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Post by boffo on Oct 11, 2023 15:55:43 GMT -5
Ended with another +2 to finish +7. Stopped caring in the last two rounds and it felt like that score should have been so much better. It was probably just one of those courses that exploited my current weaknesses.
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Post by fadeaway on Oct 12, 2023 4:41:30 GMT -5
Well, that was a bumpy ride.
Just finished my first Challenge Circuit tournament ever (hi, everybody) after qualifying for my Tour Card last week.
Asilomar Trail gave me some real problems on the greens. Very fast greens and I couldn’t handle the downhill putts.
First CC round ever ended with a + 9 score after a devastating quad bogey on the par 3 hole 17 (two fast swings straight into the right side water, I’m a lefty).
Didn’t have any hopes of making the cut after that, but miraculously got a grip on myself and shot a +1 second round. Solid from tee, better putting. Made the cut with a marginal of two shots!
Round 3 was back to the old fast swings from tee again, which gave me some real approach shot problems. Putting didn’t help either. Finished round at +7.
Last round was solid, +2. Actually, no double bogies! Makes this game so much more fun when you can at least avoid the terrible swings and mistakes.
Looking forward to next week’s CC-L tournament.
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Post by boffo on Oct 15, 2023 19:56:52 GMT -5
Actually played my first two rounds today. Fairly uneventful with few mistakes and no real memorable shots. Combined for 13 birdies and 2 bogeys, both in the first round to sit -11 at the cut.
Very easy course from tee to green with wide fairways and few hazards. Slow greens with lots of slope is where all the challenge is this week.
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Post by Zodiac Black on Oct 16, 2023 4:24:31 GMT -5
Welcome to a L fadeaway, and great start Boffo to this week's tournament. I finished Asilomar with a total score of + 3. I birdied 16, 17 and 18 in both rounds 3 and 4 which really helped my score. I finished in 13th place which is by far my highest ever position. I have already earned over 16,000 dollars in just two events this season. Last season, I only earned around 19,000 for an entire year.
Not such a great start this week though at Hillsborough. I shot a disappointing + 3.
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Post by boffo on Oct 17, 2023 19:07:54 GMT -5
Currently sitting two strokes back in a tie for second place. Just played my third round and posted a -8. Feels like the kind of score that should keep me in contention.
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Post by boffo on Oct 19, 2023 5:57:56 GMT -5
Second place currently in my own little bubble 4 back of the leader and 4 up on third. I’ve never won an event before but do have two career second place finishes way back in the original TGC days. In old CC-Z and Web which would today be called CC-L and Kinetic tours respectively.
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Post by boffo on Oct 21, 2023 19:59:59 GMT -5
Preview for this weeks event since I finished my first round early. Narrower than usual fairways that wind around bunkers and water. Accuracy off the tee will make or break your round. Not much elevation change and the greens aren’t difficult. Birdie and eagle opportunities are available if you find the fairway off the tee.
My round one stayed bogey free with 4 birdies and an insane 3 eagles to finish -10.
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Post by boffo on Oct 22, 2023 8:32:32 GMT -5
Only -2 in round two but you get winds in the mid teens the whole round. Harder to keep it on the fairway, harder to aim your approach shots so longer putts, expect scores to go down in round 2. Fortunately the first cut of rough adds almost no penalty and the second cut isn’t horrible either. So a missed fairway won’t hurt too much as long as you avoid water and to a lesser extent, bunkers.
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Post by parbuster1962 on Oct 24, 2023 10:57:31 GMT -5
Huge blunder last week. Thought I had completed my 4 rounds when I actually had not. I think it's time to drop the other societies I play in and just play TGC.
This week's course seems to be set up for lower scores and maybe if my putting improves I can finally move up to K Tour
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Post by parbuster1962 on Oct 30, 2023 9:16:40 GMT -5
Question this week will my +7 score after 2 rounds still make the cut?
While the fairways are generous the greens are tough and the Pat 5's can produce a big score if you are not careful.
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Post by fadeaway on Oct 30, 2023 16:30:11 GMT -5
Tried to really concentrate me the first two rounds at The Eleven’s Club and it paid off. First round +1 after one big mistake (splash in the water), second round -1 after very solid play.
Really like the course too, not only because Gareth Bale was my favourite player in Tottenham Hotspur lol (course is sone kind of tribute to Gareth Bale).
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Post by parbuster1962 on Nov 10, 2023 11:44:53 GMT -5
Finished off Round 3 with a 5 putt triple on the 18th. Started Round 4 with the return of the chronic fast swing resulting in everything going left. Quit after 7 holes and hope to regroup and hopefully finish lower than +11
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Post by Zodiac Black on Nov 17, 2023 19:20:25 GMT -5
I opened the Amazon tournament with two level par rounds. A not so good +4 in Rd 3 and a + 2 score for Rd 4. I double bogeyed the first hole in rd 4 and followed that up with another bogey at the 2nd, so I was happy enough with a +2. Total score then of +6 which has me at the back end of the leaderboard.
I love playing on the L tour. It has the perfect level of competition for me and it's fun playing with others who are right at the same skill level as myself. I have made every cut this season except one. Last season, I only made 4 or 5 cuts for the entire season. It's definitely satisfying to see some improvement.
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Post by parbuster1962 on Dec 6, 2023 10:22:52 GMT -5
After what seemed like weeks of tougher courses and challenging conditions we seem to be on a string of easier tracts lately. Average scores are much lower now and it looks like once again -2 or -3 will be needed to make the cut.
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Post by Zodiac Black on Dec 11, 2023 5:06:00 GMT -5
I seem to be going in the other direction. After a great start to the season, in which I only missed one cut, I am now going to miss 4 cuts in a row. I was +10 after just 9 holes of Rd 1 this week. I managed to shot -1 on the back nine for a +9, but the damage had already been done.
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