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Boards Society Outing - Portmarnock Links
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04-02-2016 9:33pm#1
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Fair play J - was thinking Seve was captain again this year
J just to clear up - Seve is a bomber and always wanted to have us off the Bethpage Black Tees - give us a sense of your general feel about that ?
What tees we playing at yours ?
Also - any changes to rules, society specific rules ?
Just a note - was very good to issue pace of play ideas last year - I know it is a day out etc, but I don't mind, as generally know it is a 4.5 to 5 hour round.0 -
FixdePitchmark wrote: »Fair play J - was thinking Seve was captain again this year
J just to clear up - Seve is a bomber and always wanted to have us off the Bethpage Black Tees - give us a sense of your general feel about that ?
What tees we playing at yours ?
Also - any changes to rules, society specific rules ?
Just a note - was very good to issue pace of play ideas last year - I know it is a day out etc, but I don't mind, as generally know it is a 4.5 to 5 hour round.
We have a winter course and summer course now. So we will be off the whites but they are shorter than the summer whites.
No new rules that I can think of. But do lets try and keep the rounds moving.
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FixdePitchmark wrote: »Fair play J - was thinking Seve was captain again this year
J just to clear up - I'm a bomber and a links specialist so always wanted to have us off the Bethpage Black Tees - give us a sense of your general feel about that (please play off the back sticks & pray for wind so that I can take these soft parkland lads to the cleaners )?
What tees we playing at yours ?
Also - any changes to rules, society specific rules ?
Just a note - was very good to issue pace of play ideas last year - I know it is a day out etc, but I don't mind, as generally know it is a 4.5 to 5 hour round.
Fixed your post there Fix0 -
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Lads,
I think I seen our winner of this outing today - Walk into driving range and this bloke bombing them with high draw out to 260 + , there are queues of lads waiting to tell him how great a swing he has , then he gave me 2 lessons - short game and width with driver.
He told me I'm hitting too many balls - that he prefers to come in and hit 50 great shots as opposed to 100 blasts.
He walked off in a blaze of admiration as the pros fawned over him in salutations
That was "Our captain, Our Captain".0 -
FixdePitchmark wrote: »Lads,
I think I seen our winner of this outing today - Walk into driving range and this bloke bombing them with high draw out to 260 + , there are queues of lads waiting to tell him how great a swing he has , then he gave me 2 lessons - short game and width with driver.
He told me I'm hitting too many balls - that he prefers to come in and hit 50 great shots as opposed to 100 blasts.
He walked off in a blaze of admiration as the pros fawned over him in salutations
That was "Our captain, Our Captain".
What a crawler......lol0 -
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FixdePitchmark wrote: »Lads,
I think I seen our winner of this outing today - Walk into driving range and this bloke bombing them with high draw out to 260 + , there are queues of lads waiting to tell him how great a swing he has , then he gave me 2 lessons - short game and width with driver.
He told me I'm hitting too many balls - that he prefers to come in and hit 50 great shots as opposed to 100 blasts.
He walked off in a blaze of admiration as the pros fawned over him in salutations
That was "Our captain, Our Captain".
Guess thats one of the captains picks sorted this year then
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bobster453 wrote: »Guess thats one of the captains picks sorted this year then
Bob - you don't need a pick if you play well. 0 -
FixdePitchmark wrote: »From the first tee - what is distance to drain - and how do people in the know play that hole ?
I always get off to a bad start there.
At the nearest point down the left it is about 235m, down the middle it's about 260m.
Hitting driver is fine if you are down the middle but its a risky strategy, Very tight left, two bunkers, water, deep rough and gorse. more room on the right but its quite difficult getting to the green from there.
For me its a 4 iron or rescue at the tree in the centre of the fairway, 180m puts me with a 7 iron (ish).
Most of the good guys hit 3 wood just inside the grave yard with a draw and have a wedge in.
Its a tough opening hole, looks easy but requires a good tee shot to a well protected green. Index has recently dropped from 10 to 80 -
Golfgraffix wrote: »At the nearest point down the left it is about 235m, down the middle it's about 260m.
Hitting driver is fine if you are down the middle but its a risky strategy, Very tight left, two bunkers, water, deep rough and gorse. more room on the right but its quite difficult getting to the green from there.
For me its a 4 iron or rescue at the tree in the centre of the fairway, 180m puts me with a 7 iron (ish).
Most of the good guys hit 3 wood just inside the grave yard with a draw and have a wedge in.
Its a tough opening hole, looks easy but requires a good tee shot to a well protected green. Index has recently dropped from 10 to 8
Thanks j.
I think that sums up my problems.
How many golfers do we honestly know . Who can stand up hit a great 3 wood . Then a very good 7/8 on hole 1 on what is an index 10.
Sums up why it is such a great course .
Not to mention , demands like that are ahead for many holes.
What index is 2.
You have a rough start and face the drive at 2.
If you stand at the links with 5 points at 4th tee . You've done very well.0 -
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FixdePitchmark wrote: »Bob - you don't need a pick if you play well.
True for ya Fix but good to see you are hedging your bets either way0 -
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