sawtooth
Tour Winner
Have you played a round with him?
Official Thread: William HUnt Trilby Tour 2012
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Have you played a round with him?
rickg
Money List Winner
Got some new photos from the day at Frilford Heath
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
I'm assuming the first one was taken as you added your score up coming off the 9th green Rick?????
If it's any consolation at all, I did exactly the same at Hankley Common last year in their Open.
Three days after shooting 2 x 41 point rounds at Cooden I had high hopes. Made 9 points on the front 9, and was totally dejected. Didn't even think I was going to make 20 points in total but rallied to score 15 on the back (I think) to finish with 23. I wasn't last. But I was pee'd right off!
rickg
Money List Winner
I know Smiffy.........I had a good feeling beforehand....especially as I beat Murph 6&5 in the warm up round the day before...........stupid game.................
boosh
Assistant Pro
I'm playing this year at rockcliffe and I'm wondering what's the score with hcp certificate, is an official club one enough or do you have to take the one they send out ?
bladeplayer
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And you wonder why he gave you duff yardages & putt lines ha ... payback is a beeeeeech
rickg
Money List Winner
club one is fine as long as it is on Club headed paper or has the club stamp on it. Also make sure whoever signs it writes their position down.
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Yeah I have, one of my mates is very friendly with him. He even paid my green fee, top bloke!
sawtooth
Tour Winner
Hi Rick did they relax this then? Because TT underlined the importance of using their template or the handicap cert will not be accepted.
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The Trilby Tour handicap certificate template is the only form of handicap certificate Trilby Tour will be accepting for Regional Championships and the Grand Final in 2012. "
sawtooth
Tour Winner
Played at Caversham Heath in the TT yesterday, drove the ball really well but the flat stick didnt want to play ball. I finished with 30pts off 7 which was not a bad effort, a shaky 13 pts going out and 17 coming home. By the time I had left 36 pts was winning and 33pts was good enough to make the top 10. Getting closer so hopefully next year to make it 3rd time lucky.
I 3 stabbed 5 times which was my only regret in what was otherwise another very enjoyable TT day.
I 3 stabbed 5 times which was my only regret in what was otherwise another very enjoyable TT day.
Scazza
Head Pro
Just been issued my tee time for The Buckinghamshire that takes place 2 weeks today!
8am.
That means being at the course at registerting by 7am and on the tee at 7.40am to avoid DQ.
Thank god I am staying over night only 10 miles away from the course!
8am.
That means being at the course at registerting by 7am and on the tee at 7.40am to avoid DQ.
Thank god I am staying over night only 10 miles away from the course!
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
Well, I managed to succeed in my efforts to......
.......not get on TV wearing a stupid hat and a pink shirt!!
It was ridiculously hot even early in the morning and with not a lot of breeze either. Felt sorry for my mate caddying.
I hit the ball not too bad but just couldn't chip or putt to save my life. I'm not even going to try to recall how many 3 putts I had.
How'd you do Scazza?
.......not get on TV wearing a stupid hat and a pink shirt!!
It was ridiculously hot even early in the morning and with not a lot of breeze either. Felt sorry for my mate caddying.
I hit the ball not too bad but just couldn't chip or putt to save my life. I'm not even going to try to recall how many 3 putts I had.
How'd you do Scazza?
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
Almost forgot... I had 21pts.
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
Bad luck. I had hoped Rick might have inspired you to better things.
Like that was ever going to happen.
Thanks for Monday though. Enjoyed it. Had forgotten how nice the Bucks is.
Scazza
Head Pro
Lets start at the beginning shall we?! I apologise for the long read, but I have a lot to say about my round! 1st of all, my main aim was for 32/33 points.
Well my day started with a 5am alarm. Left the Travelodge in Windsor and arrived at The Buckinghamshire GC at around 6.15am.
Me & my caddie went into reception & signed in. He collected his boiler suit & hat, whilst I picked up my bag, name plate, trilby hat as well as 2 breakfast & 2 lunch vouchers.
