BEST ROUND IN 2009

For reasons beyond the comprehension of golfers, a good round appears out of the blue after a series of very poor efforts.

This is what happened today. No practice swings in the backyard during the week, no expectation of hitting the ball down the centre and putting well - just going out for a pleasant little walk and talk with the girls. THEN down the middle, hitting greens, putting well (except on the 7th when I thought I had too much club so decided to hit the ball softly - and I did, straight into the dam in front of the green) and suddenly the game became very interesting and much more fun that the recent rounds of very ordinary scoring.

42 points and maybe won the day. And I thought I didn't care ......