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USER​	HANDICAP​	MEMBER COURSE​	BEST ROUND​
Bicco​	6.2​	Royal Hobart​	76​
TennisPlayerAndy​	6.4​	Heidelberg​	73​
Tiimmbo​	8.3​	Royal Fremantle​	78​
tigland​	5.7​	13th Beach​	73/44pts​
buttsauce​	9.3​	Leongatha South​	76​
toxic​	10.8​	Howlong​	71​
Planet14​	11.4​	Bacchus Marsh Golf Club​	80​
Livonski​	11.5​	Kingston Heath​	79​
ScrappyCoCo​	12.5*​	-​	75​
ITCHY EYEBALLS​	12.8​	The Dunes​	80​
Pklz​	14​	Romesy GC​	77/48pts​
iDon​	11.6​	Social Golf Australia​	80/44 pts​
Lebbo73​	12.3​	City GC Toowomba​	77​
Sippa​	16.9​	-​	85/43 pts​
Shane Sheridan​	18.5​	Perth Golf Network​	87​
daicos4ever​	23.7​	Lang Lang GC​
juss​	26.8​	-​	91/40 pts​
members section​	33​	-​	-​
BobbyMorri​	33​	Claremont​	97​
Elixuh​	-​	Pacific, Brisbane​	​
peternorth​	15​	NGC, PKCGC​	80​
Nelso​	-​	-​	78​
sideswipe​	-​	Sorrento​	Cups WR​
royboy2​	25.3​	Cohuna GC​
QuietB​	Huntingdale-Cranbourne GC​
Daics1​	18​	Golden Beach GC​

 

[peternorth]

88 today. Generally played well. One bad hole where my grip slipped on the down swing, compounded by 3 putting it.

Masks are horrible as it gets warmer

Wont be fun for sure.
Though to offer a contrary POV, ive seen many a person in HK and China wear masks and the summers there are horrendous

 

[Bicco]

Drove to Bridport for a round at Barnbougle. Hit the ball well but putted poorly. Much slower greens than what I'm used too. They keep them slow due to the slopes and wind. No wind at all today which was lovely. Fair drive up and back from Hobart, but worth it.
Don't see how it's #35 in the world but that's my problem I guess

 

[PhatBoy]

had a simply awful day on Saturday. It was my first monthly medal - the boys had told me they quicken the greens up and put the pins in impossible places but it still surprised me how much harder it was than the previous comp I'd played.

i actually didn't play THAT badly - I went +2 off the stick for the 4 par threes, and +3 off the stick for the 3 par fives. So for 7 holes i was 7 over, and actually a couple under my handicap.

The other 11 holes? 69 shots. Could not buy a good bounce or a bit of luck.

 

[Elixuh]

81 with a double and two washes. My game is either solid or off the planet bad. One of the washes was on the 18 index hole.

 

[ManOfClay]

Have the afternoon off, it’s a stroke comp day...

90% chance of 10-20mm. It’s ****ing spring in usually the driest part of vic.

There’s two men’s groups in the arvo booking, both already have four. All the women hitting off in the morning so I can’t tack on there. Not liking my chances of picking up a partner so I can enter.

might just head to the range. It’s under cover at least

 

[ManOfClay]

Scratch that. 95% chance of 10-30mm and chance of a thunderstorm.

range it is

 

[ManOfClay]

Ended up going out to the course and tacked on with some stragglers. Not enough entries to constitute a comp, showers weren’t so bad so played anyway. Carded 55 on the front 9.

Was going to play 18 but the deluge started as we sat having a halfway beer

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

Wont be fun for sure.
Though to offer a contrary POV, ive seen many a person in HK and China wear masks and the summers there are horrendous

I’d wear a used nappy across my gob if it meant I could play!

 

[PhatBoy]

Played 9 holes each of the last few days.

42 and 43 across the course. If I could claim it as one round, it would be the best I’ve played since I started hitting them again

 

[AmericanCrow]

Kid posted a 39-39 78 to win his tourney and qualify on Sunday.

