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Have you played Thornton yet? We managed to get a round for £25 yesterday and it's a great wee course - held up really well considering the time of year.
Not had the chance to play anywhere else recently, just been getting some rounds in at Glenrothes and Auchterderran, playing those two works quite well as it gives a good chance of getting all the clubs out of the bag as you tend to have to play longer iron approaches at Glenrothes but a lot of short irons at Auchterderran which has massively improved my 8 iron down game.
We're out at Glenrothes first thing on Sunday, first time I've played there in over a year so hopefully haven't forgotten too much about it! The 2nd has to be one of my least favourite holes on the course.
I'm playing early afternoon on Sunday, my son wont be out his bed early enough to get an AM time. Never been a massive fan of the 2nd as getting it on the fairway is quite tough. Course was holding up well when we played it last week, a bit soft on the fairway in places on the front 9 but overall in good condition for the time of year. Only other thing of notes is that some parts of the course had a lot of leaves on the ground which made finding the ball a bit tricky at times.
Our club sells them, theyre ok but no better than cheaper ones imo, the bungee cord they come with is next to useless as they are too loose unless you go uber tight with it, better having a hole punched and a caribiner or something on it.
Yeah I got one for this winter but we're not on fairway mats yet, will report back. Played with a few guys last year who recommended it.
. Helped by very benign conditions and a course in excellent condition. Handicap will be heading back below 17.
Purchased my ball retriever from EBay, it may not be as solid as my first but it does its job reasonably well, and for less than £7Shot 14o today and had an absolute nightmare on the par 3. I was 7 over on them alone. Felt like I should have been 7 over max..
Also bought a ball retriever from Temu, and like all cheap Chinese tat, it's a 50/50 shots on quality..
Metal is good, but the plastic head is solid as a rock and does not fit around a ball what so ever. Might heat it up and try and stretch it.. Piece of crap. Lucky it was less than a tenner.
How did you get on, was a bit concerned when I saw the 1st was on a winter green which was useless but the rest of the course was on normal greens and they seemed to be doing fine. I noticed they've moved the yellow tees to where the red tees are as well but we just played off the whites which they've moved where the yellows are typically. Played pretty well all in all once I'd warmed up properly. Highlight of the round was on the 12th when I smashed it 272 off the tee. Decided to call it at day after the 12th as my son had had enough and his feet were soaking due to poor footwear choicee.
