Career Augusta National Golf Club Challenge: Golfer Growcanine

[Growcanine]

The Augusta National Golf Club Challenge

Club Owner: @samhardy
Golfer: @Growcanine

 

If you think 1 challenge for a career is hard, think again.

18 challenges, 1 team, 1 golfer, 1 @Growcanine.

 

The team:

 

No brainer here. Financially rich, in an arguably easy league, and a stable squad to start with.

Let the challenge begin!

[Growcanine]

Hole 1 - Tea Olive

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Hole 1 - Tea Olive (Par 4)

So you've picked your team and are ready to start on this mammoth journey. What? Tea Olive? Yes, every hole at Augusta is named after the flower or tree that grows on that particular hole. Anyway, it's a flower native to Asia and is a fairly tricky hole to start off with. A birdie is very much achievable however it may be wise to just accept the par for the first hole, keep your score at 0 and move on. After all, you don't want to be +1 after just the first hole.

Challenge - Buy an Asian GK and ensure he concedes as few league goals as possible.

Eagle - 0-9 conceded

Birdie - 10-19 conceded

Par - 20-29 conceded

Bogey - 30-39 conceded

Double Bogey - 40+ conceded

The most straightfoward hole in this golf course. Asian GK that is good enough for top-tier European leagues? Mathew Ryan it is. Not many other choices anyway.

We've got our man for a whooping £15.25M!! Goodness me Brighton wants money. But at least we got him. What else could go wrong? :thinking:

fast forward 6 months...

...alright then. There goes our save. To think Ryan was doing so well also! 8 conceded in 20 games and that's a decent birdie!

Alright then guys. Time to pack up. We're leaving this course...

(more coming soon...)

[Growcanine]

Hole 1 - Tea Olive (Update)

Alright so last save I lost my dear Mathew Ryan to a 3 month injury after going 8 conceded in 20 games, so I decided to restart the course. I guess we need no introduction to our (now) new GK to the club, Brighton's Mathew Ryan for a fee of £15,250,000!

After a grueling season (including a 3-2 closing game of the season that nearly pushed me to a par)... We won Ligue 1 with 19 conceded (phew)

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Manager Golfer Growcanine's Profile:

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Oh man 3 Domestic Player Bias...

 

Challenge Progress - Golfer Growcanine

 

Alright, time to pack our things, and let's move on to Hole 2...

(to be continued)

[Growcanine]

Hole 2 - Pink Dogwood (Update 1/4)

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Hole 2 - Pink Dogwood (Par 5)

This is your chance to make up some early ground and get ahead of the game before the more challenging holes start. It really is a case of risk versus reward, however, in seasons 2 and 3.

Challenge - Buy a striker from a club that wears pink. First season he must score as many as possible in all comps, must be beaten in second season. If the second season total is lower you automatically receive a double bogey. Must score over 30 first season or get the same punishment.

Eagle - 60-70 scored

Birdie - 50-59 scored

Par - 40-49 scored

Bogey - 30-39 scored

Double Bogey - Under 30

Striker from a club that wears pink (oh man why didn't I load Italy)... After searching around and picking from a glorious shortlist of 4 players, I present to you, Bobby Wood from Hamburger SV, signed for £16,000,000! An American international boasting an amazing 19 for shooting, with above average pace, stamina and strength, this looks like a sweet bargain and a smooth sailing hole!

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Well since this hole is all about scoring, he's going to be our sole striker, with FK and penalty duties. Let's hope he gets many goals this and next season!

 

fast forward 6 months...

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Not much improvement in attacking stats but physically stronger now. 34 in 29 isn't spectacular but as long as he hit 60 by end season which should be fine we could aim for that sweet eagle

Update 2/4 coming soon...

 

Side note:

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Are you serious 4 missed penalties??? Is there a record for it because my gosh I'm annoyed.

 

Edited January 19, 2018 by Growcanine

[BatiGoal]

Wow, super unlucky with those missed penalties but some pink player you found. He looks perfect for this challenge. 

[1899]

Good luck with this! Seems we have a lot of golfers out there and I admire your madness courage in going for this challenge. 

[Neavsey]

Wow! Four missed pens. I’ve never ever seen that before, that’s bad luck. But I am starting to believe there is way to many disallowed goals in FMM. Good luck with the challenge. 

[Growcanine]

Hole 2 - Pink Dogwood (Update 2/4)

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Hole 2 - Pink Dogwood (Par 5)

This is your chance to make up some early ground and get ahead of the game before the more challenging holes start. It really is a case of risk versus reward, however, in seasons 2 and 3.

Challenge - Buy a striker from a club that wears pink. First season he must score as many as possible in all comps, must be beaten in second season. If the second season total is lower you automatically receive a double bogey. Must score over 30 first season or get the same punishment.

