TSF Golf Club
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<p>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...</p>
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<p>No worries, plenty of good courses to play, be happy to show you round one too!</p> -
<p>yea, i'll be keen for that certainly. </p>
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<p>And I might even join ya!</p>
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<p>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!</p> -
<p>How much is the membership at the course you are at JK, given it isnt a local course for you.</p>
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<p>thats pretty good...I pay $140 for Full Membership at my course (the one I started on) when I first started they had fences round the greens, sheep on the course. Is only 9 holes but no more sheep (except over summer) but is a tough little course!</p>
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<p>I was paying $750 at Whangarei GC, but stopped donating to them when I wasnt playing enough.</p>
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<p>We always have a few Auckland members on the books, as do a few of the other country clubs up this way (Paparoa, Matarua)</p>
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<p>ok, I thought you may have had a connection with it...I see you are in the top 16% in the Manawatu though... :)</p>
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<p>edit; Kerikeri card</p>
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I've picked the game up again after a couple of years or so of more or less corporate golf only and am now beginning to string a round together. I had a 41 on par 33 9 hole core last week which included an 8 when I couldn't get out of a concrete hard bunker. So not too shabby. However a real test tomorrow at Celtic Manor (no not the Ryder Cup course thank God). Then another round on Saturday at a course called Orchardleigh in Somerset.<br><br>If I report back you will see a decent score. If I forget to report back the score is irrelevant.<br><br>Oh and for those ball geeks. i shall mostly be playing with ProV1… until I run out.
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<p>Nice one catogrande.</p>
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<p>I picked up a doz each of pro V1 and proV1x this week. Gonna see which suits my game better. Playing at the lovely Titirangi course on Sunday. The course is designed by <span>Dr. Alister MacKenzie</span> who also of course designed the great courses of Augusta and Royal Melbourne.</p> -
<p>Btw, just how good to Adam Scott playing at the moment. He has done very very well playing in Aus over the past month. Talk about delivering at home.</p>
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<p>His 10 under round of 62 yesterday in the Australian Open was just brilliant.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.golf.org.au/default.aspx?s=mao_individual_scores&pid=492932&tid=99742'>http://www.golf.org.au/default.aspx?s=mao_individual_scores&pid=492932&tid=99742</a></p> -
<p>played Titirangi only once, first and only course I have made 5 birdies in a row on!! Prior to that and since, never even managed 3 in a row!!</p>
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<p>Was in a corporate thing with a shotgun start and I finished with 5 in a row, which happened to be holes 1 through 5, and I lipped out on my eagle on the 5th!</p>
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<p>Great way to get back from 9 over :)</p> -
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<p>played a charity day yesterday. course was in pretty good nick considering the wet season has started (got a couple of very good tropical downpours as we played). My 4 didn't have a golfer among us, so we battled our way to 3-over. I sucked fat balls off the tee, but hit some very nice irons/wedges on approach, and one scorching 3-wood off the deck on the long par-5. Lipped out a chip for eagle as well. </p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="JK" data-cid="405274" data-time="1385674072"><p>Nice one catogrande.<br> <br>I picked up a doz each of pro V1 and proV1x this week. Gonna see which suits my game better. Playing at the lovely Titirangi course on Sunday. The course is designed by Dr. Alister MacKenzie who also of course designed the great courses of Augusta and Royal Melbourne.</p></blockquote><br>McKenzie designed a course near to me too. Teignmouth. It's a bloody good members golf club and the course is typical Mckenzie - using the natural flora to protect the course from being raped. Fantastic views from up on the cliffs over the River Teign (front three holes), then over Dartmoor and finally over Lyme Bay. In my experience though - far too much heather. you can find you ball OK, but you can't hit the little sod.
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="405276" data-time="1385674503"><p>played Titirangi only once, first and only course I have made 5 birdies in a row on!! Prior to that and since, never even managed 3 in a row!!<br> <br>Was in a corporate thing with a shotgun start and I finished with 5 in a row, which happened to be holes 1 through 5, and I lipped out on my eagle on the 5th!<br> <br>Great way to get back from 9 over :)</p></blockquote><br>Always chuffed to get one in a row.
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<p>Prob my last round for the year...</p>
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<p>Hit the ball a bit better off the tee today, got 2 out easily past 300m!! Hit 2 par 5's in 2, and walked off with par, missed 3 birdies inside 6 feet, 36 putts all told! Only consolation was no double bogies...yay, my handicap is looking like moving out from 7.8 to 8.4 - (started on the 10th)</p>
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<p>Not sure what it was, but man I was hitting my irons a long way today!! Hit a 5 iron 205m to hit a par 5, and hit an 8 iron 155m...most of my irons were 1-2 clubs too far today, and I really struggled. No confidence with the driver at present, so much so I hit a few irons off the tee, I never hit sensibly!!</p>
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<p>Gobsmacked. 300m drives! It must be all those pull ups you are doing ;)</p>
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<p>Remember, as I'm sure you well know, a lot of hitting a good driver is posture and weight. Good wide stance, holding weight back a fraction, sweeping a wider flatter area up through the ball. If you're having a good day with the irons but not driver perhaps you're getting a bit steep. Then staying connected to the left side as it rapidly clears through then back.</p>
<p>The other thing is really work on the waggle and hand/forearm set. Getting and retaining the correct angle is vital.</p>
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<p>But what can I say? You're a gorilla!</p> -
<p>haha...people always used to say to me - drive for show, putt for dough...</p>
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<p>my comeback was what do you talk about in the club rooms afterwards, that 315m drive or the 30ft putt you nailed...
(people I Play golf with know I suck at putting)</p>
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<p>I do find I play my best and most consistent golf when I have been doing a good amount of exercise, I have done hardly any of late</p>