Played 15-18 in +1 and held off the other boy who could have taken the spot.

They were paired together and all square strokes wise after 14. Other boy played those holes in +4 to finish 3rd with an 81

The +6 was pretty decent as that course punishes you for not hitting fairways.

 

[Bicco]

Kid posted a 39-39 78 to win his tourney and qualify on Sunday.

Played 15-18 in +1 and held off the other boy who could have taken the spot.

They were paired together and all square strokes wise after 14. Other boy played those holes in +4 to finish 3rd with an 81

The +6 was pretty decent as that course punishes you for not hitting fairways.

Top effort. How far is he hitting his driver and what age group?

 

[Pres]

Drove to Bridport for a round at Barnbougle. Hit the ball well but putted poorly. Much slower greens than what I'm used too. They keep them slow due to the slopes and wind. No wind at all today which was lovely. Fair drive up and back from Hobart, but worth it.
Don't see how it's #35 in the world but that's my problem I guess

Sounds like BD was a letdown for you.

More the fescue greens or the hole quality wasn't what you were expecting?

 

[AmericanCrow]

Top effort. How far is he hitting his driver and what age group?

He turned 12 on May 1.

Getting it out there usually 215-225 and yes it gives him advantage on longer holes for sure

 

[Bicco]

Sounds like BD was a letdown for you.

More the fescue greens or the hole quality wasn't what you were expecting?

I've played it a few times before. I just have an issue with how penal the course is. The fairways are quite wide, but then it's gorse aka lost ball. There's some brilliant short par 4's (I drove #4 from Terracotta markers) but the risk reward is massively on the risk side. OOB and rough exists on every course, but I've literally watched a ball roll into the rough and a group of 4 couldn't find it. A course like Augusta national has OOB, water and pine needles.
IMHO the gorse should be slashed to say 10-15cm, 5 -10 metres from the fairway where possible to at least give you a chance to get the ball back in play 30-40m up the fairway. The 'Irish drop rule' and the gorse means a drive that misses the fairway by 1-2m is lost and you're hitting 3 from what in most cases is a pretty good drive. There's too much gorse.
I've had the pleasure of playing Askernish, https://askernishgolfclub.com/Home.aspx in Scotland and while it has gorse, it's not EVERYWHERE. There's a lot of Askernish in Barnbougle and I wouldn't be surprised if it was some inspiration in the design. Even look at Royal County Down https://www.royalcountydown.org/championship_links you can see gorse but there's plenty of places where you can still find your ball and hack it out. Compare that to Barnbougle https://barnbougle.com.au/play/the-dunes/ it's fairway then gorse. Throw in wind and most 10+ handicappers are losing 12 balls per round.
The greens are what they are and I'm fine with them being slow. I hit 86 and probably 6/7 of those were putts/chips that didn't get the pace to get near the hole. The rest were on me and that's ok. If I played a few more times that would come down sub 80 but realistically punching 150m 2 irons around is the best play unless you're down wind.
I'm never going to change anything and I will go back again and again but if I could play Royal Adelaide or Barnbougle everyday for the rest of my life I know which one I'd choose.
I'd say Barnbougle is more difficult than Coolum and that has water on every hole. There's plenty of stories of blokes just walking off Barnbougle after 9 holes because it's too difficult/frustrating.
End Rant

 

[Bicco]

He turned 12 on May 1.

Getting it out there usually 215-225 and yes it gives him advantage on longer holes for sure

Yards?

 

[Pres]

Interesting post Bicco and I agree with a lot of what you've said.

The gorse you refer to is actually marram grass (http://vro.agriculture.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/sip_salt_marram_grass). It is commonly used to stabilise sand dunes and does that job well - but as you point out it's a terrible rough grass on golf courses. Unable to be played out of and 80-90% of the time it's impossible to find your ball. Both King Island courses also feature marram rough. As does Port Fairy here.

The result is, as you say, like having OOB on both sides of almost every fairway. Believe it or not it was even worse in the first 6-12 months. They've cut a lot of it back.

