A Sunday treat! When I booked I was warned that it might be slow as there was a golf society in front. At the end of the day we had a 2 ball in front and the golf society in front of them.
On the way there the weather was awful but on arrival it cleared up. On the way round we had sunshine so bright we lost a ball. We had rain that was icy cold. We had wind. Overall though it was fine.
Today M brought along 9 mini mars bars so that we could (if we wanted) eat one on every other hole or 1 on each of the last 9 holes etc. In the end this was way to many for either of us! Was this a ploy to defeat me? ;-)
We did our usual 14 balls each as a warmup. Then we were still early so we hit a few 9i on the practice hole. Once the 2 ball had departed the first green we set off slowly as there was no one behind. I set off ok but M won the first hole easily. We caught the 2 ball on the 2nd hole and we waited for them on almost every hole. I would say they were a similar standard to us as they had occasional trouble off the tee, but played some holes like experts. Sadly for me I seemed to follow suit, when one of the 2 in front did a duff so did I. Anyway after 9 I was 1 hole up. I did not play terrible I just kept getting 1 over my planned score and did not get any better than plan.
On the 2nd 9 it was a different story, M played much better than on the front 9 and I played worse. In the end M won easily by 3 holes and beat me on all possible scoring methods (including net score) and the trophy was returned. For me it was my worst score for some time on a familiar course. My score is
here.
I messed up 4 holes (so did M). The 9th starting with a duff off the tee and a 3 putt. The 10th with a duff off the tee then another duff on the way. The 16th where I made good progress and then ended up in the bunker and finally the 18th where I went in the pond (ball unplayable but not lost). So its just golf where the ball lands on the edge or a long way from he flag and a few unnecessary duffs off the tee.
M's score shows that with out the lost balls and penalties and bunkers he would have beaten me by many more! (Although 1 FIR tells a story!).
Some of the problems were caused by the slow pace but at the end of the day when all said and done... its just golf, fun as always!
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| At the putting green |
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| Looking back to first green |
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| Waiting on 2nd tee |
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| 2nd shot on the 3rd |
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| Looking back at the 5th green |
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| Nice trees on 6th Fairway |
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| Rainbow on 8th tee |
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| Might be the 11th? |
