Weather was great.
Cold wind but sunshine all afternoon. So much so that none of us noticed the sun until we got back to the clubhouse and you had 16 beetroot faces all sitting together. Had to put a ton of aftersun on when I got home.
When you say the 8th tee was moved 40 yards back, does this mean that it’s normally not vaguely close to its correct position or it was just far from it today? Or were you playing off a different tee set to what you normally play off?Board comp this morning and the course set up was interesting to say the least! Pins tucked on shelves or in bowls, getting close to them or one putt opportunities were nigh on impossible scoring was never going to be low.
After a solid par at the 1st, hit my tee shot at the 2nd, absolute peach of a Driver up the left side it pitched slap bang in the middle of a 150yd stake which pinged it straight left into the trees and right up against stump, a penalty drop later walked off with a double bogey having not hit a bad shot.
Our 8th hole tee was moved for the day about 40yds back. No issue with the distance however at that position there is a small part of OOB you have to clear and there is a large tree that over hangs the tee box at about launch height for everyone. Works were meant to be done to remove the overhanging branches as You either or an Almighty slice starting it over the 7th green, but they haven’t done that and moved the tee back anyway . In our group 1 guy went for the slice but ended up in the 7th fairway making it impossible to reach the hole in 2 and then having to play over 3 fairways to get there. 1 guy went for the stinger caught the branch and dropped OOB meaning he had to re tee his ball and hit down the 7th. I got lucky with the Mini Driver as hitting off the deck keeps it low, it did clip the branches but it kept going. According chat in the clubhouse only myself and a scratch guy managed to hit the fairway and score less than a double on that hole, nobody is happy with the Greens staff or Comp secretary that worked out the course set up today.
Stood on the 18th tee I was +4 gross and I’d played bloody well to keep it that low. Striped my Mini Driver on the right side of the fairway only had a PW to the green. Possibly the easiest approach possible to that hole, until I managed to Straight up shank it 60yards right into the crap. Walked off with a triple bogey 7, to shoot 7over par.
So with the exception of that shank, I genuinely hit the ball the best I have this year, putted unbelievably well. When I left the leading score was +3 Nett, the irony is if I made just a par at the last I’d have been leading! Now I’m not even in the prize money
I’ve never seen the tee that far back on that tee box. The actual Tee box is about 60yards long front to back and is correctly measured for the set of tees we were using today. But I believe we don’t tend to play from the tips of it due to the work on the overhanging branches not having been done, which was supposed to happen before the Comp season started
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how many holes in one?
I know scores like this have always happened over the years .
I did this a few years back and ironically it was a guy in American golf that told me what i was doing wrong. I went in to actually look at putters and told the guy why. He looked at me putting and said “a new putter will not solve that”. He said “me looking up at the ball rolling pulls the left shoulder up and pulls the putt”. I just couldn’t work it out and it was killing me. Massively helps to keep looking at where the ball was for a Second once it has been hit.
I do know the problem and I try to keep my eyes down but for some reason I am unable to do it, I just cannot stop myself from looking, hence trying the closed eyes approach
Wasn't Sergio Garcia doing this when he won the Masters? Could work!
I’m sorry but try as I might I can’t see Louise winning the masters.
