Ripper
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Didn't know courses had scores? Thought for sure a -22 beat a -21.
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McBeth vs. Climo
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Didn't know courses had scores? Thought for sure a -22 beat a -21.
Casey 1988
Shun the frumious Bandersnatch!
Yes but what the person means is that you or anybody else tries to play the course for the tournament as well as they can for the conditions of weather and body that day as well as ability, and assume you can use that to your advantage to beat the other players.
dehaas
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Dunno if there are any old school Iowa golfers lurking that can confirm? I was Iowa State during 2004 worlds and remember there being talk of a few of the top pros being introduced before an Iowa Cubs AAA game while in town. They had them throw shots from home plate to the outfield wall and supposedly Kenny cleared the center field wall with a roc, so you'd have to expect center field would be right around 400 feet.
That following summer I got to watch the last few holes of him winning the Des Moines Challenge out at Walnut Ridge on Father's Day. He was absolutely shredding the course, hitting lines in the 400-450 range and pretty much making any putt he had. Just a lot of fun to watch.
That following summer I got to watch the last few holes of him winning the Des Moines Challenge out at Walnut Ridge on Father's Day. He was absolutely shredding the course, hitting lines in the 400-450 range and pretty much making any putt he had. Just a lot of fun to watch.
I'm working on my next video right now, the 1999 DGLO, and Ken Climo throws his Gazelle on Hudson Mills original #4 about 400'. It's a 480' hole and he's got a c2 look.
I'm guessing it will be up on YouTube in about two weeks or so...
I'm guessing it will be up on YouTube in about two weeks or so...
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Nick Pacific
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Paul's putt works really well on old school baskets. Here he is on some old mach 3s and he hits everything
I rewatched that shot of Climo on Hudson Mills original #4. He had more like a 50-footer for his deuce attempt, so make that about a 430' drive.
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Thrown that hole a thousand times, and you can guarantee there is always a left to right headwind coming off of the huge empty recreation fields that are directly to the left/front of the hole. The woods are behind that hole's teepad, so you almost never get any type of tailwind assistance either. It definitely plays a lot longer than the sign says for sure.
And as far as Kenny's distance, here he is at 43 throwing a monster 360 wraith shot up a huge hole that looks to be well over 500 feet of power.
And he threw a Gazelle there!
I had a decent Am-1 forehand back then and got my X-Clones out to where I only had a 150' upshot.
Everybody on the DGLO card was up near the pin, by the way. Stokely was pin-high and about 100' left just like in 1998. Sinclair was pin-high and right, in some bushes. I won't give away Ron Russell's awesome shot. Video is 22% uploaded and counting!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQN0VlxOD_Y&feature=youtu.be
I have one more video of Climo and his contemporaries fresh off the press, the 1999 DGLO final 9 skins match!
I have one more video of Climo and his contemporaries fresh off the press, the 1999 DGLO final 9 skins match!
F. Howl
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He did have that one pretty bad spit out on hole 4, but other than that, yeah. His putt has good speed control, and consistently is dropping by the time it gets to chains. (I think he's adjusted it in the last few years. Less agressive.)
PDGA posted this on Facebook:
"He just played without mistakes. He would never miss a putt inside 20 feet. He rarely missed a putt within 30 feet. He rarely didn't two a hole under 300 feet. It was just that he made all the shots you're supposed to make — the ones that are routine, that a good player hits 90 percent of the time, he would hit 100 percent. It means that you had to play perfect to beat him. He just didn't play bad. And that's difficult, because when someone doesn't have an off day — it kind of sucks (laughing). I don't know what else to say. It's hard to compete against." - Scott Stokely on Ken Climo #4297
"He just played without mistakes. He would never miss a putt inside 20 feet. He rarely missed a putt within 30 feet. He rarely didn't two a hole under 300 feet. It was just that he made all the shots you're supposed to make — the ones that are routine, that a good player hits 90 percent of the time, he would hit 100 percent. It means that you had to play perfect to beat him. He just didn't play bad. And that's difficult, because when someone doesn't have an off day — it kind of sucks (laughing). I don't know what else to say. It's hard to compete against." - Scott Stokely on Ken Climo #4297
Smigles
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Idk, all those statements seem true for Paul too...
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a lot of the time. definitely not all the time.
gerth_vader
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Paul has been a slow starter for sure. Flip side is nobody feels safe on lead card when mcbeast is on the chase.
bruh i randomly clicked to 525 and first thing i saw was macbeth spit out
Hampstead
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When McBeth won the BHMO a few years ago, when the course still had Mach 3's before the current Mach X, he said a lot of the pros were complaining about the crappy baskets and he laughed saying he grew up putting on that type of basket.
Nevermind I'm dumb.
For sure. McBeth is never going to get past 5X if they keep canceling Worlds!
