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Irish Amateur Open Championship 2015
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05-05-2015 8:30pm#1
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Well what a day
https://www.golfnet.ie/news/gui/268/LIVE%20-%20Irish%20Amateur%20-%20Super%2065%20for%20Moynihan
They - say that round is a course record - I'm surprised at that. But felt after watching him on Thursday - he had a very low one in him if he could hole a few.
I had the pleasure of following young Kevin LeBlanc - Jack Hume and Welsh Player, Evan Griffith (Welsh Amateur Champion).
Perfect Links conditions - with enough wind to make you think - but not make you out of reach on holes.
Griffith and Hume were hitting solid shots all the way out but the putters were cold - After having an extraordinary round of 70 yesterday , I was interested to see Hume play , fantastic ball control . But on 8 he had a championship defining moment. From 135 yards or so out, he hit a club about 30 feet short - and then had a 4 putt from there , it wasn't an easy first putt - but the 3 after were soul destroying , his energy was gone from then on. It is a hard hard game. We have all been there - well not at that level , but we all know how you can feel.
Young Griffith is another interesting one - pulling a rented trolley - "wants to do it all himself" - his Dad told me. You could see he is full of energy and likes fast play.
Another player that is full time at golf from a young age and doing gym work and all - it is all becoming too evident - these guys are what you call "professional amateurs".
It is a harsh environment - and watching amateur golf is new to me. You are on display to serious guys into their golf - ex champions - scratch players and your only as good as your last mistake at times.
And onto Kevin - what a player - they say there is a time a boy turns into a man , and perhaps today and this weekend is that. People have been taking about this kid since he was a kid. Remarkably tall flexible and athletic (as they all are) - He has only turned 17 (just ridiculous) , fantastic ball flight - holds perfect in the air with only slight deviation by intended shape. LeBlanc had birdie efforts on most of the front nine - it could have been an astonishing low round. He missed a few including his only blemish on 12 - in that 6 to 8 foot range.
He missed an easy birdie on 14 - came very close on 15 - easy one missed on 16.
You had to feel for him to be only -2 standing on 17th tee. His approach on 17 put him off left hand side of green in an 8 foot hollow - I have been mostly impressed with the skill these lads have with wedge, the high open loft they use , the aggressive and high swing speed they will use, bump and runs are not that popular at all. They are too good for that. I was looking at the shot thinking - that lad must have been in that spot a 1000 times in The Island - as there are so many run offs like that below green - the wind was in his face - and bang into the hole . Every one around green said , you know what, he deserved that today.
Then onto 18 - with all the top Amateurs looking on, GUI, Scottish, English Golf Union representatives looking on, a gallery on the old clubhouse balcony - he hit another one to about 5 feet, amazing shot with OB right , drain right. Holed that to a big applause.
Fantastic stuff.
As I was leaving - I was thinking it will be hard for the junior to overhaul the more senior experienced ex champion.
Speaking to a few of the lads that followed LeBlanc - they reminded me, that it was 2 Island players in the final group on the final day.
I let them have their deserved moment .
But - said, in a joking way - But , "they are not really Island players are they
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They got the joke - but I think it takes years to get to know the strange world of top amateur golf.
I went off and played 6 after, in 2 over - you see, how shocking you are at this game when you see that stuff .
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Pretty sure he's off +3 or +4 no? So nett 77 or 78 today...
Lol - yes , this + stuff is new to me.
He is + 4.
So he got a cut on saturday of 0.6 ?
Anyway - not sure - but an interesting area.
Someone should have grabbed Moynihan for the Atlantic Coast Challenge. Bandit
Would be interesting to hear his exact handicap after this.0 -
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FixdePitchmark wrote: »Lol - yes , this + stuff is new to me.
He is + 4.
So he got a cut on saturday of 0.6 ?
Anyway - not sure - but an interesting area.
Someone should have grabbed Moynihan for the Atlantic Coast Challenge. Bandit
Would be interesting to hear his exact handicap after this.
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YayaBanana wrote: »It's mind boggling how they can actually play to this kind of handicap.
In fact - think about it - a 67 , go out and get a 67.
On The Island,0 -
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FixdePitchmark wrote: »In fact - think about it - a 67 , go out and get a 67.
On The Island,
You'll find he prob plays little or no competitive golf there, so his hcap isn't relative to his home course.
These guys play high level tournaments with all similar hcaps where css is a little higher and is always a true reflection of the field.0 -
FixdePitchmark wrote: »In fact - think about it - a 67 , go out and get a 67.
On The Island,
I seem to recall him posting a 68 (Net 72) in a club competition and being beaten by someone with a 16H/C. All fair and above board but some how it still seems wrong.
I think his lowest score (outside of competition) in The Island was a 62.0 -
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