Leftie
Tour Winner
Played in a charity day Friday. Stapleford format with everyone off 3/4 handicap. I've always played well on this particular course so was mentally expecting a reasonable score like low to mid 30's. Came in with 37 points playing off (adjusted)11. Effectively 41 points off full h/cap. Over the moon with the score. Came 2nd to a 24 
handicapper playing off 18 with 38 points
Come Sunday, played in the 2nd day of my club's Autumn meeting. Medal comp with all tee markers off the stones. I was really up for it and mentally was working out that I could afford to shoot 6 under my h/cap and only effectively drop one shot (h/cap 15.4. 6 x 0.3 = 1.8 cut = 13.6 new h/cap). Ths is important as I have to play in the final round of one of our summer K.O.'s next week and I will need all the shots I can get.
I honestly don't know whether to be overjoyed with my game or totally pi33ed off.
I missed a short put on the 5th and my partner said that could be costly at the end of the round. I 3 putted the 16th for a double, and bogied the last two holes (a 5 on the 18th is always good though).
The course is a par 71 and the winning score was a net 67. I came 3rd on countback on net 68.
Yes. I'm very happy with the score BUT.. I went into the game with the conviction that I could shoot 6 under my h/cap and ended up 3 under with 3 stupid errors. I should have had a net 66 or 67.
The final straw was that the CSS for the day was raised to 72 so I will now be playing off 14 anyway, being cut by 1.2.
I suppose that the one important point to come out of this is that I went into both these games with the conviction that I could, and would, do well, and I did. Is this attitude the reason that Ian Poulter (who believes that he is 2nd in the world after Tiger) got Mr Faldo's nod?
handicapper playing off 18 with 38 points Come Sunday, played in the 2nd day of my club's Autumn meeting. Medal comp with all tee markers off the stones. I was really up for it and mentally was working out that I could afford to shoot 6 under my h/cap and only effectively drop one shot (h/cap 15.4. 6 x 0.3 = 1.8 cut = 13.6 new h/cap). Ths is important as I have to play in the final round of one of our summer K.O.'s next week and I will need all the shots I can get.
I honestly don't know whether to be overjoyed with my game or totally pi33ed off.
I missed a short put on the 5th and my partner said that could be costly at the end of the round. I 3 putted the 16th for a double, and bogied the last two holes (a 5 on the 18th is always good though).
The course is a par 71 and the winning score was a net 67. I came 3rd on countback on net 68.
Yes. I'm very happy with the score BUT.. I went into the game with the conviction that I could shoot 6 under my h/cap and ended up 3 under with 3 stupid errors. I should have had a net 66 or 67.
The final straw was that the CSS for the day was raised to 72 so I will now be playing off 14 anyway, being cut by 1.2.
I suppose that the one important point to come out of this is that I went into both these games with the conviction that I could, and would, do well, and I did. Is this attitude the reason that Ian Poulter (who believes that he is 2nd in the world after Tiger) got Mr Faldo's nod?
