With R after work, R paid I owe next week. The weather was very hot even at 4 o'clock.
We set of after a 2 man buggy and were followed by a 3 man buggy combo. We let the buggy behind go after R lost a ball on the 4th. After that on the 6th we caught up a very slow 2 ball with an elderly golfer, hats off for him not using a buggy. They let us through on the 10th and then we had a clear run to the end.
My first shot was the best ever getting well down the hill but with a downhill lie I cuffed the 2nd, went over and ended up with 7, my worst for some time on this hole. Still I played the 2nd well getting to the green in 3, pity I 3 putted and it was all square. The next 4 were all 5 or less for me and I was 3 up. Then a duff from the tee on the 7th ending up with 8 let R get one back and another on the "easy" par 3. For a change I played the 9th well and ended up 2 up after 9.
At the start of the back 9 I had a nice run of 5,5,4,5 but them messed up the 14th with a lost ball and a bunker ending in a 9. By the 15th my lead had gone and it was all square with 3 to play. We drew the 16th (I should have won this as R lost a ball from the tee!). I played the 17th well until I was short of the green (grr). We drew the last with 5 each so R won by 1. Great fun as usual! My score is click here.
My putting ended up 2 in my favour but I had 3, 3 putts which I could have done without. The greens were very hard and fast. I had 10 proper golf scores with a nice par on the 13th. I ended up messing up 4 holes, the first due to a sloppy 2nd shot after a great tee. The 14th from a bad tee shot followed by a trip to the bunker. The 15th was another poor tee shot which did not even get as far as the lake, I then used my 7i to clear the lake and lost the ball out the back. The 17th went well until my chip to the green went left leaving a chip back on over a hill and a bunker. Without messing up from being short and avoiding penalties and no 3 putts I could have scored 4+2+3 better.
This pattern is bad.. short,bunker,short and this over,over and short,over. I may add a checker for this on the website.
These patterns are good: edge and 1 this is as good as green and 1. edge and 2 is as good as green and 2.
