Breaking Par at Greg Norman’s Stonecutters Ridge Golf Club

Hole one, 520 meters. Is that a house? Is that fine? Okay, all right. We're here at Stonecutters, Greg Norman Design. It's a great white shark, but it looks like a, how would you describe it, like a wide Wide sort of resort you looking for? Actually, you know what it's quite similar to is Sandhurst in Melbourne. Oh, yeah, cool. Yep. Yep. Yep 256 to go. Haven't hit that very far at all. Oh my god, oh my god It's just like the worst golf shot you've ever seen in your life. Oh warm-up hole 97 Sand wedge All right. Let's just quickly do this All right. That was just I need to get that bad thing out of the way. It's out of my system Be good. Sit down, sit down, sit down. Oh Lengthy. That was a flyer Straight, that's better. All right, little tap-in birdie coming up What are you seeing? Right to left? Tap-in, tap-in par That's pretty good for me. That's good for me All right, steady par, one shaky shot settler Right, 375 meter par 4 Pretty straight, plenty of room out to the right. Don't mind that. Bomb's away. This is gonna be a big Karen day, I think Shot Ron How good is that? All right, I've got it today. We're going under. We are actually gonna break past somewhere. Come on 92 Pretty big drive actually 92, another sand wedge, same shot, just not as hard Come on That's a sand You seen that? I thought I stuffed that up That's pretty good. Let go of it. That sort of works. Right, come on. Little right to left Nice little putt to start things off Gary Even par Steady start, very steady start. What's going on there? Right, par 4 388, thank you there Joel. Bit of water on the right But driver might get there. I'm gonna hit it and just take a little bit off it. Little third gear swing. You got that one? Yeah, I call that Saturday comm It's fine, that's my third gear Glenn Maxwell. Did you miss out on anything there Jolly? I am gonna be disappointed if I don't shoot under par today It's late in the trip. I played a couple of games of golf, played well yesterday, bit of form I was a bit hungover but Half a sand wedge and some juice. Still taste the fireballs Don't mind if it's gone, not today. Not today 127, I think that's my pitching wedge. I don't really, probably my least used club is this pitching wedge. Pitching wedge 4 iron I reckon I've hit left Fade. Oh my god. That's a flyer Start mate. I just missed the biggest green in the world It's just hard to go at it when there's water right to the right Yeah Flag out Still haven't hit the green yet. Oh no, come on. This is not what we wanted. No reason should be to be making bogies here That, I reckon after we play this course You chop that hole up and make a reel. That was bloody unreal I need a coffee Orangey? Yeah, but you know just like your morning ritual anyways, like you just have a coffee. Yeah, I wouldn't mind a coffee You're over here. Oh, water. Here we go. Yeah, this is actually quite nice in the drone like it's the water separates the two fairways water on the right on both sides How far? 260, 280 to that bunker 290 isn't it? What are you doing? Trying to drive the green? 328 meters? Come on, what have you got to lose now? All right 328 meter path for over water Nice. I'm going Karen. We're just Having an absolute rip today. That's what we're doing today. We're going for everything Yeah, even if I shoot a hundred, that's mate today about going for everything. Big fan. Okay Stay tuned. How many balls you got? How many did you lose? Well, I came here with two and we lost one on the chipping green I hit that so hard, just left of the bunker Mint. That has gone a very long way We're going for everything. Full send today. That's what this should be called. Full send at Stonecut. No, hang on What do you think of a name? Need a coffee. All right. I've absolutely given another ruse, but I've sort of put myself in a tough spot But we're having a crack at everything. Flop shot? Ready? Sit down a bit. Sit down a bit. Sit down a bit. Sit down a bit. Oh It looked like it was going out of fire. I think it's a bit long Good. Good. Oh, that was slow. Not very adventurous It'll happen. Stay tuned. We're going for everything. Unless I've run out of balls Having a good time Joel? Oh yeah. Get out, make sure you rake it when you get out of the bunker When we were getting the drone footage earlier, holes 16, 17, nice par 3's, back to back par 3's. Which one do you want to play? 17? Okay. Yeah, although I think the fellow in the pro shop said 16 is their Marquee hole, or one of