mvs
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Post by mvs on Apr 19, 2016 13:34:09 GMT -5
nothing magical pal I follow Doyley's formula only thing I can add to that is I swing a lot faster(harder) on uphill puts also my laggy system seemed to help I recently upgraded it and now it runs very smoothly and my putting has gone to hell
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Post by TonyDDon on Apr 19, 2016 13:37:15 GMT -5
My 2 cents, Personally speaking, I didn't play well on the nomad but I really did enjoy it, we need a good mix of difficulty and I think we are getting it. The last 2 courses before the nomad I played really well, top 5 & top 20 finishes & this week I'll be lucky to make the cut. So the contrast in difficulty is good for competition and not the same people every week at the top. This week there is 10 players tied for 1st. The web is a feeder tour for the top 2 pro tours, we need courses like this to be ready some what for the much harder conditions on the top tours, Play golf boys !!!
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Post by mvs on Apr 19, 2016 13:42:11 GMT -5
My 2 cents, Personally speaking, I didn't play well on the nomad but I really did enjoy it, we need a good mix of difficulty and I think we are getting it. The last 2 courses before the nomad I played really well, top 5 & top 20 finishes & this week I'll be lucky to make the cut. So the contrast in difficulty is good for competition and not the same people every week at the top. This week there is 10 players tied for 1st. The web is a feeder tour for the top 2 pro tours, we need courses like this to be ready some what for the much harder conditions on the top tours, Play golf boys !!! you are so right we were on the same teamstableford team and I thought u were pga or euro I was shocked when I found out you play on web and even more shocked after seing some of your scores they were exellent
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Post by TonyDDon on Apr 19, 2016 14:00:48 GMT -5
My 2 cents, Personally speaking, I didn't play well on the nomad but I really did enjoy it, we need a good mix of difficulty and I think we are getting it. The last 2 courses before the nomad I played really well, top 5 & top 20 finishes & this week I'll be lucky to make the cut. So the contrast in difficulty is good for competition and not the same people every week at the top. This week there is 10 players tied for 1st. The web is a feeder tour for the top 2 pro tours, we need courses like this to be ready some what for the much harder conditions on the top tours, Play golf boys !!! you are so right we were on the same teamstableford team and I thought u were pga or euro I was shocked when I found out you play on web and even more shocked after seing some of your scores they were exellent Thanks for those nice comments Marc We kicked ass in the Stableford team tourney, good scoring all round by the 5 team members. I tried PGA a couple of weeks ago and didn't play well, I had a exemption this week & didn't use it as now i would like to win a web event and then move up and be a small fish in with the Sharks lol. You have had an impressive rise up in tours too mate
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Post by unclefester75 on Apr 19, 2016 15:11:45 GMT -5
What an interesting thread. I usually try to stay out of threads where my own course is talked about, but I couldn't resist. I have really appreciated some of the comments here, laughed at others, and even been a bit offended by a few....but hey, it all comes with the territory of hosting on TGCT. I was told to make it hard, and I did. I didn't think the greens were even that bad, so the scores were surprising. If we want to play courses with firm setups, there has to be some holes where the pin is inaccessible. We can't have every pin be put in the of the green. That's boring. I still think that some of you are just going for the flag on every hole. My multi-pins aren't set up for you to do that. If you want to, you will have to hope for a lucky bounce out of the rough...or be smart about it and play for the center of the green....I even reward that at times, as people that pay attention will get a very advantageous bounce and roll if they land it on a certain part of the green. Some of you call this tricking up...I call this strategic golf. Anyway, some of you just keep going for the flag on every hole and complain that you can't hold the green...and watch your scores rise Have fun this week Webbers! Told by who to make it hard? Who gets to decide on that? Is this a major? Greens didn't have to be firm for this to be a challenge. Plenty of elevation changes did the trick. Regular greens would of worked just fine. Not sure why the need for the whole kitchen sink to be thrown for a regular ho hum Web.com event. I don't enjoy 40 foot putts and I don't enjoy trying to land the ball in the rough hoping to get a magical bounce close to the hole. I enjoy hitting a ball, landing it 10 feet short of the pin on either side and rolling no more than 10 feet past. End of rant. Good luck to all this week. Can't we just play? What I like about this week thus far is that the leaderboard is very tight in terms of scoring difference. 3 strokes separate the top 45 people. Every stoke seems to count. I would say that I am not in favor of a shootout where someone always drops a ridiculous score. This course seems to be a bit of a talent leveler in terms of keeping golfers from just throwing darts and hoping for a birdie fest. Par is good here and not birdie. There is nothing worse than missing a birdie putt and feeling like you lost a stroke. Besides, the view is absolutely beautiful. Very sharp looking course.