Headed back to the car to put all my gear into the the new golf bag & changed in to my golf shoes. Headed to the putting green for 30 minutes to get used to the greens as there was still some due about!
After putting we headed to get our bacon roll which we took over to the practice grounds. A guy dressed in Trilby Tour official wear was there handing out free basket of nike practice balls to which I spent 45 minutes hitting every club in the bag. I was striking the ball very well, probably the best I have in a long time!
The 1st tee time was at 7am and around 7.15am, the main man him self, William Hunt come strolling over to the practice grounds and asked if we all knew that we had to be on the tee 2 minutes before your tee time as he has already DQ'd one player for being 1 minute late!
Baring this in mind I headed over to the 10th tee (our 1st) at 7.30am.
Now, I was baffled at what happened next. The group in front became a 2 ball because their 3rd guy didn't turn up. 7.40am came around and only 1 guy from my tee time had turned up. So by 7.45am there was 1 DQ for lateness and 2 more DQ's for people not turning up at all! They pay all this money to just not turn up?!
Any way, to the 1st tee, I am called and they announce that it is my 1st Trilby Tour event. I wasn't nervous at all until this point now. Luckily I hit a decent ball which I tugged slightly left and in to the rough (which I must say was brutal for cut rough!). I left myself 167 yards in to the green which I hit a 6 iron about 10 yards short. I hit a poor chip & left myself a 20 footer, which I ended up 3 putting for 0 points. Not the start I wanted.
The next hole I managed to pull a shot back with a birdie. I must say playing off 5 was tough!
I then went par, bogey, par for a total of 6 points which made me 1 over my handicap.
I got to the 6th (15th hole) and pulled my tee shot left in the sand which I managed to get out and leave myself 110 yards. Unfortunately I miss clubbed and came up short in to the sand, got it out and 2 putted. Another blob.
I then made another par on the 7th which took me to 11 points.
The 8th was stroke index 2, a 470 yard up hill par 4, which I great drive and a very good hybrid which left me 10 yards short of the green! I chipped up to 4ft and held the putt for 3 points!
Back to 2 over my handicap in with a great shot to make a decent 16 points on the front 9.
The 9th is a very simple straight forward Par 5. I hit a great drive and a 6 iron to leave me middle of the fairway with 97 yards to the pin. Out comes my 56 degree which I tug slightly right and end up long in the bunker. The wheels came off here as the bunker had no sand, just dust & I thinned a 60 degree wedge 20 yards over the green. I duff a chip, then chip the 2nd one to 4ft and hold the putt for another blob!
Out in 14 points and not in very good mood after 3 blobs in 9 holes!
10th (par 5) tee I snap hook a drive left but managed to get away with it and just find the rough around the corner. I hit a 5 wood, then 9 iron to 12 feet & 2 putt for 3 points.
I then make a par on 11 & 12 to get me to 21 points after 12.
13th I stick my drive into another fairway bunker & I am left with 220 to the green, it's a shot hole & I take the hybrid on. Great strike and get within 15 yards of the green. I chip up to 8ft but miss the putt and walk away with 2 points.
I then par the 14th for 2 points.
The 15th, I cut the driver out right and in to the crap. I play a provisional but find my 1st, it's not pretty and have to hack it out on to the fairway. I knock a 52 degree wedge in to 12 ft but miss the putt. I hole the one back and salvage a point.
So I'm now 26 points through 15 holes. I'm thinking 3 nett pars and I have 32 points.
I make bogey up the 16th which is SI 1 for 2 points and walk on to the 17th thinking, play safe, walk away with a par for 2 points and you are in great shape. I don't take on the water with the driver, I hit the 5 wood down the right......too much. It cuts in to the trees. I then take the driver out for a provisional and hit a pealer 15 yards right of the green. I don't find my 1st ball and I fail to make an up & down for a point. I'm fuming and have blown my chance.
I par the 18th which meant I parred all 4 par 3s out there which I was pleased with as the shortest was 177 yards.
