Talk about a game of two halves.........

[Smiffy]

Played yesterday afternoon with three friends at a very windy Cooden Beach Golf Club.
Front 9, I couldn't hit a bloody thing. Scores on the doors at the halfway stage were
RAY 13 POINTS, ALAN 14 POINTS, KHALID 14 POINTS.... ME? 10!! 10 BLOODY POINTS!
Decided I was out of it and teed off the 10th. Long par 5 and the wind was getting stronger.
On the green for two, putting for eagle, walked off with par. 11th long par 4 (SI 1) into the wind. Par in regulation. 12th par 3, 3 putt bogey. 13th par 4, missed 2' birdie chance, par. 14th par 3, 3 putt bogey. 15th par 5, nearly on in two, chip and putt birdie. 16th par 3, three putt bogey. 17th par 4 into wind. Drive and 6 iron to 3', missed putt, regulation par. 18th par 5, put it to 2' for a birdie, missed yet again walked off with par. So despite 4 3 putts (3 of them being par 3's where I wasn't shotting so ended up with only 1 point per hole) I scored 22 points on the back 9 to finish on 32 points. Two of the other lads finished on 31 points and the other on 30!...
Where the hell did that back 9 come from?????

 

[jammydodger]

Another case of someone relaxing and forgetting all about the score and just playing golf , we all put too much pressure on ourselves to play well and get too frustrated too quickly imo

 

[Faldo_Fan]

I did it the other way around!!!!
20 points on the front 9, and 7 points on the back 9.

 

[Ste_Denial]

well its as jammydodger said, its just a case of you forgetting about it and just playing golf

 

[Cernunnos]

smiffy's scoring on the back is a result of determination... or put another way controled anger. This is where anger & anoyance can be useful. But on the other side of this as pointed out we can put too much pressure upon our selves & you could have quite easily have scored 4 points over the back 9 had it not paid off.

Many of us play better when there is not real pressure, but at other times pressure can as I said at the start be good focus.

Its interesting to notice Smiffy that all your buddies played well on the back 9 too, so it seems the guantlet was well & truly thrown down.

 

[fastmover2]

I did it the other way around!!!!
20 points on the front 9, and 7 points on the back 9.

Know the feeling, I had one of those today, 20 points out, 11 in. Society golf not too sure of it TBH. Only thing I can put it down to was a loss of concentration. Round was far too long, over 4 1/2 hrs and with all the yack about the various team scoring and this counts here and that counts there stuff, sorry not really for me. Very pleasant company but I have to say that I am never at my best in that sort of play. Way I see it I am going to restrict myself to only playing with people off 18 or better,otherwise just too tedious looking for balls wait,wait,wait for my turn to play.On one hole,par 5 watched 10 shots hit from hitting my second to hitting my third. Whatever floats your boat I guess, I am committed to another Society day on Friday but if it goes the same way that will be the last time I will bother.

 

[callawayjon]

I've done it both ways round! Not too long ago went to the turn with only 9 points, back in with 20! Also got to turn with 22 and back in with 8! Don't know how it happens but its bloo*y annoying!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Smiffy,

Perhaps we are the ultimate 4 ball better ball partnership. Take my +3 gross (22 points) and add in your back nine and job done. Whatever the motivation is is still great scoring especially if you left a couple of extra shots out there. See you Sunday hopefully with your B game!

 

[Smiffy]

See you Sunday hopefully with your B game!

Really looking forward to it, as is Norman (my playing partner).
I keep trying to get him to register on the site but he's not really into computers as his typing skills leave a bit to be desired!
He's a really nice bloke, plays off 9 and never had a lesson in his life, a "natural" if ever there was one. And like Seve, he is never out of a hole. The number of times I've thought I've got him beat, and he goes and chips in from miles off the green, or cans a 40 footer. Should be a really tight game if we are all firing on four cylinders.