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"A Bandon Hope!" - A Tough-It-Out Special Holiday Tourney at Bandon Dunes

• cody6202000 271 Posts

  Mon, Dec 22 2014 10:58 AM

  No reason for me to post my sorry excuse for a first round :)
  
  Wish I coulda had the 17-par effort I had a few days ago...played ping-pong on #8 (AGAIN!), ran up a quad >_< Played that hole 4 times now and gone par/double/triple/quad...amazing for a 102y par-3. Bogeyed 10, then parred the balance for +5. Not a calamity, outside the one train-wreck.
  
  (T-last of 8 so far, as I'm checking...I'd rather take my position in the weekly 100CR multi at Best of Hardest, where I shot 29 on the front after not playing more than 1 hole in each of the last two days ^_^)

• DaveDwingdale 1,240 Posts

  Mon, Dec 22 2014 11:10 AM

  Not much reason to post my scorecard, but I'll get the ball rolling (haha).  Had 2 bogeys and 3 birdies. And the first bogey was a "brain fart"  3 footer that I forgot I wasn't using my regular putter on and smashed 5 feet past the hole.

  I did have one bit of excitement on the 142yd 11th hole.  

  Anyway here's my scorecard (I didn't even bother with the stats page)

  

• DarkenRahl 2,115 Posts

  Mon, Dec 22 2014 12:28 PM

  That was FUN, well until the back 9, -1 at the turn and then the wheels fell off.  6 bogies on the back.  Red is not good when you miss a green, btw.  Thanks for putting this one together.

• Adalanar 282 Posts

  Mon, Dec 22 2014 2:30 PM

  Interesting Tourney - just when I though I was cruising along under par and being save an approach shot landed a few yards short of a pin and hit a down slope - it was a 30 yard bounce ending up in a double dark red lie - looking very much forward to next week.

• ladyluck87 2,287 Posts

  Mon, Dec 22 2014 2:51 PM

  37footer putt

• CerinoDevoti 3,232 Posts

  Mon, Dec 22 2014 5:52 PM

  cody6202000:

  No reason for me to post my sorry excuse for a first round :)
  
  Wish I coulda had the 17-par effort I had a few days ago...played ping-pong on #8 (AGAIN!), ran up a quad >_< Played that hole 4 times now and gone par/double/triple/quad...amazing for a 102y par-3. Bogeyed 10, then parred the balance for +5. Not a calamity, outside the one train-wreck.
  
  (T-last of 8 so far, as I'm checking...I'd rather take my position in the weekly 100CR multi at Best of Hardest, where I shot 29 on the front after not playing more than 1 hole in each of the last two days ^_^)

   

  Cody,

  You should have saved the card and stats anyway. It's going to be pretty hard for everyone so what you think may not be a good score could end up better than you think in the final result.

  ~CD~

• CerinoDevoti 3,232 Posts

  Mon, Dec 22 2014 5:59 PM

  Golfspieler:

  BigInigoMontoya:

  Oh dear.

  I struggle just to shoot even par from the Master tees with RocketBladez and starter ball.  I can't even imagine how bad its going to be with the starter irons.

  And I did get in a few practice holes today......all I can say is, I'm really missing the 15 foot scale on the Odessy LoL.

  Yes very tough, any birdie seems like a miracle.

  That's the Spirit of the "Tough It Out Tournaments".  Par is a good score on any hole and a birdie is like the Special reward for playing. Get some practice in to get used to the sticks and have a go. Course management is key so in many cases I just hit to the center of the greens and take my 2 putts for par avoiding having to get up and down. If I'm inside of 10 feet to the pins, I've usually made a mistake or missed the ding. I count exactly 2 holes that are true "green light" go for the pin holes. The rest I just take what I can get and hope for a longer putt to drop.

  GL

• fredsf 1,460 Posts

  Mon, Dec 22 2014 6:45 PM

  OK, I went out there with no practice rounds, last time I used those sticks was for the last TIO edition. Cerino said it's too easy, I wanted to make it tougher then. Guess what? I got it...TOUGHER!

  From the tees, I went all over the place but on the greens. I think I'm at 50% GIR. Starting with the 1st hole, meter speed surprised me so much that I hit it early...almost yesterday!. Result: Triple bogey. Then I asked myself if "smart" and "practice" are not close words! 

  I think I shot +5 overall, had a lot of fun though and few great putts, actually easier from 20+ ft than close with the 30 scale.

  Good luck and have fun all. See you next week for my 2nd practice round ;)

  Fred.

  

  

  

  Couple of replay of my mess...those are good shots.

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• MBaggese 15,367 Posts

  Mon, Dec 22 2014 9:53 PM

  Too many bogies.....

   

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• KyRock75 411 Posts

  Mon, Dec 22 2014 10:41 PM

  CerinoDevoti:

  Course management is key so in many cases I just hit to the center of the greens and take my 2 putts for par avoiding having to get up and down. If I'm inside of 10 feet to the pins, I've usually made a mistake or missed the ding.

  Pretty much what i tried to do. Still made 2 bogeys to go w/ 4 birds in my round. No putts of any significance made either for me.  If i get same winds in the 2nd round from longer tees and faster greens i seriously doubt if i could break par.

  Rock