them. What did you get from the bakery? What's that? Ham cheese roll. Ham cheese roll. Good? Fixing all the things. Making me more aggressive. I'm really keen just to have a crack at everything. Oh, you got it. Just Flop shots. Three wood off the deck. Not this one. Chipping on that. Three wood off the deck? What else are you going to do? All over off the deck. Yep, D.O.D. 320 meter par 4, water, all the way up to the green. Go? Yeah, yeah I feel like even if I hit just down the left, I'll carry it, because it comes out like this. We're here to have a crack. Water. That's water. Bounce. I think it's water. Oh no! I hit it good. I'm hitting the driver good, because I'm just having a swing, but that might have dribbled into the water. It's not water. Oh, hang on. It's heavy shrubbery. If this hasn't gone in. That was not the play. Well, if it was the play, how about just put it in play? Don't talk like I know where it's going. Yeah, well, sorry. Yes, yes! Taking that. I'll take that. Let's get out of here. Now this would be a birdie, from the jungle. Four. I'll take that. One over? I need some birdies. Come on. We're shooting under here for sure. I reckon send Greg here a text. Yep. To say mate, love the course. Too many hunters. Yeah, can't be that many. You got his number? Blocked me. 176 meter par 3. Lovely looking hole though. The old shark loves the bunker. Hold. You got me Greg. I bet there's so much room to the right there, isn't there? I'll just hit it in the bunker on the left. There we go. Deep bunker shot. So the way I play this at home, chubbers, is get me 58. Open the face a little bit, take me grip, play the ball near me front foot, and then basically push the buttons of me shirt on top of the ball. And then I'm just trying to stay there throughout the golf shot and then keeping the face open. I don't let it roll over. That's good. All right, here we go. Oh, this is going, it's gonna hit that rake. Lean forward, keep the face open, let the talent take over. In. I actually pulled it off. That never happens. Ran on a bit. Should have gone in. Nice putt, that's a nice bunker shot. That's a well played hole. That gets me going. That felt like a birdie then. It's not. Still one over. Seventh hole, water, all down the left, but we said today's about going for it, so we're going for it. Look at the bunkers, old Greggie. I knew I was coming. Right, power fade over the top. You right. Did I get in the way of all of that? No! Mate, I could topple over here. If I get this up near the green, I'll be pretty stoked. All right, here we go. Oh, man. Eighth hole, 340 par 4, and I think I'm just gonna smoke one over these bunkers, and then we'll see what happens from there. Karen's just baited a bit too much there. I don't know. The whole world is on the left, and I've hit it right. We'll go have a look. I don't know. Widest fairway in the world, and I found it. Plenty of room out here. 108. One over's not bad, but I feel like I should be a lot better, eh? You should be four under, I reckon. Four? Can't be, eh? All right, here we go. Nice, just good wedge, and a good putt. It looked like it landed in the hole, didn't it? Yeah! It's probably gone to 20 foot. I need to work on wedges. I just... do you see how high I hit them? I don't really, why? Well, I hit them really high, and tool players hit them like... whenever we play tool player, I just notice it goes... That's not gonna get better. You can go like that as well. Yeah, yeah. That's actually really good. Mate, that must have landed quite well. It must have hit the hole. Did it go in? Gravy giving us nothing. Nothing, man. Oh, argh! He's the same page as us, man. No energy. Low energy. I'm not very good. Nah, you're not good. Nah, don't put me in there. You're the only miserable one. Is that gonna go in? Am I the only miserable one today? Yeah. Check my money, I'll get that for ya. I can see it. I can see it toppling in the middle of the cup. I just hit a snap hook with my putter. How many chances do you want to get, Ron? Come on, Gary. I think it's time. Oh, yeah. Launch it, mate. Launch? Aren't we gonna try and raffle it off? Oh, sorry, yeah. Raffle it off, mate. I've been holding out for it this whole time. There's a halfway house at the end of this. Yep. Coffee. Get a coffee. Maybe, like, if they've got, like, a smaller sausage roll, because I'm not really hungry, but it'd be nice to snack on something. Looked like a pretty good halfway house. I was just saying, you know when you're hungover and you feel like death, and