After the putting problems of the last few weeks I decided to focus a bit more on that during the round.
After a few holes I started to get a stroke that seemed to work better.
I had been taking the putter quite a way back to have a more flowing stroke. I think what that had done was cause me to decelerate into the ball, quit on the putt, and ultimately leave it short.
So I shortened the backstroke a bit, not too much, but tried to keep a flowing stroke through the ball.
That seems to have made a big difference. Distance control was pretty good. I was getting the ball upto, and past the hole, and as a result I started to hole a lot, lot, more putts.
I all honesty the greens at our place aren't that tough, not many major breaking putts, so not to hard to read. So distance becomes vital if you want to score.
I ended up taking 29 putts in the end. No 3 putts either. Which is around where I really should be for my handicap. I have been shooting a good 4-5 putts more on average a round.
The rest of my game ? Just about ok. Nothing special. Just threw a few too many double bogeys and a triple in there. Really need to be bogey at worse now.
Will probably play 18 tomorrow night in the mid-week medal. My m8 Dave has got 5 weeks off now so can play mid-week, so I'm going to try and fit a few more mid-week comps in.
You never know, with the extra qualifying rounds, I might be able to squeeze down to a 10 hcp.
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