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Post by Celtic Wolf on Jul 6, 2020 14:47:27 GMT -5
Event 1 2nd round -10
I started the round off on the back foot and dropped a bogey on the first hole, but a knight must be valiant in the face of adversity. I countered with a birdie on the 2nd then showed my steel with another 3 birdies on the next 3 holes. In battle you must pick your opportunities and I waited until the 7th and 8th for another two birdies. Short of breath I took a small respite before smacking in another couple of strikes on 12 and 13. The battle was nearing an end and with 3 consecutive birdies on the final 3 holes I emerged victorious, whether it'll help with our quest is up to God.
But for now I can rest easy knowing I've fought the good fight.
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Post by evilgrin72 on Jul 6, 2020 15:25:00 GMT -5
Event 1 2nd round -10 I started the round off on the back foot and dropped a bogey on the first hole, but a knight must be valiant in the face of adversity. I countered with a birdie on the 2nd then showed my steel with another 3 birdies on the next 3 holes. In battle you must pick your opportunities and I waited until the 7th and 8th for another two birdies. Short of breath I took a small respite before smacking in another couple of strikes on 12 and 13. The battle was nearing an end and with 3 consecutive birdies on the final 3 holes I emerged victorious, whether it'll help with our quest is up to God. But for now I can rest easy knowing I've fought the good fight.
We just needed that first round to get acquainted with the course. Now we've got something for them to shoot for in round 2.
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Post by honeybadger64 on Jul 6, 2020 16:06:02 GMT -5
I decided to get the other two rounds out of the way for the first event and headed back to Mike's lovely course where birdie and bogey seem to be on offer on every hole. Round 3 was notable for me not dropping a shot but also not dropping enough of the plentiful birdie putts. I navigated my way round in the strong wind beautifully and holed nothing of any length and missed at least 4 putts inside 8ft. I managed a decent -9, which most weeks I would have been happy with but was left feeling a little disappointed. A quick pit stop and it was back on the tee for the lottery of default winds. I started off like a train and was four under on the 6th tee. I could only manage a nice birdie on the tricky 9th to turn for home five under. I found my rhythm and started hitting the approaches to distances that even I couldn't miss from. Six out of the next seven holes were chirped and was 11 under with two to play. Just make sure you don't hit it left I told myself as the 17th dropped majestically away from me. I didn't listen to myself and was a yard too far left, catching the corner of the bunker, inches from a straightforward approach. The ball was buried and even Patrick Reed couldn't have got to the back of the ball. A decent effort found the bunker thirty-some yards from the pin. The flop rolled agonizingly past and Art Vandelay managed to distract me long enough to get the cellophane cover over the hole. I hit a couple of decent shots to around 10ft past the pin on the last and sank the putt to finish my best tournament week for a long time. Four dropped shots will keep me from any sort of reward in CC-A and cappy1 will see me off in Round 3. I hope I might have set Art a stiff enough target otherwise I will be left looking like a Cupid Stunt this week. Round Three -9 / Round Four -12 / Total for the week -45I'm off to check the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow, play well everyone who hasn't finished, unless you are Ernie or Art. |
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Post by Celtic Wolf on Jul 6, 2020 17:43:14 GMT -5
Event 2
Round 1 -9
Round 2 -8
Both rounds finished on Klopps Dam, I quite enjoyed the course and thought it was a good challenge.
