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Let myself down a bit on the back 9.

Some seriously good golf there Jim. Four birdies is quite the haul and shooting 81 with a couple of triples is very decent.

I'm a bit jealous. Still hacking it here..

Have enjoyed Wimbledon this time despite the poor show from the Brits.

I was surprised by the palava with Dan Evan's wild card.  I originally thought he should have got one, but it was clear he was only ever getting one on sentimental grounds.  His ranking is really low (something like 29 on the UK rankings last time I looked), with no form at all for 6 months.  He won one qualifying match in the whole of 2026, Much of tennis twitter seemed to think he only didn't get one was because he wasn't posh.  Billy Harris was a much more obvious pick and nobody was fighting his corner.   Anyway by the end of Wimbledon was very much in the feck Dan Evans camp. I genuinely think he shot himself in the foot moaning about a Queen's wild card. The competition for those was much stronger, and don't think he should ever have got one there.

Anyway talking of posh people, Arthur Frey's dad is seriously loaded, but he well and truly deserved a wild card.  Glad to see he has had some serious fight in him too.  Only a matter of time before Toby Samuel is top 100 too.

I went on Monday. Stojsavljevic was disappointing.  We got there early and got to court 18, but she seemed to fall apart quite a bit Vs Bencic. She is in the juniors this week, so hopefully can put that match aside, as she has looked good when I have seen her previously.  Odd that she us playing and Klugman isn't. Pleased for see Klugman get a decent result then other week,, so hopefully she has turned a corner too.

The Sinner game was brilliant though, was pretty surprised it wasn't 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 and didn't leave my seat.  Kind of warmed to him by the end.  Strawberries still under £3, though sure we used to get more.  Pimm's inflation seems higher though, think it was £28 for two now...

Other Brits of note include Henry Searle who won a challenger before Wimbledon (no wild card for him either, Dan Evans fans).  Was pleased to see Dart and Lumsden getting a win at Nottingham too.  I have seen Dart get way too much abuse this week.  Think she absolutely should have got a wild card as she was clearly highest ranked of the Brits. Also pleased to see Swan get a win after her dark days.

Had to get there in the end, I managed a PB in Parkrun this week.

My parkrun closed for 3 weeks while they have done some rebuilding, so tried a couple of new ones.  One is basically solid paths all the way round, but last week when I tried it, it was ridiculously hot.  The fact I got 30 seconds off my PB in the stupid heat gave me a bit of confidence.  Anyway lined up this week, and a bloke in front of me was telling his daughter they were going to do 7 minutes kilometres, so 35 minutes total.  Given my PB was 36m32s, I figured if he knew what he was doing I should beat my PB if I kept him in sight.  About half way round, he wasn't far ahead and could see I was doing just over 7 minute kilometres. 

He pulled away quite a bit at the end, but I was feeling I wasn't really slowing down.  Anyway beat my best by 25 seconds (36 minutes 7 seconds), but was pretty surprised my Fitbit had me at pretty level splits (worst was 18 seconds slower than the.best).  Found them in the list and pretty sure they sped up in the last 2km as they did 34m30s. 

Only downer was I saw a picture of Andy Burnham at a parkrun.  Was thinking he was about my age, so he'd be about 35 minutes too.  He managed 26 minutes FFS.  Wouldn't be surprised if that slippery sod took a car though.

Think I can probably beat my old PB on my local course when it reopens, though am sure it isn't as fast.  I am definitely getting used to the heat.  Could definitely do with a day where they run it in 15 degrees though.

Nice one eck. I'm looking forward to Longniddry Seniors on Wednesday. Hopefully get a bit of run on a links course and the greens aren't too difficult iirc. And its also stableford, so a blob isn't the end of the world.

Very decent round there Eck 👏👏👏🏌‍♂️

Looks very good to me. Nice report too.

Moaned it in a bit I suppose. Played first division open today at a very Windy Alloa. Driver worked pretty well today apart from big pushes on 5,9 and 12 bringing the big scores. 5 was a decent 6 as was hitting my 4th from about 190 into the wind. 9 blew it into horrible spot, hack out then blow the next into trees and 12 lost it right so a decent 6 again par on 2nd ball. Couple of 3 putts on 10 & 16 was annoying but can't moan putter worked really well holed a lot from about 10 - 15 feet. 18, usual nemesis, had it in my head all day 221 yds into the wind brutal hole and the cause of most of my blow ups. Tee shot lost had to walk back to tee (it wasn't too far ) 2nd under a tree at side of green but no way could get a club to it, dropped an unplayable and made a good up and down for 6.

Was typing this out with the intention of saying don't know if I am happy or disappointed with it but after typing that out I've remembered more of the good bits. Ended up with an 81. Not sure I've birdied 4 holes in a round many times before, wind helped on 2 (even though the 2nd shot was topped) and 6. 13 I can get it near the green on a good day from yellows we weren't that further back but not with todays wind, hit a really good pitch. 17 right into it from a high tee good drive pulled 2 so had to avoid the side of a tree to my left from about 80 yards. Then shit the bed on 18 again   and lost it on a countback

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Has an eagle putt of about 12ft and missed it by a frazzle.

Played in a gale today.

Will post my card below just for the sake of continuity. Please don't look at it or comment on it.

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Thinly disguised "I birdied the 7th" brag