On the road to Orlando

[Mr. 82]

Me and a buddy are heading towards Grand Cypress tomorrow for a two-day Ryder Cup style alternate shot tournament, sponsored by the FSGA. We get to play the Grand Cypress New course, which apparently is a Jack Nicklaus design that pays homage to St. Andrews in Scotland. I've never played this course so it'll be interesting to see how it is. I do have faint memories of playing another course at Grand Cypress back in the 90's, but I honestly can't remember a thing about that course, beyond it being in impeccable shape.

 

Practice round tomorrow and then a round each on Friday and Saturday. The interesting part about this is that I looked up the handicaps of some of the competitors, and just about everyone is scratch or better. Then there's me as a 6 and my buddy who is a 9. If we finish better than dead last it will be a successfull tournament. :)

[Wedgie]

Sounds like a great time so have fun. And there is no shame in losing to scratch or better players. It is losing to the 13 handicap sandbaggers that sucks. My next scheduled round of golf is mid March in Florida so you’ve already beat me.

 

 

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[TSauer]

Sounds like it will be a heck of a time! Have fun and be safe!

[00sportsman]

Sounds like fun to me. Good luck, and have a great trip.

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[Mr. 82]

Practice round in the books. We played the tees we are going to play tomorrow and I think this is way too much golf course for my game. Many par 4s of 420 or more. Some are into the wind. Nothing like hitting your drive 220 and then having 220 left into the green. Another par 4 I had like 195 in, but the green has a moat running across the front of it. And the green on that hole is tiny. I mean, might as well lay up to that insanity. Oh, and because I hit it right the shot was blind behind a large mound of fescue. Good times!


This is the first green. Same as St Andrews in Scotland.




Oh, and I wanted to send a special thank you to the jackass that decided he was too f’ing lazy to rake the bunker for those behind him. I just love getting screwed because of some neanderthal that has no clue about basic course maintenance.



A few other shots.





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[ga_pike]

Did I ever tell you how much I hate you?  

[Mr. 82]

Did I ever tell you how much I hate you?  

GATA.


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[Golfspy_CG2]

Is that hole supposed to be a replica of No. 1 at St Andrews?   Just asking because of the Barry Burn type moat.   

But yeah, let's hope the Golf Karma gods get whoever left that bunker like that.  

[ga_pike]

27 minutes ago, GSwag said:

GATA.


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I was going to see if you wanted to come up for golf and the VSU payoff game tomorrow...  but NOOOOOOOOO...  you go play at some swanky resort course.  I see how it is.  Jerk.  LOL

[revkev]

I’ve played there - it’s a fun course. But why would you have to play from such long tees? Aren’t you over 55?


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[Mr. 82]

Is that hole supposed to be a replica of No. 1 at St Andrews?   Just asking because of the Barry Burn type moat.   
But yeah, let's hope the Golf Karma gods get whoever left that bunker like that.  

The whole course is a replica of St Andrews. The fairways will jedi mind trick you to death with pot bunkers everywhere. After today’s round I’ve hit the same fairway bunker on the par 5 15th hole that splits the fairway right at 260 yards. There are ao many holes like that where if I hit my drive at it it will find the bunker right in the middle of the fairway. But to be fair, the fairways are ridiculously wide. You can have 100 yards from left to right and a lot of holes that parallel another hole that is all fairway. There really is any rough, but tons of pot bunkers and fescue to mentally screw with you.

Oh and did I mention that the greens are monstrously large, but have some of the most ridiculous undulations I’ve ever seen. We had four 3 putts today and a four putt. They are running about 10 on the stimp for the tournament and the pins are all tuckes in places that are just really hard to get close to. Good times!


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[Mr. 82]

I was going to see if you wanted to come up for golf and the VSU payoff game tomorrow...  but NOOOOOOOOO...  you go play at some swanky resort course.  I see how it is.  Jerk.  LOL

The winter is long and insufferable. We’ll have plenty of time for you to give me some lessons on the golf course.


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[Mr. 82]

I’ve played there - it’s a fun course. But why would you have to play from such long tees? Aren’t you over 55?


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I’m 51, and both players on the team have to be 55 or over to qualify for the senior tees. My buddy is 46 so it wouldn’t have mattered. This is by far the longest 6,700 yard course I have ever played. I swear it seemed like half the par 4s were 200 yards in or more on the approach, and three of the par 3s were 190+. The course feels much longer. Probably because holes 1, 10, and 18 are all very short and easy par 4s. The rest of the course is pure hell mentally. Long and nonstop frustration. Factor in the wind on this links style course that makes club selection a guess and it’s a brutally tough test of golf.


