67 today and still not happy - Greedy????

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Shot a personal best 67 (4 under par) today playing round Copthorne with Craphacker - and yet I still feel like I left a few out there :D

The round included 7 birdies (1st, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 13th & 15th) All the par 5's were birdies and three of the birdies came after I had dropped shots on the previous holes (100% bounce-back-ability)

Wasted shots included - not getting up and down on the 4th, the missed 6ft eagle putt on 8, missed 3ft putt on 10, not getting up and down on the 14th, missed 10ft putt on 17 - and that's not even complaining about the bogie on the 5th after leaking a drive to the right.

I feel like I should have shot a 62 with a bogie!!!

Feckin' stooooopid game! Still can't be happy. Maybe tomorrow I'll wake up slightly pleased :D
 
Mate, that's a cracking round!!! Well done.

Where did it come from??? When I played with you in April, you were rubbish.

Smiffy said that, not me.

I thought you were good - he disagreed.....honest..... :eek:
 
Shot a personal best 67 (4 under par) today playing round Copthorne with Craphacker - and yet I still feel like I left a few out there :D

The round included 7 birdies (1st, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 13th & 15th) All the par 5's were birdies and three of the birdies came after I had dropped shots on the previous holes (100% bounce-back-ability)

Wasted shots included - not getting up and down on the 4th, the missed 6ft eagle putt on 8, missed 3ft putt on 10, not getting up and down on the 14th, missed 10ft putt on 17 - and that's not even complaining about the bogie on the 5th after leaking a drive to the right.

I feel like I should have shot a 62 with a bogie!!!

Feckin' stooooopid game! Still can't be happy. Maybe tomorrow I'll wake up slightly pleased :D
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Give that 67 to me for Sunday morning and ill be well Chuffed....Cheer up man...Your too hard on yourself......Your game gave you a little taste of how good you are going to become with the few you left behind. ;)
Well done :cool: :cool:
 
Hmmmm. Greedy? Only you know what might have been.
7 birdies is quite exceptional. Missing a 10 footer is hardly crime of the century.
I say well, well, well, jolly well done. :)
Sounds like a round of a lifetime to me.
Congratulations. Be Happy. :)
 
You say you left a few out there, but how many did you pick up out there also. Were all your birdies from 2ft and in? if not then if those ones had missed it could have been a lot worse.

Take from those little perils of wisdom what you will. Personally I would stop worrying about it and enjoy your score because even the best can't keep that score going forever.

Shark
 
Keep protecting the H/cap partner. The way I'm playing at the moment we'll need every shot we can get for the Worthing Open.

Great shooting btw. Keep taking the tablets :D :D
 
You say you left a few out there, but how many did you pick up out there also.
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I agree. I like to balance the equation. My best this season was a 5 over. 1 on the front, 4 on the back (away from home). I missed 2 really easy 6-8 footers for par in the last 4 holes. If I'd made these and played to 2, I'm sure I'd not have chipped in for birdie at the 6th. If the luck had worked out differently, I'd have been 3 over front, 2 over back.....still 5 over. You can't hole everything............ :)


Having said that.....7 birdies......my, oh my.....
 
Great scoring, don't think you're being greedy thinking about where you could have improved your score. Great confidence booster knowing that you can score even better when on your game.

Hope you have a few more good ones this year
 
Where did it come from??? When I played with you in April, you were rubbish.

Smiffy said that, not me.

I thought you were good - he disagreed.....honest..... :eek:
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LOL, I played with Smiffy 2 days ago and shot 86 - that man is a thorn in my side :D :D


How did Craphacker do? :eek: :eek: :D
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Best I've ever seen him hit the ball, we played off the back tees and in stableford he didn't blob a hole - 37pts.
 
How did Craphacker do? :eek: :eek: :D
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Best I've ever seen him hit the ball, we played off the back tees and in stableford he didn't blob a hole - 37pts.
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With 4 separate 3 putts in the first 7 holes :o

I haven't played since I came back off my hols, so I was dead chuffed with my game.

