With M at about 1pm. We paid 20 quid each and a quid for 14 practice balls each. The weather was sunny but cold and windy.
The practice balls went well but as usual this did not translate directly to golf. We set off following a 2 ball and were followed by a 2 ball. On the first we both hit the fairway .. very unusual. I was on the green with a certain par and I muffed the putt and M recovered with a 1 putt to make it 5 each. M continued good form on the 2nd with a par while I struggled with a duff from the tee and M went 1 up. I have a bad habit these days of messing up the tee shot from the 4th must stop this I was in the hole again. This helped M get 3 holes in a row. The 5th and 6th were mine and M was only 1 up. Then M went on another winning spree with 4 in a row. We were called through a 4 ball on the 8th which put a bit of pressure on and I should have capitalised on a good tee shot but M was not put off. After that we were on our own which is always nice. M followed with another 3 holes won on 14,15 and 16. In the end he won on every scoring method and by 6 clear holes.
However... he only beat me by 4 strokes and I was less than my 110 backstop. So why the big margin? I think its just a bit of golfing luck that went M's way. Of the 18 holes, 4 were drawn and 9 were won by 1 point, so most of these could have gone one way or the other. So its still close bring on the next! My score is
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My putting was 1 under and I could have saved 3 more if I avoided 3 putts. I made 8 proper golf scores with 1 par on the par 3 across the lake. (Contrast with M who made 5 pars!). I messed up 3 holes. The 3rd by going over the green from a simple chip. The 10th with a duff from the tee and going over the green twice. The 13th was messed up by a duff from 70 yards and then going well past the hole. Thats 6 less if I had not made mistakes. Still no lost balls, penalties or bunkers.
The Geller trophy stays North yet again.
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| Nice weather to start |
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| Nice shot of the lake on the 16th. |
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| Looking confused .. a duff I think |
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| Hope this one gets in the hole |
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| Have it! |
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| Artistic? |
