MGS Hard Rock Challenge 2019

[fixyurdivot 8,346]

On 6/6/2019 at 12:03 PM, JohnSmalls said:

Those Hogan's will definitely make the cut for the conforming list in your Dad's memory.  Let one fly!

I would have loved to, except those and the others were left at the house when we headed out for Boise Tuesday .  Oh well, at least I remembered my clubs.  @PING Apologist #9took a day off work yesterday so we could meet up and play a round of golf.  He set-up our tee time at Banbury GC in Meridian, ID and even swung by the hotel to pick me up so my wife could sleep in!  We had a great time and he's a really fun guy to hang with. Banbury is a semi-private course and very well maintained. Plenty of water, thick/heavy grass, and a good challenge.  http://www.banburygolf.com/-scorecard

It took a few holes before either of our G410 drivers started cooperating - but they eventually did.  We chose the back 9 to try our hand at the Hard Rock Contest but we both shot worse on the back, so that didn't exactly work out well .  I was able to dig deep into the bag and find a suitable meteorite.  Rob risked life and limb extracting his rock without appropriate PPE.  

Alas, the two chosen stones.

I lost my rock to the deepwater on a drive halfway through the nine and Rob lost his beloved Precept EV to the deep on a chip shot on hole 18... may they rest in peace. They definitely made a different sound coming off the PING drivers.  

We had a blast, drank beer, shot decent rounds, didn't damage and homes, and drank beer.  Great meet-up with a fellow spy and looking forward to our July outing in Spokane with a handful of other western region spies. 

[JohnSmalls 5,905]

@fixyurdivot  @PING Apologist #9 Awesome time and awesome write up!  There is no better round than getting together with a spy.  What tees did you guys play, what were your scores, and what handicap are you playing to?

[fixyurdivot 8,346]

9 hours ago, JohnSmalls said:

@fixyurdivot  @PING Apologist #9 Awesome time and awesome write up!  There is no better round than getting together with a spy.  What tees did you guys play, what were your scores, and what handicap are you playing to?

We played the white tee's.  I shot a 44/45 and Rob shot a 46/50.  My handicap is 14 (unofficial) and Rob's is listed at 22.  Rob had what would have been a par 3 closest too candidate, but it was on the front 9 .  I had one on the back, but it was outside the criteria.  We got a little excited about one of my drives being a LD contender... only to recall that some of you fellow spies hit 3w's that far .  

[PING Apologist #9 4,562]

14 hours ago, fixyurdivot said:

I would have loved to, except those and the others were left at the house when we headed out for Boise Tuesday .  Oh well, at least I remembered my clubs.  @PING Apologist #9took a day off work yesterday so we could meet up and play a round of golf.  He set-up our tee time at Banbury GC in Meridian, ID and even swung by the hotel to pick me up so my wife could sleep in!  We had a great time and he's a really fun guy to hang with. Banbury is a semi-private course and very well maintained. Plenty of water, thick/heavy grass, and a good challenge.  http://www.banburygolf.com/-scorecard

It took a few holes before either of our G410 drivers started cooperating - but they eventually did.  We chose the back 9 to try our hand at the Hard Rock Contest but we both shot worse on the back, so that didn't exactly work out well .  I was able to dig deep into the bag and find a suitable meteorite.  Rob risked life and limb extracting his rock without appropriate PPE.  

Alas, the two chosen stones.

I lost my rock to the deepwater on a drive halfway through the nine and Rob lost his beloved Precept EV to the deep on a chip shot on hole 18... may they rest in peace. They definitely made a different sound coming off the PING drivers.  

We had a blast, drank beer, shot decent rounds, didn't damage and homes, and drank beer.  Great meet-up with a fellow spy and looking forward to our July outing in Spokane with a handful of other western region spies. 

Ya beat me to it @fixyurdivot! I just started to get around and do a similar write up just now, but thank-you for yours and thank-you for putting up with me! I had a rippin' good time!

