Orikoru
Tour Winner
We were staying up at my parents last night so played Cainhoe Wood today with my wife and my dad - the Manor course which is the shorter of their two. Still pretty long for my wife though who has only played course in the 4000 yard region lately, whereas this was more full length.
The course was ok, nothing special. Very flat which was good for those two, greens were a bit bobbly and slow so not great, and there was a distinct bin smell wafting in on the wind which was very off-putting - we figured they were digging up landfill nearby or something. I started off prettt steady until the 5th where I lost a ball out of absolutely nothing - one of those where you only just miss the green, it rolls over a small hump and then vanishes into the bloody Bermuda triangle. Two holes later I lost another by putting it in the lake that stretches across the right half of the fairway - a classic "I'll just aim at it and my fade will go right of it" then tug it up the left. So I was fuming by this point. Thankfully my back nine was good, bar one par 3 when I went in a bunker that was awful and took two stabs to get out. Shot 87 for 36 points. My main annoyance was that every iron I hit was like, 10-15 yards short for most of the round. Even when I felt like it struck one well. Don't know if it was a) a problem with my swing such as early extension - didn't feel like it but then what would I know, b) the fact that I was using a found ProV1 after losing two of my own balls and perhaps it's just very ill-suited to my swing, or c) just a bit of tiredness after playing yesterday and not sleeping particularly well because I was not in my own bed.
My wife and dad started off poorly as we rushed into a bit with no warm-up, and we were into a surprisingly strong wind for the first couple of holes, but they both got it together to varying degrees. I thought she coped well with playing a full length course and ultimately shot 126 for 30 points (off 45). Dad had a much better back nine than front nine and went 60 out, 50 in for 110 and 34 points (off 36). And even with these scores we still caught people up and ended up waiting on the tees for the last 6 or 7 holes, it was pretty busy there.
Great family day on the course though overall. And I had one of their large sausage rolls for lunch afterwards and it was incredible.
The course was ok, nothing special. Very flat which was good for those two, greens were a bit bobbly and slow so not great, and there was a distinct bin smell wafting in on the wind which was very off-putting - we figured they were digging up landfill nearby or something. I started off prettt steady until the 5th where I lost a ball out of absolutely nothing - one of those where you only just miss the green, it rolls over a small hump and then vanishes into the bloody Bermuda triangle. Two holes later I lost another by putting it in the lake that stretches across the right half of the fairway - a classic "I'll just aim at it and my fade will go right of it" then tug it up the left. So I was fuming by this point. Thankfully my back nine was good, bar one par 3 when I went in a bunker that was awful and took two stabs to get out. Shot 87 for 36 points. My main annoyance was that every iron I hit was like, 10-15 yards short for most of the round. Even when I felt like it struck one well. Don't know if it was a) a problem with my swing such as early extension - didn't feel like it but then what would I know, b) the fact that I was using a found ProV1 after losing two of my own balls and perhaps it's just very ill-suited to my swing, or c) just a bit of tiredness after playing yesterday and not sleeping particularly well because I was not in my own bed.
My wife and dad started off poorly as we rushed into a bit with no warm-up, and we were into a surprisingly strong wind for the first couple of holes, but they both got it together to varying degrees. I thought she coped well with playing a full length course and ultimately shot 126 for 30 points (off 45). Dad had a much better back nine than front nine and went 60 out, 50 in for 110 and 34 points (off 36). And even with these scores we still caught people up and ended up waiting on the tees for the last 6 or 7 holes, it was pretty busy there.
Great family day on the course though overall. And I had one of their large sausage rolls for lunch afterwards and it was incredible.
️ this afternoon. Three tee’s booked for the 12 of us, the sun came out and the wind was positively calm (especially for Silloth ?) Some first timers visiting with us today who really enjoyed the challenge ? Bonus for me taking the prize pot with 38 points ? Very happy with that and especially with my putter being stone cold today ? 
