After a sleep in this morning plus a late departure from the cabin as we had forgotten to charge the buggy batteries overnight so had to give them at least an hour and a half to make sure we got through the round, we headed back to Rich River to play the East course. Started out being another beautiful day and although it stayed warm with blue skies the wind came up and was blowing a small gale with tumbleweeds blowing everywhere by the 10th. Very difficult conditions to play in and the East was more challenging than the West plus contending with the conditions. There was a group of 6 guys in front of us, howev they suggested we tee off first so we grabbed that opportunity. Then we came up on a group of 4 guys and they waved us through, all signs that our golf is improving, but then, we palyed the 15th instead of the 5th, had to walk all the way back up the 15th fairway ( a 362 metre par 4).
By this time the 4 guys behind were almost ready to tee off the 5th so once again we played through them and were on our way again and the wind startes to kick in.
No pars or birdies for either of us again, Chris had 9 bogeys and I had 4, but Chris had 1 hole with 10 strokes and 1 with 9 stokes and I had 12 on the 18th after landing in very deep bunker, finally getting out, 3 shots into trees then a lovely shot onto the green.
Scores for today were:
Chris front 9 = 54, and for the back 9 a 56 for a total of 10, less his 34 handicap = 76, with 37 stableford points.
For me front 9 = 53, back 9 = 64 for a total of 117 less my 36 handicap = 81, with 30 stableford points.
My handicap remains at 36 and Chris is now on 33.