PING Pro-Am Challenge... the lucky 10 are

Early night for me as early (ish) start in the morning...

Weather forecast has improved - should be a great day :cheers:
 
Im chilling in the hotel room already on best behaviour before tomorrow. Enjoying a shandy while the mrs watches 90210. I am currently living both rock and indeed roll...
 
Absolutely brilliant day played in great company. Good to play with PieMan and Lee (who assures me he'll get himself on the forum) with Matt Baldwin as our group's pro. A slow start as far as a pro goes but shot 31 coming back in what was a master class in approach play.

Also good to meet Grumps, Captain Ron and the other forum members that were there.

Cheers to GM and Ping for a great day.
 
Wowsers! What a fantastic day! Thanks to GM, Ping and the pro's who came out to play with us. Was fortunate enough to play with Andy Sullivan who is a top bloke. Really upbeat and funny which kept us going all the way round. Superb day!
 
That was a day and a half!!

What can I say, GM did it again, what a great event they put on. The guys from GM & Ping were fantastic hosts, and I wouldn't mind 10 minutes in the Ping Tour van with no one watching ;)

Played with Captain Iron (or fore right as he will now be known), Tom and Andy Sullivan - what a top lad for a short guy. Hit's it a country mile, and awesome round the greens - A true pleasure to watch and spend a few hours with, although it must have been hard for him being outscored by a 19 handicapper on most of the front 9 tho (Great round Tom!). The abuse that was being hurled about (yeah, of course the team ethic went out of the window after 9 holes) was of the highest order, and it was definitely a fourball that I'd be happy to play with again.

I wonder if Amanda has gotten over her crush on Tom yet??????
 
I wonder if Amanda has gotten over her crush on Tom yet??????
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What do you think?? AJ and Tom.jpg

Sure is very handsome and a tidy golfer too!

What a stunning day and all a bit surreal for a while. Hoping I was last out of the hat and bingo Tom picked me :o Birdied the first hole and the day had got even better. Great to meet and play with Grumps and Virtuocity who were great fun...

Thanks Mike, GM and Ping for an outstanding day I'll never, ever forget. Every once in a while I just thought "wow" and giggled like a schoolgirl :o
 
Jaymosafehands said:
That was a day and a half!!

What can I say, GM did it again, what a great event they put on. The guys from GM & Ping were fantastic hosts, and I wouldn't mind 10 minutes in the Ping Tour van with no one watching ;)

Played with Captain Iron (or fore right as he will now be known), Tom and Andy Sullivan - what a top lad for a short guy. Hit's it a country mile, and awesome round the greens - A true pleasure to watch and spend a few hours with, although it must have been hard for him being outscored by a 19 handicapper on most of the front 9 tho (Great round Tom!). The abuse that was being hurled about (yeah, of course the team ethic went out of the window after 9 holes) was of the highest order, and it was definitely a fourball that I'd be happy to play with again.

I wonder if Amanda has gotten over her crush on Tom yet??????
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Cheers Jaymo, fell away on the back 9 though! Absolutely brilliant day, great pro, great playing partners and some great golf (in very limited supply). Massive thanks to GM and Ping for an unforgettable experience.

And everyone should take on a 160yd par 3 with DRIVER. Aim it out left and carve it high and right, great fun!
 
Many thanks to GM and Ping for putting on a great day. Had a superb time playing with Simon Wakefield who is a true gent! Nice to say I've out driven a Tour Pro, even if he was playing left handed!
 
Missioner said:
Many thanks to GM and Ping for putting on a great day. Had a superb time playing with Simon Wakefield who is a true gent! Nice to say I've out driven a Tour Pro, even if he was playing left handed!
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Just back. Simon had to suffer me as well!

Big thanks to Ping, GM (Mike & Neil), Tom (photographer - who I bored senseless in the pub last night), Simon Wakefield, Steve (who caddied for Simon and drives the tour van around Europe), Chrisd (who I travelled with) and all the forumers I met and partnered. In fact thanks all.:clap:
 
Just home after a great day! Thanks to all involved in organising it!

Highglight for me was outdriving our pro twice, and one of those times after him saying he was really going for it! Shame the rest of my game was grim!

Met some good people from the forum and other magazine readers and all the pro's i spoke to were excellent!

Thanks again to all!

F
 
This was one of the best golf days you could wish for. Yesterday Matty and I drove up and hit a few ball on the range, went of the the Black Horse which did good food and excellent digs. Pieman and virtuosity stayed there too and are both top guys! The GM staff, Ping guys, photographer Tom joined us and were great hosts and Mike is just the best to chat golf with, I do wish that he would appear more on the forum, he's great fun and we could all learn from him

I got picked to play with Sophie a great young player, caddied by her dad Rick, Fraser, a bit of a bandit off 16, and pro golfer Matthew Nixon who was everything that you would expect of a Ping pro, very friendly, helpful and always willing to acknowledge a good shot. After trundling my first tee shot out of bounds I parred the next two holes and was generally happy with my driving, iron play and short game. I couldn't buy a putt but neither could any of the team!

I would like to thank Matty for doing the driving - cheers mate!

GM are a brilliant supporter of golf, as are Ping, and I'd like to thank them both for hospitality and for giving me the chance of a lifetime
 
Fantastic couple of days - huge thanks to Mike, GM and PING for the opportunity.

Started it all off with a very enjoyable few hours with Bobmac yesterday - great to finally have a knock with him and a good catch-up.

Then off to the pub to meet Chrisd, Mattyboy and Virtuocity for a few beers, and then joined by the GM and PING boys for a few more. Must have been a good night as I don't remember leaving the pub to walk the 50 yards to my room!!

And then today was simply superb. Kellfire and Lee were fantastic company, as was our pro Matt; a lovely guy who really showed us how to play the game. A real pleasure to see sublime golf up close (once he had got over the shock of my opening drive go 20 yards past his!!!) :one: :whoo: Thanks to the 3 of them our team came third so topped the day off brilliantly. :thup:

Gutted it's all over :(
 
PieMan said:
Fantastic couple of days - huge thanks to Mike, GM and PING for the opportunity.

Started it all off with a very enjoyable few hours with Bobmac yesterday - great to finally have a knock with him and a good catch-up.

Then off to the pub to meet Chrisd, Mattyboy and Virtuocity for a few beers, and then joined by the GM and PING boys for a few more. Must have been a good night as I don't remember leaving the pub to walk the 50 yards to my room!!

And then today was simply superb. Kellfire and Lee were fantastic company, as was our pro Matt; a lovely guy who really showed us how to play the game. A real pleasure to see sublime golf up close (once he had got over the shock of my opening drive go 20 yards past his!!!) :one: :whoo: Thanks to the 3 of them our team came third so topped the day off brilliantly. :thup:

Gutted it's all over :(
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I've joined the forum paul and big thanks for today....loved it all n a great day.....a good four ball n great banter with mark and matt
 
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