10 quid again another bargain. We had a quick warm up in the nets and then waited for 2 lads to tee off. They were quick as we never saw them after the 2nd.
Started off ok with a par 4. Hit a poor tee shot from 2nd tee that skipped right into the long stuff so was forced to play safe back onto the fairway. That was one shot lost. The temporary green did not help but we played limit of 2 putts on c$%p temp greens (there were a few).
From the 3rd tee I hit straight left into the trees/rough. Ball lost and mulligan required.
On the 4th I was lucky to avoid the ditch it was on the edge, must remember to play short.
On the 6th I did the exact same shot as on Sunday and hit my 3W left into the long grass and lost the ball with a penalty. Must take a lesser club or don't try too hard... easy to say.
On the 8th I went left into the long stuff and found it unplayable so that was my 2nd penalty.
So on the first 9 I could/should have saved at least 3 shots.
On the 10th I went well right of the green into the undergrowth and on the 11th I went left into the long grass from the tee.
On the 12th I applied my new strategy of laying up from the tee at the bottom of the hill. If I had my mulligan left I would have gone for it as we had a backwind.
On the par3 14th I opted to use my 4r instead of my 3W and paid the price with a lost ball in the pond. This was my 3rd penalty.
Played my best shot on the par 3 17th with a 5i onto the green. R had already ht the green and had rolled toward the hole. So that was a joint good hole (2 pars).
The 18th was on a temporary green.
So I should have saved at least another 3 shots on the back 9. If so I would have been under 100 instead of over. Getting a bit better makes you more fussy?
I think I was trying a bit harder from the tee with a bit of extra confidence and ended up in quite a lot of trouble from the tee. Must try less hard in future and get on more fairways.
Today R won easily and my score is here.
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| The scorched fairways |
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| If you zoom in you can see the 2 shots on the 17th |
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| Sun going down on the 18th Temporary green! |
