With M. Afternoon tee time of 2pm. I think it was 16 quid. We paid for our own.
The weather was odd we had hail stones on the way but it was warm and sunny in between.
Just time for 20 balls each before the off. We arrived at the start a bit early and went straight off as no one else was in sight before or after.
The course was not too wet but the bunkers were a nightmare and I wish I had managed to avoid them completely. We have played this course enough times to know where the problems are but it made no difference we both got into a mess on several holes. On the other hand there were several holes were we looked like proper golfers. We were caught by a lone golfer at the 7th but he declined the option to be called through. We were following a 3 ball who kept a steady distance in front.
On the 9th we had a full blown hail storm with a white out on the greens. It didn't last long though! At the end of the first 9 I was up by 2. On the back 9 we both struggled. The course is hard with bunkers and ditches in awkward places. M finished with the best holes of the day with a par on the 17th (after thinking the ball was lost) and an unbelievable birdie on the par 5 18th. It was not enough to win by holes as I think I won by 1 (although he had a better score that I did). We let the lone golfer through on our most difficult hole the dog leg right across the brook (16th) as M's tee shot was nowhere to be found.
My score is
click here. It is the worst score for a long time. However I have a number of good excuses. I made good scores on 7 holes. Sadly I messed up the same number (7). On the 4th I had an unlucky roll into a drain and failed to clear after a penalty. On the 9th I did a nice tee shot into the fairway bunker during the hail storm. On the 10th I lost my ball in the dyke. On the 14th easy par 3 I had my worst nightmare. I went into the right green bunker, failed to get out, took a penalty and failed to clear the bunker, then went over the green uugh. This will never happen again playing friendly rules. I will take a penalty and play a shot from somewhere on the way into the bunker. The last 4 holes were poor as they all took 3 puts. My putting was terrible I was 9 over on putting alone. Some of this was due to the ice on the green most just lack of concentration. If I had avoided the penalties then this would have saved at least 5 points. So 15 points from putting and penalties would be fine next time!
It was still fun! If not our most favourite course.
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| See the weather was great! |
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| The white stuff is hail! |
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| M ready to go! |
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| Bit of Spring! |
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| M lost a ball in the crocodile infested swamp. |
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| Dark and Light |
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| That sky looks mean! |
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| A picture after the birdie on the 18th (Sorry for the quality) |
