Red

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:hi:

Shot a rather nice 71 (par is 69) on Saturday, which was lowest score in the field of 98.

Shame it was a handicap event and some bastard with a 9 handicap had a better net score than me, so he won the thing.

Still, means I'll finish the season with my handicap at 4, rather than 5, which is nice.


Made a rather interesting par on the 280-yard 4th hole:

Blasted my tee-shot waaaay right with a 3-iron - out of bounds - into an adjoining field.

With my three off the tee, I absolutely nailed the 3-iron (hole is downhill and with a helping wind - I can't really hit a 3-iron 280 yards), which ended up just on the edge of the green.

Rolled the putt in from 25 feet to rescue par and moved onto the next hole feeling much better than I normally would after making a par on that relatively easy hole. :D
 

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:hi:

Shot a rather nice 71 (par is 69) on Saturday, which was lowest score in the field of 98.

Shame it was a handicap event and some bastard with a 9 handicap had a better net score than me, so he won the thing.

Still, means I'll finish the season with my handicap at 4, rather than 5, which is nice.


Made a rather interesting par on the 280-yard 4th hole:

Blasted my tee-shot waaaay right with a 3-iron - out of bounds - into an adjoining field.

With my three off the tee, I absolutely nailed the 3-iron (hole is downhill and with a helping wind - I can't really hit a 3-iron 280 yards), which ended up just on the edge of the green.

Rolled the putt in from 25 feet to rescue par and moved onto the next hole feeling much better than I normally would after making a par on that relatively easy hole. :D
Well played!

So does the weather there permit playing year-round ideally? Or do you have an off season?
 

Red

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Well played!

So does the weather there permit playing year-round ideally? Or do you have an off season?
This Saturday is the last proper competition at my home course for this season. They'll restart around Easter.

Course still stays open, so long as there isn't snow lying or too much water, and there are some competitons that run through the winter, but I don't bother with them.

Still play a bit to keep my game sharp so it isn't too much work to get ready for the new season, but not sufficiently motivated to play in horrible weather and on the winter course (proper tees and greens don't get used to keep them in better condition, so 'greens' are just on the regular fairways) all that much.

Tend to play more on other courses through the winter. Seaside courses tend to have better drainage and don't get the snow, so they stay on a proper layout all year round.
 

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.zero

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This Saturday is the last proper competition at my home course for this season. They'll restart around Easter.

Course still stays open, so long as there isn't snow lying or too much water, and there are some competitons that run through the winter, but I don't bother with them.

Still play a bit to keep my game sharp so it isn't too much work to get ready for the new season, but not sufficiently motivated to play in horrible weather and on the winter course (proper tees and greens don't get used to keep them in better condition, so 'greens' are just on the regular fairways) all that much.

Tend to play more on other courses through the winter. Seaside courses tend to have better drainage and don't get the snow, so they stay on a proper layout all year round.
I can only imagine how beautiful and challenging seaside courses must be over there. One day I will play Pebble Beach at the minimum, abroad would be a blessing.
 

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I can only imagine how beautiful and challenging seaside courses must be over there. One day I will play Pebble Beach at the minimum, abroad would be a blessing.
I love playing the seaside courses.

The good ones force you to think and play loads of different kinds of shots.

Beats the modern, man-made, smash-the-ball-as-high-and-as-far-as-you-can style of courses that are all too prevailant these days (and even more in the US than here).

Got Royal Aberdeen, which is one of the best (and oldest - claims to be the sixth oldest club in the world), right on my doorstep as well:



It's hosting the Scottish Open next summer.

Would like to get the chance to play some more golf in America, though, because I do occasionally like to challenge myself to play a different kind of golf.

Played a couple of rounds on Disney courses in Florida, years back. Really struggled to adjust to the different kind of turf and I ended up hitting a lot of shots heavy.
 

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