Having been a 5 handicapper as a teenager, I didn't play golf for 8 years. In 2007 I started playing golf again, and was given a handicap of 8 by my new club. I set myself a 5 season target to become a scratch golfer, the deadline being 30th September 2011. The clock is ticking.......

Monday 1 March 2010

Water Torture

UK Handicap; 3.3 USGA Handicap; 4.1

I played my first competitive game in a couple of weeks today. There was a stableford competition on so I went to the golf club at 7.45am, and ended up watching rain fall for 4 hours. In the end, 4 of us decided to brave the elements at 12.30pm, and after a bit of drizzle for the first 5 holes, it cleared up and was actually quite pleasant, although very cold.
As for the golf itself, I hit 8 greens in regulation out of the first 9, however 21 putts after taking 19 shots to hit the greens meant I was out in 4 over par. The back nine was a combination of waterlogged lies, cold hands, and a bit of a loss of interest, I only hit 3/9 greens in regulation and came back in 6 over par.

Looking at how the irons performed, of the 7 greens I missed, 3 of them were due to my driver and 2 were due to my 3 wood, so only 2 greens were missed due to bad iron shots. Having said that, I struggled with judging distances with my irons so I wasn’t exactly peppering the flag on the greens I hit. This will take a bit of time to get used to as I get the feel for the right distances with the new equipment.

My US handicap has risen dramatically, and will continue to do so, looking at the scores that are due to be replaced in my next few rounds, I think I will reach at least 5.0 before starting to reduce rapidly again.

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