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The scoring facts of my round are that I signed for a 91 (41/50) net 79 (including 34 putts) after being 5 over the card thru 12 holes.
It remains to be seen if the emotional farce that was the final 6 holes of my round remain a mental scar that will haunt me in future rounds.
In putting these details here, I am hoping they won't.
My front side 5 over 41 included 17 putts and consisted of 2 double bogies, a bogey and 6 pars. The 2 double bogies came following 3 putts on both the front side par 3's after I missed both greens from the tee.
It also included 3 green in reg 2 putt pars where I played what I have come to call TV golf.
It is also fair to say that across that first 12 holes, I had left a few strokes out on the course, with several birdie and par putts shaving the hole and staying up.
The tension among my playing group that had built steadily across the opening 12-13 holes, boiled over on 14. I had done all I could to that point to exclude myself from the discussions that were ongoing over a rules interpretation (hence my rules post earlier today) and my lack of ability to keep myself out of the situation as it festered meant that I "blame only myself" for my last 6 holes.
14 over the card for the final 6 holes, and given this included a 1 putt par on the most difficult hole on our course, the 410m par 4 15th. And a bogey on the short dogleg 16th following 2 wonderful iron shots to find the green in reg, only to then 3 putt it from 25 feet.
One of my playing partners on the day was subsequently DQ'd in a rules interpretation decision I don't think I agree with and I am now very much trying to come to some form of understanding of how I managed to so completely capitulate in a round where I had started so well.
Where is my Dr Bob book, I wonder if he covers this topic in it...
Thanks for reading.
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I've read the "rules post" but it doesn't even hint at the obvious drama.