With M during weekend at Fleet. There has been a long break since the last game and even longer since we played at Dummer. We had a 2 o'clock tee time with a buggy. M paid and I still owe him something or other. The weather was perfect even though it had promised to rain.
We arrived in time for 14 balls each. I did not hit many shots that gave me confidence. We had time for a bit of bunker practice before following a couple of holes behind a 2 ball. This was a mistake.
I was playing off 25 this time as I had won 2 in a row. I set off right as usual but managed to get to the green in 3 and down in 5. A nice start. On the 2nd I had a bit of bad luck getting into my first bunker of the day on my second shot, still down in 5 so no problem. M struggled on the 2nd when he lost a ball which should have been in clear view. On the front 9 I only messed up the most difficult hole on the course but M was on an unbeatable streak using his driver and getting well on the way in the right direction from the tee. At the end of the front 9 M was up by 1 hole.
We were called through the 2 ball on the 8th which we managed ok. Then we got called trough a 4 ball on the 10th playing a competition. M hit his driver well past any of their balls and even mine was equal to the 2nd shot of a couple who had got into trouble. It was tough for me as they stood to watch my second shot (not my best). I also got into a bit of a mess on the tough 10th green and M played like a pro. On the 11h my shot disturbed a large bird of prey eating a rabbit and I was forced to play my ball nearby... not pleasant and in a rush I went in the bunker. This started a rash of bunker shots which resulted in several dropped shots and M went well into the lead. I managed to regain a bit of pride with a par on the par 3 across the sand-pit (so did M) and also on the 16th. In the end M won by 5 clear holes so the trophy returns to "the other" sideboard.
M managed one of his best scores at less than 100 and he only messed up on the 2nd with the lost ball. If the putting had been better this score could easily have been in the low 90's. As for me I was pleased to keep under 110 (just). My score is click here.
I messed up way too many holes(6). On the difficult 6th I was in the bunker and did not get out cleanly. On the 10/11/12 and 13 I had various trips to the bunker and made a mess of getting onto the green. Finally on the last hole I hit a good tee shot, got just short of the lake on number 2 and my 3rd was just short of the green. Thats good for me. Then I messed up getting onto the green. My putting was just worse than average. So I expect with a bit of luck I could have shaved off about 9 points or so and it would have been a bit more competitive. On the other hand my tee shots were working well I got onto the green for 2/3 par 3's.
Great fun as usual!
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| On the 2nd, next stop the bunker! |
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| M waiting on the 6th |
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| Pleased to get the Geller Trophy! |
