Greensome medal board comp today.
Me 5.4 and mate 14.4 were given 11 handicap. We were quite thrilled to shoot 6 over gross 76-11=65. Five under net.
Came 10th out of 58 pairs. 9-under won.
Don't know if there was a lowest gross prize.
Ah well, we did get a 2.
£3.62 each.
Another wasted round tee to green was really good and then chance after chance wasted with the putter. Tee time delayed by 45 mins due to fog so didn’t even have time for a beer afterwards.
Played in the afternoon which was a great decision - beautiful day, 20°c, sunshine, hardly a breath of wind. Playing a little match against my 23 handicap mate (giving 12 shots).
I played so much better than last walk, ball-striking was miles better. Couple of early doubles which I felt I was unlucky on - course is dry as a bone and desperate for a bit of rain now, so I had a bad kick here and a scruffy lie there. Went on a nice run of par, par, bogey, par to finish the first nine with 17 points, and 3 up in the match - and the bogey was actually a second-ball birdie after going out of bounds by two feet with my first tee shot.
My putting had been really good, but it just deserted me on the 2nd hole (we started on 10 today) as I missed a two-footer for par and three-putted the 3rd - overall I started the second nine slowly with four one-pointers, but recovered with nice pars on the 5th and 6th to seal the 4 & 3 win. Parred both the par 5s at the end as well to finish on 81 and 32 points.
Very happy with how I played, making 9 pars in the end, and putting really well for all but 1 or 2 holes. Plus I had the summer shoes out for the first time this year, shorts & t-shirt weather - can't beat it!