on Mar 25, 2016 6:48:31 GMT -5
I believe the finish will be close. There's at least 3 of us tied on -27 ( on ps4) and 1 at -28. A couple haven't finished yet and others on different systems.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2016 6:48:44 GMT -5
Tell him to just hire a shaman and be done with it. LOL. I'm forcing him to abandon his family for the week-end and practice the next WEB-course just in case LOL I'm so tired to play CC-events with him Andrea, are you up in Web?
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