Friday, July 17, 2009
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Event No.13: Lefty Uses PING to Power Win at Cinder Ridge
On Friday, July 3, the GGW Tour made its annual trek to Wilmington, Illinois to play the former rock quarry turned golf course, Cinder Ridge.
After scoring with relative ease last week, Cinder Ridge proved once again to be a tough but fair test for even the most skilled among us Golfers Gone Wild. Several holes required strategic placement of tee shots and approaches to well-guarded greens. Every hole had out-of-bounds on either the left or right. And many had OB on both sides. There were even two holes, #7 and #18 with water hazards crossing the fairways.
Lucky Lefty won the tournament by less than a single stroke. Lefty, powered by a new set of PING fairway woods, avoided trouble on almost every hole and managed his way around the course to a low round 69 net.
Country Strong and The Gambler shot well on the day and tied for second, both with two under par 70 net.
Lefty was also the skins leader on the day with 8. Miller made a key late birdie on #16, a tight tough par 3 with water in front and bunkers on all sides with out of bounds left and right. Quick Draw continued to be in the money every time out, no matter how he shoots the rest of his round. Quick Draw with a birdie on #7, won 4 skins. TaylorMade Kid and Kappatain Styles won 2 each. Country Strong and the Gambler each won one.
GGW Match Play Competition continued at Cinder Ridge. Four matches were played. Lower handicap favorites won them all.
Kappatain Styles (+2) proved better than Quick Draw winning a tight match 1 up. TaylorMade Kid (+8) chilled Way Cool, 3&1. Country Strong (+6) shot down the Rifleman 6&5. And The Gambler (+7) killed off Silent Assassin 5&3. With his third loss, Sam is eliminated and cannot win the Match Play Championship.
Golfers Gone Wild Tournament Director will sanction a second event Independence Day weekend. On Sunday, the Tour returns for a second time this year to University Golf Course. University is reported to be Lucky Lefty’s “home” course. He shouldn’t need the power from new PINGs to score well on that course. Regardless, the GGW will try to prevent a Lucky winning streak.
After scoring with relative ease last week, Cinder Ridge proved once again to be a tough but fair test for even the most skilled among us Golfers Gone Wild. Several holes required strategic placement of tee shots and approaches to well-guarded greens. Every hole had out-of-bounds on either the left or right. And many had OB on both sides. There were even two holes, #7 and #18 with water hazards crossing the fairways.
Lucky Lefty won the tournament by less than a single stroke. Lefty, powered by a new set of PING fairway woods, avoided trouble on almost every hole and managed his way around the course to a low round 69 net.
Country Strong and The Gambler shot well on the day and tied for second, both with two under par 70 net.
Lefty was also the skins leader on the day with 8. Miller made a key late birdie on #16, a tight tough par 3 with water in front and bunkers on all sides with out of bounds left and right. Quick Draw continued to be in the money every time out, no matter how he shoots the rest of his round. Quick Draw with a birdie on #7, won 4 skins. TaylorMade Kid and Kappatain Styles won 2 each. Country Strong and the Gambler each won one.
GGW Match Play Competition continued at Cinder Ridge. Four matches were played. Lower handicap favorites won them all.
Kappatain Styles (+2) proved better than Quick Draw winning a tight match 1 up. TaylorMade Kid (+8) chilled Way Cool, 3&1. Country Strong (+6) shot down the Rifleman 6&5. And The Gambler (+7) killed off Silent Assassin 5&3. With his third loss, Sam is eliminated and cannot win the Match Play Championship.
Golfers Gone Wild Tournament Director will sanction a second event Independence Day weekend. On Sunday, the Tour returns for a second time this year to University Golf Course. University is reported to be Lucky Lefty’s “home” course. He shouldn’t need the power from new PINGs to score well on that course. Regardless, the GGW will try to prevent a Lucky winning streak.
Event No.14: Quick Draw Wins Independence Day Shoot Out
For GGW, a round of Golf is like barbeques and fireworks, an Independence Day tradition. Over this past three day weekend, Golfers Gone Wild scheduled two sanctioned tournaments on Friday and Sunday. The Golf Gods provided some compensation for early season bad weather with perfect weather both tournament days (even though rain showers marred the actual 4th of July outdoor activities with our families).
Friday we took a long hour drive to Cinder Ridge in Wilmington, Illinois. But on Sunday, GGW made a quick trip practically down the street to play a quick round at familiar University Golf Course in Richton Park. The tournament winner at University was Quick Draw with a 64 net.
