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The 2nd also depends on the flag location. Back right and you need to be left down on the flat to have the correct angle as the green back right doesn’t hold except into a N-E. Pin back left and you have to be right past the bunker for the correct angle. Very difficult to get close otherwise to both pins. Or, you can summon up your inner Ryan Fox and hit hybrid on.
Your thinking on 3 is okay for a wuss.It all depends on the flag position. If it is left laying up Left from the tee, presumably with 3 wood, is a reasonable option, as is centre fairway. If flag is on the right, centre or right is the better option. Long with the approach is the only choice and remember the approach is a half club uphill and almost always into the prevailing breezes. Subject to the strength of said breezes, the driver is a better option as a real man (read young buck) will blow it past the bunker and leave himself a wedge of some sort.
It’s a very elevated saucer-type green from the front. The chip up from in front of the bunker would be considerably tougher
it is ‘flatter’ from the back/left so that might be a better miss.Hopefully Up will see this and correct me where I am wrong and let me know what and why I should be doing, I would like that a lot
Playing a drive depending on where the pin is, I like that – I am going to try that
following hitting driver on 1, the second and third holes will both be attacking 3 woods.
On two I will be a lob wedge out, where the flag can be anywhere from 5m on to 30m on.
Turning the driver over to the left leaves me down in the nasty area that I didn’t like and pushing it right is tree city within the bunker, again, I didn’t like it here either. It will be a carry over the doodle-looking like bunker outcrop on the right hand side leaving me a little flick in.Then on 3, anything longer than a 4 iron off the tee is a tight landing area. The play can be with a pin point 3 iron to the longest part on the right hand side of the fairway to leave a straight shot up in towards the flag.
Too long with driver chasing length on the left hand side will go into the bunker, so the line will be as close to the right-hand outcrop of the left hand bunker to leave something like a 6 or 7 iron in.(note, the 2nd is on the left and the third is the one on the right)
yeah?
It all depends on the flag position. If it is left laying up Left from the tee, presumably with 3 wood, is a reasonable option, as is centre fairway. If flag is on the right, centre or right is the better option. Long with the approach is the only choice and remember the approach is a half club uphill and almost always into the prevailing breezes. Subject to the strength of said breezes, the driver is a better option as a real man (read young buck) will blow it past the bunker and leave himself a wedge of some sort.
It’s a very elevated saucer-type green from the front. The chip up from in front of the bunker would be considerably tougher
it is ‘flatter’ from the back/left so that might be a better miss.Hopefully Up will see this and correct me where I am wrong and let me know what and why I should be doing, I would like that a lot
Cleverly getting your bad rounds out now to put on a scoring clinic in four week’s time.
I am going to build this up to be epic, I’ll have played the game over in my head 15 times before the first tee and be mentally spent and defeated before I even get there…
Are memberships transferable?
Can that be a bet on offer?Cleverly playing like dross to get the handicap to spiral upwards – I need all the help I can get.
I’d be happy to transfer my bar account…….
By the way, are you fellas figuring on showering and changing apres golf, and then partaking in the consumption in a fair amount of strong liquor?
Or, will it be the usual bottle of Coke and off?
Just curious……
It sounds sexy so let’s go with that
You pair are among the most unsexy objects I’ve encountered on a golf course…….and I want it to remain that way!
Less than four weeks out now, do I have to start talking to the bank about extending the loan?
What are we playing for?
Weets and Upnin against me.
4ball stroke?
Or Matchplay?What’s on the line here?
I keen to really talk up a big game to get the punters excited!!Usual match is best ball stableford and the losers pop the money on the bar for the pleasure of the victors – they at least get to recoup some of their loss in the drinks. Did I mention I’m off the wagon from the 7th?
Played in the Thursday game at The Australian years ago with the Purple Gang, one of that fraternity was one Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer. Given it was always a draw for partners, I enquired as to what Kerry’s standard bet might be (also fearful of not being able to pay the freight). Turns out it was a simple $10 Nassau – oh, and you can add as many 0s as you are comfortable with…..didn’t end up drawing him, which is just as well, he may have wanted to check my bonafides for the $10mx$10mx$10m I had in mind.
As for the match, I might just bring a smokey along and play you two bods.
I have 2 headaches…
1) Wtf is my chopper cap going to be?
2) Is Tol still lurking? … Does he still not play golf?☠️☠️
1. It will be what it will be
2. WGAF
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Played Arundel Hills today and the course was in very good condition. A bit wet in spots from yesterday’s decent drop of rain, but the tees, fairways and greens were in very good condition. Bunkers a firm but playable.
The wind started fresh while the rain fell on the first, back nine. Then it got quite strong on the front nine. Tough conditions showed in our group of 15 where the highest score was 33 points.
Had a real up and down day including 3 birdies but only 3 pars, with 6 bogies, 3 doubles and 3 triples. 16 back and 15 front for 31 points.
9/14 fairways – started and finished solidly with the driver but dropped on 3 4 and 6 with driver (5 is a par 3). They weren’t terrible shots but they were the wrong shots on those holes. Dropped 1 other shot off the tee because of a fat hybrid on 2.
6 GIR – not good enough although 1 other was on for 3 after a poor tee ahot, and another 4 approaches shots were just off. Drooped 4 shots from a hooked 4i on 12, a short sided bunker shot from a 9i on 17 (unlucky bounce) and a topped PW on 8 which ended up in the water and dropped on the same spot so cost 2 shots.
4/15 up and down – 11 shots dropped here – definitely not good enough. Some should have been straight forward, some were tough. But it wasn’t where it needs to be.
32 putts – 2 3 putts was balanced against 2 long putts in the 20ft+ range dropped for birdies.
Some good signs but still way too many errors and not enough up and downs
You’ve got four weeks to get your act together………
Plenty of room on the deck – only two men and a dog ever go there………
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Work on?
Haha
As in practice?Haha
I’ll be there early enough for some chipping warm ups and putting at home, but that’s about all I’ll have prior.The 3 wood will still be the attacking option, I’ll be looking to drive 12 and 2 with it anyway, but if they’re rolling out to 250, it won’t be any worse than a big dog anyway.
Or an I just trying to lull you into a false sense of security for you and Weets’ 2ball against me
Whoohar HarBut, really I will be hitting 3 wood on a few holes for the win
What run? You haven’t played there for a while – there isn’t the run there used to be.
Anyway, I’m not your worry. You should be more concerned about Weetlebix – the wide open spaces will suit his extravagant driving style. I just hoping he doesn’t bring his chunkin’/thinin’ wedge game and we’ll do you…….I think…..maybe……perhaps.
I’m also hoping to have a lot more handicap by then.
For those playing along at home… I’ve started going over my course plan for The Flats again in preparation.
I am thinking there’ll be more strategic attacking 3 woods in action off the tee. I expect to get it out to a 250 range with the run there so that will serve me well enough on a fair few of the holes.The bitey parts of scoring there, as Upnin alludes to is the short game and putts. You can get away with some less than perfect drives, but the scores turn to Poopey Town with bad putts and chips.
Man up!
Some of the widest fairways on a supposed championship layout. Bunkers which are mostly only in play for fudge-packers, and a couple of par 4s that are driveable with 3-wood – just take driver and swing away.
It’s a second shot course with good par 3s, and yes, all the trouble is around the greens. Especially the poorly designed and maintained bunkers (although they have been working on them feverishly this week for the Amateur), and the closely mown turf and bare lies greenside with the grain growing toward you.
Work on your putting, chipping and bunker play – that’ll stand you in better stead than 3-woods from the tee. No charge.
