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Post by The Boss on Sept 23, 2024 22:32:38 GMT
Another really tough test - this time it's OAK HILL, so play well!!!
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Post by The Boss on Sept 23, 2024 23:58:26 GMT
ROUND 1The prospect of playing a rain-sodden Oak Hill, making it even longer than normal, didn't exactly fill me with confidence. Especially after I bogeyed the 1st hole. I then had to perform some minor miracles to avoid dropping further shots, the best save coming on the 6th when I holed my bunker shot (and saved it so you could see it yourselves lol). A birdie on #13 clawed me back to level par, where I eventually finished, but 3 birdie putts agonisingly failed to find the target so the round could have been even better. Happy with the round and a very enjoyable battle!!
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Post by altaedm on Sept 24, 2024 13:15:17 GMT
I used to like Oak Hill but when the monsoons hit - I now hate it (lol) - this golf course is a great test for anyone - one of the Donald Ross's better designs built in 1926 and I even had the privilege of actually playing it in 1980 ish don't remember the actual year - the guys I played it with have since passed on. The scores don't really matter this week just the layout of this course is a master piece - I rate it up there with Augusta - when you play it pay attention to bunker locations and the fact it plays right to left and left to right - just think of the imagination of Donald Ross - It was also the site of the 2023 PGA To see it rain soaked and not being able to reach par 4's is sad but in a way this may have been what they faced in the mid 1900's - in 2023 the winning score was -9 by one of the PGA biggest hitters Koepka - this is how golf should be not the -23 Chit we see on other sites. Only 11 players broke par in 2023 Rd 1 - extremely happy seeing the conditions  |
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Post by The Boss on Sept 24, 2024 14:03:16 GMT
Yes Ian, I think we can both be proud of our first round efforts and scores - it sure was hard work out there!!!
Rumour is the course may dry out as the week progresses as the weather is expected to gradually improve!
Did you watch my bunker shot on #6? It was a thing of beauty LOL
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Post by randy on Sept 25, 2024 1:04:40 GMT
Round 1
I got the screenshot but nothing to open it with.
Just finished up fixing the computer...........Something took over my BIOS and wouldn't let go especially to log in on startup. After 3 clean installs of windows in 3 days I finally got the HD erased and installed.............G-Damn!
Still replacing my programs but, had to test out my play.........Yuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not bad almost kept it under double digits LOL
Couldn't hit the fairways!!!!!!!!! Dam It !!!!!!!!!!!!
+10 going in.
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Post by The Boss on Sept 26, 2024 0:42:14 GMT
ROUND 2What a fight that was!! Some very tough pins added to the already difficult task! I had a very shaky front nine and didn't think I'd make it back to par, even though I holed my bunker shot on #7 - but my putting improved greatly on the back, culminating in a bird on #18 after sinking a double-breaking, downhill 22-footer - very satisfying!! And Ian is still hanging in there so this promises to be a fantastic battle in the last 2 rounds!!
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Post by randy on Sept 26, 2024 14:02:03 GMT
Rd 2
Not sure what to say fellas except I suck at putting !
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Post by The Boss on Sept 26, 2024 22:26:24 GMT
We can all drive and find the greens but putting is everything mate!
Keep at it!
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Post by The Boss on Sept 29, 2024 0:22:07 GMT
ROUND 3Solid play on the front saw me reach the turn a happy man after one bird and no dropped shots. More controlled play earned me more birdies on #12 and #13, but loose play on #16 saw one shot go. Made up for it on #17 with a chip-in bird, but messed up #18 with a bad drive and dropped another stroke. But more than content with a -2 score and with Ian having problems in this round there is less pressure in the finishing 18 holes...
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Post by altaedm on Sept 29, 2024 13:14:54 GMT
the old laptop could not handle this tuff course fought the very fasts all the way onward
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Post by randy on Sept 29, 2024 17:51:52 GMT
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Post by The Boss on Sept 30, 2024 0:57:43 GMT
ROUND 4My game just wasn't there on the front, and it seemed to me that the wind was even stronger than usual. Stopped the rot with a couple of birds after the turn, and although I bogeyed two holes near the end I'd done enough. A great week on a great course - it doesn't get much harder than this!!
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Post by The Boss on Sept 30, 2024 1:01:05 GMT
In the actual tourney I would have finished tied 8th.
Curtis Strange won with 278 strokes, 4 shots ahead of me.
Not too shabby I suppose...
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