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[revkev]

I’m 51, and both players on the team have to be 55 or over to qualify for the senior tees. My buddy is 46 so it wouldn’t have mattered. This is by far the longest 6,700 yard course I have ever played. I swear it seemed like half the par 4s were 200 yards in or more on the approach, and three of the par 3s were 190+. The course feels much longer. Probably because holes 1, 10, and 18 are all very short and easy par 4s. The rest of the course is pure hell mentally. Long and nonstop frustration. Factor in the wind on this links style course that makes club selection a guess and it’s a brutally tough test of golf.


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I was in my 30’s the first time that I played there and played from that set of tees. Didn’t realize you were such a youngster. Good luck in the tournament - can’t imagine a more fun venue.


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[dhartmann34]

Played the new course in August and it was fantastic!! Fairways essentially never end and the greens are unique! Absolutely awesome. Managed a 73 after bogies on the first couple of holes Will be back there again next October to pay again!

 

Pot bunkers in fairway are tricky but fun. Just a really fun place.

 

 

Me and a buddy are heading towards Grand Cypress tomorrow for a two-day Ryder Cup style alternate shot tournament, sponsored by the FSGA. We get to play the Grand Cypress New course, which apparently is a Jack Nicklaus design that pays homage to St. Andrews in Scotland. I've never played this course so it'll be interesting to see how it is. I do have faint memories of playing another course at Grand Cypress back in the 90's, but I honestly can't remember a thing about that course, beyond it being in impeccable shape.

 

Practice round tomorrow and then a round each on Friday and Saturday. The interesting part about this is that I looked up the handicaps of some of the competitors, and just about everyone is scratch or better. Then there's me as a 6 and my buddy who is a 9. If we finish better than dead last it will be a successfull tournament. :)

 

 

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[Mr. 82]

Played the new course in August and it was fantastic!! Fairways essentially never end and the greens are unique! Absolutely awesome. Managed a 73 after bogies on the first couple of holes Will be back there again next October to pay again!
 
Pot bunkers in fairway are tricky but fun. Just a really fun place.
 
 

 
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I don’t know how you managed a 73 on that track when half the greens there have undulations like this.



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[dhartmann34]

Guy with me shot 64... But yeah those greens are interesting. Especially the ones that look like 3 leaf clovers! One green was literally only 7 feet across on the one part. I didn't realize till I got up there. But yeah that place is awesome!

I don’t know how you managed a 73 on that track when half the greens there have undulations like this.



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[ga_pike]

On 12/8/2018 at 5:34 PM, GSwag said:

I don’t know how you managed a 73 on that track when half the greens there have undulations like this.



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Obviously, he hits it closer to the hole than you do.  

[Mr. 82]

12 minutes ago, ga_pike said:

Obviously, he hits it closer to the hole than you do.  

which is way closer to the hole then you do.

[dhartmann34]

be nice boys!

I'm actually hoping to play there again in January when I'm down there. But we'll see how it works out.

Obviously, he hits it closer to the hole than you do.  

which is way closer to the hole then you do.

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[ga_pike]

1 hour ago, dhartmann34 said:

be nice boys!

I'm actually hoping to play there again in January when I'm down there. But we'll see how it works out.

 

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Nice?  You want us to play nice?!?!  Nah.  Not gonna happen!!

[Mr. 82]

1 hour ago, ga_pike said:

Nice?  You want us to play nice?!?!  Nah.  Not gonna happen!!

Give me my Cheesy Poos!!!

[revkev]

@GSwag the greens there are flat compared to my club.

 

How did you do this weekend?  Did you get rained out yesterday - it was nasty over here - we even had a tornado.

[Mr. 82]

24 minutes ago, revkev said:

@GSwag the greens there are flat compared to my club.

 

How did you do this weekend?  Did you get rained out yesterday - it was nasty over here - we even had a tornado.

The tournament was Friday and Saturday, and we had perfect weather both days.  We shot 92-85.  31st place out of 34 teams.  At least we didn't finish dead last.  I just don't have the distance of these young guns.  When you are getting out driven by 30-50 yards on every hole those 420+ yard par 4s become borderline par 5s.  And three of the par 3s were 190+.  Not making excuses honestly, but the takeaway is that unless the yardage is less than 6,500 yards I shouldn't even bother playing in it.

[revkev]

Copy that Gwag - I was very happy when I turned 55 and got to move up - 6,500 is the official FGA yardage for that age group.  I could handle that yardage for about 3 or 4 years and then it became too long as well - I hit a wall around 58. 

 

Let's go SuperSpeed!!!

[Mr. 82]

28 minutes ago, revkev said:

Copy that Gwag - I was very happy when I turned 55 and got to move up - 6,500 is the official FGA yardage for that age group.  I could handle that yardage for about 3 or 4 years and then it became too long as well - I hit a wall around 58. 

 

Let's go SuperSpeed!!!

Great, I'm so looking forward to my 200 yard best distance drive.    But I'll hit every fairway.