Can we Break 60 at Open Qualifier Golf course?

I do believe today is the day. It's got to be. Last one. Yep, today is our final attempt to chase down 59 and we've chosen a golf course that has just hosted Open Qualifying. In fact, Tom was on the start sheet just a few weeks ago. Following an intensive warm-up and discussion about bad backs, it was time to get on that first tee and make this happen. So I think we've agreed it's very much an aggressive tactic today, Tom. Yeah, all or nothing. No holding back. Lovely, lovely. Go on. Yeah, I think that's good. I think it's a real tight line on the left fringe. Great shot. It was tighter than it was supposed to be and I hit it well, bud. I think it's fine, that. Oh, I don't even know why I bought that. That is position A, right over that centre bunker. So if it hasn't bounded through into the longer stuff, but one of us... He's just pulling up now, bud. Perfect start. With what? You're hitting 50? No, I'm hitting a 56. It's going to be going high. Okay, so you need to fly it 68, 70 yards, yeah? I've pulled it. Yeah, it popped up a bit, didn't it? It was the right distance as well. That's a shame. Nah, flipping heck. That's certainly a much better shot. Go on, get close. Putt up the hill, I think. Yeah, a bit shy. Good shot, though. Is it the same pin as Open Qualifying? It's not too far. I think it was down here, wasn't it? Yeah, it was. It's a very similar putt that I left myself as well. What a good roll that was. Yeah, it was. It was there. Didn't do much, did it? No, I hit it where I wanted that time. It probably moved a little bit away to the right at the end. Oh, Tom, I can't do another 18 holes of that. Your ball moved to the right. Mine moved to the right. Yours just went through a little bit, didn't it? Good shot, though. Were you walking it in halfway? Yeah, I was, mate. Well, it was based on... Yours moved right, and I thought, well, in that case, I'm in. And if anything, it just stayed straight at best. If not, it went left. Both of them had a chance. That's all you can ask both of them. Yeah. Well done. That could have been... What could have been? Yeah, yeah. No left to right in that. Oh, God, blimey. It's like going back to Open Qualifying, Tom. Are we in it, are we? In the bunker. 6-9. Good hit. It's a really nice strike. That was much better. Oh, come on. That should be good. Get us a nice kick. A bit shy, I think. Up. And again. And again. No, that's good. Yeah, very good. Off the right a tad. Yeah, it is. Good putt. Good putt. Stimulated, Tom. Yeah, well done. I think that was a line, bud, wasn't it? Yeah. What did you give it? About a hole? No, I think at that pace, I could have gone a little bit... You could go a little bit wider. Unlucky. It's where you can read too much into the first puck. Yeah, absolutely. Mine didn't go at all. Yeah, it's funny, isn't it? Well, an easy three. Yeah, well done. Yeah, nearly. Steady, we'll call it. So, we're going a bit tactically here, Tom, aren't we? I'm going to try and get one away. Yeah. 7-wood and then, see, hopefully you can give it a bit of a bash at this. And take the corner on. Great hole, this, isn't it? Yeah, lovely hole, yeah. Oh, A-1. It's where we said, wasn't it? Yeah, you flushed that, haven't you? Yeah. That's it. Yeah, it's a great shot. I'd say it could be lost ball, could be near the green. I don't know. It's a good enough hit. It just depends on the line. We'll go down and have a look. Are you happy to take this? I'm absolutely happy, mate. It was a decent tee shot. It's just, obviously, you're not stopping it, are you? I didn't see it at all, mate. I said that to Hannah. I said, he won't have seen that. I said, it's on a good line. But you're happy with it then, yeah? When you stick it to two foot. Grab. Yeah, well done. Nice touch. Excellent shopping, hi. Yeah, it's good. Hold on. Oh, Tom. Another good roll. Moved quite a bit at the end. Right across the face of it. That's three in a row, I think, you think you've had. Oh my god. What about, what's that shadow thing you can do? That's not going to go, is it? I can't believe that hasn't gone in. Wow, that's painful, though, isn't it? Yeah. Oh, jeez. That's golf. Can't believe that stayed up there. Yours dived across it. Yeah. Oh my god, that's just literally killed me, that. I think it also shows you during this series, though, how important putting is, mate, to your score. It's just the be-all and end-all, isn't it? Seriously, though, isn't it? It's what you see on TV, isn't it? The majority of footage is on the