I asked the question in the last blog "would I get back from holiday in time to make the monthly medal" the answer, yes I did! After landing at Manchester at 1.10 in the afternoon, I headed for the course after dropping off the bags at home, fortunately for me one of the girls was just getting ready and said I could play with her and another.
So onto the round, I felt a bit rusty but I started out with my intention of sticking to just playing my irons, but I wasn't hitting them too well of the tee so after 5 holes I decided to give the driver a go. Happily I hit it pretty well with no great slicing although I still have a tendancy to hit it to the right, I really need to do some work on it. Overall the round wasnt too bad.
Hole 1, rusty 5 iron well short of the green, the chip ran off the green but chipped back dead for a bogey 4
Hole 2 Another rusty 5 iron, follwed by a 2nd from the fairway, good 7 iron from the rough ran through the green, chipped back and 2 putted for a double bogey 6
Hole 3 A better 5 iron off the tee but hit left into the trees, chipped back onto the fairway, then a good iron short of the ditch, 4th was just short of the green, chip to green then 2 putts for another double
Hole 4, 6 iron to green and 2 putts for a par.
Hole 5 Another iffy iron of the tee, reasonable 2nd but a poor 3rd, chip on and 2 putts for a double bogey
Hole 6 Decideed I might as well get the driver out, decent drive but in the rough, a nice 6 iron left a half wedge to the green, hit it a bit thin and it rand off the back, a chip and 2 putts for a bogey.
Hole 7 A decent drive again down the right, forgot about my course management and took on the ditch and lost, miss hit pitch followed by a chip through the green finally got on thr green and 2 putted, for an quad bogey.
Hole 8, Again a driver to the right, laid up in front of the ditch, 3rd short was short of the green, a chip and 2 pouuts for a bogey.
Hole 9 A 9 iron to the green and 2 putts for a par.
So I went out in 49, not too bad but a shame about the 7th hole.
Hole 10, A good drive onto the fairway, and a decent 2nd left a pitch to the green and 2 putts for a good bogey.
Hole 11 Decent drive and second left me about 130 to the green so I went for the green rather than laying up, left it short on the steep bank but chipped on, but 3 putted from about 15 feet so I bad double bogey.
Hole 12 Took a rare 3 wood from the tee to 20 yds short of the green, chip and 2 putts for a bogey
Hole 13 A decent drive and second left about 80 yards, hit the best pitch of the day but a bit long, so was left with a very long downhill putt, which I holed for a very rare par on the SI 1 hole!
Hole 14 short with a 5 iron, chip and 2 putts for a bogey
Hole 15 Reasonable drive and second left 150 to the green, I hit it right though so a tricky chip, wanted to use SW but the lie was poor so to a PW and left it short, SW to 3 feet but missed the put for a Double bogey 7
Hole 16 5 iron off the tee for safety then a well hit iron but way off line, finished under trees. hit a low runner onto the green but 3 putted for another double bogey
Hole 17 Good drive and good second left me 160 to the green but in a divot hole, didnt hit it cleanly then a bit of a shank from the rough missed the green so on for 5 and 2 putts for a double bogey.
Hole 18 A 7 iron onto thegreen and 2 putts for a par to finish.
So 46 shots coming in for a total of 95 and a nett 72, which was CSS, I finished 2nd on a CPO. The quad bogey was rounded down though so I got a cut of 0.4 so back to 22 (22.2)
The pluses, I had putts for par on most of the back nine, a shame about 3 putting twice and my driving wasnt bad.
Negatives, forgetting what I had decided about course management which cost me 3 shots on the 7th. Although only 3 putting twice, I did miss a couple of shortish putts after chipping close, infact one finished further away from the hole.
All in all I was pretty pleased with my round and it was nice to get a little cut too. I MUST practise with my driver though.
No comments:
Post a Comment