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Post by jtrippuk on Apr 19, 2016 15:44:06 GMT -5
having been disappointed after last weeks debacle, I went onto the tee, after playing quite a few practice rounds, but still feeling as though this course wasn't for me.
BIG MISTAKE
I went birdie, birdie, birdie, birdie, birdie, birdie, birdie, birdie, -8 after 8, but couldn't continue with that, managed to get to -9 but dropped 2 to finish at -7.
onto practice R2 now.
oh & Leeds United won too, happy days
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Post by bigtallchris on Apr 19, 2016 15:53:32 GMT -5
Yes! Now this is the type of tournament scores I've been wanting!
I've said it a few times...I'd much rather play tourneys where the winners are in the -20 range (and the cut is in the single digits), as opposed to the -40 birdie-fests. IMO, the approach shots should be the most thought-about and most accurate shots to reduce scores.....very glad this isn't a "just hit it on the green 8 yards in front of the pin" course. A player shouldn't be throwing darts in front of the pin; they should be thinking about where to place the approach.
I was going to say that my opinion of this course/tournament is on the unpopular side, but it looks like a few more posters are chiming in to state they also like the challenge. As we are in the Web tour, I feel like we should be playing these challenging courses.....first, we are Web "pros", and second, we need to be ready for the call-ups to the big leagues.
Of course, how a player does on a course tends to sway their opinion greatly, and I must admit that I'm pretty happy with my first two rounds (haven't played the 3rd and 4th rounds yet). Going into the tourney after reading a few posts here, my game plan was to just go bogey-free.....try for par on every hole and the birdies will come. This is a much different (and more enjoyable, in my opinion) mindset than the past tourneys, where it's trying for birdie or better on every hole. Well, it worked out for me in the first round, as I did go bogey-free.
R1 = -5 (no bogeys, no three-putts, 72% GIR.....with three other birdie putts stopping within an inch of the hole, could've been leading after round one) R2 = -4 (two bogeys and six birdies) R3 = Even after the first hole
Nice course.....and, in my opinion, nice course selection.
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Post by HeMan1202 on Apr 19, 2016 17:28:59 GMT -5
What an interesting thread. I usually try to stay out of threads where my own course is talked about, but I couldn't resist. I have really appreciated some of the comments here, laughed at others, and even been a bit offended by a few....but hey, it all comes with the territory of hosting on TGCT. I was told to make it hard, and I did. I didn't think the greens were even that bad, so the scores were surprising. If we want to play courses with firm setups, there has to be some holes where the pin is inaccessible. We can't have every pin be put in the of the green. That's boring. I still think that some of you are just going for the flag on every hole. My multi-pins aren't set up for you to do that. If you want to, you will have to hope for a lucky bounce out of the rough...or be smart about it and play for the center of the green....I even reward that at times, as people that pay attention will get a very advantageous bounce and roll if they land it on a certain part of the green. Some of you call this tricking up...I call this strategic golf. Anyway, some of you just keep going for the flag on every hole and complain that you can't hold the green...and watch your scores rise Have fun this week Webbers! Told by who to make it hard? Who gets to decide on that? Is this a major? Greens didn't have to be firm for this to be a challenge. Plenty of elevation changes did the trick. Regular greens would of worked just fine. Not sure why the need for the whole kitchen sink to be thrown for a regular ho hum Web.com event. I don't enjoy 40 foot putts and I don't enjoy trying to land the ball in the rough hoping to get a magical bounce close to the hole. I enjoy hitting a ball, landing it 10 feet short of the pin on either side and rolling no more than 10 feet past. End of rant. Good luck to all this week. Lol, I would also enjoy hitting the ball to within 10 ft of the hole but sometimes that is not the play. My suggestion is to figure out how to play these firm greens to understand where you need to land the ball in order for you to have a good 20 ft birdie look because that may be as close as you can get it. Sometimes playing for par is the right play. I would HIGHLY suggest (if you have the proper time) that you play the pga/euro events each week (or maybe just a round or two). At this level of the game, a good player should be able to play all course types.
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Post by bogeyman on Apr 19, 2016 18:10:54 GMT -5
Different challenges arise each week and we have to try and rise to the occasion. At the end of the day we're all playing the same course under the same conditions so WTF is there to complain about? Personally I'm finding it a refreshing change to see -7 after one round instead of -17 (no disrespect intended to you Tony D)
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Post by mvs on Apr 19, 2016 18:23:20 GMT -5
Different challenges arise each week and we have to try and rise to the occasion. At the end of the day we're all playing the same course under the same conditions so WTF is there to complain about? Personally I'm finding it a refreshing change to see -7 after one round instead of -17 (no disrespect intended to you Tony D) who is this Tony I keep hearing of Tony D Don? I seem to remember he only hit a 55 on tye dunes!!!!!
