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Boards GS 1st Outing - Portmarnock Links - 22nd February 2020 - 11am
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You came third in the end kiith - could have easily won it today had you avoided one or two of those scratches. For an 18 handicapper you really can stripe that driver 👌👌
Ah nice, thought i would have just missed out. Curragh up next, so my local knowledge should help me do even better
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Good day out with Kingswood,Benny and doublecross. Had to rush home for my grandfathers 91st birthday hence the time of posting back..........!!
I found the wind a test today questioning the club or just comitting to a shot really. Actually love a good few of the back 9 in portmarnock especially 8,15 and 18. Really well laid out holes.
I went 1 worse than my score this time last year But it’s only February if that’s an excuse:)
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It started. Dry, calm mornings in castleknock with wind blowing in gusts. What a difference when I got to Portmarnock, the open seaside makes such a difference to the weather. Thankfully for me, the really heavy shower came down as I was getting my gear ready so I sat into the car for the worst of it. I took the opportunity to stick the wet gear on then and it never came off. We got a bit of rain when we were playing the 12th I think and it got really cold then. Other than that, I didn’t mind the wind and didn’t feel the cold at all being well wrapped up.
Have to say I was pleased with my game, a few silly mistakes, a few bad shots, and a few 3putts were the lowlights, mainly on the back 9. 16 points to the 8th and bladed the tee shot on 9 to leave me in enough trouble that I scratched. I had a pretty good solid driving day, missed maybe 2 fairways, didn’t loose a ball at all. Apologies again to the group in front on the 6th hole, I had 245 out and never thought I could get near green. I flushed it with 3 wood, I knew I did, but I couldn’t see the ball with the grey sky and it wasn’t till roadrunner said it was up on the green till I realised I nearly killed yas! Missed the tricky putt but a tap in bird was nice and the highlight of my round. After messing up the 9th, I hit a lovely approach into 10 and it was one of very few times the wind really caught hold of my ball and I ended up scrambling a point and 11 was playing really hard into the wind and I scratched that
. Back 9 wasn’t so good till the last few where I had to up my game.
You see our 4 ball also had 2 winter matchplay games going on. I was up against Charlie and while I had gotten it out to 3up, I knew he had shots coming in and was starting to play better so it was game on. I think there was only 1 in it playing 14 and Charlie had a shots on 16 and 18. I took 14 with a par where Charlie 3putted, 15 was halved in pars. I had to par 16 to match Charlie’s 5. So it was dormie 2 playing 17 and I hit an awful tee shot and left it well short, then airmailed the green with my second. 5 for me and 4 for Charlie, back to 1 playing 18 and Charlie hits a cracker of a tee shot. Roadrunner is on the beach with his, so I have to be careful with the wind, but again I flush it right out of the middle and I split the bunkers. Charlie struggles with his approach shots and I get green side in 2 to wrap it up.
Thanks to the guys for gathering the cards etc afterwards. Going through them can be time consuming. Can I just ask yis all to try and keep them as clear and as clean as you can please. Some were quite hard to decipher and even if you are not in the prizes we go through them all to calculate Ryder Jug points, so help appreciated. Also circle your 2’s please.
Thanks to space and golfgraffix for the organisation, great to play Portmarnock, but Benny must have forgotten to do his weather dancing this time around! As Space mentioned we only have 30 spots booked at the Curragh but we don’t expect numbers will get as high as Portmarnock again so I will get teamer announcements sent this week to try and gauge numbers to see if we need to request more tee times if available. So please accept or decline as soon as you can. I’ll be warm weather training and will miss the next 2 so see yis all in May.0 -
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Finally getting around to a post about the day. It was certainly a baptism of fire for me as Captain, and it took its toll on me, especially over the opening holes. There was one benefit to being out so late in the day...I was still sitting in the clubhouse when the heavy wintry shower came down.
A few little hiccups with people on tee-times (can everyone please make sure that they actually look at the timesheet on here before the next round and try make sure you're in the clubhouse at least 30 minutes before your tee time please?)
By the time I got everyone checked in & sorted the lads out in the pro-shop, I was late for my tee-time. Had a sprint over to the first tee, jumped up & proceeded to hit a rushed "pull draw" (not a hook). Managed to find it somehow, and proceed to do the exact same with my 2nd. Lost ball, and a scratch on the first!
