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taniwharugby

I just wish one day I could learn to putt!
 
Oddly I was hoping I'd have a big score to get my handicap out, but I think that is <.5 over my handicap up there, not to mention the last 7 holes I was 2 under and shoulda been 4, FFS! I hit pretty poorly truth be told, so am still trying to work out how I managed 80 round there, even in my heyday 78 was my best round there, but I'll take it!
 
That is a pond at the bottom of that hill, which is where my 2nd shot ended up, but as it is about half full, I played out of it without getting wet!
 
we havent had rain here for almost 3 weeks (and even then was only a decent downpour to break up a couple of weeks of no rain prior to that) and been bloody hot, am praying for the promised rain to arrive!
 
Loads of sun screen and going to shady spots, plus my mother in laws partner likes to fill the bag with beers for the round... :)

Cactus Jack

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had my first proper game of golf in a year today;
 
Started shit, ended up hitting the ball well though, just putted like a fluffybunny! 39 putts!
 
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Supposed to be playing agian tomorrow too.
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Amazing what you call shit TR , I would be turning cartwheels if I turned in a score like that

taniwharugby

haha, fair enough...I should be happy given how little I have played, but I guess it is about how I play more so than the actual score.
 
kinda like when I got my hole in 1, I wasnt happy at all with the shot, was looking beyond the green for the ball...but like my golf coach used to say, "there aint room on the card to write the story of how you got the score, just the number" luckily, otherwise I'd have a novel from today :)

mariner4life

There's barely enough room on the card for my score let alone a story

JK

Hooorooo what dates are you in Chch this xmas? We should catch up for that round at rangiora.

Hooroo

We're not going down this year as we have too many yearlings of value that we will want to keep an eye on over this period and also tightening of belts means it's easier to work the stats than pay double time etc.
 
Will just be going to Whangamata from the 20th to the 29th and popping back to the farm to keep an eye on things. (I'm back at work on the 4th I think)

JK

Gutted mate! I'm down from 23rd til 2nd and then back here but not back to work until 20th so plenty of time for golf and fishing. 
So in that case, do you have recommendations other than rangiora? Kaiapoi looks cheap and cheerful but what about Pegasus? Worth shelling out the $ for?

taniwharugby

so it took me 45 holes to make a birdie!!
 
Shot a 79 round a par 71 today, 3 birdies in the end, 36 putts, after 2 birdies in a row I 3 putted the last 2 holes.
 
I cant recall hitting the ball so poorly off the tee before, just no idea where the ball is going, my usual stock shot of a draw is nowhere to be seen...luckily my mid to short irons are pretty good, getting me to the green to 3 putt!
 
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JK

Are you on holiday mate? So jealous..... 
Trying to tee up a round for Sunday but unsure where yet

taniwharugby

back to work tomorrow, my mother-in-law and her partner are over, and he likes to play golf and drink, and both go together well :)

Hooroo

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Gutted mate! I'm down from 23rd til 2nd and then back here but not back to work until 20th so plenty of time for golf and fishing. 
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Waimakariri is also a great country course with some very scenic holes. Really good nick too 
Pegasus is ok. Worth playing but you won't rush back.

JK

Oooo hadn't seen waimak but just checked it out and they have a tourney on 27th dec so might try play it. 
Heard Pegasus isn't great and didn't look overly exciting when we had coffee out there last time down.

Hooroo

It's just an immature golf course. It will grow into a better one. It does play like a resort course though. Slick slick greens and trouble if in the rough

JK

Yeah looked like it needed some time.

JK

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so it took me 45 holes to make a birdie!!
 
Shot a 79 round a par 71 today, 3 birdies in the end, 36 putts, after 2 birdies in a row I 3 putted the last 2 holes.
 
I cant recall hitting the ball so poorly off the tee before, just no idea where the ball is going, my usual stock shot of a draw is nowhere to be seen...luckily my mid to short irons are pretty good, getting me to the green to 3 putt!
 
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Where abouts is this course mate?
 
Just saw ya scored card and the front 9 looks crazy short. Only 1 par 4 over 300m and its 304m. I suspect there are a few dog legs there?

taniwharugby

about 20 mins out of Whangarei, east (Parua Bay)
 
Very short (worth noting this was off the white tees too, but blues arent a great deal longer) has alot of smallish greens, with a few elevated as well, so easy to kick way off.
 
Dont get as much run as other courses as most of the course has good coverage of kaikuia grass.
 
That 4th hole of 257, I hit the front fringe off the tee with a 3 wood, but it a steepish bank so bounced up and rolled back down, failed to get up and down, is the kind of hole you are better hitting a 6 iron to give you a decent shot in, but that aint as cool as knocking it on with a 3 wood (when it works)
 
There are 3 of the par 4's that are properly reachable off the tee, but takes an extremely accurate shot to manage it (the 7th I was sitting almost pin high 10 feet to the left of the green - 1st tee went OOB - but entire fairway has a big slope right to left right down onto the next hole)
 
The par 5 on the front 9 used to be a long tough par 4, but they changed the course configuration and the par 5 in the front 9 became the 10th, and they just change it to a par 5 without adding length. 
 
It was on the older layout I had my lowest ever score on a 70 or better par course. :)
 
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Total contract to Kerikeri which is well over 6,000m with a few par 4's just under 400m

mariner4life

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so it took me 45 holes to make a birdie!!
 
Shot a 79 round a par 71 today, 3 birdies in the end, 36 putts, after 2 birdies in a row I 3 putted the last 2 holes.
 
I cant recall hitting the ball so poorly off the tee before, just no idea where the ball is going, my usual stock shot of a draw is nowhere to be seen...luckily my mid to short irons are pretty good, getting me to the green to 3 putt!
 
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I play lots of shots from interesting places like this. next to paths, other tee boxes, the next green... you get to see a lot of the course when you play like i do, and really get your money's worth.
 
be picking your brain for northland courses to play next year TR

taniwharugby

haha, that was just a pic for the view, right outside the clubhouse looking down the 10th, practice putting green on the left... that said, I also like to get my monies worth and venture left and right of the intended course...
 
No worries, plenty of good courses to play, be happy to show you round one too!

mariner4life

yea, i'll be keen for that certainly.

JK

And I might even join ya!
 
 
Kerikeri looks good on the card. Some decent length 4s and 5s there. The Grange last week had a couple of beast par 4s, one was 420odd metres and the other about 430m. I know plenty of courses with par5s shorter than that!

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