Good solid start Bogey, Bogey & Par for 7pts after the first 3 holes. Our own little amen corner. If you haven't done too much damage to you card after the 3rd you're doing ok. So I was happy with 7 pts.
Par, Par & Bogey for the next 3 for another 8pts.
Finally finishing the front 9 with a little par run for another 7pts giving me a front 9 of 22pts. (out in 38 blows).
Could have been a bit better, Missed makable birdy putts on 8 and 9 of no more than 8ft. But hay 22pts, I'll take that.
So, 3 bogeys, 6 pars, 85% FIR, 44% GIR and 15 putts. Not too shabby.
Bogeyed the 10th for 2 pts, Happy with that. 11th, sliced drive onto the side of a bank, hit a good 6i to just short of the green. Then horror of horrors, simple chip over the bunker and completly shanked it into a bunker 30ft right of me. Duffed bunker shot, few shots later I've carded my first blob.
Terrible teeshot on the long par 3 12, pulled it left. Ok chip over the bunker and a couple of good putts gets me another 2pts. Another blob on 13 due to a duffed chip into the sand.
Find the sand with my teeshot on 14, hit an ok 6i but it just drifted into the rough. 7i into a bunker 30ft to the left of the green, really good bunker shot, missed put and card a 6 on the par 5 for 1pt.
15th was good un. Drive right down the middle, sweet 6i to the front fringe of the green 2 putts for an easy par and another 3pts. Ok round starting to get back on track.
16. Long uphill par 5. OOB down the right. Yep you got it, huge slice OOB and I'm 3 off the tee. 2nd driver ended up in the fairway bunker. Was far enough back and managed to hit a good 3 wood. 6i to the side of the green then chip and 2 putts for an 8 and another blob.
17, was the hardest 2 pointer in history. 210 par 3 to a raised green. Hit a good ish 4i but tugged it slightly into the front left bunker. Thinned the bunker shot 70 yards over the back of the green, past the 18th tee and into the thick rough. So no I'm left with 7 yards up a 30ft bank from deep rough. Got my 56 out and gave it a good swing. up it popped few high, almost hit the pin and rolled 10ft past. Sunk the putt for a 4 and another 2pts.
18, easy par 4. Teeshot went right again onto a bank. Hit a really sweet 8i to a back pin and it just rolled off the back by a few feet. Little chip 2 3tf and missed the putt for a 5. and 1pt.
The round just fell apart, I didn't feel under pressure, I never usually do, It was inexplicable. I wasn't trying to force it.
Ended up with 11 pts and 49 shots. Argh. 14% FIR, 0% GIR, but pleasingly enough only 15 putts again.
So finished with 33 points and 87 strokes. 50% FIR, 22% GIR and 30 putts. Stayed in the buffer zone, I hope.
So more than a little disappointed. When I looked back it was probably only 3 shots that cost me so much.
Shanked chip on 11, when I should have given my self a par putt.
Duffed chip on 13. Again, had plenty of room, so again should have had a par putt.
Then the OOB on 16.
Ah well. 33pts ain't bad. probably not going to get me any OOM points. But I've got to be happy with that front 9.
Putted really well, I have done for the past few weeks since I change my stroke. Irons were for the most part pretty good. Apart from 2 silly chips I was pretty good inside 100.
I feel some practice with the big stick coming this week. It just feels that I'm not releasing the club head and holding it open for some reason.
Always something needs work.
So here's the card. Apparently God does still hate golfers :-) (or maybe just me)
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