John_Findlay
Tour Winner
Think I had my weirdest ever round today.
Played for the first time since January in a fourball with some friends at Carrick Knowe in Edinburgh before scooting off to work nightshift and I've only now realised how close I was to a personal record. It's beginning to weird me out.
Bright but breezy day and we set off at the first from Winter tees on a fairly shortened par 70. With a bit of ring rust I hit a high hook from the first tee but I'm fairly confident it's safe, just into the light rough. We wander up to find it but to no avail...so I pop a practice ball down where I thought the ball landed, hit an easy wedge on to the green, take my 2 putts and leave my partner to lose the hole properly. Not a great start with a blob.. but hey.
Couple of safe pars after that. Then a 4 at a shortened par 5, followed by a lovely 2 at a par 3. Couple of birdies. Nice, I thought.
6 more pars then another 4 at another shortened par 5. Couple more pars after that. We're now at the 17th which is normally a par 4 at 242 yards but it's playing 176 today. I took a 4 which I considered to be a bogey at the time, my first of the day and was a bit gutted but I raked in a putt from off the green to birdie the 18th.
So, with all those shortened par 5s and all I get in the car thinking I would have shot a 71 had I taken a double bogey 6 at the first. But looking through my card it's;- blob,4,3,4,4,4,2,4,4,4,4,4,3,4,3,4,4,3. Four birdies. 2 more than I thought.
That blob cost me a 4 under 66! And it was the first shot of the day. Aaaarrrrggghhhhhh.
Still, no 5 's on the card...and "officially" no bogies. A first at least.
You would have thought we'd win the match easily but it went to the 17th as my pal on the opposing team, off 24, shot an 82 with new irons. Net 58. Not good enough ;-)
Had to share. Great game. If only.
Played for the first time since January in a fourball with some friends at Carrick Knowe in Edinburgh before scooting off to work nightshift and I've only now realised how close I was to a personal record. It's beginning to weird me out.
Bright but breezy day and we set off at the first from Winter tees on a fairly shortened par 70. With a bit of ring rust I hit a high hook from the first tee but I'm fairly confident it's safe, just into the light rough. We wander up to find it but to no avail...so I pop a practice ball down where I thought the ball landed, hit an easy wedge on to the green, take my 2 putts and leave my partner to lose the hole properly. Not a great start with a blob.. but hey.
Couple of safe pars after that. Then a 4 at a shortened par 5, followed by a lovely 2 at a par 3. Couple of birdies. Nice, I thought.
6 more pars then another 4 at another shortened par 5. Couple more pars after that. We're now at the 17th which is normally a par 4 at 242 yards but it's playing 176 today. I took a 4 which I considered to be a bogey at the time, my first of the day and was a bit gutted but I raked in a putt from off the green to birdie the 18th.
So, with all those shortened par 5s and all I get in the car thinking I would have shot a 71 had I taken a double bogey 6 at the first. But looking through my card it's;- blob,4,3,4,4,4,2,4,4,4,4,4,3,4,3,4,4,3. Four birdies. 2 more than I thought.
That blob cost me a 4 under 66! And it was the first shot of the day. Aaaarrrrggghhhhhh.
Still, no 5 's on the card...and "officially" no bogies. A first at least.
You would have thought we'd win the match easily but it went to the 17th as my pal on the opposing team, off 24, shot an 82 with new irons. Net 58. Not good enough ;-)
Had to share. Great game. If only.
