With B on a weekend visit to see the folks.
An early start for a 7:45 tee time. The weather was fine. We were following 2 lads in a buggy and were followed by a 3 ball. Neither slowed us down of speeded us up. We had played this course earlier in the year (click here) but neither of us could remember any holes. There was a reason for this .. last time we played in the fog.. this time the visibility was good.
With the early start the fairways and especially the greens were damp and this caused us a few problems with lack of roll and odd putting. The fairways and greens were in good shape however the bunkers were more like soil than sand and this caused us some problems.
I set of nicely with 5's and 6's until the 9th where I took 9. B had lost his favourite tee and was struggling to find the right tee height for his usual accurate tee shots. After the front 9 I was up by a few shots. On the back 9 I played steadily and had quite a bit of luck. We both got caught in bunkers and I took 3 to get out of one on the16th. In the end I won by a few more shots but with a bit of luck it could easily have gone either way. Great fun and good to catch up with my old Sunday running mate.
My score is click here.
I was very happy with this score I had 8 chances to make proper golf scores and ended up with 7 so not too bad. My putting was better than average for a change. I only messed up one hole the 9th and I can't remember what caused this. I had a couple of holes where I got stuck in an unreasonable bunker. I would have need some exceptional luck to improve my score to go less than 100.
I like this golf course and will try to play again soon. The holes are interesting but are fair. I remember the 9th green was like a roller coaster. I like the long down hill hole and today I liked the18th as I had a near miss with the lake and scored a par.
Great fun, no photos this time...