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Post by evilgrin72 on Jul 6, 2020 18:39:31 GMT -5
I decided to get the other two rounds out of the way for the first event and headed back to Mike's lovely course where birdie and bogey seem to be on offer on every hole. Round 3 was notable for me not dropping a shot but also not dropping enough of the plentiful birdie putts. I navigated my way round in the strong wind beautifully and holed nothing of any length and missed at least 4 putts inside 8ft. I managed a decent -9, which most weeks I would have been happy with but was left feeling a little disappointed. A quick pit stop and it was back on the tee for the lottery of default winds. I started off like a train and was four under on the 6th tee. I could only manage a nice birdie on the tricky 9th to turn for home five under. I found my rhythm and started hitting the approaches to distances that even I couldn't miss from. Six out of the next seven holes were chirped and was 11 under with two to play. Just make sure you don't hit it left I told myself as the 17th dropped majestically away from me. I didn't listen to myself and was a yard too far left, catching the corner of the bunker, inches from a straightforward approach. The ball was buried and even Patrick Reed couldn't have got to the back of the ball. A decent effort found the bunker thirty-some yards from the pin. The flop rolled agonizingly past and Art Vandelay managed to distract me long enough to get the cellophane cover over the hole. I hit a couple of decent shots to around 10ft past the pin on the last and sank the putt to finish my best tournament week for a long time. Four dropped shots will keep me from any sort of reward in CC-A and cappy1 will see me off in Round 3. I hope I might have set Art a stiff enough target otherwise I will be left looking like a Cupid Stunt this week. Round Three -9 / Round Four -12 / Total for the week -45I'm off to check the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow, play well everyone who hasn't finished, unless you are Ernie or Art. Outstanding performance, man. |
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Post by evilgrin72 on Jul 6, 2020 18:39:59 GMT -5
Event 2Round 1 -9Round 2 -8Both rounds finished on Klopps Dam, I quite enjoyed the course and thought it was a good challenge. Nicely done, Pat! |
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Post by SAM on Jul 6, 2020 21:02:59 GMT -5
Found this on the HB forum for playing turn based live in a society round......... Playing Society rounds turn based:
Host sets up & all join an in game party. Then all fire up the society event and go to the first tee separately. Give it a minute or two whilst you all play your first two shots of the first hole & then go to pause menu & group. Hit X (or whatever) on friend & choose add to group. Step by Step:
All enter the society lobby. Host invites the others into an in game party. All go to the 1st tee. All take your tee shots. Host now goes to the group tab. The people you invited have to show as “ playing” this may take another shot or two before it appears. Once you see your buddies as “playing” then click on their name and the “ add to group “ option will appear. Add them. And then make sure turn order is on. The people invited do the same steps. Now you are all playing in the same round. Can anyone ( Art Vandelay ) confirm this? |
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Post by IGolfBad on Jul 6, 2020 22:15:16 GMT -5
Found this on the HB forum for playing turn based live in a society round......... Playing Society rounds turn based:
Host sets up & all join an in game party. Then all fire up the society event and go to the first tee separately. Give it a minute or two whilst you all play your first two shots of the first hole & then go to pause menu & group. Hit X (or whatever) on friend & choose add to group. Step by Step:
All enter the society lobby. Host invites the others into an in game party. All go to the 1st tee. All take your tee shots. Host now goes to the group tab. The people you invited have to show as “ playing” this may take another shot or two before it appears. Once you see your buddies as “playing” then click on their name and the “ add to group “ option will appear. Add them. And then make sure turn order is on. The people invited do the same steps. Now you are all playing in the same round. Can anyone ( Art Vandelay ) confirm this? Having done this very thing on PC with Mr. Vandelay in various societies, I can confirm that this works (also on PS4). You can chit chat on Discord on PC and through a live party on PS4, where, like on Discord, any of your non-playing buddies can still join the chat. Huge potential here. |
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Post by IGolfBad on Jul 6, 2020 22:52:46 GMT -5
Week 1, representing my new squad the JPF (our motto: “Just call us The Norwegian Blues already”), hitting the ground running as a member of Team Marck. Popped my head into the mostly void of dead parrots clubhouse, stood alone before the schedule/results board and swallowed hard as I saw our pairing of Messrs Tufts and McMillan & Wife, gave a sigh of relief as I saw that Marc with a C carded a -14 to the Kniggits’ combined -18 meaning I’d only need -5, then fainted cold when I saw Katana Mike’s Amaroo Bay was the venue. Brian Christ, that course hates me something fierce. You see, dear reader, in all my history of playing this course in various comps, I’ve only scratched the surface of breaking par. Might have gotten a finger nail or two through, but -5 was staring me right in the face, pointing its scraggly finger, and laughing uncontrollably. But this was a new season with a new team and my longtime nemesis now wearing the same colors as I was (banana yellow and puce), so I had to prove my worth. Still, the 1-2 eight-foot pole straight up the servants’ entrance that are holes 9 and 10 were ready to dish out their special brand of humiliation. “Ok, sport”, I muttered to myself, “try to keep your bogeys to a minimum and think of funny things to say to distract from the inevitable.” In a fit of desperation, I reconfigured my grip in an attempt to rid myself of the powerful hook that I’ve come to develop over the past several weeks. Standing on the first tee, I gritted my teeth, planted my feet and whispered “here goes nothing.” THWAP!!! Perfectly straight, with a minor fade, past the trap on the right, safe on the cut grass. I immediately broke out in hives, as I am grossly allergic to fairways. Approach into the wind, uphill, and on glassine greens kept me long, with a knee-knocker of a birdie putt. Just missed but tapped in for par. I was already ahead of history. Kept this up for two more holes and much of the front nine, where I like to say I had more Brazilians than Rio during Carnival. Even on the short par 4 #4 and the equally short par 5 #5 where I had back to back lip outs on the eagle shots. Still two birds and -2 after 5, which laughed in the face of history. The next three holes were all routine pars, barely missing the birds, but all avoiding bogeys. Then came the two holes on Amaroo lovingly known as Kendall’s Crotch: #9 and #10. Sitting -2, it was clear that coming out on the other side at +4 was a strong possibility. Yet somehow, both tee shots cleared the wind blown chasm, the 9th rolling just off the other side of the fairway leading to a scramble par. The 10th was one for the ages, as those of you who have witnessed me losing about 2 dozen balls to the creek some 200 feet below know how I do, yet I struck a perfect driver to the center of the fairway 95 yards away from the sky high pin. A mild scramble and suddenly I had escaped Kendall’s Crotch still holding onto -2. One last spritz of air freshener and off I went to 11. Feeling very confident, yet still needing 3 more birds, and 8 bogeys waiting in the wings, a switch flipped on inside me. Proceeded to birdie 4 of the next 5 holes. The fifth? A sweet eagle on the par 5 #13, and an even sweeter -8 after 15 holes. I closed out with two routine pars and a finishing chirp, to card a back nine -7 and a total -9 for the Norwegian Peoples’ Blues’ victory in pairs. Crazy Croc cappy1 Art Vandelay |
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Post by IGolfBad on Jul 6, 2020 23:34:48 GMT -5
Team round 2 Back to earth - approaches and putting took a walk and the lack of wind made me uneasy. On top of that, needed -14 to pull it out for the team. History shows that... oh who am I fooling... -5   |
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Post by bogeyman on Jul 6, 2020 23:35:34 GMT -5
Went into round 3 hoping for a better showing on the front and I got it. Wind was high but favourable and I was -4 at the the turn. The back 9 had previously been very friendly to me so I had high hopes my score would be a good one - for me anyway. Alas it was not to be! Wind was in face for most of back 9 but I was doing ok until I arrived on the green at 16. Somehow I contrived to leave myself with an uphill 121'er. No I couldn't flop 'cos it was one of those 66' + 3' kind of putts. Anyway bottom line is I didn't give it enough and the ball rolled right back to my feet. Ugh! Double bogey!  Managed to birdie the 17th but the 18th par 5 was a bridge (a channel actually) too far and I only managed a par. Very disappointing back 9 of -2.  TGCT Round 3
GREG
-6
Backwards! |
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Post by SkyBlueBen on Jul 7, 2020 2:51:03 GMT -5
Found this on the HB forum for playing turn based live in a society round......... Playing Society rounds turn based:
Host sets up & all join an in game party. Then all fire up the society event and go to the first tee separately. Give it a minute or two whilst you all play your first two shots of the first hole & then go to pause menu & group. Hit X (or whatever) on friend & choose add to group. Step by Step:
All enter the society lobby. Host invites the others into an in game party. All go to the 1st tee. All take your tee shots. Host now goes to the group tab. The people you invited have to show as “ playing” this may take another shot or two before it appears. Once you see your buddies as “playing” then click on their name and the “ add to group “ option will appear. Add them. And then make sure turn order is on. The people invited do the same steps. Now you are all playing in the same round. Can anyone ( Art Vandelay ) confirm this? Added instructions to opening post so it can be found easily. |
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Post by bogeyman on Jul 7, 2020 3:04:44 GMT -5
GREG
Element 2 - Klopps Dam
-11
-2-13 totalDam Klopps had been kind to me until the 2nd round of this competition then I had one of those rounds where the only breaks the Golfing Gods had on offer were bad ones Despite my ups and downs I still think it's a fine course and I wouldn't be surprised to see it on tour before too long.
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Post by Riotous on Jul 7, 2020 3:08:43 GMT -5
The drama has passed but Sky Sports have just shown the final hole from my battle with Carol...
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Post by bogeyman on Jul 7, 2020 3:44:37 GMT -5
The drama has passed but Sky Sports have just shown the final hole from my battle with Carol... Tied it up Sam! Way to go buddy! |
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Managed to birdie the 17th but the 18th par 5 was a bridge (a channel actually) too far and I only managed a par. Very disappointing back 9 of -2. 
