We had time to zip round the par 3. I used my pw for a change and ended up with 7 4's a 3 and a 5. So thats 4's all round. This score goes some way to explaining my current 28+ handicap effectively throwing away a shot from 50-100 yds. On the other hand at least I beat M ;-)
We had a 3:30 tee time with a buggy for M. The cost was 24 quid each including the buggy. We were following a slow 2 ball and were followed by a 3 ball with 2 in a buggy and 1 walking. I set off with a duff.. oh no.. then my 2nd was into the bunker. However I recovered with a 1 put making a respectable 4. This was enough to beat M on the first hole. On the 2nd however M hit a great 3w and had chance of a par and easily beat me as I kept heading right. I was pleased to get over the pond on the 3rd and managed another 4. I started the 4th with a duff but M lost one from the tee.. On the tricky 5th I got over the pond and then hit a nice one onto the fairway with chance of the green on the 3rd shot. M lost a ball in the trees to the right and we made the mistake on calling the 3 behind through. At this point their golf collapsed and we resigned ourselves to be waiting behind them for the rest of the round. Hey ho... At the end of the front 9 I was up by 1 hole but it had been very even. On the 10th M made it all square and we drew the 11th. On the 12 and 13th I had a nice run and won both, M won the 14th so I was up by 1 after 14. With 2 to go I was 2 holes up an I managed to win the 17th and drew the 18th so the Geller Trophy comes back South (for the Summer?).
The round was slow but the fairways were good and the greens were in good condition. A couple of tricky pin positions with the flag on the edge of a hill. With the heavy rain in the morning the bunkers were a bit hard. My score is click here.
I am always pleased to get close to 100 so this was fine by my standards and a big improvement on my last game. I managed 9 proper golf scores (7 bogeys and 2 pars). I only messed up 1 hole and this was the 10th. Not sure why, I started with a nice fairway but went right and 3 putt. I was 2 under on putts which always helps (5* 1 putts). I managed to get over the pond on the 16th for the first time in several rounds (must remember that 4i can do this!). I lost my only ball on the 17th after a good tee shot I put the next shot in the pond. My 4i was working ok from the tee and my 4r was working well(is) from the fairway.
M's 3W was not working quite as well as usual but he did some great shots especially on the long par 3 14th when he was on the green from the tee. The 18th tee shot was an easy chip away from the green too.
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| Waiting in the shade on the 2nd |
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| Waiting on the 7th tee |
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| Ball cam is back with a 3W |
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| This one was my 3rd shot on the short par 4 13th Get in the Hole! |
