M had given me a fright earlier in the week by booking the Cathedral by mistake but luckily we spotted it just in time, The clubhouse was in panic when we paid as the card machine was not working (The cost was 20 quid each plus the buggy for M.) but despite all this we managed to get onto the first tee on time.
The only problem was .. so did a large group of other players. A bit of stress for hole 1 but we both managed to avoid embarrassment and I managed a par. I set off well and was 3 up after 4. On the 5th I made a silly mistake, not waiting until M was ready to watch my ball and I lost it right. This was a mess and I had my first 10 for some time. This was the start of a very good run for M who never had worse than a 7 the whole round! After 12 holes M was up by 2 and I managed to pull the 13th and 14th back to make it all square. Over the last 4 we both played pretty well but M managed to win 2 and draw 2 so that was that. The Geller Trophy returns North for a while. My score is click here.
This was one of my best scores ever here so I can't complain but I was beaten fair and square on handicap so we both played well. I only messed up the 5th and I could have done an odd shot better on the 8th by getting to the green in 2 (not the edge) and the 17th by avoiding the bunker. I was pleased to easily clear the lake on the 16th using my 4i which was working nicely from the tee. I was also pleased with 9 proper golf scores (including 6 pars).
M hit way more fairways than usual and could easily have scored 5 less without 2 lost balls and an odd duff. His great chip in from the edge of the 10th was a real
Great fun and the weather was amazing: warm and no wind.
