slicer79
Challenge Tour Pro
I'm Irish and I've never heard of that club. I think he was a member in Ardee in Louth previously. The trilby tour is turning into a joke from what I've seen this year
Official Thread: William HUnt Trilby Tour 2012
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I'm Irish and I've never heard of that club. I think he was a member in Ardee in Louth previously. The trilby tour is turning into a joke from what I've seen this year
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I'd love to think so too chris but it is going from strength to strength. Next year is already sold out despite increasing the cost to £275. Smug Will is laughing all the way to the bank!
chrisd
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slicer79
Challenge Tour Pro
What makes it a joke is when the winning guys come back with higher handicaps a year later. You wouldn't need Sherlock Holmes to figure out what's happening there.
walshawwhippet
Assistant Pro
If these people wish to pay £275 for probably only one game, and the dubious privilege of looking a right knob on telly good look to them. After all a fool and his money and all that.
The amount of knobbers wishing to play in this joke series never ceases to amaze.
bladeplayer
Money List Winner
Never heard tell of it , neither has google , must be misprint id say , theres a T Muldoon listed in Ardee GC on HDID @ 16 ... its peculiar because it says in the menbers list
T muldoon 16 AWAY but at the top it says home club Ardee .. ??
bladeplayer
Money List Winner
The amount of knobbers wishing to play in this joke series never ceases to amaze.
GEE thanks Alan
, you just crushed last feeling i had left 
, i was hoping there was an irish one this year, couldnt get an answer from Trilby Tour so didnt pay up .. lucky eh
6inchcup
Journeyman Pro
the whole thing is a con,people with no h/c playing and made up higher h/c certs,look at some from last year 12 h/c drove the ball like a pro spun the ball on the greens and putted like dave pelz,an expensive waste of money.
cookelad
Tour Winner
£275 entry fee???? You could play 10+ opens at decent tracks for that - still the risk of banditry anywhere but at least at £20-25 you don't feel like someones shot your dog when you get told the winning score is 49 points!
Birchy
Money List Winner
£275 quid to get robbed by some bandits live on tv and you have to wear a stupid hat that makes you look an even bigger plank. I just dont get it at all.
For £275 there is so many better golf experiences out there its unreal the amount of people that play in it.
For £275 there is so many better golf experiences out there its unreal the amount of people that play in it.
Airlie_Andy
Challenge Tour Pro
Not sure there is a great deal of banditry going on? Top score on the day tends to be around the 36 points mark with qualifying scores as low as 32 points and even though its 3/4 handicap that's not outrageous scoring surely? Think of the winning score at your own track each week and i bet its at least 40 points most of the time. A month ago I shot 42 points at my club and came 4th! Now I've no intention of ever playing the TT but I do quite enjoy watching it especially rogues gallery to cheer myself up about my shocking game. £250 is a lot to pay but you can't compare it to other events unless they all provide a golf bag, the caddie boiler suit and your clothes for the day (regardless of quality) as well as it being televised etc etc. As I said its not something I'm interested in but I can understand why some people enjoy it and wouldn't knock them for it.
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
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It's not that Andy..... it's that the SAME PERSON keeps getting the 40pts.
Trilby Tour is for knobs easily parted from their cash.... apart from RickG of course!
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It's not that Andy..... it's that the SAME PERSON keeps getting the 40pts.
Trilby Tour is for knobs easily parted from their cash.... apart from RickG of course!
njc1973
Head Pro
It does seem to be the same names cropping up with the same handicaps yet shooting 36 points off 3/4 of their handicaps on a course they've only played once or twice which is set up as tough as they can make it, I'd be overjoyed to shoot anywhere near 30 points.
Maybe they just train to peak at that exact time each year like the Olympic athletes?
Maybe they just train to peak at that exact time each year like the Olympic athletes?
rickg
Money List Winner
the only thing I'm knocking about it is the serial winners which in my opinion should be outed for what they are.
I have absolutely no problem with the cost, the clothing, the TV, the set up, the courses used, William Hunt himself, etc etc etc.
