With R after work. We arrived late to discover that the first available tee was at 5:25. This would give us a problem to finish before dark especially if we got behind a slow 4 ball. Anyway we paid 16 quid each and decided to be ready for any gap at the 1st tee.
The weather was very pleasant, warm with just a bit more breeze than we would like for golf. The fairways were looking a bit sorry and the greens looked good but played odd. Perhaps because of a few recent downpours?
At 5 o'clock we noticed a 2 ball in a buggy set off and as no one arrived we quickly followed with 2 decent iron shots. We never saw anyone behind so not sure what happened to all the tee times after us? We were never help up until the last 3 or 4 holes and we were called through on the 17th where we both hit respectable golf shots. I almost got to the post and R went over the hill.
I set of very nicely playing to my handicap or better on every hole on the front 9 except the par 3 8th. Must make a mental note to play an 8 iron to get a good chance of a scrambled 3 next time. As a result I was up by a few holes after 9. My steady play almost to my handicap continued on the back 9 where I never went more than one shot over my handicap. Particularly on the 13th and 14th where I took a few shots in bunkers. I even managed to get over the lake with a nice 5i. So in the end it was my turn to win again. My score is click here.
I was happy with my score of exactly 100 as with a bit of golfing luck it could have been 3 or so better. I got to the green in acceptable golf scores on 12 holes which I think may be a first. This only translated to 9 proper golf scores as my putting was poor. I had way too many 3 puts and only a couple of 1 puts. I could blame the greens but I need to practice this! Very unusually I did not mess up any holes completely (this is rare). I could however have scored an odd point less if I had avoided the bunkers. I lost no balls and had no penalties.
Great fun! No pics this week as I was experimenting with not worrying about the photos .. concentrate on the golf!
