We arrived at 2:30 and the price was 40 quid each. We waited till 3 and the price was 20 quid each. The weather was overcast and a little chilly and very windy. We were following a 2 ball that were quicker than us and were followed by a 4 ball that were slower so the pace was perfect. It had been 2 years since our last match here and we were hoping to see some improvement. Last time I had been frustrated by my inability to reach the fairways from the tee.
M started off right with a lost ball and I did ok until a 3 putt on the giant green. So it was 1 to me. On the 2nd I messed up the tee shot short and left and continued left in the rough to give M an easy win for 1 each. The 3rd was M's but on the 4th I managed to get straight back with a lucky 5 on the most difficult hole.. The par 3 5th was mine due to Ms duff tee shot and I was 1 up. On the 6th and 7th across the road M had 2 pars and he went 1 up. The first 7 holes had the wind behind, on the turn into the wind on the 8th I got more difficult! M had no trouble from the tee but mine was weak and a flukey hole from the edge saved a bad score. M was 2 up. Back across the road M lost a ball left and I managed to pull one back, So after 9 M was 1 up.
On the back 9 we were both struggling into the wind but I managed to keep my ball in sight and M got into some trouble. This meant I won 3 in a row, going 2 up. I was pleased to get over the par 3 tree hole with an 8i. On the 13th we had caught a slow 4 ball and had to wait to tee off. I went left and M went right but we both ended up with 6 the first drawn hole. Into the wind on the every long par 5 we were called through. M went right and I made a good shot that got stuck in the wind. We made painful progress to the green where M lost a ball under pressure which we ignored due to pressure of being called through. In the end the hole was mine and was 3 up. The long par 3 had wind behind, I went a poor right and M went long into the trees at the back of the green. I was 4 up with 3 to play. On the 16th back into the wind M got 5 to recover 1 hole but lost a ball on the 17th and I was 4 up again. We both did poor tee shots from the18th but looks respectable in front of the clubhouse with 5 each including nice pitches to the green. Lucky for me that I won as the trophy was back at home.
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| Hanging around to avoid paying loads o money |
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| M took an artistic shot of a bridge |
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| The train is coming on the 18th |
