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Hillside On Friday.

1st tee shots ......

Some good, some bad, tight drive, fortunately down wind today.

I honestly think that its up there with open championship venues.



 
Stuart_C said:
No scores but wait til you see Oxfordcomma's video from Wallasey it's a cracker!!

On today, thanks to all who have played a part in organising the KOK and the final day its been a cracking comp.

Thanks to my playing partners today Bigfoot,Upside down and Peter Lav some of the golf was great but the company was better!

Hope all the lads who travelled far and wide have a safe journey home too.
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I concur and also many thanks to playing partners as mentioned above , nice little win on the side eh Stu ;)

Great course and the narrowest of fairways I've played on, with well positioned bunkers off the Blues, a great test in that wind today.

Very happy to shoot 3 over handicap and birdied SI 1 back into the wind :D Also finished the round with the ball I started with....
 
thanks Dave for organising, top job.
Thanks to John, Davey, robin good company, on a cracking course. Ive never played a links before and I thought there might be a bit more sea involved.

I always try to enjoy a round of golf. today, Fish made that easy.:clap:
 
What a great day it was! Well done to Dave for organising it all, he did a great job.

The course is fantastic and was a real tough test in that wind. I played a bit scratchy but managed a solid 31 points so cant be too dissapointed in that wind. Wasnt a big fan of the greens tbh, they were very slow but consistent at least :thup:

Thanks to Dave, Ben & Dave. That was real great company out there and we did well to keep going in good spirit in the conditions.

Some great stories in the clubhouse after from how everybody got in, had to spit my lager back into the glass at one point :rofl:
 
Just to echo the comments from those who've got back....firstly, great effort Dave in sorting it all and a thanks also to Mr Editor for the absolute bargain that he wingled for us, the bacon butties were sublime and the course wasn't too bad either.

getting setup for the forthcoming championship probably made it even more tough for us, with the strong wind seemingly against us all for around 12/13 holes and one foot in the rough meant a sometimes impossible hack out, it was a real test so every credit goes to winners but particular Liverbirdie who shot a net 73(ish?)...some going out there today!

Greens I thought were great; yes they could've been slicker but the consistency throughout was bang in the money and again they'll probably awaiting a cut for the championship they have coming. Birchy, you're spoilt at Bolton with those greens, really spoilt!

Thanks to my FC's Simon (hope you made it for at least half time), Colin and Paul who had a great back 9 and was a joy to watch. Really good company and the hours flew by.

Here's to the next one!

Paul, I hope you're on the road now mate and to those travelling afar, I hope the journeys haven't been too over-bearing.
 
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What a day, good run to get there this morning and traffic wasn't too bad on the way home, bonus was to get home and find the missus had done me a roast dinner as well.

Great company and great banter in our group, never imagined at the start of the day that I would climb a couple of mountains looking for balls :rofl:what a lovely course, back 9 is something else, the wind was punishing and I surprised myself by having 32 points :D

Couldnt get the greens at all, I thought they was painfully slow and I 3 putted a fair few times :angry:. I think it must be the slowest round of golf I have ever played :eek:

Well done to all the regional winners and well done to the overall winner, Big well done to Dave for the work for today and an big thanks to Mike Harris for speaking to Hillside to get us on for £50.
 
Another great GM day at Hillside. No rain to speak of but a bit too much wind !!

Many thanks to Peter Lav,Upsidedown and Stuart C for their great company and putting up with my poor golf. Many thanks to Dave for organising and to GM for sorting out everything at Hillside. Many thanks too - to Hillside GC, who set up a very tough course.

Congrats to Jimbob for winning.

Hope to get to try again some day.
 
whoever laid out those fairway bunkers knows what he is doing! really tricky!


the greens were well designed with some nice slopes and false fronts but were in dire need of a cut/roll ! im blaming that for my worst putting performance in a long time! I even had a 4 putt today. note to self, don't use the back of a mallet putter. it doesn't work! putt for birdie ended up double bogey. :o yikes.
 
I'm home, eventually.

Long shift out there but loved it.

Good job ball those involved in organising, thanks for your efforts.

A few things

Podge, good to see yellow is still in style

Gaz, your da's trousers look great

Stu, nice to see you make one without calling off ;)

Rick, Ben and Robin thanks for coming to Wallasey and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Special mention to big Adey, best of luck mate and don't be a stranger
 
Just got back........exhausted, physically and mentally......long day.....great, great course....but that wind......wow!!!

Well done Dave for organising...amazing job mate.....

Thanks for the invite to Wallasey Martin, cracking course!! :thup:

I guarantee when OxfordComma posts the video of the "incident" on the 17th at Wallasey there won't be a dry eye on the forum......warning....before watching it, make sure you aren't drinking anything which when spat out could ruin your PC.... :rofl:

Well done today Jimbob......gutted to lose by 1 shot considering I had a 9 & 2x7's....... :o

Thanks to my playing partners today.....top blokes. Great seeing old and new faces

Will post some piccies later.....
 
Sounds like everyone had a great day.. Gutted I missed it, but I'm still at work now and have been since lunchtime.. Oh well, only another 4 hours to do now...:( :D
 
Finally im home,absolutely shattered but need to calm my blood pressure down.
Bloody traffic and 50 mile per hour zones,i believe this unfortunately will be my last
long haul.

Would like to start by saying well done to everyone who did there part organising this
event from start to finish,especially Dave.
IMO this event was a great success for a first time effort.
My playing partners for the day I couldn't have asked for a nicer bunch.
Congrats to James on the victory,it really was nip and tuck between you,me and Rick till
the 14th and then you and Rick at the end.
Rick 7 7 I will leave it there.
Great to meet Podgster a true gent.
Dressed in bright yellow and madder than a box of frogs,in fact you were like a budgie on speed,
and eye sight like a hawk.
One thing I learnt from today and I think Rick felt the same we both have mental issues.
James just needs anger management councelling,total nuts,lmao.
Heres to next year if its down south.
Adey good luck in California,make it work bud.
 
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnd breeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeathe!

What a great couple of days in fantastic company.

I'll post a full write-up and results tomorrow. In the meantime, thanks a million to those who took part today and throughout the competition and I hope everyone makes it home safe.

I'm delighted to announce that the Official King of Kings 2014 is jimbob.someroo. A fantastic showing from a gifted golfer and all-round nice guy. I hope he has enough shelf space for all of those medals.

Huge congratulations also to Liverbirdie on scooping the Best of the Rest trophy and overall best round of the day. Absolutely solid golf, sir.
 
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