I'm back, but it might not last
08/Oct/2020 Filed in: Information
Having posted what was a fairly definitive sign off in May, I can report that I have tried a couple of come-backs. A bit like an ageing artiste who never actually retires.
However, everything is very tentative. I've played a couple of 9-hole games, on 7 and 21 September. On both occasions I started to suffer a bit after around 5 holes but despite that I didn't do too badly.
On the 7 September I recorded a 55 with 15 putts, my putting being truly awful after the long lay off. I actually parred the par 3 third. And my only 8 was on the difficult 4th, largely because we were let through and I rushed things a bit.
On the 21 September things went slightly better overall. I recorded 51 with 17 putts. Once again the putting wasn't great but I parred both the par 3 third and par 3 fifth. An 8 on the 9th spoiled things a bit, but by that stage I was having problems hitting the ball without pain!
Will I play again? With winter coming on I'm not sure. At the moment everywhere is very wet but perhaps if we get a drier spell I might give it a try.
However, everything is very tentative. I've played a couple of 9-hole games, on 7 and 21 September. On both occasions I started to suffer a bit after around 5 holes but despite that I didn't do too badly.
On the 7 September I recorded a 55 with 15 putts, my putting being truly awful after the long lay off. I actually parred the par 3 third. And my only 8 was on the difficult 4th, largely because we were let through and I rushed things a bit.
On the 21 September things went slightly better overall. I recorded 51 with 17 putts. Once again the putting wasn't great but I parred both the par 3 third and par 3 fifth. An 8 on the 9th spoiled things a bit, but by that stage I was having problems hitting the ball without pain!
Will I play again? With winter coming on I'm not sure. At the moment everywhere is very wet but perhaps if we get a drier spell I might give it a try.