The cream rises to the top. Congratulations Steph!
Now, are you going to tell your fellow competitors how you did it ?
Thanks. I played well the first day and shot a 76 (good ball striking - 11 GIRs on a long, but easy course).
On Saturday I started well with a 38 on the front, but we got behind and the marshal started hassling us (NMF - we had a C player who was very slow). He threatened to bump us up a hole which DQs us. Play deteriorated rapidly and I hacked my way to a back nine 44.
Started the final day 4 back with no chance to win (in my mind). Ball striking went south and the rough at the shortest course was U.S. Open (3" - 5"). I did not see a ball hit the green all day in our group from the thick stuff. My chipping saved me until the ball striking kicked in the last 5 holes. EA plus BRW plus vertical hinging saved me. The vertical hinging allowed me to play high soft shots out of the super thick rough (pure hitting technique on the chipping). I did not get up and down that way (putter, arrgghh), but no doubles. Others were blading / chunking balls back and forth across the greens. It was painful to watch.
Once the ball striking came back at the end, I poured it on with the 9I 123 yards to 1 foot on 17. I hit driver 265 (downhill - don't get excited) on 18 and hit another 9I uphill 105 to 15'. Made the putt which felt really good since the putter was a block of ice all weekend.
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Distance is Magic; Precision is Practice.
Yes. I am in the A-Flight because of my index. If I play the same tees as the boys, then I qualify to win low gross which determines the club champion. I did, played least worst, and won. Our club doesn't have any low single digits. Our lowest player currenly is around a 4. Most are 5s and 6s with a few 7 - 9 class players. We have maybe 8 or 9 SDs including myself.
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Steph
Distance is Magic; Precision is Practice.
Yes. I am in the A-Flight because of my index. If I play the same tees as the boys, then I qualify to win low gross which determines the club champion. I did, played least worst, and won. Our club doesn't have any low single digits. Our lowest player currenly is around a 4. Most are 5s and 6s with a few 7 - 9 class players. We have maybe 8 or 9 SDs including myself.
steph be proud of that nine(i'm at 8.4) ..at times we are the burr in those 1-4's.. when i was playing in my cc i kept wondering when it was my turn cause you see all this carnage around you...but thats whats fun about seeing how you react to new situations...
steph be proud of that nine(i'm at 8.4) ..at times we are the burr in those 1-4's.. when i was playing in my cc i kept wondering when it was my turn cause you see all this carnage around you...but thats whats fun about seeing how you react to new situations...
Sorry, I did not write some of that well. My women's index is currently a +0.2, but my men's equivalent index is 5.3 (I use a spreadsheet to keep the men's and the SCGA does the women's). I had roughly the 3rd or 4th lowest index of those who played in the tournament. Given my index it was not unreasonable that I could win, but most folks would consider the courses too long for me to have a chance unless they knew how far I can hit the ball. Length off the tee these days allows me to play reasonably well out to 6700 - 6900 yards as long as the slope isn't too crazy.
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Steph
Distance is Magic; Precision is Practice.
Yes. I am in the A-Flight because of my index. If I play the same tees as the boys, then I qualify to win low gross which determines the club champion. I did, played least worst, and won. Our club doesn't have any low single digits. Our lowest player currenly is around a 4. Most are 5s and 6s with a few 7 - 9 class players. We have maybe 8 or 9 SDs including myself.
Good job!
If you wanted to salt in the wounds , you could use one of my favorite quotes from one of my Tour ladies. She always says (after beating a man senseless), "you're pretty good, ...for a guy."
If you wanted to salt in the wounds , you could use one of my favorite quotes from one of my Tour ladies. She always says (after beating a man senseless), "you're pretty good, ...for a guy."
I couldn't. The guys are mostly real nice. I really felt bad for a couple of them. They only needed to shoot average rounds to win. The eventual A-Flight net winner and the 2nd day leader (our president who should have won) both commented during the round about the inability to swallow. I have been there and felt their pain so rubbing it in would have been inappropriate. However, there are folks on occasion who I might slide one between their ribs, but they have to earn it!
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Distance is Magic; Precision is Practice.
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, you could use one of my favorite quotes from one of my Tour ladies. She always says (after beating a man senseless), "you're pretty good, ...for a guy."
I have been there and felt their pain so rubbing it in would have been inappropriate. However, there are folks on occasion who I might slide one between their ribs, but they have to earn it!
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