Thursday 9th
Today I played Phoenix again, this time with a golfing group based at the Travellers Rest Hotel. There were about 40 players including 3 other women. I played with 2 of them, who were visiting from Ireland and who would have been in their 50's, I'd guess. There was also a younger Thai girl playing. Originally a Canadian guy was playing with us but since he was walking, the Rev was swapped in so we could share a cart.
I hadn't even thought about other women as there seem to be so few non locals here and when I signed up I gave my Collier handicap and said I'd play of the white tees, as I have done all 2 weeks, even though the oterh ladies played off the reds. A good thing too or they really would have strung me up as a bandit. I had my best score since I've started playing again, 2 1/2 years ago with an 81 off the stick and 42 points. This was equal best for the day and won the middle handicap division. The 800B prize covered my entry fee and transport plus most of the drinks on the course.
I had 7 pars and 2 birdies. One was on the par 3 with the bridge and the other on the last hole, which was a par 5. I hit the green in 2 but had a bad first putt and needed to sink a 12 ft second putt for the birdie. Much was made about being on for 2 at the presentation. They have knocked my handicap for their group down to 13, my lowest ever - anywhere, anytime. The main difference from yesterday was probably in the putting as I dropped a number of long ones and did not have any 3 putts. It was the first course that I've played a second time, which also helps.
Since this is the same course as yesterday there are only a couple of new shots of the course itself plus views towards and from the clubhouse.
The weather was better today in that it didn't rain. It was very hot and humid and the sun was out so we did get quite warm at times. There was a bit of a breeze about from time to time which helped a bit.
We had drinks there after the showers and then gathered back at the Travellers Rest hotel for the presentation. I had a beef stew there for dinner from the "Golfers only" menu. On the way back I picked up my re-zippered purse and TVLs repaired golf bag.
Today I played Phoenix again, this time with a golfing group based at the Travellers Rest Hotel. There were about 40 players including 3 other women. I played with 2 of them, who were visiting from Ireland and who would have been in their 50's, I'd guess. There was also a younger Thai girl playing. Originally a Canadian guy was playing with us but since he was walking, the Rev was swapped in so we could share a cart.I hadn't even thought about other women as there seem to be so few non locals here and when I signed up I gave my Collier handicap and said I'd play of the white tees, as I have done all 2 weeks, even though the oterh ladies played off the reds. A good thing too or they really would have strung me up as a bandit. I had my best score since I've started playing again, 2 1/2 years ago with an 81 off the stick and 42 points. This was equal best for the day and won the middle handicap division. The 800B prize covered my entry fee and transport plus most of the drinks on the course.
I had 7 pars and 2 birdies. One was on the par 3 with the bridge and the other on the last hole, which was a par 5. I hit the green in 2 but had a bad first putt and needed to sink a 12 ft second putt for the birdie. Much was made about being on for 2 at the presentation. They have knocked my handicap for their group down to 13, my lowest ever - anywhere, anytime. The main difference from yesterday was probably in the putting as I dropped a number of long ones and did not have any 3 putts. It was the first course that I've played a second time, which also helps.
Since this is the same course as yesterday there are only a couple of new shots of the course itself plus views towards and from the clubhouse.The weather was better today in that it didn't rain. It was very hot and humid and the sun was out so we did get quite warm at times. There was a bit of a breeze about from time to time which helped a bit.
We had drinks there after the showers and then gathered back at the Travellers Rest hotel for the presentation. I had a beef stew there for dinner from the "Golfers only" menu. On the way back I picked up my re-zippered purse and TVLs repaired golf bag.
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