putting green. Yeah, that's really... Anyway, back into the teeth. This is a prevailing wind, Tom, isn't it? Yeah. Lovely. Short of the bunker. Yeah, well done. That sets us up nicely. A bit left of you, in play. I said there wasn't much of a breeze on the thing, but walking up there. Got up a bit, hasn't it? You can use that to your advantage here, though, into the wind. 100 yard shot. That's bad, mate. That's the first bad one. It's another sneaky little flag, isn't it? Back left this time. Yeah. Go a bit. Get up. No. Yeah, good shot. Yeah, it's way short. Scared of going long, but that's not very good. You couldn't have to mind, bud. That's certainly asking a lot here, Tom. Asking too much, really, from 100, yeah. A great pace. Yeah, nice pace, yeah. Didn't do much at all, that one. No, probably straight, I'd say. Here, do you want this marker? Yeah, go on. Otherwise, you'll be looking for it in two holes. Gives you a chance to go for it. Steady on. Well, that put of mine, though, is exactly this idea. You know when they say, don't leave it short? Yeah. I never, ever really bought into that idea, because all I've done there is I've whacked it. Not giving it a chance, not giving it a chance to go in. But it's not, you know, you're not considering the put at all. Aim it more down the right side of the middle and let it come back. Once you've got a tee. Great drive. That's OK. Probably the best drive of it in five episodes, I think. Tom? Have you been to the range this week? God, no, but that was a... I had a bad back yesterday. Couldn't move. Be the bad back that's done it. Oops. Yours leaked a tad. I didn't see it bounce. Yours is good though, well done. Yeah, yeah. 252, Andy, yeah? Yeah, it's just... Just nurse it down there. I'm going to try and get somewhere and then leave it to you, but... Set. It's bounced. Did it, yeah? It's short of the... It just started off a little too straight, didn't it? Oh, well, that's the shot. That's the shot. Go on, ball. Go on, keep going, keep going. Yeah, right onto the fringe, mate. And just stayed out that bunker as well. A bit short of the fringe, but yeah. Fantastic. From 250, it's all right, that. Great shot. You know, two... If I can get us in somewhere. Two lengths of grass uphill into wind. Keep going. Oh, it did all right, didn't it? I thought it was shorter than that when you hit it. Put a spot on it. Good effort. Go on. Yeah, well played, well played. That's a two spinny. Just started it a little bit too far right, I reckon. Yeah, well done. Well done, LG Nerve, well there. Yeah, we're off and running. Saved us. We're under the card. Well done. Well done, Tom. That's got us under the card, so... Yeah, even though it was a par five into the wind, it was still a strong one. So, that's a nice four. Stroke index one now. I think, ironically, in open qualifying, you were one under on your own card at this point as well. It was a different hole, wasn't it? It was an eight iron off the back tee rather than the three wood off the yellows. I'm really pleased to have Seed on board to partner this series. In simple terms, Seed produce really good golf balls at really good prices. They have multiple options to meet your preferences. And in this series, I will be gaming the SD-02, which has been a long-term personal favourite. I would encourage you all to have a little look at seedgolf.com and give them a go. Brilliant. Bounces left, but it's way in play. Great shot. Thank you. Steady draw today. Yeah, it's solid, especially into the breeze. I love the way you flight that through the wind. You'll have to show me that one day, Tom. There we go. Two in play. What have you got? Six iron. I don't think it's enough. No, I'm a bit worried, but I would rather. It's up to you. What's your next one? Well, I'm going to go to a six hybrid. Yeah, add it to the hybrid. Trust it. It's such a stiff breeze. It's, you know, in that hybrid alone, just playing 175 really. Charts. Want me to caddy for you? Yeah, it's a safe one, isn't it? Great shot. It's better than safe. That's middle of the green on the stroke index one, that. Come on, be right. Be the right club. Lovely shape. Just hang on there now. Yeah, that's your sit ball. Just peeled into the... I still think that's pin eye, Tom. Yeah, it's puttable. Just down the dip a little. Again, another pin that we've seen at Open Qualifying. It is, isn't it? Or you've seen anyway. Pin eye, a little bit of left to right in at this time. Up the hill again. Give it a chance. I'm not going to quite get there. It's a decent