Yesterday was the big day of the season, I was first out due to having the best qualifying scores and played with Sarah, a very good player who is a 5 handicapper.
We went out in lovely sunshine with a clear course in front of us, I played pretty well but was let down by my putting particularly on the back nine, although I did chip very well. I did finish with a 93 for a net 71 which was good enough for 2nd place and a 0.8 handicap cut which has dropped me to 21.4. Sarah played well and hits the ball a very long way easily outdriving me by 50 yds but she was unlucky with her putting but still shoy a 79 net 74 which easily won the best gross prize.
In the evening, it was the presentation dinner and so a chance to dress up a bit. It was a lovely meal with probably too much red wine and as well as the prizes for the day, the major prizes for the season were handed out too, so I got presented with the trophy I had won earlier in the season.
The round
Hole 1. 5 iron off the tee just short of the green, a chip and 2 putts for a bogey 4.
Hole 2 Reasonable drive a bit short but a 5 iron left about 90 yards to the green, I hit a nice wedge to the green and 2 putts for a bogey 5.
Hole 3. A good drive but and indifferent 2nd meant I had to lay up short of the ditch, missed the green with my 4th so a chhip and 2 putts for a double bogey 7.
Hole 4. 6 iron to the green and 2 puts for a par 3.
Hole 5 A nice drive and a 6 iron left a 70 yard wedge to the green, 2 putts for a bogey 5.
Hole 6 A good drive and a good 5 iron into the wind left a 6 iron to the green, it hit the fringe and stopped dead but a good chip gave me a 6 footers for par, sadly missed for a bogey 6.
Hole 7 A to the right meant I wasnt tempted to take on the carry to the green, so I laid up short but missed the green with my 3rd, a chip and 2 putts for a double bogey 6.
Hole 8 A decent drive and I resisted the temptation to go for the carry and laid up about 140 from the green, I thinned it straight into the dtich! it was playable but I made a hash of it only knocking it sideways, 5th shots was right of the green but I hit a lovely sand wedge to a couple of feet and holed the putt for a double bogey 7
Hole 9 I hit my 8 iron a bit fat and was just short of the green, but a good chip and a 5 foot putt got me a par 3.
This all added up to 46 shots on the front 9.
Hole 10 A drive to right hand rough, my 2nd was restricted by a tree so I could only play it about 100 yards 3rd shot was short of the green and the chip ran off the side so 5 onto the green and 2 putts for a triple bogey 7 not a good start to the back nine.
Hole 11 A good drive and second shot left me about 145 to the green, unlike on the 8th I hit a great iron to the front of the green and 2 putted fore a par 5.
Hole 12. Hit my tee shot short and right but chipped to about 6 foot, missed the par putt for a bogey 4.
Hole 13. a good drive and second left me about 60 yds, thinned my wedge but luckily ran on to about 6 foot from the flag, sadly again missed the putt so a bogey 5.
Hole 14, A lovely 5 iron to the green but left my birdie putt woefully short and took 2 more for a bogey 4.
Hole 15 a good drive and 2nd left about 120 to the green a nice 8 iron to the bottom tier of the green just failed to run up the slope so a tricky putt up the slope for a birdie, I left it 4 feet short, I missed the par putt so a bogey 5.
Hole 16, Played safe with an iron off the tee but hit my second off line, fortunately it hit a tree and bounced on the right side of the tree line so a wedge to the green and 2 putts for a bogey 5.
Hole 17 A decent drive and 2nd left me 180 to the green, I didn't hit it very well, a bit of a shank, so had about 80 yds over a tree to the green. I thinned it and it failed to get down the slope so had to chip down to the very sloping green and it ran right to the back, a good first putt left a tap in for a double bogey 7
Hole 18 Hit my tee shot a bit fat again so short of the green, a chip and 2 putts for a bogey 4.
47 shots on the back nine but with better putting it could have been 45 or less.
93 was my best score in a competition and I am going round regularly in the 90s, so I am quite happy with the way I am playing apart from my putting, I just cant get a nice smooth putting stroke consistantly enough. There was a putting competition before we went out and I took 29 puuts for 12 holes which is really quite shocking.
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