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Flowergirl
25th February 2009, 04:08 PM
Stableford today. An uneventful 35 points. Played better - played worse!!!!! Putting was woeful on the front nine but settled down on the back nine.

Gee - isn't this a great game report:shock:

Off to Tasmania tomorrow. Barnbougle here we come!!!!!!:mrgreen:

shazza_rs
25th February 2009, 04:42 PM
go barny! hope you have a fab time!

PeteyD
25th February 2009, 04:45 PM
I hate you

adlo
25th February 2009, 10:26 PM
Yeah, very jealous on the Barny front. Take pics and share.....

Played Scroungers with Johnnie Canuck today in the worst weather for months. Drizzle and a minimum 2-3 club breeze all day.

A frustrating day. Poor start, and when the game improved I burnt the hole ALL day. Chips/putts.... nothing wanted to drop. Also frustrating that I lost skins to JC depsite whipping him in stableford points.

31 points (13/18 )

Another 9 or 10 fairways today, the TMTB HMOI is an absolute beast.

Johnny Canuck
25th February 2009, 10:38 PM
Aldo actually swung hard enough to make some sound through the air with his driver. I was impressed. He has a lot of power hiding inside that body. He just needs to release it!!!

adlo
25th February 2009, 10:45 PM
Like I said Johnny, it is lucky to be a big bastard and still hit decent length with minimal effort. Unleash some power when I am flushing it (like today) 8)

Johnny Canuck
25th February 2009, 10:47 PM
Maybe one day I'll put full effort into my swing too!

adlo
25th February 2009, 10:48 PM
No, please don't. Your driver face will cave in.

oldmannoodles
25th February 2009, 10:51 PM
One of favourite days ever - playing Barnbougle with my old man last year. Enjoy the golf (and the wallaby pie served up at the local pub - highly recommended!)

Scottt
25th February 2009, 10:59 PM
I know this fell a day before the "week" started, but I can't be arsed finding the old thread

21/2 - Royal Cinque Ports
Turned +4, was +5 on the 16th tee and finished bogey, triple, double. Perhaps the most frustrating round of golf I have played.
13/15 fairways
9 greens
2/9 U&Ds (inc. one sand save)
34 putts (inc. two three-putt bogeys!)

22/2 Prince's
Again turned +4, was over a 25-footer for birdie on the 13th to go back to +4 and shot +11 again.
11/14 fairways
8 greens
3/10 U&Ds
36 putts (inc. two three-putt bogeys)

Absolutely minted it off the tee all weekend, flushed my irons, didn't mis a putt inside five feet, but still shoot a pair of +11s. Life is not fair!!

My long putting was poor on the occasions I left myself 50-60 feet, and I had a few brain farts (two triples and four doubles for the weekend - so I played 30 holes in +6 and six holes in +14!).

Still great fun though.

adlo
26th February 2009, 12:57 AM
I know this fell a day before the "week" started, but I can't be arsed finding the old thread

21/2 - Royal Cinque Ports
Turned +4, was +5 on the 16th tee and finished bogey, triple, double. Perhaps the most frustrating round of golf I have played.
13/15 fairways
9 greens
2/9 U&Ds (inc. one sand save)
34 putts (inc. two three-putt bogeys!)

22/2 Prince's
Again turned +4, was over a 25-footer for birdie on the 13th to go back to +4 and shot +11 again.
11/14 fairways
8 greens
3/10 U&Ds
36 putts (inc. two three-putt bogeys)

Absolutely minted it off the tee all weekend, flushed my irons, didn't mis a putt inside five feet, but still shoot a pair of +11s. Life is not fair!!

My long putting was poor on the occasions I left myself 50-60 feet, and I had a few brain farts (two triples and four doubles for the weekend - so I played 30 holes in +6 and six holes in +14!).

Still great fun though.
It sounds to me like you have some bad karma.... something to do with the 16th.... have you been slagging anyone off.... something to do with the 16th hole and a golf cart?!?

Oh well, at least you are hitting them well. The good scores will follow.

Your new course looks amazing btw.

