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WGTniv

1,788 Posts

Tue, Jun 1 2010 2:46 PM

Please use this thread to discuss your qualifying rounds, post some scorecards and share your best replays and stories from your Virtual Open Championship rounds at St. Andrews!

Virtual Open Championship Leaderboard - Round 1

Qualifying is now over! Congratulations to the 210 players who were able to make the cut which fell at 63 (-9).

The first round will be getting underway shortly and will conclude at 11:59PM on Thursday, July 22nd! Round 1 must be completed by this time or you will be withdrawn from the tournament! Both final rounds will be single play. You only get one shot, so do your best and make it count!

I'll update this post as we progress through the final rounds of the Virtual Open Championship. Keep an eye here for the next week!

Best of luck to everyone in Round 1!

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Schedule for the Final Rounds of the Virtual Open Championship:

Round 1: 1:00 AM PDT July 19th - 11:59PM PDT July 22nd (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur)

Round 2: 1:00 AM PDT July 23rd - 11:59PM PDT July 25th (Fri, Sat, Sun)

All times are listed as Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -7).

b0geybuster

2,574 Posts

Tue, Jun 1 2010 4:42 PM

I was in my backyard putting on glass and it was easier then these greens. A tonne of fun to start, opening round 71 here. Not too bad, not too good, considering a few bogey's and a triple.

cheers

chipshotcharlie

538 Posts

Tue, Jun 1 2010 4:58 PM

Wow 20 years sober,now with this beast i'll be a full blown alcoholic again. Great job WGT, i'm very interested to see what scores can be achieved here.I tend to be +6 by the third hole it sure is a tough one.

Great job keep up the great work CSC

JackTaylor

225 Posts

Wed, Jun 2 2010 9:27 PM

I also want to say congrats new courses and all is great....unless you have the beginner set of clubs...at ST Andrews and Oakmont I can barley make the fairways (based on wind mostly st andrews) and the some par 4s are out of the question on both courses let alone one of the par 3s. I have been playing for sometime and the best I can do is 20 over...and yes I only bailed on one round. My last round on Oakmont +28.

a few questions and i hope there is a way to see who has done this

at pro level with beginer clubs shoot under par on Oakmont and same for St Andrews under tourny conditions. any body do that?

if so who are they because I need to learn from them...

Best of luck to all on the qualifier as with this equipment I dont see myself making the cut as it is as 70 now and I am on average 25-28 shots off pace.

dorkfeatures

712 Posts

Wed, Jun 2 2010 9:48 PM

Hey Niv,

Massive thumbs up from me :-) Fantastic job WGT.

I just love the challenge of it, and having these greens so slippery really tests how good you actually are. The putting, although slippery as hell, is not so bad. Its all about practice. I made one big change to my putting after my first round at Oakmont and on my first round at St Andys only 3 putted once, so - its never easy, but it can be mastered.

I kinda surprised myself with an opening 67 at St Andys, and was ever so pleased to see some very big name players - behind me !! Now that is really something, its a challenge for everyone.

I birdied the difficult 17th, got a bit of luck with my tee shot (boy do you need it) and hit a super second to within 12ft and sunk the putt. The trick on this hole is to run your second shot up from the front of the green. The contour of the green will feed the ball into the flag.

The other thing I really like about the 2 courses now, is that you really have to think your way around them (not that you didnt before). Its not about hitting your drive as far as you can, although that helps sometimes, its about position on the fairway to avoid obstacles and set yourself up for your second and third shots.

These courses are all about precision.

I doubt whether 67 will qualify, but got plenty of time to improve - so here's hoping.

Again - FANTASTIC JOB GUYS.

Cheers

Doug

borntobesting

9,730 Posts

Sun, Jun 6 2010 4:31 PM

dorkfeatures:
The other thing I really like about the 2 courses now, is that you really have to think your way around them (not that you didnt before). Its not about hitting your drive as far as you can, although that helps sometimes, its about position on the fairway to avoid obstacles and set yourself up for your second and third shots.

Yes they do make you think more than the others. Also you must think about the position you put yourself on the green .Some of the pin placements makes it a sure 3 putt if you put yourself in a really bad position especially when you putt as badly as I do sometimes.

This afternoon I played the qualifier and shot a even par 36 on the front side taking only 14 putts. I then took about an hour break, believe it or not to take our cat for a walk. When I cane back and played the backside if was like night and day. I shot a 47 taking 25 putts including 5 putting # 14.

Since the 2 qualifiers started my average has gone from slightly over 69 to slightly over 81. Some of this is due to the faster than very fast greens ,also the longer hole lengths but a lot of it Is trying to get used to the super fast meter speed of my new G15 driver and my stupidity of trying to play with it with a zero feel ball. Lately I have switched to the 2 new GI3 balls and am having a little better luck except with the putting.But I'm sure I'll improve.

And lastly Great Job WGT on both courses.

Joe