Quick Draw won a tight shoot out over Kappatain Styles, winning by a little more than 1 stroke. K Styles set off fireworks after shooting a personal record low 86; and easily had the early clubhouse lead. But Quick Draw soon checked in with a remarkable 88 to take the net tournament. TaylorMade Kid, in the middle of a contentious match, still shot well and carded an 87 for third place.
TaylorMade Kid also won an impressive 11 skins on the day. Taylor was the only player to make par on the long and tough #11 par 3. Competitive GGW players had pushed all holes to that point. Kappatain Styles won the final 5 skins with key pars at #15 and #18. Quick Draw won 2 skins on the day.
GGW Match Play Competition continued at University Golf Course. Three matches were played.
Kappatain Styles (+4) on his best day beat Cadillac Blue on his worst, 9&8. This (mis)match was over early and barely lasted through the turn. Cadillac Blue became the third player eliminated from the Match Play Championship. Quick Draw (+2) barbequed Way Cool, 4&3. TaylorMade Kid (0) out-fought, litigated and finally ruled over The Gambler, 6&5. With a record of 5-0-0, The Kid remains the No. 1 Match Play Championship contender.
This Sunday, July 12, Golfers Gone Wild Tour will make its next stop at River Oaks Golf Course in Calumet City. Quick Draw won his first tournament of the season Independence Day weekend. Perry survived the fireworks from K Styles. Gunn is now the 7th player to win on Tour this season. Always a long hitter, add accuracy and short game consistency, Quick Draw becomes another weekly threat in the GGW lineup.
Friday we took a long hour drive to Cinder Ridge in Wilmington, Illinois. But on Sunday, GGW made a quick trip practically down the street to play a quick round at familiar University Golf Course in Richton Park. The tournament winner at University was Quick Draw with a 64 net.
Quick Draw won a tight shoot out over Kappatain Styles, winning by a little more than 1 stroke. K Styles set off fireworks after shooting a personal record low 86; and easily had the early clubhouse lead. But Quick Draw soon checked in with a remarkable 88 to take the net tournament. TaylorMade Kid, in the middle of a contentious match, still shot well and carded an 87 for third place.
TaylorMade Kid also won an impressive 11 skins on the day. Taylor was the only player to make par on the long and tough #11 par 3. Competitive GGW players had pushed all holes to that point. Kappatain Styles won the final 5 skins with key pars at #15 and #18. Quick Draw won 2 skins on the day.
GGW Match Play Competition continued at University Golf Course. Three matches were played.
Kappatain Styles (+4) on his best day beat Cadillac Blue on his worst, 9&8. This (mis)match was over early and barely lasted through the turn. Cadillac Blue became the third player eliminated from the Match Play Championship. Quick Draw (+2) barbequed Way Cool, 4&3. TaylorMade Kid (0) out-fought, litigated and finally ruled over The Gambler, 6&5. With a record of 5-0-0, The Kid remains the No. 1 Match Play Championship contender.
This Sunday, July 12, Golfers Gone Wild Tour will make its next stop at River Oaks Golf Course in Calumet City. Quick Draw won his first tournament of the season Independence Day weekend. Perry survived the fireworks from K Styles. Gunn is now the 7th player to win on Tour this season. Always a long hitter, add accuracy and short game consistency, Quick Draw becomes another weekly threat in the GGW lineup.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Week 12: GGW Smokes Woodbine * Posted by Nate on July 1, 2009 at 3:08pm
After three straight weeks of tough golf tests (at Glenwoodie, Heritage Bluffs and Cog Hill), Woodbine Golf Course represented a much easier challenge for Golfers Gone Wild.
Woodbine is a course with well manicured greens that roll true, few mature trees and fewer sand bunkers. And, Woodbine had several holes where the rough was cut low enough to be almost indistinguishable from its wide fairways.
Early tee times on Saturday, June 27 allowed play in moderate temperatures with little wind. Players took advantage of the simple (68.2 rating) layout. Woodbine had penalty out-of-bounds on just 6 holes and significant water hazard on only 6 others.
The GGW smoked this easy course with all players in the field finishing net par or better, including two players who broke the GGW record for low net on this same day. Leading a very competitive field was the TaylorMade Kid who emerged victorious; finishing at nine over, 79.
