rickg
Money List Winner
Ruined my round yesterday when I lost my footing twice and had several putts bobble due to the remnants of an early frost.
I had so been looking forward to my round on Sunday as I had been working hard on a subtle swing change during the week and had it nailed thanks to hitting 700 balls at the range between Wed-Sat and 2 x 9 hole on course sessions Fri & Sat.
Saturday was absolutely perfect scoring conditions and the course was immaculate as I played my 9 holes warm up session before my qualifying Winter League round on Sunday....I went round in level gross for the 9 holes. I was also starting to hear of some great scores that were coming in during the Saturday Winter League including a 2 under gross round..............so naturally I was excited about the Sunday round as conditions were supposed to be even better.....
Sunday morning came and I was like a kid in a candy store, until I opened the curtains and saw a white covering in the fields outside my bedroom window!!!!!!!!! Noooooooo!
Got up to the club and sure enough, there was a sprinkling of white all around.......not enough to freeze the greens or close the course, and the sun was out, so it would melt soon anyway.......
Just to compound the problem I was drawn out 1st in our swindle, so had to go out before the sun got chance to burn it off.
There were no later tee times available so I had no choice but to go out early.
Out on the course my worst fears were realised and early on it was a nightmare......putting was a lottery, and I slipped twice on my down swing, even though I was regularly clearing the build up of ice on my shoes.
only managed 31 points and got 0.1 back for my troubles.
Looking at the scores there was a 40 and a 38, (both went out later), and then 34 was the closest.
Looking at the Saturday scores, there were 2 x 42's a 41, 2 x 40's a 39, 3 x 38's and a 37...........
What a difference a day makes!!!!
I had so been looking forward to my round on Sunday as I had been working hard on a subtle swing change during the week and had it nailed thanks to hitting 700 balls at the range between Wed-Sat and 2 x 9 hole on course sessions Fri & Sat.
Saturday was absolutely perfect scoring conditions and the course was immaculate as I played my 9 holes warm up session before my qualifying Winter League round on Sunday....I went round in level gross for the 9 holes. I was also starting to hear of some great scores that were coming in during the Saturday Winter League including a 2 under gross round..............so naturally I was excited about the Sunday round as conditions were supposed to be even better.....
Sunday morning came and I was like a kid in a candy store, until I opened the curtains and saw a white covering in the fields outside my bedroom window!!!!!!!!! Noooooooo!
Got up to the club and sure enough, there was a sprinkling of white all around.......not enough to freeze the greens or close the course, and the sun was out, so it would melt soon anyway.......
Just to compound the problem I was drawn out 1st in our swindle, so had to go out before the sun got chance to burn it off.
There were no later tee times available so I had no choice but to go out early.
Out on the course my worst fears were realised and early on it was a nightmare......putting was a lottery, and I slipped twice on my down swing, even though I was regularly clearing the build up of ice on my shoes.
only managed 31 points and got 0.1 back for my troubles.
Looking at the scores there was a 40 and a 38, (both went out later), and then 34 was the closest.
Looking at the Saturday scores, there were 2 x 42's a 41, 2 x 40's a 39, 3 x 38's and a 37...........
What a difference a day makes!!!!
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