then you just have something to eat, some water, and you still probably don't feel great, but you just feel a lot better. It's starting to, I feel like I'm rising up. Coming on up. Well, we're moving on up. Alright, 388 metre par 4 night. Driver, wedge, putt. Make one, Ron. That was a stinger. That was about three foot off the ground that time. Alright. Oh, I didn't really hit that very far, because it went about two foot off the ground, but lovely shot now on the top of the hill. 142, I'm gonna hit a 99 and just, just, I don't know, put it on the green and who knows after that at the minute, but here we go. Stay there. Oh. That was hanging on. Oh, any further left. I was down here. Hugging it. Yeah, well, mate, what do you think I'm trying to do? Oh. Ron. Get better at those ones. Alright, one over for nine holes. What could have been, I reckon? One bogey. The rest pars. Is that it? Oh. Ah, mate. Oh, it's not open. We play too fast. The halfway house isn't open. Alright, hole ten, par five. I think it's the only par five on this nine. Three par threes on this nine. Gotta get something here. Really do have to get something here. Well, that is the best start to this nine. God, I hit that well. Did you see that one at all? Joel, you need to inspire. Mate, I gave that a roost. Yeah? Yeah, look. You ask like when I'm watching. Oh, you're down there. This is what I'm watching. And I'm watching the little screen. Get a better camera angle. Come on, mate. Get a better camera angle. 30 more? That was a nice camera angle, though. It was a good one. I'll put it up again. From the tee. Oh. 280 meter drive. Would you lay off on it? It's three quarter. 222. I can't. Four iron couldn't get there. The two iron, if I hit it good, goes too far. Got to play like a fadey, a fadey carol. With water right. Yeah. I nearly did it. It was... Did you see that one? Yep. Oh. What do you thought? What do you think? Well, you missed your mark. Oh, mate, shut up. You need to start over. Who do you think you're playing with, mate? Right. Come on. Up and down. Shot. That was the shot. Yeah. That was a shot. Good job, mate. Shot. That was... I snipped it, everything. Snipped it. When you get out of a bunker one day, you'll know what that feels like. Birdie. Thank God. That's what that feels like. Back to square. I'm shooting under, Joel. Come on. Yeah? Joel, yeah. Yeah. Just don't throw that one away. Oh. Right. 153. Going to hit an eight iron. And just obviously trying to avoid those bunkers. But saying that, good bunker player at the minute. That last shot was unreal. All right. That's quite intimidating, isn't it? Yeah. They're huge. All right. Here we go. Bit scuddy. Bit right. We're on. We're putting. This would be a nice little putt to make. One up. Greg Norman. We're on. Stay there. Oh. Slippery. Stays even par. Nice hole, though. Very nice hole. OK. 386. 12th hole. Looks like a dogleg to the left. And I'm just going to try and smack one over the bunkers. And we're just going for everything. Going for everything. Oh, no. Oh. Bunker. I did not hit that very well. No good. Unfortunately, the bunker's under repair. So I get a free drop. You beauty. Yeah. Which one? That one or that one? I just had some rain. Come through here. Sit down. Oh, golf shot. God, that went in the air for a while. Right. Now this. This is where we want to be. Birdie putts. Bit of a sling in it. Whoa. Uh-oh. What, mate? They need to start dropping, don't they? And I know it's really rich of me to say because I'm a hack, but have you thought about, like, investing time into your putting? Yeah, I was talking to a guy that does, like, specific putting lessons just to get someone to have a look. But I'm like, I like one thing. You know what I mean? Like, if you tell me six things, I'm like, ah. It's like, give me one feeling, and then let's just work on that. Yeah. I can't sit. I can't. Yeah. I've got a lot of people like that. I reckon you need to go and get a green reading lesson. Green reading? I read that the right way. Yeah, and you missed it by, like, a cup and a half low. It's the slopey part. Aim higher. How are you not on tour? Like, I'm like a retired footballer, like, on the couch. The longer I don't fly. I wouldn't drain that. Right, 13th hole, 355 metres. Just open, wide open, isn't it? Just hit the crap out of your driver, and we'll go from there. Don't mind this course. I reckon if I played here, I'd score, bub. You reckon? Yeah. Let's go find a tee, Tom. Oh, leaky. I feel like that's okay. Oh. I think I was meant to aim further left, wasn't I? 78. Whoa. Seen me breakfast. Panic? Did you see the panic? Over a tree, over some bunkers. All right. Very steady today, isn't it? Boring. Yeah. Like I need to make mistakes, but unfortunately I'm bloody good. All right. Clink. Oh, I thinned it. Right at it. Maybe a bit long. That. Then take a blade of grass then. Throat punched it. Oh, just be distance. 