TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course is growing in nicely and handled yesterday’s heavy rainfall and windstorm really well.
Fairways were a little muddy and greens were soft. They’ll get them ready for the tournament easily.
That photo of 18 at Sawgrass is phenomenal!
I can almost hear my inner golf demon screaming “don’t go left, jackass”
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And then I would promptly hit the chloroform ball dead into the middle of the water.
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Playing smart, I took 3W off the tee and hit the most quacky duck hook right into the lake. The second ball was perfect of course 
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But did you club twirl on the lake ball?
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Player 2 has never missed once in their entire life, it’s why the mental miss is so powerful. It unlocks player 2 abilities.
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I could be misremembering because I’m old, but I think I first read/heard the term “2nd shot All-American” was from someone in NLU, I just don’t remember who or when. I thought it was from an early blog post, but I can’t find it.
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A classic line - 2nd Ball All-American
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There was a specific “types of golfers” thing I’m thinking of that someone on the internet wrote in mid 2010s that I’m thinking of and it’s going to wreck my entire Friday until I find it. I remember it vividly because my BIL and I both started using the term a lot after reading it.
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I did the thing where I stare at the club face all confused like there was an issue with my equipment and not being a chicken.
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As one should. It’s usually the equipment’s fault (at least that’s what I tell myself).
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Did you read about a “mental miss” somewhere and could share where?
I’ve generally operated in fear of going left/right off the tee only to end up in the wrong spot anyway or overcompensate and go way left/right the opposite direction.
Apologies as this may belong in the ranger rick category but genuinely interested in learning more about the mental miss topic.
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CC one @Randy
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In college we would always say “2nd guy 1st team”
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I believe it was Club Pro Guy that coined the term.
How was Woodlake?
Very solid.
Good test of golf. Greens were interesting, no two holes are the same. There are a lot of good, solid holes out there of the type that I like: “Here’s the challenge. Overcome it however you want, but here it is.”
We really enjoyed it, and I am glad it was brought back.
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The Bengaluru golf odyssey continued this weekend. You may see up in the thread, that I made my way out north of the city to Nandi Hills area to play the Prestige Golfshire. After the round, while waiting for my car to show up for ride back to hotel, I was chatting with the outside staff (as one does). They asked me how I liked the course, and whether I was playing anywhere else. I said I was interested in playing Karnataka Golf Association (KGA), but had not found a connection (since I need a member to host). The staff said - yes definitely you should play KGA, it is a great course. So I said “Do you have a connection for me?” , and one of them gave me a phone number of a connection, who then set me up with some of their friends to play this Saturday.
TLDR: the golf community is great the world over, I played the #6 course in all of India this weekend.
Founded 1973, 150 year lease on government land. The association club golf course is the home course of Indian LPGA star Aditi Ashok. I found it to be a fun challenge. It is a walkable course, and almost everyone was walking it. I took a caddie. I played the one up tees again at 6800, tips at 7200. Greens were medium sized, not huge. There is basically only first cut rough on the whole course. The only way you lose a ball is hitting it into one of the many water hazards, or OB on a hole on the property boundary. Some of the challenge comes from the many trees, which have been pruned to have mainly the trunks in play, making for interesting recovery shots with wild drives. With 10 rounds, I think I’d play 8 here over 2 at the golfshire, thats a combo of the course and the vibe. The downside is that it was a slow round, and the course is busy busy busy.
OK - on to the pictures. (Edited to add more pics). It was a great time. Highly recommend, if you can find a way out.
This is a kingfisher (the beer mascot) sitting on a weather station.
The course was in great shape. I saw my caddie doing a great job with the sanding and divots. Aspirational conditioning for such a highly trafficked course.
Here is a double green, I think it is the par 3 15th and the par 4 17th that share this green. I bogeyed them both, one with a 3 putt and the other by flying the green.
Here is an example of the options to play low punch shots out of position off the tee.
This is the approach shot into the #2 handicap hole (16) after a perfect tee shot. Still some work to do. I made par with a good 2 putt.
Very intimidating approach on 9 (596 yard par 5) where the gaping entrance to the clubhouse is ready to receive the skulled wedge shot. I was far enough back on right that I could hit over the tree that you see here.
The first tee (with driving range netting on the right. It is a handshake opener, 324 yards. I gave myself a 50 yard pitch after a nice tee shot and chunked it. Made bogey. On the driving range note, the club has a good junior program - i saw evidence on the range.
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Very cool! Do they paint all those trees?
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