Scottt
26th February 2009, 01:07 AM
:lol: Does repentence involve a golf cart, a hairpin turn and a slab of bourbon cans?

adlo
26th February 2009, 01:10 AM
... and changing your name to incorporate "c*ck" in there somewhere :lol:

Scottt
26th February 2009, 01:16 AM
Scockkk?

adlo
26th February 2009, 01:17 AM
I like it. I sense the curse is broken Scockkk

Johnny Canuck
26th February 2009, 01:47 AM
Just wait Scott. When you are lining up your putt to par the course, Zigwah's brother is going to pop up just like the guy from Happy Gilmore and yell "You will not make this putt Scottt, ya COCKHEAD!"

Scottt
26th February 2009, 07:32 AM
Then I must arm myself with an albino caddy, clearly :lol:

Johnny Canuck
26th February 2009, 08:40 AM
You'll have to fly Aldo over.

Scottt
26th February 2009, 08:54 AM
No chance. I only carry one hybrid, so I can just see it: I'd be half way down the first fairway and he'd be strolling along with it under his arm, having left the rest of my clubs in the locker room :lol:

adlo
26th February 2009, 09:30 AM
No chance. I only carry one hybrid, so I can just see it: I'd be half way down the first fairway and he'd be strolling along with it under his arm, having left the rest of my clubs in the locker room :lol:
:lol:

JC didn't notice, but I only had one hybrid in the bag yesterday!

henno
26th February 2009, 09:30 AM
With cally fusions, isn't every club a hybrid? :razz:

adlo
26th February 2009, 09:32 AM
Shhhhhh.... thats the secret. From address they look like irons.

The Wet Coaster
27th February 2009, 01:39 PM
i played on a course(Belmont) Sunday where they let you play, whatever the weather, frost or no frost. so stupid us, show up at 7:30 and have at 'er. shot a 93 on a frozen wonderland. it's quite the thing to hit a perfect approach shot, hit mid green, watch it bounce 30 feet into the air, land on the frozen pond behind the hole, and bounce into the fairway on another hole. that's winter golf! Here's the first hole, 350 yards long, 100ft above the hole.

http://northvanmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/bel2.jpg

razaar
27th February 2009, 03:09 PM
Seems to be alot of divots on the tee. What is the arrangement with the grounds staff during the winter. Paid holiday?

Courty
27th February 2009, 04:33 PM
Took an RDO to play at Sea Temple today. BrettM was kind enough to tuck all the pins in corners for us and make the course play as long as possible. :roll:

I had a lazy 30 pts with only one wipe. I'll do the rest of the stats later, but it was nothing special.

Edit: Stats are in

84 gross
30 points

9 fairways (I think, seems a bit high but I'm struggling to remember a couple of holes)
6 greens
35 putts (a couple of 3 putts from a long way away, the greens are frikkin huge!)

7 pars
9 bogies
2 doubles

BrisWesty
28th February 2009, 01:42 PM
First round since Wynnum Cup. Played Woodford and finished with a lazy 39 points after washing the 10th (our first) 82/69. 32 putts. 7 fairways, 5 GIR. 10 pars, 6 bogeys, 2 doubles.

adlo
28th February 2009, 02:15 PM
Out at Seaview today with couldavebeenpro. I have never played there before. It is all of 30m from Cottesloe beach. A challenging 9 hole layout. The smallest greens I have ever seen, by a country mile.

32 points (14/18 ), a bit easier the second time around.
10 Fairways
3 GIR :shock: (like I said, small greens)

Was beautiful weather and good to meet another ozgolfer.

oz
28th February 2009, 04:01 PM
40 pts at Albury Commercial today. Putted poorly, with three 3-putts, plus a stupid double on 14 from the middle of the FW. 72 Gross.

AndyP
28th February 2009, 05:23 PM
28/02/09, RAAF Tindal GC, 2-man ambrose

Also my first round since the Wynnum Cup, so I was definitely a bit rusty. The comp was going to be par, but they changed it just before the start to improve the speed of play (long grass ball-hunting).

I really smashed some drives today, and particularly enjoyed hitting driver off the deck on a par 5 after my partner had already put us in a good position. There were some pretty dodgy iron shots, but there was also some good ones too. I got NTP on the 5/14th, then watched my good putt bounce over the centre of the hole. Chipping sucked, and the putting was a mixed bag, as you'd expect on those greens.

