Wednesday 4th July 2012 Loxton
Loxton is about 25 kms from our acccomodation at River Bush Cottages, a pleasant drive through grape and fruit growing areas.
Another beautiful day, cold to start off but then once the sun gets a bit higher in the sky just a lovely warm day.
There was a Men's competition in progress but we were told we could hit off as soon as the 1st was free. So we ended up playing between 2 groups of men but all moved along fine.
Chris was in good form and played his best golf on the front 9 with 48. I was not so good and lost 2 balls on the 2nd, a par 3. I ended not scoring on that hole so that really mucked my card up for the round.
When we finished the first 9 the group in front split up, 2 guys must have gone home and the 2 who remained asked us if we wanted to join them. They were really funny and good to play with. Phil was about 76 and worked in irrigation and Guy a bit younger than us and he was a fruit grower.
Chris lost a bit of his focus with having extra company and came in with 55 on the back which was still pretty good. I continued about the same and managed not to lose any more balls.
Scores for the 18:
Lynne - 1st 9 = NCR, back 9 = 56, total = NCR
Chris - 1st 9 = 48, back 9 = 55, total = 103 less Chris's adjusted handicap of 34 gives Chris a 69.
We had a late start to the morning so consequently we finished late so drove straight back to our cottage. We did turn into a National Trust area next to our cottages to see if there were any suitable running tracks for the morning. It looked promising.
Another beautiful day, cold to start off but then once the sun gets a bit higher in the sky just a lovely warm day.
There was a Men's competition in progress but we were told we could hit off as soon as the 1st was free. So we ended up playing between 2 groups of men but all moved along fine.
Chris was in good form and played his best golf on the front 9 with 48. I was not so good and lost 2 balls on the 2nd, a par 3. I ended not scoring on that hole so that really mucked my card up for the round.
When we finished the first 9 the group in front split up, 2 guys must have gone home and the 2 who remained asked us if we wanted to join them. They were really funny and good to play with. Phil was about 76 and worked in irrigation and Guy a bit younger than us and he was a fruit grower.
Chris lost a bit of his focus with having extra company and came in with 55 on the back which was still pretty good. I continued about the same and managed not to lose any more balls.
Scores for the 18:
Lynne - 1st 9 = NCR, back 9 = 56, total = NCR
Chris - 1st 9 = 48, back 9 = 55, total = 103 less Chris's adjusted handicap of 34 gives Chris a 69.
We had a late start to the morning so consequently we finished late so drove straight back to our cottage. We did turn into a National Trust area next to our cottages to see if there were any suitable running tracks for the morning. It looked promising.