Sun 12th July 2015 - 9 + 18 at Chichester

With M on a busy weekend. Met in time to have a casual par 3. The weather was light drizzle with a significant wind. But it was warm.

On the par 3 I set off well with 3/2/3 but it fell apart after I lost a ball on the 4th. We were pretty equal but as usual it had no bearing on the final outcome.

We set off on the 18 holes following a lone golfer who kept ahead easily and disappeared after 9 or so. He was following a 4 ball who also disappeared after 9. No one was behind so we had the course to ourselves.

M set off with a green from the 1st tee and made par, I went into the left bunker but managed a 4 and M was 1 up. The next 2 were just mine by 1 so I was 1 up. After this we drew several in a row until the dog-leg 7th where I had a nightmare and M didn't. It was all square. On the 8th M lost a ball with the back wind and I was still 1 up. After the 9th I was 2 up.

On the 10th M had a point but didn't need it and I was 1 up after 10. Then my good run started with 5's and 4's  up to the 16th. With a bit of bad luck my tee shot from the 17th was lost due to the wind and M took one back. We ended with a win for me by a few holes, so the trophy stays South and my handicap comes down by another 1 to 25. Great fun! My score is click here.

My putting was 1 under but this included 4, 3 putts so it could have been better. I ended up with 12 proper scores including 3 pars. I only messed up 1 hole (the 10th due to going in the trees on my 2nd shot). I lost 2 balls one on the 4th and 17th from the tee. Both could have been avoided. I was disappointed with the impossible ball from the tee on the 5th where I risked the lake and got a bad bounce left into the ditch. So I was pleased with the score but there are a few more points to come!

Just 1 pic of M in the dry grass on the 4th.

Thu 25th June - 18 at Paultons

With R after work. We let the handicap system work out the hole play, this favours R on the front 9 and me on the back 9.

True to form I was down a bit on the front with an acceptable 51, but on the back 9 R was struggling with a swing and I played well. So it was an easy win for a change. I was especially pleased to get over the lake and to manage 3 par 5's. Must be a record. My score is click here.

I had 8 proper golf scores including 5 pars. My putting owed me 1 and there were 5, 3 putts. My worst score on the front 9 was 7 and 6 on the back 9 (another record). I messed up one hole landing in the trees from the tee on the 3rd. So a good round with the possibility of improvement.

Looks like a nice day!

Sun 21st June 2015 - 18 at Dummer

With M and A before Hilton Dinner. This blog is late so my memory is sketchy. From photo looks like we started just after 2 in pleasant weather.

M had 2 holes with advantage 1st and last. This time they did not help.  We set off quite even on first 10 holes. No one won by more than a shot. After this we had M winning holes easily on 11, 14 and 16 and I had a 6 shot win on hole 15. It was still close as I was up by 1 on the 16th. In the end I managed to win the last and won by 2 holes. My score is click here.

My scoring was the worst for some time with only 5 proper golf scores all bogeys. My putting owed me 2 shots with 6, 3 putts (sigh). I messed up 4 holes mainly on the back 9. On the 8th I always seem to end up to the right of the green making a tricky shot over the hill (must aim left more). The 11th set of ok but my 2nd landed in the bunker and it took 3 more to the green. The 16th was bad from the tee and I put one in the lake and ended up with 10. The last hole was almost ok with none lost but I 3 putt to end. On another day it could easily have been several shots better. Hey ho great fun!

A found something interesting?

The hole before the white house