Ndw7
Assistant Pro
Firstly, sorry in advance as this post is quite long but I want to share my story with someone and the boss won't listen 😂Yesterday I played in the institution of civil engineers annual golf day. Historically they hold a golf day in order to select the team to represent the Welsh region in the national championships. The top four scores for the day qualify. This year it's being held at Pannal Golf Club in Yorkshire, so a fair drive for me from here in South Wales!
The qualifying was held at Cottrell Park on the Button course. My official handicap is 20, but yesterday the maximum I could play off was 18. So I probably had the most frustrating front 9 ever. 2 NRs and a 1 pointer in a row all but ruined my chances of qualifying. But I finished the front 9 with 3 bogies, net pars to steady the ship somewhat.
From that point on everything seemed to click and my first dropped shots came on 16 and 17 with 1 point on each. And once again I thought that was my round finished. I then misread the map on 18, a 320 yard par 4. Despite the warnings of my playing partners, I absolutely nailed a 4 hybrid and the ball took one bounce and went straight in the water. I took the penalty drop and dropped my ball at around 75 yards, which is a nice 3/4 60 degree wedge for me. And put it less than a foot from the flag! Tapped in for a par and managed to score 6 over gross for the back 9!
34 points was enough to get second place, and a spot on the Welsh team. I also only used the driver once during the round and that was on the first!
Unbelievably happy but still slightly gutted about the shots I left out there. But looks like all the hard work is paying off! Now on to the Ashburnham this Sunday for the members and guests!
The qualifying was held at Cottrell Park on the Button course. My official handicap is 20, but yesterday the maximum I could play off was 18. So I probably had the most frustrating front 9 ever. 2 NRs and a 1 pointer in a row all but ruined my chances of qualifying. But I finished the front 9 with 3 bogies, net pars to steady the ship somewhat.
From that point on everything seemed to click and my first dropped shots came on 16 and 17 with 1 point on each. And once again I thought that was my round finished. I then misread the map on 18, a 320 yard par 4. Despite the warnings of my playing partners, I absolutely nailed a 4 hybrid and the ball took one bounce and went straight in the water. I took the penalty drop and dropped my ball at around 75 yards, which is a nice 3/4 60 degree wedge for me. And put it less than a foot from the flag! Tapped in for a par and managed to score 6 over gross for the back 9!
34 points was enough to get second place, and a spot on the Welsh team. I also only used the driver once during the round and that was on the first!
Unbelievably happy but still slightly gutted about the shots I left out there. But looks like all the hard work is paying off! Now on to the Ashburnham this Sunday for the members and guests!