As individuals, we struggled on the front nine, but scored well with 2 birds, 2 boges and some great putts. The back nine our individual games got it together a bit more, but we just couldn't score and screwed it with two finishing bogeys. Our score was 35-38-73 nett 64.75 (Par 70) which had us finishing second behind a 3-man team :-s.

Next round: If it ever stops raining in the afternoons, I'll try to play Katherine CGC midweek. Otherwise it's either a 9 hole 4-man ambrose at Tindal again, or a weekend in Darwin.

haysey
28th February 2009, 05:50 PM
35 points at Cairns today with Cookie and Courty

Highlight was chipping in for birdie on 17

2 wipes :evil:
3 one pointers

razaar
28th February 2009, 06:50 PM
Marked a great card today- Mark Draper (Scott's older brother) had 46 s'ford points off a 1 h'cap; shot a 63 (9 under) equals the course record for the Old Course at Keperra. It was a treat to watch. He was trialing the new Nike One Tour D compliments of Scott. This ball is long for all you ho's and is a serious threat to the ProV1 & X.

adlo
28th February 2009, 06:51 PM
Marked a great card today- Mark Draper (Scott's older brother) had 46 s'ford points off a 1 h'cap; shot a 63 (9 under) equals the course record for the Old Course at Keperra. It was a treat to watch. He was trialing the new Nike One Tour D compliments of Scott. This ball is long for all you ho's and is a serious threat to the ProV1 & X.
What were you doing on the course? Shouldn't you be cooking or cleaning?

razaar
28th February 2009, 06:52 PM
Given a leave pass.

adlo
28th February 2009, 07:07 PM
Oh, fair enough. Don't let it happen again :)

Sounds like it was a great day for a leave pass.

Scottt
28th February 2009, 07:21 PM
Good shooting Westy, Oz and Scott Draper's brother!

Courty
1st March 2009, 04:22 PM
32 pts with Cookie, Haysey & another mate who will be joining soon (if not already).

I'm disappointed with myself for not bringing some game in the matchplay against Cookie, but unfortunately it was one of those days where my hands felt like lumps of timber. I had no clue with any of the feel shots and it really shows in the putting stats (I missed lots of greens but still had lots of putts as I couldn't chip close enough).

83 gross
32 stableford points

9 fairways
5 greens
33 putts

1 birdie
6 pars
10 bogies
1 double

oh, and 2 shanks. :roll:

Tongueboy
1st March 2009, 06:33 PM
38 points at Muswellbrook yesterday. pair of 19s. a wipe each 9. pretty happy with it.
took 10 bucks of the young bloke and had an eagle on 15!

dc68
1st March 2009, 07:51 PM
Couple of nice chokes there Snotttty!!!

Johnny Canuck
1st March 2009, 07:59 PM
1st two rounds of club champs in the books.

Day one, 7 over after 10. Grabbed a boubon and switched from a ProV1X to a ZUR-S and played even to finish for a 79. One shot off the pace.

Day two, started with a ZUR-S, learned my lesson. Played solid Canuck golf. One double, 5 bogies, 3 birdies and an eagle for a 74. Leader by 3.

On the weekend I am 9 over 100% sober and one under with bourbon in the system. Grabbed one on 17 today and eagled it for the first time in 2 years.

Should do some good damage to the handicap as the course rates 76 off the blacks.

Course played pretty similar both days but very strange how I hit 11 5-woods off the tee day one, with success, but only 3 on day two. I declare that I am 100% a feel player and don't make decisions until I stand on the tee.

Looking forward to next weekend. Hopefully Aldo can make it out on Wednesday so that I can shoot 85 off the short tees.

Johnny Canuck
1st March 2009, 08:01 PM
With cally fusions, isn't every club a hybrid? :razz:

That exact comment was dropped walking off the second tee a few weeks ago!

