Saturday - 2011 OZgolf Champs - 1st Round Draw

[Ned]

What shavey said in the OP for the Hyatt Round.

Both Saturday and Sunday's rounds will be played from the BLUE tees.

10.53 Scotty Courty Eag’s
11.02 Virge666 ddasey Goughy
11.10 Brokar PeteyD Choppa
11.19 Cosmo PtP nk Shavey
11.27 Dotty Golfer69 Hux Iain
11.36 Jono jaybam BrisWesty kpac
11.44 Kev Marto65 Vegas Daves
11.53 Haystacks goonie Oxy damoocow
12.01 Bruce Shazza_rs Timah mtb
12.10 KristianJ Ferrins GC AndyP
12.18 Haysey Nudgee TD42T dc68 - 2011 Champ
12.27 Matty Monty Peter_rs sms316
12.35 Popper81 just Outcast X-ray

[Eag's]

I think it is Blues Sat, Blacks Sun. Weather permitting of course.

[PeteyD]

I thought it was blue blue. definitely blue on sat anyway due to members etc.

[sms316]

I like blue & black.

[peter_rs]

Jono we are in the middle of a large sunday feild so depending on the weather and scores I think it will be blue, blue, unless we smash the course Saturday.

Plus we don't want to extend sunday out to long for people who have to travel.

[just]

It's already been decided, blue/blue.

[sms316]

Jono we are in the middle of a large sunday feild so depending on the weather and scores I think it will be blue, blue, unless we smash the course Saturday.

Plus we don't want to extend sunday out to long for people who have to travel.

Don't worry about the size of the field. Every Sunday is full of green fee players who take 5 hours.

[sms316]

It's already been decided, blue/blue.

It's a championship isn't it? Forward tees both days would diminish it.

[just]

It's a championship isn't it? Forward tees both days would diminish it.

No its about socialising and having fun, and as far as I'm aware it's been decided blue/blue. If that's rubbery then everything else is, like groups for example.

[AndyP]

Some of us can hit off blue, and others can hit off the blacks. FFS, we're not playing for sheep stations.

[sms316]

No its about socialising and having fun, and as far as I'm aware it's been decided blue/blue. If that's rubbery then everything else is, like groups for example.

That's why it is called the OZgolf Champs and not the OZgolf Piss Up.

[Jarro]

That's why it is called the OZgolf Champs and not the OZgolf Piss Up.

I'm starting to think that people are forgetting what the whole idea of the OzGolf Champs was mean't to be.

As just has said earlier, it's more about the fun side of things .... meeting new OzGolfers and having a bit of fun more than anything.

Reading a bit of the Champs threads and it seems to me this whole thing is becoming a bit of a monster !!

just my 2 bob.

[Eag's]

Spot on Mark, all this debate about DMD's, what tees should be used etc... are becoming a real bore.

[sms316]

Some people enjoy competition. Some people love to get on the soup. Some people like both.

Any comp with adhoc rules is a recipe for disaster.

[dc68]

Some people enjoy competition. Some people love to get on the soup. Some people like both.

Yep, that's us.

Its still a competition no matter which tees you play off. The true champ (DC) will make the necessary adjustments to his course management and adapt to the task at hand. Thats why he's so freaking good.

Sooooooooo ****en funny Richard.

[just]

Some people enjoy competition. Some people love to get on the soup. Some people like both.

Any comp with adhoc rules is a recipe for disaster.

Are you saying theres no competition if you hit off the blues?

Anyway it's supposed to fun, some of you are losing perspective.

[sms316]

Are you saying theres no competition if you hit off the blues?

I'm saying that the black tees are a bigger test. The Champ should win on merit, not because they can get away with more from forward tees.

[sms316]

bigger or better ?

Both. I think the blues are more fun, but they also let you get away with more from the tee.

[BrettM]

Blowing 20 - 25 knots Sunday:

http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/qld1.asp

[AndyP]

Which tees do the ladies switch to on Sunday? Or will their scores be adjusted with the men's respective change of ACR?

[sms316]

Normally thats the opposite for me. I can't reach a lot of the bunkers off the tips and the blues actually pose more of a problem.

I only hit driver 4 or 5 times off the blues. Off the blacks it would be more like ten. Holes like 9 & 18 are totally different beasts.

[sms316]

Which tees do the ladies switch to on Sunday? Or will their scores be adjusted with the men's respective change of ACR?

Good point. Shazza's 28 points should be adjusted to 26.

[markTHEblake]

I agree with SMS. The black tees are a better test and give the lower handicap golfers a bigger advantage, those who want blue tees are just saying so cos it benefits themselves.

[kpac]

I can't see any reason not to play off the black tees on sunday tbh. Just because you play from the tips doesn't mean you can't have a good time does it? And if the idea is not to be "too serious" what's wrong with hitting from the black tees anyway??

Not sure it matters where you tee off from.. If 'everyone' had preference to play from the blues, then fair enough. Quite obviously that is not the case, and thus see no reason not to vary the tees to accommodate those in the group that prefer to play from the back.

The game can be enjoyable regardless of how long the course is, not sure why this decision constantly brings such fierce debate.

[sms316]

Last year was actually kind of fun on Sunday in a sadistic kind of way.

[PeteyD]

Yea real fun.