Week commencing 14 April 2014

[Johnny Canuck]

All 93 shots were with the same ball, with the same markings, thank you very much.

I laughed.

How long was the putt that you hit off the green on the second flattest green on the course?

[Ashes]

I laughed.

How long was the putt that you hit off the green on the second flattest green on the course?

8-10 foot putt, went 20ish. Not sure what happened there, I think I hit it too hard.

Great birdie chance and I wipe...

[Johnny Canuck]

I wish it happened with Heaf as your partner.

[BUSHY]

-2 in a par event. I HATE PAR EVENTS!!!

[Ashes]

I wish it happened with Heaf as your partner.

Heaf is lucky I dumped 6 shots with sheer stupidity, otherwise my cap would have dropped even more ahead of round 1..

[WBennett]

-2 in a par event. I HATE PAR EVENTS!!!

Par events are all about course management and matchplay against he scorecard.You know what you have to equal on the tee to get a square and what you need to win the hole.

[Hatchman]

-2 in a par event. I HATE PAR EVENTS!!!

Par events are all about course management and matchplay against he scorecard.You know what you have to equal on the tee to get a square and what you need to win the hole.

Par is a crap format of the game and the sooner it fades into oblivion the better.
The object of the game of golf, is to shoot as low a score as possible. There is absolutely no reward for doing this in a par comp.
Much worse a format as you get towards single figures.

Match play is a game against a human opponent not a score card index.

[JADO75]

Par events are shit!

[Dotty]

Par is good. It doesn't prolong the inevitable for each and every hole.

(Says the owner of seven wipes on both nines at an OzGolf game at Lynwood in 2012.)

[mrbluu]

Any event where my 9 points on the front nine comes only 6 down i'm all for it!!!

[Courty]

Single stab at Cairns GC today.

I finished with 33pts, which is a pretty good result considering some of the crap I churned out.

4 FIRs
6 GIRs
29 putts

[Courty]

I also note that I've now had 6 consecutive rounds in the 70s. First time I've ever done that, and pointing it out also guarantees the next round won't be.

Wise man, that one.

[AndyP]

It's disappointing that a mod can't start a new thread for a new week.

[Courty]

[KristianJ]

It's disappointing that a mod can't start a new thread for a new week.

It is rather ironic given who started this thread...

[WBennett]

Par is a crap format of the game and the sooner it fades into oblivion the better.The object of the game of golf, is to shoot as low a score as possible. There is absolutely no reward for doing this in a par comp. Much worse a format as you get towards single figures.Match play is a game against a human opponent not a score card index.

I am off 7. Its a hard game and I enjoy it. Perhaps as we have three grades it also helps. The object of matchplay is not to shoot as low as possible. Its to beat your opponent.

[Slothman]

I usually love Par...and started great..Awesome full drive. Great approach from a weird up hill sloping position (normal for Albany) that went over the flag and I slid the birdie putt past for a tap in Par an opening +.

Than everything started going left. I don't hit left, I hit a fade...and I was drawing. It was a long long long day. Only spat the dummy a couple of times.

-4....Handicap is heading out, but starting to feel the work coming together.... *sigh*

[BUSHY]

The reason I hate it is because there is no value in good golf and no penalty for exceptionally shit golf. I don't like mediocrity and I especially don't like it being rewarded.
Make a birdie or better on a shot hole and it means nothing, make any worse than par on non shot holes and it means nothing. It's a useless game.

[Courty]

It's a game of consistency, nothing more. I dislike it because I am generally inconsistent.