It didn't get a lot better for me all day. Had my draw swing with me, but wasn't aiming far enough right to compensate for the strong cross-winds so missed a lot of fairways & greens on the left side. Hit a couple of fairway bunkers, and was so close to the face of them, I had to knock out sideways, which is an expensive shot. Found a lot of greenside bunkers too. Generally actually played very nice shots out of the greenside ones. Actually probably chipped better out of the bunkers than I did from an easy greenside lie. Struggled for pace on the greens all day, but didn't putt terribly overall. One real highlight from my golf was the nearest the pin win, a well struck 5-iron from 130 yards (that's a good 4 clubs extra for me). I didn't have a lot of competition though, with only one extra name on the board.
Had the company of one returning golfer, Pakman, and 2 new members for the year, Rossyd2005 & Lord Derpington. 3 absolute gents, and spirits were kept up despite the standard of golf & weather all day.
Pakman had a rough enough day (as did all 4 of us in the group to be honest), but definitely beats himself up too much. Has a fantastic turn. I wish I had half that amount of flexibility.
Rossyd2005 looks a very steady golfer. He got a few irons off the tee well out there, a nice low controlled draw. A few too many whiskeys the night before probably were his real undoing. The weather, on top of a hangover, pushed him over the edge.
I was amazed when I heard Lord Derpington's score on the front 9, as I thought he'd been scoring steadily. He hit a number of good long drives out there, and his short game looked pretty solid. But a few too many knocked down tee shots that found the heavy stuff took their toll. Has the making of a decent golfer, with a few more rounds under his belt.
Overall for me it was a challenging day on the course, but it was fantastic to see such a great turn-out, catching up with some old faces, and meeting plenty of new. Apologies if I missed anyone, as I did spend a bit of the morning running back and forth to the putting green. Thank you so much to the lads for picking up the slack with the check-ins & filling out cards. The committee are a great group of lads & really do make life a lot easier.
Looking forward to Royal Curragh in a months time. See you all there!0 -
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Good to get the golfing year off and running! Great turn out as always for Portmarnock. Played with 2 regulars in A Post Punk & doublecross which was good to see the lads and catch up doublecross was his consistent self the game really comes easy to him! not jealous at all :rolleyes: Good to also play with Kingswood Rover a new member who joined last year which I never got to really talk to and another fine golfer! But good to see him return.
On my own game. I was happy, left a tonne of shots out there and got unlucky with the weather have been working on my strike over the winter and I can see the results starting to unfold with compressing the ball & taking small divot. I scratched the first cause of the weather as it poured down, struggled with club selection most the day as it was cross wind so I didn't get why I had to drop clubs but my numbers were all over the place. To rusty on links which I love. But my strikes were good, chipping was great, struggled with short stupid putts & rushed a few stupidly! yet pace and distance control was great. Went onto 14 thinking If I score 2's on the last 4 I'll hit 30 pts which was my aim. Parred 14 so up 1, then a 1 pointer on 15.. ok.. stood on the 16th and the heavens opened and the wind blow up could hardly stand over my tee shot! backed off 3 times then got frustrated as I was conscience of the lads waiting and sliced it miles off line never to be seen again :mad: and of course it stopped for the lads! so scratched. Head was gone then only had a 1 pointer on 17th.
But highlight came on 18th. I have played Portmacnock loads of times and yet I've never scored on 18th. I knocked my tee shot down, scuffed my second 3rd into fairway bunker hear we go I taught another scratch played out of bunker 115 yds to pin said to myself right lying on fairway up & down for a point but mainly to break the mental barrier of the hole! Hit a pure pw to pin high but about 25 feet away.. Said to myself I can make this and sank it straight into the centre of the cup!
Such Joy and satisfaction this crazy game brings! It was only for a point but was worth so much more mentally to me and turns out that point got me the win over Tiger and are side bet.. made it taste even sweeter
Its good to have the Boards back and up and running cant wait for The Curragh.
Have to commend everyone on pace of play especially for such high numbers must of been 1 of the best hopefully we can keep it up for year as it makes such a different especially to the Captain who is mainly out last!0 -
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