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Post by NCFCRulz on Mar 30, 2015 12:34:50 GMT -5
Just finished up my final round. -23 for the tournament(in John the commentators voice). Managed to hole out for eagle on #8, I think I played #8 at -3 for the 4 rounds(par,par, birdie, eagle). Got myself in a bit of a predicament on #9... my 2nd shot trickled barely on the front left corner of the green leaving me an 80+ foot putt that looked like I needed to aim over the fringe to get close. Debated with myself for a good 5-10 mins if I would be eligible to chip from there since I needed to aim my putt off the green but it was hard to tell because the green grid didn't cover that far away. Decided it wasn't worth risking the DQ so I attempted some other crazy looking putt hoping some miracle would get it close, no cigar. Ended up still 20 ft away and took a 3 putt bogey. A 91% drive on I think #14 cost me another bogey but other than that my final round 65 was pretty solid and I'm happy with it! I think.for a chip to be valid the fringe has to be interfering with the DIRECT straight line to.the hole, not your perceived putting line. This is so there is a definitive correct or.not correct approach, if it was on your perceived line then judgement would come into it, so in this case I think you have done the right thing! Perhaps Doyley or Tim can clarify on that?
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Post by CGilb on Mar 30, 2015 12:47:59 GMT -5
Just finished up my final round. -23 for the tournament(in John the commentators voice). Managed to hole out for eagle on #8, I think I played #8 at -3 for the 4 rounds(par,par, birdie, eagle). Got myself in a bit of a predicament on #9... my 2nd shot trickled barely on the front left corner of the green leaving me an 80+ foot putt that looked like I needed to aim over the fringe to get close. Debated with myself for a good 5-10 mins if I would be eligible to chip from there since I needed to aim my putt off the green but it was hard to tell because the green grid didn't cover that far away. Decided it wasn't worth risking the DQ so I attempted some other crazy looking putt hoping some miracle would get it close, no cigar. Ended up still 20 ft away and took a 3 putt bogey. A 91% drive on I think #14 cost me another bogey but other than that my final round 65 was pretty solid and I'm happy with it! Yeah, we need to talk about the putts that are cut off by fringe to the hole. While practicing Magnolia, I had one like this. Pros would definitely chip the ball from the green in this case, and I believe we should be able to do the same. However, it might be difficult to police since we can't necessarily see other players' angles with ghost balls. Any administrators wanna chime in on this?
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Post by Nemecyst on Mar 30, 2015 13:03:21 GMT -5
Just finished up my final round. -23 for the tournament(in John the commentators voice). Managed to hole out for eagle on #8, I think I played #8 at -3 for the 4 rounds(par,par, birdie, eagle). Got myself in a bit of a predicament on #9... my 2nd shot trickled barely on the front left corner of the green leaving me an 80+ foot putt that looked like I needed to aim over the fringe to get close. Debated with myself for a good 5-10 mins if I would be eligible to chip from there since I needed to aim my putt off the green but it was hard to tell because the green grid didn't cover that far away. Decided it wasn't worth risking the DQ so I attempted some other crazy looking putt hoping some miracle would get it close, no cigar. Ended up still 20 ft away and took a 3 putt bogey. A 91% drive on I think #14 cost me another bogey but other than that my final round 65 was pretty solid and I'm happy with it! I think.for a chip to be valid the fringe has to be interfering with the DIRECT straight line to.the hole, not your perceived putting line. This is so there is a definitive correct or.not correct approach, if it was on your perceived line then judgement would come into it, so in this case I think you have done the right thing! Perhaps Doyley or Tim can clarify on that? That's what I was thinking. I could have aimed straight at the hole without going over the fringe but the break on that putt would have left me a mile to the right of the hole... which is about where I ended up anyways lol.
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Post by snomelnairb on Mar 30, 2015 17:02:20 GMT -5
64-63-70-62 for a -25 for the tournament. Not a fan of the redesign, I thought the original was much better. I'm not sure why great courses are being redesigned to include rock hard greens and pin locations on slick side Hill lies. I know the designer only did what was asked of him, so it's certainly not his fault. But I can honestly say it wasn't much fun this week and that's why I play, for fun. I could have crossed over but the same has been done to the Shakespeare course as well. I'm just not sure where we are headed with these types of reworks to already great courses.
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Post by gringoinacaddy on Mar 30, 2015 19:15:53 GMT -5
I ended up -31 for the tourney, felt like I missed 30 putts from 10-15 ft. I think the idea of a 10-15 foot putt breaking 2 ft or more is used way to much at this course. I think we need to just lengthen the course and firm them up rather than make it where your having to lag a 10 footer cause its got 4 foot of break. Im all for the tough courses, but for as many times I just knocked it close I should be rewarded for it. And consider myself a great putter, but its just lottery on a side hill break. I think the pga and euro course should all be 7500 yards + all the times! Other than that this course was nice before the new pins.