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Post by TonyDDon on Apr 20, 2016 2:27:13 GMT -5
Different challenges arise each week and we have to try and rise to the occasion. At the end of the day we're all playing the same course under the same conditions so WTF is there to complain about? Personally I'm finding it a refreshing change to see -7 after one round instead of -17 (no disrespect intended to you Tony D) who is this Tony I keep hearing of Tony D Don? I seem to remember he only hit a 55 on tye dunes!!!!! Haha I've no idea Marc lol, that 55 could have been a 52, In a way I'm glad it wasn't 52, I would have been lit on fire by the mob here & banished All waiting now for moe's watcher report
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Post by BillySastard976 on Apr 20, 2016 2:54:06 GMT -5
I had another go (unofficially) and managed -21,which sounds pretty crap but I'm happy with it on that course,without serious practice. 67 - 67 - 63 - 66
I like the course. It certainly isn't throwing darts but who wants that?
I agree it's set to keep scores down but it's very playable in my opinion.
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Post by Hootbleet on Apr 20, 2016 3:28:22 GMT -5
Haven't managed to play any rounds yet, due to work commitments. I find it refreshing to see that almost a 1/3 of the field are still in contention after 2 rounds though. Roll on tonight/tomorrow when I can get my clubs out
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Post by Moe Slorkman on Apr 20, 2016 4:05:33 GMT -5
Watcher of the Watchers Report 45 Hours RemainingFirstly yes I have been salivating over doing these reports with for the first time ever the scores reflecting real life! I would before I start like to thank the Webbers for there great attitude for the most part regarding this course selection as I was expecting a little blow back but for the most part everyone has realised the challange and excepted the test put infront of them. On to what matters the watchersafezone is currently -9 but will drop massively as we have a record 59 watchers still to complete there first 2 rounds. -8 is 98% to make to the Firm weekend so he will have his own obligations, Matthew, Matthew Jones. and his web card by the looks of it. -7 is 92% for stoner79 to get to an outing for sat and sun. -6 is 85% for the Republican Triple Threat of Myself , TonyDDon and The Mouth From The South hmammoth to get our pasty white skin serverly sunburnt on The Nomad. Get the Factor 50 out lads looks like weve 2 more rounds to play -5 is 68% for dazzared60 to have to go buy some more cubans for the weekend. -4 is 63% for BIELSALUFC to dodge the watchers. Safe as house's IMO -3 is 40% bang on were I thought it would be with my prediction this is the minimum score to reward (or punish) yourself with 2 more days on The Nomad. Nervy times for xraylucy and Andrea 's mate. -2 is 24% for BMann1976 to have a shotgun held to his head to play 2 more rounds he will probably read the stat as 76% chance of his tv not getting broke. -1 is 14% for danandsons hilyerchris Yardboy77 to escape the grasp of the watchers but lets be honest its not happening. E is 2% so not a snowballs chance in The Nomad of surving for the level par crew. Everyone over par is cut.
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Post by BIELSALUFC on Apr 20, 2016 4:10:48 GMT -5
Watcher of the Watchers Report 45 Hours RemainingFirstly yes I have been salivating over doing these reports with for the first time ever the scores reflecting real life! I would before I start like to thank the Webbers for there great attitude for the most part regarding this course selection as I was expecting a little blow back but for the most part everyone has realised the challange and excepted the test put infront of them. On to what matters the watchersafezone is currently -9 but will drop massively as we have a record 59 watchers still to complete there first 2 rounds. -8 is 98% to make to the Firm weekend so he will have his own obligations, Matthew, Matthew Jones. and his web card by the looks of it. -7 is 92% for stoner79 to get to an outing for sat and sun. -6 is 85% for the Republican Triple Threat of Myself , TonyDDon and The Mouth From The South hmammoth to get our pasty white skin serverly sunburnt on The Nomad. Get the Factor 50 out lads looks like weve 2 more rounds to play -5 is 68% for dazzared60 to have to go buy some more cubans for the weekend. -4 is 63% for BIELSALUFC to dodge the watchers. Safe as house IMO -3 is 40% bang on were I thought it would be with my prediction this is the minimum score to reward (or punish) yourself with 2 more days on The Nomad. Nervy times for xraylucy and Andrea 's mate. -2 is 24% for BMann1976 to have a shotgun held to his head to play 2 more rounds he will probably read the stat as 76% chance of his tv not getting broke. -1 is 14% for danandsons hilyerchris Yardboy77 to escape the grasp of the watchers but lets be honest its not happening. E is 2% so not a snowballs chance in The Nomad of surving for the level par crew. Everyone over par is cut. Haha Nice
I wont however ask you to build me a house that is only 63% safe
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