Ned
1st March 2009, 08:06 PM
Paradise Palms Monthly Medal

106

5 / 14 FIR
1 / 18 GIR
41 putts

Courty
1st March 2009, 08:09 PM
Paradise Palms Monthly Medal

106

5 / 14 FIR
1 / 18 GIR
41 putts

Ouch... you need to save that form for our Matchplay. ;)

BrisVegas
1st March 2009, 08:17 PM
single stab today in the member guest medley. 31 points. 3 wipes and a few flubs in there, but actually hit it pretty good mostly. It was ****ing hot today and walkin was a struggle....

Ned
1st March 2009, 08:37 PM
Paradise Palms Monthly Medal

106

5 / 14 FIR
1 / 18 GIR
41 putts


Ouch... you need to save that form for our Matchplay. ;)

Getting to bed from the Casino at 4.30 am and then back up at 7.00 am did play a very small part in the days outcome.:-$

Courty
1st March 2009, 08:42 PM
Getting to bed from the Casino at 4.30 am and then back up at 7.00 am did play a very small part in the days outcome.:-$

Meh, amateur. :p

Ned
1st March 2009, 08:53 PM
Meh, amateur. :p


Yes you are right, I should have just stayed up!!!:roll:

adlo
1st March 2009, 09:57 PM
1st two rounds of club champs in the books.

Day one, 7 over after 10. Grabbed a boubon and switched from a ProV1X to a ZUR-S and played even to finish for a 79. One shot off the pace.

Day two, started with a ZUR-S, learned my lesson. Played solid Canuck golf. One double, 5 bogies, 3 birdies and an eagle for a 74. Leader by 3.

On the weekend I am 9 over 100% sober and one under with bourbon in the system. Grabbed one on 17 today and eagled it for the first time in 2 years.

Should do some good damage to the handicap as the course rates 76 off the blacks.

Course played pretty similar both days but very strange how I hit 11 5-woods off the tee day one, with success, but only 3 on day two. I declare that I am 100% a feel player and don't make decisions until I stand on the tee.

Looking forward to next weekend. Hopefully Aldo can make it out on Wednesday so that I can shoot 85 off the short tees.
Good shooting JC.
Will see about Wednesday, glad to see I bring the best out of your game.

Johnny Canuck
1st March 2009, 10:03 PM
Good shooting JC.
Will see about Wednesday, glad to see I bring the best out of your game.
It's those frickin' white tees. I either shoot 72 or 85.

adlo
1st March 2009, 10:10 PM
It's those frickin' white tees. I either shoot 72 or 85.
I don't shoot 72, but have been preferring the blues lately too.

Scottt
2nd March 2009, 02:07 AM
Played The Addington today (www.addingtongolf.com) - rated #85 in Great Britain and Ireland.

An absolutely amazing course. If courses were ranked only on their 12 best holes, I have no doubt this would be top 50 in the world.

And if I were scored only on my best 12 holes, I'd be playing off scratch :lol:

I shot 79, which was +10 to par and eight over the SSS (their version of course rating). The members said what I shot equated to 37 stableford points.

8/12 fairways
10 greens
36 putts
1/8 u&d

Started my day by hitting a six iron to three feet then made the putt for birdie!

Still let myself down with blowouts - three double bogeys!

sms316
2nd March 2009, 07:40 AM
40 pts at Albury Commercial today. Putted poorly, with three 3-putts, plus a stupid double on 14 from the middle of the FW. 72 Gross.
Bugger! Got me by one. Geez those greens are good though (shame about the plug marks though).

And now to the big one (I need to brag)...

Played in the Thurgoona Bowl as well on the weekend. Shot a 76 on Saturday afternoon, in pretty windy conditions to be 3 behind. Extracted a digit on Sunday morning and shot 68 (including an OOB on the 3rd) to finish even par and force a playoff (almost 5 hours after we finished our round).

It was a 3 hole playoff on holes 16, 17 & 18 and sms went par, bogey, par to my opponent's bogey, par, par. Sudden death then took place back at 16, where a par was good enough to win the event.

A victory for rotund left-handers.

Eag's
2nd March 2009, 07:43 AM
Congrats sms well played :smt038

Scottt
2nd March 2009, 07:43 AM
Great win Sean! :lol:

BrisVegas
2nd March 2009, 07:49 AM
A victory for rotund left-handers.

