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Amazing Birdie @ Discovery Bay, Hong Kong
During the home game at Discovery Bay for the Intra-Club Championship with Clearwater Bay, on the Par 4 Diamond 9, we cut the Tiger line and ended up 86 yards to the pin but in the left rough on a severe down slope. Without our 56° wedge, we only had the 52° with us. This normally would be too much club, but adjusting for the slope, choking down and opening the clubface we executed the perfect shot. Went straight for the flag, and I ended up six inches from the hole. Very sweet…so sweet we forgot to take a picture :-p
Lone Birdie @ Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong
On this 9-hole executive course, we managed only one Birdie. It happened on the Par 3 10th hole (actually the 1st played the second time around). At 89 yards, our 56° wedge got below the hole for an easy 6 footer. The greens are small and several Par 3s are over 180 yards, one even registering 241! So this is no easy course. Great short game practice though.
111007 Deep Water Bay, Hole #10 (Par 3)
Triple Birdies @ Discovery Bay, Hong Kong
Today’s back-9 was sensational. One over on the Jade Course at Discovery Bay, Hong Kong! Three Birdies. Two back to back. Amazing.
The first came on the Par 3 3rd. 179 yards downhill, our 5-iron got me 18 feet left of the hole. With the huge right to left swing, we didn’t expect it to go in. But wait…bang. Birdie number one. Then on the next hole, the Par 4 4th, our drive left us with 140 yards. With an 8-iron, we were just short of the hole by three feet. Birdie number two. Towards the end, on the Par 3 8th, our 4-hybrid managed to get us on the green, but 33 feet below the hole! 33 feet…uphill? No way… No way… OMG. Birdie number three! We were so excited we forgot to take a photo (again).
111005 Discovery Bay, Jade 3 (Par 3)
111005 Discovery Bay, Jade 4 (Par 4)
Birdie at the Centurion Golf Championship @ Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong
Did not play particularly well at this year’s Centurion Golf Championship at Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club, Hong Kong. But on the 5th hole (our 14th) we had a textbook birdie on this Par 5. A perfect drive, an iron to 140 yards and a 7-iron to land 6 feet past the back pin. A tricky downhill putt proved not to be a problem.
110923 Clearwater Bay, Hole 5 (Par 5)
Back Nine Birdies to Save the Round @ Discovery Bay, Hong Kong
After our Hole-in-One, we were not expecting much for our round today. But we did not expect the front nine to be that bad…only one Par on the 9th hole! Anyway, the back nine fared much better. On Ruby #2 we took our trusty 4-hybrid to tackle the 178 yard Par 3. Slightly past the hole we had a nine footer with a big right to left break. Taking a bit more break, we tracked nicely right in the cup. Note to R: take more break as you always under-read the break!
We seem to be good on Par 3s nowadays. On the next one, Ruby 8, a 9-iron got me pin high left of the flag. Also a nine footer, this time we had a left to right break that played more than it seemed. Bang, right in the center of the hole. Everyone was ecstatic as we had this new rule that anyone with more than two Birdies in one round would have to buy lunch!
Not bad to get back to two over for the back nine…don’t ask about the front…
110913 Discovery Bay, Ruby 2 (Par 3)
110913 Discovery Bay, Ruby 8 (Par 3)
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