putt. Was it trying to come back up the hill from right to left? I think on that side at the end it might do, yeah. It's a much better pace. Much better pace. Yeah, super putt. Well done. It's a little bit of a lag putt though, isn't it? On it in a scramble. You've done well. Stroke index one, par four into the wind. Yep, we'll take it. Eagle on the next. Kind of over them. That's on the other fairway. There's nothing wrong with that. Yeah, it's bouncing. You went after it a bit. Would you like? I was a bit aggressive on that one, wasn't it? Turn a bit. Tried to hit it too hard. It's okay. Yeah, that's fine. Line-wise here. Left? Yeah. Don't worry about the pond. See the yellow thing? Go for that. Yeah, or even the hut left of that, yeah. You'll get it all the way back there with that club. Just like that. Where the members bounce is even better. There it goes. Oh, what a shot. That's probably the best shot I've seen yet in the series, that. It's a bit long, I think. That was a 9-wood for everybody out there that's... What's it? For old man Joe here. A Tommy Fleetwood Special. Oh, it's right on line. Right on line. I can't... Just drifted a bit right, was it, Tommy? Yeah, it's on the green, I think. Yeah, yeah. Great shot. Two great shots in. Let's see if we can... This would be a real kickstart. I keep looking for it. I'm just not getting there today. No, it's just pulling up a little bit. It's a better pace. Do it, do it. Oh, wowie. I mean, five episodes and 400 putts like that. Oh, dear me. Just looks in all the way, doesn't it? Yeah, it does, yeah. It's a good putt. Let's go on knocking it. Easy four. Nearly a three, three and a half. We're two under, mate. We're rolling. Go. Oh, I thought it was so on line, wasn't it? I bet you liked it in the air, didn't you? I did, yeah. To be honest with you, if it's a yard left, it's probably close. Oh, it's pulled. Come on, give us a good bounce for a change. That's it. Ah, it's a safe play from there after mine in the bunker. Yeah, safe's no good though. Safe doesn't win, does it? I need some positivity here. Yeah, yeah. Big left to right and up the hill. Hit the flag. Burnt the left edge. Definitely positive, that. Roll out. Roll out? No, Tom. Oh, wow. Right on line, I guess, from there, wasn't it? Had to be. Yeah. No, no good. Three. I feel like I'm carrying a few mental scars of the previous rounds at the minute. I need to get them out of my head. Gone now. You're hitting the ball as well as you've hit it. Yeah, it's just putts dropping, that's all. Right, come on. Lovely, you said that. A little cut off those traps. A little bound down as well. Great shot. Great shot. We'll see. Aerial route. Go left. Come on, be the right bounce now. Sit down next to the... Stay there now, stay there. No, no, it's okay. Yeah, well done. Just ran off left a bit, didn't it? Come on, this is the pole of all this. So that moved up the hill on you, yeah? Face. Dear me, it's not even threatening the hole. It's so bad. Stay there, stay there. Yes. Poured it in the left there. At last. First one that's... Crept in on the left. Well, it feels like the first one for a while. I don't know, but well done. Thanks. So that takes us to three under through nine. So we just need to birdie every hole on the back. We could par one and eagle one. Okay, go for that then. Pure strike. Go up. That's a nice shot. Right on the front of the fringe. Hard shot. That 172 into the wind off the left. Good shot. Go. Hold it. Now kick off and give us a good bounce. Bunker. Didn't get all of that. No. Poor that really. Tell you what, the wind has been flipping tough again. Speed's there. Good putt. Great putt. I always did set it off just a bit too wide. You've got to be happy with that though again. Travel, travel. Nope. Can't hit it hard enough again. I think you had that as well. Did you? Just can't hit it hard enough. It's frightening. Go on, get out of your way. Hop it in. Didn't need me on that hole. Hold your line. Stay. Ah. That's what you said. It's just drifted a tad. Yeah. Or bounced. Yeah, bounced. But it's not where you want to be, Tom. Look at that wind. You just can't feel nothing here. That'll be longer and should kick round. Yes, that's perfect. Yeah, it's around the corner. That's perfect. I can't believe how much yours moved. I don't know again whether it's too much if we're playing downwind, aren't we? Yeah, think about that last one. You hit it well and it was 172. It's a similar aspect, isn't it? I don't think we've been past the hole lot much, have we? Good hit. Just