Upnin wrote:

By the way, what happened to our teeing it up on Fridays…….?

Yeah I’ve been thinking about that

We will find a time soon

1 user liked this post.

Upnin

Wynnum off Blues temporary course today playing off 7!
It’s a strange thing when I can walk off disappointed with a 10 over 80 but there you go

Putted badly and didn’t get up and down much
Long game was pretty solid

2 birdies 7 pars 6 bogies 3 doubles
6 over 4 front for 16 points
4 over 40 back for 17 points

5/13 + 5 close for fairways
Dropped 1 shot with a hook off 1
But got 1/2 back with great drive on 7 leaving me 40m out

10 GIR
Dropped 1 shot with a 6 iron hook off 6
Got 1/2 back with LW pitch to 6ft on 7 which I dropped for birdie

3/10 up and down
5 dropped

34 putts
Dropped 3 with 3 putts, 2 with short misses and made 1 up with a 20 footer for birdie on 4

Disappointed with the putting but overall a pretty decent performance

2 users liked this post.

Upnin, xrman

Upnin wrote:

Weetbix wrote:

Wynnum off Blues temporary course today playing off 7!
It’s a strange thing when I can walk off disappointed with a 10 over 80 but there you go

Putted badly and didn’t get up and down much
Long game was pretty solid

2 birdies 7 pars 6 bogies 3 doubles
6 over 4 front for 16 points
4 over 40 back for 17 points

5/13 + 5 close for fairways
Dropped 1 shot with a hook off 1
But got 1/2 back with great drive on 7 leaving me 40m out

10 GIR
Dropped 1 shot with a 6 iron hook off 6
Got 1/2 back with LW pitch to 6ft on 7 which I dropped for birdie

3/10 up and down
5 dropped

34 putts
Dropped 3 with 3 putts, 2 with short misses and made 1 up with a 20 footer for birdie on 4

Disappointed with the putting but overall a pretty decent performance

Was supposed to play there Friday week ago, when we couldn’t get on Redcliffe, but the other three didn’t want to play there.

I was also told by the Assistant Pro that the greens had only been renovated a week before which didn’t help matters. How were the greens when you eventually found them?

The greens had been cored but it’s been a few weeks – they were fully recovered

They were a bit slow but I have no issue with them keeping them a little longer to reduce the stress on them

I dunno what the Assistant Pro was thinking?

Palmer Coolum off 10 today
17 and 15 for 32
86 effectively off the stick but wiped 10 before reaching the green

3 birdies on the former PGA course was the good news
Only 4 pars though so plenty of not good

What a course though – you feel the pressure on every shot
Water on most holes
Challenging off the tee
Almost never a wide safe zone anywhere although it’s not super tight
Plenty of places you don’t want to miss on the approaches
Plenty of bumps and angles on the greens

The greens were pretty average after being cored 3 weeks ago
But it’s a great golf course

1 user liked this post.

Upnin

Upnin wrote:

Weetbix wrote:

Palmer Coolum off 10 today
17 and 15 for 32
86 effectively off the stick but wiped 10 before reaching the green

3 birdies on the former PGA course was the good news
Only 4 pars though so plenty of not good

What a course though – you feel the pressure on every shot
Water on most holes
Challenging off the tee
Almost never a wide safe zone anywhere although it’s not super tight
Plenty of places you don’t want to miss on the approaches
Plenty of bumps and angles on the greens

The greens were pretty average after being cored 3 weeks ago
But it’s a great golf course

Haven’t played there since they changed the layout, or basically since Palmer became involved. Back in the day I always had a 10th tee start into a heavy southeaster, or so it seemed. Real tough first three holes with that wind.

I believe tgey have reversed the 9s since then

The iconic PGA finishing hole is not the 9th

Noosa Springs today
Somehow off 9 while Caloundra is 10!?!

Started really poorly with only 6 points after 5 holes
But no wipes and bought it back and finished with 33 points – 15 front 18 back

2 birdies on 9 and 11

Not a flag

Last game of the trip tomorrow at Maleny off 8 – hope to have a good round as I’m dropping a played to 10 flag

1 user liked this post.

Madam

Upnin wrote:

Weetbix wrote:

Noosa Springs today
Somehow off 9 while Caloundra is 10!?!

Started really poorly with only 6 points after 5 holes
But no wipes and bought it back and finished with 33 points – 15 front 18 back

2 birdies on 9 and 11

Not a flag

Last game of the trip tomorrow at Maleny off 8 – hope to have a good round as I’m dropping a played to 10 flag

Good luck at Maleny – the rough will likely be UP:)

Thanks
I think it is also going to be a bit damp!

We didn’t get wet, it was lovely weather while we played
A hail storm ripped through just a few minutes after we left so good timing!

I finished with 17 and 11 for 28
Putting was atrocious as I kept blasting my first putts long and just missing the downhill dribblers coming back
5 3 putts I think

Even with that I looked like I might squeeze out a half decent score until I wiped the par 3 14th and then my tee shot on 15 disappeared for no apparent reason for another wipe and that was that
It’s a tricky course and some shots around and on the green are impossible unless you hit the flag
Good fun

But that’s the event over – back to work reality today ?

Panda did a great job as always and the company, golf and dinners each night were fantastic

1 user liked this post.

xrman