Bottled it!

[birdieman]

Had a 3 foot putt last night on the 18th to beat my best ever competition score. Was quaking like it was for the Open (sad I know) and jabbed it so lightly it didn't even get to the hole!

Was quite ticked off at the feeble attempt on 18 at the time but on reflection I did carry my luck pretty well over the round, scrambling well and holing a few good putts. 29 putts too which is much more like it.

Upside is I got 0.6 off handicap and down to 4.9 which is the best I've been for a while.

Category 1 again...phew

 

[mjsw13]

Tell me about it - reached the 540 yard par 5 16th in 2 yesterday for the first time this year, 12 footer for eagle (with a stroke to make 5 stableford points), totally bottled it and ran up a foot short.

Awoke at 3am this morning and couldn't get it out of my head - it'll likely be ages until I get such an opportunity at that hole again. But that's golf - you win some, you lose lots.

Well done on your score and getting back to cat 1 though!

 

[Parmo]

Well done fella.

I think I should have more ambition to be a cat 1 player, I bet it takes a lot of practice and time, something HID wont allow me

 

[jammydodger]

Well done Birdieman , what was your gross/nett/CSS ?

 

[birdieman]

Well done fella.

I think I should have more ambition to be a cat 1 player, I bet it takes a lot of practice and time, something HID wont allow me

Been at this level for years, my ball striking isn't great but I am fairly straight and I'm a good pitcher/chipper. Putting comes and goes.

I practiced quite hard in March/April as we have such along lay off up here as winter really is winter.

These days its 2 games a week which keeps the short game in ok nick, will usually hit balls for about an hour once or twice in the week on top of those 2 games.

Putting has improved a lot since I started using my Wilson blade putter, it's a beautiful club with quite a heavy head and I've got confidence with it which is the key to putting.

 

[stevek1969]

Join the club need to finish with 2 fours for a 78 scratch ,missed 2 3ft putts for par ended up with an 80 was well narked the two fours would have got me to 9 for the first time am sitting at 9.7 now have come down 0.6 in 3 comps this season.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Nothing more frustrating than a putt left short on 18 nad nowhere to go to repair the mistake. Good shooting anyway and well done for getting to cat 1 and the 29 putts

 

[HTL]

What would Dr Bob Rotella say? Have you read his books? They have certainly helped my game.

 

[birdieman]

What would Dr Bob Rotella say? Have you read his books? They have certainly helped my game.

"Hit it harder" ???

I have read one of his books and unlike many on here I wasn't blown away by it but found it rather repetitive and waffley.

 

[stevek1969]

Even more fed up found out the css was 73 leaving me at 9.5 target was 9 before i'm 40 have 5 weeks left so hears hoping.

 

[Yerman]

Never up, never in. It doesn't help but so true

 

[DCB]

It was obviously the bright sunlight that has graced Aberdeen this week that put you off. You're not used to that amount of sunlight in one week.