stayed a bit right. Yeah, it's bunkery at worst, I think. Yeah, that's a good shot. Just drift a bit. Just drift a tad. It's bounced anyway. Bounced left though, wasn't it? Bounced right, didn't it? Yeah. It's going to be far away. Racy started off. It's not a bad effort, is it, in the end? Started off a bit further left than I think you wanted, but... Yeah, good effort, good pace. Now, whoa down. Whoa down. Yeah, well done. Well done, good putt. Well done. Good two-putt from back there. Nice. That's another one. Come on, let's get this back nine going. First target now, Tom, is every round we've played in this series, we've managed to go one better. Yes. So we're sitting at 63 blows at Heswell. Yes. So we're looking for 62. So what will that mean now? We've just gone four under. Yeah, so four under, we've got... That's 68, so we need another six. Six in seven holes, eight holes. Doable. Lovely, that. A bullet cut. Yeah, well done. It's supposed to go a little bit higher, but it was kind of like the idea of... Into this wind. And that's how to do it properly. It's a joy to watch, mate. And bounding. Stinger. And bounding, well done. Be a good one. You'll get it there, though. Front of the green's not a bad shot here. We need to try and push for a birdie though again. Good hit, that. Come on, be right. Do us a favour. Oh yeah, wow. That's good. Flown it all the way at six iron. Yeah. Great shot. This could be better. Oh, that's in the shadow. I think that's... That's a bit long as well. Has that just kicked on as well? Nearly pitched in, you know. This is the challenge of Lynx Golf though, isn't it? What people have got to realise, you know. We're playing some quality golf here. That was a good shot, to be fair. It just bounced through it. I thought it was close to being in. Stayed on you, nice pace. Just stay... It's where it hit, Tom? Yeah, it just didn't move. Oh, no way. That was in all the way. Jeez. Oh, welcome to the series. That's unbelievable. That one is unbelievable. It was in all the way. There's a very much a dejected mood and I hope everybody realises this is... You know, it's hard and you're trying... It's real, do you know what I mean? I don't want to put on any false smiles and try and pretend that we're not suffering because when you see things like that, it is... Well, I find it very hard to be positive. We're still smiling and we move on but... Yeah. I've looked, Tom. Three and a half. Yeah, yeah. God, honestly. Oh, jeez. That was in all the way. I know. Wispy, hopefully. Bounce, big bounce once, twice, fine. That's a big bounce, Tom. Wind switched on us, hasn't it? That's a big bounce there. Oh, it's not going to get on the green. It's going to be down there, though. Good bounce. Yeah, oh yeah. And again, and again. Yeah, that's green side, mate. Yeah, it's... Green side, well done. Yeah, it's fine. Oh, no. Not that bounce. It's weak, it bounced right. Yeah, it did bounce right. It's a bit weak, that. You can do way better than that. You got your 56? Yeah. Yeah, you want to just pitch it just over the fringe and it'll come up a bit lower and roll yours. Very good. Yeah, very good. Well done, Andy. Well done. Do you fancy it? Yeah, yeah. Ram it in. Good up and down, well done. Yeah. Well done, very good. Back on the trail. Come on, we can still do this. If we're going to keep the momentum going, mate, this is what it's going to have to be. Oh, creamed it. Good start, Tom. Great start. Needs to be through the hummocks or shorter. The minimum's hard work, but yeah, good. I can't see exactly where that's landed, but it was a solid knock, wasn't it? Yeah. Oh, that's nice as well. You say carry them, kick through them, whatever. Just get going. Ah, it's as good as it gets. Those two aren't far away from each other. No, it's probably 120. This is one third. No, to be fair. Yeah, look at the flag. There's wind, but the flag's still. Climb. Wow. Stalled, didn't it? A little bit on you. It's just bad, mate. I don't, it's probably. Oh, no. Oh, no, no, no, no. Sit. Stay there. Off the green, that. Dreadful shot. Okay. Okay, we have under pressure. Go in. Oh, Tom, that is fantastic rolling again. No, get down there. Oh, you can't believe how hard you've got to hit it, can you? Wow. Yeah, that's a good two putt from down there. Well, we were a bit sloppy into the green, weren't we? We were a bit, yeah. A bit of a waste, but never mind. So, we're going tactics. We're on a 340 yard par four. I'm going to try and go down the regular line and then leave Tom a bit of a bash at it. Bully. Enjoy