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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 8:31:43 GMT -5
Dan, our attempts at intimation seemed to be working. Myself and Chris were in hysteric's watching your demise from the 6th. We were sure that you'll be heading back home with your tail between your legs, contemplating demotion back to the CC tour where we all know you belong. The fact that you pulled it around near the end has seen you go up in my estimations but I still fear for your temperament and see this as merely a small and short upturn in your fortunes. Your presence on the Web.com tour has really woken me from my 4 month slumber. There's no way some annoying Irishman can be allowed to beat me! Last week was my best finish since October and I was determined to match it this week. It's unusual for me to have experience of a course before it appears on the tour schedule but I'd played Burberry black when it was first released and a few times since. I hoped my familiarity would help me here. One quick practice of the conditions was enough for me to decide to go for it. I'd seen Dan's and Chris's scores of -9 and -10 had had my sights on Chris's score. I know Chris belongs on the tour unlike others I could mention. I had a dream start of 3 birdies but the run seem to be at an end on the par 5 4th. I'm not sure I'd ever been long on that hole before because I can never remember seeing the huge ditch and bunker. It was intimidating looking up and hardly being able to see the flag. I somehow managed to flop a one up close enough to make the birdie and continue the run. I hit my first sub 95% shot in some time on the 5th, my T-shot didn't make the fairway. This time the run was over and to be honest a par was a great result from that position. I wasn't able to take chances at the 6th and 7th. The round was starting to turn from a dream to a nightmare. I could see Dan sniggering to himself(He has no friends). His smile turned to a frown as I birdied 7 of the next 8 holes. My approach play was as good as it's ever been and if I did need to make a 10+ foot putt then they were also going in more often than I can remember. 16 and 17 are difficult par 3's and although I was close to birdie, I was happy to take the pars. -11 with only the 18th left. I probably should have laid up on 18 rather than going for the green. Then again if I had of done I wouldn't have been able to make a 20 foot eagle putt from the centre of the green. -13, 4 ahead of Dan and at this point 3 ahead of Chris is more than I could of hoped for. It's early days and I still think this course can really get to you. If you're accurate then scoring is very easy but if you're slightly off you can be heavily punished. The pressure will be on for round 2. Dean let me first of all congrat you on finally playing to your potential and second of all Daniel deserves to be on the euro tour unless he is one of these wankers that wants to be on the pga thanks for me
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Post by dh-nufc on Feb 9, 2016 8:40:12 GMT -5
@msv85 Thanks for the compliment but are you always drunk? You must be if you think Dan deserves to be on the Euro tour
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 8:44:38 GMT -5
@msv85 Thanks for the compliment but are you always drunk? You must be if you think Dan deserves to be on the Euro tour to your question yes almost I take 2 or 3 days in the week when u wont see me but yes I mean it I probably mean me and u also deserve to be on the euro but that has nothing to do with the alcohol I sincerely mean this
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Post by jtrippuk on Feb 9, 2016 10:15:45 GMT -5
Whenever you putt on a green for the first time check the green speed number. Top right of screen somewhere. 187 is lightening fast - 101 is slow as buggery. All the rest is in between. By the way, thanks for this tip! Learned something new, and now hopefully green speeds will be less of a mystery to me. Never seen this, where is it. I usually search for the courses & check that way
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Post by jtrippuk on Feb 9, 2016 10:20:17 GMT -5
Shot a 61 in R2 for a midway total of -21. Not even sure if it will make the cut ?. R1 i enjoyed, R2 was like putting in treacle, R3 practice i cannot seem to get my head round it.
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Post by HeMan1202 on Feb 9, 2016 10:42:27 GMT -5
By the way, thanks for this tip! Learned something new, and now hopefully green speeds will be less of a mystery to me. Never seen this, where is it. I usually search for the courses & check that way It is just the club distance for your putter. You won't see it until you get to the first green, but you will know how fast the greens are based on it. 187ft. is the fastest. Usually most greens are between 144 and 170 ft. Anything less is fairly slow and 187 is really fast.
