SCOTLAND- King Of Kings 2014

[davidy233]

McBroon, I carded a 13 on one hole.

need we get into it?.

Glad to see I didn't have the highest score on one hole - I had two 11s though - sand in those bunkers is totally different to Monifieth.

I'd bet on me being bottom of the pile - pretty much forgot how to play golf from the second till the 12th - then played the last six pretty nicely.

Excellent company from mcbroon (hope the kids are better soon), IanG and Virtuocity (the latter two played some very decent golf - I wouldn't want to be competing with either in the H4H handicap challenge) and thanks to Virtuocity for organising a great day - my first forum meet - won't be the last.

 

[patricks148]

Good day out, despite the cold ( coldest day Ive played in and i live in the Highlands this year) A big well done to Dave for organising and My Partner William, without you we would not have won the matach and the E30's (Eks)

To Lig and El bandito, nice to meet you and better Luck next time And Lig when you play the old course, Aim to hit it left of the tee

 

[Birchy]

Do we know who won yet? :mmm:

 

[Fish]

Do we know who won yet? :mmm:

My moneys on William judging by the remarks so far

 

[virtuocity]

And the results are in.......

The winner with a superb -3 net score is Gerry (ger147) who wins a place at Hillside on Friday 23rd of May (1000hrs arrival) which includes his green fees, medal, breakfast and lunch as well as some travel expenses.

I'm so happy that everyone managed to complete a card. Some of those bunkers were really tough and definitely wrecked a few cards today.

Here are the official (and final) scores:

ger147- 87 (68)
SimonS- 85 (69)
IanG- 89 (70)
williamalex1- 87 (70)
virtuocity- 94 (73)
patricks148- 82 (76)
LIG- 91 (78)
Will_I_Dream- 90 (80)
WillieP- 96 (81)
mcbroon- 91 (83)
El Bandito- 108 (91)
davidy233- 115 (94)


I'd like to thank everyone for taking the time to drive, fly or in my case- blag a lift- in order to make it to St Andrews today. I'm sure we'll all agree that despite some tricky wind, the course played lovely and the staff at St Andrews New were attentive and welcoming.

Organising a regional event and assuming ultimate control over King of Kings as a whole is obviously a little time consuming and tricky at times but it is great to see the spirit (and nonsense) of the GM forum move from online to on-the-course.

Well done again to our winner and I hope to see you all soon.

 

[ger147]

Thanks to everyone who made the effort to come along, especially all 8 players of groups 2 and 3 who piled on to the 1st tee to watch us in the 1st group tee off!! .

The greens were very tricky and I missed the only flat straight putt I had all day - from 6 feet for birdie.

Big thanks to Virtuocity for organising everything and looking forward to my trip to Hillside.

 

[virtuocity]

As for my day, it was a classic case of foot-in-mouth syndrome. "My driver is the best part of my game"...... "you'll soon see where my 21 shots come from when I get close to the green....", "irons have been iffy recently.....".

First drive was a stinky low heely pull which managed to kick on further than it should. From there "the driver that can't slice" did just that, many times. My fault entirely due to being scared of quick lefts and not trusting the club. Managed two good ones at the end, thankfully.

Irons were the best I've hit- ever. No duffs or fats were a rare thing. Wonder if the links turf should take the credit?!

Putting- after 3 crazy holes getting used to the fast speed of the greens- was decent. The frog may remain in the bag yet. Loved that you could putt from miles off the green. This improved my play dramatically from my Saturday medal and I may just need to experiment more with long putts or even hybrid shots from off the green.

However, I only had one chip today- a 20 yard shot over a bunker on a concrete-like lie. Having 10 degrees of bounce on my lob wedge did nothing to inspire confidence. However, I managed to drop it to 4 feet and hold the putt for par. Not as good as williamalex1's performance on that hole- I'm surprised he hasn't been on here bragging about it- I would be!

3 lost balls was what cost me today as I had managed to negotiate the course without finding the sand. 5 pars which would have been great had my card not been littered with doubles and triples.

Great company yesterday:

IanG played some belting golf at times. Definitely a case of what-could-have-been after a brutal fight with a bunker early on. Some really impressive tee shots as well as winning my vote for Shot Of The Day; a pluggy lie leaving a tough second shot which I would only have looked to wedge out on to the fairway. Cue a hybrid (I believe) smacked long towards target finishing just shy of the green. One of many impressive shots today- well done.

Mcbroon- nice fella who had a frustrating day. Showed some of what he is capable of (which is a lot) and I'm sure that with a bit more course time he'll be tearing it up. Great distance off the tee which could tame many a course. He'll be neck deep in calamine lotion I imagine- hope the wee one gets better soon.

Davidy233- what can I say? God loves a trier and you certainly tried. Great company around the course and brought his "A Game" from the 13th onwards after suffering at the hands of the New Course bunkers a few times #hasselhoff

Weather was blowy and cold but the rain kept off the the fog stayed away. Perfect day for links golf!

Really enjoyed the whole "St Andrews experience" and definitely will return in future. A gid day oot.

