Sorry it was so rough Inigo... but we don't call it Tough-It-Out for nothing, lol ;)
And I have to say, a bit of practice is highly recommended in these tourneys, otherwise you spend several holes just getting over the shock of how hard it is to figure out how to come by even a par...
FYI: your stats shots are missing the Putting tab (Driving appears twice).
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Phew... Well, that was an exciting and nerve-wracking round from me. I'd played a practice go-round with Ben last night and could only manage a 58, with a couple of disaster holes (he shaved the hole several times en route to a 55 btw, so didn't do himself justice with his real score today).
I went into it knowing I had to shoot +1 at worst to pip Mati, but was looking at a leaderboard where only 3 players had managed par or better in R2.
Here's the full tale of the tape...
#1 I got the best possible start, a full headwind forcing a long sand wedge 2nd, and sunk the 9ft save. Felt like that was a shot gained already.
#2 I had a great chance but misread (and overhit) the 13ft birdie try.
#3 a very nice headwind led to this 6ft birdie. -1
#4 a terrible pulled 3H left a scary 29ft putt, but the lag was good enough to squeek in a 5ft uphill save.
#5 got the hideous massive tailwind, but caught a large dose of luck with this hit-and-hope 180fbs tee shot that got a soft bounce on. However I misjudged the long lag, going long but then somehow leaving the 7ft return agonizingly short. A very frustrating 3-putt bogey. Back to level par.
#6 super dinged tee shot with nice R-L wind, but messed up another short putt, hitting it too hard to take the break... doh!
#7 annoyed with myself, I got greedy in trying all out with 3W when the wind was a stretch. Committed cardinal error of slight late click and the bounce took it off the green right, from where I came up well short with the flop, and somehow left yet another 7-8ft putt short. Bogey. +1 now and getting nervous having thrown away several shots.
#8 got a big R-L wind and went slightly long off tee... thankfully it held the green nonetheless, and big fist-pump moment when 9ft bounce-back birdie went in. Even par again.
#9 another dinged tee shot came up 5 yards short but stuck, but I pulled the birdie attempt. Another good chance gone.
#10 Drew big headwind, tried to reach anyway with Driver, but bounced left off 'burial mound' onto fringe. Routine 2-putt par from there.
#11 Seems like every tee shot I've hit here is drawn by a magnet to 6 yards right, and there I was again despite deliberate early click on tee shot. Didn't quite get read right on 18ft birdie try.
#12 Another big headwind, forcing LW second, judged distance perfect on it but pulled 6ft left, and was mighty relieved when dinged putt went wrong way for the read but just lipped in.
#13 decent cross-wind and dinged Driver but still short. Played great flop to 5ft short and was again relieved to get a lip-in par save.
#14 fractional push off tee left me with 17ft R of pin, slight mishit late turned out to be perfect to hold against the break and run in dead center for very welcome birdie. -1
#15 Got a great 4:00 wind, but fractional late click on 190fbs put me 11ft R instead of kick-in range, and I misread the significant late break.
#16 Tourney clinching shot! Knowing that the next couple of holes had potential for major disaster, I dinged what turned out to be perfectly judged distance 190fbs 96% pwr shot that took a beautiful pace-killing couple of bounces and trickled 5ft past, and sunk the birdie. -2
#17 with tricky wind, played very safe to front middle of green, and judged distance just right with 35ft lag putt
#18 Stupidly still going for glory closing birdie, I was too greedy with club choice, missed ding badly late and came up short. Flop was too hard to stop, and missed 9ft downhill curler for clumsy bogey finish. -1 final score.
Here's my card and stats:
I've updated the Stats spreadsheet, and it looks as if we're just waiting on a few last scorecards etc to wrap up the prize information. Please have any remaining cards/stats posted by Monday 10am WGT time in order to be considered.
A note about the Par Saves prize. It turns out this is more complicated than we had imagined... with issues of whether or not we count 'saves' when the putter has been used, or whether the intent of the prize was to best recognize the skills of those who had to negotiate uneven lies rather than putt from the fringe. Ben and I are still conferring, but I'll post a definitive ruling tomorrow. It may be academic as WigerToods' total may be better than everyone else's regardless of the method.
More to follow soon... but in the meantime, thank you everyone for taking part in this tourney. Hopefully, it will be the first of many in this format!