2023 Des Moines Challenge

[Jolt]

Fpo has just started

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlNF1nskS0A

Strange hole one for FPO. . way to long for a par 3 but super easy par 4 . .

 

[Jolt]

Konas putter is cold today, thats one of the worst putting stats i have seen

 

[Shallows]

Konas putter is cold today, thats one of the worst putting stats i have seen

She's come close!

22% C1X R2 Portland Open 23
21% C1X R1 BSF 23

 

[Jolt]

She's come close!

22% C1X R2 Portland Open 23
21% C1X R1 BSF 23

She was at 9% as i wrote that but then she hit that putt on 16

But alot of good scores at the top but many of the par 4 are to short. . a drive and then a short upshot is all they need, , dont really like that. . i mean 13 of the top 15 players birdys hole 1.

 

[biscoe]

She's come close!

22% C1X R2 Portland Open 23
21% C1X R1 BSF 23

Salonen RD1 Vegas 23- 18%

 

[pmay5]

She's come close!

22% C1X R2 Portland Open 23
21% C1X R1 BSF 23

Kona in R3 of DDO - 9% CX1 and 0% C2
Finished +7 for the round and dropped 9 spots.

Looks like it hasn't been fixed.

 

[biscoe]

Kona in R3 of DDO - 9% CX1 and 0% C2
Finished +7 for the round and dropped 9 spots.

and still cashed.- that is nuts.

 

[Cgkdisc]

and still cashed.- that is nuts.

The script is flipt: Drive for dough, putt for show (and even more dough).

 

[Nick Pacific]

Konas putter is cold today, thats one of the worst putting stats i have seen

It's really in the fingers and the hand, clean firm strong release. Be more like a surgeon, and less like swinging a hammer. Give it a good stroke, confident, good strokes go in more often than bad ones.

 

[Jolt]

it feels like in FPO the difference in putting skills are HUGE. .
In MPO they are good or really good putters. . in FPO we have everything from really bad to really good.

For me this is strange, , i think putting is easy to practise and quite easy to be good at. . its just a "do the same thing every time" kind of thing. .
And the fact that we have well paid full time pros that are so bad at a big part of the game is just wierd to me. . .if my JOB was to play and i missed 50% or more of my C1 putts. .

That said i do think FPO putting at the top level has approved , and the best players has putting stats that any MPO player would be pleased with

 

[Jolt]

Over to MPO. . .will we get another "who is that" winner this week?
Hate to say it but i miss the times when Ricky and Paul won everything. . dont koow why but i dont like to have a new winner every week. . i like when the stars in the sports IS the stars and get the win

 

[@CD-]

Weather today was hot but low & helping wind from the ESE so near perfect as the DGN commentators keep pointing out.

Forecast is T-storms from 7am to 5 or 6pm Saturday in Indianola so maybe no golf at all tomorrow. Sunday has significant wind forecast for most of the day (~20mph winds WNW direction). Flipping the wind direction and increasing the wind makes for some interesting golf.

Highest PDGA rated are probably MPO/FPO favorites if only a 2 round 36 hole event with high winds to finish it - who can make the necessary adjustments and make good wind reads?

Wouldn't be crazy to shorten the 2nd round to only 9 holes if it can be fit in tomorrow afternoon/evening for either field.

 

[Cgkdisc]

The low PDGA number tiebreak got Simon and Barsby on the top card.

 

[BogeyNoMore]

The low PDGA number tiebreak got Simon and Barsby on the top card.

That ought to make it a fun card to watch.

 

[txmxer]

The low PDGA number tiebreak got Simon and Barsby on the top card.

Looks like it impacted several cards.

 

[foxdawg10]

Buhr and Babcock ought to be fun to watch on the lead card, being good friends they should feed off each other.

 

[Shallows]

Hole 9's Discraft Chainstar chimes in on spit out discourse on Gatekeeper's R1 coverage.

 

[glassila]

Can Barsby hang with the other 3 on that card?
I hope so, but I kind of doubt it.

 

[txmxer]

Hole 9's Discraft Chainstar chimes in on spit out discourse on Gatekeeper's R1 coverage.

Ricky had one that was pretty awful.

 

[txmxer]

Looks like they might dodge the really bad weather and get todays round in.