A good Day

So after the 102 on Friday, the lesson with Bryan and a bit of practice on Saturday morning I headed out for this mornings comp. Feeling absolutely shattered after a BBQ at my place yesterday night.

Hit some balls on the range beforehand, badly. Had a few practice putts and chips. Again not great.

Then off we go.

First drive, right down the middle. Arrow straight 7i to 15ft. Left the putt 4ft short, but got the next down.

2nd, 3w, up the left hand side of the fairway. Dodgy 5i squirted right off a hanging lie. 56 degree just cleared the front bunker then sink a 15ft putt for par.

3rd, aimed at left side of the par 3 green as it's wet front and right. Arrow straight 6i to the left side of the green. 2 putts and another par.

par, par, par start. Never done that before.

Played ok rest of the front 9. Birdy on 7. But a mare on 9. Par 3, took 7. Walked off with 42 feeling a bit dejected. All that good work and still ended up shooting to my handicap.

Steady start to the back. Bogeyed 10, 11 and 12. Sprayed my drive at 13 right but hit a nice 6i into the green. Sunk another 15ft for birdy.

Should have birdied the par 5 14 but missed a short 5ft putt. But had a tap in par. Nailed a lovely drive with a bit of draw up the right hand side and it came back nicely but just rolled off the fairway slightly on the left. Had 210 to go and nailed my 3h a bit too good and put it just through the back of the green. nice little pitch and run with the PW to leave the 5 footer.

Parred 15 and 16. No mean feat I can tell you.

Then 17. OMG. Hit the worst shot of the day, possibly the year. Long par 3 (215 yards), took a 4i. Hit a fat snap hook into the back of the bench next to the yellow tees in front of us ( White tees are elevated by about 10-15 feet from the yellows) and it comes back 10ft finishing probably no more than 30ft in front of me in deep rough. Oops. I had to laugh.

Hit a good 5i out the rough but found the front left bunker. Got it out ok, but took 2 putts to get down for a 5.

Regulation 18. Nice drive up the right. Thought I hit the perfect 7i into the green but it just landed and stopped dead 30ft from the hole. I was expecting it to release right up to the hole. Couple of putts and another par for a 40 shot back 9.

82, nett 68, 3 shots under my handicap. Best I've shot in a long time.

So I'm expecting a bit of a cut. 1.5 shots down to 12 I think. (5x.3 if CSS is 71 and as the 9th get's rounded down to a nett double bogey).

Still waiting for the results to get posted on howdidido but should be in with a shout of the win even though i know my m8 John shot a nett 68, but he's ineligible for the win as it's only his second comp.

So not a bad end to the week after all.