Duane Ledien

Find me on a Golf Course, never a Driving Range⛳️

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@golfgetaways Dormie Club if you can get connected is fantastic

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@bbstatsgolf -23/-24 would be my guess. They say the rough is up and there are some greens that can tuck pins, but overall yes they should be making plenty of birdies

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Hole 1: Straight away, wedge in. Birdie hole

Hole 2: Downhill Tee shot, can hit 4i, 5 wood and have flip wedge or hit Driver to just in front. Ridge parallel to bunker leads to back section. If you hit it in the back section you’ll have a look at bird

Hole 3: front left of middle of green and have an uphill putt. Left and above green leaves u down hill chip that can get quick

Hole 4: Top shelf pin where you have to fly it all the way back. A little short will funnel away from flag back to front of green

Hole 5: Par 5 and can get home in 2. Short is the play as it’s a makeable chip just short.

Hole 6: Straight forward but blind tee ball over the hill. Front pin gives you a look at Birdie

Hole 7: Par 5, hit a really good 2nd shot up the hill. Avoid bunker left and should 2 putt/get up and down for bird.

Hole 8: long, downhill Par 3. Tough pin all the way back. Just don’t miss left. Middle of the green is fine

Hole 9: Long, slightly uphill Par 4 but front right pin is easiest. Mostly left to right funnel on the green

Hole 10: Sucker pin as you can spin it back off into the water. Hit it 15 feet past and try and make a putt

Hole 11: Skinny green with a lower level. Get it all the way up top and have a look at bird. Don’t miss left

Hole 12: Cut the dogleg left corner over the fairway bunker and have a pitch/flip wedge. Get to the deep right part of the fairway and a good angle into that pin. Birdie hole

Hole 13: Bang Driver and have flip wedge. Top right is a tough pin. Hit it to top shelf middle of the green and you’ll have a look

Hole 14: Blind Tee Ball Par 5. Stay left, middle left off the tee. Reachable and get it all the way up there as short of the green is an uphill chip where you can’t see bottom of the flag. Anywhere up top is fine

Hole 15: Tee ball way down the hill. Stay short of the water and low iron in. Front middle and you’ll have an uphill putt

Hole 16: Tee ball way down the hill. Avoid the left. Up hill approach with area right to miss. Pin just below top shelf. Anywhere below the hole is fine

Hole 17: Long Par 3 where right miss is tough. Left middle of green is fine and pin is below top shelf so stay on lower level

Hole 18: Par 5 down hill. Avoid too far right with trees and hazard. Back left pin is guarded by trees short and left of green. Make it a 3 shot hole and a better angle into the pin for a flip wedge. Driver, 7i and have whatever angle you want in.

Not 100% sure exactly what all trees were taken down for this specific tournament, but an overall view and what to expect with these pin locations

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Hole locations for the first round of the Austin Championship presented by Compliance Solutions

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1 bang driver. Need a massive miss to get into trouble

2 will be driveable as it’s downhill and a slight dog leg. Would expect them to hit driver down within 30 yards if not on.

4 will be banging driver to also get it close

12 is a weird dog leg that kinda gets tight up near the green with trees and native left and trees next tee box with bushes right. So probably lay back as not sure it’s a big enough area to go. But can hit flip wedge in

13 is driver all day

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There’s a few greens where you can tuck and be tough, but they’re throwing wedges into those spots regardless. I’ve played that course 15-20 times. All the par 5’s will play under par. The only par 4’s that likely won’t play under par will be 16 and maybe 10. Too many easy ones. Par 3’s will be the saving grace as they can’t get most 220+

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@matthewwinick Illinois 2nd shot chart

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@EgbersTom Pretty good College Football slate

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@MickMann852441 A Walter Travis perhaps!!

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@zheinold1014 Love me some great stone outcroppings on a course

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Turns out a lot of people are finally finding out who Molly Miller is.

A big ol wave of Arizona St Sun Devil WBB fans

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Stepping into Year 2 in style🔥🤩.

@MollyMiller33 🙌

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@golfclubenjoyer @JD_Patrick Fun course! Great scorecard

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@jspollock13 All 3 will be good. I think Murray St ability to pressure the ball will be what sets them apart. All for sure have a chance to win in March

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CBB Day 1 thoughts:

FLORIDA - Really effing good again. Haugh’s growth plus better shooting. Aberdeen back. Petrovic could be really helpful in time.

OU - Ummm Porter Moser has no juice.

PURDUE - This team is gonna struggle. Painter is great and he will get a lot out of them, but they are a very mediocre Big10 team. Could see 8th-11th in conference.

ZONA - They need Godfrey to become eligible if they have any hopes of getting back to the Final 4. Kharchenkov is a First Team AA.

UNC - A building year for Malone cause this team is a bubble team. I don’t feel much juice out of them and it’s gonna be an up and down year.

MURRAY ST - This is the best Mid Major in the country. Going to be very good.

SYRACUSE - They finally have the right guy at the helm. Love what GMac brings to the program as a coach and he will bring Cuse back to relevance!

TEXAS - This team is deep and they are going to be pretty damn good. Getting some extra minutes out of Ogden and Sterling while Lewis is out is great for them. Should be a 2nd weekend team with Final 4 upside!

ILLINOIS/DUKE - Silly silly stuff from these 2. Along with Florida should be a consensus Top 3 teams in the nation and all worthy Championship front runners

A massive day 1 like always and a lot of fun. Plenty more to talk about along the way. Let’s see what Day 2 brings and the rest of the week.

Welcome back CBB🤝

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@KyleUConn7 Painter has gotten A LOT out of his players over the years. Very few 5 stars. Always a contender. Makes players better. Winning a championship is very hard and shouldn’t be the only thing that determines being Good/Great/Exceptional

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@socalsports1984 They should be pretty solid. The Ratliff brothers might be the real deal. Lewis and Rice are great veteran leaders for the rest of the young guns

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@waynemccoy_ They’ll be good as long as TKR is gonna be eligible. I think Stokes is a little overrated, but he’s solid and they have some nice pieces that came back

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@itsAntWright Are those Assocks???