Eagle - 60-70 scored

Birdie - 50-59 scored

Par - 40-49 scored

Bogey - 30-39 scored

Double Bogey - Under 30

 

Alright so before I start on the update I'll just announce my schedule so anyone following this won't miss out/I won't forget about how long I should be playing and what to update. There will be 1 update every half-season for 1/2 season challenges (16 July/Jan ingame date), and 1 end of season update for half-season challenges. They will feature the player/squad for the hole, hole completion status, and manager/golfer profile at the end of the hole. Updates will be posted at least once every 2 days for weekdays, and once every weekend, by 2359h GMT+8.

 

Moving on to the challenge...

After forgetting that I needed to beat the goal tally next season, I forgotten to manage the player's appearances (appearing nearly every game other than injuries/suspensions), and he scored a whooping 65 goals this season. This is going to be hard to beat....

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Injuries to key players like Theo Hernández (DL), Neymar (AML), and Wendel (DMC) derailed what would have been a treble winning season, and I lost to AS Nancy (0-1) in the Coupe de France Final while playing a second team eyeing the Champions League Final 5 days later, only to lose it against Chelsea (0-1). Bad decision making on my part also went on to hurt me, with the squad running low on wingers (selling Inaki Williams to Chelsea and Goncalo Guedes to Liverpool) later in the season. Now time to prepare for next season and hopefully I won't get a double bogey because Wood missed 2 penalties (he has terrible luck in penalties, going 7/17 penalties scored, not sure if that's a blessing or a curse) in the last game of the season and hitting 64 goals.

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more coming soon...

[Growcanine]

Hole 2 - Pink Dogwood (Update 3+4/4)

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Hole 2 - Pink Dogwood (Par 5)

This is your chance to make up some early ground and get ahead of the game before the more challenging holes start. It really is a case of risk versus reward, however, in seasons 2 and 3.

Challenge - Buy a striker from a club that wears pink. First season he must score as many as possible in all comps, must be beaten in second season. If the second season total is lower you automatically receive a double bogey. Must score over 30 first season or get the same punishment.

Eagle - 60-70 scored

Birdie - 50-59 scored

Par - 40-49 scored

Bogey - 30-39 scored

Double Bogey - Under 30

 

As expected after not counting the goals Wood scored, we didn't make the cut, with Wood scoring 57 in 55 games. Decent, but not good enough. A +2 this early on is frankly disappointing. He was quickly sold for £46M to Monaco, which for someone that has been deteorating for the past 3 months is a bargain. 

 

Player Stats

 

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We recaptured both Coupe de la Ligue and Champions League, thankfully. Also went on another unbeaten season.

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With the departure of Wood, Neymar now is our primary striker, with Ousmane Dembele signed for £130M in January to replace Wood. Scorecard will be updated tomorrow when I get to use my laptop.

[Growcanine]

Hole 3 - Flowering Peach (Update 1/1?)

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Hole 3 - Flowering Peach (Par 4)

Another fairly kind hole early on, however looks can be deceiving. Tread carefully here or risk dropping a few shots, however it's one you should be fine on given you have the whole season to do it.

Challenge - Have as many different players score a hat-trick in one season as possible. All competitions.

Birdie - 4+ players

Par - 3 players

Bogey - 2 players

Double Bogey - 1 player

Triple Bogey - 0 players

Scoring hat-tricks with 4+ players should be easy for my squad, with my amazing front line, this is going to be a smooth ride, like, look at my options! 

slightly off-tracking...

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going back on track...

 

I honestly expected this challenge to last an entire season, because I had have issues with getting players to score 2+ goals in a match. But I completed the challenge 3 months into the season!! This is a huge confidence booster after getting a double bogey the last hole. I might add a side update for the end of the season but for now that's Hole 3 completed, with a Birdie to even up my score back at 0~!

 

Proof of hat-tricks:

Neymar:

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Dembele:

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Mbappe:

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Cavani:

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Scorecard as of Hole 3:

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For the next update...

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Hole 4 - Flowering Crab Apple (Par 3)

The first Par 3 on the course meaning the first half season challenge for you managers. This is a hole that requires precision and accuracy, and one that is a lot more challenging than originally meets the eye.

Challenge - In half a season (19 league games) you must get as close to the GD of +40, as possible.

Birdie - Within 5

Par - Within 10

Bogey - Within 15

Double Bogey - More then 15 away

 

[BatiGoal]

That was easy. looking good so far.

[Growcanine]

Important Update 

 

Sorry for the lack of activity here. Recently, I lost all of my save files due to a weird issue. All data tied to /Android/data were all wiped (WhatsApp, FMM17&18, HiroMacro). Happened to me once but didn't think it will happen again. Last backup was 1/1/18 so unlikely I will restart this challenge again (a little bit demoralized especially because I was halfway through Hole 4). Will find a way to fix this issue before restarting the challenge. Thank you all for following, and all the best for your challenges. 

[BatiGoal]

Not exactly the way I'd like to protect my name on the leaderboard.

Sorry to hear. Hope you try again.