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Breaking 80 Challenge | Golf Monthly
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Apr 1, 2025
In the second episode of challenge accepted, Joel Tadman heads to Gog Magog in Cambridgeshire to try and break 80. Sounds relatively simple for a 3 handicap index golfer, but the white envelope has a HUGE surprise in store that makes the task an awful lot harder...
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oh but it's not ideal it's all going wrong oh my god it's gone that's not good
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hello everyone and welcome to the second episode of challenge accepted with me joel sadman and
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hopefully you saw the first episode uh that we've put out recently if you haven't do go and check
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that out but today we're at the beautiful gogmo gold golf club here in cambridge i think up there
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as one of the best, if not the best, golf course in Cambridge. I'm really excited to see what the white envelope has in store for me today
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So let's head over to the clubhouse and see what's inside. Not there
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Oh. Hello. We're in business. A poem again. Breaking 80 today in this challenge match will make you a winner
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but beware of the catch. Make a bogey or worse, lose a club or two
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with a birdie you gain one and should see you through. Okay I think it's pretty self-explanatory
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gotta break 80 but it sounds like if I make a bogey I lose a club, if I make a double bogey
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I lose two clubs but if I make a birdie I get one back. Wow thinking about my round on Sunday
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if I'd have done this challenge on Sunday with my score I would have finished the round with three
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clubs. I'm not confident. No idea where it went but it felt like it went straight. So
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because it's constrained to the sun, didn't see it at all. But let's have a look, see if we can find it
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it. Fairway found. Great start. Absolutely no idea where that's gone. Hit it way too
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hard. Stop. Stop, stop, stop. Uphill, right to left for the par. Oh
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All right. Bogey it first. It's a bit expected. Let's go and see what club I'm losing
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Right, so here it is. This is the Hat of Doom that's been kindly prepared for me
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by the master of ceremonies. As you can see, every club, apart from putter
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is written on a bit of paper. Oh. 54 degree wedge. That's the wedge I chip with all the time
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I'm going to chip with just them, that's not good. Right, so 54 degree, going out
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Any club that I lose, I'll put to the side here, just with any confusion or temptation
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Right, second tee, got to hit over this little kind of canyon
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Little fade off those trees down the left is the plan. One, two, eight, up the hill, perfect pitching wedge
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Go, go. On the green. Just want to lag it close and hope it drops in, don't give myself any stress
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Oh, I thought I was getting my wedge back then. Solid. A par, they're the order of the day I think
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Hole three, beautiful view around the countryside here in Cambridgeshire. Okay, so looking at the stats from real golfers about birdies and bogeys
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Obviously got this from Arcos who track an awful number of shots and a five handicap
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golfer will make a bogey or worse on 44% of holes. So the stats are definitely against me here
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The stats would suggest I'm losing, you know, I'm going to be losing about seven or eight clubs
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during this round of goal. It's not looking good, but I've made a relatively positive start
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and hoped I can go against the tide and complete this challenge. So 135 left, just be a smooth nine iron
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Go. Kick violently left. I don't know if hit the pin, but I think it's all right
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I think it's on the green. I thought I saw it via violently left
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and it turns out, look, it's pitched six inches short, hit the pin and gone over there
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Absolutely gutted. Nearly a slam dunk eagle, and I got two clubs back for that
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No! I can't believe that's missed. No harm done but I really wanted that 54 degree wedge back All right fourth hole Beautiful views here Elevated position on this Par three 164
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Oh, that's a bit leaky. Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit. I really don't want to lose another club here. I mean, this is such an easy putt
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Oh my god how is that even physically possible? Alright so after that filthy lift out something's got to go
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Here's this one there. Anything but driver I'll be happy with. Oh three-wood. I'm okay with that
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Fifth hole. Par four, just got to keep it up the left because it all kicks in down to that right-hand side
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side. Lost it completely right into the sun. Okay 114 yards, try and spin this little gap
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wedge up there. Go, go. Well it must have got a big bounce because I'm putting, relatively
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makeable up the hill quite a lot of swing left to right on this one
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par on to the next 180. A little bit of a rest just to recompose myself think about
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what I'm gonna do, i.e. don't make bogeys, make birdies. Quite a long way from the green. I would normally chip this with my 54 but I haven't got one
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So I'm gonna have to pull it, I think, through the dew. It's the percentage play
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Travel! Oh, it's way short
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Come off it. Oh, bogey, club gone from the hat of doom
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Hmm, six iron, that's the club I just used off that tee
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So yeah, that's a bit disappointing, but needs must. Six iron goes there
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Oh, that is money. Absolute money. Oh, don't kick right. That's just got the work
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Did you see that? I mean, how is that even finished there
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Oh . 160 left. Miss it
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What is going on? Par five. Absolutely making a total hash of it
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Just didn't come back at the end. What's it going to be
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Nine iron. If I can live with that, or without that, I should say
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Nine iron, it's gone. So I'm four clubs down. How many holes have we played
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Seven holes, I've only lost four clubs. It's not a good ratio
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Eighth hole, it's another par five. So I just need to not make a complete mess of it like I did the last one
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with a good tee shot. That is absolute garbage
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Well I found it, that's the main thing, we're still in the game