I scored 88 against a par of 71.

I managed one drive of 248 yards, into a slight headwind ( good by my standards ). I used 37 putts including those 4 three putts. I hit 14 really rather good shots.

If we had been playing matchplay I would have been happy with my game

I would have lost 7 & 6.

That pretty much says it all.

:eek:
 
Ok, I've played with Jamie a few times round Copthorne, now.

For those of you that have never played it, it is a well established course cut into woodland, 8 holes were created in the early 20th century, with the final 10 added in the 1970s. AND they are planting more fecking trees coz there aren't enough around the place already.

It's 6400 yards off the back tees, and it's tough - miss the fairway, and you're in the trees, and you have to take your medicine once you are there.

I've never before seen Jamie play really well there because he likes to hit the ball hard and far, and not worry too much about the consequences. Played like that, this course WILL bite your bum sooner or later.

He says he didn't play that well today. Borrox ! That's only because he doesn't understand that round Copthorne ( unlike, say East Sussex National ) avoiding trouble is more important that just hitting 300 yard drives all over the place. Although he managed that as well, the knob.

It was the best round I've EVER seen live, and he did it because he made very few mistakes, and putted very well with that rediculous new grip he uses nowadays.

His new GPS made a huge difference to the conviction that we both had with our approach shots.

I'm now going to bore you with the hole by hole bit, so you might want to ignore this bit, and just go to the next thread, but if you have trouble sleeping, read on.....

1 Brooklands 361 yards. Quite a wide fairway, but the green is protected by a brook directly in front of it. Jamie hit a little 5 wood, with a gentle wedge to 2 feet. Tapped in for birdie number 1. Score -1

2 Jack Horner 391 yards. A slight dogleft left. Positioning of the drive is all important. A slightly pushed drive into the trees left our hero facing his first dropped shot. Until he spotted a route through the trees, and he played a high risk low punchy shot under the branches, that forced it's way onto the green, for a nice safe two putt par. Score -1

3 Bowl 192 yards A relatively straightforward hole if you hit your iron tee shot to 7 feet. Even better once you sink the putt for birdie number 2. Score -2

4 Old Well 326 yards. Another slight dogleg, this time to the right. Driver isn't usually the shot, but it seemed the lowest risk option today. It left a flick to the green, and the birdie attempt lipped out for a tap in par. Score -2

5 Round the Bend 397 yards. Tough tough dogleg left hole, with the toughest green on the course waiting for you when you finally reach it. The 5 wood teeshot was either oversafe, or a slight push, depending on who you ask. It basically ended up in the trees with no magic escape option. A nice chip out left a wedge on, but the sloping green took the ball all the way down and off into the fringe. The next shot was a fraction light and it nearly rolled back off the green, but James sunk a very brave 10 footer to only drop one shot. Score -1

6 Broken Beech 483 yards First par 5. A 301 drive down the centre right of a pretty damn tight faiway left a 8 iron approach to a forward pin position. Another safe 2 putt for a simple birdie, on a hole that often claims a shot or two back from you. Score -2

7 Hollow Glade 187 yards The back pin position left a shot to the pin of 190 yards, but at the narrowest part of the green. After much discussion our hero decided to do as he was told, and play the safer 6 iron shot to the centre of the green to leave a difficult birdie chance, but a safe par. Score -2

8 Risk 'n' Hope 484 yards The encroaching trees make this straightaway par 5 play like another slight dogleg. The brook 100 yards short of the green is in a dip that collects far too many second shots. The tough, sloping green is protected by two large bunkers if anyone is tempted to attck the green in two. Jamie hit a big enough drive to leave another short iron approach. A sweet swing to 10 feet left a dangerous downhill, cross green eagle putt which was so fast that any attempt to race the putt could have left a longer putt back. A finessed putt to the edge of the hole left another tap in birdie. Score -3

