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US Open qualifier....IS ON!

• LOLserver 3,522 Posts

  Thu, May 14 2015 11:53 AM

  fatdan:

  Thank GOD, I'm done!!!!

  Decided to try something different, turn off the TV, put the cell phone in the other room, and focus on playing only, and I'll tell ya That's a lot of work, I don't see how you guys do it!

  Just as the cut is about to drop to 56, with the help of a 43ft uphill breaking putt and a pretty cool hole out eagle on #8, I finally broke 57 and posted a 54...

  Still missed a 5ft birdie putt and a 7ft'er that lipped out....probably payback for holing out the wedge....even birdied #15 and #16, the holes that have ruined many possible great rounds...

  Only took 3 sleeves of balls and a very sore left hand to do it....if 54 doesn't qualify I quit!!! LOL

  Well done Dan : )))

  I believe 54 is definitely a score to play the finals, well done m8.

  lol...3 sleeves?, I did not used that many for my 56 but I think I'll have to use at least one sleeve to do 54...

  After only 2 weeks the cut is down to 56...this will certainly be the lowest cut ever in WGT, very realistic tho.......Imao.

  Wish all was fair playing, but it isn't, lets keep the spirit of "fair play" even tho we do not make the cut ; )))

  Eric 

• TonyPhil 74 Posts

  Thu, May 14 2015 4:33 PM

  Shot 55 with missing a 6-foot eagle putt on 4 and a 7-foot birdie putt on 9. This is why I believe there's a good chance of the cut going to 54. I always hear about people shooting x while missing short putts inside 10 ft (including me). With a little under 50 days of qualifying left, I believe quite a few people will inevitably get that 'perfect' round together - a round with maybe a couple hole outs and a bunch of made putts - and shoot in the low 50's.

  Time will tell though - the cut can still stay at 56 for all I know. GL to everyone qualifying :)

• mmyers0 478 Posts

  Thu, May 14 2015 7:16 PM

  Thanks, TarheelsRule. I admit to being a little cranky at the time of posting; I was actually hole-high on #8 last time I played, but missed the ding on my 3 wood and left it right.

  TarheelsRule:

  The 12th is a reachable par four and only plays about 280 to the pin, key here is not going too long or it will stay up there, 10 yards behind the hole will feed back, been within 3 feet on this hole.

  I haven't yet figured out how to play short but not catch the downslope. My driver doesn't get a lot of spin except upwind, so playing long and trying to catch the slope hasn't worked either. I've been short right of the green or else at the back.

  The other 2 par 5's can't remember which number, maybe 4 and 18 are both easily reachable.   4 you can play about 10 yards long and it will feed back to the pin, it's uphill so you have to hit a long hit approach.  18 is fairly simple and reachable almost every time.

  Again, my long irons won't stop on the lower tier of either one. The best I've done on 4 is land on the front edge and run into the rough 12 yards past the flag. On 18 I took a ton of mulligans to figure out how much I needed to add to the distance to get past the downslope, but even so, I wasn't able to hold it. I'll try going a little right next time, thanks fatdan.

• MBaggese 15,367 Posts

  Thu, May 14 2015 7:30 PM

  mmyers0:

  Again, my long irons won't stop on the lower tier of either one. The best I've done on 4 is land on the front edge and run into the rough 12 yards past the flag.

  Check my replay to get an idea

   

  Here

• Wontonamo 2,269 Posts

  Thu, May 14 2015 8:38 PM

  good luck to all - cutline of 54 55 or whatever it is is pretty low. I don't know how u guys are doing it, I cant even hold the greens to have a putt, and when I do they just veer off aka Pinehurst-styles.

  ill sit on my 61 lol, hard to bother with spending 20 balls tryin to make this cut.

   

• robertwalters 68 Posts

  Thu, May 14 2015 9:31 PM

  you have to be a big spender on here for the game to play right

• mmyers0 478 Posts

  Fri, May 15 2015 7:04 PM

  MBaggese:

  mmyers0:

  Again, my long irons won't stop on the lower tier of either one. The best I've done on 4 is land on the front edge and run into the rough 12 yards past the flag.

