With M.
I joined to get free 9 hole and some cash off rounds. Only need to pay there another 7 or so times to get my money back. Bargin.
We played the par 3 as a warm up and I hit straight if not always with great style. M played a bit left to right but somehow managed to beat me...
The weather was sunny but soon got cold when the sun went in. Also it was windy which caused a few tee shots to stop in the air.
We have never had the golf course to ourselves, it was great. No one in front and only a lone golfer behind but he kept repeating holes I think and never actually caught us.
For me it was a strange game as I hit some very good fairway 6 irons onto greens but mainly failed to get on the fairway from the tee. The day before I hardly missed a fairway. So its a funny old game as I am definitely better than I was this time last year but can still have a nightmare on an odd hole.
M was on fire on the front 9 hitting his 3W straight and long and getting lots of fairways. As usual I got better as the game went on but not good enough to win today.
I had a really bad 5th which I always struggle with. I had a bad 8th in the trees to the right of the green and for some reason got stuck on the left approaching the 9th green. The other bad holes were the 12th coming back to the clubhouse where I had a couple of duffs and also the 17th where I lost a ball in the lake.
I have played these holes ok in the past so I have just got to put it together.
The course was quite dry so the ball bounced well if it hit the fairway but there was enough mud to mean that the ball cleaners had a good workout. Also needed to clean some of my clubs is water bunkers as the grass would not wipe off. Boring info I know...
As the round wore on... the heat wore off and gloves were needed between shots.
So today it was M's victory but only just!
My rounds are: here and here.
