With M and A as part time caddy. 1:15 tee time. We had the usual 2 quids worth of balls and I managed to hit my 5W quite well with the last 3. (Using a new in-to-out swing).
We set off behind a 3 ball and were followed by a 4 ball and they never slowed us down or got in the way. The weather was very blustery which I found to be a pain. M walked most of the way round but was recovering from flu but the foot was better so maybe next time no buggy required?
For some reason putting seemed difficult for me and I had 3, 3 putts in a row not a good start! M won the 1st 2 holes and I won the next 2. After this M went on a winning spree starting with a par on the 3 across the lake. At the end of the front 9 he was 5 holes up. I had an absolute nightmare on the 6th when I had 2 duffs t get to the green side bunker in 4. I then went in another bunker went over came back and finally 3 putt for 12! My first 12 in a long time thank goodness this is rare! It messed up my score though.
I managed to pull a couple back to get to 2 to M with 2 to play. However I lost 2 balls on the 16th and 17th from the tee (a new very bad trend late in the round). So M won and the Geller Cup goes back like a ping-pong North.
On the last I risked my new 5W shot and it sailed down the fairway with ease. I got over the lake with another 5W and went over the back in 4. My score is click here. This was one of my worst scores for some time (sigh).
My putting was terrible +6. I only managed 5 proper golf scores. Messing up 4 holes. The first with a 3 putt. The 6th with the bunker incidents (see above). The 7th with a 4 putt. The 16th with a lost ball in the lake from the tee. (Although I did find it on the waters edge). I had 1 very flukey chip in to the hole on the 10th although M managed to draw this one. This could be the game changing hole!
Perhaps it was the wind or perhaps we were both a little bit under the weather but neither of us played our best. Thats golf!
