Boards Golf Society 2023 (Round 1) Corballis (18th Feb @11:50am) *4club

r1986

Fish and chips for me please,

I'm thinking 4 or 5 iron 8, iron, 50° wedge and putter

jarrieta

So, I am booked now for the captain group, I hope that is OK. Have never played in the cap group before and haven't played with RR in a looong time, unless my memory falters.

Really looking forward, not for the golf tbh

spacecoyote

You get to come in in style then Jarrieta, winning score coming in with the Captain watching 😉

The Big Easy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182365#Comment_120182365

Fish and chips please Captain

Manhatton

Fish and chips for me too please, Captain.

jarrieta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182365#Comment_120182365

Awesome, Fish & Chips for me too please!

willabur

8th hole is still a temp green. It'll probably stay as a temp green until they've rebuilt the hole

willabur

More ridiculously it remains index 3. It's a handy handy 3/4 pointer

VW 1

Having been out at the range last week, I got in 12 holes today as a warm up round for Corballis. Tried to keep to the limited amount of clubs with Corballis in mind, but ended up using 6 different clubs. Couldn't avoid hitting the driver a few times, but other than that hit 4,6,7,pw,54° and putter.

Granted Corballis is a different challenge to a parkland, but didn't feel too odd and the 6 I hit could've been a 7 and left 10 yards short. My last choice is 50° or 54°. Would prefer 50 for approach length but 54 could be required with the bunkers.

RoadRunner

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120196314#Comment_120196314

I think the high guys will do well. Someone long but who can be a bit wild with driver at times and carries extra shots, but who also knows there way around will really prosper here. I have someone in mind. However its a lottery and I'm curious to see how it pans out.

Seve OB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120210443#Comment_120210443

Game is dialled in so feeling confident 😜

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120210443#Comment_120210443

Ya funnily enough, thinking about it more in depth I'm kinda of swaying on my initial opinion. Looking forward to it

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120188127#Comment_120188127

5 Wood, 8 iron, 54 Degree, Putter now

Bit fearful of 52 degree not being lofty enough for certain shots. 8 iron is hybrid enough for most chips, so don't fully see benefit of my 52 degree

Seve OB

I genuinely don’t know how a 52 degree cannot give anyone enough loft.

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120210797#Comment_120210797

Will already have 8 iron that I can use for chips etc anyway, and there's probably only 12 yards between my 52 degree and 54 degree, so might-as-well go with the loft. That's my line of thought anyway. Not 100% on it

RoadRunner

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120210797#Comment_120210797

You'll never struggle with height though. You've crazy high flight with your irons/wedges.

Seve OB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120211204#Comment_120211204

Well if I can do it…… anyone can

i really want to play this event with just a 3 iron……….

a post punk

Curry for me please @RoadRunner

Now Thinking,4 wood rescue , 8 iron , sand wedge and New putter 👀👀👀

Macker1

Trying to find 4 clubs that I can hit decently is the problem I'm facing. Very little golf makes you wonder if the feel good factor will ever return. That said a day out with the boards gang, some banter and a curry is just the treat I need.

spuddy4711

Wondering if others will have their four clubs rattling around the bag on a trolley, or should I root out those wizened apples and find the strap.

Kiith

I'll have the trolley, unfortunately. Don't have a lighter bag, and its a bitch to carry due to the strap position.

RoadRunner

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120214010#Comment_120214010

I have a very light carry bag with popout legs on it. I've already transferred my gear in to that. Start the countdown, the prep has begin!

I wouldn't be surprised to see people just carrying 4 clubs loosely in their hands with a small carry bag over the shoulder with a jacket, tees, golf balls (and a naggin).



Seve OB

hadn't thought f the naggin 🤭

Break80

Come on Captain.

Tell us your what's gone in the bag.

Bound to be good.

spacecoyote

I imagine Roadrunner will arrive with 4 separate 4-club golf bags.

Then on arrival at the course will set up his personal weather station and complete an analysis of the conditions on site

Then depending on that, select the relevant bag combo accordingly

token56

I've never played Corballis so I might be making a huge mistake here but I'm going to take a slightly different approach. I'm going with 5 iron, P wedge (maybe 9 iron), 56 degree, putter. For the yardages on the score card an 8 iron doesn't make sense to me. For the shorter par 4's I'm thinking you could do two full P wedge/9 iron shots rather than a 5 iron and an easy 8 iron/killed wedge and the longer par 4s, 5 iron and a full wedge/9 iron. It will also be better for the par 3 yardages that I'm seeing. The problem holes will be 9 and 10 which the 8 iron would be good for but I think there are more benefits overall.

Again I could be wrong and maybe the wind will complete screw me over but I think it's worth a shot.

Seve OB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120214843#Comment_120214843

Don’t think I’ll be to far off that selection

blue note

To me the format will definitely favour the lower handicaps. There will be more feel shots and the higher handicaps will typically struggle on them. I know myself when I try to hit a three quarter 8 iron or the like I'm far more likely to slice / hook it. And you'll have to take a bit off shots throughout the round. There are only a couple of holes on the course you can go over the green on and be confident of having a reasonable shot back on.

