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I think we have made a mistake with Kiawah winds...

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Sat, Jun 29 2013 10:26 PM

  Bolloxinbruges is playing the real Kiawah this weekend and he sent a video and a few pictures.

  This is #17, I think pin is where the new one is at. Notice he aimed about 20-35 yards right. He said it was 25-30 cross wind there.

  

  <--video

  This is hole #8, notice how much more pronounced that slope from the is.. Crazy!

  That's his ball I think or his brothers maybe. One more foot closer and it would have been by the hole

  

   

• josephk2317 873 Posts

  Sat, Jun 29 2013 11:41 PM

  Holy cow!, it's blowing like Saint Andrews on there. I guess we are one lucky bunch of players here when we have tournaments on Kiawah without any winds...LOL

  Keep the videos coming Bolloxinbruges!

  My favorite course; right on the beach!

  Joe

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Sat, Jun 29 2013 11:56 PM

  I couldn't get the video to slow down, but based on his feet, he was aiming a bit left.  At the top, his club face is a bit open.  Is the open stance used to adjust for the open club face at impact?  Does he have the dreaded slice with his driver and long irons? 

  Might want to send this video in to The Golf Fix and have Michael Breed analyse his swing with his equipment.  I can't get a good fix on club positions through the swing with dropbox.com.  It would be nice to see the clubface at impact and be able to check the head through the swing (how much does it move vertically on the backswing).  It appears he is keeping good spine angle through the swing and has really good foot work.

  Did he clear the water and make the green?  Just curious.

  He has pretty good form.  Just a few tweaks and he'll be scratch in no time!

• MBaggese 15,378 Posts

  Sun, Jun 30 2013 12:08 AM

  DaddysKat:

  but based on his feet, he was aiming a bit left.  At the top, his club face is a bit open.  Is the open stance used to adjust for the open club face at impact?  Does he have the dreaded slice with his driver and long irons?

   

  Based on Sams shirt and the weeds a front of him, appears to be a heavy (like Icon said) Right to left wind....appears to me he is set up aiming right of the hole ...difficult to see (for me) the club face...but if open, then was surely to hold the wind.

   

   

• mmikkeelee 591 Posts

  Sun, Jun 30 2013 1:41 AM

  just needed to clear his cache that's all :)

  on a serious note it would be interesting to here what bollox thinks of the greens at kiawah

  :)

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Sun, Jun 30 2013 2:04 AM

  DaddysKat:

  \Did he clear the water and make the green?  Just curious.

  He has pretty good form.  Just a few tweaks and he'll be scratch in no time!

  yes, i think he hit to about 15-20ft :)

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Sun, Jun 30 2013 2:46 AM

  mmikkeelee:

  on a serious note it would be interesting to here what bollox thinks of the greens at kiawah

  I played there years ago when the course was fairly new, the greens were tough to read, often with a couple of breaks in a putt. Conditions were pretty calm, so Icon.......please not heavy winds every round :)

• oneeyedjohn 9,588 Posts

  Sun, Jun 30 2013 4:00 AM

  I was there a few years back, but I baulked at the $150 green fee.

• zagraniczniak 1,984 Posts

  Sun, Jun 30 2013 4:16 AM

  Icon, how about the sound of the wind there? Aren't we missing this on WGT?

  If you recall the PGA last year, the wind was howling and the players' trousers were snapping in the wind. Seems that the range of windspeeds for Kiawah on WGT could be upgraded to something similar to the other seaside courses, i.e. St. A's and St. G's.

• gazcoll 341 Posts

  Sun, Jun 30 2013 5:04 AM

  How on earth did that hit the green,feet were aimed in middle of lake and club face open and body lean to left after contact tells you it went way right in lake,but maybe the gale blew back onto the green.