Junior
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£16.00 to enter the Seniors Open!
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That's a wonderful deal. Infact, I'd go as far as to say you would struggle to find a better one. The advertised fee is probably to fleece overseas visitors ???
Trump int'l / Carnoustie, April/May 2016
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That's a wonderful deal. Infact, I'd go as far as to say you would struggle to find a better one. The advertised fee is probably to fleece overseas visitors ???
Junior
Tour Winner
and some of us got extra holes for our money.
I got my monies-worth on the first par 3
richart
Major Champion
Didn't notice Andy.I got my monies-worth on the first par 3
I did notice a playing partner six putt at Trump. Not sure why he didn't use his chipper.
A real hacker also putted into a bunker (again)
Radbourne2010
Challenge Tour Pro
1,100 miles, six courses, five 'hotels', 10 playing partners, five lost balls (12 found ), no sleep & a car that smells like a Glaswegian dosser! Can only mean I survived my Virgin GM Forum Tour almost intact (think Stu might have molested me along with everyone else in http://www.theabercrombie-aberdeen.co.uk/gallery on Fri/Sat & not quite sure what went on in Club Tropicana but we lost two men in the process)First & foremost my sincere thanks go to Peter, Scott and Glyn for organising the whole trip. RickG mentioned it to me last autumn & it sounded great. Turned out to be epic!
Didn't know what to expect until I turned up at Murcar at 11.15 for my 11.50 tee time after a long drive up from St. Andrews in driving snow, sleet & 40mph winds with snow ploughs clearing the A90 only to find golfers on the 1st tee! After having parked up for 5 minutes my car was engulfed with snow & hail on one side leaving me to view a solitary golfer (idiot) practicing on the range. Took me 20 minutes to sum up the 'courage' to dart the 30 yards into the clubhouse from my car whereupon I found the bedraggled remains of those that had managed a few holes before being dragged to sanctity of the clubhouse.
A large Glen Moray whisky & 5 layers later we were on the tee with SimonChellie, Mrs Chellie & Bernix (Thanks for the ball). Great course but spoilt a little for me by having to play a strong NE wind when it was designed for a SW from inland. I could imagine being a member there with its friendly staff & fantastic facilities along with a beguiling course & the nodding approval of several supply vessels bobbing on the North Sea.
After a night on the town in Aberdeen :cheers: (gloss over that for now) we woke up, eventually, to sunshine
it was onto Trump International. The 2 mile drive from entrance to clubhouse really was special then the sight of the Saltire flying above the clubhouse & the guys on the magnificent practice facilities warmed the cockles. Stu & RickG shared a Bromance while I fished out damp kit our of the boot.Starter Bob informed Wookie, Paperboy, Wes & I about going left on most of the holes on way out. Result, two lost balls off the tee & two in the mire left!
If he wasn't so gracious he would have asked us to play off the Reds to allow us to reach the fairway. Paperboy managed a Par free round whilst birding the 7th after driving the green :blah: & Wookie destroyed holes 3 & 4 (birdie, birdie) with a chip in on 4th the highlight of the round. Wes, sort your bunker play out lad! (pics of Paperboy attempting escapology at 13th & failing miserably :rofl. Trump was stunning, especially on Sat where we seemed to take more shots with our camera than clubs, just. 5+ hour round seemed like we'd darted round. The conditioning of the whole course (Greens 1 & 3 aside) was simply jaw-dropping. Typical anal golfers that we all are, the most notable feature were the cart paths manicured to within an inch of their lives & nearly as good as our fairways back home. Incredible!
The view from the Black Tee on Hole 14 was simply amazing. Worth the hike up just to take the whole scene in. Not sure I agree with Trump about the greatest golf course in the world (although the President elect isn't far off) & I for one wouldn't join the other 15 members for a slogathon every weekend. But simply to have played it in such stunning surrounds will stay with me forever. Apparently someone made Par on 18th in regulation on Sat :thup:
After interrogating FairwayDodger in the Cumin restaurant some of us had an early night... :cheers:
Sunday was back to type in regard to the weather & Wookie had to put up with me for a 2nd day. AndyWILL & PaulDJ were great company as we traversed The Great Dunes of Scotland & lost all the balls we'd found the day before!:swing: No pictures taken other than on arrival at Trump. It was off to Carnoustie for many that afternoon leaving the Midland contingent to watch Leicester City go on their merry way in the clubhouse at Trump.
Did I mention I pared the 18th...?
RickG & I drove down together. Don't bother asking him about the trip as he was asleep for most of it!
Had a quick 18 hole swindle on Burnside late afternoon. Starter got us off at 4 without any hassle. Holes 1-4 aside what a wonderful track! Heather & gorse everywhere, great strategic holes & superb conditioning. Could its big brother be as good the following day?
