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  1. I would love to be playing Kizer this weekend, water drained or not, but couldn’t line up at 6a to get a Sat morning time so driving an hour to Kingsland to play Lighthouse instead.

    I love the vibes at Lions and often find myself enjoying it and then have 17 shots in a row off of softpan or rockdirt or what have you, and being a yard off and bouncing 25 yards down hardpan mountain.

  2. Kinda disagree? Lions tilts me because I get a relentless barrage of bullshit bounces and lies. Clay is solid with a couple really asinine holes. Kizer and MoWilly are great. Of course virtually impossible to play any of these on a weekend morning.

    Most other courses in Austin are either abhorrent conditions or egregiously expensive. I live two miles from Avery but they want more on the weekend than I paid to pay fucking Bandon Dunes.

    I usually end up driving an hour or so to get reasonable conditions and pricing. Oklahoma City has way more and better cheap good golf options. San Antonio is way better. These shouldn’t be the case.

  3. I saw this hand today and, while I have no experience playing a four-bet pot against Patrik Antonius, I'm never checking that turn heads up in position with that exact holding. Maybe that makes me exploitable. 
     

    Getting checkraised there is a disaster spot, he’s only getting one street of value from hands he beats and can induce bluffs on the river.
  4. I don’t mind 9. Can push it down there a bit and only have 210-ish. 2 is dumb
    and your net 62. Think I gotta report you to Yip Strickler  
     

    Haha! Big Yip candidate, I have a history of some pretty crazy net rounds, very high variance player. My career best is 77 on a par 70, I was about a 21 at the time. Next round was a 108.

    I also have been +2 on the 11th tee and finished +21. 38-55. Was 6 up on my dad in our match on 11 tee, lost 1 down.

    I played two days after the 80, hit 7 GIR and still shot 101. Was +16 on 3 holes. At least this one got posted as a 94 instead.
  5. On 3/8/2025 at 3:27 PM, TXSooner518 said:

    Had been making some progress and paid off today with what I'd say was my best round ever. Shot 80 at Plum Creek as a 17.9 index, so net 62. Could've been a lot better, too, as I made a triple from 90 out, a double from 102 out, and a triple on a 150 yard par 3 when I totally gacked a 6 iron tee shot. So I was +8 on those three holes, +1 on the other 15, including going birdie-eagle on 8 and 9. Was super proud also after totally dicking that 6 iron on 17, had a 5 iron in on 18, knowing I needed bird for 79 and flushed it to 12 feet. Just ran it by the edge, sadly. 

    I do have one lower score, a 77 at par 70 Mustang in Taylor, but this was a significantly better round overall. I followed that 77 up with a 108. I am playing Monday at 830 at Star Ranch, hopefully a better follow up this time! (Two spots open if anyone wants to play!)

    Played Plum Creek again Saturday on 3 hours of sleep. Was +6 through 6, then hit 9 of the next 12 greens, including 8 pars and a birdie. Again got to 18 needing a birdie for 79. Sadly drove into the fairway bunker, but then hit a fantastic 5 iron to 20 feet for a very real look at the 79. Buddy's putt on similar line was really fast, and I left mine 8 inches short in the jar for another 80 and my second USGA Exceptional Score Adjustment in 3 months. 

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  6. I mean, yes? When I go on their website and they have a tourney calendar and I click on a tourney in the calendar I should see the structure.

    On their site right now, literally zero tourneys on the June calendar. Not super helpful if I wanna plan. I then clicked the “view poker atlas” button.

    Once I found the June 1 tourney, click it. The structure is greyed out, can’t click it. Useless.

  7. 44 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    And that right there was the thesis of my longer post above.  For what most of us look for in a bbq joint -- the trinity of brisket, sausage, and ribs -- there are easily 50-75 places in Texas that serve a plate of those that ranks a 9.5 outta 10 or better.  Again, yeah, any place can have an off day, but they turn out product that would have been "the best thing I ever ate" 25 years ago.  Now, we're spoiled.  I'm serious, you can go to the Black's location by campus and get a plate of BBQ at lunch that you would have been telling your friends about 25 years ago (yes, there are plenty of places that are "better," but again....we're arguing about whether it's a 9.5 or a 10).  Now, it's just another easy lunch spot.

    So, yeah, deciding how to rank places has to turn to more esoteric things.  Which is fine.  But it's also a bit silly.  We're down to arguing the ranking of supermodels based on which ones have the best mole and freckle placement.  Who gives a shit?  They're all some variation of a 9.9 or better.  Take home the 10th ranked supermodel, and you're still spending the night with one of the hottest women on the planet.

    I'm dead serious, I'm thrilled with a plate of sliced brisket and a link of sausage from Black's on Guadalupe for lunch.  It's top-notch barbecue....and the fact that there are 100 other places like it/that are just as good or better doesn't denigrate Black's, it tells us that we live in glorious times.  What was once rare (great barbecue) is now ubiquitous.  Looking down your nose at those places is like looking down your nose at Gisele Bundchen with a "knees are too pointy, would not bang" comment.  It's just stupid.  I can walk into any one of 10 places in this town and get barbecue in 10-15 minutes that I would have had to drive to or wait in line forever for even 10-15 years ago.  Winning.

    Not to mention how it would compare to 25 years ago, but Black's on Guadalupe would be the best BBQ available in 99% of the cities in the United States right now today. The idea that it is "shit" because maybe 100 other places on earth do it better is incredibly stupid. 

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  8. 21 minutes ago, South Austin said:

    Dropping the kids off at camp just west of Marble Falls on Sunday.  Recommendations for some good BBQ on the drive back to Austin?  We usually take 1431 home, and 71 is just a tad out of the way, but we'd consider that if it's the best route for BBQ.

    Stiles Switch Cedar Park on 1431

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  9. Hard to say I guess? Can't imagine they are struggling too badly.

    They did, hilariously and predictably, walk the $5 checkin back already. Told my wife the second I read it that there would be a meltdown and they would walk it back. So they just negatively impacted their perception and goodwill for no gain. What did they think was going to happen, people were going to say "oh cool, I get to stand in a different line and pay $5 every time I come in, sounds good"? How does that either not get filtered out by someone with a brain, or if they actually have to charge it to be viable, they just plow through the backlash. 

  10. 3 minutes ago, dcbc said:

    Louie Mueller BBQ and Country Tavern are similar.  And, as an aside, I know they're proud of those rib$$$.  I know you like that place, but I've never been much of a fan.  But, I'm still kind of glad places like it and Pat Gee's are out there.

    I do like some Tavern!  And trust me, there was zero judgment in the post, I have probably spent $200 in a day many a time on food at the Texas Fair, and have had many fat ass BBQ trays snarfed down. Respect.

    It was more that I do like places like Louie, but I would be immersed in regret, darkness warshing over me darker than a steer's tuckus at midnight, in the post-nut clarity of what I could have done instead with over $100 vs "pretty good" cue. 

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  11. hopefully TCH launches a good promo to take advantage of disgruntled Lodge people

    sure would be cool if TCH's website didn't suck and tourney structures were online. why is shit so FUCKING hard for everyone?

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  12. 12 minutes ago, C-Man said:

    I wonder if there was a concerted effort to exclude Hurtado and Terry Black's as they become "chains" almost (TB's for sure). Zavala's was a curious miss. A buddy of mine is a BBQ guy and he loves Zavala's. He's ordered it for his last two events at his house and I have to admit I didn't love it.

    As far as places outside Texas that would make it, Lewis Barbecue in Charleston SC would almost certainly be among the top 50 in Texas IMO. It's terrific.

    I was going to say the same about Lewis, though I haven't had it since 2019. 

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