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The most incredible game on Cabo(not)

• mantis0014 8,946 Posts

  Fri, Nov 25 2011 1:52 AM

  Playing Cabo 18hole R/Go...    I was -8 after 6 holes..  Bird, Eagle, Bird(chip stopped 2 inches short for eagle), Eagle, Bird, Bird.

  Hit the tee shot into bunker on the 7th, it looked good off the tee too.. hit out and ball went 10ft past hole and a big curler coming back... 2 putted for bogey...hmmm.

  -7 after 7holes... scramble a par on the 8th... Bogey the 9th, bogey the 10th and the 11th...grrrrrrr

  I was fuming, my hairs were standing on end... the cat bolted outside in terror.... what a shambles....lol... ended the game with -8... what a headcase I am....lol.

  Typical blasted golf, once you start getting angry at how your playing, the whole game is shot to pieces .....lol and what a waste of a fantastic start...hmmm

  -Roger

• ForrestLeigh 264 Posts

  Fri, Nov 25 2011 10:54 AM

  mantis0014:

  Playing Cabo 18hole R/Go...    I was -8 after 6 holes..  Bird, Eagle, Bird(chip stopped 2 inches short for eagle), Eagle, Bird, Bird.

  Hit the tee shot into bunker on the 7th, it looked good off the tee too.. hit out and ball went 10ft past hole and a big curler coming back... 2 putted for bogey...hmmm.

  -7 after 7holes... scramble a par on the 8th... Bogey the 9th, bogey the 10th and the 11th...grrrrrrr

  I was fuming, my hairs were standing on end... the cat bolted outside in terror.... what a shambles....lol... ended the game with -8... what a headcase I am....lol.

  Typical blasted golf, once you start getting angry at how your playing, the whole game is shot to pieces .....lol and what a waste of a fantastic start...hmmm

  -Roger

  lol yes where does it go, one moment you're 'in the zone' the next hole the 'zone' is in the next country, I guess (no consolation of course) we've all got these stories, but thanks for yours, you've probably got a lot of empathy out there

   

• mantis0014 8,946 Posts

  Fri, Nov 25 2011 12:34 PM

  Now that I've calmed down, I can have a little laugh at it...lol.... Toady is another day, all good I hope, but that trick never works...lo.l I'm starting to get in that zone alot more now. Getting a bit scary...lol

  -Roger

• Astondb5 33 Posts

  Wed, Nov 28 2012 7:47 AM

  I love Cabo but today I had a shocker. I had an eagle putt on the first par 5, I was one under. I like birdieing the first, gives you a good feeling. Not to tricky the putt, downhill but a possibility. Forgot to change the meter and putted off the green. Fought back to be 6 under at the turn. Forget to change the meter speed again and I gave up. On the last and this is a shocker. Above the hole. 9 ft downhill. 7 inches down hill. gave it 1.6 on the meter and it ended up 21 feet below the hole. I don t know why but since I turned legend I am forgetting the change the meter an awful lot. Maybe WGT can flash up a warning on the screen, 25ft, 25 ft, 25 ft etc

• tiffer67 1,764 Posts

  Wed, Nov 28 2012 7:30 PM

  Cabo can be a cruel companion or an eagle hunters dream depending on your concentration. Yesterday I missed a 1.8 foot putt for birdie....yes you read right, 1.8 feet on the 2nd. I hit it in, thought that's stiff, never even looked at the break and just hit it. I then proceeded to miss 2 other 4 footers before driving the 11th and  after taking an age to work out the line I didn't change down from the 50 foot scale and putted it 24 feet past, lol.

  To top it off I did my usual on 18 in that my approach finished pin high and then the 5.5 feet putt went 21 feet. In all 3x3putts and two 4/5 feet putts for bird missed. I finished the round with a 58 and thought........if only. Cabo is great fun to play though :)

• mantis0014 8,946 Posts

  Wed, Nov 28 2012 10:55 PM

  1st hole is one of the hardest holes to Bird.  I also have missed a 1.8ft putt on the 2nd hole.

  Cabo is very enjoyable.

  Which brings the question to mind....   Why is it enjoyable?

  I think because you can shoot alot of Birds and Eagles....  You can drive some of the Holes and off the shorter Tees with a good wind you can get that 400+ drive off the rocks on one of the Holes.

  -Roger

• nanstar 4,914 Posts

  Thu, Nov 29 2012 12:00 AM

  Love 'em or loathe 'em, Cabo & Whistler are fun, they're something different.

  I'd love to see both of these courses made available to play (preferably free, or perhaps at reduced cost) in Country Clubs.

  ~ Nan ~

• Lizard69 2,006 Posts

  Thu, Nov 29 2012 12:50 AM

  mantis0014:

  1st hole is one of the hardest holes to Bird.  I also have missed a 1.8ft putt on the 2nd hole.

  Cabo is very enjoyable.

  Which brings the question to mind....   Why is it enjoyable?

  I think because you can shoot alot of Birds and Eagles....  You can drive some of the Holes and off the shorter Tees with a good wind you can get that 400+ drive off the rocks on one of the Holes.

  -Roger

  If I ever find myself in a situation like that, I get up, go outside, make some coffee, have a smoke, stroke the cat etc etc and then come back and pretend like I don't really give a toss,

  I did that exact thing when I shot my 26 coz my nerves were all over the place when I found myself -6 after 5 holes lol (As hard as I tried, I couldn't get myself to "not give a toss") and trembled my way to the end..

  Nice story, I wish that streak could have continued for you but it's those exact type of rounds that keep us coming back for more :-)

  Andrew

• tcz7149 536 Posts

  Thu, Nov 29 2012 2:01 AM

  nanstar:

  Love 'em or loathe 'em, Cabo & Whistler are fun, they're something different.

  I'd love to see both of these courses made available to play (preferably free, or perhaps at reduced cost) in Country Clubs.

  ~ Nan ~

  And here I thought I was the only one who missed those putts.