So to add to his post a bit, I was having a pretty decent round on the front 9 with 3 pars, but tried to submarine myself with 2 absolutely awful 3-putts that both came on par-3's..! I'm still a bit steamed at myself for that performance. Anyhow, at the turn it was bombs away with the 2019 HRC and I mostly played it well, but had yet again another 3-putt on a par-3, a 7 on a par-5 and after probably killing a few innocent fish on the last hole, posted a 7 on 18.... All day however, we mostly played like we were the only ones out there. We crowded a 4-some a bit in front of us, but no one was pushing us from behind, and he & I just played a nice, casual, relaxed game of golf. The course was in great shape and the weather was perfect! A great day with a great fellow Spy!

I have to tell ya, playing with @fixyurdivot was AWESOME! He is one heck of a nice fella, genuine, humble, fun to be around and a pretty solid golfer to boot. I really enjoyed his company all day and if you ever have the chance to meet up with him (for just beers even), you'd be guaranteed a great time.

Edited June 8, 2019 by PING Apologist #9
added pics

[PING Apologist #9 4,562]

43 minutes ago, fixyurdivot said:

We played the white tee's.  I shot a 44/45 and Rob shot a 46/50.  My handicap is 14 (unofficial) and Rob's is listed at 22.  Rob had what would have been a par 3 closest too candidate, but it was on the front 9 .  I had one on the back, but it was outside the criteria.  We got a little excited about one of my drives being a LD contender... only to recall that some of you fellow spies hit 3w's that far .  

I attest these scores as accurate as well as our HCPs (mine is unofficial too)-Thanks for posting @fixyurdivot! White tees are 67.3 with a 120 slope there.

[fixyurdivot 8,346]

47 minutes ago, PING Apologist #9 said:

I have to tell ya, playing with @fixyurdivot was AWESOME! He is one heck of a nice fella, genuine, humble, fun to be around and a pretty solid golfer to boot. I really enjoyed his company all day and if you ever have the chance to meet up with him (for just beers even), you'd be guaranteed a great time.

Hell, I had no idea they made cameras with shutter speeds fast enough to capture that swing .  

[JohnSmalls 5,905]

4 hours ago, fixyurdivot said:

We got a little excited about one of my drives being a LD contender

If it was longer than a whopping 217, you're on top of the leaderboard!  Scoreboard has been updated for you and @PING Apologist #9.  Glad to have you guys added to it! 

[fixyurdivot 8,346]

14 minutes ago, JohnSmalls said:

If it was longer than a whopping 217, you're on top of the leaderboard!  Scoreboard has been updated for you and @PING Apologist #9.  Glad to have you guys added to it! 

I think Rob may have measured it with his scope - I don't recall what we came up with.  We both smashed our drives off #18 and I think Rob had those measured as well.  They were definitely longer than 217, so if to be atop the leaderboard, even for a picosecond, would be fun .

[PING Apologist #9 4,562]

4 hours ago, fixyurdivot said:

I think Rob may have measured it with his scope - I don't recall what we came up with.  We both smashed our drives off #18 and I think Rob had those measured as well.  They were definitely longer than 217, so if to be atop the leaderboard, even for a picosecond, would be fun .

Yeah, both those were "nuked" from the tee and were by far our best on the back-9. My tracker app had me at 235 and Bill was definitely better. By eyeball, I had him at least 10-yards better at 245...

[sirchunksalot 8,595]

I would have loved to, except those and the others were left at the house when we headed out for Boise Tuesday .  Oh well, at least I remembered my clubs.  [mention=75868]PING Apologist #9[/mention]took a day off work yesterday so we could meet up and play a round of golf.  He set-up our tee time at Banbury GC in Meridian, ID and even swung by the hotel to pick me up so my wife could sleep in!  We had a great time and he's a really fun guy to hang with. Banbury is a semi-private course and very well maintained. Plenty of water, thick/heavy grass, and a good challenge.  http://www.banburygolf.com/-scorecard


It took a few holes before either of our G410 drivers started cooperating - but they eventually did.  We chose the back 9 to try our hand at the Hard Rock Contest but we both shot worse on the back, so that didn't exactly work out well .  I was able to dig deep into the bag and find a suitable meteorite.  Rob risked life and limb extracting his rock without appropriate PPE.  

