Dundonald Links 10th-18th October

IanG said:
Thanks for the replies. I'm very happy to go along with Fabian's suggested charity.

Cheers
Ian
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daverollo said:
Do you mean actually holing everything out then as in stroke play? so even if you couldn't score for stableford points you still mark your card?

Happy to do any side bets, especially if some charities will benefit, but as 4 balls won't this just slow play down?
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I'm teaching my 7 year how to correctly paint our garden fence :whistle:
 
Thanks for organising Farneyman, I had a great day out with McBroon, Williamalex1 and my mate James.

The course was in amazing condition, great weather today and greens were really, really tough.

I hit some good shots today, unfortunately, I hit twice as many rubbish ones to leave me, I believe, in the bottom half of the table.

Thanks again!
 
Great day at Dundoland and will certainly be back. Great course, great layout.
Some criminal pin positions today though.
Lost a ball after driving straight down the middle on the 12th, hard one to swallow when I just got a run going.
Good company with Kenny and John, my mate Trotter as well I suppose.
Some decent golf but like Virtuocity says, some bad stuff in there to leave me well down the ranks as well.

Well organised day Fabian, look forward to next year :thup:
 
Well done Fabian , super day, super course, super company.
Well done the winner with 40 points 7 points clear.
Well done me for betting him and winning a tenner :whoo:.
Well done me for removing about a ton of sand from various bunkers [ but leaving the ball behind ]:o

Good to meet some new faces, looking forward to arranging some games.:thup:
 
Had a great time, despite a misbehaving driver that was either red hot or freezing cold. Put me in some interesting positions when I could find the balls. 6 blobby blobs killed me though.

Brilliant course and condition and wouldn't hesitate to go back their again.

Big thanks to Fabian for organising, top work fella and thanks for the company to Ian and Jim as well, top chaps
 
What a day for mid-October! The Dundonald breakfast rolls lived up to their billing and no-one had a heart-attack before the 18 holes were complete. Once the morning mist cleared it was t-shirt weather all day. First time on the course for me and it certainly lived up to its billing. A succession on interesting holes, each laid out amongst the dunes. We had the good sense to play from the white tees, but it looks a ferocious test off the black tiger tees. Pretty poor scoring day for me, but hey-ho I had a good time anyway, thanks to Jimroid, Farneyman and DavidRollo. Being familiar with the course Fabian provided excellent guidance all the way round as to where to hit the ball - and sometimes he even managed to follow his own advice. Despite that, as GreginFife mentioned, there could be some penal bounces from good drive - I also lost a ball which hit the middle of the fairway - frustrating.

Overall it is a great course - maybe one to play before the get the Scottish Open there, build a fancy clubhouse and bump the prices up. The current clubhouse is a souped up portacabin, but very nicely done and perfectly serviceable. Staff were helpful and friendly. Definitely one I'd like to play again, especially if Fabian can arrange a repeat of today's weather.

A small but perfectly formed £24 donation has been made to the Anthony Nolan charity as suggested by Fabian, a 50% cut from our pick-the-winner book.

Thanks to all for a fun day.

Ian
 
IanG said:
A small but perfectly formed £24 donation has been made to the Anthony Nolan charity as suggested by Fabian, a 50% cut from our pick-the-winner book.
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Nice touch lads, well done :thup:
 
Cracking day for golf. I'm glad I bought that jumper before we went out for *cough* £60 (that's what I told Mrs McBroon). It looked nice sitting on the top of my bag all day... :rolleyes:

Great company in williamalex1, virtuocity and James, and some good patter. Dave made our only birdie of the day, Willie got his money's worth out of the bunkers and James found the wee one at the back of 10 - the one with a vertical ladder in it :eek:

Course was terrific, just a succession of very good holes, albeit you had to be pretty accurate to find the fairways. Greens were in great nick for this time of year too, although somebody must have pissed off the greenkeeper yesterday - there were some evil pins out there.

Well done to the winner. 40pts off 3 is some excellent golf today. Well done Fabian for organising. Will definitely be back if we can get it set up again next year. And thanks very much to IanG for the lift there and back :thup:

I would have said something about the golf but I wasn't playing golf today.
 
A group photo on the first tee. Dundonald Oct 15.jpg

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Anyway thanks for coming along guys. A cracking day for it and after all the scare stories about the greens beforehand. They were superb to putt on.

Results of the day.

Individual Stableford
1st Calum McK 40 £40 plus a bottle of Jura (thanks for that Jimaroid :thup:)
2nd Andy 33 £20
3rd JohnB 30

Everyone else was sub30 :o If you want me to tell you your exact score just let me know...I have all the cards here.

Results of the Russian Stableford saw our 1st and 2nd individuals places paired together, with some jiggery pokery on the toss up no doubt. They amassed a grand total of 74 points which earned them a further £10 each.

Myself and Jimaroid finished that with a faraway 57 in 2nd position. Do the owners of either the 16 or 19 Russian points want to claim them or will I shame them? :p

And a final well done to HDIDKenny for his 7th place, on countback, win of a lovely bottle of scotch!

Thanks for everyone for making the effort to attend and keep an eye out for something again next year. Can't promise the weather or the greens will be as good. :cool:
 
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Farneyman said:
A group photo on the first tee. View attachment 17229

Not sure how to attach a larger version of this??

Anyway thanks for coming along guys. A cracking day for it and after all the scare stories about the greens beforehand. They were superb to putt on.

Results of the day.

Individual Stableford
1st Calum McK 40 £40 plus a bottle of Jura (thanks for that Jimaroid :thup:)
2nd Andy 33 £20
3rd JohnB 30

Everyone else was sub30 :o If you want me to tell you your exact score just let me know...I have all the cards here.

Results of the Russian Stableford saw our 1st and 2nd individuals places paired together, with some jiggery pokery on the toss up no doubt. They amassed a grand total of 74 points which earned them a further £10 each.

Myself and Jimaroid finished that with a faraway 57 in 2nd position. Do the owners of either the 16 or 19 Russian points want to claim them or will I shame them? :p

And a final well done to HDIDKenny for his 7th place, on countback, win of a lovely bottle of scotch!

Thanks for everyone for making the effort to attend and keep an eye out for something again next year. Can't promise the weather or the greens will be as good. :cool:
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Sorry I missed the photo call, I was in the practice bunker and couldn't get out.:mad:
 
Great day out, opinion is the same as the group, course was great though the pin positions were difficult. Thanks to Daverollo for the initial invite and lift and thanks to Fabian for organizing the day. Keep me posted for any future outings, it is a great set-up with a good set of guys.
 
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