Last season I won the English Golf medal and at our club the winner of that also is awarded the Jean Pennington Memorial Trophy, so tonight Bernard Pennington, an ex mayor of Salford came to the club to present me with the trophy along with a beautiful bouquet of flowers.
Earler in the day we held our second competition of the season, another Stableford. it was a little windy and a tad cold but I mostly played very well and came in with 33 points, which in the end proved good enough to win the competition on a card play off.
As is my wont, here is a breakdown of the round.
Hole 1, a reasonable tee shot finished to the left of the green, a chip to 4 feet and one putt gave me a nice start with a par 3 for 3 points.
Hole 2, I hit the ground behind the ball which fortunately managed to just get through a big bush about 50 yds from the tee, a decent iron followed by a 3 wood left me about 70 yds, I hit what I though was a decent pitch but it got held up just short of the green I putted but left it too short and missed for a 7 and no points. Good work from the first undone immediately.
Hole 3, a good drive and 2nd, left me about 120 from the green, I hit a 6 iron a little left, pin high but in a bunker, out in one but just missed the putt, so a bogey 6 and 2 points.
Hole 4, tee shot a little short, chipped to 10 feet but the putt just missed, bogey 4 and 2 points.
Hole 5, a decent drive and 3 wood left 60 yds, I pitched well but a little short, 2 putts for a bogey 5 and 2 points.
Hole 6, A decent drive and 5 iron left 50yds to the green, I hit a lovely pitch to the heart of the green, just touched a 15 foot downhill putt but it missed the hole and ran 6 feet past, missed the return, so bogey 6 and 2 points.
Hole 7, a poor drive meant I had to lay up short of a dtich, I didn't hit hit too well and had a stand of trees between me and the green, managed to get it to the fringe but woefully under hit my putt and missed my 2nd, so a double bogey 6 and 1 point.
Hole 8, a good drive and good 3 wood left me about 50yds fom the green, hit a good wedge but a little too long over the back, chipped back on and holed a 6 footer for a par 5 and 3 points.
Hole 9, hit a woeful 8 iron that was right and up a bank, chipped to just short of green, then chipped to 6 feet, missed the putt so a double bogey 5 and 1 point. Again the good work on the previous hole undone.
So front nine in 47 shots for 16 points.
Hole 10, a good drive and decent 3 wood left me 40 yds, hit a good pitch to 6 feet but putt just stayed out, bogey 5 and 2 points.
Hole 11, iffy drive into trees, 2nd onto fairway and then a decent iron to just short of ditch, 80 yd pitch to the green and 2 putts for bogey 6 and 2 points.
Hole 12, good drive just short of the green, chipped to 10 feet but just missed putt, bogey 4 and 2 points.
Hole 13, a decent drive but to edge of the trees, decent 2nd fom restricted shot to 100 yds, good pitch to front of the green and 2 putts for a bogey 5, 2 shots here so 3 points.
Hole 14, woeful teeshot 45 degrees left into rough, failed to clear rough, so 3rd shot to short of green, chipped on but missed 10 footer so a triple bogey 6 and no points. Yet again the 3 pointer on the previous hole, immediately undone.
Hole 15 .Good drive and decent 3 wood left 120 yds to the green, hit a nice iron to the centre of the green, b irdie putt just missed so a par and 3 points.
Hole 16, reasonable drive and fair second to about 40 yds from the green, nice chip to 10 feet, but par putt rimmed the hole so bogey 5 and 2 points.
Hole 17, decent drive but slighty thined second meant the green was out of reach but 3 wood to 40 yds followed by a chip down and 2 putts for a bogey 6 and 2 points.
Hole 18, managed to hit the ground 6 inches befoe the ball and topped it into the ditch, penalty drop and a chip to the green, 2 putts for a double bogey 5 and 1 point.
So 17 points on the back nine for a toal off 33.
For the 2nd week on the trot, my performance on the par 3s let me down.. I scored 14 points on the par 5s, 10 on the pair 4s and 9 on the par 3s. The thing is last season I played the par 3s well but I kept messing up my teeshots today (and last week). I also had about half a dozen 2 inch or less tap ins where my first putt just missed, on another day most would have dropped. But being positive, I mostly played well and my first cut of the season can't be far away.
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