TaylorMade Kid shot a ridiculously low net 58. Cadillac Blue was close behind in second, with a net 59. Both broke the GGW low net scoring record. Quick Draw and Double D also placed in the money, tied for third place, shooting net 63s.
But even the remaining competition was stiff. The Gambler shot a net 64, Lucky Lefty 66, Country Strong 67, Rifleman 69 and Grade A was even par 70 net. Long hitters disregarded dog legs and shot directly at greens on par 5s. All players consistently burned fairways and fired at lightly protected greens.
Quick Draw was the skins leader on the day. Perry parlayed a key par on #9 and birdie on #11 to win 10 skins. TaylorMade Kid won 4, Double D and Country Strong won 2 skins each.
Match Play Competition continued at Woodbine. Results of four matches did not eliminate any additional players; as all four losers were tagged with only their first defeat.
TaylorMade Kid (+6) outgunned Rifleman, 4&3. Now, undefeated in three matches, Taylor takes over designation as the No. 1 contender for the Championship title. In other matches, Cadillac Blue (-2) ran down Quick Draw, 2 up. The Gambler (+6) refused to give Grade A a pass, 2&1. Country Strong (0) stuffed the Hawk 6&5.
After Woodbine, handicaps for several players have dropped significantly. Send a thank you to the interim Tournament Director for the mid-season course break and confidence builder.
It’s going to be much tougher next week as the GGW Tour stops at Cinder Ridge in Wilmington, Illinois. Loose drivers, who could recover at Woodbine, will be OB at Cinder Ridge. Long hitters, who hit over trees at Woodbine, will be punished if they come up short at Cinder Ridge. Simple short game chips, will be much more difficult from Cinder Ridge’s green side rough.
TaylorMade Kid is hot, having now won 4 of 12 Tour events. Weather is warming and most golfers are playing better. The GGW smoked Woodbine. This Friday, we plan to reduce Cinder Ridge to ashes, too.
Be There.
Woodbine is a course with well manicured greens that roll true, few mature trees and fewer sand bunkers. And, Woodbine had several holes where the rough was cut low enough to be almost indistinguishable from its wide fairways.
Early tee times on Saturday, June 27 allowed play in moderate temperatures with little wind. Players took advantage of the simple (68.2 rating) layout. Woodbine had penalty out-of-bounds on just 6 holes and significant water hazard on only 6 others.
The GGW smoked this easy course with all players in the field finishing net par or better, including two players who broke the GGW record for low net on this same day. Leading a very competitive field was the TaylorMade Kid who emerged victorious; finishing at nine over, 79.
TaylorMade Kid shot a ridiculously low net 58. Cadillac Blue was close behind in second, with a net 59. Both broke the GGW low net scoring record. Quick Draw and Double D also placed in the money, tied for third place, shooting net 63s.
But even the remaining competition was stiff. The Gambler shot a net 64, Lucky Lefty 66, Country Strong 67, Rifleman 69 and Grade A was even par 70 net. Long hitters disregarded dog legs and shot directly at greens on par 5s. All players consistently burned fairways and fired at lightly protected greens.
Quick Draw was the skins leader on the day. Perry parlayed a key par on #9 and birdie on #11 to win 10 skins. TaylorMade Kid won 4, Double D and Country Strong won 2 skins each.
Match Play Competition continued at Woodbine. Results of four matches did not eliminate any additional players; as all four losers were tagged with only their first defeat.
TaylorMade Kid (+6) outgunned Rifleman, 4&3. Now, undefeated in three matches, Taylor takes over designation as the No. 1 contender for the Championship title. In other matches, Cadillac Blue (-2) ran down Quick Draw, 2 up. The Gambler (+6) refused to give Grade A a pass, 2&1. Country Strong (0) stuffed the Hawk 6&5.
After Woodbine, handicaps for several players have dropped significantly. Send a thank you to the interim Tournament Director for the mid-season course break and confidence builder.
It’s going to be much tougher next week as the GGW Tour stops at Cinder Ridge in Wilmington, Illinois. Loose drivers, who could recover at Woodbine, will be OB at Cinder Ridge. Long hitters, who hit over trees at Woodbine, will be punished if they come up short at Cinder Ridge. Simple short game chips, will be much more difficult from Cinder Ridge’s green side rough.
TaylorMade Kid is hot, having now won 4 of 12 Tour events. Weather is warming and most golfers are playing better. The GGW smoked Woodbine. This Friday, we plan to reduce Cinder Ridge to ashes, too.
Be There.
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