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12th January 2019 07:40 AM
#1
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Spring Valley vic
Stunning fairways
Slick greens (bloody hard to read)
Bunkers complete joke, inconsistent
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12th January 2019 07:59 AM
#2
Victorious Confederate Captain
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12th January 2019 10:35 AM
#3
Senior Member
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Originally Posted by
WBennett
Bunkers are meant to be a hazard.
Nope. They should be nothing more than differently textured grass with perfect lies every time.
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12th January 2019 11:49 AM
#4
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Originally Posted by
WBennett
Bunkers are meant to be a hazard.
So apart from this week's captain obvious award.....The Rules of Golf govern exactly from where the ball may be played outside a hazard. Bunkers (or sand traps) are shallow pits filled with sand and generally incorporating a raised lip or barrier, from which the ball is more difficult to play than from grass.Note the reference to "sand"
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12th January 2019 12:11 PM
#5
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What was in the bunkers if there was no sand?
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12th January 2019 12:34 PM
#6
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Originally Posted by
Toxic
So apart from this week's captain obvious award.....The Rules of Golf govern exactly from where the ball may be played outside a hazard. Bunkers (or sand traps) are shallow pits filled with sand and generally incorporating a raised lip or barrier, from which the ball is more difficult to play than from grass.Note the reference to "sand"
I noted the reference to “filled with sand” not partially filled or filled to 3 inches of fluffy sand.
When was the last “filled with sand” bunker you saw?
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12th January 2019 12:54 PM
#7
Victorious Confederate Captain
Order of Merit winner
Originally Posted by
Toxic
So apart from this week's captain obvious award.....The Rules of Golf govern exactly from where the ball may be played outside a hazard. Bunkers (or sand traps) are shallow pits filled with sand and generally incorporating a raised lip or barrier, from which the ball is more difficult to play than from grass.Note the reference to "sand"
Apart from you failing to post this in the bleat thread, what was the problem with the bunkers. Hazards are not hazards any more, they are penalty areas. Anyway, those who complain about bunkers are generally those with the least adaptable techniques. Give me a bare pan over a fried egg every single day of the week.
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12th January 2019 01:03 PM
#8
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Originally Posted by
WBennett
Apart from you failing to post this in the bleat thread, what was the problem with the bunkers. Hazards are not hazards any more, they are penalty areas. Anyway, those who complain about bunkers are generally those with the least adaptable techniques. Give me a bare pan over a fried egg every single day of the week.
#gunplayer
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12th January 2019 02:20 PM
#9
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Originally Posted by
WBennett
Apart from you failing to post this in the bleat thread, what was the problem with the bunkers. Hazards are not hazards any more, they are penalty areas. Anyway, those who complain about bunkers are generally those with the least adaptable techniques. Give me a bare pan over a fried egg every single day of the week.
I went in a total of 8 bunkers..2 with sand, both out and one putt. Then there was 6 with basically zero sand. Hard clay like base.The two members i played with both apologised as to the state of them, both described them as the worst they'd been in 10 years
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12th January 2019 03:20 PM
#10
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I think the lesson here is don’t hit your ball into hazards
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13th January 2019 10:19 AM
#11
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Originally Posted by
Toxic
I went in a total of 8 bunkers..2 with sand, both out and one putt. Then there was 6 with basically zero sand. Hard clay like base.The two members i played with both apologised as to the state of them, both described them as the worst they'd been in 10 years
Just put the ball back in your stance, they couldn't be any worse than the bunkers I play out of every week (we have an irrigation problem with ours)
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13th January 2019 10:46 AM
#12
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I played at Metro many years ago, there was little or no sand in a lot of the bunkers, I had a 56 degree SW with 10 degrees of loft, largely useless for the task.
As an aside, I am sick to death of blokes at my club whinging at me about bunker consistency like its some sort of holy grail. I got up and down 5/5 from the bunkers on Wednesday and a bloke in the group still complained about one bunker on our 17th hole. Anyone close enough would have heard something like, "learn to play you....."
Would love to see more bunkerless holes or grass bunkers being used.
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13th January 2019 04:46 PM
#13
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Originally Posted by
PerryGroves
I played at Metro many years ago, there was little or no sand in a lot of the bunkers, I had a 56 degree SW with 10 degrees of loft, largely useless for the task.As an aside, I am sick to death of blokes at my club whinging at me about bunker consistency like its some sort of holy grail. I got up and down 5/5 from the bunkers on Wednesday and a bloke in the group still complained about one bunker on our 17th hole. Anyone close enough would have heard something like, "learn to play you....."Would love to see more bunkerless holes or grass bunkers being used.
Fill all the bunkers with water and call them penalty areas , that will fix the consistency problem
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13th January 2019 05:27 PM
#14
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Touring Pro (Japanese Tour)
Originally Posted by
PerryGroves
I played at Metro many years ago, there was little or no sand in a lot of the bunkers, I had a 56 degree SW with 10 degrees of loft, largely useless for the task.
As an aside, I am sick to death of blokes at my club whinging at me about bunker consistency like its some sort of holy grail. I got up and down 5/5 from the bunkers on Wednesday and a bloke in the group still complained about one bunker on our 17th hole. Anyone close enough would have heard something like, "learn to play you....."
Would love to see more bunkerless holes or grass bunkers being used.
They allowed the grass to take over the bunkers on some holes on the lakes course where we play.Generally they would have been the bunkers in the wettest areas and hard to maintain.
I think one of the problems with watching golf on tv,is watching players standing on 10 inches of sand,and at their skill level making the up and down very easy.I have no problems with bunkers being a little inconsistent,even having hard pack sand.
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13th January 2019 06:46 PM
#15
Site Owner
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Originally Posted by
PerryGroves
Would love to see more bunkerless holes or grass bunkers being used.
Cheaper for the clubs to maintain too.
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16th January 2019 08:27 PM
#16
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16th January 2019 10:11 PM
#17
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One of the VIS guys had 63
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16th January 2019 10:26 PM
#18
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Originally Posted by
PerryGroves
One of the VIS guys had 63
He didn't go in any bunkers.
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17th January 2019 09:10 AM
#19
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Originally Posted by
PerryGroves
One of the VIS guys had 63
David Micheluzzi, #7 in the world and followed it up with a 64 to lead the qualifying by 7 shots.
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17th January 2019 11:57 AM
#20
Victorious Confederate Captain
Order of Merit winner
Originally Posted by
pt73
David Micheluzzi, #7 in the world and followed it up with a 64 to lead the qualifying by 7 shots.
And got rolled 2 and 1 in the matchplay
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17th January 2019 02:06 PM
#21
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Originally Posted by
WBennett
And got rolled 2 and 1 in the matchplay
Ouch.
That's the beauty of matchplay you don't have to play every hole well just enough to get over the line.
He must have used up all his luck in the two previous rounds.
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