What constitutes strong winds for a golfer?!?!
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rickg
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£25 voucher........and some legs that don't appear to work anymore.......
Also swallowed half the sand from one of the green side bunkers that was playing directly into a gale.......reckon it must have entered every conceivable orifice.......
I'm just thinking how well I could have done if it hadn't been for a raft of trebles and a quadruple bogey....I managed to 5 putt one green.......ball was within a mm of going in.........I went to tap it in and blew back 10 feet
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Looking at the scores on the mid am website you clearly played some good golf, the gross scores are unreal.£25 voucher........and some legs that don't appear to work anymore.......
Also swallowed half the sand from one of the green side bunkers that was playing directly into a gale.......reckon it must have entered every conceivable orifice.......
I'm just thinking how well I could have done if it hadn't been for a raft of trebles and a quadruple bogey....I managed to 5 putt one green.......ball was within a mm of going in.........I went to tap it in and blew back 10 feet
Well done :thup:
He scrambles well, hence his RAF background :smirk:
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Robobum;1267736 The Littlestone scores are on HDID[/QUOTE said:
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Can't see these either.......my iPad must be beggared......can't see HDID a results and can't see MidAm site results.....
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http://www.midamgolf.co.uk/littlestone-mid-amateur-2015
On the bottom is the links to the pdf results for each one. I am on the computer so it might be an ipad issue.
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I used to be a mamber at Silloth. There is a small par 3 of about 130 yards (9th hole) which would play a 9 iron or wedge normally, but I have hit as much as a 4 iron at it.
Played St Andrews (New) one June day with a couple of colleagues, one a 1 handicap, the other a 9 like me at the time. It was blowing a hooley. We went into the clubhouse at 12 noon on a Friday in June. We asked the guy at the desk were there many people out, and he looked at us like we were idiots, before replying "What do you [redacted] think?". The altimeter above his head was gusting to 40mph wind. "That is at ground level. Probably stronger higher up", he helpfully said.
So off we went. First hole, 350 yard par 4. My 1 handicap mate hit a 1 iron off the tee and a 1 iron for his second shot and was still 30 yards short. I played one shot on The Old, a shot from the New which flew over the fence, so I ignored the sign telling me not to cross, went over and played it back. We had one birdie between us. I hit a driver, 3 wood and 4 iron, all with wind piercing barely controlled hooks which ran like greyhounds to reach a short par 5 on the front and I holed the putt.
The par 3 9th was playing about 185 that day, and we all hit driver and nobody even got close to the front.
The back 9 was downwind, so we could hit 340 yard drives but couldn't keep wedges on the green unless they landed 20 yards short and got a soft bounce.
Played St Andrews (New) one June day with a couple of colleagues, one a 1 handicap, the other a 9 like me at the time. It was blowing a hooley. We went into the clubhouse at 12 noon on a Friday in June. We asked the guy at the desk were there many people out, and he looked at us like we were idiots, before replying "What do you [redacted] think?". The altimeter above his head was gusting to 40mph wind. "That is at ground level. Probably stronger higher up", he helpfully said.
So off we went. First hole, 350 yard par 4. My 1 handicap mate hit a 1 iron off the tee and a 1 iron for his second shot and was still 30 yards short. I played one shot on The Old, a shot from the New which flew over the fence, so I ignored the sign telling me not to cross, went over and played it back. We had one birdie between us. I hit a driver, 3 wood and 4 iron, all with wind piercing barely controlled hooks which ran like greyhounds to reach a short par 5 on the front and I holed the putt.
The par 3 9th was playing about 185 that day, and we all hit driver and nobody even got close to the front.
The back 9 was downwind, so we could hit 340 yard drives but couldn't keep wedges on the green unless they landed 20 yards short and got a soft bounce.
Smiffy
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You snake in the grass
Ethan
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Darned iPhone. Never autocorrects when you want, but does when you don't.
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rickg
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Ah cheers mate....got it now......
Still can't see the results on HDID though
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Brilliant mate.......I was looking under the individual club comps....did realise Mid-Am had its own page..........cheers.
You playing any this Year?
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Just found the Scratch OOM league table as well.......21st out of 71 after 2 events........very happy with that.....top 32 qualify for the final at the end of the year...
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...WRhbWdvbGZnYmJvMDB8Z3g6MzI0NjkyYjVmMjdhY2MxNA
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...WRhbWdvbGZnYmJvMDB8Z3g6MzI0NjkyYjVmMjdhY2MxNA
Robobum
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Woodhall
RND
Ashridge
Liphook
Hankley
And maybe Berkhamstead
I'm not a tour member this year as only Woodhall is run specifically by MAGT.
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Cool, hopefully see you at a couple of those, (the ones that I can enter with my hackers handicap)
Good luck and play consistently. No slacking now!
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Just waiting for the nett OOM table to be published ......should be right up the leaderboard in that one.
Get you Ricky boy. Not time for Southport even I wasn't going (which I still am!!) as no doubt you'll be on the seniors tour by then