So I end up with 30 points and I'm in 3rd place for the moment. It took 5 hours to get round & the later groups were going to have longer rounds!
I knew it wasn't going to be good enough, but as more groups came in, I stayed in the top 10. 20 groups were in and I was Tied 4th.
20 groups came in and I was tied 6th.
There were some good stores through 12/15 holes but people were falling short on the last 3.
It was now 6.30pm and there were 6 groups still to come in and I was still tied 7th. I had been waiting since 1pm however when group 34 came in, someone shot 32 points which bumped the 4 of us with 30 points to tied 8th. In Group 36 & 37 out of 39 there were 2 players through 15 with 31 points so it meant we were knocked out of the Top 10.
Found out today that 31 points made the Top 10. Gutted to of missed out by 1 point! The 4 blobs will haunt me! However for the 14 holes I scored on I was 2 under my 3/4 handicap of 5!
It was nice to have my name up on that leader board for a good 5 hours and throughout the day! Hopefully that'll get my name in to the Sky Sports show when they give updates of the leader board!
I will say, next year I hope they spell my surname right! They had it correct on the score board, but incorrect on the leader board and more importantly incorrect on my name plate for my bag
I will mention that a player shot 8 points and another shot 6 points, how I really do not know!
The day was great, I had a great time, I love the bag that we were given and I will be entering next year to hopefully make that Top 10!
Well my day started with a 5am alarm. Left the Travelodge in Windsor and arrived at The Buckinghamshire GC at around 6.15am.
Me & my caddie went into reception & signed in. He collected his boiler suit & hat, whilst I picked up my bag, name plate, trilby hat as well as 2 breakfast & 2 lunch vouchers.
Headed back to the car to put all my gear into the the new golf bag & changed in to my golf shoes. Headed to the putting green for 30 minutes to get used to the greens as there was still some due about!
After putting we headed to get our bacon roll which we took over to the practice grounds. A guy dressed in Trilby Tour official wear was there handing out free basket of nike practice balls to which I spent 45 minutes hitting every club in the bag. I was striking the ball very well, probably the best I have in a long time!
The 1st tee time was at 7am and around 7.15am, the main man him self, William Hunt come strolling over to the practice grounds and asked if we all knew that we had to be on the tee 2 minutes before your tee time as he has already DQ'd one player for being 1 minute late!
Baring this in mind I headed over to the 10th tee (our 1st) at 7.30am.
Now, I was baffled at what happened next. The group in front became a 2 ball because their 3rd guy didn't turn up. 7.40am came around and only 1 guy from my tee time had turned up. So by 7.45am there was 1 DQ for lateness and 2 more DQ's for people not turning up at all! They pay all this money to just not turn up?!
Any way, to the 1st tee, I am called and they announce that it is my 1st Trilby Tour event. I wasn't nervous at all until this point now. Luckily I hit a decent ball which I tugged slightly left and in to the rough (which I must say was brutal for cut rough!). I left myself 167 yards in to the green which I hit a 6 iron about 10 yards short. I hit a poor chip & left myself a 20 footer, which I ended up 3 putting for 0 points. Not the start I wanted.
The next hole I managed to pull a shot back with a birdie. I must say playing off 5 was tough!
I then went par, bogey, par for a total of 6 points which made me 1 over my handicap.
I got to the 6th (15th hole) and pulled my tee shot left in the sand which I managed to get out and leave myself 110 yards. Unfortunately I miss clubbed and came up short in to the sand, got it out and 2 putted. Another blob.
I then made another par on the 7th which took me to 11 points.
The 8th was stroke index 2, a 470 yard up hill par 4, which I great drive and a very good hybrid which left me 10 yards short of the green! I chipped up to 4ft and held the putt for 3 points!
Back to 2 over my handicap in with a great shot to make a decent 16 points on the front 9.
