Ok, so last we new I was playing off of 54 on Friday and seemingly should have a chance to win.
Well, we started well, scoring 12 points after 5 holes.. Feeling good that we should take something today until our 3 ball (Me, Jones, Demps), met up with the 3ball infront consisting of Dubai, BH, and Middy. Somehow BH had managed to outscore me over the first 5 holes, feeling hard done by I lost concentration and managed to score 17 in total on the front 9. Not good enough, so BH won that. On the back 9 I tried getting my head down and come the 18th hole me and Jones were on 15 points each, the other group had finished their round and BH was on 16, with Dubai on 17. So I needed to score 3 points to scoop the back 9 on the par 5 18th. I get 3 shots on the hole so needed a 7 to win. I play two lovely shots first and despite trying to mess it up I left myself a two putt for the win, and got it. Took the back 9, scoring 35 points overall but came 2nd overall because BH shot something like 40 points.
Saturday morning came and we had organised the new handicaps, I was cut to 50, so still fancied my chances. Dubai had been mentioning a drinking game on the course all week, basically you get 18 beers and have one a hole. I'm not a big beer fan, and would have been 1.01 to puke had I just done beers, so I said i'm in, but i'll just take this litre bottle of vodka and grab a dozen redbulls and do those instead. Deal, so me, Jones and Dubai were going to do the full game, while the others just had beers when they wanted.
The first hole was the hardest hole of them all, the burn in my throat from the vodka where I put far too much in for my first drink and not enough redbull, but after that they went down ok, I got smashed pretty quickly because within the first 5 holes there are 2 par 3's, so I had to drink quite quick. Come the 9th I was well over halfway throught he bottle and Dubai and Jones were pretty out of it at this point also. Somehow though, good news here, I managed to win the front 9 with a score of 19 points I think. I was playing quite well, swinging alot more easier now I am pissed!
So onto the back 9, we were urged on the 10th hole by the course marshall to go as a 6 ball because we were too slow in 3balls! So we joined up and continued to play. On the 12th, Dubai, Demps and Middy just tee'd off while us other 3 waited for the two ball that was behind to play through, so we split back into two groups. Myself, BH and Jones are known as the "Nut 3", the best 3 you can get on the course. So we continued playing, and me and Jones continued with the drinking game.
We got to the 14th and I poured out my last drop of Vodka left in the bottle and the redbull, and then with people on the tee next to us I decided to start celebrating to them and waving my bottle about, just getting evil looks from them in return. This didn't put me off tho, and I proceeded to drive off hanging half out of my buggy with drink in one hand and wheel in the other.
We finally rejoined the other 3 on the 17th hole, where we struggled round and then onto the 18th, I had managed to somehow scoop the front, back and overall although I can barely remember a shot I played. Good news for backers though.
Total returns for the trip were :
€125
If people can pm me how they want their moneys back and i'll get it sent.
Thanks for investing in me, i'm glad I could get some return and do us justice on the drinking front, I told you I was not a 28 handicapper
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