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I've got no shot to the green so I'm just going to chip it out
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Crikey, 280 to the pin, oh actually no three-wood. No idea
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So we're up on the green here on the 8th and I thought I had 280 yards to the pin
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Turns out my laser, I zapped the wrong flag. I was zapping the next green
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Obviously this green is here and my ball is actually on the back fringe Just swung away at the end Well at least we not losing clubs
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After the tee shot, it was looking not good at all. Eight holes in, four clubs down
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Could have been better. 140 yards. That would be a perfect nine iron
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But of course, I don't have my nine iron. So with it being a bit downwind
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I'm hoping I can get there with a really hard pitching wedge. so let's see if we can hit this close and make it two
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Oh, it's on a great line. Be the club, be the club. Oh, we're in business
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Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit. Oh, that's nice
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Absolute pathetic. Too much
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Alright, so, pushed it. I want to hit a nine iron but I haven't got one, so I'm going to hit an eight
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Good strike. In the trap on the left, not good. Okay, so big slope to the left of the
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screen. Got to splash it in the left fringe and hope it just releases. Oh, spin, spin, Spin
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Oh, do it, do it. Oh! Oh my god. How has that not gone in
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Oh, what a shot. It's like an inch behind the hole. For the par
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No harm done. Got away with one there. Whoa, what a shot
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Right, so 12th hole here. Gog, magog. Just got to cut it off those left-hand trees
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Stay there, stay there. It's very close to the out of bounds
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In play, I'm about three yards in bounds. Wind. Oh yes, be good
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Could be making my first birdie. It's just so poor
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Putter is normally my strong club, but it's absolutely let me down today
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importantly on track to break 18. So what's this 13th hole some 4 over 312 this is 13th
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par 3 beautiful views of the countryside 190 yards oh it's right at it go go go
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I really want to get my 54 degree wedge back come on
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Yes! There it is! Birdie! Come on! It's only taken 13 holes but there it is, I get a club
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back. The big question is which one I'm going to choose. I think I want to go my 54 degree
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wedge but I'm going to have to look at the scorecard to see if there's any par 3s that
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kind of six iron distance that I might want to get it back in the bag. Oh, come on
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I think I'm just going to get my 54 degree wedge back in case I need to do a chip from
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the rough around the green. So out it comes from the doldrums back into the bag
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So I'm now up to 11 clubs. I'm doing quite well, I've got to say
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Three over par on a par 70 course with five holes left
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I'm feeling confident I can do this. Come on. Right, hole 14, the last par 5 here at Gogba Gog. Again, 500 yards should be a makeable birdie
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chance. I don't know who sets these challenges, but I thought they could have given me something a bit more difficult That is a humdinger down the middle Oh 60 yards left No 54 Oh no I got my 54 haven I
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I forgot. Oh, well I'll get that back out there, won't I
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I was just resigned to the fact that I didn't have it, but of course I earned it back
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Oh, that makes it a bit easy, because I was worried about the lob wedge going underneath that. We're putting, we're putting for a birdie
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It's gone that way. Had a feeling it might do that
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I've twirled but it's cutting towards that bunker. Okay, 1-3-6. Beautiful views again on the 15th hole. This is a perfect pitching wedge
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I'll be as good as you look. It's moved so far to the left
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Right, so that's a par four on the 15th, one under par for this ninth which is definitely
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going to get it done. 16th hole, it's a par four, a long one, 4.47 yards
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So to sum up, I am three over par gross with three holes left, 11 clubs in the bag
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So I've got to play the last three holes in six over to complete the challenge
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That's going...I don't know why, that might be fine. Just right at the cross bunkers
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Oh, it's in the bunker. Spin, spin, spin
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Well this is absolutely lightning fast, so I need to be careful
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I've been a bit too careful. Double. Two clubs need to go, so I'm going to pick at random
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First one, 60 degree wedge, the club I just used for that bunker shot
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It's gone. I can't believe that. No three-wood and no driver now
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Luckily there's only par three and then a par four to finish, so only going to be without a long club
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for one hole, but that is not the club I wanted to pick. I'm absolutely gutted
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It's on, let me tell you. It's touch and go now. Hole 17. I'm feeling a bit nervous now. I thought it was going to be easy but that's
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just double bogey has just completely thrown me. Oh please carry that bunker. Please
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Begging. Oh just. That's got to go as well. Travel. It's done alright. Oh it's done very
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right here we are 18th hole beautiful backdrop to this finishing hole I'll show
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him without the driver and the three room some people you might think I'll iron for safety that's a good thing but for me driver is probably the straightest club
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in my bag a five or a six is enough to complete the challenge so I am confident
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but you never know I think that's so hard
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Went for glory. Oh dear, went for glory. There it is. A bogey to finish, but that's a 76
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which means the challenge was accepted, challenge complete. Guys, thank you for watching
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Big thank you to God My God Golf Club for hosting us today. It's been absolutely incredible
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And look, let me know in the comments, what challenge do you want me to take on
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maybe gonna test my skills even more than what we've done today. I'd love to hear from you
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But that's all for me from God Will God Golf Club. I'll see you next time
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