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March 26 - Redland Bay vs PAR. Fine breezy weather. 6:24 Tee off.


Played ion a threesome, with 2 single markers I had never played with before. Both were great to play with and I had a really enjoyable round.

Result - 0 points, '91' off the stick (a few holes not putted out).

Remembering that GIR are important, to take dead Aim, make sure I have a solid base with legs torqued, and keep tension out of arms.

10 - Drive solidly to the left side of the fairway. 6 iron to left of the green. PW chip too strong leaving a 10' putt below the hole. Putt in the middle for Par.
11 - Solid drive abot 10 m short of creek, into prevailing wind or I would hit the 4 wood. about 98 short, hit the gap wedge a little fat and pull it left of the green. PW chip to about 8' short, putt in the middle for Par again.
12 - Badly hook over the trees onto 11, about 180 out. first shot where the brain had strayed. Yah only lasted 2 holes! 3H back over trees, but pulled well left (left of bunker as well but pin high). Lobby too hard rolls just off the green on the opposite side. 'Effective putt' straight in. 3 holes, 3 pars, 2 putts. Nice start. Bad thought.
13 - thin 3H off tee, into tree Right side, into hazard. Drop at 133 m, 8 iron pin high but to the right. PW chip rills just past. Do putt in for 5 even though it is no score.
14 - Drive into mangrove patch in Hazard right. Drop bounces into thick grass and sinks low. 3H up the fairway. 7i fat and pulled slightly to 100m out, left rough. GW to just off green R, between bunker and green. Putt from off the green, bad read stayed R to 4'. Missed the short putt ....
15 - Hook 4W into tree hell. Somehow bounce a 4iron off a couple of trees and out to the left rough. 9iron it fat off crappy lie pulled badly. 60m from green blocked out by tree. Poor pucnhed 8i short. Chip on, pick up for a wipe.
16 - out of the toe, 6 iron to front right bunker. Downhill lie, out to 10', 2 putt bogey.
17 - 4W to left side of the fairway. GW to front of green, pin on back. 1st putt too strong, 4' downhill coming back wobbles along the edge but stays out. tap in bogey.
18 - Driver pull left into trees. Punch out to fairway. 4W just short, wide right. LW on, poor 3 putt for a double.
1 - Driver up the middle. 6i thin, right short. Chip on 10 8', putt in par
2 - Cold top driver about 50 m. 4W to 100m or so. GW short of green. Putt from off green short. missed the next one. pick up.
3 - Pushed driver over the trees R. 3H over trees to about 70m r rough. LW on, about 7m past pin. 2 putt par.
4 - Crappy hooked 4i into trees. Gonna leave the 4i at home I think. punch 8i through green. Putt back on and then in for a bogey.
5 - Nice drive up the left just catches the tree and drops at the 150 marker. 6i onto green. green looks very fast and downhill, but is not really --> crap 3 putt bogey.
6 - mishit 9i to front r rough. LW on, 2 putt bogey.
7 - into the wind, not sure to hit driver or 4W. finally hit driver, ugly push onto the 6th tee. 7i onto green over trees. 2 putt par.
8 - Great drive past corner to about 80m. hit SW a bit long, on back of green. 3 putt bogey.
9 - Drive to R rough near bunker. 4 W to about 120m. Shot into strong wind, hit 8i really fat and pull it into the short bunker. SW on, another 3 putt.

Anyway by the end of the day, I hit 5 GIR and 7 Fairways. Putting was a bit off compared to what I normally do (32 including 4 3 putts). Was a bit bold and hit through the break a few times. No birdies from the 5 birdie putts, and 3 bogies. Length wise I came up short with the GW (front of green when I needed to be up the back).

From this I need to work on my routine, making sure I set up nice and solid each time, as when I don't I tend to miss hit (love 20-20 hindsite).

Next game is on Friday in the Back Marker, and Saturday in the Medal, 2 stroke rounds in a row. I am going to do some putting practice this week, and try and get to the range to work on pre shot routine, and 'soft arms with strong hands' as I want to call it.