Great play at Great Lakes

Wednesday 7th

Today we played the Great Lakes course at Rayong country club. Danny had put the 4 ladies together today - Myself and Marie, with 2 Thai ladies, Pim and Jenny. Since I was only playing with ladies, I played off the red tees, which is where I should play all the time since that is the basis for my handicap. However when I'm not in a comp and playing with men I usually play off the same tees as them.

The course really is much shorter from the reds, in this case 1300 yards shorter. This didn't necessarily make it easier as the pars 3s were only 85 to 109 yards long so I couldn't take a full swing. I missed one long, one short, one right and hit the last for a birdie.

I finally found some form today also scoring a birdie on the par 4 second and 7 pars. overall I had 38 points, 2 better than my handicap. The Thai girls had 45 and 41 with Marie bringing up the rear with 37, still better than her handicap.

I was playing so well I almost forgot to take any photos but took this pair that show 2 of the par 3s that are effectively side by side although one is the 5th and the other the 12th.

One of the guys had a new video camera and unbeknownst to me, took a shot of one of my drives. This confirmed my suspicions that I have gone back to my old style - pre lesson and that is why I am getting a sore elbow. Finishing with elbows apart like chicken wings. Actually it wasn't too painful today and my knee which gave me lots of trouble just around town yesterday was also not causing any problems today.

I only had a couple of drinks and then came back to my room. I have changed my flight to Thursday extended my stay here 1 night and booked a hotel in Bangkok.