Well done slim. :smt038

I always said you were a fine golfer.

razaar
2nd March 2009, 08:20 AM
He caught sight of your shorts and felt sorry for you. Great stuff mate.

Dotty
2nd March 2009, 08:29 AM
Congratulations Lumpy.

sms316
2nd March 2009, 08:33 AM
Thanks guys.

I forgot to mention one of the great calls of all time from one of my playing partners. We were discussing the fact that they have a women's event at the same time. He commented that it should be called the "Moll Bowl". Pretty catchy, but I doubt it would get off the ground.

Johnny Canuck
2nd March 2009, 09:21 AM
Bugger! Got me by one. Geez those greens are good though (shame about the plug marks though).

And now to the big one (I need to brag)...

Played in the Thurgoona Bowl as well on the weekend. Shot a 76 on Saturday afternoon, in pretty windy conditions to be 3 behind. Extracted a digit on Sunday morning and shot 68 (including an OOB on the 3rd) to finish even par and force a playoff (almost 5 hours after we finished our round).

It was a 3 hole playoff on holes 16, 17 & 18 and sms went par, bogey, par to my opponent's bogey, par, par. Sudden death then took place back at 16, where a par was good enough to win the event.

A victory for rotund left-handers.

Congrats! Talk about a long day on the golf course.

PeteyD
2nd March 2009, 09:25 AM
Well done big fella! Is that the event you have come runner up in for the last few years?

sms316
2nd March 2009, 10:26 AM
Well done big fella! Is that the event you have come runner up in for the last few years?
Nah. Albury GC's Inland Tournament is the one that is going to put me in a padded cell the way it is going.

tg01
2nd March 2009, 11:45 AM
SMS - who was the other guy?

Can I now say that I went to School with SS?

sms316
2nd March 2009, 11:51 AM
SMS - who was the other guy?

Steve Bindon.



Can I now say that I went to School with SS?
Only if I can start telling stories from high school about your sister. :wink:

adlo
2nd March 2009, 02:18 PM
Good win Shawwwwn.

Also, Scottt, good to see you playing some more courses with the improving weather. Keep posting about them.

oz
2nd March 2009, 05:46 PM
Bugger! Got me by one. Geez those greens are good though (shame about the plug marks though).

And now to the big one (I need to brag)...

Played in the Thurgoona Bowl as well on the weekend. Shot a 76 on Saturday afternoon, in pretty windy conditions to be 3 behind. Extracted a digit on Sunday morning and shot 68 (including an OOB on the 3rd) to finish even par and force a playoff (almost 5 hours after we finished our round).

It was a 3 hole playoff on holes 16, 17 & 18 and sms went par, bogey, par to my opponent's bogey, par, par. Sudden death then took place back at 16, where a par was good enough to win the event.

A victory for rotund left-handers.


Congrats SMS! Nice win.

Greens at Albury are nice, but a bit soft. That, with all the social play at this time of year, is making them mark up a little. But they still roll pretty well, don't they?

How was Thurgoona's condition on the weekend?

sms316
3rd March 2009, 07:24 AM
Congrats SMS! Nice win.

Greens at Albury are nice, but a bit soft. That, with all the social play at this time of year, is making them mark up a little. But they still roll pretty well, don't they?

How was Thurgoona's condition on the weekend?
I was spinning the ball back 10-15 feet with regularity at Albury, which is something I haven't done for ages.

One hopes that it is social players causing the pitch marks.:wink:

The Goon was pretty good. They have converted the fairways to couch, and they are really good (with the exception of the 13th hole, which looks like a swamp). Greens were about a foot slower than Albury, but ran really well. Absolutely no rough to speak of, which makes a couple of tee shots potentially dangerous (7th comes to mind - anything right of centre runs very close tlo the hazard as there is just nothing to stop it, and anything right on the 3rd will run OOB :oops:).

BrisVegas
3rd March 2009, 10:12 AM
single stab today in the member guest medley. 31 points. 3 wipes and a few flubs in there, but actually hit it pretty good mostly. It was ****ing hot today and walkin was a struggle....

I won the comp with 31 points! WTF? no wonder CCR was 77.

henno
3rd March 2009, 10:40 AM
Haha... bloody Brookwater!