Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
2nd round of the year today with Fragger having his first. Let's get the boring bit out of the way - mullered him 32-20.
Ok back to the post...
Drove the ball better than I have for a long time today, still only 6 fairways hit but when I did hit them I was straight (4 from 7 with the driver with 2 only just in the rough). Distance was good too averaging around 230-240.
Iron play was decent too. 8 greens hit and those I missed were fairly close.
Putting, however, was a disaster.
Front 9 I had 4 x 3 putts!! Plus another on the way back. And it wasn't just one type of miss although they were all down to a poor 1st putt. I was long, short, left and right....
Thoroughly annoying. 21 putts out, 15 back. Yes the greens were a bit bobbly but I can't blame that. I guess I just had a bad day at the Putting Office. Didn't get close to a birdie either.
Can't honestly remember putting as badly as I did on the front 9 today. But the back 9 showed I can do it.
Roll on next week.....
ps
Couple of incidents today. Fragger had a sprinkler head in the way of his shot on the 10th. "Does it interfere with stance or swing" said I. "No" came the reply. "Oh dear, how sad, never mind" was the response. Fragger then gets his putter out and promptly putts straight into said sprinkler head.
On the 14th Fragger duffs his tee shot and then plays a 5 wood (I think) over the ditch. There's a lake of casual water there and an almighty splash tells us where the ball's gone. But when we got there we couldn't see it. The water was only 3 feet wide and about 10 yards long! THere was a small "whiff" of mud that coloured the water in one patch. Found the ball there, embedded and under the level of the grass!
But it's great to be back playing again.
Ok back to the post...
Drove the ball better than I have for a long time today, still only 6 fairways hit but when I did hit them I was straight (4 from 7 with the driver with 2 only just in the rough). Distance was good too averaging around 230-240.
Iron play was decent too. 8 greens hit and those I missed were fairly close.
Putting, however, was a disaster.
Front 9 I had 4 x 3 putts!! Plus another on the way back. And it wasn't just one type of miss although they were all down to a poor 1st putt. I was long, short, left and right....
Thoroughly annoying. 21 putts out, 15 back. Yes the greens were a bit bobbly but I can't blame that. I guess I just had a bad day at the Putting Office. Didn't get close to a birdie either.
Can't honestly remember putting as badly as I did on the front 9 today. But the back 9 showed I can do it.
Roll on next week.....
ps
Couple of incidents today. Fragger had a sprinkler head in the way of his shot on the 10th. "Does it interfere with stance or swing" said I. "No" came the reply. "Oh dear, how sad, never mind" was the response. Fragger then gets his putter out and promptly putts straight into said sprinkler head.
On the 14th Fragger duffs his tee shot and then plays a 5 wood (I think) over the ditch. There's a lake of casual water there and an almighty splash tells us where the ball's gone. But when we got there we couldn't see it. The water was only 3 feet wide and about 10 yards long! THere was a small "whiff" of mud that coloured the water in one patch. Found the ball there, embedded and under the level of the grass!
But it's great to be back playing again.
