Farneyman
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Thanks for the valued input.
Any money to an under funded charity or organisation is better than no money. :clap:
Dundonald Links 10th-18th October
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Thanks for the valued input.
Any money to an under funded charity or organisation is better than no money. :clap:
Jimaroid
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First off, thanks again to Fabian for the general arrangements and special thanks for picking the day's weather.
Can't really add much more to what's already been said. Dundonald is a superb course, it exceeded all expectations and there's not a single hole I didn't enjoy in some respect. Great mix of challenges and it left me with the desire to play it again immediately. That's probably the one of best value rounds of golf you're ever likely to find in Scotland. For anyone that's on the fence about it, play it now before they build a real clubhouse and triple the fees. It's a better course than Kingsbarns (same architect) by a long way and you can see that it won't be much longer before Dundonald moves further up the exclusivity ladder.
The hole placements killed me. I loved the condition of the greens but my putting was embarrassing today - I felt like I was playing relatively steady golf until I got to the greens. Missed a number of pars and a couple of birdie opportunities with laughable pace issues, four putted twice and degreened once or twice to add to the fun. Even so, I never felt robbed as the roll of the ball was always nice and true.
A good mix of skills, fun, funny and slightly unfair incidents were observed on the course but it was all done in good company and chat with Fabian, Ian and Dave.
Echo the sentiments on a charity day next year.
Finally a couple of pics. First off, it's Dave demonstrating the depth of that bunker on the 11th.
No, really, there is a tall man in there somewhere!
Lastly here's the "team bunker" on 18 that played havoc with all of our group. All except Ian that is, as despite having the worst lie up against the back of the bunker he did the sensible thing, played out sideways and was the only person to walk off with a point.
Can't really add much more to what's already been said. Dundonald is a superb course, it exceeded all expectations and there's not a single hole I didn't enjoy in some respect. Great mix of challenges and it left me with the desire to play it again immediately. That's probably the one of best value rounds of golf you're ever likely to find in Scotland. For anyone that's on the fence about it, play it now before they build a real clubhouse and triple the fees. It's a better course than Kingsbarns (same architect) by a long way and you can see that it won't be much longer before Dundonald moves further up the exclusivity ladder.
The hole placements killed me. I loved the condition of the greens but my putting was embarrassing today - I felt like I was playing relatively steady golf until I got to the greens. Missed a number of pars and a couple of birdie opportunities with laughable pace issues, four putted twice and degreened once or twice to add to the fun. Even so, I never felt robbed as the roll of the ball was always nice and true.
A good mix of skills, fun, funny and slightly unfair incidents were observed on the course but it was all done in good company and chat with Fabian, Ian and Dave.
Echo the sentiments on a charity day next year.
Finally a couple of pics. First off, it's Dave demonstrating the depth of that bunker on the 11th.
No, really, there is a tall man in there somewhere!
Lastly here's the "team bunker" on 18 that played havoc with all of our group. All except Ian that is, as despite having the worst lie up against the back of the bunker he did the sensible thing, played out sideways and was the only person to walk off with a point.
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Nothing "passive aggressive at all"
Just think having two charity golf events would be great and could see a lot of forumers travelling to play and support both if they could.
virtuocity
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My mistake. Thin the learning from this is to arrange any Scottish event with plenty of notice so that everyone can plan their holidays / weekends / budget to accommodate the events that they wish to support. Justgiving is also a great tool for those to donate to causes without attending the actual events. Hopefully the balance will be found.
Farneyman
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This was found down the side of the 6th par 3 while looking for a ball. Need to get it mounted for Calum as his trophy :rofl:
Serious weight in the head. Not sure about the shaft was it wasn't attached at the time when found.
Serious weight in the head. Not sure about the shaft was it wasn't attached at the time when found.
Farneyman
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@Jimaroid how do you get the pictures so big on the thread?
IanG
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A career in IT !
Jimaroid
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I link to them from my own server rather than add them as attachments.
Or to put it another way... Fangled technology!
Val
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Great day, great course, great company.
Cheers for organising Fabian
Cheers for organising Fabian
Farneyman
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Well done to everyone who managed to order your rolls in the club beforehand. Tricky I know but you all got the hang of it in the end. :whoo:
AMcC
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Have you tried photo bucket for loading in photos ?
Farneyman
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Jungle
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Great work Fabian!
Looks like it was a cracking day along Dundonald.
Looks like it was a cracking day along Dundonald.
Andy
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Cheers Fabian, excellent day. Course was stunning and Calum's golf was excellent.
315 yard drive on 14th left a 7 iron ooft. Different golf
315 yard drive on 14th left a 7 iron ooft. Different golf
williamalex1
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I agree but this was originally arranged as a golf mini meet . The charity aspect came up at the last minute, donations were optional likely or no likey.:ears:
Farneyman
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Cheers Fabian, excellent day. Course was stunning and Calum's golf was excellent.
315 yard drive on 14th left a 7 iron ooft. Different golf
Looking forward to a few range sessions with him over the winter. Lovely striker of a ball.
Did anyone have any side games going in their fourballs? We forgot at the start as we were so worried about our times tables :rofl:
I think the Russian scoring method was a great addition and will be something to be used again.
@daverollo - don't forget to pm your email address so I can pay for the rest of those wedges.
williamalex1
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Looking forward to a few range sessions with him over the winter. Lovely striker of a ball.
Did anyone have any side games going in their fourballs? We forgot at the start as we were so worried about our times tables :rofl:
I think the Russian scoring method was a great addition and will be something to be used again.
@daverollo - don't forget to pm your email address so I can pay for the rest of those wedges.
Yes James and I had a side bet with McBroon and Virtuocity, but James really blew it big time
:rofl:
Looks like great day out lads.
Hope to get there next time.
Were the greens hollow tined ?
Hope to get there next time.
Were the greens hollow tined ?
GreiginFife
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Not a sign of tining Patrick. So if it had been done it was done well and repaired perfectly. The greens were immaculate.
HDID Kenny
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Great write up Jim would agree with you regarding Kingsbarns, Dundonald has a consistent feel to the holes/layout never tire of playing it.
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