The blonde Golf thread

[tikay]

Well done Kev.

I had my best round of the year today too.

These are ideal conditions for scramblers like me if my ball-striking is anything like it should/used to be.

With 82 scores entered and 21 remaining I am the leader in the clubhouse for the Thursday stabbo..

tbc

Wiiii, hope you hold on Ralph.

[Karabiner]

There's always one isn't there. I'm now 2/101 with 2 scores yet to be entered.

We played the competition from the white tees and despite hitting three poor chips from just short of the greens on 5,6, and 7 to make bogey on each of them I still managed to play the front nine in 42(+6) for 20 stabbos as I get 15 shots, so as long as I can avoid double bogeys I feel like I'm always going to be competitive. Played better on the back nine getting up and down a few times and was in decent shape until I had my Ryan Fox moment on the longish par3 17th. I pulled my 5wood into the left greenside bunker and it ended up about a foot from the left-hand edge in a footprint(grrr). I had to play out backwards and failed to get up and down despite going very close with my putt for my one and only double-bogey of the day. Made a par4 at the last to come back in 40 for another 20 stabbos making 40 total and shooting a season's best 82 off the whites. The guy who pipped me must have had a good back nine as he got 40 points too off a similar handicap.

Not really that far off shooting my age for the first time since I deffo left a few out there today. Encouraging.

[doubleup]

good effort Ralph!

[tikay]

There's always one isn't there. I'm now 2/101 with 2 scores yet to be entered.

We played the competition from the white tees and despite hitting three poor chips from just short of the greens on 5,6, and 7 to make bogey on each of them I still managed to play the front nine in 42(+6) for 20 stabbos as I get 15 shots, so as long as I can avoid double bogeys I feel like I'm always going to be competitive. Played better on the back nine getting up and down a few times and was in decent shape until I had my Ryan Fox moment on the longish par3 17th. I pulled my 5wood into the left greenside bunker and it ended up about a foot from the left-hand edge in a footprint(grrr). I had to play out backwards and failed to get up and down despite going very close with my putt for my one and only double-bogey of the day. Made a par4 at the last to come back in 40 for another 20 stabbos making 40 total and shooting a season's best 82 off the whites. The guy who pipped me must have had a good back nine as he got 40 points too off a similar handicap.

Not really that far off shooting my age for the first time since I deffo left a few out there today. Encouraging.

Awesome! Well done Ralph.

[RED-DOG]

Amazing Ralph.

You're like fine wine, the older you are the more chance of you getting drunk.

[Kev B]

Excellent Ralph 👏👏

[Karabiner]

Thanks guys.

It just goes to prove that if you play crap enough for long enough you eventually become competitive via the WHS handicap system.

[doubleup]

So while flicking between racing and the ladies golf, I heard on the latter that Scotland has more than 550 golf courses. I then decided with the aid of Mr Google's excellent map and my not so excellent memory to list how many I'd played.

The answer I came up with is 90. The most northerly being Boat of Garten and the most southerly, Brighouse Bay.

So, I thought, can I make 100 by the end of this season. Most of the seniors competitions I have booked are on courses I have already played, with only one new and other stuff booked. Also my handicap is above 24 which knocks out a few competitions. So it might be a struggle, that, at the extreme, could involve Portpatrick in mid-October.  insert freezing cold emoji

I'll see where I stand at the end of August and plan things for the end of the year.