In my previous post I briefly described a round of golf I played at the Fish River Sun Golf Course on 30 April 2008. One aspect of that round that really amazed me was the incredible quality of the greens. While my putting on the day wasn't great there was no way that I could blame the greens. I have never played on more true or firmer greens. With the help of a good caddie, or if you have a really sharp eye, the right line to play is discernible. There's no luck involved, you either put correctly and sink the put or you don't. That's great. At my home course in Port Alfred the greens are also of a very good quality, but nothing like this. Another course in my region, the Alexandria Golf Course, putting is a nightmare. Every put rides on luck - a good put my bounce off to the left and miss the hole or a poorly executed put may end in the hole. Not nice.
About a year ago I was told that Fish's greens were in very bad shape. Apparently the grass picked up some or other disease. However, something has clearly been done about it. While the course's fairways are slightly dry as is the case with all the over courses in the region the greens were made in heaven. Well done to the green keeper and management!
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Thursday, 1 May 2008
18 holes at Fish River Sun (30.04.2008)
I played 18 holes at Fish River Sun yesterday. It was a painful experience. My inexperience with my new clubs haunted me this time round, after a good first time out last week at my home club. I scored 105 for 15 - Ouch!
In retrospect I was my own worst enemy, as is often the case in golf. I paid a rare visit (only my 2nd) to our 'local' driving range some 40km from my home village. I experimented with my 1-wood a bit, a club I normally avoid, and worked out how to hit it. Mainly it was the old basic of teeing the ball high and in line with my left foot. However, come yesterday's round I ended up out of bounds a couple of times. But instead of just bagging the club for the rest of the round I persisted in trying it out. I'd see what looked like a broad fairway and decide that I can't possible get in trouble here...
All things considered I'm not to distraught with the experience. I need time to try out the new clubs. I'll try the 1-wood again in future rounds, but will need to be much more disciplined. I can only use it when a hole is very forgiving on either drawing or fading and where distance from the tee is a real advantage. Otherwise my 3-wood should do just fine - for one thing I'm mostly hitting the fairways with it.
In retrospect I was my own worst enemy, as is often the case in golf. I paid a rare visit (only my 2nd) to our 'local' driving range some 40km from my home village. I experimented with my 1-wood a bit, a club I normally avoid, and worked out how to hit it. Mainly it was the old basic of teeing the ball high and in line with my left foot. However, come yesterday's round I ended up out of bounds a couple of times. But instead of just bagging the club for the rest of the round I persisted in trying it out. I'd see what looked like a broad fairway and decide that I can't possible get in trouble here...
All things considered I'm not to distraught with the experience. I need time to try out the new clubs. I'll try the 1-wood again in future rounds, but will need to be much more disciplined. I can only use it when a hole is very forgiving on either drawing or fading and where distance from the tee is a real advantage. Otherwise my 3-wood should do just fine - for one thing I'm mostly hitting the fairways with it.
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