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Post by jtrippuk on Feb 9, 2016 10:43:31 GMT -5
Never seen this, where is it. I usually search for the courses & check that way It is just the club distance for your putter. You won't see it until you get to the first green, but you will know how fast the greens are based on it. 187ft. is the fastest. Usually most greens are between 144 and 170 ft. Anything less is fairly slow and 187 is really fast. Ah right
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 11:09:41 GMT -5
Never seen this, where is it. I usually search for the courses & check that way It is just the club distance for your putter. You won't see it until you get to the first green, but you will know how fast the greens are based on it. 187ft. is the fastest. Usually most greens are between 144 and 170 ft. Anything less is fairly slow and 187 is really fast. Incorrect you can change to your putter off the tee to see this number sorry I just had to but yes you could see this already from tee
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Post by ErixonStone on Feb 9, 2016 14:02:35 GMT -5
do the designers get there jollys off by putting the stick 5 feet behind a bunker or behind the water you know theres no way to stop it you just roll all the way across the green. bs It's fair as long as there is an area where you could land (and it can be in the fairway) that will leave you somewhere on the green and then one of two things will happen: the ball feeds a little bit towards the cup, or you will be left with an uphill putt. You don't have to be given the option of landing on the green and stopping within 10 feet. That's easy.
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Post by bigtallchris on Feb 9, 2016 17:53:38 GMT -5
Front nine for round two BEFORE finding out (or realizing) about the slooooow green speeds: -1 Back nine for round two AFTER finding out (or realizing) about the slooooow green speeds: -8 What a world of difference that knowledge made! No problem to MoeSlorkman for not getting out better notifications of the changing green speeds. Now that I know about the "101 - 187" indicator, this shouldn't be a problem for me anywhere. I like the variable green speeds, adds a bit more realism and challenge. This tourney for me so far: R1 = -12 R2 = -9 R3 = -7 (crushing back-to-back bogies on the back 9, dropped me from the top of the round 3 PSN leaderboard to the middle of the pack). R4 = ? (have only tee'd off on hole 1) jordanspringer, as for the course itself, I really like it.....although I do tend to "really like" courses that I do "really well" on. It's one of the more visually and aesthetically pleasing courses that I've played on in a while. I really like the terrain/water layout, nice use of cliffs/rock faces and canal runs. I also like that there are a couple of "thinking" or "decision" holes.....they're not all grip-it-and-rip-it. Only criticism I have is that a couple of the par-5s could be a bit longer (without wind aid, I shouldn't be using an iron for my 2nd shot) as it's already a super easy course. But all in all, it's been a very enjoyable course to play.....although that opinion could change if I really screw up the 4th round!
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Post by bogeyman on Feb 9, 2016 18:09:35 GMT -5
Front nine for round two BEFORE finding out (or realizing) about the slooooow green speeds: -1 Back nine for round two AFTER finding out (or realizing) about the slooooow green speeds: -8 What a world of difference that knowledge made! No problem to MoeSlorkman for not getting out better notifications of the changing green speeds. Now that I know about the "101 - 187" indicator, this shouldn't be a problem for me anywhere. I like the variable green speeds, adds a bit more realism and challenge. This tourney for me so far: R1 = -12 R2 = -9 R3 = -7 (crushing back-to-back bogies on the back 9, dropped me from the top of the round 3 PSN leaderboard to the middle of the pack). R4 = ? (have only tee'd off on hole 1) jordanspringer, as for the course itself, I really like it.....although I do tend to "really like" courses that I do "really well" on. It's one of the more visually and aesthetically pleasing courses that I've played on in a while. I really like the terrain/water layout, nice use of cliffs/rock faces and canal runs. I also like that there are a couple of "thinking" or "decision" holes.....they're not all grip-it-and-rip-it. Only criticism I have is that a couple of the par-5s could be a bit longer (without wind aid, I shouldn't be using an iron for my 2nd shot) as it's already a super easy course. But all in all, it's been a very enjoyable course to play.....although that opinion could change if I really screw up the 4th round! Nice 3rd round Chris. I'm really struggling with it in practice. Can you remember if winds were light or heavy?
