Sunday evening we kick off the GOAT Cup with Callaway Golf where two teams battle it out at beautiful Ballyhack Golf Club. Playing alongside Jason Finley and Austin Tudor from Callaway, THPers will have a friendly competition where the winning team will receive a new 2023 golf bag, a year supply of their favorite Chrome Soft golf balls and GOAT Cup championship rings.
The Prize
Just because you are not with us at Ballyhack does not mean you can’t win. The lucky prediction winner will receive a THP Mystery Box of Awesome. You never know what will be inside, but you can guarantee it will be filled with amazing goodies.
The Contest
Pick which team you think will win and post it in this thread. Team Finley or Team Tudor
Then you can follow along in this thread for the action and experience kicking off Sunday evening.
Team Tudor
Austin Tudor (1.7)
@Canadan (3.7)
@ccjimmy2001 (16.5)
@BuckNasty (19.4)
Team Finley
Jason Finley (6.7)
@JB (9.3)
@pumbaa (26)
@smgoldstein (2.7)
All entries must be turned in by the time the meet and greet kicks off on Sunday evening.
Itinerary
Sunday Evening: Meet and Greet BBQ Dinner and then Night Putting over Drinks on the lighted up 18th Green
Monday: 18 Holes of Team Golf, Lunch Break and then 18 Holes of Alternate Shot
Monday Evening: Private Steak Dinner with Both Teams
Tuesday Morning: 18 Holes of Singles Golf
Tuesday Afternoon: Group Lunch and Championship Rings
Oh I’m going to be I’m so much trouble when I leave there….but it’s better to ask for forgiveness then permission right????
Yeah and with how proud they are of their items you will need a couple of marriage counseling sessions to make it right ???
This was my best run of holes I was playing the best golf I could. It’s tough to go down early and try and claw back especially when your opponent is forcing pushes on net birdies or pars with real birdies and pars. I tried and man was it fun. Hats off to Dan for playing absolutely LIGHTS OUT today.
You mean the hole before five, which you casually hit the fairway, hit the green, and two putted for the Win?
I remember that fondly.
Always does man…always does.
They really were amazing. I probably annoyed the hell out of them asking questions about tech and what’s new and what ideas they have going forward for balls and soft goods. Even got an early look at a new version of a golf glove and man it will be my go to. Also @JB I know I haven’t mentioned him much in my posts but he is good at what he does and is pretty funny. I wish I could have grabbed my phone quick enough to get the hug between him and Austin but I missed it.
Yeah that was the start of the run of holes. When I get consistent and more comfortable I’ll put up a better fight next time!
That Volvo is moving. You didn’t forget the wine did you
Nope, 4 cases in my trunk haha
IT has a nice ring to it!
time to read back through a few thousand posts.
Being able to relive these experiences through the forums eyes is just incredible.
I still go back through all the events/experiences I’ve been a part of. ?
Spoiler alert: THP loves them some canadan. ?
I think my first question would have been what kind of dark magic they used to develop the Rogue ST driver. ? That had to be pretty cool to talk equipment and tech with those guys. I really need to give the Chrome Soft a go.
@JB and @GolferGal do a phenomenal job with these experiences. You can tell that they put in a lot of work to make each one an incredible experience for everyone. You definitely should’ve gotten that pic of the hug. I hear those are pretty rare. lol
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#TeamFinley
And who provided those 2? #LegendKiller
That looks like such a gettable pin location, but man oh man if you miss. lol
Get able? Yeah if you mean the ball rolling down 40 yards into the fairway all 3 of them were feet from each other. It’s a tough approach but if you can’t get it high enough to land soft it probably is. the pins really are just a huge mind game. They seem getable and then it’s like ohh you missed by 6 inches so now you’re 30 feet down in this bowl .
Had it happen on 17 at the end of today hit a nice tee shot into the par 3 and it hit the ridge in the back. 2 inches left it funnels right at the hole where I landed funnelled right and 20 feet away ?????????
We all won!
And let em know you did it at first with rental clubs since yours came in late. Insane captain!
Glad you made it home safe. I mean as safe as you can be in Ohio
I went to a Chik Fil A here for dinner.
They were out of chicken.
I thought I was being Punkd.
How
And borrowed shoes!
I haven’t been to Chik Fil A in a long long time, but what the heck lol. What else do they have, fries?
Land it past the pin, bounce it up into the slope, and let it funnel back to the pin. Might’ve had to land it on the slope the past few days though. I don’t remember if that was the second or third shot. Just don’t be above the slope or the fourth will be from the collection area after the putt runs off the front. That pin location is mean. But it’s so tempting.
But it’s in the name!
and milkshakes, I was told.
I departed.
He ran into the Dream Crusher…
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I feel your pain. lol That’s the same pin placement we had the first time we played at Shaft Up. I thought I had the perfect approach, but it was about a yard short and I had to watch it roll allllll the way down that hill. Then hit my next one a little too far and ended up on the upper tier. My putt stopped a few feet away from my previous divot at the bottom of the hill.?
Yeah, I hit that false front and it rolled back down the hill, then had to putt from that upper tier and watch it roll to where I just pitched it up from. That hole got me TWICE.?
I think I provided those two losses to myself considering you only had to make about 35 swings combined between the two matches ?
more to come tomorrow on this amazing experience.
Ahh @ccjimmy2001 don’t think you’re the only 1
Haha Have they ever had real chicken? Maybe they’re just finally admitting the truth.
Where is my shirt? ??
My match today vs dan think hole 5. Went UW 19* off the tee, 4h fairway, 2 putt. Hole is straight uphill
Bootleggin’, so to speak.
Don’t get greedy. You had your fill of bird on the course. ?
What an amazing experience! Safe to say we are all stoked by the “inaugural“ hint. ???