Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
Well after putting my back out last night at the range to say I had my reservations about my semi's match is maybe the biggest underestimate in my golfing career to date. I spent pretty much 3 hours lady night on ice packs just stretching and trying to get my back working, at half eleven I'd given up hope and hit the sack. With my game booked for 8:15 my alarm was set for 7am.
4:50 am and it's wide awake bright as a button, talk about nerves or what, so 5 hours sleep and I'm wide awake still complete with stiff back. After breakfast and a shower and a bit of silly o'clock tv I left for the club at 7:45 and arrived at 7:55, change of shoes green fee paid and onto the first tee.
A few swings before I load and things don't feel right, my opponent off 9 and a solid nine opens our match with a peach of a drive in a1 position, still worries about the back, all arms and no turn and I'm obb on the first and one down straight away is a given " cue internal bad language syndrome" the next 8 holes were closely played and we walk on to the tenth all square, after 6 I was two down so to half 7, win 8 and nine I'm stoked.
10th won by yours truly par3 won with a pat
11th ditto, si1 par 4 won with a par
12th ditto par 3 missed green left with a 40ft up and down save for par
13th ditto par 4 won with a bogey 5
Now 4 up with 5 to play and the next is a simple par3 125 yards, I pong One and with a huge bounce I'm through the green and down a 15ft high bank. He puts one back left and off we go. Hes ball has run off and has around a 30ft putt , I've got a blind 25 yard chip that needs to be about 25ft in the air to stop. I dropped a peach of a 58* about 10th from the pin, ge fluffs he's putt and is still 20 ft away. A good lag putt to 6inches and that's my bogey, when my opponent responds with a gatwick express putt that resulted in him 4 putting for a 5
9 hc gracefully shakes hand, " game over fancy a pint "
Hacking 13 hc who has just won 5&4 " of course, I'll buy em "
One chuffed hacker!
4:50 am and it's wide awake bright as a button, talk about nerves or what, so 5 hours sleep and I'm wide awake still complete with stiff back. After breakfast and a shower and a bit of silly o'clock tv I left for the club at 7:45 and arrived at 7:55, change of shoes green fee paid and onto the first tee.
A few swings before I load and things don't feel right, my opponent off 9 and a solid nine opens our match with a peach of a drive in a1 position, still worries about the back, all arms and no turn and I'm obb on the first and one down straight away is a given " cue internal bad language syndrome" the next 8 holes were closely played and we walk on to the tenth all square, after 6 I was two down so to half 7, win 8 and nine I'm stoked.
10th won by yours truly par3 won with a pat
11th ditto, si1 par 4 won with a par
12th ditto par 3 missed green left with a 40ft up and down save for par
13th ditto par 4 won with a bogey 5
Now 4 up with 5 to play and the next is a simple par3 125 yards, I pong One and with a huge bounce I'm through the green and down a 15ft high bank. He puts one back left and off we go. Hes ball has run off and has around a 30ft putt , I've got a blind 25 yard chip that needs to be about 25ft in the air to stop. I dropped a peach of a 58* about 10th from the pin, ge fluffs he's putt and is still 20 ft away. A good lag putt to 6inches and that's my bogey, when my opponent responds with a gatwick express putt that resulted in him 4 putting for a 5
9 hc gracefully shakes hand, " game over fancy a pint "
Hacking 13 hc who has just won 5&4 " of course, I'll buy em "
One chuffed hacker!
