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#1 Ted_Ball

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Posted 21 May 2015 - 04:46 AM

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Posted 21 May 2015 - 04:49 AM

For anyone new to this format...

Pro             is            Off/Off assist level

A grade      is            Min/Min assist level



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Posted 21 May 2015 - 11:02 AM

Round 1 is in the books and it was a 37-35=72 Min/Min BLI MS swing.  Real tough getting back into Min swing after playing Max and scrambled most of the round but was real happy to come in where I did.  Have to say felt much more rewarding than the opening 61 I shot last event at Max aids.  Love this game.
 



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Posted 21 May 2015 - 12:37 PM

Shot a 68

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A Grade

 

Even with the card after 13 holes. Could not get it going. Holed a bunker shot on 14 which got things moving. Played 15 and 16 very well and birdied the last. Just a great course. Took things carefully though.



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Posted 21 May 2015 - 01:45 PM

Round 2 in the books and I will be playing all rounds before tomorrow evening as I am going on vacation for 10 days. Well by far the best round I played at Min aids with a 33-35=68. Min / Min BLI MS swing. Was again just plodding around at +1 going to number 8 and hit great shot into green and made birdie then holed out from 136 for eagle on 9. My caddie and I were jumping for joy and played strong the rest of the way. By far my best competitive round at Min aids and just a total fun experience. Tonight we tackle round three.

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Posted 21 May 2015 - 02:45 PM

Round 1 67 (-4) Grade A. Played out of the low green side bunker on the 18th 6ft short of the pin only for the ball to roll all the way down the slope back to my feet. Lol. Otherwise a very good round of golf.

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Posted 21 May 2015 - 07:25 PM

grade A  BLI  MS

rd 1

67 -4

front 9... 2 birdies   back 9.... 2 birdies

ok sure is big diffrence to max/max  lol 

enjoyed this more than shottin a 58 at last tourny

biggest thrill no bogies and thats goin in water on the last

ok no more max/max for me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Posted 21 May 2015 - 10:03 PM

Round 2 65 (-6) MS Grade A. This was one of my best rounds at Grade A. Helped by chipping in twice. Round included 2 bogeys and eight birdies.
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Posted 21 May 2015 - 10:22 PM

Well round 3 in the books and it was a butcher job.  35-37=72  Grade A BLI MS Swing.  To many missed short putts and a double at 13 was a mind killer but you own what you shoot and I own this baby.  Will start final round shortly and finish tomorrow and then its off to vacation and hopefully I can go out on a better note than this.  One thing I have will say that with the lower aids you must keep the ball in the short stuff as with the Max you can be in the rough and still score but not at Min.  Great game.



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Posted 22 May 2015 - 12:00 AM

Finally found a photo of the great Ted Ball - won 11 times on the PGA Tour of Australasia and won over 50 tournaments in his career. Chain smoking friend and drinking companion of Arnold Palmer. Lightning fast backswing which never went back higher than his waist and the same with his follow through. When asked about it he said that when he was young he figured to hit the ball a long way he should swing fast.

 

That's all. Carry on.



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Posted 22 May 2015 - 01:07 AM

Finally found a photo of the great Ted Ball - won 11 times on the PGA Tour of Australasia and won over 50 tournaments in his career. Chain smoking friend and drinking companion of Arnold Palmer. Lightning fast backswing which never went back higher than his waist and the same with his follow through. When asked about it he said that when he was young he figured to hit the ball a long way he should swing fast.
 
That's all. Carry on.





Great story Ted. The old Pro's drank and smoked quite a bit as it was the way of the tour where today they are like businesses and don't do much of any of that. I miss the old Pro's and not much of a fan of the modern golfers. By the way I grew up in Western Pennsylvania and caddied for many years in my youth and one of the places I caddied at a lot was Laural Valley Country Club in Ligoneer Pa. That was the course where Deacon Palmer was the head Pro and Arnie was the touring Pro. A long time ago that was but still very fresh in my mind.
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Posted 22 May 2015 - 01:17 AM

Hey Teddy - looks like it might be a small turnout this go-round.

Had an unreal first round - still playing 3C min/min, so Grade A.

R1 - 63 (-8)

Best shot was a 5I approach on 6 into the slope at the back of the green - rolled back to 5 ft (meant to do that).  Birdie to get to -3. Putted real well and finished the front at -6 (no bogies).

Couple fo bogies on the back (10 & 16), hit driver/driver on 11th to within 11 ft for eagle. Approaches on 15 and 17 to within 2 ft (lucky bounces) - both birdies.  Butchered 18 for just a par.

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Posted 22 May 2015 - 01:31 AM

Round 4 is now in the books. 34-35=69. Grade A BLI MS. Really good round as I had to get up and down from trap about 7 times and there are some real trick pins out there at the difficult settings. If you try to challange those pins you better bring your short game as they are really tucked in some tight spots on some holes and hence you end up with a lot of bunker shots. Great to see the more realistic scores and would be shocked to see a really low score in the 4 th round with those pins.

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Posted 22 May 2015 - 02:04 AM

Great round JMK59. I really look forward to those greens with the backstops and inevitably I pull a shot into the rough out of excitement. But it goes to show that a low score is possible in A Grade when you use your head, get a bit lucky, persevere etc. It's not really as tough as you might think if you can get that swing in the groove.

 

A small turn out does not concern me at all. The important thing was to provide a place to compete at that level. It's great to have a score posted that gives us something to catch JMK. Love this track. Can't wait for the harder pins and I'm gonna start my charge soon. This I believe. Unless my charge fizzles. This I suspect.



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Posted 22 May 2015 - 11:24 AM

Hey, I'm new but thought I'd play along. I've been playing for about a week now, lovin it!

I'd not played around with the assist levels before and found the min/min settings to be a little more responsive. Spent half the time on the beaches and even took a dip but overall great fun. Found that i had to take elevation into account more than with the default settings, which i liked, but not sure if that was just me paying more attention. Struggled with the long putts, I found when striking uphill there was very little room between still under-hitting and significantly over-hitting. But then that will teach me for not getting it closer to the pin.

Not a great score of +3, with MS but an enjoyable round where I'd have significantly outplayed myself on the course in person.

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Posted 22 May 2015 - 12:05 PM

Nothing wrong with that score BigDommo. Min/Min is very responsive - good definition.

 

Putting is putting. You will develop a personal formula. A little tip. (1) If you use bli allow length of the bli shadow to ascertain the break. That's as good as any advice. If you use the grid - count all the coloured lights and divide by the number of squares multiplied by the velocity of the general movement of said colored lights, (it's probably better to have a tacit knowledge of the bronstein cube) then make an assumption based on an overall synopsis then ignore all that data and discard any presumptions until you turn off the grid and simply go to advice number (1).

 

Crystal Pines has a lot of elevation changes - more than any course here I think. Have to use your nouse and makes club selection important.

 

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Posted 22 May 2015 - 02:13 PM

Rnd 1 = 71, MS A, BLI only

 

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Posted 22 May 2015 - 02:33 PM

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Posted 22 May 2015 - 04:05 PM

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Posted 22 May 2015 - 08:34 PM

Round 1 73 (+1) MS A







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