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u.s virtual open

• AgentBrown123 907 Posts

  Tue, Jul 2 2013 5:54 AM

  Hanswurst72:

  It is actually quite easy out there... missed two droppable putts and two greens --> 4 mistakes that lead to a 56. Everything is possible when you are on focus here, watch out for low scores.

  Cheers, Hans

  I agree with that. It could of easily been a 55 or 54 for me....lipped out a couple easyish putts.

  I expect someone to be posting a 55 54 if the pressure doesn't get to them. It's easy to mess up if you lose focus for even a second.

• BeachedMulligan 1,238 Posts

  Wed, Jul 3 2013 12:43 PM

  Just went through the nightmare I hope nobody else has to go through. Started a solid -8 thru 11 holes and then hell broke loose. I hit the trees on the right on 12 and it dropped into 40-50 rough. I hit TWO shots in that rough and both were punches and both went 1 yd each. I dunno wtf happened. 

  

  The hole resulted in a triple bogey, which totally derailed my round. I was so pissed I dont think I had a ding the rest of the way. 

  

  

  Hugely disapointed. But I refuse to WD in an Open.

  Good luck to the field. 

  -BM

• MBaggese 15,378 Posts

  Wed, Jul 3 2013 12:59 PM

  BeachedMulligan:

  I hit the trees on the right on 12 and it dropped into 40-50 rough.

   

  I've seen that in Alt Shot games..plays like 80/90 weeds...fortunately we can pick the ball up in AS, but we have to keep whacking in a Tourney.

   

  Good on ya for sticking with it.

• DanC2807 1,059 Posts

  Wed, Jul 3 2013 10:43 PM

  Hugely disapointed. But I refuse to WD in an Open.

   

  Love to see players keep scrappin'  when times get tough.

• mkg335 5,491 Posts

  Thu, Jul 4 2013 12:07 AM

  BM, I didn't run into anything like you did on #12, but also carded a 65...11 pars, 6 birds and a bogey.  It's a shame you had the one bad hole, but good on yer for staying with it.

  Like you, it didn't cross my mind to withdraw when I saw my round was going nowhere...worked too hard to qualify to toss it away because of a little trouble.

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Thu, Jul 4 2013 2:33 AM

  BeachedMulligan:

  Hugely disapointed. But I refuse to WD in an Open.

  And in my eyes that makes you a winner. That goes for all who qualified and complete the two rounds.

  But that is where I question WGT, why only 2 rounds? Surely this should be over 4 rounds and therefore truly worthy of being a Major.

  But good luck to all involved.

• GARRYCARTER 1,533 Posts

  Thu, Jul 4 2013 3:27 AM

  BeachedMulligan:

  Just went through the nightmare I hope nobody else has to go through. Started a solid -8 thru 11 holes and then hell broke loose. I hit the trees on the right on 12 and it dropped into 40-50 rough. I hit TWO shots in that rough and both were punches and both went 1 yd each. I dunno wtf happened. 

  

  The hole resulted in a triple bogey, which totally derailed my round. I was so pissed I dont think I had a ding the rest of the way. 

  

  

  Hugely disapointed. But I refuse to WD in an Open.

  Good luck to the field. 

  -BM

  Kudos to you Sir & very bad luck better luck in round 2.

  GC.

• stevenharkin 1,921 Posts

  Thu, Jul 4 2013 3:47 AM

  Yeah BM that spot on hole 12 is def a bug..been in there for a practice round, no way is that 40/50 rough

  just finished with a decent 57..managed to keep my cool after gettin metered in weed's on hole 3 and finish fairly well

  like the rest say, I think there is a 54/55 out there

• mkg335 5,491 Posts

  Thu, Jul 4 2013 6:55 AM

  Steven, well done and gl the rest of the way.

• chrisironsbones 3,524 Posts

  Thu, Jul 4 2013 7:06 AM

  I had the round from hell, no deviation or anything like that just the greens!!!!  It said slow greens but those were NOT SLOW they were more like 25% ROUGH.

  I scored 61 but if not for those greens It would have been at least 57 to 55 due to putts braking inches from dropping.  here's a few examples:

  Hole 3, 9 foot putt 3 inch down slope, nice & straight so I hit putt with 8 feet of power knowing it was slow greens, should easily reach, but NO stopped inches short.

  Hole 5, 5 feet putt with 2 inch downslope, hit that with 5 feet of power (avatar movement) it also stops before dropping!

  Hole 6, 10 foot putt 1 inch up slope in the  nice flat part of green, hit with 14 feet power and it stops a foot short of hole!!!!

  Hole 8, 5 foot putt no slope, due to all the other putts coming short i hit with 8 foot power, stops short!!!

  Hole 12, 6 foot putt 2 ins up slope, hit with 12 feet power  Stops short again

  Hole 16, 11 foot putt, nice and flat, 2 inch upslope, hit with 17 feet of power, stops short!!

  All the above putts just seemed to brake just before dropping in hole all of them felt like ROBBED BIRDIES because they had all been hit with plenty of power for normal slow greens , and i played a round on slow greens before starting just to see how putts reacted and scored -8 for front and -6 for back , but the virtual open greens were NOT SLOW they were SUPER SLOW!