golf thread for 4LIFe and other golfing fools... [Archive]

fadada1

10/8/2007, 10:25 PM

played oak hill (east) for the first time today - site of many a majors including US OPENS, PGA CHAMP., RYDER CUP, and next year's senior pga championship. growing up here in rochester, ny, i only was on the course once during the '89 open. was fairly happy with my play, but missed 5 makeable birdie putts on the back. started the day with a triple... finished with an 81 on one of the most difficult courses in the world (pine valley is easily #1 in difficulty). i'll post some more pics tomorrow, but here is the view from the 13th tee:

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/9241/oakhill020ly8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

#11 - a fantastically difficult par 3 - 230 yards. missed an 8 foot birdie putt here.
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/3528/oakhill017xp4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Petro-Sooner

10/8/2007, 10:29 PM

What a pasture. ;)

Talk about most difficult courses ever? Westwood. Very long!!!

critical_phil

10/8/2007, 10:47 PM

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/3528/oakhill017xp4.jpg

this looks just like #6 at Brookside.

exactly.

SoonerObsession

10/8/2007, 11:42 PM

Wow! I'm jealous!

OU4LIFE

10/9/2007, 07:59 AM

Turd_Ferguson

10/9/2007, 08:02 AM

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/3528/oakhill017xp4.jpg

this looks just like #6 at Brookside.

exactly.
If there was an Eightsome on the tee with no shirts on, I'd agree.

Mjcpr

10/9/2007, 08:13 AM

Looks beautiful. I wish I could have been there with you. I bet the weather right now is perfect. I look forward to more pictures.

Two hearts.....

fadada1

10/9/2007, 08:16 AM

Dude, put some time in with the putter. ;)

Looks beautiful. I wish I could have been there with you. I bet the weather right now is perfect. I look forward to more pictures.

I bet that place sells great hats.
heh.

usually my putting keeps me in the game. they punched their greens about 2 weeks ago. so, lets just say they weren't in ryder cup form. little bumpy. had a couple putts that took some strange bounces.

fadada1

10/9/2007, 08:22 AM

approach on #1 (i didn't get to see the fairway here - dang pull/hooks):
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7154/oakhill002dj3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

approach on #2
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2764/oakhill004dt7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

#3. great par 3. can't be long... i was long.
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/5742/oakhill006go9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

fadada1

10/9/2007, 08:30 AM

#5. great par3 with allens creek surrounding the green (picture taken from the regular member tee - we played the championship tees). about 190yrds. hit a lovely 6-iron to about 12 feet. missed the putt. 4 hole-in-ones here on sunday of the '89 open. next to this, kinda makes 4LIFE's look like a 1 at "pirates cove golf adventure" in virginia beach.
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8724/oakhill010wh0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

OU4LIFE

10/9/2007, 08:35 AM

Dude, that slope on #3 looks ridiculous...

AND with that tree there, it'd be kinda tough for pat to hit his 20 yard fade

fadada1

10/9/2007, 08:40 AM

Dude, that slope on #3 looks ridiculous...

AND with that tree there, it'd be kinda tough for pat to hit his 20 yard fade
the green is sloped pretty good from back-to-front. that tree comes more into play from the member tees. the champ. tees actually give you a better angle in (back and right from where i was standing here).

fadada1

10/9/2007, 08:47 AM

#8. beautiful par 4. like hitting through a hallway.
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2965/oakhill013tf8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

#12 approach. can'tsee the bottom of the pin. huge green.
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/2129/oakhill019vs6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

#13 approach back up to the clubhouse. pretty decent uphill approach. gotta be 10 bunkers protecting the green. sweep place to watch a tourney from (up at the green).
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6963/oakhill021rj8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Condescending Sooner

10/9/2007, 01:00 PM

Eh, that don't look so tough. I'm sure Cedar Valley from the white tees is just as hard.

OU4LIFE

10/9/2007, 01:04 PM

very similar to CV...well, except for all the trees, bunkers and slope. but really, that's just filler stuff.