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Post by Doyley on Mar 30, 2015 19:29:06 GMT -5
I think for a chip to be valid the fringe has to be interfering with the DIRECT straight line to.the hole, not your perceived putting line. This is so there is a definitive correct or.not correct approach, if it was on your perceived line then judgement would come into it, so in this case I think you have done the right thing! Perhaps Doyley or Tim can clarify on that? Putter must be used on the green unless your line is obstructed by fringe/rough/bunker, in which case use of a putter is not mandatory. When I wrote that my intention was that "your line" is your final putting line - ie if you were to aim your putt with the intention of putting it in the hole and the ball would cross fringe/rough in it's path to the hole, then a putter would not be necessary. It is a judgment call hence the reason it's a case by case type thing. We do not want to force people to have to ride a break 40 feet right of the hole because the direct line was all green with the fringe/rough a hair to the left of the direct line. If you were to play the proper line and aimed 15-20 feet left - and that line took you through fringe/rough/bunker, then it would open up the use of other shots.
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Post by jdrucksports on Mar 30, 2015 23:30:29 GMT -5
I'd just like to state that I managed to exceed my goal of 1-under on the 8th (for the tournament). Managed to go 2-under with a chip in par from the left rough to save it in the 4th round! F*C% the 8th hole, i putted it off the green two times from inside 5 feet.
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Post by coruler2 on Mar 30, 2015 23:58:38 GMT -5
Tried to epic choke job the last hole of my last round. Drove it in the bunker, then trying to play smart and hit it out to the fat part of the fairway, I barely got it out, but into the deep rough. Still couldn't hit to the green, so had to chip it out again into the fairway. Then left my 170yd 4th shot 30ft short of the pin. Drained my 30ftr for bogey. Fingers crossed I finish in the top10 this week (or even better?!?). Being the designer of the course does have its perks...brings the field back to me a few shots per round just from play-testing it so much.
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Post by NCFCRulz on Mar 31, 2015 4:36:20 GMT -5
Il be sitting out the weekend. I'm fuming
Was going well, -3 after 6 holes and then hole 7 and 8 killed me
Hole 7 the big drop par 3, got green in 1 and somehow 5 putted from less than 20ft for a triple
I placed controller on floor and went to get a drink to recompose
Hole 8 the tiered par 4, went sloghtly over back of green with 2nd, chipped it over the green with 3rd, pathetic 4th chip and 2 putted for a double
Put me +2 after 8 and I lost interest after that. Kept it sane for rest of round to finish +2 and 2nd round managed a -4 for -2 overall but head wasn't in the game as I already knew the cut was gone after 1st round.
Fuming but there ya go. Onto the Masters!
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Post by BMann1976 on Mar 31, 2015 11:37:36 GMT -5
My least enjoyable experience so far. I am not sure how there are all of these scores under par. lol Couldn't get close to any of the pins and when I was able to get on the greens, I had no good putts. Course just wasn't suited for me. But I did finish under par. lol 71 70 = -1 Cya all next week.
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Post by CGilb on Mar 31, 2015 11:43:22 GMT -5
My least enjoyable experience so far. I am not sure how there are all of these scores under par. lol Couldn't get close to any of the pins and when I was able to get on the greens, I had no good putts. Course just wasn't suited for me. But I did finish under par. lol 71 70 = -1 Cya all next week. Putting is very important on these courses. If you can make a few 20+ foot putts, and keep from 3-putts, you can score low
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Post by bentfivewood on Mar 31, 2015 15:00:27 GMT -5
My least enjoyable experience so far. I am not sure how there are all of these scores under par. lol Couldn't get close to any of the pins and when I was able to get on the greens, I had no good putts. Course just wasn't suited for me. But I did finish under par. lol 71 70 = -1 Cya all next week. Practice, practice, practice. I played no fewer than 8 practice rounds. I get that not everyone has the time or desire to put that much in but I practice the courses I don't score well on more. Even with that practice I still can't hit the top of the leaderboard. Only holes I couldn't do well on were 1 and 8. But you battle.
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Post by MLT24 on Apr 1, 2015 20:21:07 GMT -5
This setup was way better, more realistic than last weeks. Even though I did worse, just not my week ( a few doubles and a triple ) -5 after day 2, I had more fun and it was totally my fault and not the course for my bad behavior. Should be around -10 but can't do well every week. Glad it came the week before the MAsters and not next week.
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Post by Oblong on Apr 2, 2015 11:59:42 GMT -5
This was just not my week. I played a practice at -4 and stupidly went in confident I could repeat that...not even close.
Bogey's on the noted suspect holes in round 1 and then I got the 1 inch glitch having to repeat hole 18 which turned a birdie into a par. -2 for round 1.
The finish shook me up enough such that round 2 got even worse. After a nice par on the 1st hole, I missed the fairway on the par 5 #2 hole. Tried to get out but got wet. Tried another type of shot and got wet again...I hadn't been in the drink all season and just did it back to back. Limped in with a snowman 8. On the next par 5 my approach shot hit the pin and careeened 80 feet away down the green, talk about bad luck. By then the tourney was over and I was already thinking about flying down to Augusta early this week to check out the course and the Par 3 event. +1 for round 2 and I no longer have to fret my perfect 100% cuts made record.
Funny thing is, I grew up in Houston so I was excited to represent in this tourney. The hometown fans were not impressed!
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roddymacd
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Post by roddymacd on Apr 2, 2015 12:51:53 GMT -5
I must say I had a great weekend shot a -22 with a 80 yard eagle on hole 8 in round 4 all together shot -40 for the tournament, putter was on fire holed a lot off putts that on any other day could of been 3 putters for sure.
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