Tournament Time Again?
by Pat Sheridan on 07/04/15It's hard to believe it but it's time again to start prepping for a tournament. This time we are focusing on a local tournament we have played a few times - The Farmington Miniature Golf tournament. This is the 34th year of the tournament, which makes it one of the longest running miniature golf tournaments that we're aware of. The highest I've finished in this tournament is T-4 and this year Mandy will also be playing for the first time.
The other first we have going for this tournament is The Putting Penguin sponsorship contest. We're running a contest to sponsor someone who has never played in a competitive miniature golf tournament in an attempt to broaden the base of tournament players. We can't wait to announce the winner soon and we'll be doing blog posts with the lucky individual.
We've started our prep for this tournament by returning to the scene of our first minigolf course reviewed last weekend and re-familiarizing ourselves with the holes. There's 7-8 holes that are quite ace-able, a few more that can drop if you get a good bounce and the remainder you want to set up for a deuce. Those in the last category can also get away from you quickly and the key to this tournament is avoiding those 4s.
The 1st hole. Looks straightforward but there is some break to the putt. Many aces to be had on this hole though.
I probably won't keep too detailed a book for this tournament since it's lower stakes than the U.S. Open, and I'm much more familiar with the holes, but I'll definitely jot some notes on how a few putts play. In practice I was able to shoot a 39 (Mandy was a slight bit higher) and I figure if I can keep it in the 36-38 range for the 3 rounds I should be good for placing. The drawback to that practice round was that I didn't use a course ball, as is required by the tournament, but I will in subsequent practice sessions.
Pick your poison on this hole. Don't think I've aced it.
I would like to get in 3-4 more practice rounds before the morning of the tournament so we'll have to see how this summer goes. Keep looking to this space for more build up to the end of August tournament!
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