After replying to a post on the Golf Monthly forum I found myself going to Formby Hall to take part in the North West final.
I arrived as requested before 11am, the idea was to see the Odyssey people to try out putters as you had to lose an Odyssey one in the competition. I was taken to the lounge to wait, where I was joined by another couple of competitors and we had a coffee while we waited. After about30 minutes the GM rep came over and told us they were waiting for others to arrive, so we had another coffee. another 30 minutes passed and they finally came to take us to the putting green. Much to our surprise after the long wait there were already lots of people there and they were ready to start. This only gave me a couple of minutes to find a putter to use, not a great start, why we were kept waiting so long I dont know.
The first part was to play 36 holes to decided the knockout seeds. Despite holing my first putt I didnt do particularly well and finished last of 8 with 42 and 40 putts. This meant I had to play the guy who did the best 35 & 33 in the knockout.
He holed hid first putt which didnt bode well, but I followed him in and matched him for the first few holes until he had another single putt, I threee putted for the first time to go 2 down, but then he had a rare 3 putt for me to go back one down, I thought I might get back to all square when he had a longish putt but he holed it and we reached the 17th where his 2 meant I had to hole my first putt, I just missed and so lost 2&1.
I certainly did a lot better in that match but sadly not enough to get me to the final and get me a free putter.
I did enjoy it, but it was a shame it was a bit of a shambvles to start with.
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