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.
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.
