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Post by stadiumrocker on Oct 15, 2023 12:46:10 GMT -5
Played my first 2rds early this week as I'm off on holiday from Wednesday so need to play to see if there's any point in playing rds 3&4. I sit at -25 after 2, so will play the other rounds and hope for a decent finish. The conditions are fairly benign for an Elite tournament over the first 2 rds so expect some low scores. Some elevation changes require some thought in places but I think the cut this week may be as low as -20. Good luck!
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Post by SkyBlueBen on Oct 16, 2023 0:58:17 GMT -5
Bombed again!! Not looking this season that I deserve a place here and I won’t have one for long at this rate. 🤣
Messing up one of my first two every week and I’m at a loss to why. Playing OK elsewhere ☹️
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Post by YouStayClassySanDiego on Oct 16, 2023 14:37:02 GMT -5
Well after a MC last week and a demo mark, I felt like I was playing decently in other societies Saturday evening, so went ahead with Elite. Ended up shooting 58-63 for -23 at the cut. Would have been nice to shoot a second -14 in R2 for a -28, but I'm pretty sure -23 makes the cut. Tried to play the last two rounds on Sunday evening, but wasn't scoring well in warm ups - mostly down to just missing putts. Decided to postpone R3 & R4 until an evening this week where I feel solid after warmups.
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Post by twofor22 on Oct 17, 2023 3:15:44 GMT -5
58 first round with a bogey. Pretty happy with that. Takes the pressure off the second round a fair bit.
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Post by stadiumrocker on Oct 17, 2023 7:45:20 GMT -5
So I finished up at -48. This represents my best ever tournament on Elite. To be in with a shout of a top 10 finish on this tour and even promo marks is beyond my expectations. I came into this season hoping to be competitive, make some cuts and avoid the demos. Really pleased. Off on holiday tomorrow, so will miss next week's event. Wishing everyone a good tournament this week and next.
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Post by Giraffe72 on Oct 17, 2023 17:42:27 GMT -5
Same aspirations as you stadiumrocker, making cuts is a win in my books, hopefully have a really good week here and there and be competitive. Nice shooting! Just played my first two. Started double, eagle, birdie, double! Yowzer those slopes got me a few times. That first double was a bit unlucky, second one was just plain clumsy. Had a birdie putt and next thing I know I wasn't even in the same post code! Did well to keep my sh%$ together from there, quite pleased with myself for that. I have been known to throw my toys out the pram in that situation... Ended up -9 on the first round and had a peek at the leaderboard. OK looks like I need -10 in the second. Started slow but this time without the doubles. Then got hot and looked like I was going to go past my target until the slope on 15 got me and I made bogey. Needed to birdie 2 of the last 3, gave my head a wobble and got it done. 63 and 62 for -19. Unless a load more players than the last two weeks play this one that will do it. 3/3 cuts made if so, including a top 10 last week, way better than I thought I would do.
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Post by Tombanator on Oct 18, 2023 3:32:40 GMT -5
-10, and then a poor -5 for -15 and missed cut.
Don't drop 4 shots in R2, 2 early with a water ball, then 2 more later because you hit a bad shot and the ball decides to go off wherever.
That better not be a demotion mark coming up as soon as I just got rid of one... too many 1 rounders so far creeping down there somewhere and who knows how many more still to go...
Cheers, good luck.
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Post by twofor22 on Oct 18, 2023 16:13:33 GMT -5
Only managed -6 second round but with the decent first round I'm at -20 so should make the weekend. I was a bit tired yesterday when I played as I had a different work day to my usual split shifts so that probably didn't help. Still an opportunity to move up the leaderboard with two decent rounds though.
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Post by Giraffe72 on Oct 20, 2023 7:04:49 GMT -5
Place holding 62 in the 3rd round and then I got on a proper charge. -12 thru 11 and thinking this might be one of those special rounds. That was sadly derailed by dropped shots on 13 and 14 and I ended up carding a 59 for a -42 total. Looks like those two holes have cost me the chance of adding to my green tick collection, but another strong week. I'm playing pretty well at the moment and after a bit of a break am really enjoying the game.
Liked the course a lot. Plenty of scoring chances but if you got it wrong it had some teeth, particularly around the greens.
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Post by crushtastic on Oct 24, 2023 1:21:21 GMT -5
Tough course!
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Post by twofor22 on Oct 24, 2023 2:02:59 GMT -5
I started.
That 6th hole can go to hell, going along alright at -2 until the disastrous 7 I ended up with.
I rage quit, will finish it later and hopefully get back under par.
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Post by YouStayClassySanDiego on Oct 24, 2023 9:50:54 GMT -5
Holy brutal greens and impossible to hit fairways Batman! Which scheduler was feeling particularly sadistic this week? This one is a beast. And I mean that in the best possible way. It's not Mickey Moused up or anything - just requires very precise planning and some luck on the tee shot bounces. Conditions in R1 & R2 were challenging to say the least. It's about 33 hours from the official cut and the cut line is -2? That's just crazy. Granted, I'd bet it moves to between -4 and -7 by the end, but that's still a LONG way from our normal cut scores.
I'm sitting at -9 after 67-64 and figure I'm safe, which is a number I can't recall feeling safe at any time recently. I haven't looked at R3 conditions yet, but I don't suppose there's any chance the wind is going to lay down on the weekend is there?
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Post by twofor22 on Oct 24, 2023 15:38:03 GMT -5
Finished off round 1 last night, bit up and down and ended up at even par. Hopefully I can go a few under at least in the second round and get through.
It's a good challenge though, I don't think I'd complain about having more of this type of challenging course as the season goes on. In some ways I feel like I can be more competitive, if I get on a tear could easily make plenty of birdies.
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Post by Giraffe72 on Oct 24, 2023 18:33:11 GMT -5
Lol. Almost didn't play this week because I'm really pushed for time. Thought I could quickly squeeze in the first two tonight. Turns out this isn't the week for squeezing in a quick couple of rounds! Jeez 😬
I was one shot short of getting 2 promotion marks 2 weeks ago, then one shot short of getting 1 last week. So sitting on 1 when I was that close to getting 3 and playing Platinum this week, which I'd be surprised if it's more difficult than this one! Now I'm going to be swapping my green for at least one red, such is life. E over 2 rounds. Holes 10 and 18 absolutely killed me, especially 18 where I took two triples. To be fair if I'd figured that hole out and just made two pars I make the cut. I didn't so I won't. No complaints on the course and conditions, I just wasn't good enough this week.
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Post by twofor22 on Oct 24, 2023 23:30:13 GMT -5
Only good enough for -3 and a missed cut. I did like the course apart from that bloody 6th though. Without that quad I probably make the cut.
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