M paid for both...
We started off with S in the lead by 2 holes .. very close.
The weather was not kind. We had 14 balls each warm up and I hit some great shots. We did a few 9i pitches then set off early as there was no one around.
As my shorthand card shows I hit a lot of duff's in he early part of the game which is a bit annoying as I have been fairly reliable recently. This affected my front 9 score in a bad way. On the back 9 my playing improved and despite the bad weather I managed to keep my score below 110.
The heavy rain started on the 6th and we sheltered under an umbrella for the worst of it. In the end we just got on with it but we were so wet that it was uncomfortable and cold. We were followed by a very quick 3 ball and we let them through at the 9th where we put some wet stuff in the cars and put on some dry stuff.
Looking at my score here. I messed up 4 holes.. about my normal number these days. On the 2nd I hit a poor tee shot and went into the ditch for a penalty. 1 shot lost. On the 3rd I hit several duffs and then 3 putt. 1 shot lost. On the 6th again a couple of duffs and a 3 putt. 1 shot lost. After this I played ok only messing up on the last hole with 1 duff. My putting was 1 over. So thats at least 5 points that should not have happened.
Thats a miserable end to the Xmas challenge.. back to less intense golf in the new year.
In the end S won this match by 5 holes winning the trophy by 7 holes.
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| The only pic on the first tee. (Before the rain) |
