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From: John Turner on 4 Apr 2007 18:17

"Kev Nurse" <kev(a)kevnurse.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Yes, congratulations to John and his team from Lahinch. To win a
> second time with the team restrictions in place is an excellent
> achievement and has to be evidence of a lot of diligence and
> concentration.
>
> I am surprised to learn that Glen only scored 35 points in their semi-
> final. Perhaps Ron might be able to find out from the team what
> happened.
>
> Regards
> Kev
>

Thanks for all the kind words. In fact Lahinch scored 44 points in our
semi-final. There was an incorrect answer on the quiz-masters pages that we
didn't need to resolve at the time because we won without the two points,
but we did determine with the quiz-master later on that we had given the
correct answer. Interestingly, there was a second incorrect answer in the
second semi-final that did need to be corrected on the spot.

Glen had a bit of a bad night. They disputed one of the two round two
questions that they got wrong. IMO they were wrong in disputing it because
they had given an incorrect answer. This possibly disturbed them, because
they went on to get a round three question wrong, which is most unusual.
They also got a question wrong in rounds one and four. It was probably for
the best that they didn't lose by just two points and thus make the disputed
answer a critical issue. Anyway, as in the past, they were good company in
the bar afterwards.

For their sins the Lahinch team got to play the Old Course backwards on
Monday courtesy the R&A. It was quite an experience playing the course this
way, and one I was very glad not to miss.


From: M L Wadsworth on 4 Apr 2007 23:47

"John Turner" <jgturner(a)not.for.use.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Kev Nurse" <kev(a)kevnurse.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1175722310.881133.183160(a)q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...


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>
> For their sins the Lahinch team got to play the Old Course backwards on
> Monday courtesy the R&A. It was quite an experience playing the course
> this way, and one I was very glad not to miss.
John,
Please explain how the Old Course was played backwards.

Regards,
Malcolm


From: John Laird on 5 Apr 2007 04:31
On Apr 5, 4:47 am, "M L Wadsworth"
<malCUTcolTHEmwadswo...(a)btCACKLEinternet.com> wrote:
> "John Turner" <jgtur...(a)not.for.use.net> wrote in message
>
> news:wuVQh.18867$j7.369139(a)news.indigo.ie...
> >
> > For their sins the Lahinch team got to play the Old Course backwards on
> > Monday courtesy the R&A. It was quite an experience playing the course
> > this way, and one I was very glad not to miss.
>
> John,
> Please explain how the Old Course was played backwards.

This will be a function of the double greens and double fairways, with
only a few holes (those with a single green) perhaps seeming strange.
AIUI, the course was originally laid out to be played clockwise, but
is now almost exclusively played anti-clockwise, apart from a few days
per year.

--
"Famous last words - You and what army?"

From: John Laird on 5 Apr 2007 04:33
On Apr 4, 11:17 pm, "John Turner" <jgtur...(a)not.for.use.net> wrote:
> "Kev Nurse" <k...(a)kevnurse.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
>
> news:1175722310.881133.183160(a)q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Yes, congratulations to John and his team from Lahinch. To win a
> > second time with the team restrictions in place is an excellent
> > achievement and has to be evidence of a lot of diligence and
> > concentration.
>
> > I am surprised to learn that Glen only scored 35 points in their semi-
> > final. Perhaps Ron might be able to find out from the team what
> > happened.
>
> > Regards
> > Kev
>
> Thanks for all the kind words. In fact Lahinch scored 44 points in our
> semi-final. There was an incorrect answer on the quiz-masters pages that we
> didn't need to resolve at the time because we won without the two points,
> but we did determine with the quiz-master later on that we had given the
> correct answer. Interestingly, there was a second incorrect answer in the
> second semi-final that did need to be corrected on the spot.
>
> Glen had a bit of a bad night. They disputed one of the two round two
> questions that they got wrong. IMO they were wrong in disputing it because
> they had given an incorrect answer. This possibly disturbed them, because
> they went on to get a round three question wrong, which is most unusual.
> They also got a question wrong in rounds one and four. It was probably for
> the best that they didn't lose by just two points and thus make the disputed
> answer a critical issue. Anyway, as in the past, they were good company in
> the bar afterwards.
>
> For their sins the Lahinch team got to play the Old Course backwards on
> Monday courtesy the R&A. It was quite an experience playing the course this
> way, and one I was very glad not to miss.

Many congratulations to you and your team - a splendid achievement.

--
"Free advice is worth what you pay for it"

From: Demetri (Durram) on 5 Apr 2007 06:28
John Laird wrote:
> On Apr 5, 4:47 am, "M L Wadsworth"
> <malCUTcolTHEmwadswo...(a)btCACKLEinternet.com> wrote:
>> "John Turner" <jgtur...(a)not.for.use.net> wrote in message
>>
>> news:wuVQh.18867$j7.369139(a)news.indigo.ie...
>>> For their sins the Lahinch team got to play the Old Course backwards on
>>> Monday courtesy the R&A. It was quite an experience playing the course
>>> this way, and one I was very glad not to miss.
>> John,
>> Please explain how the Old Course was played backwards.
>
> This will be a function of the double greens and double fairways, with
> only a few holes (those with a single green) perhaps seeming strange.
> AIUI, the course was originally laid out to be played clockwise, but
> is now almost exclusively played anti-clockwise, apart from a few days
> per year.
>

This is the same story as I heard from a friend who used to be at
university there.

Students then (and still do AFAIK), get concessionary rates on all the
St Andrews courses and he tells me it plays better 'backwards' as more
of the bunkering gets in the way!

Not that he took that much advantage of it of course as he is such a
diligent person and dedicated to his work - which is obviously why he
plays off H/c 3 :-)

--
Durram
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