9 Braids Best 438 yards SI one. There is a ditch crossing the fairway 250 yards from the tee. Make it a dogleft right, let the trees encroach, and you have another tough hole. 4 wood under the trees, 4 iron to keep the ball down, and a couple of putts from 25 yards make the hole look reasonably easy. Score -3

<u>Out in 33 shots</u>

10 Crooked Brook 350 yards Short hole with placement off the tee being all important. The slightest overhit snuggles under the branches to complicate Jamie's second shot. This is another green protected by the brook, and it proved impossible to keep the ball under the branches, carry the brook, pitch onto and hold the green. The ball bounded through and ended up in some clumpy rough behind the green. A beatifully perfect chip out ended up pin high with a very makeable putt for par. The first sign of human frailty meant the 6 foot putt was missed, and another bogey reared it's head. Score -2

11 Goose Neck 392 yards. Dogleg right, with the fairway falling away to the left. A drive over the dogleg unfeasably pitched left into the rough. A wedge left a another makeable 12 foot putt for par. But would our hero collapse after missed a putt on the last green? No hope. The ball was perfect pace to drop in the side door of the hole. Score -3

12 Atop the Bank 156 yards. Oooops. The first truly bad shot of the day. A topped shot left the ball short of the green. A chip to 8 feet, and a brave, wellstruck putt saw the ball charge into the hole for a dramatic parsaver. Score -3

13 Lakeside 482 yards. Slightly overdrawn teeshot into the trees. A strange 5 iron emerged with enough topspin to bound down the fairway. The chip was a fraction heavy leaving a long birdie putt. Which was dead centre of the cup all the way. Score -4

14 Rowfants Edge 396 yards. SI 2. A draw is needed off the tee. James hit a 5 wood to leave a full wedge in. It crawled just left of the geen to leave a reasonable chip and putt. The chip checked on it's second bounce, but drifted on a little more than was anticipated, leaving a longer putt back than was comfortable. Unfortunately it didn't drop, and another shot was gone. Score -3

15 Sandy Oaks 180 yards. A 7 iron to the heart of the green left an outside birdie chance. The put was long, and slightly overhit. But dead straight! The ball thumped into the back of the cup, jumped 10 inches into the air, and dived back into the cup, like a rabbit seeing Elmur Fudd on the horizon. Score -4

16 Twister 465 yards. This used to be a double dogleg par 5 apparantly, but has been slight shortened to make it a par 4, so the course par is now the same as the SSS. Another tough, tough hole - vitually impossible to us mortals. I walked off with a damn good 6 having played ping pong off the trees, James hit yet another great drive, which again settled just under a tree, leaving overhanging branches causing yet more concern. The only shot on was a huge draw around the branches. It came off, the ball bounced off the back of the bunker to leave a 15' birdie attempt. Perfect weight, but 2 inches off line. Another par. Score -4

17 Ridge 332 yards. 4 Wood down the right side left the perfect yardage for another wedge to the green. The expected check spin didn't materialise, and the ball drifted away to 12 feet or so. A good birdie attempt unfortunately failed, but another unmissable par was in the bag. Score -4

18 Fir Finish 389 yards Uphill, and into the wind. A slightly imperfect drive still ploughed through the wind to leave a tricky short iron to the green. It came up short and right into the fringe. A cross green putt with plenty of right to left turn, left a tricky 3 footer for a 67. It was never going to miss.

<u>Back in 34 shots</u>

<u>Total 67 shots !!</u>

This round was so special because
  • There was only one miracle shot that is unlikely to come off more often than not.
  • It was ALWAYS under par from the first to the 18th.
  • The course was playing tough, and wasn't giving any shots away

Congrats to Jamie on a fantastic round

 
That's fantastic scoring on what sounds like an extremely challenging course. Well played and stop being so hard on yourself. PS based on earlier posts I think you should stop playing with Smiffy!
 
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