Well February was a washout. Not in the literal sense so much, more to do with the fact that those I know who play golf are clearly all too scared to play me. Now I’m not sure if that’s because of my golf, or other factors, but the number of “injury” and “stock take” excuses that were forthcoming made me suspicious.
Monday 23rd March, 2009
A black day! Another 9 holes at Boars Head as a “warm up” for the trip to Spain in late April, but this time Ads got the better of me, 2&1. Shocking. Short of a birdie and a par, there was nothing of note all round so arguably I deserved to lose. Ads even played the wrong ball on the 4th hole, which I fully intended to use against him if the match was tight at the end. That was, until I went and played his ball on the 7th! D’oh!
I should have known really – I played the wayward drive without checking which was just plain stupid as 9 times out of 10 it’s Ads who hits it so far out to the left you have to cross at least 2 fairways to reach it. Bu alas I didn’t check and thus my gameplan became flawed.
A nice bit of wind out there today but at least it didn’t rain. Good practice for the Links courses we are playing in Spain but fair to say I didn’t handle it particularly well. Next time Ads…!
Monday 9th March, 2009
But finally, Ads came through and decided he could fit 9 in at Boars Head today (Monday 9th) so we trotted out at 9:40am behind 32 seniors for a warm up. We teamed up with a couple of guys waiting on the tee in front of us for a friendly match (which we took 3&2) but as far as Ads and I went, we ended up halving the game. It was a morla victory – coming from 2 down but I know that won’t wash with Ads. Nothing short of rubbing his nose in it will really count as a real victory.
The standard of golf was largely forgettable. Didn’t bother couning the pars after my first two drives were lost balls! Although I got it back on track around the 5th hole – just in time to claw it back. Ads went the opposite way – started well and fell away. Deja Vu Ads, Deja Vu!