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

Seve OB · 07-02-2023 11:26am

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Game is dialled in so feeling confident 😜

callaway92 · 07-02-2023 11:57am

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

callaway92 · 07-02-2023 11:59am

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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 · 07-02-2023 12:26pm

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

callaway92 · 07-02-2023 12:51pm

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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 · 07-02-2023 2:20pm

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

Seve OB · 07-02-2023 3:30pm

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Well if I can do it…… anyone can

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

a post punk · 07-02-2023 7:56pm

Curry for me please @RoadRunner

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

Macker1 · 07-02-2023 11:25pm

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 · 08-02-2023 4:45am

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 · 08-02-2023 10:07am

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

RoadRunner · 08-02-2023 10:25am

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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 · 08-02-2023 11:05am

hadn't thought f the naggin 🤭

Break80 · 08-02-2023 11:36am

Come on Captain.

Tell us your what's gone in the bag.

Bound to be good.

spacecoyote · 08-02-2023 11:56am

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 · 08-02-2023 12:13pm

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 · 08-02-2023 12:27pm

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

blue note · 08-02-2023 1:49pm

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 · 08-02-2023 2:26pm

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I'm thinking putter, 58, 50, 9i, 5i 😁

RoadRunner · 08-02-2023 2:28pm

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^ 5 clubs 😔

Who's stupid idea was this anyway?

slave1 · 08-02-2023 3:14pm

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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 · 08-02-2023 3:31pm

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.