Condescending Sooner

10/9/2007, 01:34 PM

very similar to CV...well, except for all the trees, bunkers and slope. but really, that's just filler stuff.

Exactly. When you hit it dead straight at the target every time, the rest of that stuff is a waste.

OU4LIFE

10/9/2007, 01:35 PM

that's what I'm sayin..

fadada1

10/9/2007, 02:39 PM

that's what I'm sayin..
what about the second shot???

seriously, i'm the king of 280-300 yard drives, standing there with a wedge in my hand in the middle of the fairway, then taking bogey.

apparently my wedge game sucks.

Newbomb Turk

10/9/2007, 03:53 PM

nice pics fadada.

oh, and Brookside #6 IS a beast.

fadada1

10/9/2007, 03:56 PM

nice pics fadada.

oh, and Brookside #6 IS a beast.
brookside?? is that the one in norman by the airport? resembles a goat farm??

r5TPsooner

10/9/2007, 03:58 PM

Great pics. Looks a bit tight but the fairways look in great shape.

Newbomb Turk

10/9/2007, 08:02 PM

brookside?? is that the one in norman by the airport? resembles a goat farm??

No, it's the one on 89th and Shields that resembles a goat farm.

You're thinking of Westwood in Norman.

They're both beasts though.

Beasts I tell you.

critical_phil

10/9/2007, 09:21 PM

oh, and Brookside #6 IS a beast.

playing a 2nd shot over a corpse is harder than one may think....

OU4LIFE

10/10/2007, 08:06 AM

what about the second shot???

seriously, i'm the king of 280-300 yard drives, standing there with a wedge in my hand in the middle of the fairway, then taking bogey.

apparently my wedge game sucks.

here's the only tip i'll ever give you man,

'practice your wedge game'

you're welcome in advance. ;)

sooneron

10/10/2007, 08:54 AM

Westwood, ugh. I'm waiting for KC to pipe in on this one.

Great track there, Fadada. You should try to make it downstate to Sleepy Hollow. Classic place.

fadada1

10/10/2007, 10:55 AM

Westwood, ugh. I'm waiting for KC to pipe in on this one.

Great track there, Fadada. You should try to make it downstate to Sleepy Hollow. Classic place.
no kidding. the fella that did their renovation, gil hanse, is doing ours here at monroe. the course i came from outside of philly, is one of his original designs. i'd love to get down there... knowing his work and the stories about what he did there, i'd love to get down to play. also, if you ever get the chancce to play boston country club (not TPC boston, which he was in on)... apparently, it's freaking amazing.

fadada1

10/10/2007, 02:09 PM

fyi,

oak hill (east) rating and slope from the championship tees: 76.9/147

just like westwood.

Mjcpr

10/10/2007, 02:14 PM

What is Bushwood, any idea?

IB4OU2

10/10/2007, 02:24 PM

What is Bushwood, any idea?

Yes, they only allow stroke play for singles and you have to buy all the drinks before you get a hole in one.

OU4LIFE

10/10/2007, 03:18 PM

What is Bushwood, any idea?

It's the name of a country club in the movie "CaddyShack"

Mjcpr

10/10/2007, 03:19 PM

I'm looking for the rating and slope, duh.

fadada1

10/10/2007, 03:20 PM

seven.

OU4LIFE

10/10/2007, 03:20 PM

36.7 / 4

fadada1

10/10/2007, 03:26 PM

36.7 / 4
that's if you play twice.

Newbomb Turk

10/10/2007, 03:56 PM

...gambling is illegal at Bushwood sir..

OU4LIFE

10/11/2007, 08:21 AM

I thought that according to the rules of bedroom golf it was considered good form to play the same hole twice...

:D

r5TPsooner

10/11/2007, 09:34 AM

I thought that according to the rules of bedroom golf it was considered good form to play the same hole twice...

:D

Do you get a mulligan?