Alas, the two chosen stones.

I lost my rock to the deepwater on a drive halfway through the nine and Rob lost his beloved Precept EV to the deep on a chip shot on hole 18... may they rest in peace. They definitely made a different sound coming off the PING drivers.  
We had a blast, drank beer, shot decent rounds, didn't damage and homes, and drank beer.  Great meet-up with a fellow spy and looking forward to our July outing in Spokane with a handful of other western region spies. 

That's some good commentating on your round and that looks like a beautiful course. You guys from the NW definitely live in a beautiful part of the country. My dad used to drive a semi and back in the mid 80's he used to drive from Dalton GA to Seattle. I was around 10-12 years old and he took me on a couple of trips with him and I definitely loved the beauty of the area.

Sorry to get sidetracked, I'm glad to see that neither of you were harmed by the possibility of exploding rocks in this challenge. Plus, I didn't hear about any equipment damage.

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[JohnSmalls 5,905]

Guys and gals, just a reminder---you can play as many 9 hole HRC rounds as you want to.  Best score for the month is the one that counts!

[PING Apologist #9 4,562]

1 hour ago, JohnSmalls said:

Guys and gals, just a reminder---you can play as many 9 hole HRC rounds as you want to.  Best score for the month is the one that counts!

Indeed! I plan on doing it at least 3-4 times if I can annnnnnnnd, I have some surprises for you in the works for a new PPE pic...

[fixyurdivot 8,346]

13 hours ago, PING Apologist #9 said:

Yeah, both those were "nuked" from the tee and were by far our best on the back-9. My tracker app had me at 235 and Bill was definitely better. By eyeball, I had him at least 10-yards better at 245...

Hey Rob.  Which app is this?  Pretty cool graphics!  I see MOTO on the phone which gives me hope it might work on my MOTO E; which is Android but has a fairly limited amount of memory.  

[PING Apologist #9 4,562]

26 minutes ago, fixyurdivot said:

Hey Rob.  Which app is this?  Pretty cool graphics!  I see MOTO on the phone which gives me hope it might work on my MOTO E; which is Android but has a fairly limited amount of memory.  

It is simply called Golfshot, and indeed it works with my Moto Z Android. I tried 18-Birdies briefly, but found I like this one better because it allowed me to enter all my club data in and has a simple "track my shot" feature that you saw here. I've only used the "free" version so far and am too chicken to upgrade yet to one of their subscriptions which adds even more features, but so far so good. Also, that day was the first time I used it mainly for this thread.

[sirchunksalot 8,595]

Picked up a brand new box of rocks for this upcoming weekend, Nitro's!
Figured for under $6, these high quality golf balls would provide explosive distance, great feedback, and stellar performance on and around the green. I think they are on to something when it comes to eliminating unnecessary packaging and passing on their savings on to the consumer.

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[PING Apologist #9 4,562]

16 hours ago, sirchunksalot said:

Picked up a brand new box of rocks for this upcoming weekend, Nitro's!
Figured for under $6, these high quality golf balls would provide explosive distance, great feedback, and stellar performance on and around the green. I think they are on to something when it comes to eliminating unnecessary packaging and passing on their savings on to the consumer.

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Just make sure there are no open flames anywhere in the area...

[sirchunksalot 8,595]

Just make sure there are no open flames anywhere in the area...

Now I'm worried about sparks when it hits the driver face....

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[RoverRick 1,545]

I’m in for this. This was so much fun last year.


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[JohnSmalls 5,905]

1 hour ago, RoverRick said:

I’m in for this. This was so much fun last year.


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Glad to have you back on board again this year, Rick!

[MaxEntropy 6,515]

Tomorrow will be my first effort.... I may try again if they're are no shrapnel wounds. 

@JohnSmalls, I need a ruling: does a Slazenger Raw Distance qualify? If not, I have Pinnacle gold waiting to cause some damage.