rob_golf1
Q-School Graduate
Just got to get this off my chest...
Played a nine hole knock with some guys from work yesterday. First time I had played with them and played really well, making par on all of the par 3's and getting a birdie on one of the par 4's. Really enjoyed it up until the last....Par 5. I went into the last hole with a 4 shot lead....
It was at this point that all my course management and concentration went out of the window. I took a driver off the tee which got me off to a decent start, just straying off right into the rough. Still had a nice lie but for some silly reason decided to take a fairway wood. Looking back now I should have just played a 6i and then a PW into the green and given myself two putts to secure a nice friendly win with my new colleagues. But NO, I went into some fairly thick stuff after the second shot and hacked out of the there to give myself a 30 yard pitch onto an elevated green. I then duffed my chip into a bunker and what follows next is probably the worse golfing decision I have ever made....
For some unknown reason, I decided to take a practice swing in the bunker and make contact with the sand.... Straight away one of the guys was in there; 'YOU CAN'T DO THAT...' 'ONE STROKE PENALTY'. I knew I had done wrong and I just wanted the ground to open up and swallow me. A lapse in concentration cost me there. I then proceeded in scoring a 10 for that hole which one of my playing partners claimed, should have been a lot more. It ended up in me losing the friendly game by one shot, but I felt devastated...
My one point from this post, remember the most simplest of rules even in a low pressure situation as that!
Played a nine hole knock with some guys from work yesterday. First time I had played with them and played really well, making par on all of the par 3's and getting a birdie on one of the par 4's. Really enjoyed it up until the last....Par 5. I went into the last hole with a 4 shot lead....
It was at this point that all my course management and concentration went out of the window. I took a driver off the tee which got me off to a decent start, just straying off right into the rough. Still had a nice lie but for some silly reason decided to take a fairway wood. Looking back now I should have just played a 6i and then a PW into the green and given myself two putts to secure a nice friendly win with my new colleagues. But NO, I went into some fairly thick stuff after the second shot and hacked out of the there to give myself a 30 yard pitch onto an elevated green. I then duffed my chip into a bunker and what follows next is probably the worse golfing decision I have ever made....
For some unknown reason, I decided to take a practice swing in the bunker and make contact with the sand.... Straight away one of the guys was in there; 'YOU CAN'T DO THAT...' 'ONE STROKE PENALTY'. I knew I had done wrong and I just wanted the ground to open up and swallow me. A lapse in concentration cost me there. I then proceeded in scoring a 10 for that hole which one of my playing partners claimed, should have been a lot more. It ended up in me losing the friendly game by one shot, but I felt devastated...
My one point from this post, remember the most simplest of rules even in a low pressure situation as that!
It was just one of those silly things I did without even thinking about it... Certainly will have learnt from it though!
