USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
Well, played in the medal yesterday. Got to the club at 7.15, Tee time 9.08, started 10.25.
At 7.00 it was so foggy you couldn’t see past the ladies tee. At 8.00 the fog lifted, so the first guys out had played for an hour in the fog. At 8.15 the rain started, and at 9.00 the thunder and lightening came too. Unfortunately, the pro and his assistant don’t have the authority (why?) to stop a comp, so play was continuing. Eventually, someone? Decided to sound the siren, and get everyone off the course (half had already made their own decision). The button for the siren is in the secretary’s office, which is locked. It takes 15 minutes to wake up the steward to unlock the office, during which time the assistant pro goes out in a buggy to tell people that play is suspended. Most guys who had walked off did not mark their balls, assuming the comp would be cancelled.
So, we hang about til 10.15, when play is resumed. All the guys sat in the bar are upset that they will have to go back out, as it is still raining hard, but no thunder. Why stay at the club, if you don’t want to go back out?
So, the two in front of our 3 ball, who had hit down the first, went to resume play. We were thinking that that was handy, as with an empty course (only about 4 groups went back out to resume, so they were pretty scattered) we would be able to rattle round. How wrong we were. A third joined them, as his 2 had gone home. So, we waited on every shot, for 4 hours 15 minutes, with no one in front of the 3 in front of us, and not a sniff of being waved through.
I started ok, par, bogey, bogey (lipped out putt). Waited 15 minutes on the 4th (par 3), and then slapped my tee shot into the woods, never to be seen again. Happy? Not a chance.
I held it to turn at 6 over, bang on handicap. Birdied 10 with a chip in, bogeyed 11, miraculous bogey on 12 after 2 visits to the trees, par, bogey, double (another lost ball), birdie, bogey and then to 18.
Another long wait on the tee, then pulled driver, 100 yard chip out from trees with ball 2ft above feet into knee high bundu by 150 marker, 8 iron out, over trees into greenside bunker, 58° wedge to 6 ft, and one putt for par 5.
4 hours, 15 minutes, soaking wet, 82 net 70, 2 under with 2 lost balls.
Got into the club house to find a 13 year old kid, playing off 9 has shot net 66 (very humbling experience). Another 66 and a 65 also in. SSC looks like a 71, so I will be cut 0.2 from 11.6 to 11.4.
So, for 2 weeks only, I will be back to 11
At 7.00 it was so foggy you couldn’t see past the ladies tee. At 8.00 the fog lifted, so the first guys out had played for an hour in the fog. At 8.15 the rain started, and at 9.00 the thunder and lightening came too. Unfortunately, the pro and his assistant don’t have the authority (why?) to stop a comp, so play was continuing. Eventually, someone? Decided to sound the siren, and get everyone off the course (half had already made their own decision). The button for the siren is in the secretary’s office, which is locked. It takes 15 minutes to wake up the steward to unlock the office, during which time the assistant pro goes out in a buggy to tell people that play is suspended. Most guys who had walked off did not mark their balls, assuming the comp would be cancelled.
So, we hang about til 10.15, when play is resumed. All the guys sat in the bar are upset that they will have to go back out, as it is still raining hard, but no thunder. Why stay at the club, if you don’t want to go back out?
So, the two in front of our 3 ball, who had hit down the first, went to resume play. We were thinking that that was handy, as with an empty course (only about 4 groups went back out to resume, so they were pretty scattered) we would be able to rattle round. How wrong we were. A third joined them, as his 2 had gone home. So, we waited on every shot, for 4 hours 15 minutes, with no one in front of the 3 in front of us, and not a sniff of being waved through.
I started ok, par, bogey, bogey (lipped out putt). Waited 15 minutes on the 4th (par 3), and then slapped my tee shot into the woods, never to be seen again. Happy? Not a chance.
I held it to turn at 6 over, bang on handicap. Birdied 10 with a chip in, bogeyed 11, miraculous bogey on 12 after 2 visits to the trees, par, bogey, double (another lost ball), birdie, bogey and then to 18.
Another long wait on the tee, then pulled driver, 100 yard chip out from trees with ball 2ft above feet into knee high bundu by 150 marker, 8 iron out, over trees into greenside bunker, 58° wedge to 6 ft, and one putt for par 5.
4 hours, 15 minutes, soaking wet, 82 net 70, 2 under with 2 lost balls.
Got into the club house to find a 13 year old kid, playing off 9 has shot net 66 (very humbling experience). Another 66 and a 65 also in. SSC looks like a 71, so I will be cut 0.2 from 11.6 to 11.4.
So, for 2 weeks only, I will be back to 11
