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Played a round yesterday morning; the front 9 was a bit ho-hum, never really striking the ball as well as I hope for, and the short game just not as as sharp as last week so I was surprised to turn round in 45, just 1 over my current bogey golf target with a disappointing 18 putts.
The back 9 started birdie, par, bogey, par and continued in the much same vein until with two to go I was just two over for the seven having one putted 5 times. I'd avoided looking at my score but if you are a 20ish handicapper playing effectively (if only temporarily
) to single figures you can't help but know really.
Anyway the 17th, Par 5, pulled a poor drive but hey two safe and steady 8 irons and a wedge will see me on the green for 4, two putt for a bogey at worse, move to the 18th with the PB ready to drop into the low 80s. That will explain why I smashed a heroic rescue club 200 yards - graet strike but off line and OOB.
Less than happy at what that 8 has done to my card I pull the tee shot at the Par 3 18 leaving a simple pitch for an up & down or "at worse bogey" unless you duff it into the bunker - eventually carded a 5.
So 5 shots blown away in two holes, a final 87 - one off PB.
"Stating the Obvious" lessons for the Blog
If you avoid the big blow ups even "ho-hum" can be OK; with better putting that opening 45 could have been 42 which at the moment would be just fine.
It can take just one thing to lift a round; on the 10th I hit a 270+ drive straight down the middle [and as regular readers will know I'm normally about 240-250] that set up the birdie and away, conversely I have to learn to put the bad hole behind me and start again.
Sometimes it pays to listen to the good angel saying "play safe and take your medicine" rather than the bad angel saying "go for it Robin, you know its worth the risk" - especially when the heroic shot is in your kitback.
Ah well at the end of the day I had a brief glimpse of what my golf could
be like and I suppose its these moments where potentiual is revealed that makes us come back.
The back 9 started birdie, par, bogey, par and continued in the much same vein until with two to go I was just two over for the seven having one putted 5 times. I'd avoided looking at my score but if you are a 20ish handicapper playing effectively (if only temporarily
) to single figures you can't help but know really.Anyway the 17th, Par 5, pulled a poor drive but hey two safe and steady 8 irons and a wedge will see me on the green for 4, two putt for a bogey at worse, move to the 18th with the PB ready to drop into the low 80s. That will explain why I smashed a heroic rescue club 200 yards - graet strike but off line and OOB.
Less than happy at what that 8 has done to my card I pull the tee shot at the Par 3 18 leaving a simple pitch for an up & down or "at worse bogey" unless you duff it into the bunker - eventually carded a 5.
So 5 shots blown away in two holes, a final 87 - one off PB.
"Stating the Obvious" lessons for the Blog
If you avoid the big blow ups even "ho-hum" can be OK; with better putting that opening 45 could have been 42 which at the moment would be just fine.
It can take just one thing to lift a round; on the 10th I hit a 270+ drive straight down the middle [and as regular readers will know I'm normally about 240-250] that set up the birdie and away, conversely I have to learn to put the bad hole behind me and start again.
Sometimes it pays to listen to the good angel saying "play safe and take your medicine" rather than the bad angel saying "go for it Robin, you know its worth the risk" - especially when the heroic shot is in your kitback.
Ah well at the end of the day I had a brief glimpse of what my golf could
be like and I suppose its these moments where potentiual is revealed that makes us come back.
on a hole i usually score 4/5 on
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