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Good man! Welcome on board mate - hopefully will have another game at some point.
PING Pro-Am Challenge... the lucky 10 are
- Thread starter MikeH
- Start date
Good man! Welcome on board mate - hopefully will have another game at some point.
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
rickg
Money List Winner
Only 20 yards? Did you hit it out of the toe? :whoo:
Grumps
Tour Rookie
WOW What a day where do I start . Tom Lewis got stuck with me Amanda and Dave as last out the hat but we all felt we had won getting him . Played some very lousy nervous golf over our 1st four holes and then settled down and sunk some putts . Had a great time with velocity(Dave) and Amanda just watching tom drive and putt for fun .
Big thanks to Mike and the team from GM plus Ping for a day I will never forget .
Tom Lewis, Amanda and Dave for your company
Plus thanks to Cameron (captionron) for picking me up at the station and Dave for dropping me back at station after having to put up with me all day
Can't wait to see all the pics that were taken on the course
Big thanks to Mike and the team from GM plus Ping for a day I will never forget .
Tom Lewis, Amanda and Dave for your company
Plus thanks to Cameron (captionron) for picking me up at the station and Dave for dropping me back at station after having to put up with me all day
Can't wait to see all the pics that were taken on the course
chrisd
Major Champion
There's out of bounds on the 1st hole?????how wide WERE you?
Errr - it was a shot gun start off the 2nd!
I parred the 1st as our last into a strong headwind - our Pro bogied it!
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
Ah.... the trees on the right of the 2nd that explains it :thup:
So what were the scores for everyone/teams, and how did you score Chris? (Karsten Lakes is a lovely course isn't it!)
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Eased off it a bit - didn't want him to be too embarassed in front of his bosses!!
He creamed his driver all day. Don't think he missed a fairway either - very impressive.
Thanks all for the kind comments. Glad everyone who was picked out of the hat enjoyed the experience. PING really did pull all the stops out for this one. I thought the Staff Tour pros were all excellent value and got into the spirit of the day.
Throughly enjoyed the beers with Pieman, Matty, Dave and ChrisD last night and really good to see some old familiar forum faces and meet some new ones today.
Will certainly be encouraging the PING guys to try and make it happen again in 2014!
Throughly enjoyed the beers with Pieman, Matty, Dave and ChrisD last night and really good to see some old familiar forum faces and meet some new ones today.
Will certainly be encouraging the PING guys to try and make it happen again in 2014!
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
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Will this (obviously great) day get a decent spread in the mag Mike?
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Will this (obviously great) day get a decent spread in the mag Mike?
chrisd
Major Champion
I didn't keep a score James and Matt Nixon was too good a pro to embarrass us with what, I guess, wasn't an impressive team score. I personally hit drives and irons at times as good as I ever have. I parred from bunkers on most of the par 5's! It's a great feeling, even as an old git when a pro claps a shot you make.
The whole set up was so well run and Mike and the boys made everything look so easy when running this sort of thing has to planned with military precision. It really felt, apart from the long drives there and back, like a game with your mates but like the best game you'd ever have!
virtuocity
Tour Winner
Wow- I'm shattered.
A 5 hour non-stop drive to Blyton, just outside Gainsborough was reasonably straightforward but it was nice to get to The Black Horse inn and settled into my excellent annexe. Greeted by the pub cat as I arrived.
Had a quiet pint then met Chris and Matty in the car park and went for dinner with them and Pieman (Paul) who were all excellent company.
We were then joined by Mike and his posse who were to-a-man great fun and very knowledgeable and passionate about golf...... and beer.
A smattering of the group:
Pieman loves anyone who buys him beer:
Chris and Tom:
GM sucking up to the event sponsors with a little help from Matty's shirt:
(I'm really happy that Matty was picked- he's definitely a Ping fan)
After this, things got hazy and after a sleepless night (fearing that I would sleep through my alarm and miss the day), I met the boys in the pub at 0730 for a light breakfast
. Chris was the only one who looked almost human- the sly dog was right not to go heavy at the beer all night. When will we learn?
Off then to Gainsborough where we met loads of forum members who were all great company and would gladly spend a round or night in the pub with all of them.
Decided to hit a few balls at the range and balls were already set up ready for us to hit gratis. A lovely touch.
I was then drawn out to play with Grumps, Amanda and Tom Lewis- the only tour guy I'd actually heard of as I don't watch a lot of golf on TV. Pressure was on!
The round was great, after I decided to play some golf after 9 holes of utter drivel. I said the night before that I didn't care about scoring or beating records- all I wanted to do was not make a fool of myself and beat our pro in at least one hole. I think I achieved both
Finishing (net
) par, par, birdie, birdie, par was good enough to put a smile on my face.