that one, Tom. That'll be a long way in. No, I'm going to change my club and. I think you might have to after that. That's the idea of playing safe. Yeah, that's a super line. Just a bit of lap of the gods of the bunkers, isn't it? Yep. Bounce ball. Oh, we hit a bunker, went straight right. You see that? Did it? That's a good bounce. Well, hopefully. We might have got one. Unless it was into the rubbish, but yeah. Soft. Yeah, good shot. Happy? Yeah, I'm happy with that. Good shot. That could be good. That could be really good. Keep going. Go. Very good. Bit shy. A bit unlucky it didn't release again. All that rough, isn't it? Yours turned over a bit more than mine. Just sort of stayed out there. I feel like this should be a good chance, Tom. But I dared say too much. Get like that. Pour that in. Well done. Get in. Come on. Let's finish strong, Tom. Let's finish strong. I'm having even to, I'm trying to motivate myself here. You know what, you've just done that with a great putt. Greens are good, aren't they? Yeah, they roll well. To Paul and the green stuff at Caldwell. Yeah, brilliant. Oh my word, that's a bullet. That is a bullet. Down straight for us. Down there. That's right down there, that. Yeah, it's down there. It's moving closer to the green as well. I've seen it. Yeah, it's good. That's still going. I don't even know why I'm bothering. Go on. Get one past it. Oh, he's tried as well. Tell you what, Andy, that's on the right line. Fast lane stuff, that. Here it goes. You wouldn't want them back, would you? No. Save that for the 18th. Take this, you know, a little bit heavy first. Now it's good. Go on, go on, go on. Yeah, well done. Do you want to read? Yeah, go for it. Not a lot in it. Left edge. No, it's just you can't go mad at it, can you? No, I think that's the reason why you've got to give it left edge, because you'll want to tickle it down there with it being downhill. Yes, get in. Well done. Good chip and pop by yourself there. Well done. Come on. Well done. Hanging on to the two, three finish. Go. Well done. Club was fine, wasn't it? Yeah, absolutely. Good job. Come on, be right for that. Be right. Go. Yes, just sit there. That's beautiful. Well done. Super shot, that is. It's a nice shot, Pinnar. It didn't bleed right as we wanted it to. No, good control again, though. Come on. I moved early on you. It was a bold putt. Go. It sums it up, that one, I think. Sums it up. Does, yeah. Oh, no. Just ran out of steam at the last. Now, where do you think the line for me is, then? I would say, with it being a bit gustier now, I'd just go just go sort of as the fairway just disappears to the right. Go there. Yeah, just there, yeah. Yeah, nice. I reckon that's really good. Good hit. We'll soon find out, but I reckon that's really good. Hopefully, yeah. Yeah, well done. Leave it wind. Oh, god and flipping heck. Good hit. Oh, what a finish. That's safe. So safe, it's really bad. We've gone left. That was anti-out-of-bounds, that. Something between the two. Right, we're hitting out the jungle. This wasn't part of the plan, Tom. It's a good shot out there. Sit down. Yeah, it's a flyer. It's like it turns the club over. You've just got to be really strong with your wrists. Yeah, it's putting. It was just to get one safe, didn't we? Same as me. It doesn't half fly, doesn't it? Turns the club over. It's out. It's a grueling finish. Great putt, Andy. Great putt. Even that's trickled through. Yeah, good putt, that. Go on. Well done, solid putt. I enjoyed that. Tough day to play golf. Nice day, but tough. Well done. Good effort, mate. Let's have a chat. Literally walked off the back of the 18th green. I just want to say, first of all, thanks to Tom for the last five rounds, because we've had a good effort, haven't we? Yeah, we've had some really good golf, some unlucky putting, some bad golf. Yeah, not much bad stuff, though. No, not at all. No, five really enjoyable rounds of golf. Thanks to all the clubs that got involved. I'm a bit downbeat. The 18th was a bit of a struggle. The idea would be coming up there, needing Eagle to break. Well, break maybe 60, but at least equal to our own record. It didn't quite happen that way today. Let's be honest, that's how golf is. Also, the biggest thank you is to everybody who's joined in, watched it, and maybe more importantly, to Seed for sponsoring it and allowing us to film at five great courses. We tried. We failed. But we'll be back to live another day, I think, Tom. Come back stronger, yeah. Absolutely. Well done, mate. Thanks for watching.