2023 LWS at Idlewild

[glassila]

The tournament is underway. It looks like it will be hot out there.
I got Calvin, Ricky and Adam Hammes for the top 3 in MPO.
Holyn, Missy, and Ella for FPO.

 

[elmexdela]

i love this course

to watch and to play

 

[Jolt]

Feels like many of the FPO players are very inconsistent. ..Kristin is the anomaly.
They can win one week and the next be out of the top 30
Nice to see Walker do well, but who would have guessed that after the year she have had

 

[glassila]

i love this course

to watch and to play

Totally agree!

It's so cool watching a tournament on a course you're played.
(I played there a couple of years ago)

 

[BogeyNoMore]

Feels like many of the FPO players are very inconsistent. ..Kristin is the anomaly.
They can win one week and the next be out of the top 30
Nice to see Walker do well, but who would have guessed that after the year she have had

Kristin's been giving the US FPO players a break.
I hope she's been able to spend some quality time with her daughter.

 

[glassila]

First time on lead card at a DGPT event for Cadence Burge and Evan Scott I would think? Maybe for Gavin Babcock too?

 

[Flick Maniac]

I recall watching Gavin on one this year. No idea what it was though. Semiwoodsy course.

 

[Sheridan]

Des Moines Challenge. Picked up a 3rd place finish in that one.

 

[EllEstar]

First time on lead card at a DGPT event for Cadence Burge and Evan Scott I would think? Maybe for Gavin Babcock too?

Well he was on final round lead card at Champion's Cup last year, not DGPT but bigger, I'd say. (Also made chase card at both Worlds and USDGC that year, which is pretty cool)

Edit: Also, Evan has made 3 lead cards at Silver events and 1 chase card at an Elite event, so it feels like he's inching his way up there.

 

[glassila]

Well he was on final round lead card at Champion's Cup last year, not DGPT but bigger, I'd say. (Also made chase card at both Worlds and USDGC that year, which is pretty cool)

Edit: Also, Evan has made 3 lead cards at Silver events and 1 chase card at an Elite event, so it feels like he's inching his way up there.

I kinda, sorta felt like he might have been on a lead card, but didn't look it up.
He is certainly capable, let's see if he holds on!

Yeah, Evan Scott looks like he is a young up and comer.

 

[foxdawg10]

Is anyone else having an issue with the DGN feed today? It looks weird on my TV.

 

[glassila]

Mine's fine.

 

[glassila]

Man, has anyone had more bad spitouts than Aaron Gossage!?

 

[BWchucker]

This is hilarious right now. The card who got a warning earlier for time too.

 

[ToddL]

A few years ago at GBO I declared the day over when it got pretty dark and the players were pretty mad at me for it.

A couple of years later at Delaware DGC I took a more hands-off approach. "I'm ready to call it any any time. If a single one of you wants to stop, let me know and I'll stop the round." They didn't want to stop, so they played in some pretty dark conditions. As many spotters as we could find. Ready-golf when you got to your lie. Couple of observations: (1) the camera makes it look a lot darker than it actually is, (2) the woods are massively darker than the parking lot. Even after finishing the round, adding up scores by flashlight, and submitting scores, we walked to the parking lot and said "damn, we could have played 2 more holes out here!"

 

[Shallows]

Tristan Tanner: Greatest Bad player or Worst Good player?

 

[BogeyNoMore]

Breaking out the glow disc on #18 rd 2.... Lol.

 

[TheCatsAreInCharge]

Breaking out the glow disc on #18 rd 2.... Lol.

Hole 18 was a wild ride... especially after we thought they had called the round for the evening.

 

[glassila]

Micah Groth up 76 spots with a -14 round.
Callaway up 73 with a -13 round.
They will probably end up "only" gaining 40-45 spots when the day is done, but WOW, those are some scorching rounds from players that were only -2 and -1 starting the day.

 

[ChrisWoj]

Tristan Tanner: Greatest Bad player or Worst Good player?

Absolutely.