The weather was very pleasant just a bit of wind to help or hinder. The fairways were perhaps a bit long but the greens were great. M had some fun in the bunkers.
On the1st M needed mulligan to get going using his 3w and went right from the tee. I was nicely on the fairway from the tee and hit a straight left as I have tendency to do early on. So M won the first. The 2nd was a draw as we both made it more difficult than it usually is. I won the 3rd and it was all square. From the tee on the 4th I was in the ditch but made a good recovery. M was left but we were both one the green in 3 and down in 2 for a draw. On the par 3, 5th I went over into the back bunker with my 6i (never before) that gave M the chance and he took it to go 1 up. I came straight back with 2 in a row but M didn't mess about on the 9th when I went down the ditch again and it was all square after 9.
On the back 9 M won then I won 2 then M won 1 and it was all square after 13. On the 14th par 3 however I broke the deadlock with a par after almost going over the back again and M went in the big bunker. We drew the next 2 and on the 17th we were both on the green in 1 (never before!), Ms putting let him down and I was 2 up with 1 to play. On the 18th I did a nice tee shot and then hit one out of bounds and one in the pond. M's 2nd shot was great across the lake and was on the green in 4 and then lets not talk about the putting. Anyway M won the last for pride and I won by 1.
We both played quite well messing up only a few holes, I don't think M used his 3W after the first. The irons were working well especially on holes with wind behind. If M had avoided bunkers that would have saved 3 shots and without the poor putting on the 18th could have scored 5 less. My score is click here.
My putting owed me 1 with 3, 3 putts. I had 9 proper scores with 2 par 3's and a par 4 on the 11th. I messed up the firs 2 holes and the last. On the 1st I must watch out for early shots going straight left (this time into trouble). On the 2nd I had a duff 2nd shot into the ditch for a penalty. On the last I was just a wimp on my 2nd shot and the lost a ball as well. So I should have been 5 shots or so better. Still I was happy considering I had not played for 2 weeks.
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