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Tough-It-Out VT March event: Kiawah

Sat, Apr 4 2015 12:18 AM (134 replies)

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fmagnets

3,638 Posts

Fri, Mar 20 2015 2:26 PM

I haven't been following this starters lark for long, but that's the best round I've seen by a mile!! Excellent.

Do these kind of scores crop up much?

CerinoDevoti

3,232 Posts

Fri, Mar 20 2015 6:44 PM

fmagnets:

I haven't been following this starters lark for long, but that's the best round I've seen by a mile!! Excellent.

Do these kind of scores crop up much?

Corwyn and I have been on the UEL from day one. His score is about as good as could possibly be played on that course under those conditions. Stunning and fantastic!!!

mmyers0

478 Posts

Fri, Mar 20 2015 7:37 PM

That's amazing. I have no words.

Daskino

2,781 Posts

Sat, Mar 21 2015 8:17 AM

Corwyn:
Well, I was joking... but I've just gone out and shot what is probably my best Tough-It-Out round ever, and a strong candidate for my most challenging, and satisfying, round ever played on WGT.

Hats off, Corwyn. A quite impressive (well, let's say amazing) round.

ColumbusStorm

3,417 Posts

Sat, Mar 21 2015 11:40 AM

Corwyn:
I've just gone out and shot what is probably my best Tough-It-Out round ever

Wonderful round Corwyn, congratulations!

How long (elapsed time) did it take you to play/complete that round?

ab1983

115 Posts

Sat, Mar 21 2015 8:39 PM

i just finished my second round another 73 which only came from a lot of lucky putts (will post my stats in a bit) and i have to say that corwyn ur 65 is mega sick and you should have to retire now!!

well done

GolferDadRB

1,079 Posts

Sat, Mar 21 2015 9:36 PM

Terrific round Corwyn!

Nothing much here...

Corwyn

2,410 Posts

Sat, Mar 21 2015 11:17 PM

Thanks everyone! Definitely a very special round. I'm even feeling better about that dumb mistake on #16 now (though it sure would have been nice to be bogey-free).

fmagnets:
Do these kind of scores crop up much?

As Cerino says, I think going this low with starter unevens is pretty rare. If you follow the links in the opening post to prior TIO competitions, the best scores I can see there were Hans' -3 at RSG in TIO I (Med tees, Fast greens, Mod wind)*, and what was generally considered to be the finest round in TIO to date, Hans' -4 at Oly in TIO II (which was Easy tees, VFast greens, Low wind). I had the low round in TIO III: a -3 at Merion Med tees, Fast greens, Mod wind).

*Edit: The 67s by Jeremy and Shankette in R1 of last month's Feb event @ RSG were actually in tougher conditions than Hans' (Med tees, Champ greens, High wind), and on our bumpiest course. Definitely among the most impressive ever posted. As was Razza's -3 from the Hard tees in R1 of this event. Anything under par is a fine achievement in TIO!

So, on paper, this was probably better than all of those... But that said, Kiawah is such a lottery on the greens that a lot of luck is needed. I got some pretty good winds, and for the most part my course management choices worked out well (if you read the round description, you'll see I often choked the drive off the tee in order to try and avoid a downhill 2nd for instance. From the Medium tees, you can do that and still have 3H or 3W 2nds.)

ColumbusStorm:
Wonderful round Corwyn, congratulations!

How long (elapsed time) did it take you play you complete that round?

Well, that sure is a good question, Russ, lol!

Just like you, I really enjoy this format. It forces such considered shotmaking that I do take my time. I think between having a quick warm-up and saving the card, I was out on the course for 2-2.25hrs all told. Part of that was keeping a log in a text doc as I went along, including copying all the replay urls, so that slowed things down somewhat, and I was interrupted by a couple of phone calls. Maybe 1.75hrs playing time?