The difference in the Scottish and English links courses I've played is that they don't use marram grasses as rough. It's more a thinner straw-like roughs there (typically native fescues and meadow grasses) which allows you to more easily find and play your ball.

Barnbougle's sister courses at Cabot Links and Bandon don't feature marram - and as a result are a whole lot more playable.

 

[peternorth]

hehehe
penal

 

[AmericanCrow]

Yards?

Yes, we Americans are to damn dumb to understand meters

 

[Bicco]

Yes, we Americans are to damn dumb to understand meters

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What's his self drive like? How much does he do things (like practice) on his own without your encouragement/involvement?

 

[AmericanCrow]

What's his self drive like? How much does he do things (like practice) on his own without your encouragement/involvement?

I never forced the sport on him. I stink at golf, my games were basketball and baseball. My only thing had been that he should try everything once and figure out what he enjoyed.

I do enjoy hacking it around and when he was 7 I took him to a local par 3 course just to do a different activity and introduce him to basics of golf.

He loved it from the get go. When he was begging me the following spring to go to a “real” course, I kinda figured he was really passionate about the game and not just a phase. So got him a junior set and just let him have fun.

If it was up to him he would live on a golf course lol

But I did insist he should play another sport (didn’t care what) as well. So he settled on hoops which worked out nice I thought.

I always stayed out of his way as best I could...even when he first tried competitive tournaments. I felt it important he control club selection and reading his lines. Certainly I made suggestions but I told him at the end of the day it is his shot—not mine and his putt to hit—not mine. So he was self sufficient early on.

Cost him a few times but I figured if he really wanted to keep playing in the long run he would be better off learning those mistakes early.

Plus, I quickly discovered his natural instinct for the game was pretty darn good and his ability to hit a shot that I couldn’t have imagined meant that his instincts often could be trusted anyhow.

Long way of saying he loves the game. Certainly loves being out on the course more than sitting for hours pounding balls. But I don’t think many 10-11-12 year olds like grinding on the range—mostly they want to play all day and I can’t blame them. In the backyard he will chip forever if you let him go though.

 

[AmericanCrow]

This was regional round when he was in 10-11 year old category for the Drive/Chip/Putt. Made it to Muirfield Village but fell short of qualifying for finals down at Augusta.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Interesting post Bicco and I agree with a lot of what you've said.

The gorse you refer to is actually marram grass (http://vro.agriculture.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/sip_salt_marram_grass). It is commonly used to stabilise sand dunes and does that job well - but as you point out it's a terrible rough grass on golf courses. Unable to be played out of and 80-90% of the time it's impossible to find your ball. Both King Island courses also feature marram rough. As does Port Fairy here.

The result is, as you say, like having OOB on both sides of almost every fairway. Believe it or not it was even worse in the first 6-12 months. They've cut a lot of it back.

The difference in the Scottish and English links courses I've played is that they don't use marram grasses as rough. It's more a thinner straw-like roughs there (typically native fescues and meadow grasses) which allows you to more easily find and play your ball.

Barnbougle's sister courses at Cabot Links and Bandon don't feature marram - and as a result are a whole lot more playable.

You should write a book about golf courses. You have great knowledge and you can tell it is a real passion of yours.

 

[Pres]

You should write a book about golf courses. You have great knowledge and you can tell it is a real passion of yours.

Thanks mate.

The great grounds we play on and their unique features add another level to our great sport that other pastimes don't enjoy.

 

[Dhoni Dakurri]

Question for all the competitive golfers out there - how’d you go starting out playing comps? I only play socially and practice quite a lot and to be honest Im very nervous about the idea of playing in tournaments and comps with formal rules and under pressure.

Did it take time getting used to it? Is it actually enjoyable?

 

[toxic]

Question for all the competitive golfers out there - how’d you go starting out playing comps? I only play socially and practice quite a lot and to be honest Im very nervous about the idea of playing in tournaments and comps with formal rules and under pressure.

Did it take time getting used to it? Is it actually enjoyable?

Its just another round of golf.
98% of playing partners are excellent
In terms of any rule queries during the round, simply ask the group.
No need to be nervous