I got out for my first round here since September at the weekend and it was back to normal. I played fairly well - slightly better I felt than I'd played in Skerries the week before. But I'd 38 points in Skerries and 28 in Corballis. I'm pretty sure I'll be a write off for this event.

They've cut back the rough at the moment though which will make the round far easier. There's actually a lot to be said for keeping the rough like that all year round. It would really speed up pace of play to be able to find your ball that much quicker.

RoadRunner

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120214742#Comment_120214742

I'm thinking putter, 58, 50, 9i, 5i 😁

RoadRunner

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120215397#Comment_120215397

^ 5 clubs 😔

Who's stupid idea was this anyway?

slave1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120215263#Comment_120215263

Mid-high handicapper's round are destroyed by lost balls at a cost of 2 strokes each usually, mitigating this with removal of driver will have a surprising impact on these scores.

A very good bud of mine is off 24, I asked a few years back could I tell him all the clubs for him to play during the round and he said why not. I left the driver in the bag off most tee shots and when he missed the fairway he would always have taken a 3 wood to get back up the fairway which was crazy so all those shots were 9 irons. He shot 44 points that round with just one lost ball

blue note

But people aren't hitting the driver much in Corballis when they shouldn't. A relatively short hitter might hit it on 3, 5, 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18. There's plenty of room to land the ball safely on those holes. The driver is probably the right club for them on those. For a more average hitter, of those holes I could see a few take it out on 3 and 5 who shouldn't. It wouldn't be an option on 14 as they'd be too long anyway. And for longer hitters there are only 4 holes you can hit it on. And in fairness, there's a very good argument to be made only one you should.

On most courses though I agree. When I was a member in Tramore, I'd usually only take out my driver for the first time on the 7th hole. On the first 6 holes the driver would just be getting me closer to trouble.

slave1

Well pretty obvious from this thread a great idea whoever came up with it

a post punk

I wouldn’t mind trying this out Slave to get a 44 point round and a decent cut ? Round 2 mabye😃!!

RoadRunner

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120217070#Comment_120217070

Can I book you @slave1 for round 3?

Break80

Nah, you wouldn't listen to him.

"Roadrunner you can't hit driver carry 280 over water. Lay up"

I can only imagine the response.

Kiith

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120219611#Comment_120219611

-- 🤣

Macker1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120219667#Comment_120219667

Great Movie Moment

RoadRunner

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120219611#Comment_120219611

Yeah, he'd probably be like: "Bad chips are always worse then bad putts".

I'd be: "But good chips are waaayy more savage looking than any type of stupid putt. Watch this.".

Him: "Okay for your second attempt at this same shot now I want to you try putt it"

I actually don't think it would work so well.

token56

Early long range forecasts have the weather ok right now. No sign's of any big weather fronts anyway. Looks like a very typical February day.

Alanm

Please put me down for a lasagne RoadRunner. Looking forward to it, never played a 4 club challenge before!

eireyiddo

What's the worst that can happen??

kieran.

Is there any particularlly long carrys over cabbage to fairways. I'm think 8i, PW, 54° and Putter at the moment.

blue note

No, none that you'd struggle to clear with an 8i (assuming we don't have a crazy wind). But it could be a long course with an 8i your longest club. Depending on the wind you could struggle to reach a few of the par 3s. And a few of the par 4s could be par 5s.

willabur

9th hole will be a real problem with an 8 iron. If its anyways windy you'll need at least a 6 iron

Break80

Any chance 1 of ye lads could post a course guide with the clubs ye would usually hit.

Played it once but can only remember the weather.

Brutal day.

bakerbhoy

180..190 YDS club 1

80...160 YDS club 2

56/58 WEDGE club 3

PUTTING TOOL... Can be a putter or other #4 or #1

Seve OB

5 spots available folks.

we will give it the weekend to allow any stragglers to book in and after that we might have to give a slot back

The Big Easy

Ages since I've played Corballis, so beginning to have doubts about my club selection. From memory with no wind for tee shots

1 carry of about 150ish?

2 Max carry of 130/140?

3 Whatever you like

4 100?

5 160?

6 100?

7 150/160?

8 Anything you like, but long enough hole for Corballis?

9 Card seems to have 9 a lot longer than I remember at 170ish?

10 1 and 10 are potential problems if into wind, can they both be into?

11 150ish?

12 Anything you like

13 130ish?

14 One with the narrow gap/ditch, not sure what the carry is past it or short of it?

15&16 Both anything you like with adjoining fairways

17 130ish

18 Can't remember best landing spot here or ideal carry?

Love anyone with more experience here to correct me anywhere I'm wrong!

Serious business this club picking lark 😃

Edit: I mixed up 9 and 10. 9 is the tougher par 3 with water down the left.

Kiith

They've a pretty good website, which has a video of each hole with a brief description.

https://corballislinks.com/hole/hole1

Should i be sharing this with the competition? 🤷‍♂️