Not a lot to write home about this weekend.....but I will anyway 
Saturday, monthly medal and start of the winter eclectic. Was struggling with irons again and just scraped under 90 thanks primarily to my shot game, 60 yards and in is my strength at the moment (unless I'm bunkered!). Only four greens in regulation, twenty-nine putts. Highlight of the round was making par at the 600y 5th. Driver/5w/7w left me just short of the putting surface from where I made a simple up and down
Sunday, mixed autumn trophy (stableford). On the whole played much better, swing thought with irons was 3/4 backswing which worked well from a strike point of view although I did have a couple of 6i I left way out to the right. Ended up with 33 points after a handful of miss-steps. First was on the 7th where after a comical drive where I nearly missed the ball I'd hit a great 7w to get myself back in position, only to blade a 9i through the green from where I cam away with a six when it should have been an easy five. Then on the 8th, long par five I'd hit a good drive/5w to get myself past the corner of the dog leg. Then hit an errant 6i to find the greenside bunker from where I took two to get out
Turned a good look at par into a double. My only blob of the round came at the 11th. My other errant tee shot of the day left me on top of one of the mounds down the right of the fairway, way back of the green. Luckily had a good lie and stance so thought I'd poke a 7w up the fairway and give myself a chance of getting up and down from 40-50 yards. Absolutely smoked it, carried it way further than I thought possible and straight into the end of the trees that line the left edge of the fairway finishing just before the green. Dropped a provisional only to shank it straight left across the fairway into the trees. Couldn't find either ball 
After that was solid until I had my only three putt of the weekend on the 17th out of nowhere. Just not quite as good on and around the greens, reflected in my 32 putts total (realistically 34 if you account for not finishing out the 11th).
Current handicap 11.7. Saturdays scoring differential 16.4, Sundays 13.6. My PB (6.8 diff) set back in July drops off in three rounds time so expecting to be back in the 12's by the end of the month.
Saturday, monthly medal and start of the winter eclectic. Was struggling with irons again and just scraped under 90 thanks primarily to my shot game, 60 yards and in is my strength at the moment (unless I'm bunkered!). Only four greens in regulation, twenty-nine putts. Highlight of the round was making par at the 600y 5th. Driver/5w/7w left me just short of the putting surface from where I made a simple up and down
Sunday, mixed autumn trophy (stableford). On the whole played much better, swing thought with irons was 3/4 backswing which worked well from a strike point of view although I did have a couple of 6i I left way out to the right. Ended up with 33 points after a handful of miss-steps. First was on the 7th where after a comical drive where I nearly missed the ball I'd hit a great 7w to get myself back in position, only to blade a 9i through the green from where I cam away with a six when it should have been an easy five. Then on the 8th, long par five I'd hit a good drive/5w to get myself past the corner of the dog leg. Then hit an errant 6i to find the greenside bunker from where I took two to get out
Turned a good look at par into a double. My only blob of the round came at the 11th. My other errant tee shot of the day left me on top of one of the mounds down the right of the fairway, way back of the green. Luckily had a good lie and stance so thought I'd poke a 7w up the fairway and give myself a chance of getting up and down from 40-50 yards. Absolutely smoked it, carried it way further than I thought possible and straight into the end of the trees that line the left edge of the fairway finishing just before the green. Dropped a provisional only to shank it straight left across the fairway into the trees. Couldn't find either ball After that was solid until I had my only three putt of the weekend on the 17th out of nowhere. Just not quite as good on and around the greens, reflected in my 32 putts total (realistically 34 if you account for not finishing out the 11th).Current handicap 11.7. Saturdays scoring differential 16.4, Sundays 13.6. My PB (6.8 diff) set back in July drops off in three rounds time so expecting to be back in the 12's by the end of the month.
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