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Post by dh-nufc on Feb 9, 2016 18:29:49 GMT -5
Round two. I could feel the pressure of keeping up my place near the top. It's a different pressure knowing you're up there rather than when you're close to the cut line. Although it's a good feeling to have you know any sort of slip up and you'll lose many places on the leaderboard. With that in mind a nice little birdie on the first always calms yours nerves. What happened after that did nothing of the sort. With the exception of 3 more birdies I parred the rest of the front 9. In all honesty I was lucky to get away with not having at least 1 or 2 bogeys. I seemed to make every difficult putt for par but miss easier ones for birdies. Never mind the thought of trying to keep on top, the cut was now starting to enter my thoughts. I was -17 for the tournament at that point. Why do I put myself through this every week? I knew I needed 5 more birdies to be comfortable The back 9 brought about a change in my quality of play. I was now on form and finding birdies easy. A 92% approach shot left me with a difficult short flop shot on 12 which I was greatful just to put close. Another par though, not good enough on that hole. With a few difficult holes to come I was seriously worried. Huddleston has blown it again. It even looked like Dan would be ahead of me after two rounds. I just couldn't take the embarrassment. My solid play was back though and 3 birdies in a row calmed my nerves. The poor round was now looking solid. -9 after 15 and -24 overall.
I hit my best approach shot of the day into 16. I was left pin high about 6 inches to the right. An easy tap in birdie, the easiest I've ever had on that hole. 17 is a little easier on round 2 but my approach was somewhat short. My putt was good though and before I knew it I was onto my 2nd great round in a row.
Onto the 18th. On my one practice round I was able to get it pretty close to the pin with my 2nd shot by using the slope to the left. It worked even better this time. I was left with an eagle putt, maybe around 15 foot. It was uphill but after the hole it sloped off the green. I needed an eagle to tie my previous round of -13. I had to go for it. My heart sunk as it seem to bound up the hill, I'd not seen a putt all day go that fast. The relief I felt when it sank in the hole soon turned to jubilation. Now this is why I play this game! A typical roller oater of a round featuring huge highs and lows but I feel really good to come back from a poor position and finish strongly again. -9 for the back 9. I'll take that every round please! Tied 4th on the Ps4 leaderboard with at least 1 or 2 people from higher tours. Come on Chris Lewis, we can do it!
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Post by bigtallchris on Feb 9, 2016 19:30:24 GMT -5
Nice 3rd round Chris. I'm really struggling with it in practice. Can you remember if winds were light or heavy? If I remember correctly (and that's a big "if", because it was way too late at night), they were in the 7-10mph range...sometimes dipping to 4 or 5 mph, sometimes up to 12 mph. Or was that the 2nd round? I might be getting the 2nd and 3rd rounds confused.....one of them had the 7-10s, while the other had the 11-15s, if I remember correctly. Someone else needs to confirm. My memory gets worse every day.....I'd forget where my head is at, if it wasn't always stuck up my a$$!
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Post by nickweis on Feb 10, 2016 1:23:36 GMT -5
Don't mind me, just lurking....
Been a busy week at work, and I should be playing my rounds tomorrow. Looks like the approach shots will need to be dialled in. I have played the course once before, and a couple holes for practice and it is a beauty. I agree with the defence of tucking pins once in a while.. People just get to used to playing darts and get upset if they don't have a chance to hole out every approach. There is nothing wrong with forcing good course management by having a pin where close (20 ft) is a good shot. Two putts, take your par and move on.
Also felt the need to weigh in on the green speed debate. I feel like it should be up to the golfer to figure out what the green speeds and conditions are. This should be part of preparation for the tournament. You can tell green speed just by looking at the club distance, and usually figure out firmness within one or two holes of practice. If you want someone to hold your hand and tell you how fast the greens are, how firm the greens are, Or how windy it is, I am available for hire to caddie. I will even read the yardage off the screen, and tell you if there is any elevation change. Anyway, good luck everyone,
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Post by BillySastard976 on Feb 10, 2016 4:45:16 GMT -5
I played poorly but it's a good course - no complaints here. I liked the differing conditions between rounds.
Having the flag in a difficult position on certain holes is no bad thing,plus,it's the same for everyone.
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