Lord Mayor's Cup

ShriekingSheet

Unbelievable scoring this year with two 66s leading the way. I thought 76 was a very low cut off for the 64 guys going into matchplay. Although two of the 77s crept in. Course was playing easy enough on a fine day. Lotta youngsters in the field, some very young!

Not a fan of the course myself but the greens were unreal and the general maintanence was top notch. Pins were on slopes but that was to be expected. It seems that the vast majority of tee shots require a fade. 1, 2, 3, 12, 14, 16 and 18 spring to mind - with the hard fairways I really felt you had to move the ball to get in any kind of good position. To my eye there was a lot of OOB on the right side, and the way the holes were shaped it seems to be a course where someone who turns it over off the tee might struggle. Was dreading playing 12 all week and birdied it

Was anyone else playing?

f22

Managed to qualify with a very shabby 76, missed easy birdy chances on 16 and 17, aswell as double bogeying the last from the middle of the fairway.

Long and short game were sharp but my irons were brutal. Also managed to rekindle a nice little back injury I've had for a few years too.

I agree too that the course was in great condition and the greens were immaculate, thankfully my putter was hot for the first time all Summer. Got myself a tough first round draw with a 4 handicapper from Westmanstown.

ShriekingSheet

f22 wrote: »

Managed to qualify for with a very shabby 76, missed easy birdy chances on 16 and 17, aswell as double bogeying the last from the middle of the fairway.

Long and short game were sharp but my irons were brutal. Also managed to rekindle a nice little back injury I've had for a few years too.

I agree too that the course was in great condition and the greens were immaculate, thankfully my putter was hot for the first time all Summer. Got myself a tough first round draw with a 4 handicapper from Westmanstown.

Well you'll have to beat these guys at some stage, be it on Tuesday or Saturday

I was pretty schocked by the difference moving the limit from 5 down to 4 had. I guess it's in line with the times - there seems to be very few Junior competitions that are still 5+. Hard to argue with, given the improvement in Senior standard and the dropping h'cap cut-offs.

f22

I think the standard of play was more to do with conditions really, there was barely a puff of wind and the greens were so true it was unreal, aswell as the rough being quite short. Interesting also that the two lowest qualifiers were 5 handicappers.

At the end of the week the best man will win, whether he plays off 4 or 9. Matchplay can deliver some very strange results.

Good luck to all who qualified.

pinkdoubleeagle

Didn't play as got cut down to 3 a couple of weeks ago. Was quite looking forward to it and even had the week off work.

Looking forward to hearing about the match play on here. Best of luck to all taking part

Paulusmaximus

Anyone have any results from the first day of matchplay please?

f22

I don't Paul but I know Lawrence Craddock (3 and 2) and Mark Irwin (1 up) got through from Malahide.

I also know that one of the leading qualifiers (66) made a first round exit.

Mister Sifter

Scores from last night have all been updated on the clontarf website. just click on the link on the home page 'results and blah blah blah...'

Paulusmaximus

I see the update now, best of luck to those who are playing today, unless of course your playing one of my fellow club members!!!:):p

ShriekingSheet

f22 wrote: »

I don't Paul but I know Lawrence Craddock (3 and 2) and Mark Irwin (1 up) got through from Malahide.

I also know that one of the leading qualifiers (66) made a first round exit.

OMG! How annoyed would you be?

Yeah there's a couple of Irwins from Malahide. I assume they're brothers?

f22

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

OMG! How annoyed would you be?

Yeah there's a couple of Irwins from Malahide. I assume they're brothers?

John, Mark, and Gary as far as I know, think there may be a Brian also

Paulusmaximus

there's John, Mark, Gary, Brian and Paul. John has won the Lord Mayor's before. He's been living in Orlando for the last few years and i'm very surprised to see his name down in this. He is obviously back on holidays.

f22

Paulusmaximus wrote: »

there's John, Mark, Gary, Brian and Paul. John has won the Lord Mayor's before. He's been living in Orlando for the last few years and i'm very surprised to see his name down in this. He is obviously back on holidays.

