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US Open qualifier....IS ON!

• mmyers0 478 Posts

  Sat, May 16 2015 12:42 PM

  If it starts to look like 55 is the number, I'm considering buying Platinums just for the par 5s. But that might mess up yardages on my irons, so who knows.

• gdog8 1,356 Posts

  Sat, May 16 2015 1:01 PM

  Congrats MM, Fat Dan and all on posting #'s inside the qualifying score as it sits currently. :)  Going to try the course for the first time to qualify and post a # this weekend!  I have played it and love it so far via skins games and alt shot w/friends.

  Any one figure the best way to play #7 yet? 

  Also thanks for all the tips I can glean from this post to improve my slim to non chance @ posting a 56 the current cut #.

   

  Cheers and well-done on your qualifying rounds!~GD~
  

• mmyers0 478 Posts

  Sat, May 16 2015 1:51 PM

  gdog8:

  Any one figure the best way to play #7 yet? 
  

  I think I've birdied #7 twice in four attempts. I play left of the hole because it will run hard right, and anything long (up to a certain point) will funnel back on to about 15 feet. It's not as tough as it looks.

• PTrenter 437 Posts

  Sat, May 16 2015 3:01 PM

  mmyers0:

  If it starts to look like 55 is the number

  100 players now on 55 or below so a good few more rounds down there needed to move the cut down from 56.  The 77 guys on 56 aren't safe.  

  I decided to keep restarting until I hit a 4 birdie start and at least -8 at the turn.  Trouble was by then all my notes were on that front 9 and had hardly played the back holes.  Eventually hit the turn at -9 and managed to carry through to a 55.  I needed plenty of luck with wind and rolls on the greens though.

  Luckiest hole was probably #12.  I aimed right and short of the pin for a safe birdie.  Dinged well early and feared the worst.  Turned out to be my best tee shot there so far.

  http://www.wgt.com/replay.aspx?ID=76272430-5109-4bb0-ae7b-a49800baa4f7

   

   

   

• fatdan 3,379 Posts

  Sat, May 16 2015 6:09 PM

  Here ya go MM

  got to far left but still had a 8ft eagle putt, 1 cup break...

• mmyers0 478 Posts

  Sat, May 16 2015 8:15 PM

  fatdan:

  Here ya go MM

  got to far left but still had a 8ft eagle putt, 1 cup break...

  I don't think my 3 iron has that kind of stopping power. Against the wind, maybe.

• fatdan 3,379 Posts

  Sat, May 16 2015 8:34 PM

  The only difference between my Nike Vapors and ur R11's is forgiveness and meter speed...

  I also have r11's and practiced with them  and we both use lvl 61 nike ball, they have plenty of spin...try a sleeve of lvl 81's with a little more spin and distance and see if they help...

• LOLserver 3,522 Posts

  Sun, May 17 2015 2:54 AM

  fatdan:

  The only difference between my Nike Vapors and ur R11's is forgiveness and meter speed...

  Disagree....it is a HUGE difference. Not only the forgiveness and the sloooow meter speed, but the grip (bs) helps a lot, the ball drop just at the landing, yup, for the players over level 100......wish I had those Vapor but I'm far from the level : /.

  Although since I changed from the R11 to the VR Forged at level 97 my GR game has improved enormously and now I can land the ball very close if I ding.

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  We all knew it, CUT already at 56 only after 2 weeks and with still about 6 weeks to go!!.....geeeez.

  Certainly 56 won't hold long, but I wonder, will 55 do in the end?...I predicted the cut to be 54 somewhere before in the thread, I might be right finally...LOL

  Eric

   

• PTrenter 437 Posts

  Sun, May 17 2015 7:20 AM

  LOLserver:

  Certainly 56 won't hold long, but I wonder, will 55 do in the end?...I predicted the cut to be 54 somewhere before in the thread, I might be right finally...LOL

  Eric

  I'm leaning towards 55 but think it'll be close.  Certainly don't see it dropping to 54.  I think most of the usual suspects have already got a sub 55 score in and it would need another 116 to do the same.

   

• fatdan 3,379 Posts

  Sun, May 17 2015 10:17 AM

  LOLserver:

  Disagree....it is a HUGE difference. Not only the forgiveness and the sloooow meter speed, but the grip (bs) helps a lot, the ball drop just at the landing, yup, for the players over level 100......wish I had those Vapor but I'm far from the level : /.

  Although since I changed from the R11 to the VR Forged at level 97 my GR game has improved enormously and now I can land the ball very close if I ding.

  Really,  I don't see it....I have the Vapors, Lvl 97 Nikes, and the R11's, and have played all 3 at Chambers...the only difference I see is meter speed, and forgiveness...the 3i/4i in all 3 sets will stop  on a flat green the same elevation w/ full b/s...main difference is more dings(or shots hit exactly before or after ding), now Vapor short irons with full b/s are a different story...

  the only reason I switched to Vapors was I bought the new wedges and the Vapors made all my clubs the same meter speed, plus the Vapors are  more forgiving on slight mishits...as far as stopping 1 seems as good as the other to me....now for me, the Nikes are slightly shorter than r11's with f/b/s which should translate into more spin, but I can't see it in a round, then again my game is so erratic it doesn't surprise me at all...lol

  I'll put it this way, I think I only have 1 round with less than 2 eagles, I've had 4 eagles five times, and three out of four rounds with 3 or 4 of them, all using the slope behind the pin on #4 #12 #18 or chipping in...so I play it that way, I don't even try to shoot at the pin...it's the par 3's on the back 9, and several par 4's that kill my rounds.....

  I think my last round yesterday was 4 eagles, 6 birdies, 7 pars, 1 bogey...lol