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Post by cloran on Aug 31, 2012 9:58:10 GMT -5
If it was your first time playing a challenging course and you had three birdies... offset by three 8's... would you be happy or would you want to kill yourself?
Place: Long Island National
Player: Cloran
Score: 92 with 3 birdies. An 8 on a par 3... another on a par 4... and yet another on a par 5.
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Post by Richie3Jack on Aug 31, 2012 10:15:41 GMT -5
Depends on how the 8's came about. Sometimes you can flush a shot, miss clearing a hazard by 1-yard due to some wind, and then things go off from there. Often times you can get screwed by screwy designs. I tend to think your bad shots dictate more of the golfer you really are, so if the 8's are coming off legitimately poor shots, then I would think there's a lot more work to do. But if it's coming off a pretty decent shot and the ball plugging in a bunker or something like that, then you may just want to blame the course.
3JACK
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Post by cloran on Aug 31, 2012 10:22:50 GMT -5
It was both... the 8 on the par 3 was inexcusable. The others not so bad. The course is a Robert Trent Jones inland links style design and I lost 6 balls in rough that was either just off the green or fairway. I hit the ball like shit, but not shitty enough to put up 3 snowmen... I don't know if I've ever had that many 8s, and it was my first time carding three birdies.
A real mixed bag. I should stop counting penalty strokes for lost balls that I lose in blantantly obvious spots, lol.
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Post by Ringer on Aug 31, 2012 12:49:00 GMT -5
Depends on my overall mood during the day. Golf usually doesn't dictate my mood, my mood is what it is when I wake up.
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jamo
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Post by jamo on Aug 31, 2012 17:27:42 GMT -5
Fun course though, right? I played there a few years ago (http://jamo1358.webs.com/rounds/20100818-p24.html). How did you play that first par 5 (4th hole)? If I remember, there's quite a drop-off that you don't see off the tee.
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Post by cloran on Aug 31, 2012 21:37:35 GMT -5
Fun course though, right? I played there a few years ago (http://jamo1358.webs.com/rounds/20100818-p24.html). How did you play that first par 5 (4th hole)? If I remember, there's quite a drop-off that you don't see off the tee. Par. 2 iron off the tee to the end of the fairway just before the drop-off (it was like a 280 carry to get over the ravine and onto the bottom fairway), 3 wood to about 30 yards short of the green, chip to 15 feet, 2 putts. I'll definitely be going back. If I lived a little closer I'd join. |
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jamo
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Post by jamo on Sept 14, 2012 22:18:02 GMT -5
Fun course though, right? I played there a few years ago (http://jamo1358.webs.com/rounds/20100818-p24.html). How did you play that first par 5 (4th hole)? If I remember, there's quite a drop-off that you don't see off the tee. Par. 2 iron off the tee to the end of the fairway just before the drop-off (it was like a 280 carry to get over the ravine and onto the bottom fairway), 3 wood to about 30 yards short of the green, chip to 15 feet, 2 putts. I'll definitely be going back. If I lived a little closer I'd join. Have you played Cherry Creek? That's not nearly as nice but it is a lot cheaper. Then again, I like Indian Island, so if if you've ever played there, my standards aren't so high. |
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Post by bravel on Dec 20, 2012 0:26:53 GMT -5
if it's coming off a pretty decent shot and the ball plugging in a bunker or something like that, then you may just want to blame the course.
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