Orikoru
Tour Winner
Played in the afternoon in a little match with my 24 handicap mate (him receiving 9 shots). Course is still soft and muddy - weather was lovely and warm but with 35mph winds blowing across. Worst thing was probably how long the rough is now though as they've just not been able to cut it, presumably.
My mate started badly so I went 3 up after 3, but then he won two shots holes in a row. We continued in that vein until the 9th when we finally halved a hole! I went to 3 up again before he pulled it back to 1 on the 15th, I held on to half two of his shot holes 16 & 17, then won the 18th with a tidy par to win it 2 up.
30 points for me which I was quite pleased with given the conditions. Five pars, although had two really good birdie opportunities on par 3s that were narrowly missed. I played the wind alright, in some respects I don't mind a strong cross-wind - at least it takes away the thoughts of whether it'll fade it or pull it, whichever one it is the wind direction will tell me where it's going! Struck some nice irons as well which has been the problem lately so that was encouraging.
My mate started badly so I went 3 up after 3, but then he won two shots holes in a row. We continued in that vein until the 9th when we finally halved a hole! I went to 3 up again before he pulled it back to 1 on the 15th, I held on to half two of his shot holes 16 & 17, then won the 18th with a tidy par to win it 2 up.
30 points for me which I was quite pleased with given the conditions. Five pars, although had two really good birdie opportunities on par 3s that were narrowly missed. I played the wind alright, in some respects I don't mind a strong cross-wind - at least it takes away the thoughts of whether it'll fade it or pull it, whichever one it is the wind direction will tell me where it's going! Struck some nice irons as well which has been the problem lately so that was encouraging.