 

[patricks148]

I enjoyed the course though on the short side off the yellow i had loads of drive wedge, 2 of which i shanked. Greens had me foxed too. I don't think i have had quite so may birdie putts and made none of them and had a tricky 3 footer back for par (i didn't make too many of those either )

Guys where right about the bunkers, i only went in one (plugged up the face ) took 3 to get out, every time it landed back in the the bunker it was plugged again

 

[williamalex1]

Well done Ger147, just goes to show you can't judge people by their forum names, I thought you were a snooker player, but obliviously you can play golf too.
I may have to change my forum name now to Williamalex 2s, but modesty forbids.
Once again thanks for a great day , now looking forward to Hillside :cheers:

 

[williamalex1]

I enjoyed the course though on the short side off the yellow i had loads of drive wedge, 2 of which i shanked. Greens had me foxed too. I don't think i have had quite so may birdie putts and made none of them and had a tricky 3 footer back for par (i didn't make too many of those either )

Guys where right about the bunkers, i only went in one (plugged up the face ) took 3 to get out, every time it landed back in the the bunker it was plugged again

I'll need to show you the easy way to get out of bunkers mate.:rofl:ne:

 

[ger147]

Well done Ger147, just goes to show you can't judge people by their forum names, I thought you were a snooker player, but obliviously you can play golf too.
I may have to change my forum name now to Williamalex 2s, but modesty forbids.
Once again thanks for a great day , now looking forward to Hillside :cheers:

I used to be not bad at snooker but am a full-time golfist now, swapped the baize for real grass.

 

[IanG]

A good day despite the murky weather. Thanks again to Virtuocity for organising and to Davidy233 and Mcbroon for their company - and a big shout out also to Mrs Mcbroon for letting him out with two sick weans on Mothers Day.

I enjoyed the New course more this time than the last twice I've played it (many moons ago) - maybe because the rough was in its benign winter plumage. My round was one of two halves - ropey first 9 and steady back nine - 4 to get out of a bunker on the short 5th didn't help. I kept thinking 'course management' but when the ball is tight against the face and plugged there is not much to do but have another hack - and another...

Shot of the day for me was virtuocity's deft pitch to 3 ft over a cavernous, black-hole bunker on the the 13th. A real testes-in, eyes shut masterclass!

Greens were very true and a shade faster than North Berwick, so testing but fair. Davidy233 demonstrated the perfect tactics with 2 putts from 75 yards on the 18th.

Congratulations to Ger143, I'm sure he'll do us proud at Hillside and bring the trophy back North - no pressure

 

[davidy233]

A good day despite the murky weather. Thanks again to Virtuocity for organising and to Davidy233 and Mcbroon for their company - and a big shout out also to Mrs Mcbroon for letting him out with two sick weans on Mothers Day.

I enjoyed the New course more this time than the last twice I've played it (many moons ago) - maybe because the rough was in its benign winter plumage. My round was one of two halves - ropey first 9 and steady back nine - 4 to get out of a bunker on the short 5th didn't help. I kept thinking 'course management' but when the ball is tight against the face and plugged there is not much to do but have another hack - and another...

Shot of the day for me was virtuocity's deft pitch to 3 ft over a cavernous, black-hole bunker on the the 13th. A real testes-in, eyes shut masterclass!

Greens were very true and a shade faster than North Berwick, so testing but fair. Davidy233 demonstrated the perfect tactics with 2 putts from 75 yards on the 18th.

Congratulations to Ger143, I'm sure he'll do us proud at Hillside and bring the trophy back North - no pressure

While Virtuocity's pitch was a thing of beauty my nomination for shot of the day was your bunker shot at 17 - saw the lie you had and the depth of the face and thought "there's no way he's getting this out"

Here's you in the bunker at the 5th http://instagram.com/p/mLVSNixHnL - I got punished later for taking this picture

 

[virtuocity]

Here's you in the bunker at the 5th http://instagram.com/p/mLVSNixHnL

IanG- this HAS to be your profile pic.

 

[williamalex1]

IanG- this HAS to be your profile pic.

Dave, can you post the picture you took from the balcony.

 

[mcbroon]

IanG- this HAS to be your profile pic.

Absolutely. What a brilliant pic :thup:

Just a note on the greens, to agree with the others - what a pleasure to putt on. That was the only part of my game that was decent yesterday, which is just as well. If you had an off-day on those, they could kill you.

 

[davidy233]

Dave, can you post the picture you took from the balcony.

He posted it two pages back with the results - couldn't believe what LIG's username stood for - another cracking guy - wonder if he got up to queue for the Old Course this morning?

 

[IanG]

IanG- this HAS to be your profile pic.

Your wish is my command - hope the photographer doesn't sue me ....

 

[davidy233]

Your wish is my command - hope the photographer doesn't sue me ....

I don't normally get a camera out unless I'm getting paid - but I'll make an exception for this

 

[williamalex1]

He posted it two pages back with the results - couldn't believe what LIG's username stood for - another cracking guy - wonder if he got up to queue for the Old Course this morning?

Ta, I missed it, must be a age thing.:thup: As for LIGs username it suits him fine. HE HAS A INDIAN RESERVATION TODAY.