xrman wrote:

I have been playing at Royal Bridgewater ever since Comrade Dan closed our golf courses.
The course is set on the rolling hills overlooking the picturesque Discovery Bay. The winds can prove to be a challenge, a bit like Pt. Fairy. The course itself is challenging , with hidden bunkers and concealed rock hazards. Being mainly couch grass fairways and the sporadic tufted grass in the deep rough, it punishes wayward shots. The greens would have to be the most difficult I have ever experienced, being almost impossible to read. We did complain to the course committee, but the sheep didn’t see the problem. The gallery of poorly behaved crows also proved to be a disruption. We again complained to the match committee about the crows unruly behaviour , but they stonewalled us.

In summary, this course has great potential but will need a lot of work to improve to match Pt Fairy as a links style course. The green fees are quite low, so maybe the gift horse’s oral investigation should be avoided.

You had me at “ive been playing….”

pyl wrote:

CURRENT/30-6-20/31-12-20
Aligolfing 10.1/9/8.5
Barenski 16.1/15.0/13.5
Benno_r 7.7/7.4/7.0
Birdie B 13.0/11.0/10.5
Can Break 80 10.3/8.5 /7.3
Commish 15.0/14.1/13.5
Deege 16.7/14.0/13.0
Dellavedova 14.2/12.0/11.0
Francie ​ 10.0/7.5/6.0
Goldy 15.2/15.2/15.0
Hack 14.8/14.5/14.0
Halfer 5 4.5/4.3/3.2
Ink 19.9(start 17.2)/18.0/14.2
iRoNmIcK 20.6/18/16
jrg 14.8/14.2/12.8
KEG 6.5/6.8/5.5
koiom 3.6/3.8/3.0
Madam 5.4/4.0/3.0
OldBOgey 15/16.5/17
Peaksy 7.6/8/6
Pyl. 5.3/5.6/ 5
Schmuck. 13.8/13.2/11.0
The Butler 6.9/5.5/4.7
The Great Egg. 4.2/4.0/3.0
Tochakka 7.9/7.0/6.0
Turfers 17.9 / 16.9 /15.9
Upnin 8.2/10.5/12.5
Xrman 18.3 /18.0 / 16.0

Goal reached. What to do now? Be happy to try and defend it or be a bit more aggressive?

Still a couple months to go. Can you keep up the form?

Hack2489 wrote:

@weetbix has identified the core issue. i.e. the “robustness” of the ratings of tees on the same course.

I feel that both slope and scratch rating need to be checked for all tees her in Australia before competition rounds are played from different tees in the same comp.

I also like the idea from @deege of medal rounds or club champs being played across all tees on the course. That would mix up the rounds, make players think a bit more and add another element to the outcome. All players play off back markers, then say forward tees, then say usual comp tees etc. With mixed pin positions, the player ability to adjust best to course conditions would be a good element for the outcome.

A forward tee on a par 3 with a pin tucked up behind a front bunker vs it playing as a long par 3 with pin back centre of green? Same course, very different shot and mindset needed.

I’d still probably hit it fat and have to chip on regardless.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 6 months ago by Hack2489.

We’ll see if event is happening first- then the committee can review.

We tend to go with middle tees usually, based on course slope rating etc. The Qld version we did Blue but rain condition made it so much longer and tougher

PS I thought the handicapping was done with red wine at the dinner and the early start!

RobNewy wrote:

Hi all.
Been a while.

Hope everyone is going well

Hey Rob Whats Newy?

Have You been for a hit much?