Re-Player

Saturday 27th

The Rack golf group was playing at the Player course again but becuase many of them were at a tournament, there were only 2 groups. This caught me out since I had been practicing chips and bunker shots and hadn't hit any drives or putts. The last couple of times it was nearly and hour between the first group and my group.

I again played in a 5, with 3 of the others being the same 3 as 2 weeks ago and Dan being the new one. Lee was at the tournament.

However, I still started with a lovely straight drive, but caught the bunker with my second and finished with a wipe. In the end I played somewhat erratically with often a string of pars then some horrible holes. I had a 93 - 4 worse than the first game. I did notice that I only missed 1 fairway on the back 9 and had some massive drives of 270 - 285 yards. I again played off the blue tees.

Because of the small numbers it was decided each of us would put in $5 and play skins only - ie you only won if you had a solo lowest score on a hole. I finished up winning $20, although I think I may have been over paid.

Still it was fortunate. I bought some replacement padlocks and had only slightly over $200 left in US currency. Green fees are $86 and we put $20 into the comp normally, so I could have been already over that on 2 normal days. I bought a sandwich after the 9th and then thought that it could have caused me to run out of money on Sunday. As it is I think I have just enought for tomorrow as long as I don't get into any side bets.

I am currently putting through a final wash before starting to pack. When I got to the laundry, 1 machine was half way through its cycle and the other 2 had finished and had baskets on top. I emptied one and was amazed at how much they managed to stuff into a single load. I'm surprised the machine could even spin.

I'll play golf with these guys again tomorrow, so I'll need to be ready to leave the room by 10-30.