We had time for 14 balls each. My 7i worked best? Seems like a long time since we last played. Anyway the weather was fine and quite warm enough for no coat as long as the sun shone .. which it mainly did. The course was dry as usual but the greens were quite lumpy looked like they were treating them in some way.
I st off well getting to the edge of the green on 3 and beating M by 1. On the 2nd I hit a great tee shot but so far left I was in trouble from the start by the time I had been in a bunker it was an easy win for M. On the 3rd I set off ok but got into one of the dips and ended up giving M another. Still no harm and I played a flukey 4th with a par to square it up. Across the lake I was within putting distance from the tee but 3 putted and M had a nice par to win the hole. The M went on a charge and won the next 4 making 5 up after 9. My troubles were mainly due to not applying my usual rules about 5i and the fairway.
On the back 9 I played a more competitive game and I won 3 and we drew 4. M won a couple including the last which I lost by my own stupidity losing 2 in the lake.
I could make excuses about feeling tired but its is mainly down to M's improved tee shots and a lot less penalties that accounts for the difference. So the trophy returns North (Virtually anyway!).
My score is click here.
This time I can't really blame my putting as it was one under. I can complain about the 2, 3 putts and 1, 4 putt on a particularly tough 16th pin position. I was way under my usual fairways from the tee, probably because I risked bigger sticks that usual. I was also struggling with bunkers maybe to the cost of 4 points. On the last hole I should have at least drawn as I had a handicap shot on M. Instead I lost 2 balls and landed in a green side bunker. I did end on a high with a 20 foot put from off the green that went down. (Saving a 10 :-(). So with perhaps 2 from putting and 4 from bunkers and 2 from lost balls, my score would be more respectable.
Contrast my troubles with M who only messed up one hole (the 16th with a 4 putt).
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| 10th I think |
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| A rare occasion where I went longer then M from the tee |
