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  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,107
    On the Welsh border for a few days. 

    Just played Llanymynech golf club. Apparently the only golf club in Europe that crosses a border between 2 countries. 


    The 4th hole you tee off in Wales and putt in England. 
    Then you play 5 and 6 in England before reentering Wales for 7 onwards. 

    Beautiful views, tough course, very narrow off the tees and almost every hole is a blind tee shot owing to elevation changes. 
    Thank god we treated ourselves to buggies cos I’d have keeled over after 6 otherwise. 

    Definitely one of those courses were local knowledge and just knowing where to hit could knock half a dozen shots off the scorecard. 
  • Taxi_Lad
    Taxi_Lad Posts: 3,777
    Just signed up for a trip to Belek in October. 5 nights 5 rounds. Can’t wait. Heard such good things!!
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,712
    stackitsteve said:
    On the Welsh border for a few days. 

    Just played Llanymynech golf club. Apparently the only golf club in Europe that crosses a border between 2 countries. 


    The 4th hole you tee off in Wales and putt in England. 
    Then you play 5 and 6 in England before reentering Wales for 7 onwards. 

    Beautiful views, tough course, very narrow off the tees and almost every hole is a blind tee shot owing to elevation changes. 
    Thank god we treated ourselves to buggies cos I’d have keeled over after 6 otherwise. 

    Definitely one of those courses were local knowledge and just knowing where to hit could knock half a dozen shots off the scorecard. 
    Played it about 25 years ago. Bugger of a par 3 over a ravine - must have scored at least a 6 there as I put at least one ball in the ravine !! 
  • masicat
    masicat Posts: 5,012
    Charlton golf day today at Sundridge Park. 53 points won the day. 
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,833
    masicat said:
    Charlton golf day today at Sundridge Park. 53 points won the day. 
    double lucky with the weather at this time of year
  • masicat
    masicat Posts: 5,012
    Bloke who won it turned up on a donkey .
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,712
    masicat said:
    Charlton golf day today at Sundridge Park. 53 points won the day. 
    You should have said, I live just round the corner. You could have poped in for tea & cakes.  😀
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,869
    53 points 🤣

    Fairly sure some bloke did a similar score a couple of years ago at this
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,909
    92 at a very windy Littlestone Warren yesterday. Just coming back after an op.Hadnt touched a club in 2 months .In the drink twice so not too unhappy with the outcome 
  • masicat
    masicat Posts: 5,012
    golfaddick said:
    masicat said:
    Charlton golf day today at Sundridge Park. 53 points won the day. 
    You should have said, I live just round the corner. You could have poped in for tea & cakes.  😀
    I’m not a Catholic 

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  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,712
    lolwray said:
    92 at a very windy Littlestone Warren yesterday. Just coming back after an op.Hadnt touched a club in 2 months .In the drink twice so not too unhappy with the outcome 
    Love Littlestone. Great links-like track. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,868
    Elthamaddick said:
    masicat said:
    Charlton golf day today at Sundridge Park. 53 points won the day. 
    double lucky with the weather at this time of year
    Quadruple lucky with his handicap - I bet that person wasn't playing off scratch. I suspect that there are more golfers using the existing system to get their handicap as high as possible than racehorse trainers running their charges down the field in order to do the complete opposite.

  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,815
    Anyone scoring 53pts should be A. Banned from all future comps. B. Fucking ashamed of themselves.

    Bandits.
  • Redvalleyeast
    Redvalleyeast Posts: 4,737
    cafcpolo said:
    Anyone scoring 53pts should be A. Banned from all future comps. B. Fucking ashamed of themselves.

    Bandits.
    Exactly. Its cheating,plain and simple.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,869
    Anyone played Dunston Hall in Norfolk in recent years? 
  • masicat
    masicat Posts: 5,012
    This is the bloke who got 53 points 
  • Taxi_Lad
    Taxi_Lad Posts: 3,777
    53pts 🤣
    that’s the equivalent of a 28hcp shooting an 83. I suppose in this day and age when men can play off even higher hcps it’s feasible around an easy course but not at Sundridge. No way… not having it!! Cheat……!! pure and simple!!🤬🤬
  • mid_life_crisis
    mid_life_crisis Posts: 3,265
    edited September 20
    Come on, it must have been a 36 hole comp surely. Nobody scores 53 points in a Stableford comp. Equivalent to a net birdie on every hole.
    Shameful.
  • Dippenhall
    Dippenhall Posts: 3,921
    My grandson scored 55 playing off his first official handicap of 23. Now plays off 3 two years later.
    https://www.farnhamherald.com/sport/leo-camping-breaks-liphook-golf-clubs-record-score-from-yellow-tees-669746
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,869
    Wow, what a natural talent Dips. 

    A kid starting the game though is different to a corp day ‘what handicap are you putting down’ though! 

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  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,187
    Apparently the winners group (it was the two highest scores per team) got 7 pts per hole 🤦‍♂️
    The winner also won the longest drive 

  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,187
    Winner played off 32 with a 😐
  • Longtimeaddicted
    Longtimeaddicted Posts: 578
    AFKABartram said:
    53 points 🤣

    Fairly sure some bloke did a similar score a couple of years ago at this
    Absolutely agree 54 points at the London Club his team 120 points is the highest return I’ve ever heard of in over 50 years of golf, cheating basterds in my view
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,712
    oohaahmortimer said:
    Apparently the winners group (it was the two highest scores per team) got 7 pts per hole 🤦‍♂️
    The winner also won the longest drive 

    I heard it was Rory warming up for the Ryder Cup.
  • stop_shouting
    stop_shouting Posts: 3,684
    oohaahmortimer said:
    Winner played off 32 with a 😐
    Assume a woman won then?
  • masicat
    masicat Posts: 5,012
    I bet they were last group out. 
  • Longtimeaddicted
    Longtimeaddicted Posts: 578
    Brownie just choked out the golf the result on the stream, “unheard of  in golf 120 points team result”
    To be fair to him he struggled to announce the winners yesterday, WTF these wankers get out of cheating everyone is beyond understanding 
  • masicat
    masicat Posts: 5,012
    Longtimeaddicted said:
    Brownie just choked out the golf the result on the stream, “unheard of  in golf 120 points team result”
    To be fair to him he struggled to announce the winners yesterday, WTF these wankers get out of cheating everyone is beyond understanding 
    One of my sons had his best ever round and scored 78 giving him 40 points off of 7. He doesn’t care if he wins or not, but golf is a competitive game. In all the years I played I rarely experienced anyone posting more than 42 points. Imagine posting 53 points, that means off of a reasonable handicap like 18, you would have to score around 73 which is simply not done.


  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,247
    3 rounds of golf over the weekend. Rio Real, Marbella Golf and Country Club and Los Arqueros on the annual trip away with the society that I have been part of over 25 years

    23 out there which is one of the biggest numbers we have had. If the drinking was as good as our golf, then we would be all seriously wealthy people. A few broken bodies this weekend 

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