I even love the fact that people get DQ'd for being late on the tee. You get told what time your tee off is, you get told (many many times) what time you have to be on the tee, you get told what will happen if you are late on the tee.........if you are then late on the tee, then in my opinion you deserve to be DQ'd. it's just one of the things that adds to the nervous tension on the day and what makes it stand out.
I've played in it 3 times, and will continue to enter. I love it!!
Everyone that enters has an official handicap. You have to present your H/c cert at registration. You have to tell them what club you are a member of when you enter. There is no one playing in that doesn't have a handicap, or a made up handicap.
The issue is that obviously some of those handicaps are not accurately reflecting the players ability and some have clearly been "massaged"........it is this that I have a problem with.
A lot of people have seen this on tv and passed judgement on the people that enter and there are some on here who are plain talking out of their backside. What some people see as extortionate, others see as good value. We are all allowed opinions and I have no issue with anyone who thinks that Trilby hats look ridiculous........I happen to agree with them, but it won't stop me entering.
I also know that I am unlikely to win it with a genuine handicap, but it won't stop me entering. I just wish they would do something about the obvious minority of entrants who seem to have no conscience or shame about what they are doing. The TT should at least acknowledge that this is hurting their reputation instead of celebrating these "heroes".
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I have absolutely no problem with the cost, the clothing, the TV, the set up, the courses used, William Hunt himself, etc etc etc.
I even love the fact that people get DQ'd for being late on the tee. You get told what time your tee off is, you get told (many many times) what time you have to be on the tee, you get told what will happen if you are late on the tee.........if you are then late on the tee, then in my opinion you deserve to be DQ'd. it's just one of the things that adds to the nervous tension on the day and what makes it stand out.
I've played in it 3 times, and will continue to enter. I love it!!
Everyone that enters has an official handicap. You have to present your H/c cert at registration. You have to tell them what club you are a member of when you enter. There is no one playing in that doesn't have a handicap, or a made up handicap.
The issue is that obviously some of those handicaps are not accurately reflecting the players ability and some have clearly been "massaged"........it is this that I have a problem with.
A lot of people have seen this on tv and passed judgement on the people that enter and there are some on here who are plain talking out of their backside. What some people see as extortionate, others see as good value. We are all allowed opinions and I have no issue with anyone who thinks that Trilby hats look ridiculous........I happen to agree with them, but it won't stop me entering.
I also know that I am unlikely to win it with a genuine handicap, but it won't stop me entering. I just wish they would do something about the obvious minority of entrants who seem to have no conscience or shame about what they are doing. The TT should at least acknowledge that this is hurting their reputation instead of celebrating these "heroes".
Rant over...
njc1973
Head Pro
I think it looks great and if I didn't have to add on the cost of flights ^ accomodation for me & a caddy I would definitely enter it, unfortunately as with all major handicap tournaments an ethically challenged minority of the field continue to bring into question the intergrity of the competition
Airlie_Andy
Challenge Tour Pro
According to your sig your current handicap is 6? So you would have played off 4 for the event? So if you played to your handicap of 6 you would in theory have scored 34 points? I think that most weeks that would get you in the top 10? So not out of reach if you play well on the day?
My recent thread about handicaps showed that some people regularly play at/close to there handicap whereas others often don't get near it but occasionally play a blinder. Maybe those who regularly make the playoffs are just the type that regularly play very close to handicap so will obviously have more chance of doing better than someone who has to shoot the lights out. Those 2 types of player could have exactly the same genuine handicap but the consistant player is far more likely to qualify.
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
Jaymosafehands
Challenge Tour Pro
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It's not that Andy..... it's that the SAME PERSON keeps getting the 40pts.
Trilby Tour is for knobs easily parted from their cash.... apart from RickG of course!
As long as I'm a big one!
Each to their own, I've played the last couple of years and it's a great experience. I play plenty of class courses but it's great to play in a competition set up like a pro comp - cos I'll never have the ability to play in them!!
I was always keen to play in this but didn't get in. I'm on the guaranteed list for next year but already having doubts. I do think what you get for the cash (the outfit, bag, course in pristine condition etc) does represent a reasonable value for money. Not exceptional but not a rip off either. It is the whole facade of the top players seemingly getting through with consumate ease year after year and it does smack that their figure isn't representative however they come to obtain it. It is definitely 50/50 at the moment