Tom was a great pro and considering he was contractually obliged to be there, was happy to give me (and Amanda) advice along the way and was happy to answer questions. He really plays a game that I'll never be able to play so whilst seeing him drive 280 yards every time was impressive, I was more impressed by Amanda's game, particularly off the tee and despite not holing much (I counted about 5 lip outs) she scored well and was lovely company. Mike is a cracking lad, despite being from the wrong side of Scotland and hits some of the straightest drives I've ever seen- a really good shot to call upon under pressure!
After a good bit of food, I headed home on the 5 hour journey. I couldn't believe that in my first year of golf that I was lucky enough to be picked to play a round with a tour pro and enjoy the splendour of Karsten Lakes and all its (Ping-branded) pomp. The trip has taught me a lot about my golf and about amateur golf in general.
Thanks again MikeH, GM and Ping.
PS- Mike, was it a coincidence that my GM mag re-subscription pack arrived in the post yesterday?
A 5 hour non-stop drive to Blyton, just outside Gainsborough was reasonably straightforward but it was nice to get to The Black Horse inn and settled into my excellent annexe. Greeted by the pub cat as I arrived.
Had a quiet pint then met Chris and Matty in the car park and went for dinner with them and Pieman (Paul) who were all excellent company.
We were then joined by Mike and his posse who were to-a-man great fun and very knowledgeable and passionate about golf...... and beer.
A smattering of the group:
Pieman loves anyone who buys him beer:
Chris and Tom:
GM sucking up to the event sponsors with a little help from Matty's shirt:
(I'm really happy that Matty was picked- he's definitely a Ping fan)
After this, things got hazy and after a sleepless night (fearing that I would sleep through my alarm and miss the day), I met the boys in the pub at 0730 for a light breakfast
. Chris was the only one who looked almost human- the sly dog was right not to go heavy at the beer all night. When will we learn?Off then to Gainsborough where we met loads of forum members who were all great company and would gladly spend a round or night in the pub with all of them.
Decided to hit a few balls at the range and balls were already set up ready for us to hit gratis. A lovely touch.
I was then drawn out to play with Grumps, Amanda and Tom Lewis- the only tour guy I'd actually heard of as I don't watch a lot of golf on TV. Pressure was on!
The round was great, after I decided to play some golf after 9 holes of utter drivel. I said the night before that I didn't care about scoring or beating records- all I wanted to do was not make a fool of myself and beat our pro in at least one hole. I think I achieved both
Finishing (net
) par, par, birdie, birdie, par was good enough to put a smile on my face. Tom was a great pro and considering he was contractually obliged to be there, was happy to give me (and Amanda) advice along the way and was happy to answer questions. He really plays a game that I'll never be able to play so whilst seeing him drive 280 yards every time was impressive, I was more impressed by Amanda's game, particularly off the tee and despite not holing much (I counted about 5 lip outs) she scored well and was lovely company. Mike is a cracking lad, despite being from the wrong side of Scotland and hits some of the straightest drives I've ever seen- a really good shot to call upon under pressure!
After a good bit of food, I headed home on the 5 hour journey. I couldn't believe that in my first year of golf that I was lucky enough to be picked to play a round with a tour pro and enjoy the splendour of Karsten Lakes and all its (Ping-branded) pomp. The trip has taught me a lot about my golf and about amateur golf in general.
Thanks again MikeH, GM and Ping.
PS- Mike, was it a coincidence that my GM mag re-subscription pack arrived in the post yesterday?
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AmandaJR
Money List Winner
You've made a lass very happy with that statement :cheers:
Still buzzing. Lesson this morning and Paul my coach also coached Tom at England junior level so looks like they both concur it's a bunker lesson! Weather is such that it will be wet sand - perfect!
virtuocity
Tour Winner
AmandaJR
Money List Winner
nice write up virtuocity:thup:
Thats the Odyssey 'Britains best putter' and Ping play with a Pro all in your first year of golf you realise the bar is now set very high so unless you're playing with Tiger next year in a 'Major' pro-am you're not trying hard enough:ears:
Thats the Odyssey 'Britains best putter' and Ping play with a Pro all in your first year of golf
you realise the bar is now set very high so unless you're playing with Tiger next year in a 'Major' pro-am you're not trying hard enough:ears:
virtuocity
Tour Winner
nice write up virtuocity:thup:
Thats the Odyssey 'Britains best putter' and Ping play with a Pro all in your first year of golf
Haha- yes. Looking forward to my successful application for "Miura Golf- Look like a rich git" competition.
chrisd
Major Champion
Until you pitch up in the Nissan Micra c2001 that the've shoved you in using a shoe horn
virtuocity
Tour Winner
Until you pitch up in the Nissan Micra c2001 that the've shoved you in using a shoe horn
CLIO!!! :sbox:
chrisd
Major Champion
OOOPS Got it wrong again!