The 9th is a very simple straight forward Par 5. I hit a great drive and a 6 iron to leave me middle of the fairway with 97 yards to the pin. Out comes my 56 degree which I tug slightly right and end up long in the bunker. The wheels came off here as the bunker had no sand, just dust & I thinned a 60 degree wedge 20 yards over the green. I duff a chip, then chip the 2nd one to 4ft and hold the putt for another blob!
Out in 14 points and not in very good mood after 3 blobs in 9 holes!
10th (par 5) tee I snap hook a drive left but managed to get away with it and just find the rough around the corner. I hit a 5 wood, then 9 iron to 12 feet & 2 putt for 3 points.
I then make a par on 11 & 12 to get me to 21 points after 12.
13th I stick my drive into another fairway bunker & I am left with 220 to the green, it's a shot hole & I take the hybrid on. Great strike and get within 15 yards of the green. I chip up to 8ft but miss the putt and walk away with 2 points.
I then par the 14th for 2 points.
The 15th, I cut the driver out right and in to the crap. I play a provisional but find my 1st, it's not pretty and have to hack it out on to the fairway. I knock a 52 degree wedge in to 12 ft but miss the putt. I hole the one back and salvage a point.
So I'm now 26 points through 15 holes. I'm thinking 3 nett pars and I have 32 points.
I make bogey up the 16th which is SI 1 for 2 points and walk on to the 17th thinking, play safe, walk away with a par for 2 points and you are in great shape. I don't take on the water with the driver, I hit the 5 wood down the right......too much. It cuts in to the trees. I then take the driver out for a provisional and hit a pealer 15 yards right of the green. I don't find my 1st ball and I fail to make an up & down for a point. I'm fuming and have blown my chance.
I par the 18th which meant I parred all 4 par 3s out there which I was pleased with as the shortest was 177 yards.
So I end up with 30 points and I'm in 3rd place for the moment. It took 5 hours to get round & the later groups were going to have longer rounds!
I knew it wasn't going to be good enough, but as more groups came in, I stayed in the top 10. 20 groups were in and I was Tied 4th.
20 groups came in and I was tied 6th.
There were some good stores through 12/15 holes but people were falling short on the last 3.
It was now 6.30pm and there were 6 groups still to come in and I was still tied 7th. I had been waiting since 1pm however when group 34 came in, someone shot 32 points which bumped the 4 of us with 30 points to tied 8th. In Group 36 & 37 out of 39 there were 2 players through 15 with 31 points so it meant we were knocked out of the Top 10.
Found out today that 31 points made the Top 10. Gutted to of missed out by 1 point! The 4 blobs will haunt me! However for the 14 holes I scored on I was 2 under my 3/4 handicap of 5!
It was nice to have my name up on that leader board for a good 5 hours and throughout the day! Hopefully that'll get my name in to the Sky Sports show when they give updates of the leader board!
I will say, next year I hope they spell my surname right! They had it correct on the score board, but incorrect on the leader board and more importantly incorrect on my name plate for my bag
I will mention that a player shot 8 points and another shot 6 points, how I really do not know!
The day was great, I had a great time, I love the bag that we were given and I will be entering next year to hopefully make that Top 10!
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G1BB0
Money List Winner
unlucky scazza, sounds like a bit of a mixed round all told.
I may enter myself next year if I can chop my h/c a bit more
I may enter myself next year if I can chop my h/c a bit more
D
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I missed out by 1 point at Frilford as well Scazza. I had a crap front 9, my caddie said to me on the 10th tee that a level par back 9 would get me in. He was right, only problem was I was 1 over for the back 9 
I enjoyed the day out but I won't be entering again, it is too much of a mickey mouse event to take it seriously. I know it is designed for TV but just seems a bit silly that someone can shoot the best score of the day and not end up winning the event.
Good luck if you enter again next year, I won't be as there are only so many retro tour bags a guy needs :rofl:
I enjoyed the day out but I won't be entering again, it is too much of a mickey mouse event to take it seriously. I know it is designed for TV but just seems a bit silly that someone can shoot the best score of the day and not end up winning the event.