  Check my replay to get an idea

   

  Here

  Something like this?

• mmyers0 478 Posts

  Fri, May 15 2015 8:16 PM

  I did it! I shot 56!

  Which means the cut will drop to 55, of course.

  The round started (OK, I restarted twice tonight) with tap-in birdies at 1 and 2. Then a 6-footer on 3, and then the closest I've ever come to a double eagle on any course. Tap it in for eagle and suddenly I realize this round might be going somewhere.

  And then I miss a 10-footer on the next hole. Hmm.

  But then a 12-foot double breaker drops on #6, and a 16-footer across the slope on #7, and then I hit this approach inside 4 feet on #8...

  ...on my third shot because I drove too far uphill and found the brush.

  Missed the ding right and had 21 feet from the fringe on 9, and couldn't hole the putt. OK. 28's pretty good, but I'd rather have a 27 and get a little breathing room for the back.

  

   

  Then I got on a roll to start the back nine. Made a fairly simple 11-footer up the hill on 10, then hit it to inside 5 feet on 11. Then hit to the back right of the green on 12 and barely kept my eagle putt inside 10 feet, but made the comeback putt across the slope. Another tap-in on 13, a 6-footer on 14, and now I'm thinking 54 is in play.

  But I missed another par 3 green to the right (came close on the pitch but didn't play enough break) and then lipped out a 6-footer from below the hole on 16. Now I've definitely got a case of nerves going to the last two...

  ...and dinged my 5 iron on 17 to 8 feet and drained the birdie. Now I figure I've got it made - I shouldn't make par on 18. Besides, TarheelsRule and fatdan gave me good advice. If I hit it a little long and right... it will crawl up the hill and stay there???

  I tapped it to the edge of the hill and it ran only 8 feet past, which I was pleased with. But on the birdie putt I wasn't sure I'd played enough break, and I missed the ding on the low side, and it banged in the left side!

  

  I felt like I was striking my irons really well. The 10.9 foot average includes the 60-footers on 12 and 18, so if my calculations are correct, I had an average of 5.2 feet for birdie. I like those odds.

  

  

  

   

• MBaggese 15,367 Posts

  Sat, May 16 2015 7:43 AM

  mmyers0:

  MBaggese:

  mmyers0:

  Again, my long irons won't stop on the lower tier of either one. The best I've done on 4 is land on the front edge and run into the rough 12 yards past the flag.

  Check my replay to get an idea

   

  Here

  Something like this?

  Keep it further to the left (i/e with your wind, leave it aimed at the stick), and take a scooch off so you land just on the green...that green doesn't want to hold the shot due to elevation, possible the high level Nikes may?...but I play the 71's.

   

  Good to see you put up a good score!

• fatdan 3,379 Posts

  Sat, May 16 2015 9:30 AM

  mmyers0:

  I did it! I shot 56!

   

  made - I shouldn't make par on 18. Besides, TarheelsRule and fatdan gave me good advice. If I hit it a little long and right... it will crawl up the hill and stay there???

  Nice round, the birdie on #7 is as good as an eagle...

  On #18 you were too far right but it still probably wouldn't have caught the slope, and that was a tough R to L wind, and I said stay a bit right because the green won't hold the shot with 7-8 yrds elevation up, nothing about long...LOL...the putt pin level and right of it is a pretty easy putt even if it's long, left isn't

  Equipment plays a big role on that hole, I always have a 3i which usually runs by the hole, or 4i which holds a little better approach on that hole...once I had a 3 wd, with the BB250 in my bag I laid it up left so I wouldn't have some ridiculously long breaking putt...

  in fact since I need the BB 250 3 wd for #8 and sometimes #12, I took the 80yd wedge out of my bag and put another 3wd(235yds) in for #4 and #18 just in case....