Only two of us made it to the starting gate on Monday morning, Mike cried off with a sore arm, Harry never made it out of bed. They missed a very pleasant, and pretty swift 18 holes which were actually played in the correct order.
Malcolm had clearly decided that he needn't protect his handicap ahead of the Masters as he struck the pin with his third shot on the 1st to open with a gross birdie. A bogey on the 2nd was followed by another gross birdie on the par 5 3rd leaving him a net 4 under par after the first three holes. Things returned to a relatively normal state after that but not without him completing a front nine of 44 shots and 20 points. The back nine produced a rather disappointing two pars and a birdie on the 18th. Overall, a personal best gross score of 89, 37 points and a lot left in the tank following a lacklustre middle period. He finished the day with a handicap cut by 1.2 shots to 18.1 and a growing reputation as a player with a big future. Perhaps we should be pleased he cannot be there on the first tee on Friday.
Meanwhile, I plodded around in my old style. Nothing particularly noteworthy but just 86 shots and a small handicapp reduction to 15.1. Could be worth an outside bet for Friday?
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