With M and R after work. It was 16 quid each as usual we had a tee time about 4:30. M arrived with 5 mins to spare and we just managed to get to the tee on time. There was no one in front or behind so we were not rushed.
For a change we had decided to play Stableford Points as hole play for 3 is a bit confusing. I set off well and didn't really make any mistakes until the annoying par 3 8th where we all went in the bunker and poor scores for all. M had a bit of a nightmare 4th with lost balls from the tee and in the lake and it took until the back 9 to recover. At the half way point I was ahead and aside from the par 3 over the pond where I messed up the tee shot and lost 2 balls I continued more of less to par and it was my turn to win again. M made a bit of a recovery charge at the start of the back 9 but collapsed as the driver was not working on the last few holes and R played pretty much to handicap with just a couple of poor holes.
We were caught by 2 golfers on the 13th and we decided to let them through which turned out to be a mistake as they played terrible while we watched. After that we had 2 golfers waiting behind for the last few holes. The weather was very pleasant, the fairways were ok but the greens were terrible as they were full of holes for some sort of maintenance. We all suffered from poor putts!
My score is click here.
A typical round for me at 105 with 9 possible proper golf scores by getting to the green but due to poor putting I only made 5. But funnily enough this included 3 pars and best of all I managed a par on the 13th, I think this may be a first! My putting owed me at least 3 and some time soon I must try to practice a bit as I am sure there is a 5 point improvement possible. I messed up 3 holes: the par 3 8th due to bunker trouble and poor putting, the 9th due to bad putting and the 16th lake with double stupidity as this was the only really bad tee shot of the day.
Its starting to get dark well before 9 now and we finished at 8:30 in the gloom.
No photos from me.. M may have some…?
