Seemingly it will be dry up here next week, so I might take a wander round the course and hit a few balls. I'm fairly sure that my bunker issue will be solved as, over the winter, I've paid particular attention to the pro's playing out of bunkers on the telly and am fairly sure I can precisely copy their technique.
Incidentally, for those who have not seen them, the Tiny Desk Concerts, all of which are on You Tube, really are very good & feature some great bands.
Sadly, I'm not sure they are making any more, as they were on USA NPR (National Public Radio) & Mr Trump withdrew all funding for PBS & NPR shortly after taking Office.
But, as far as I'm aware, they are all still on You Tube, so a quick search should soon find them.
Agreed, some fantastic finds on there.
Dua Lipa's was great
This one too. So talented.
Nickel Creek?
And Marky went for Dua Lipa, whoever he is.
What IS the matter with you people? Ever tried proper music?
It being Ramadan should make no difference to numbers as gambling is Haram for followers of the Muslim faith. However I live in the real world and suspect that it probably does. Ho hum, life goes on.
Almost novel to discuss Poker on here these days, but scenes at DTD last weekend, whilst I was up in Scotland.
They have introduced a new weekend schedule, a £50,000 G'tee £125 on Saturday, & a £50,000 G'tee £250 on the Sunday, both one-dayers so inevitably a bit "sharp", though they did have a 20/25 minute clocks. And for reasons we can only guess at, they were "reg-free" if you regged before it started.
I had bumped into Rob last week & he was musing on whether it would hit the guarantees, which looked very ambitious for 1 dayers.
Well he need not have worried, the Saturday £125 got 662 (SIX HUNDRED & SIXTY TWO) entries. WTF? That must be some sort of DTD record for a 1 day affair.
And that's despite it being during Ramadan, which with the DTD demographic, means quite a few absentees.
Rather oddly, the £250 on the Sunday "only" made 268 entries. Which, compared to 662 for the £125, really seems to emphasise that there's a price-point sweet spot.
When the dust settled, the £125 went to Mark Habbershaw and the impressive Ben Shannon chopping it up for just north of £25,000...
1 MARK HABBERSHAW £12,550
2 BENJAMIN SHANNON £12,550
In the £250, I believe it was a 5 way chop, with the winner being shown as the fella with the best name.
I must add though, great to see two real blonde hard-hitters who had not Posted in yonks in the Diary, Internet Policeman (Retired) Cos, & Lord Chompy.
Incidentally, for those who have not seen them, the Tiny Desk Concerts, all of which are on You Tube, really are very good & feature some great bands.
Sadly, I'm not sure they are making any more, as they were on USA NPR (National Public Radio) & Mr Trump withdrew all funding for PBS & NPR shortly after taking Office.
But, as far as I'm aware, they are all still on You Tube, so a quick search should soon find them.
Agreed, some fantastic finds on there.
Dua Lipa's was great
This one too. So talented.
Nickel Creek?
And Marky went for Dua Lipa, whoever he is.
What IS the matter with you people? Ever tried proper music?
Back home, & thanks to the incessant rain, I think I've only played 2 Rounds at my Club this year.
Yesterday though, I managed a round, though the Lads all cried off with various excuses so I played solo.
Holes 1 & 18 were closed, so just 16, but I managed 5 Pars, which is just 1 shy of my best ever which was on a full 18.
5 Pars is not much to boast about, I know, but it's all relative, & I'm a genuine 27 handicapper, so I was pretty pleased. The front 9 (well, front 8), was particularly good by my standards, with 22 Stabbos from the 8 holes. As always, I fell away back 9 (8), partly due to stamina & concentration issues I think. I eventually ended up with 81 shots/38 Stabbos from the 16 holes. If I give myself a bogey on the 2 closed holes - the Par 3 1st & Par 4 18th - that equates to 90 shots & 42 Stabbos. Does not really count though as I was playing solo, & just 16 holes.
After that, went home, spot of lunch, afternoon nap, then a bowl poker comp at DTD, in which I failed to trouble the judges.
Went up to St Andrews on Saturday for 3 or 4 days, stayed at a nice hotel, & played 2 rounds at St Andrews. It was a sort of mixed golf & tourist break, most enjoyable.
Sadly, not "Old Course Hotel", it was a Golf Resort Hotel 3 miles outside St Andrews, "Fairmont St Andrews". And I never played The Old Course, I played on the Torrance Course at Fairmont St Andrews which was not remotely in the same league.
To be honest, the Course was a little bland, a sort of Links Course but sodden wet, so never played like a Links Course. The wind howled off the sea like a Links Course though. There was one rather splendid hole, the 16th, a short downhill Par 4 with the Green set just short of the sea, where an overhit 2nd would certainly be on the beach. Fortunately, I rarely overhit any shots...
Gill wanted to come round with me as my sort of caddie, so she did so on one of the two rounds, & I made her hand me my club of choice for each shot to help keep her interested.
After last week's bitterly cold weather this week feels completely different.
Played a few yesterday and am back out tomorrow at 1pm
Well that never lasted long, a ton of rain again & the familiar "Course Closed" message this morning means no golf for me today.
How did Wednesday's outing go? 9 holes I assume? Hopefully we can hook up again soon for some more of our Monday adventures at WPGC again soon, I enjoyed all of them last year very much indeed.
