Hello and welcome to our Club,
Welcome to another wild golf week with the Brew Crew.
Week 4 of the Pub Crawl Season takes us to The Chop Match Club, a fictional Desert theme course with a par of 72 which was created by Tyson Staab.
Course Description:
Inspired by Ballyneal in The Chop Hills of NE Colorado. The Chop is designed as a match play course, so Par is a bit more arbitrary. The fairways are wide so even if the optimal area is small, you are never out of a hole if you miss. Heavy Winds heightens both the risks and rewards of these optimal zones. The greens are published between Moderate and Fast but can go all the way up to very Fast. Four tee sets are all manipulated and provide different angles and distances on individual holes but all end on the same overall distance over 18 holes.
Match 1
Dickens Cider Casuals vs Bulldog Brewers
Round 1
Chris & David S vs Leon & Les
CF & Mark L vs Paul M & Carol
Round 2
Chris & CF vs Leon & Paul M
David S & Mark L vs Les & Carol
Round 3
Chris & Mark L vs Leon & Carol
David S & CF vs Les & Paul M
Round 4 Matchplay
Chris vs Leon
David S vs Les
CF vs Paul M
Mark L vs Carol
Match 2
Rum Raiders vs As You Brew
Round 1
Ben & Marc vs Ross & Christian
Chuck & Art vs Ken & Paul D
Round 2
Ben & Chuck vs Ross & Ken
Marc & Art vs Christian & Paul D
Round 3
Ben & Art vs Ross & Paul D
Marc & Chuck vs Christian & Ken
Round 4 Matchplay
Ben vs Ross
Marc vs Christian
Chuck vs Ken
Art vs Paul D
Match 3
Hobgoblins vs Bourbon Bandits
Round 1
Charlie & Nigel vs Pen & Tomi
Randy & Doe vs Mark B & Marcus (sub)
Round 2
Charlie & Randy vs Pen & Mark B
Nigel & Doe vs Tomi & Marcus (sub)
Round 3
Charlie & Doe vs Pen & Marcus (sub)
Nigel & Randy vs Tomi & Mark B
Round 4 Matchplay
Charlie vs Pen
Nigel vs Tomi
Randy vs Mark B
Doe vs Marcus (sub)
Match 4
The Crown Royals vs The Cupid Stunts
Round 1
Jason & Tim vs Sean & Trevor
Thomas & Kenny vs Michael & Scott
Round 2
Jason & Thomas vs Sean & Michael
Tim & Kenny vs Trevor & Scott
Round 3
Jason & Kenny vs Sean & Scott
Tim & Thomas vs Trevor & Michael
Round 4 Matchplay
Jason vs Sean
Tim vs Trevor
Thomas v Michael
Kenny vs Scott
Week 4 – One for the Road
Week 4 of the season is the Modified Stableford format which takes us to Saguaro Crest Golf Club, a fictional Steppe theme course with a par of 72 which was created by Christian Andrade.
Course Description:
Inspired by We-Ko-Pa Golf Club in Arizona, Saguaro Crest Golf Club offers a realistic styled desert course that you would find in that southwestern part of the United States. Its forgiving off the tee, but if you miss on the wrong side of the greens, that's where the real challenge lives. With tiers, and run offs around the greens, this course will work well for tournament play off the back tees.
Number 11 Real Life Course
Muirfield
Architects: Old Tom Morris, Harry Colt, and Tom Simpson
Muirfield was the fourth course to stage the Open Championship and is the third most used Open venue (host to 16 Opens) after St Andrews and Prestwick.
Muirfield is the course of “The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers” (HCEG), the world’s oldest golf club – according to direct written evidence – formed in 1744. In those days, the members played over Leith Links, originally a five-hole course. In March 1744, the first official rules of golf were dawn up by the “Gentlemen Golfers of Leith” in readiness for a tournament which was due to be played over Leith Links the following month. These 13 rules became the basis for the game of golf and shortly afterwards, the HCEG was formed.
Almost 150 years later, in 1891, the course at Muirfield opened for play. Old Tom Morris designed it, originally as a 16-holer. A further 2 holes were added a few months later. In 1923, another 50 acres were purchased to the north of the course. Harry Colt was engaged to redesign the layout and he introduced 14 new holes, forming the course that remains in place today. Apart from Tom Simpson’s re-modelling of the 13th hole in 1935, the only major changes since then have been the addition of new tees.
The design layout is a masterpiece and highly unusual for links courses of this era. Most courses were laid out simply, nine out and nine back. Muirfield is different; it was the first to be designed with two concentric rings of nine holes. The outward nine holes run clockwise around the edge and the inward nine run anti-clockwise, sitting inside the outward nine. The layout ensures that the wind hits you from all directions, but Muirfield is as difficult to play downwind as it is upwind.
Also please keep all comments about the courses to yourselves, we are being watched.
Good luck to all teams this week.
Signed off by Mr Fixtures.