Hey sheet, I hope all the brother don't show up as caddys, they're big chaps!

ShriekingSheet

f22 wrote: »

Hey sheet, I hope all the brother don't show up as caddys, they're big chaps!

Haha, it's okay. I'm 6 ft 4 and younger brother on the bag is 6 ft 5 so thanks for your concern but we'll be alright

f22

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

Haha, it's okay. I'm 6 ft 4 and younger brother on the bag is 6 ft 5 so thanks for your concern but we'll be alright

Won't be hard to spot out there so, good luck!

f22

Early exit for me, lost on 16 to the 2007 champion.

Never really got going and went 2 down early on, 3 down after 9, should have easily won 10 and 11 and missed tiddlers of putts. Won 12 and at that stage should have been even but was still 2 down. Missed a 4 footer on 13 to hand the hole and went OB on the next for him to go dormy 4. Won 15 but made a bollix of 16 to lose 4 and 2.

He played solid and made few mistakes, I putted like a dog and that was the difference. Very nice guy and really enjoyed the game.

pinkdoubleeagle

f22 wrote: »

Early exit for me, lost on 16 to the 2007 champion.

Never really got going and went 2 down early on, 3 down after 9, should have easily won 10 and 11 and missed tiddlers of putts. Won 12 and at that stage should have been even but was still 2 down. Missed a 4 footer on 13 to hand the hole and went OB on the next for him to go dormy 4. Won 15 but made a bollix of 16 to lose 4 and 2.

He played solid and made few mistakes, I putted like a dog and that was the difference. Very nice guy and really enjoyed the game.

was he from westmanstown by any chance

f22

He was indeed

pinkdoubleeagle

f22 wrote: »

He was indeed Paul

A nice guy and a decent player. Played with him recently in the Lucan Junior Scratch cup. Will take a good player to beat him this week

ShriekingSheet

pinkdoubleeagle wrote: »

A nice guy and a decent player. Played with him recently in the Lucan Junior Scratch cup. Will take a good player to beat him this week

Yeah, I saw a good bit of him on Sunday. Steady-Eddie alright. Hard luck F22!

There were a lot of complaints about the last group last night. Apparently one of the guys was outrageously slow. The chap he beat looked at the end of his teather coming off the last. Happened me in Junior Cup earlier in the year and it's not nice.

pinkdoubleeagle

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

Yeah, I saw a good bit of him on Sunday. Steady-Eddie alright. Hard luck F22!

There were a lot of complaints about the last group last night. Apparently one of the guys was outrageously slow. The chap he beat looked at the end of his teather coming off the last. Happened me in Junior Cup earlier in the year and it's not nice.

How did you get on?

ShriekingSheet

pinkdoubleeagle wrote: »

How did you get on?

won

you?

pinkdoubleeagle

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

won

you?

Well done

ShriekingSheet

Oh yeah, and the other chap who had 66 on Sunday bit the dust last night as well! Really mad stuff - everyone was so impressed with their scores.

f22

Well done Sheet, best of luck later

Paulusmaximus

Well Done SS, hard luck F22. Did you win well?

As for the slow player, was he from Clontarf? When you play someone like that, there is no point in trying to speed the match up or speed your own game up to compensate... my attitude is that you take your time and play at your own pace and while he is taking an age, i'll either retie my laces or just keep looking around and let the mind drift off so that your not thinking how long this fella is taking. If the pace gets really slow and you get warnings, at least you'll know that you can go back to your own pace and that it won't effect yur rhythm or your game.

Best of Luck today, hope the rain stops!!

frank spurs

the slow player was definitely not from clontarf , he is from royal dublin and he won again tonight, the clontarf player he beat is a quick player and did not enjoy the slow play

f22

frank spurs wrote: »

the slow player was definitely not from clontarf , he is from royal dublin and he won again tonight, the clontarf player he beat is a quick player and did not enjoy the slow play

He played behind me in qualifying and didn't strike me as slow at all, a matchplay tactic perhaps. What's the lowdown Sheet?