Official 2015 HFH Handicap Challenge

Up to 13.5 (hence 14) after a fun day at the Dunbar Open - my first foray into the "Opens" scene. Funnily enough I was pleased with how I played on the day, striking the ball well and avoiding the trouble. A silly 4 putt on a wonky green and a bit silly course management on the 18th pushed what would have been a small cut into a just missed buffer. Must have been the benign weather and the good company I was fortunate enough to be drawn with that saved the day.

Dunbar is a lovely course, with some imposing walls guarding the OOB on the southside and the sea beckoning to the North. It is squeezed onto a thin sliver of land right by the coast. Some very long par fours when the wind is blowing and some clever fairways bunkers to be avoided off the tee. A course that needs both good thinking and good execution to score on.

Might be back for another go next year - at only £15 it seems rude not to !
 
IanG said:
Up to 13.5 (hence 14) after a fun day at the Dunbar Open - my first foray into the "Opens" scene. Funnily enough I was pleased with how I played on the day, striking the ball well and avoiding the trouble. A silly 4 putt on a wonky green and a bit silly course management on the 18th pushed what would have been a small cut into a just missed buffer. Must have been the benign weather and the good company I was fortunate enough to be drawn with that saved the day.

Dunbar is a lovely course, with some imposing walls guarding the OOB on the southside and the sea beckoning to the North. It is squeezed onto a thin sliver of land right by the coast. Some very long par fours when the wind is blowing and some clever fairways bunkers to be avoided off the tee. A course that needs both good thinking and good execution to score on.

Might be back for another go next year - at only £15 it seems rude not to !
Click to expand...

Agreed Ian, cracking course. Played steady making buffer, scored the back 9 poorly though with 1 par and 8 bogeys, 6 over for the front nine including my treble bogey 4 putt.

I'll definitely be back at that one.
 
IanG said:
Up to 13.5 (hence 14) after a fun day at the Dunbar Open - my first foray into the "Opens" scene. Funnily enough I was pleased with how I played on the day, striking the ball well and avoiding the trouble. A silly 4 putt on a wonky green and a bit silly course management on the 18th pushed what would have been a small cut into a just missed buffer. Must have been the benign weather and the good company I was fortunate enough to be drawn with that saved the day.

Dunbar is a lovely course, with some imposing walls guarding the OOB on the southside and the sea beckoning to the North. It is squeezed onto a thin sliver of land right by the coast. Some very long par fours when the wind is blowing and some clever fairways bunkers to be avoided off the tee. A course that needs both good thinking and good execution to score on.

Might be back for another go next year - at only £15 it seems rude not to !
Click to expand...

Nice course, I usually play their ladies open but it's a midweek one and, sadly, I don't have enough spare holidays this year. Giving the mixed a go though, with hickory_hacker.
 
0.6 cut for me today so down to 5.5 which is my lowest :whoo:

I fully expect the bubble to burst tomorrow and start accumulating 0.1's again!
 
Shot 76 today Net 67 (-2) so expecting at least a 0.4 cut possibly a bit more as so far rest of the scores have not been great.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

R
Help 4 Heroes Hole Sponsosrship 2025
2
Replies
23
Views
2K
Red devil
R
R
H4H Blackmoor Justgiving donation and payment details
Replies
8
Views
2K
richart
R
R
Hole Sponsorship - Help for Heroes 2024 West Surrey
2
Replies
31
Views
5K
richart
R
R
H4H Hole Sponsorship Hankley
Replies
14
Views
5K
richart
R
Severof
Ethical and legal stand point at golf club ruling
3 4 5
Replies
88
Views
13K
David F THOMPSON
D
Top