Luckily I was last off on Monday (Bad luck Scott). We enjoyed watching the guys teeing off on 1st whilst indulging in a Full Scottish (think you can see Scott through the rain...:rofl
Easily the best course I've played. Got goose-bumps just using the practice facilities before being set off by the starter with the warning of the Barrie Burn running down the left. Me & Region 3+1 (Andy) straight in the Burn! Course was fair but incredibly tough (unless your name is Nigel who played it beautifully for his 40 points :clap
especially Hogan's Alley into a 40mph gusting wind. Andy managed a low stinger that ran for 50+ yards left of the bunkers...OOB! The rest of us 40 yards left!Managed the best three-putt of my life on 14th. Having got my yardages wrong over the Vicar's Spectacles my 55 yard putt got to within 8 feet only to inevitably miss the next one. Nigel was a further 20 yards behind me playing a full wedge back into the wind to the bemusement of two Yanks putting out on the 7th green :rofl: Also managed to emulate the great Tom Watson on 16th...
The 17th & 18th held so many memories of Open Championships won & lost I almost can't remember going OOB off the 18th green...
It was a pleasure watching Nigel post that score on such a tough track. Great shooting mate & you're deffo not a double-digit golfer!
Sorry for the length of this review but that was an awesome trip. Everyone I met on or off the course were genuinely great guys (& girls) and it felt like I'd known them all for years. Hope you've all thawed out & got the dampness out of your clothes & clubs. Sun's out & it's looking like summer down here so must be time for golf :fore:
D
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Love the pics Mark, glad to see that I'm in good company with my failure to make par on the 16th in 5 attempts!!
I must be destined to win the Open
I must be destined to win the Open
Qwerty
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Great write up Radbourne and great pics too :thup:
What are we on here Stu? Neil Diamond or a bit of Bob ? :rofl:
What are we on here Stu? Neil Diamond or a bit of Bob ? :rofl:
bluewolf
Money List Winner
Think that was Neil Diamond, and just before the Rozzers turned up to turf us into the street. I do seem to have a habit if just sneaking an arm onto people's pictures!!!!Great write up Radbourne and great pics too :thup:
What are we on here Stu? Neil Diamond or a bit of Bob ? :rofl:
Region3
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Great write up Radbourne and great pics too :thup:
What are we on here Stu? Neil Diamond or a bit of Bob ? :rofl:
I love the picture but either the red eye software went a bit wonky or the guy on the right (Ben?) has put ping pong balls in his eyes cartoon stylee.
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Great write up Radbourne and great pics too :thup:
What are we on here Stu? Neil Diamond or a bit of Bob ? :rofl:
Definitely Neil Diamond :rofl:
Val
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It's most definitely the wonder of Stu
D
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Not this time mate, but your on the right lines " reaching out , touching me touching stuuuuuu sweeeeet Caroline duh duh duh"
Qwerty does a mean Elvis impersonation though!!
Radbourne2010
Challenge Tour Pro
Cava, Cava, Cava, Cava, Cava, Cameleon...:cheers:
Been humming Club Tropicana all bloody week. Cheers Stu!
Been humming Club Tropicana all bloody week. Cheers Stu!
Not this time mate, but your on the right lines " reaching out , touching me touching stuuuuuu sweeeeet Caroline duh duh duh"
Qwerty does a mean Elvis impersonation though!!
Liverbirdie
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Missed a few PM's as inbox was full, in case anyone was trying to get me on here. Ian G I think.
Oxfordcomma
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Or it may have just been the whisky Gary, made the mistake that night of switching from beer to whisky far too early in the evening
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Oxfordcomma
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Love the pics Mark, glad to see that I'm in good company with my failure to make par on the 16th in 5 attempts!!
I must be destined to win the Open
Don't understand what everyone is on about with the 16th, first try ever, took 5I I think, 2 putts, easy par ...
Does that mean that I won't win the open?
richart
Major Champion
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
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Blimey rich. You could have let him down gentlyABSOLUTELY NOT.
2blue
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Yer bloody right there Bri...... was out there for a pint & food in the Spoons with the 3 Barnsley lads on the Bank Holiday Sunday..... I think the local asylum had given pass-outs...... I had flash-backs 50 years to night-club visits to Spennymoor's Top-Hat Club
Oxfordcomma
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ABSOLUTELY NOT.
PMSL, you big prawn.
Don't understand what everyone is on about with the 16th, first try ever, took 5I I think, 2 putts, easy par ...
Does that mean that I won't win the open?
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
Blimey rich. You could have let him down gently
Is that a double negative, and you believe he will win the Open? If you absolutely don't believe he won't win, you believe he will...
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