65 foot. You idiot. This will be the one that goes in. Something for the punters at home here. Start, mate. Nice putt. All right. Still even par. I'm shooting under and I haven't done it for months. Months. At least you're leaving yourself like two footed. Yes. Good reading of the green. I never know what, like I never know if it should be more encouraging. Like I should be more encouraging. Oh, no. Don't start now. Okay. Yeah, people will think they're setting up. You reckon? All right. 353 odd par four. Straight. I'm going to rip this one. Because there's plenty of space out there. And that's where it needs to go. Safe. I was just not going left there. 75 meters. Something close, Ronald. Is it in? Six foot. Par. Good putt, mate. Yeah. Thank God. Got one. One under. That's the buffer I needed. You probably don't know this job. You know how you have so many birdie attempts you just keep missing them? You start to just doubt yourself. Bunker on the left, therefore. Right. 494 meter par five. Pretty straight. Just absolute bombs away. Bombs away. Uh-oh. Provisional. Oh, no. Might hit another one. Oh, I'll do that the first time. Isn't that always the way? Not hard. Oh, no. Where's that first one gone? If it's not on the fairway, it's dead. I don't want to go in there. Nah. Let gravy go in? Yeah. He's got shorts on. It says 184 in. I'm going to hit a six. I just need it on the dance floor and just get away from this hole, which is actually not that hard. A bit of a divot. Straight. I just don't know if I got the right number. Uh-oh. This is a working man's par. Oh. Oh, no. I wanted it so badly. It just... It just, it had it written all over it. Making it or three putting it? The first part was so close, man. The first part was probably closer than the second. Like, to going in. All right. 181 par three. Still hurting. We need to fire up. Yeah, double. One over. Cheers. Nah. All right. New hole. A skull. That was nearly a shank, honestly. Oh, no. Wheels on the bus have fallen off. Oh, that was very hozzily. All right. Come on. You pray. Take it back. Pray. Come through. Oh, wow. What did that hit? Oh, no. Oh. That's a weird second bounce. It, like, didn't bounce. It just started rolling. Oh, no. The wheels have fallen off. Oh. We've still got a chance. I thought I'd do something special, but we've still got a chance. Very good. Thank you. All right. Cool little hole. Bit different to the rest. It's 153. Shooting through this chute. Got to do something special here. Two to play, one over. Stop. Oh. I hit that good. That was a draw. Oh, no. Oh. How could this be bunker play? Very good. Thank you. That's mint. Oh, now I've got to putt. All right. There's a chance. God. All right. What could have been today, I feel? What could have been? Right. One more hole to go. One over. 18th hole. They push the tees up, and I'm taking that. I can put them out there. It's quite a long par 4, but from here, oh, it's still 450 metres. Oh. Used to be a par 5. Well, from back there, it is. That's a huge hole. Par 4 from here, 450 metres. Clubhouse in the background. Gallery, no doubt, will be gathering for my last hole. No one. Gravy. We'll probably be gone by then. Yeah. Dead or not. It's a weird follow-through, but I'll take it. That's fine. I don't know what happened there. I don't know what happened. All right. All right, so I have given that last driver roost 300 metres. I need to hole out to break par. Whoa. Behind the green, suck it back, go in, shirt comes off. Right on the bull. That's the plan. Oh. I gave it a crack. Why can't I just do that all the time? From now on, I'm trying to hole it all the time. Oh. Watch me miss that. Credit. Thank you very much, Stonecutters, for today. Good little track if you like. Make you feel good about yourself, how wide the fairways are. Get in play. Bit of fun. Please don't make me miss this. Missed for 72. Even par. Two in a row. That's good. I'm breaking par soon, surely. I'm brewing. I'm trending. I'm going to beat a pro. I'm going to break par. That's the confidence you need, mate. Yep. Someone's got to bring it. Do you want a puppy? Yeah. Sorry about that. All right.