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We have Deyen Lawson and Tim Hart in our groups for the Pro AM. Deyen just won the Yamba ProAM and Tim just won Murwillumbah’s ProAM. Hopefully their winning formula rubs of on us!
In other more interesting news, some of you may recall Deyen won himself a $250k BMW for a hole in one on the European Tour. If you missed it, here’ it is:
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It’s official… OSCC, off the tips, blue tees re-rated to slope of 148.scratch 74 (par 72)
White tees, regular weekly men’s comp tees, is now slope rated 139, up from 131. Scratch still equal to par of 72.
ProAM is next Tuesday. Can’t wait!
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As posted in the ‘how did you play’ thread, I struggled at OSCC off the blue tees (back markers) in the ‘blue marker challenge’ on Friday and shot 102 OTS. It’s currently rated slope of 138 and scratch 74, soon to be slope 148 scratch 74 due to the re-rating. So my ‘played to’ is either a 22.9 or a 21.4 and well off my GA of 15.6 (Score hasn’t posted to my GA as yet, so not sure what it will be on the ‘official’ record)
I simply had no confidence over many shots all day. Couple of OK drives but no real distance, and a couple of good to great 3w … one in particular into the par 5 4th from 200m out to 2m of the pin, which was then ‘on’ for 4 after putting my second shot fat right into the water.
I had to grind out a score.
Played ‘course management’ based on what I had that at time. Taking extra club or two, playing ‘safe’ rather than taking on greens from a long way back and laying up or out and away from trouble on some of the more testing holes.
I even resorted to chip n runs with 8i or PW because I had no feel or confidence with my usual 56* wedge.
Putting was ok considering, but left everything short, so really didn’t give myself any chance. No 3 putts from memory, but need to check the stats tracking card which alludes me ATM.
Oh well, I have a week to rebuild the confidence for the Pro-AM on the 10th.
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I rarely play ‘comp’ so posting in here is somewhat of a novelty. but since I played in the ‘blue marker challenge’ at OSCC on Friday, here I am.
102 OTS for a ‘played to’ of … well, that’s to be determined. For some reason my score hasn’t posted to my GA.
Maybe due to the course being re-rating? Don’t know, need to call them today. When the re-rating goes through, it will now be a slope of 148, scratch 74. Currently a slope 138, scratch 74.
Current rating slope 138 will give me a played to of 22.9. Re-rated 148 will be 21.4.
Either way really, a bit off my GA of 15.6
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Forget to mention …
Thanks to Weeti too for the scorecard entry etc.
Shame you were not there for the presentation Bump.
Shame you had to go too Pants.
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March 19 … July 19 … well, what’s happened?
First, was the round with the L4G crew at Sanctuary Cove yesterday, in which I managed 31 pts to my surprise. In context of one round of golf two weeks ago at a country track (Kew Country Club) for a very social round, and prior to that not even touching the clubs for 6 or so weeks. With the challenge and undulating greens testing my lack of short game, I was generally surprised that I managed to get off the tee ok, but equally disappointed in chunking fat easy shots into greens.
I had a hiatus from golf due to illness / injury. The ‘bug’ didn’t get me, by a bout of Strep Throat followed by Rheumatic Fever did, and with it some inflammatory issues in knees, heel and as it turns our neck and back. Combined with a perfect timing of decisions to paint the inside of our house during ‘lockdown’, and well, golf as been a distant interest.
That’s now changing with my usual ADHD approach to hobbies etc … with now a lead up to the local Pro-Am on 11th August in my sight, and with it, some more golf practice; on course and short game the focus. The thing I found yesterday, is if the driver is OK, I can get up to and around he green OK, but need to get up and down much better. I also need to work our the PSR to stop the fat ugly shot that robs me on approach shots at random intervals.
After yesterday my GA is still 14.8.
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Thanks for organising, and the invite via old skool telecommunications, Mads.
Great to meet you Pants n Zeke, and good company for the round.
Toph, good company as always, and hopefully my caddie skills helped you at some point. Nice birdie too.
During the offline invite communication, Mads described the course as not very long but challenging around the greens. TBH, that is 100% description; a further adjective of “undulating” can be added to the greens.By the time you realise this part of my signature doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
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Success is the ability to go from one failure to the next without any loss of enthusiasm.
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Meditation makes doing nothing quite respectable.
Round 2 under way.
says I havent qualified
You haven’t recorded a score for round 1.
WTF?
Same for me … Not qualified.
Huh?
When was a time limit put on completing the first round? I never saw one.
Useless if only 3 of you can play it now.
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If, as they say, immunisation is at least a year away, then we will all get this virus at some point.
Considering how rampantly infectious the virus is and if left to run in the wild, we would soon swamp our medical facilities. Hence the need to flattern the curve so that our requirements for hospitalisation are kept under control.
So, keeping the infection rate at a gradual pace, the sooner we all get infected and over it (hopefully not dead), the sooner we can all get our lives back in order.I wonder how it will all pan out.
OK, let’s just play a numbers game …
20% of infected cases require hospital care, around 1/2 of them, so 10% of those infected (young or old) require ICU level care (respirators, high flow oxygen, critical care nursing).
If as reported we have around 2200 ICU beds in the whole of Australia, and the government and health system can increase that to say 5000 beds. Take out 10% for ‘other illness’ impacts like Stroke, Heart Attack, Car Accident, Worksite Accident etc, we have at best 4500 ICU beds.
Simple maths means if we get to 45,000 confirmed cases, our ICU is overloaded and serious Triage decisions get made.
Over 70 with a preexisting health condition of any kind will be first to stop receiving treatment. Then if load still too much for ICU, it will drop to over 65 with any preexisting health issues to no longer receive treatment. If still overloaded, it will be ANYONE with any preexisting condition.
So, while a ‘herd immunity’ idea might sound like a good idea, the impacts are HUGE.
Our ONLY chance is to not get near the 45,000 – 50,000 confirmed cases.
We HAVE to flatten the growth curve. Current effect are not good enough.
Again, some simple maths … current growth rates of confirmed cases (and yes, still not enough testing, so really way more in the community, plus false negative runs at 20% too) we are around 10% minimum (official growth around 6%, but testing lags and error rates make it an easy 10%) … so, at our current rate, we are in ICU meltdown stages by middle of Winter.
Follow the timeline through and we do not get out of the lock down phase until October at the earliest.
Listen to the language used by ScoMo n co … it’s gone from “6 months” to “at least 6 months’ … population is being conditioned. Great ready for a long period of disruption.
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Nothing here for TGM at all,I have had more input back at ISG so I shall return there until it shuts down completely (not far off) when it does,can still message those followers…….live 4 good place..just not for TGMer so good wishes to all,hope we ALL get through this monster virus
I looked into the TGM stuff but found it too confusing and technical. Hence, no contribution from me in this thread.
Don’t be put off by lack of interaction, reply posts, or others posting about TGM. You never know when someone may stumble on something you post and it ignites a discussion. Maybe? instead of a TGM thread, you do your own journal / journey thread?
In the meantime, I’m sure you get get lots if feedback posting on GolfWRX … they do seem quite forthright in their opinions and discussions on that forum at times.
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rectal thermometers or
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Pity, his REAL handicap doesn’t represent the truth….
Can we do golf ball testing rounds on WGT?
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. WGT is bloody
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Ah …. have we got a burglar in the mix?
A Level 69 … TOUR PRO !!!
With Career Earnings.
WTF?
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Coming to Australia very soon!
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