This one is an unexpected one. Not the best circumstances but it turned out to be a very nice day.
My playing partner today is B, an old friend and neighbour and drinking mate and running mate (now we are going back more than 20 years!).
The golf course is one that my Dad played back in the day (more than 50 years?). I never knew he played golf until recently.
The weather had been very poor but somehow we managed to play in the dry for all of the 18 holes.
It turns out that B had started golf about 2 and a half years ago, while I started 3 years ago. We were both worried incase we were to play badly and spoil the game for the other one. We needn't have worried as we were almost perfectly matched.
The course was very wet in places and the greens were not the best but given the rain they were acceptable. There were several temporary greens which can sometimes improve the score. There were also a few hard tees.
We were following a fast (but elderly) 4 ball that never held us up and were followed by a 2 ball that never pushed us. So that was good. The amazing thing was the weather held until we got into the car then there was an impressive downpour!
B played well off the tee using his driver on almost every hole and mostly got onto the fairway. I managed to play social golf not being too far behind with my 4i. At the end of the day B won by a couple of strokes. My score is
here. For a first time at a new course I was very pleased with my score. I messed up 4 holes. The 4th was the worst with a 10 after I hit my tee shot into deep undergrowth and also hit a bunker. I also messed up the 9th with a good tee shot near the green and then hit a tree and took 4 to get to the green. The 16th was a long sloping par 5 with no even ground and I took 7 to the green. The 17th was a long par 3 and my second shot resulted in a penalty as I went over the back into the trees. So on another day I might have done a bit better on these 4 holes. (But probably worse on some others!)
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| Waiting to start |
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| Weather OK |
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| B in action on the green |
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| Tee off the top of the hill |
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| Nice Weather |
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| B in action on the fairway |
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| The flag and turbine. |
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| Sun was low |
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| The narrow par 3 |
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| Into the sun on the 17th |
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| Social golf from the 18th tee |
