mcbroon
Journeyman Pro
After shooting 89 a couple of weeks back in the first medal of the year, I was out this morning and I'll admit I was slightly nervous as to how it would go. I'd been practising my short game on Thursday and found what I thought was a solution to my problems but with the greens in poor condition, the wind up and the memory of the 89 fresh in my mind, I had my excuses at the ready.
However, I also resolved to get less caught up in the scoring and to stop trying to rip the cover off the ball every time I hit it. And after a couple of threads on here in the last week, I took a couple of bananas and plenty of water, as opposed to Snickers and Powerade.
The result? A PB 75 off the whites, nett 63 and, when I came off the course, I was a full 10 shots clear of the next-best score. The results are yet to come in.
The best bits were a birdie at the par 5 4th, playing directly into the wind (hit a cracking 5 iron approach from 135yds
to 20 feet and sunk the putt). I had zero three putts and the one time I hit a bad chip, I put it out of my head and followed it with a really good second chip and holed the putt.
The chat in the bar afterwards, apart from widespread disgust at my banditry, was that CSS could go to 73, in which case I'll get slashed to 9.9, my lowest ever. Whatever it ends up as, it looks as though I'll be playing off 10 next week :whoo:
Today is a good day
However, I also resolved to get less caught up in the scoring and to stop trying to rip the cover off the ball every time I hit it. And after a couple of threads on here in the last week, I took a couple of bananas and plenty of water, as opposed to Snickers and Powerade.
The result? A PB 75 off the whites, nett 63 and, when I came off the course, I was a full 10 shots clear of the next-best score. The results are yet to come in.
The best bits were a birdie at the par 5 4th, playing directly into the wind (hit a cracking 5 iron approach from 135yds
to 20 feet and sunk the putt). I had zero three putts and the one time I hit a bad chip, I put it out of my head and followed it with a really good second chip and holed the putt.The chat in the bar afterwards, apart from widespread disgust at my banditry, was that CSS could go to 73, in which case I'll get slashed to 9.9, my lowest ever. Whatever it ends up as, it looks as though I'll be playing off 10 next week :whoo:
Today is a good day