Good luck if you enter again next year, I won't be as there are only so many retro tour bags a guy needs :rofl:
Scazza
Head Pro
Cheers guys!
G1BBO, I am sure you'll get that h/c chopped in time!
drive4show, it's gutting isn't it! I voiced my opinion about how it's set up on twitter last night and I had a a lot of people agree with me.
Whilst waiting, Mr Hunt kept going on about how good it was that the TT didn't have count back and used the shootout instead. I think the shoot out is a joke and it's the reason why I had to hang about. I knew 30 pts wouldnt get me in the playoff, but had a chance of Top 10 or a Shoot out. If they have count back I could of gone home and they would of contacted me to let me know if I had made it!
I am one of the people who has mixed emotions about the Playoff, yes I do agree that if someone shoots 38 points to be 1st, but then has to play off against 3 others who may of shot 35 points for example, it is hard to take if you lose the playoff. But then the event is designed for TV so needs something to make it more exciting.
G1BBO, I am sure you'll get that h/c chopped in time!
drive4show, it's gutting isn't it! I voiced my opinion about how it's set up on twitter last night and I had a a lot of people agree with me.
Whilst waiting, Mr Hunt kept going on about how good it was that the TT didn't have count back and used the shootout instead. I think the shoot out is a joke and it's the reason why I had to hang about. I knew 30 pts wouldnt get me in the playoff, but had a chance of Top 10 or a Shoot out. If they have count back I could of gone home and they would of contacted me to let me know if I had made it!
I am one of the people who has mixed emotions about the Playoff, yes I do agree that if someone shoots 38 points to be 1st, but then has to play off against 3 others who may of shot 35 points for example, it is hard to take if you lose the playoff. But then the event is designed for TV so needs something to make it more exciting.
rickg
Money List Winner
Transferred this from annother text as I had taken it off topic...
Paul LLewellyn won the Frilford heath event that was televised on Sky sports last night. It's where I played my event in May.
Region was asking me what he played off........
He was off 10 this year...........he was off 13 last year when he won at the oxfordshire.
He's currently off 5.8.........
he had a 3 over gross in the club champs on Aug 18th to take him to 8.8
he then won the Captains stableford with 41 points to take him to 7.8.
Looks like he then had an ESR to get him to 5.8.
Seems like the handicap finally caught up with him, but not before he bagged 2 trilby Tour titles and the Matchplay Championship in Dubai this year ( where he fended of James Voce into 2nd place)
This was from the local Tamworth paper ....makes me laugh...
"Llewellyn won the men's singles title by ten shots from James Voce with 113 points, despite the latter firing an impressive 43 points (gross 68) in the final round.
Talented golfer Llewellyn then went on to cap a fine week by securing victory at a successful Trilby Tour event at Frilford Heath Golf Club.
Llewellyn, who was also the 2011 Oxfordshire champion, retained the title after a sudden death play-off."
Paul LLewellyn won the Frilford heath event that was televised on Sky sports last night. It's where I played my event in May.
Region was asking me what he played off........
He was off 10 this year...........he was off 13 last year when he won at the oxfordshire.
He's currently off 5.8.........
he had a 3 over gross in the club champs on Aug 18th to take him to 8.8
he then won the Captains stableford with 41 points to take him to 7.8.
Looks like he then had an ESR to get him to 5.8.
Seems like the handicap finally caught up with him, but not before he bagged 2 trilby Tour titles and the Matchplay Championship in Dubai this year ( where he fended of James Voce into 2nd place)
This was from the local Tamworth paper ....makes me laugh...
"Llewellyn won the men's singles title by ten shots from James Voce with 113 points, despite the latter firing an impressive 43 points (gross 68) in the final round.
Talented golfer Llewellyn then went on to cap a fine week by securing victory at a successful Trilby Tour event at Frilford Heath Golf Club.
Llewellyn, who was also the 2011 Oxfordshire champion, retained the title after a sudden death play-off."
