Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
When will I string 2 decent 9's together!!??
It's either a decent from, dodgy back or vice versa - it's bloody infuriating!!
Still, taught Fragger a thing or two about driving today - the 910 pummelled the R11 into submission. Having said that I did have a go with Fragger's driver on the 9th and stroked one about 250 down the middle. I've never doubted the performance of the R11 - just the look, and I still don't like it. A couple of real corkers from the 910 - 265 and 275 yards just rubbed it in!
So today it was 19 points out (+3) and 15 back (+7), including a lost ball on the 3rd that was a bit unusual. A good drive left me a 4 iron to the green (par5) and I made a good solid contact, straight divot, mark in the middle of the face of the club but the ball disappeared, none of us saw it in flight at all, not a clue where it went. Dropped another and salvaged a point. A couple of birdies and 13 putts later and that was a good front 9. Back 9 I had 2 doubles and 2 3 putts but slavaged another point on the 17th. A snap-hook into the bushes and I could only just drop out, still tight against the brambles all I could do was hack it 50 yards. Still 240 to the middle into the wind. It's now a par 3 (no shot) so I let fly with the 3 wood - if I lay up I've still got to get up'n'down for a point. A career 3 wood, drawn around a tree and onto the green - lovely - 2 putts and a salvaged point.
Fragger didn't have a good front 9 - in fact the number 9 appeared as his score at the turn but the did shoot 18 back. The R11 wasn't behaving but that had much to do with Fragger's insistence on trying to smash the ball into next month every time.
I was trying to slow/smooth my tempo today and for the most part it worked well, I felt I hit the ball much better.
So smooth = better after all.
It's either a decent from, dodgy back or vice versa - it's bloody infuriating!!
Still, taught Fragger a thing or two about driving today - the 910 pummelled the R11 into submission. Having said that I did have a go with Fragger's driver on the 9th and stroked one about 250 down the middle. I've never doubted the performance of the R11 - just the look, and I still don't like it. A couple of real corkers from the 910 - 265 and 275 yards just rubbed it in!
So today it was 19 points out (+3) and 15 back (+7), including a lost ball on the 3rd that was a bit unusual. A good drive left me a 4 iron to the green (par5) and I made a good solid contact, straight divot, mark in the middle of the face of the club but the ball disappeared, none of us saw it in flight at all, not a clue where it went. Dropped another and salvaged a point. A couple of birdies and 13 putts later and that was a good front 9. Back 9 I had 2 doubles and 2 3 putts but slavaged another point on the 17th. A snap-hook into the bushes and I could only just drop out, still tight against the brambles all I could do was hack it 50 yards. Still 240 to the middle into the wind. It's now a par 3 (no shot) so I let fly with the 3 wood - if I lay up I've still got to get up'n'down for a point. A career 3 wood, drawn around a tree and onto the green - lovely - 2 putts and a salvaged point.
Fragger didn't have a good front 9 - in fact the number 9 appeared as his score at the turn but the did shoot 18 back. The R11 wasn't behaving but that had much to do with Fragger's insistence on trying to smash the ball into next month every time.
I was trying to slow/smooth my tempo today and for the most part it worked well, I felt I hit the ball much better.
So smooth = better after all.
